Task Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 575 485
Rank change year-on-year +110 -90 -38
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 512 437 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.43% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.45% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 336 305 548
10th Percentile £40,833 £36,052 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,886 £46,157 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +5.49% -1.25%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Task Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Top 16 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 May 2024. 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 +93 439 £62,500 - 154
UK excluding London +53 295 £52,500 +5.00% 78
London +99 181 £70,000 - 84
Work from Home +105 174 £60,000 -7.69% 66
South East +48 86 £62,500 +56.25% 14
Midlands +30 58 £50,000 -28.57% 13
South West -6 58 £47,500 -15.18% 12
North of England +29 44 £45,000 -10.00% 19
West Midlands +43 38 £45,000 -35.71% 9
North West +16 31 £45,000 -5.26% 15
Scotland -31 31 £45,000 -5.26% 6
East Midlands -1 12 £48,750 +2.63% 4
Yorkshire +49 11 £37,500 -25.00% 2
Wales +22 10 £52,500 +28.82%
East of England -7 10 £50,000 +4.17% 13
North East -7 2 £85,000 +81.82% 2

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 37 (7.23%) Apache
2 36 (7.03%) IIS
3 28 (5.47%) SharePoint
4 26 (5.08%) Tomcat
5 25 (4.88%) Confluence
6 20 (3.91%) Camunda
7 19 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.98%) nginx
8 5 (0.98%) SAS
9 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (5.27%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 181 (35.35%) Azure
2 80 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (14.65%) Power Platform
4 62 (12.11%) AWS
5 56 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (8.20%) Entra ID
7 40 (7.81%) IBM Cloud
8 34 (6.64%) Power Automate
9 30 (5.86%) PowerApps
10 22 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (3.91%) Nutanix
12 18 (3.52%) GitHub
13 17 (3.32%) IaaS
14 13 (2.54%) GCP
15 11 (2.15%) SaaS
16 9 (1.76%) Serverless
17 7 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
18 6 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 5 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 47 (9.18%) DNS
2 43 (8.40%) Firewall
3 19 (3.71%) WAN
4 16 (3.13%) DHCP
4 16 (3.13%) PBX
5 14 (2.73%) SAN
6 13 (2.54%) LAN
6 13 (2.54%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.54%) VPN
7 9 (1.76%) Network Security
8 6 (1.17%) Internet
8 6 (1.17%) IPv4
8 6 (1.17%) VLAN
9 5 (0.98%) NetScaler
9 5 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.78%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (0.78%) OSPF
11 3 (0.59%) BGP
11 3 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (9.96%) SQL Server
2 40 (7.81%) MySQL
3 36 (7.03%) Power BI
4 33 (6.45%) Oracle Database
5 32 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.95%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.76%) GIS
11 9 (1.76%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.56%) Oracle BI EE
12 8 (1.56%) Tableau
13 7 (1.37%) Data Mining
13 7 (1.37%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (1.37%) Spatial Data
14 6 (1.17%) Redis
15 5 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 58 (11.33%) Jenkins
2 38 (7.42%) JIRA
3 21 (4.10%) Git
3 21 (4.10%) Travis CI
4 20 (3.91%) Bitbucket
4 20 (3.91%) CircleCI
4 20 (3.91%) Gradle
4 20 (3.91%) Maven
5 10 (1.95%) Selenium
6 8 (1.56%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.37%) GitLab
8 6 (1.17%) REST Assured
8 6 (1.17%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.98%) JUnit
9 5 (0.98%) TestNG
10 3 (0.59%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.59%) JMeter
10 3 (0.59%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 182 (35.55%) Finance
2 131 (25.59%) Social Skills
3 100 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (12.89%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.59%) Retail
6 43 (8.40%) Law
7 41 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (6.84%) Banking
9 34 (6.64%) Legal
10 29 (5.66%) Police
11 24 (4.69%) Local Government
12 19 (3.71%) Investment Banking
13 16 (3.13%) Front Office
14 13 (2.54%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.34%) General Ledger
15 12 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.37%) Marketing
18 6 (1.17%) Billing
19 3 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (19.92%) Senior
2 55 (10.74%) Analyst
3 43 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (7.03%) Systems Engineer
5 35 (6.84%) Lead
6 34 (6.64%) Administrator
7 33 (6.45%) Software Engineer
8 31 (6.05%) Applications Support
9 28 (5.47%) DBA
10 26 (5.08%) Support Engineer
11 25 (4.88%) Architect
11 25 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
12 21 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.52%) Support Analyst
13 18 (3.52%) Systems Support
14 17 (3.32%) Data Analyst
14 17 (3.32%) Developer
14 17 (3.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (3.32%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.47%) Web Services
2 25 (4.88%) REST
3 20 (3.91%) Spring
3 20 (3.91%) Spring Boot
4 17 (3.32%) HTML
5 16 (3.13%) .NET
6 15 (2.93%) CSS
7 5 (0.98%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.98%) Apache Commons
7 5 (0.98%) Guava
7 5 (0.98%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (0.98%) SOAP
7 5 (0.98%) WebRTC
7 5 (0.98%) WireMock
8 4 (0.78%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.78%) PySpark
8 4 (0.78%) React
8 4 (0.78%) XML
9 3 (0.59%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.98%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (7.81%) Blockchain
2 40 (7.81%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (5.86%) Public Cloud
4 26 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (3.91%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.52%) Clustering
7 18 (3.52%) Replication
8 14 (2.73%) Derivative
9 13 (2.54%) IoT
10 10 (1.95%) Cyberattack
11 8 (1.56%) Blog
11 8 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.56%) Housing Association
11 8 (1.56%) PKI
12 7 (1.37%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.17%) AS400
13 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.78%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 167 (32.62%) Windows
2 157 (30.66%) Linux
3 49 (9.57%) CentOS
4 40 (7.81%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (7.81%) Debian
5 36 (7.03%) Windows Server
6 33 (6.45%) Unix
7 24 (4.69%) Solaris
8 19 (3.71%) Mac OS
9 11 (2.15%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.76%) Windows 10
11 8 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.39%) VMS
15 1 (0.20%) AIX
15 1 (0.20%) Android
15 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 107 (20.90%) DevOps
4 99 (19.34%) Agile
5 71 (13.87%) Decision-Making
6 65 (12.70%) Data Science
7 60 (11.72%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (10.55%) ITIL
10 51 (9.96%) Project Management
11 50 (9.77%) Computer Science
12 49 (9.57%) Artificial Intelligence
13 48 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 45 (8.79%) Analytics
15 44 (8.59%) Data Security
16 41 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
17 40 (7.81%) Co-Creation
17 40 (7.81%) Functional Testing
17 40 (7.81%) Separation of Concerns
17 40 (7.81%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 151 (29.49%) PowerShell
2 147 (28.71%) Python
3 114 (22.27%) SQL
4 85 (16.60%) Bash
5 42 (8.20%) Shell Script
6 38 (7.42%) Java
7 28 (5.47%) T-SQL
8 27 (5.27%) Perl
9 25 (4.88%) JavaScript
10 23 (4.49%) Ruby
11 22 (4.30%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.95%) C#
12 10 (1.95%) RPG
13 8 (1.56%) VBA
14 5 (0.98%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.98%) R
14 5 (0.98%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.39%) Go
15 2 (0.39%) PHP
15 2 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 133 (25.98%) Degree
2 58 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 55 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (8.98%) Azure Certification
5 45 (8.79%) MCSE
6 42 (8.20%) MCSA
7 29 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (5.66%) SC Cleared
8 24 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (3.52%) CCNA
10 10 (1.95%) CISSP
11 6 (1.17%) CCNP
11 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.59%) CCIE
14 3 (0.59%) HND
15 2 (0.39%) CCA
15 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.39%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.64%) Accessibility
2 23 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.34%) GRC
3 12 (2.34%) QA
4 8 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.78%) SLA
7 2 (0.39%) GDPR
7 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.39%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 107 (20.90%) Active Directory
2 69 (13.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (12.11%) Docker
4 31 (6.05%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (3.71%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.15%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.95%) Firmware
9 8 (1.56%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.37%) vSphere
11 6 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (1.17%) XenApp
12 5 (0.98%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.39%) KVM
15 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 79 (15.43%) Terraform
2 68 (13.28%) Kubernetes
3 39 (7.62%) Ansible
4 15 (2.93%) SCOM
5 13 (2.54%) SCCM
6 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.76%) Grafana
7 9 (1.76%) Nagios
7 9 (1.76%) Puppet
8 8 (1.56%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.37%) Foglight
9 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.17%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.78%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.59%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.59%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.59%) vMotion
Vendors
1 146 (28.52%) Microsoft
2 85 (16.60%) VMware
3 54 (10.55%) IBM
4 48 (9.38%) Red Hat
5 47 (9.18%) Oracle
6 27 (5.27%) NEC
7 21 (4.10%) Atlassian
7 21 (4.10%) Pega
8 18 (3.52%) Palo Alto
8 18 (3.52%) Splunk
9 17 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
10 13 (2.54%) ArcSight
10 13 (2.54%) Dell
10 13 (2.54%) Veeam
11 11 (2.15%) NetApp
12 10 (1.95%) Citrix
12 10 (1.95%) HP
12 10 (1.95%) Qualys
13 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.37%) CyberArk