Task Automation Job Trends in the North East

Task Automation
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Task Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 80 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 9 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.89% 0.64% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.73% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £29,750 - -
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £77,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.49% - -
75th Percentile £35,250 £98,750 -
90th Percentile - £99,500 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £77,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -22.08% +31.06% -9.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 795 827 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.79% 88.83% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 535 337 581
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in the North East

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Task Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear +14 9 £33,500 -10.67% 4
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Asterisk PBX
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) PSTN
1 6 (66.67%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Police
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Support Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Automation Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Junior
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (11.11%) ARM Templates
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (11.11%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamic Code Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (11.11%) OWASP
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Static Code Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Bash
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CCNP
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
1 6 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Dynatrace
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) UiPath
2 1 (11.11%) VMware