Task Automation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Task Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 302 378
Rank change year-on-year -78 +76 +69
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 144 280 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.78% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.87% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 125 167 123
10th Percentile £31,750 £45,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £77,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% +54.00% -5.21%
75th Percentile £62,500 £100,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,250 - £76,760
UK median annual salary £59,750 £77,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.40% +28.33% -7.69%

All Process & 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 33,410 32,047 30,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.40% 89.07% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,288 14,407 22,672
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Task Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Task Automation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Task Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Task Automation

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 January 2026. 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 +33 71 £43,750 -41.67% 30
North of England -20 32 £35,000 -53.33% 14
North West +3 17 £35,000 -53.33% 5
Midlands -9 16 £52,500 -19.23% 12
West Midlands +1 12 £51,500 -14.17% 8
South West -3 12 £62,500 -19.35% 13
North East +14 9 £33,500 -56.49% 5
East of England -19 8 £40,000 -48.05% 9
Yorkshire -27 6 £37,500 -53.13% 5
Scotland -12 5 £55,000 -28.57% 1
East Midlands -25 2 £70,000 -9.09% 4
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 51 (35.42%) Azure
2 24 (16.67%) SaaS
3 19 (13.19%) Entra ID
4 18 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (10.42%) AWS
5 15 (10.42%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (10.42%) GitHub
6 9 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.86%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (4.17%) PaaS
9 5 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (3.47%) Datadog
10 4 (2.78%) IaaS
10 4 (2.78%) Serverless
11 3 (2.08%) Azure AKS
11 3 (2.08%) ChatGPT
11 3 (2.08%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.19%) Firewall
2 6 (4.17%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (4.17%) PSTN
2 6 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.17%) VoIP
3 5 (3.47%) IP Telephony
3 5 (3.47%) VPN
3 5 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.78%) DNS
5 3 (2.08%) Network Security
6 2 (1.39%) Broadband
6 2 (1.39%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (1.39%) Intranet
6 2 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.39%) IPv4
6 2 (1.39%) IPv6
6 2 (1.39%) LAN
6 2 (1.39%) VLAN
6 2 (1.39%) WAN
7 1 (0.69%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.94%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.86%) MySQL
3 4 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.08%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.08%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.39%) CockroachDB
5 2 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.69%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.69%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 20 (13.89%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.56%) Git
2 8 (5.56%) JIRA
3 6 (4.17%) GitLab
4 3 (2.08%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.39%) Checkstyle
5 2 (1.39%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.39%) ESLint
5 2 (1.39%) Gradle
5 2 (1.39%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.39%) JUnit
5 2 (1.39%) Maven
5 2 (1.39%) Mockito
5 2 (1.39%) Selenium
5 2 (1.39%) TestNG
6 1 (0.69%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.69%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.69%) Xcode
General
1 50 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.25%) Finance
4 6 (4.17%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.47%) Retail
6 3 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.39%) Advertising
7 2 (1.39%) Back Office
7 2 (1.39%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.69%) Legal
8 1 (0.69%) Local Government
8 1 (0.69%) Police
8 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 47 (32.64%) Support Engineer
2 45 (31.25%) Applications Engineer
3 40 (27.78%) Applications Support
3 40 (27.78%) Applications Support Engineer
4 24 (16.67%) Senior
5 17 (11.81%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 16 (11.11%) Senior Applications Support
6 16 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
7 11 (7.64%) Developer
8 10 (6.94%) Support Specialist
9 9 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (6.25%) Lead
9 9 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.56%) Administrator
11 7 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Technical Support
12 6 (4.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (17.36%) REST
2 17 (11.81%) SOAP
3 13 (9.03%) ARM Templates
4 6 (4.17%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (3.47%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (2.78%) .NET
6 4 (2.78%) OAuth
6 4 (2.78%) OAuth2
6 4 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (2.78%) React
6 4 (2.78%) RESTful
7 3 (2.08%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.39%) AWS CDK
8 2 (1.39%) Blazor
8 2 (1.39%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.39%) JWT
8 2 (1.39%) OpenAPI
8 2 (1.39%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.39%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.83%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (3.47%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.08%) iPad
5 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.39%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.69%) CMDB
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.69%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.19%) Windows
2 12 (8.33%) Linux
3 10 (6.94%) Android
4 6 (4.17%) VMS
4 6 (4.17%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.78%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.08%) Unix
7 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.97%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (32.64%) Data Analysis
3 31 (21.53%) Validation
4 30 (20.83%) DevOps
5 28 (19.44%) Incident Management
6 25 (17.36%) CI/CD
6 25 (17.36%) Problem Management
7 22 (15.28%) Root Cause Analysis
8 20 (13.89%) Agile
9 19 (13.19%) Cloud Operations
10 16 (11.11%) Containerisation
10 16 (11.11%) Migration
10 16 (11.11%) SOA
11 15 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (9.03%) AI
14 12 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
14 12 (8.33%) Computer Science
15 11 (7.64%) Customer Service
15 11 (7.64%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 60 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 45 (31.25%) Python
3 39 (27.08%) SQL
4 30 (20.83%) Bash
5 24 (16.67%) C#
6 11 (7.64%) Java
7 10 (6.94%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.86%) Bicep
9 4 (2.78%) Go
10 3 (2.08%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.08%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.39%) Groovy
11 2 (1.39%) Perl
11 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.69%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.50%) Degree
3 14 (9.72%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.56%) CCNP
5 7 (4.86%) CCNA
5 7 (4.86%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (4.86%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (4.86%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.47%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.39%) CISM
8 2 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.39%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.39%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.69%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.53%) QA
2 24 (16.67%) SLA
3 3 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.08%) GDPR
3 3 (2.08%) NIST
4 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (13.19%) Active Directory
1 19 (13.19%) Docker
2 4 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.08%) KVM
4 2 (1.39%) RHEV
4 2 (1.39%) Xen
5 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.69%) vCloud
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (15.28%) Terraform
2 18 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.64%) Ansible
4 8 (5.56%) SCCM
5 7 (4.86%) Prometheus
6 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.47%) Grafana
8 3 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.39%) Argo
9 2 (1.39%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (1.39%) Kustomize
9 2 (1.39%) Nagios
9 2 (1.39%) Proxmox
9 2 (1.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.69%) Control-M
10 1 (0.69%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.69%) Kibana
10 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.69%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 49 (34.03%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.72%) Cisco
3 10 (6.94%) Oracle
4 6 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.17%) Zoho
5 5 (3.47%) Apple
5 5 (3.47%) Remedy
5 5 (3.47%) SolarWinds
5 5 (3.47%) VMware
6 4 (2.78%) Google
6 4 (2.78%) Splunk
7 3 (2.08%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (1.39%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.39%) F5
8 2 (1.39%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.39%) IFS
8 2 (1.39%) Juniper
8 2 (1.39%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.39%) UiPath
8 2 (1.39%) Xamarin