Task Automation Job Trends

Task Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Task Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 262 440
Rank change year-on-year -251 +178 +62
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 257 561 524
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 1.14% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.26% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 176 215 336
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -6.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £79,383 £85,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% +10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,826 44,439 83,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.81% 90.30% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 50,337 24,847 58,274
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 July 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 -230 224 £55,000 -4.35% 116
UK excluding London -224 168 £50,000 -6.87% 94
Work from Home -177 108 £60,000 -18.64% 47
London -48 75 £73,000 -2.67% 42
South East -6 56 £52,500 -8.70% 29
Midlands -34 28 £32,500 -42.98% 12
North of England -193 28 £45,000 +11.27% 20
South West -56 25 £60,500 +10.00% 19
East Midlands -27 17 £32,500 -7.14% 4
North West -174 12 £65,500 +87.14% 15
Scotland +8 11 £57,500 +4.55% 3
West Midlands -19 11 £55,000 -5.58% 8
Yorkshire -35 11 £26,750 -64.33%
Wales -38 10 £65,000 +18.18% 1
East of England -37 8 £41,250 -13.16% 7
North East - 5 £47,500 - 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £73,801 - 5

Task Automation
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 52 (20.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (11.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.95%) Confluence
4 3 (1.17%) Appian
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (54.47%) Azure
2 64 (24.90%) AWS
3 59 (22.96%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (18.68%) Entra ID
5 30 (11.67%) GitHub
6 29 (11.28%) Power Platform
7 27 (10.51%) PaaS
8 24 (9.34%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (8.17%) IaaS
10 20 (7.78%) GCP
11 18 (7.00%) Serverless
12 17 (6.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (5.45%) Datadog
13 14 (5.45%) OpenShift
13 14 (5.45%) SaaS
14 13 (5.06%) OneDrive
15 12 (4.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (4.67%) Azure Functions
15 12 (4.67%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (19.46%) VPN
2 38 (14.79%) DNS
3 31 (12.06%) Firewall
4 29 (11.28%) DHCP
5 18 (7.00%) VLAN
6 17 (6.61%) TCP/IP
7 14 (5.45%) VoIP
8 13 (5.06%) Broadband
9 10 (3.89%) SSH
9 10 (3.89%) WAN
10 6 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.33%) Wireless
11 5 (1.95%) BGP
11 5 (1.95%) LAN
11 5 (1.95%) MPLS
11 5 (1.95%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (1.95%) WinSCP
12 4 (1.56%) IPv4
12 4 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (14.79%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.73%) Power BI
3 21 (8.17%) MySQL
4 18 (7.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (6.61%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.45%) Relational Database
6 14 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.67%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (4.67%) Tableau
8 8 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.33%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.33%) RDBMS
9 6 (2.33%) Redis
10 3 (1.17%) Pinecone
10 3 (1.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.78%) KNIME
11 2 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 34 (13.23%) Git
2 21 (8.17%) JIRA
3 19 (7.39%) Jenkins
4 17 (6.61%) GitLab
5 8 (3.11%) Claude Code
6 6 (2.33%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.33%) Jaeger
7 3 (1.17%) MLflow
8 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.78%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.78%) Postman
8 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.39%) JMeter
9 1 (0.39%) MSI
9 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 99 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 61 (23.74%) Finance
3 41 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.40%) Law
5 26 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.84%) Legal
6 15 (5.84%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.89%) Banking
9 8 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.11%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.56%) Health Technology
13 3 (1.17%) Marketing
13 3 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.78%) Advertising
14 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (21.79%) Senior
2 38 (14.79%) Analyst
3 26 (10.12%) IT Support
4 21 (8.17%) Developer
5 16 (6.23%) Automation Engineer
5 16 (6.23%) Cloud Engineer
5 16 (6.23%) Network Engineer
6 15 (5.84%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (5.84%) IT Engineer
6 15 (5.84%) Lead
7 14 (5.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 13 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
8 13 (5.06%) Site Engineer
9 12 (4.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (4.28%) CloudOps Engineer
10 11 (4.28%) Data Analyst
10 11 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.28%) Support Analyst
10 11 (4.28%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.95%) JSON
2 17 (6.61%) XML
3 14 (5.45%) ARM Templates
3 14 (5.45%) REST
3 14 (5.45%) YAML
4 12 (4.67%) Django
5 11 (4.28%) Jinja
6 7 (2.72%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (2.33%) .NET
7 6 (2.33%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (2.33%) React
7 6 (2.33%) YANG
8 5 (1.95%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.95%) Node.js
9 4 (1.56%) boto
9 4 (1.56%) Flask
9 4 (1.56%) JWT
9 4 (1.56%) Model Context Protocol
9 4 (1.56%) RESTful
9 4 (1.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.17%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.39%) Public Cloud
2 19 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.84%) Onboarding
5 14 (5.45%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.67%) Podcast
7 10 (3.89%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (3.89%) PKI
8 9 (3.50%) Data Centre
9 8 (3.11%) Data Structures
9 8 (3.11%) Driving Licence
9 8 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.33%) Clustering
10 6 (2.33%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.33%) Replication
11 5 (1.95%) NHS
11 5 (1.95%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.56%) Low-Code
13 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 87 (33.85%) Windows
2 56 (21.79%) Linux
3 45 (17.51%) Windows Server
4 33 (12.84%) Unix
5 14 (5.45%) Windows 10
6 12 (4.67%) Mac OS
6 12 (4.67%) VMS
7 8 (3.11%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.33%) Android
9 4 (1.56%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.39%) CentOS
10 1 (0.39%) Debian
10 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.39%) SUSE
10 1 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.35%) CI/CD
1 78 (30.35%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (29.18%) DevOps
3 68 (26.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 58 (22.57%) Containerisation
5 55 (21.40%) AI
6 53 (20.62%) Analytics
6 53 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (18.29%) Root Cause Analysis
8 45 (17.51%) Agile
9 43 (16.73%) Computer Science
10 40 (15.56%) Observability
11 39 (15.18%) Mentoring
12 37 (14.40%) ITIL
13 36 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (12.84%) Disaster Recovery
15 30 (11.67%) Cloud Security
16 27 (10.51%) Migration
16 27 (10.51%) Roadmaps
17 25 (9.73%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 124 (48.25%) PowerShell
2 117 (45.53%) Python
3 67 (26.07%) SQL
4 44 (17.12%) Bash
5 27 (10.51%) Bicep
6 24 (9.34%) Java
7 22 (8.56%) JavaScript
8 12 (4.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (3.11%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.72%) Go
10 7 (2.72%) VBA
11 6 (2.33%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.95%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.95%) VB
12 5 (1.95%) VBScript
13 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.17%) C#
15 2 (0.78%) Perl
15 2 (0.78%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 48 (18.68%) Degree
2 32 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (10.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (8.95%) Azure Certification
5 17 (6.61%) Security Cleared
6 11 (4.28%) AWS Certification
6 11 (4.28%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.72%) CCNA
8 7 (2.72%) PhD
9 6 (2.33%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.95%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.56%) OSCP
11 4 (1.56%) RHCE
11 4 (1.56%) RHCSA
12 3 (1.17%) MCSA
13 2 (0.78%) CISSP
13 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.23%) GDPR
3 14 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.89%) NIST
4 10 (3.89%) QA
5 9 (3.50%) SLA
6 8 (3.11%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.56%) SNOMED CT
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.39%) DICOM
10 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 85 (33.07%) Active Directory
2 47 (18.29%) Docker
3 38 (14.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (7.78%) vSphere
5 17 (6.61%) Hyper-V
6 13 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (3.11%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.72%) BitLocker
9 5 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.56%) Squid
11 3 (1.17%) iptables
12 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (22.96%) Terraform
2 42 (16.34%) Kubernetes
3 29 (11.28%) Ansible
4 23 (8.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (8.95%) Prometheus
5 17 (6.61%) Grafana
6 15 (5.84%) SCCM
7 8 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (2.72%) Argo
9 6 (2.33%) Kustomize
9 6 (2.33%) ZABBIX
10 5 (1.95%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.56%) Packer
11 4 (1.56%) vCenter Server
12 3 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.17%) systemd
13 2 (0.78%) Istio
14 1 (0.39%) Cilium
14 1 (0.39%) linkerd
Vendors
1 111 (43.19%) Microsoft
2 40 (15.56%) VMware
3 32 (12.45%) Cisco
4 23 (8.95%) Oracle
5 16 (6.23%) Meraki
6 15 (5.84%) Google
6 15 (5.84%) Red Hat
7 12 (4.67%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (4.28%) Splunk
9 8 (3.11%) Apple
9 8 (3.11%) Logitech
9 8 (3.11%) Yealink
10 7 (2.72%) F5
11 6 (2.33%) Juniper
11 6 (2.33%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.95%) Adobe
12 5 (1.95%) IBM
12 5 (1.95%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.95%) Snow
13 4 (1.56%) MobileIron