Autotask Job Trends

Datto Autotask PSA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Autotask 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 612 680 707
Rank change year-on-year +68 +27 +304
Permanent jobs citing Autotask 37 31 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.061% 0.058% 0.011%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.89% 0.52% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 25 17 5
10th Percentile £28,325 £29,250 £30,800
25th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +38.46% +2.36%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £48,750 - £44,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +38.46% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Autotask falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,159 5,920 7,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.90% 11.05% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,942 3,602 6,091
10th Percentile £31,500 £38,275 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,404 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +6.78% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

Autotask
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Autotask relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Autotask job vacancy trend in the UK

Autotask
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Autotask.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Autotask

Autotask
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Autotask over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Autotask in the UK

Autotask
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Autotask within the UK 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
England +66 37 £40,000 -11.11% 16
UK excluding London +36 23 £40,500 -10.00% 15
Work from Home +77 17 £40,500 +28.57% 6
London +68 12 £38,000 - 2
North West +24 9 £40,500 -19.00% 6
North of England +14 9 £40,500 -19.00% 6
South West - 9 £42,500 -
Midlands +24 5 - - 2
East Midlands -9 5 - - 2

Autotask
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 17 (45.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (24.32%) SharePoint
3 4 (10.81%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (89.19%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (67.57%) Azure
3 13 (35.14%) Entra ID
4 9 (24.32%) AWS
5 6 (16.22%) IaaS
6 5 (13.51%) OneDrive
7 4 (10.81%) Google Workspace
8 3 (8.11%) SaaS
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (62.16%) Firewall
2 22 (59.46%) VPN
3 16 (43.24%) VLAN
4 14 (37.84%) DNS
4 14 (37.84%) LAN
5 13 (35.14%) DHCP
6 12 (32.43%) WAN
7 9 (24.32%) SD-WAN
7 9 (24.32%) TCP/IP
7 9 (24.32%) Wireless
8 8 (21.62%) VoIP
9 7 (18.92%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (13.51%) SSL
11 4 (10.81%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (10.81%) IPsec
12 2 (5.41%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) MySQL
General
1 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Electronics
3 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
3 4 (10.81%) Marketing
3 4 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.81%) Retail
3 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (37.84%) IT Support
3 13 (35.14%) IT Engineer
3 13 (35.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 13 (35.14%) Support Engineer
4 10 (27.03%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (21.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (21.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery Manager
6 6 (16.22%) Service Manager
7 5 (13.51%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 5 (13.51%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 5 (13.51%) Analyst
7 5 (13.51%) Senior
7 5 (13.51%) Senior IT Engineer
7 5 (13.51%) Senior IT Support
7 5 (13.51%) Senior Support Engineer
7 5 (13.51%) Support Analyst
7 5 (13.51%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Driving Licence
1 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.81%) Clustering
3 3 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (8.11%) Social Media
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 24 (64.86%) Windows
2 23 (62.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.81%) Linux
3 4 (10.81%) Mac OS
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 7
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Mentoring
2 16 (43.24%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 15 (40.54%) ITIL
4 14 (37.84%) Service Delivery
5 13 (35.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (35.14%) ITSM
6 10 (27.03%) IT Strategy
7 9 (24.32%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (21.62%) Customer Service
8 8 (21.62%) Migration
9 7 (18.92%) CRM
9 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.92%) Roadmaps
9 7 (18.92%) Service Management
10 6 (16.22%) Data Loss Prevention
10 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
10 6 (16.22%) Transition Management
11 5 (13.51%) Information Security
11 5 (13.51%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.11%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) CCNA
2 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (13.51%) DBS Check
3 4 (10.81%) ACMT
3 4 (10.81%) AWS Certification
3 4 (10.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) SLA
2 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (72.97%) Active Directory
2 11 (29.73%) Hyper-V
2 11 (29.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.81%) Docker
3 4 (10.81%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (8.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.81%) vCenter Server
3 3 (8.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (97.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (29.73%) VMware
3 7 (18.92%) Datto
4 5 (13.51%) Cisco
4 5 (13.51%) Meraki
5 4 (10.81%) Apple
5 4 (10.81%) ESET
5 4 (10.81%) Google
5 4 (10.81%) Oracle
5 4 (10.81%) SAP
5 4 (10.81%) Sophos
5 4 (10.81%) Veeam
6 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.70%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.70%) N-able
7 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL
7 1 (2.70%) TOWER Software
7 1 (2.70%) Ubiquiti