Task Automation Jobs

Task Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Task Automation over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 456 519
Rank change year-on-year +215 +63 -31
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 765 521 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.27% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.60% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 207 336 325
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £44,560
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £91,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year - +13.40% +7.78%

All Process and 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 54,248 86,367 83,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 90.14% 82.72% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,405 59,175 53,433
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation.

Salary trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

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 10 July 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
England +206 728 £57,500 -8.00% 299
Work from Home +266 558 £72,500 +20.83% 167
UK excluding London +229 483 £55,000 - 181
North of England +195 293 £42,384 -26.29% 49
North West +171 276 £35,000 -36.36% 35
London +77 170 £70,000 - 149
South East +50 58 £57,500 -8.00% 46
East of England +69 55 £47,500 -5.00% 20
Midlands +54 34 £57,500 - 24
South West +80 28 £55,000 +12.18% 26
East Midlands +54 17 £35,000 -30.00% 8
Yorkshire +44 16 £75,000 -6.25% 12
West Midlands +33 14 £59,000 +9.77% 17
Scotland +85 13 £55,000 +22.22% 15
Wales +29 2 £55,000 +4.76% 1
North East +41 1 - - 2
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

Task 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 42 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 285 (37.25%) AWS
2 215 (28.10%) Pulumi
3 109 (14.25%) Azure
4 48 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (4.44%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.79%) GCP
7 21 (2.75%) Power Platform
8 20 (2.61%) Power Automate
9 15 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.96%) Serverless
10 12 (1.57%) GitHub
11 11 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.44%) SaaS
12 10 (1.31%) OneDrive
12 10 (1.31%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.05%) Zapier
14 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 289 (37.78%) VPN
2 265 (34.64%) Cisco IOS
3 215 (28.10%) Broadband
4 52 (6.80%) DNS
5 40 (5.23%) Firewall
6 32 (4.18%) TCP/IP
7 29 (3.79%) DHCP
8 21 (2.75%) Network Security
9 15 (1.96%) SMTP
10 13 (1.70%) LAN
10 13 (1.70%) VLAN
10 13 (1.70%) WAN
11 10 (1.31%) OSPF
11 10 (1.31%) SAN
12 9 (1.18%) BGP
12 9 (1.18%) HTTP
12 9 (1.18%) NAS
13 7 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (0.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (28.37%) Relational Database
2 215 (28.10%) NoSQL
2 215 (28.10%) RDBMS
3 19 (2.48%) Power BI
3 19 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.83%) MySQL
5 7 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.65%) Power Query
7 4 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.52%) PowerPivot
8 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.39%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.13%) KDB
10 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 215 (28.10%) Jaeger
2 19 (2.48%) Git
3 11 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.18%) JIRA
5 7 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.65%) GitLab
7 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.13%) Gradle
8 1 (0.13%) JUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Maven
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) TestNG
8 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 513 (67.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 313 (40.92%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (12.29%) Social Skills
4 42 (5.49%) Finance
5 21 (2.75%) Law
6 17 (2.22%) Legal
6 17 (2.22%) Telecoms
7 14 (1.83%) Public Sector
8 13 (1.70%) Health Technology
9 10 (1.31%) Banking
10 9 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.05%) Local Government
11 8 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.05%) Marketing
12 7 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.78%) Games
13 6 (0.78%) Retail
14 5 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.65%) Front Office
15 4 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 287 (37.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 238 (31.11%) Lead
3 216 (28.24%) Team Leader
4 42 (5.49%) Support Engineer
5 36 (4.71%) Senior
6 29 (3.79%) Analyst
7 24 (3.14%) Security Engineer
8 22 (2.88%) Developer
9 21 (2.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 21 (2.75%) 3rd Line Support
9 21 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
9 21 (2.75%) Network Engineer
10 20 (2.61%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 15 (1.96%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (1.70%) Automation Engineer
12 13 (1.70%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (1.70%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 13 (1.70%) Support Specialist
13 12 (1.57%) Implementation Manager
13 12 (1.57%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (62.75%) Elastic Stack
2 215 (28.10%) OpenTelemetry
3 14 (1.83%) .NET
4 8 (1.05%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.78%) CSS
5 6 (0.78%) HTML
6 5 (0.65%) Angular 2
6 5 (0.65%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.65%) jQuery
6 5 (0.65%) React
6 5 (0.65%) REST
6 5 (0.65%) YAML
7 4 (0.52%) Node.js
7 4 (0.52%) RESTful
8 3 (0.39%) Vue
8 3 (0.39%) Web Services
9 2 (0.26%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.26%) Django
9 2 (0.26%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 262 (34.25%) Cyberattack
2 14 (1.83%) Clustering
3 13 (1.70%) Hedge funds
3 13 (1.70%) Onboarding
4 12 (1.57%) Cloud Native
4 12 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (1.44%) Management Information System
6 7 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (0.78%) PKI
8 5 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.65%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.52%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.52%) Equities
9 4 (0.52%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.52%) Replication
9 4 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.39%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 524 (68.50%) Linux
2 333 (43.53%) Windows
3 264 (34.51%) Android
4 228 (29.80%) Unix
5 51 (6.67%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Debian
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (68.89%) DevOps
2 357 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 292 (38.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 277 (36.21%) Platform Engineering
5 271 (35.42%) Line Management
5 271 (35.42%) Risk Management
6 269 (35.16%) Storage Management
7 267 (34.90%) Mathematics
8 245 (32.03%) High Availability
9 244 (31.90%) Mentoring
10 242 (31.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 234 (30.59%) Agile
11 234 (30.59%) Roadmaps
12 228 (29.80%) Continuous Integration
13 221 (28.89%) Containerisation
14 220 (28.76%) Cost Optimisation
15 219 (28.63%) Resource Management
16 216 (28.24%) GitOps
17 215 (28.10%) Budget Control
17 215 (28.10%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 584 (76.34%) Python
2 505 (66.01%) Bash
3 365 (47.71%) PowerShell
4 235 (30.72%) Java
4 235 (30.72%) JavaScript
5 219 (28.63%) Go
6 68 (8.89%) SQL
7 22 (2.88%) C#
8 16 (2.09%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.44%) Perl
10 10 (1.31%) R
11 9 (1.18%) Bicep
11 9 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.26%) Ruby
13 2 (0.26%) VBA
14 1 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.13%) PHP
14 1 (0.13%) VB
14 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 223 (29.15%) AWS Certification
2 60 (7.84%) Degree
3 28 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.09%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.57%) CCNP
8 10 (1.31%) CCNA
8 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.18%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.78%) JNCIA
12 6 (0.78%) JNCIS
13 2 (0.26%) CISSP
13 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.26%) MCSA
13 2 (0.26%) MCSE
14 1 (0.13%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.09%) GDPR
2 11 (1.44%) NIST
3 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.05%) QA
4 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.52%) SLA
7 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) PMO
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 500 (65.36%) Docker
2 298 (38.95%) Hyper-V
3 274 (35.82%) vSphere
4 262 (34.25%) VMware NSX
5 43 (5.62%) Active Directory
6 35 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.92%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.92%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.78%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.26%) vCloud
13 1 (0.13%) Firmware
13 1 (0.13%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 524 (68.50%) Ansible
2 505 (66.01%) Terraform
3 245 (32.03%) Kubernetes
4 223 (29.15%) Prometheus
5 216 (28.24%) Argo
6 215 (28.10%) Kustomize
7 25 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.22%) Puppet
9 15 (1.96%) Backup Exec
9 15 (1.96%) SCCM
10 14 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (1.70%) Grafana
12 12 (1.57%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.57%) vMotion
13 7 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.78%) Nagios
14 6 (0.78%) PowerCLI
14 6 (0.78%) vRealize
15 5 (0.65%) Progress Chef
16 4 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 279 (36.47%) Cisco
2 272 (35.56%) Splunk
3 263 (34.38%) Juniper
4 262 (34.25%) 3PAR
5 252 (32.94%) Google
6 118 (15.42%) Microsoft
7 42 (5.49%) VMware
8 30 (3.92%) Veeam
9 13 (1.70%) Citrix
9 13 (1.70%) HP
10 9 (1.18%) Apple
10 9 (1.18%) Oracle
11 8 (1.05%) Zscaler
12 7 (0.92%) Arista
12 7 (0.92%) Symantec
13 6 (0.78%) Meraki
13 6 (0.78%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.65%) Databricks
14 5 (0.65%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.65%) Sage