Task Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 543 553
Rank change year-on-year +59 +10 -135
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 288 232 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.38% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.39% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 148 151 242
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,605 £27,575
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Task Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,415 58,778 66,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.38% 95.62% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 41,129 30,196 41,543
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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
South East +47 88 £62,500 +56.25% 19
South West -9 58 £47,500 -15.18% 11
Midlands +42 55 £50,000 -28.57% 12
North of England +22 39 £45,000 -10.00% 17
West Midlands +31 35 £45,000 -35.71% 8
Scotland -39 31 £45,000 -10.00% 6
North West +15 28 £45,000 -2.70% 13
East Midlands +3 12 £48,750 -17.02% 4
Wales +14 10 £52,500 +28.82% 1
Yorkshire +44 9 £35,000 -30.00% 4
East of England -8 9 £50,000 +4.17% 8
North East -6 2 £85,000 +81.82%
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 20 (6.94%) Camunda
2 19 (6.60%) IIS
3 15 (5.21%) SharePoint
4 11 (3.82%) Apache
5 10 (3.47%) Tomcat
6 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.74%) Confluence
8 4 (1.39%) SAS
9 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.78%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 117 (40.63%) Azure
2 47 (16.32%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (13.89%) IBM Cloud
4 39 (13.54%) AWS
5 38 (13.19%) Power Platform
6 25 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (6.25%) IaaS
8 17 (5.90%) Nutanix
9 16 (5.56%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.82%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.82%) SaaS
11 10 (3.47%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.13%) GCP
13 7 (2.43%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.08%) GitHub
15 5 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 5 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
16 4 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.11%) DNS
2 17 (5.90%) WAN
3 15 (5.21%) Firewall
4 13 (4.51%) VPN
5 12 (4.17%) LAN
5 12 (4.17%) SAN
6 9 (3.13%) DHCP
7 7 (2.43%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.08%) IPv4
8 6 (2.08%) Network Security
9 5 (1.74%) Internet
9 5 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.74%) VLAN
10 4 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.39%) OSPF
11 3 (1.04%) BGP
11 3 (1.04%) Intranet
11 3 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.69%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.72%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.86%) Power BI
3 13 (4.51%) Oracle Database
4 12 (4.17%) MySQL
4 12 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.78%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (2.78%) Tableau
6 6 (2.08%) GIS
6 6 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.39%) Spatial Data
9 3 (1.04%) Ingres
9 3 (1.04%) Redis
10 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (11.46%) Jenkins
2 21 (7.29%) Travis CI
3 20 (6.94%) CircleCI
3 20 (6.94%) Gradle
3 20 (6.94%) Maven
4 9 (3.13%) JIRA
5 8 (2.78%) Selenium
6 6 (2.08%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.08%) GitLab
7 5 (1.74%) Git
8 4 (1.39%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.39%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.39%) JMeter
8 4 (1.39%) Serenity BDD
8 4 (1.39%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.04%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.04%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.04%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.69%) MSI
10 2 (0.69%) TestNG
General
1 85 (29.51%) Finance
2 63 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (17.71%) Social Skills
4 49 (17.01%) Public Sector
5 43 (14.93%) Law
6 39 (13.54%) Retail
7 38 (13.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (7.29%) Legal
9 17 (5.90%) Banking
10 14 (4.86%) Front Office
10 14 (4.86%) Investment Banking
11 12 (4.17%) Police
12 10 (3.47%) Telecoms
13 9 (3.13%) Manufacturing
14 8 (2.78%) Local Government
15 3 (1.04%) Billing
15 3 (1.04%) Marketing
15 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.69%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 61 (21.18%) Senior
2 36 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 28 (9.72%) Lead
5 26 (9.03%) Analyst
6 23 (7.99%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (7.29%) Administrator
8 18 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.56%) Architect
10 14 (4.86%) Associate Project Manager
10 14 (4.86%) Data Analyst
10 14 (4.86%) Portfolio Manager
10 14 (4.86%) Portfolio Project Manager
10 14 (4.86%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.86%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.86%) Senior Portfolio Manager
10 14 (4.86%) Senior Project Manager
11 12 (4.17%) Automation Consultant
11 12 (4.17%) Consultant
11 12 (4.17%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.29%) REST
2 20 (6.94%) Spring
2 20 (6.94%) Spring Boot
3 13 (4.51%) Web Services
4 9 (3.13%) .NET
5 7 (2.43%) CSS
5 7 (2.43%) HTML
6 6 (2.08%) SOAP
7 5 (1.74%) WebRTC
8 4 (1.39%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.39%) PySpark
8 4 (1.39%) RESTful
9 3 (1.04%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.04%) React
9 3 (1.04%) XML
10 2 (0.69%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.69%) Guava
10 2 (0.69%) JSON
10 2 (0.69%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (13.89%) Blockchain
2 40 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (5.21%) IoT
5 14 (4.86%) Derivative
6 13 (4.51%) Public Cloud
7 12 (4.17%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.82%) Clustering
9 8 (2.78%) PKI
10 7 (2.43%) Blog
10 7 (2.43%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.74%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.74%) Replication
12 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.04%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.69%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.69%) EPoS
13 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 92 (31.94%) Linux
2 64 (22.22%) Windows
3 44 (15.28%) CentOS
4 40 (13.89%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (13.89%) Debian
5 14 (4.86%) Unix
5 14 (4.86%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.78%) Solaris
7 7 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (2.08%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.39%) Windows 10
10 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.35%) Android
12 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.35%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (30.90%) CI/CD
3 79 (27.43%) DevOps
4 75 (26.04%) Agile
5 64 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 54 (18.75%) Data Science
7 41 (14.24%) Artificial Intelligence
8 40 (13.89%) Co-Creation
8 40 (13.89%) Functional Testing
8 40 (13.89%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (13.89%) Technology Transformation
9 39 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 37 (12.85%) Analytics
11 35 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 31 (10.76%) ITIL
13 30 (10.42%) SDLC
14 28 (9.72%) Computer Science
15 27 (9.38%) Project Management
16 25 (8.68%) Software Engineering
16 25 (8.68%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 101 (35.07%) Python
2 68 (23.61%) SQL
3 62 (21.53%) PowerShell
4 43 (14.93%) Bash
5 32 (11.11%) Java
6 23 (7.99%) Ruby
7 18 (6.25%) Perl
8 17 (5.90%) JavaScript
8 17 (5.90%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.47%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.47%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.78%) VBA
11 6 (2.08%) C#
12 5 (1.74%) MATLAB
13 4 (1.39%) R
14 3 (1.04%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.35%) AWK
15 1 (0.35%) C
15 1 (0.35%) PHP
15 1 (0.35%) sed
Qualifications
1 59 (20.49%) Degree
2 44 (15.28%) MCSE
2 44 (15.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (14.93%) Azure Certification
4 41 (14.24%) MCSA
5 36 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 23 (7.99%) SC Cleared
7 14 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.08%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.39%) CCNP
9 4 (1.39%) CISSP
10 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.04%) CCIE
10 3 (1.04%) HND
10 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.69%) CCA
11 2 (0.69%) CCNA
11 2 (0.69%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.17%) QA
3 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.04%) GRC
4 3 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (18.40%) Docker
2 50 (17.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (13.54%) Active Directory
4 23 (7.99%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (4.17%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.47%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.43%) VMware Server
8 5 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.74%) vSphere
9 4 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 59 (20.49%) Terraform
2 56 (19.44%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.90%) Ansible
4 7 (2.43%) Puppet
5 5 (1.74%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.39%) SCCM
6 4 (1.39%) SCOM
7 3 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.04%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.04%) Grafana
7 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.04%) SCOrch
7 3 (1.04%) vMotion
8 2 (0.69%) Salt
8 2 (0.69%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.35%) Kibana
9 1 (0.35%) Nessus
9 1 (0.35%) systemd
Vendors
1 68 (23.61%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.36%) VMware
3 44 (15.28%) Red Hat
4 41 (14.24%) IBM
5 26 (9.03%) Oracle
6 21 (7.29%) Pega
7 8 (2.78%) NEC
8 7 (2.43%) Splunk
9 5 (1.74%) Sophos
10 4 (1.39%) Citrix
10 4 (1.39%) Mapbox
10 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.04%) Cisco
12 2 (0.69%) Dell
12 2 (0.69%) EMC
12 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.69%) HP
12 2 (0.69%) Ivanti
12 2 (0.69%) SonicWALL
12 2 (0.69%) Veeam