Office Automation Job Trends

Office Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Office Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 774 772
Rank change year-on-year +105 -2 +425
Permanent jobs citing Office Automation 4 24 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.031% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.038% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £30,000 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Office 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,950 63,343 59,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.63% 80.92% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 24,805 36,664 44,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,255
% change year-on-year -9.52% -3.23% +3.34%

Office Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Office Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Office Automation in the UK

Office Automation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Office Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Office Automation

Office Automation
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Office Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 13 September 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
UK excluding London +92 3 - - 57
England +89 3 - - 54
Work from Home +67 3 £65,000 +13.04% 57
North East - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - - 9
South East +39 1 - - 12

Office Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (50.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Receivables
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) PowerBuilder
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Account Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) PowerBuilder Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Sales Account Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Sales Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Account Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) ASTM
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
1 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle