Task Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 482 547
Rank change year-on-year +232 +65 +11
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 461 307 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.17% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.50% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 102 152 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £34,790
25th Percentile £37,563 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,438 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,225 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
North of England +220 291 £52,500 +16.67% 290
North West +164 273 £41,192 -8.46% 131
South East +56 57 £57,500 -8.00% 365
East of England +77 43 £45,000 -10.00% 192
Midlands +55 31 £53,688 +7.38% 246
South West +76 27 £55,000 +15.79% 139
Yorkshire +65 17 £75,000 +76.47% 116
East Midlands +50 17 £35,000 -30.00% 102
West Midlands +31 13 £57,500 +27.78% 130
Scotland +96 11 £55,000 +22.22% 58
North East +46 1 - - 44
Wales +38 1 £52,500 - 29
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 100 (21.69%) AWS
2 65 (14.10%) Pulumi
3 46 (9.98%) Azure
4 16 (3.47%) GCP
5 15 (3.25%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.17%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.74%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (1.52%) GitHub
9 6 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (1.30%) OCI
9 6 (1.30%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.08%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.08%) Serverless
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 282 (61.17%) VPN
2 262 (56.83%) Cisco IOS
3 65 (14.10%) Broadband
4 33 (7.16%) DNS
5 28 (6.07%) Firewall
6 21 (4.56%) Network Security
7 16 (3.47%) DHCP
7 16 (3.47%) TCP/IP
8 10 (2.17%) VLAN
9 9 (1.95%) SMTP
10 8 (1.74%) NAS
10 8 (1.74%) OSPF
10 8 (1.74%) SAN
11 7 (1.52%) LAN
11 7 (1.52%) WAN
12 6 (1.30%) BGP
12 6 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (1.30%) DWDM
12 6 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (14.10%) NoSQL
1 65 (14.10%) RDBMS
1 65 (14.10%) Relational Database
2 12 (2.60%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.95%) Power BI
4 6 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.87%) MySQL
6 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.43%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.22%) Power Query
9 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 65 (14.10%) Jaeger
2 6 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.87%) GitLab
4 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.65%) JIRA
5 2 (0.43%) Git
5 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.22%) Gradle
6 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 341 (73.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 280 (60.74%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (7.81%) Social Skills
4 12 (2.60%) Finance
5 11 (2.39%) Telecoms
6 6 (1.30%) Law
7 4 (0.87%) Billing
7 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.43%) Banking
9 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.43%) Police
9 2 (0.43%) Retail
10 1 (0.22%) Advertising
10 1 (0.22%) Aviation
10 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.22%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.22%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.22%) Marketing
10 1 (0.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 272 (59.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (15.18%) Lead
3 65 (14.10%) Team Leader
4 23 (4.99%) Analyst
5 21 (4.56%) Senior
6 18 (3.90%) Support Engineer
7 16 (3.47%) Network Engineer
8 11 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (2.39%) Support Specialist
9 9 (1.95%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (1.95%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 8 (1.74%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (1.74%) Implementation Manager
10 8 (1.74%) Security Analyst
10 8 (1.74%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 8 (1.74%) Support Manager
10 8 (1.74%) Technical Implementation Manager
10 8 (1.74%) Technical Manager
10 8 (1.74%) Technical Support
10 8 (1.74%) Technical Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 327 (70.93%) Elastic Stack
2 65 (14.10%) OpenTelemetry
3 6 (1.30%) YAML
4 3 (0.65%) .NET
5 2 (0.43%) JSON
5 2 (0.43%) Middleware
5 2 (0.43%) Node.js
5 2 (0.43%) XML
6 1 (0.22%) ADO
6 1 (0.22%) boto
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.22%) REST
6 1 (0.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 260 (56.40%) Cyberattack
2 13 (2.82%) Clustering
3 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (1.30%) PKI
4 4 (0.87%) Management Information System
4 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
5 3 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.43%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.43%) Replication
6 2 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.22%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.22%) Life Science
7 1 (0.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 353 (76.57%) Linux
2 301 (65.29%) Windows
3 262 (56.83%) Android
4 72 (15.62%) Unix
5 27 (5.86%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.65%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (74.84%) DevOps
2 309 (67.03%) Problem-Solving
3 272 (59.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 270 (58.57%) Platform Engineering
5 267 (57.92%) Storage Management
6 263 (57.05%) Mathematics
6 263 (57.05%) Risk Management
7 261 (56.62%) Line Management
8 87 (18.87%) High Availability
9 82 (17.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 78 (16.92%) Mentoring
11 72 (15.62%) Roadmaps
12 70 (15.18%) Agile
13 66 (14.32%) Containerisation
13 66 (14.32%) Cost Optimisation
14 65 (14.10%) Continuous Integration
14 65 (14.10%) GitOps
14 65 (14.10%) Performance Optimisation
14 65 (14.10%) Product Management
14 65 (14.10%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 373 (80.91%) Python
2 335 (72.67%) Bash
3 313 (67.90%) PowerShell
4 75 (16.27%) Java
5 68 (14.75%) JavaScript
6 65 (14.10%) Go
7 27 (5.86%) SQL
8 6 (1.30%) Bicep
8 6 (1.30%) Perl
8 6 (1.30%) R
9 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.43%) C#
10 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.43%) VBA
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.22%) VB
11 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 69 (14.97%) AWS Certification
2 36 (7.81%) Degree
3 22 (4.77%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.47%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.17%) CCNA
7 10 (2.17%) CCNP
8 8 (1.74%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.30%) JNCIA
10 6 (1.30%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.43%) MCSA
13 1 (0.22%) CISSP
13 1 (0.22%) GCIH
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) MCP
13 1 (0.22%) MCSE
13 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.82%) GDPR
2 8 (1.74%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.74%) NIST
3 6 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.43%) QA
5 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) NCSC
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 340 (73.75%) Docker
2 281 (60.95%) Hyper-V
3 272 (59.00%) vSphere
4 260 (56.40%) VMware NSX
5 26 (5.64%) Active Directory
6 20 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.52%) BitLocker
9 7 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.30%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.22%) RHEV
11 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 358 (77.66%) Ansible
2 337 (73.10%) Terraform
3 80 (17.35%) Kubernetes
4 67 (14.53%) Prometheus
5 65 (14.10%) Argo
5 65 (14.10%) Kustomize
6 17 (3.69%) Puppet
7 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (2.60%) vCenter Server
8 12 (2.60%) vMotion
9 8 (1.74%) SCCM
10 6 (1.30%) Nagios
10 6 (1.30%) PowerCLI
10 6 (1.30%) vRealize
11 5 (1.08%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.43%) Grafana
14 1 (0.22%) Kibana
14 1 (0.22%) OpenVAS
14 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 269 (58.35%) Cisco
2 263 (57.05%) Splunk
3 260 (56.40%) 3PAR
3 260 (56.40%) Juniper
4 78 (16.92%) Google
5 50 (10.85%) Microsoft
6 23 (4.99%) VMware
7 19 (4.12%) Veeam
8 12 (2.60%) Citrix
8 12 (2.60%) HP
9 8 (1.74%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.52%) Symantec
11 6 (1.30%) Arista
11 6 (1.30%) Databricks
12 5 (1.08%) Meraki
12 5 (1.08%) Oracle
12 5 (1.08%) Sage
13 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.65%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.43%) SolarWinds