Task Automation Jobs in the South West

Task Automation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Task Automation over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 234 232
Rank change year-on-year +79 -2 +45
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 23 58 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.65% 0.63% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.75% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 14 28 26
10th Percentile £50,750 £36,250 £34,605
25th Percentile £53,125 £40,188 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -18.10% -13.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,875 £78,015 £73,125
England median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% - +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,311 7,748 6,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.29% 83.55% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,921 5,564 3,572
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the South West

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in the South West.

Salary trend for Task Automation in the South West

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the South West

Task Automation
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Gloucestershire +54 11 £55,000 - 9
Bristol +50 5 £55,000 +44.74% 8
Dorset +30 4 £62,500 - 1
Cornwall - 2 £77,500 -
Wiltshire +39 1 - - 2
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) AWS
2 5 (21.74%) AWS Lambda
2 5 (21.74%) Serverless
3 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
4 2 (8.70%) Azure
4 2 (8.70%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
5 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (4.35%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) IPv4
2 3 (13.04%) VPN
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) OSPF
3 2 (8.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.04%) Power BI
3 2 (8.70%) Data Mining
3 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (8.70%) RavenDB
4 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) GitLab
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
1 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Security Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) DBA
3 3 (13.04%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) SQL DBA
4 2 (8.70%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) AWS DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) AWS Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) boto
2 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (17.39%) Public Cloud
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Linux
2 5 (21.74%) Windows
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) DevOps
2 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (26.09%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (21.74%) DevSecOps
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Application Security
5 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 4 (17.39%) Configuration Management
5 4 (17.39%) Cost Reduction
5 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (17.39%) Migration
5 4 (17.39%) RBAC
5 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (17.39%) Re-Platforming
5 4 (17.39%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (17.39%) Technology Transformation
5 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (13.04%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) Bash
2 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
3 4 (17.39%) R
4 2 (8.70%) VBA
5 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.35%) VB
5 1 (4.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) AWS Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
3 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.35%) MCP
4 1 (4.35%) MCSA
4 1 (4.35%) MCSE
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Accessibility
1 4 (17.39%) GDPR
1 4 (17.39%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Ansible
2 4 (17.39%) Puppet
3 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) IBM
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.35%) McAfee
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.35%) Symantec
2 1 (4.35%) VMware