Task Automation Job Trends in Manchester

Task Automation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Task Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 91 158
Rank change year-on-year -95 +67 -22
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 17 66 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.22% 2.79% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 3.14% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 12 20 4
10th Percentile - £31,250 £49,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -44.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £62,813 £37,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,125 £60,750 £74,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -36.36% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Task Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,831 2,103 3,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.24% 89.03% 84.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,359 1,191 1,595
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,343 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.04% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,803
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.58% -7.63%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Task Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Manchester

Task Automation
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Task Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in Manchester

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (47.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Entra ID
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Copilot
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (35.29%) Azure
4 3 (17.65%) AWS
4 3 (17.65%) GitHub
4 3 (17.65%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (5.88%) Azure AKS
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.88%) Datadog
6 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Internet
1 1 (5.88%) SAN
1 1 (5.88%) Skype
1 1 (5.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.88%) MySQL
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Advertising
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Support Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Applications Support
4 4 (23.53%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) AWS DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Graduate
5 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Site Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Terraform
2 2 (11.76%) ARM Templates
3 1 (5.88%) CSS
3 1 (5.88%) HTML
3 1 (5.88%) Node.js
3 1 (5.88%) Pulumi
3 1 (5.88%) React
3 1 (5.88%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Hackathon
3 1 (5.88%) Handset
3 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Unix
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (5.88%) Android
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (5.88%) SUSE
3 1 (5.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Client Onboarding
2 7 (41.18%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (23.53%) AI
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (23.53%) Migration
3 4 (23.53%) Observability
3 4 (23.53%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Identity Management
4 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
5 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
5 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) PowerShell
2 6 (35.29%) Python
3 4 (23.53%) Bash
4 3 (17.65%) SQL
5 2 (11.76%) Bicep
5 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) HP ASE
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) VCAP
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Grafana
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 3 (17.65%) Prometheus
3 2 (11.76%) Argo
4 1 (5.88%) Ansible
4 1 (5.88%) Istio
4 1 (5.88%) linkerd
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) AppDynamics
3 1 (5.88%) Broadcom
3 1 (5.88%) Dell
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) IBM
3 1 (5.88%) Moogsoft
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Splunk
3 1 (5.88%) Veeam
3 1 (5.88%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) YouTube
3 1 (5.88%) Zerto