Task Automation Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Task Automation
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Task Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 91 130
Rank change year-on-year -25 +39 +81
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 4 11 10
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.22% 0.77% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.87% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 5
10th Percentile - £51,250 -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £80,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +77.78% -20.00%
75th Percentile £48,125 £90,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £100,000 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £80,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -53.13% +77.78% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,473 1,263 1,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 80.23% 88.20% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 862 625 1,436
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,000 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Task Automation
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Task Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in West Yorkshire

Task Automation
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Leeds -21 4 £30,000 -62.50% 1
Task Automation
Yorkshire

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (75.00%) HR Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) SDLC
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle