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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 159 136
Rank change year-on-year +74 -23 +95
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 65 19 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.84% 0.50% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 0.59% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £60,625 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £70,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +30.23% +13.16%
75th Percentile £47,750 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,500 - £71,125
North West median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -36.36% +7.32% +7.89%

All Process and 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 2,003 3,205 2,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 87.51% 85.06% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,194 1,501 1,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,988 £43,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,625 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

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 23 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in Manchester

Task Automation
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport +9 6 £32,500 -
Oldham - 4 £65,000 - 2
Bury - 3 - -
Cheadle - 3 - -
Sale - 3 - -
Stalybridge - 2 - -
Wigan - 2 - -
Dukinfield - 2 - -
Heywood - 2 - -
Altrincham - 2 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - -
Bolton - 2 - - 1
Rochdale - 1 - -
Littleborough - 1 - -
Task Automation
North West

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 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (16.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.92%) Entra ID
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Copilot
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Purview
3 5 (7.69%) Azure
4 4 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.08%) AWS
5 2 (3.08%) PaaS
5 2 (3.08%) SaaS
6 1 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.54%) Datadog
6 1 (1.54%) GCP
6 1 (1.54%) GitHub
6 1 (1.54%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 43 (66.15%) Cisco IOS
1 43 (66.15%) VPN
2 1 (1.54%) Firewall
2 1 (1.54%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (83.08%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (67.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (18.46%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (67.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (21.54%) Support Engineer
3 11 (16.92%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Applications Support
5 5 (7.69%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Systems Support
5 5 (7.69%) Systems Support Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Linux Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Linux Support
6 4 (6.15%) Linux Support Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Developer
8 2 (3.08%) .NET Developer
8 2 (3.08%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 2 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (66.15%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (3.08%) .NET
2 2 (3.08%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.08%) Blazor
2 2 (3.08%) Entity Framework
2 2 (3.08%) RESTful
3 1 (1.54%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.54%) JSON
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.54%) Node.js
3 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (66.15%) Cyberattack
2 12 (18.46%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.08%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 48 (73.85%) Linux
2 45 (69.23%) Android
3 43 (66.15%) Windows
4 2 (3.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (78.46%) DevOps
1 51 (78.46%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (69.23%) Platform Engineering
3 44 (67.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (66.15%) Line Management
4 43 (66.15%) Mathematics
4 43 (66.15%) Risk Management
4 43 (66.15%) Storage Management
5 10 (15.38%) Client Onboarding
5 10 (15.38%) Knowledge Management
6 5 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (7.69%) Identity Management
6 5 (7.69%) Migration
7 4 (6.15%) Agile
7 4 (6.15%) CI/CD
8 3 (4.62%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (3.08%) AI
9 2 (3.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (3.08%) Mobile Development
9 2 (3.08%) Mobile First
Programming Languages
1 56 (86.15%) PowerShell
2 46 (70.77%) Python
3 44 (67.69%) Bash
4 2 (3.08%) C#
4 2 (3.08%) SQL
5 1 (1.54%) Bicep
5 1 (1.54%) Go
5 1 (1.54%) Java
5 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (1.54%) Degree
1 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 44 (67.69%) Docker
1 44 (67.69%) Hyper-V
2 43 (66.15%) VMware NSX
2 43 (66.15%) vSphere
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (69.23%) Terraform
2 43 (66.15%) Ansible
3 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (67.69%) Splunk
2 43 (66.15%) 3PAR
2 43 (66.15%) Cisco
2 43 (66.15%) Juniper
3 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.08%) Xamarin
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) VMware