Intelligent Automation Job Trends in the West Midlands

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Intelligent Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 196 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs citing Intelligent Automation 7 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.072% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.079% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £41,163 - -
25th Percentile £51,832 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile £105,000 - -
90th Percentile £120,000 - -
England median annual salary £42,500 £77,500 £74,250
% change year-on-year -45.16% +4.38% +14.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Intelligent 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Intelligent Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Intelligent Automation job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Intelligent Automation
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Intelligent Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Intelligent Automation

Intelligent Automation
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intelligent Automation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Intelligent Automation in the West Midlands

Intelligent Automation
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intelligent Automation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Birmingham - 7 £70,000 - 2
Intelligent Automation
England

Intelligent Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (28.57%) CMS
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
3 2 (28.57%) Azure AI
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Back Office
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Head of IT
2 2 (28.57%) Web Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Website Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) FMCG
1 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) AI
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) AI Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Case Management
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Enablement
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Document Management
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Web Accessibility
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (28.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Blue Prism
3 1 (14.29%) UiPath