Intelligent Automation Job Trends in Scotland

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Intelligent Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Permanent jobs citing Intelligent Automation 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £43,500 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £89,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £92,778
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 - £96,539
90th Percentile £56,500 - -
UK median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% -26.67% +16.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Intelligent 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,419 2,757 2,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.23% 84.18% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,316 1,881
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,778 £82,500 £81,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Intelligent Automation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Intelligent Automation
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Intelligent Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Intelligent Automation

Intelligent Automation
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intelligent Automation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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
Edinburgh - 1 £55,000 -
Glasgow - 1 - - 3
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Intelligent Automation
UK

Intelligent Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Platform Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Storage Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bicep
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft