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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 461 580
Rank change year-on-year +67 +119 -96
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 352 500 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.59% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 292 335 308
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £45,868
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.08% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,188 £76,250 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +40.95% +5.00% +5.26%

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 50,654 84,747 98,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.80% 85.73% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,617 59,812 57,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +64 317 £75,000 +20.00% 376
UK excluding London +108 204 £74,000 +40.95% 219
London +49 119 £77,500 +10.71% 215
Work from Home +103 98 £70,000 +16.67% 213
North of England +85 55 £75,000 +66.67% 50
South East +73 52 £75,000 +20.00% 72
Midlands +28 35 £60,000 +20.00% 28
North West +10 33 £68,496 +52.21% 27
East of England +65 25 £77,000 +54.00% 30
South West +88 23 £55,000 +15.79% 18
Yorkshire +70 20 £77,000 +120.00% 15
East Midlands +44 17 £57,500 +17.95% 9
West Midlands +28 17 £62,500 +38.89% 18
Scotland +106 11 £66,000 +46.67% 16
Northern Ireland - 3 £100,000 - 7
North East +50 2 £88,500 +4.12% 9
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 31 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 31 (8.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.42%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) CICS
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.99%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.42%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.57%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.28%) Finacle
3 1 (0.28%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.28%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 143 (40.63%) AWS
2 112 (31.82%) Azure
3 41 (11.65%) Entra ID
4 36 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (8.81%) Power Platform
6 27 (7.67%) Power Automate
7 25 (7.10%) GCP
8 21 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (5.68%) OneDrive
10 15 (4.26%) Serverless
11 13 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.84%) GitHub
13 9 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.56%) PowerApps
14 8 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (2.27%) SaaS
15 6 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.70%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.19%) DNS
2 48 (13.64%) Firewall
3 32 (9.09%) DHCP
4 30 (8.52%) TCP/IP
5 22 (6.25%) VPN
6 17 (4.83%) Network Security
7 16 (4.55%) LAN
8 15 (4.26%) SMTP
9 14 (3.98%) WAN
10 12 (3.41%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (2.56%) HTTP
11 9 (2.56%) NAS
12 8 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (2.27%) OSPF
12 8 (2.27%) SAN
12 8 (2.27%) Wireless
13 7 (1.99%) VLAN
14 6 (1.70%) BIG-IP
14 6 (1.70%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (1.70%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.25%) Power BI
2 21 (5.97%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.41%) MySQL
4 8 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.70%) Tableau
7 5 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.14%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.14%) Power Query
8 4 (1.14%) PowerPivot
9 3 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.57%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.57%) OLTP
10 2 (0.57%) Oracle Exadata
10 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.57%) RavenDB
10 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.83%) Git
2 14 (3.98%) JIRA
3 12 (3.41%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (1.99%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.70%) GitLab
6 3 (0.85%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.28%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) Maven
8 1 (0.28%) MLflow
8 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.28%) Postman
8 1 (0.28%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.28%) TestNG
8 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 82 (23.30%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.64%) Finance
3 39 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.25%) Law
6 20 (5.68%) Legal
7 19 (5.40%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.55%) Retail
9 15 (4.26%) Banking
10 11 (3.13%) Health Technology
11 9 (2.56%) Marketing
11 9 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (2.27%) Games
13 6 (1.70%) Front Office
14 5 (1.42%) Billing
14 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (23.30%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 44 (12.50%) Senior
3 31 (8.81%) Developer
4 26 (7.39%) Cloud Engineer
5 24 (6.82%) Analyst
6 23 (6.53%) Support Engineer
7 20 (5.68%) Security Engineer
8 19 (5.40%) Automation Engineer
9 16 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (4.55%) Lead
10 14 (3.98%) Network Engineer
11 13 (3.69%) Support Specialist
12 11 (3.13%) Administrator
12 11 (3.13%) DBA
12 11 (3.13%) Site Engineer
12 11 (3.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 10 (2.84%) Information Security Engineer
13 10 (2.84%) IT Support
13 10 (2.84%) Security Analyst
14 9 (2.56%) Data Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.55%) .NET
2 8 (2.27%) AngularJS
2 8 (2.27%) YAML
3 7 (1.99%) CSS
3 7 (1.99%) HTML
3 7 (1.99%) Middleware
4 6 (1.70%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.70%) Angular 2
4 6 (1.70%) jQuery
4 6 (1.70%) Node.js
5 5 (1.42%) RESTful
6 4 (1.14%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.14%) Blazor
6 4 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.14%) JSON
6 4 (1.14%) React
7 3 (0.85%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.85%) Spring
7 3 (0.85%) WPF
7 3 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.98%) Clustering
2 14 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.27%) Hedge funds
5 7 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.70%) PKI
7 5 (1.42%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.42%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.14%) Equities
8 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.85%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.57%) Life Science
10 2 (0.57%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.19%) Windows
2 43 (12.22%) Linux
3 34 (9.66%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.69%) Unix
5 6 (1.70%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.85%) Android
9 2 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.57%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.28%) Solaris
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (28.98%) Artificial Intelligence
2 98 (27.84%) Decision-Making
3 97 (27.56%) Workflow
4 90 (25.57%) API Integration
5 86 (24.43%) Machine Learning
6 83 (23.58%) Generative AI
7 82 (23.30%) LLM
8 77 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (17.61%) DevOps
10 51 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
11 44 (12.50%) CI/CD
12 38 (10.80%) Incident Management
13 37 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
14 35 (9.94%) Computer Science
15 34 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (9.66%) High Availability
16 31 (8.81%) Analytics
17 29 (8.24%) Mentoring
18 28 (7.95%) Migration
19 27 (7.67%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 173 (49.15%) Python
2 110 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 76 (21.59%) SQL
4 27 (7.67%) Bash
5 23 (6.53%) JavaScript
6 22 (6.25%) C#
7 12 (3.41%) Java
7 12 (3.41%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.13%) R
9 10 (2.84%) Bicep
10 8 (2.27%) TypeScript
11 6 (1.70%) Perl
12 5 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.42%) VB
13 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.57%) VBA
14 2 (0.57%) VBScript
15 1 (0.28%) PHP
15 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (17.90%) Degree
2 29 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (4.55%) CCNP
5 16 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.13%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.84%) CCNA
9 8 (2.27%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.70%) JNCIA
11 6 (1.70%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.85%) CCIE
12 3 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.57%) MCSE
13 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.83%) GDPR
2 9 (2.56%) NIST
3 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.42%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.42%) QA
6 3 (0.85%) SLA
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) Basel III
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) MiFID
8 1 (0.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) PSD2
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (13.35%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.82%) Docker
3 20 (5.68%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (4.83%) Hyper-V
6 14 (3.98%) vSphere
7 13 (3.69%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (1.99%) BitLocker
8 7 (1.99%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.70%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.28%) Firmware
10 1 (0.28%) RHEV
10 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (14.20%) Ansible
2 39 (11.08%) Terraform
3 34 (9.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (8.52%) Kubernetes
5 23 (6.53%) SCCM
6 20 (5.68%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (4.55%) Puppet
8 12 (3.41%) vCenter Server
8 12 (3.41%) vMotion
9 9 (2.56%) Grafana
9 9 (2.56%) Prometheus
10 7 (1.99%) Nagios
11 6 (1.70%) PowerCLI
11 6 (1.70%) vRealize
12 4 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
15 1 (0.28%) Control-M
15 1 (0.28%) Nessus
15 1 (0.28%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 104 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.24%) Google
3 22 (6.25%) VMware
4 19 (5.40%) Cisco
5 15 (4.26%) Citrix
6 13 (3.69%) HP
6 13 (3.69%) Veeam
7 10 (2.84%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.56%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.56%) Databricks
8 9 (2.56%) Symantec
9 7 (1.99%) Meraki
9 7 (1.99%) Oracle
10 6 (1.70%) Arista
10 6 (1.70%) F5
10 6 (1.70%) Intapp
10 6 (1.70%) LogicMonitor
11 5 (1.42%) Sage
11 5 (1.42%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.42%) SolarWinds