Intelligent Automation Job Trends in the South East

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Intelligent Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 299 260
Rank change year-on-year +91 -39 +171
Permanent jobs citing Intelligent Automation 58 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.56% 0.032% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.037% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 30 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 £71,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +10.71% +86.67%
75th Percentile £46,250 £83,750 £75,250
90th Percentile - - £76,600
England median annual salary £42,500 £77,500 £73,500
% change year-on-year -45.16% +5.44% +15.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,416 8,092 6,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.91% 87.55% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,994 4,007 4,928
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £44,053 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,150
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Intelligent Automation job vacancy trend in the South East

Intelligent Automation
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Intelligent Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Intelligent Automation

Intelligent Automation
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intelligent Automation within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Thames Valley +34 28 - - 25
Berkshire - 28 - - 13
East Sussex - 15 £42,500 - 1
Kent - 15 £42,500 - 6
Intelligent Automation
England

Intelligent Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 30 (51.72%) Power Platform
General
1 55 (94.83%) Finance
2 26 (44.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (44.83%) Lead
2 20 (34.48%) Automation Developer
2 20 (34.48%) Developer
3 14 (24.14%) Power Platform Developer
4 12 (20.69%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
5 10 (17.24%) Analyst
5 10 (17.24%) Automation Analyst
6 4 (6.90%) Process Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Cabling Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (51.72%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (44.83%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (96.55%) Agile
1 56 (96.55%) AI
1 56 (96.55%) Roadmaps
2 30 (51.72%) User Acceptance Testing
3 26 (44.83%) Analytics
3 26 (44.83%) Computer Science
3 26 (44.83%) Data Science
3 26 (44.83%) Deployment Automation
3 26 (44.83%) Digital Twin
3 26 (44.83%) Disruptive Innovation
3 26 (44.83%) Enterprise Architecture
3 26 (44.83%) Generative AI
3 26 (44.83%) Hematology
3 26 (44.83%) Immunology
3 26 (44.83%) Machine Learning
3 26 (44.83%) Thought Leadership
3 26 (44.83%) Use Case
4 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 30 (51.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (44.83%) Degree
1 26 (44.83%) Master's Degree
1 26 (44.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (44.83%) GxP
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 30 (51.72%) Blue Prism
1 30 (51.72%) Microsoft