Task Automation Jobs in England

Task Automation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 552 498
Rank change year-on-year +109 -54 -47
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 441 408 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.46% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.48% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 285 287 497
10th Percentile £40,400 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £46,204 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,140 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +6.90% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,140 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.45% +11.55% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,567 84,580 131,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.06% 95.60% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53,896 50,324 73,626
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London +88 180 £70,000 -0.71% 104
South East +51 87 £62,500 +56.25% 38
Midlands +31 59 £50,000 -28.57% 12
South West -4 57 £47,500 -18.10% 19
North of England +19 44 £45,000 -2.70% 21
West Midlands +36 39 £45,000 -35.71% 10
North West +11 32 £45,000 -10.00% 14
East Midlands -9 12 £48,750 +2.63% 2
East of England -11 12 £50,000 +5.26% 14
Yorkshire +55 10 £37,500 -16.67% 4
North East -3 2 £85,000 +81.82% 3
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (8.39%) Apache
2 36 (8.16%) IIS
3 26 (5.90%) Tomcat
4 23 (5.22%) Confluence
5 22 (4.99%) SharePoint
6 19 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.13%) nginx
7 5 (1.13%) SAS
8 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (6.12%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 157 (35.60%) Azure
2 69 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (13.38%) Power Platform
4 54 (12.24%) AWS
5 50 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (9.07%) IBM Cloud
7 37 (8.39%) Entra ID
8 28 (6.35%) Power Automate
9 21 (4.76%) Nutanix
10 20 (4.54%) PowerApps
11 17 (3.85%) IaaS
12 16 (3.63%) GitHub
13 15 (3.40%) GCP
14 11 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.27%) SaaS
16 9 (2.04%) Serverless
17 6 (1.36%) Azure Functions
17 6 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 5 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
18 5 (1.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 49 (11.11%) DNS
2 40 (9.07%) Firewall
3 17 (3.85%) DHCP
3 17 (3.85%) WAN
4 14 (3.17%) PBX
5 13 (2.95%) SAN
5 13 (2.95%) TCP/IP
5 13 (2.95%) VPN
6 11 (2.49%) LAN
7 9 (2.04%) Network Security
8 7 (1.59%) Internet
8 7 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.36%) IPv4
9 6 (1.36%) VLAN
10 5 (1.13%) NetScaler
11 4 (0.91%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.91%) OSPF
12 3 (0.68%) BGP
12 3 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 30 (6.80%) MySQL
2 30 (6.80%) Power BI
3 29 (6.58%) Oracle Database
4 27 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (2.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (2.27%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.27%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.59%) Oracle BI EE
10 7 (1.59%) Tableau
11 6 (1.36%) GIS
11 6 (1.36%) Redis
12 5 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.91%) PowerPivot
13 4 (0.91%) Semantic Layer
13 4 (0.91%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 34 (7.71%) Jenkins
2 31 (7.03%) JIRA
3 18 (4.08%) Git
4 17 (3.85%) Bitbucket
5 9 (2.04%) Selenium
6 7 (1.59%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.36%) REST Assured
7 6 (1.36%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.13%) GitLab
8 5 (1.13%) JUnit
8 5 (1.13%) TestNG
9 4 (0.91%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.45%) git-flow
10 2 (0.45%) JMeter
10 2 (0.45%) MSI
10 2 (0.45%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.23%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.23%) Travis CI
General
1 150 (34.01%) Finance
2 116 (26.30%) Social Skills
3 97 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (14.97%) Public Sector
5 42 (9.52%) Retail
6 37 (8.39%) Banking
7 29 (6.58%) Police
8 24 (5.44%) Local Government
9 23 (5.22%) Law
10 21 (4.76%) Investment Banking
11 19 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (3.63%) Front Office
13 14 (3.17%) Legal
14 12 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (2.27%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.59%) General Ledger
16 7 (1.59%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.59%) Marketing
17 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.68%) Billing
Job Titles
1 103 (23.36%) Senior
2 48 (10.88%) Analyst
2 48 (10.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (7.94%) Lead
4 33 (7.48%) Administrator
4 33 (7.48%) Systems Engineer
5 30 (6.80%) Applications Support
6 24 (5.44%) Support Engineer
7 21 (4.76%) Architect
7 21 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
8 19 (4.31%) DBA
9 18 (4.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.85%) Developer
10 17 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 16 (3.63%) Data Analyst
11 16 (3.63%) Systems Support
12 15 (3.40%) Consultant
12 15 (3.40%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.40%) Systems Administrator
12 15 (3.40%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.12%) Web Services
2 25 (5.67%) REST
3 15 (3.40%) HTML
4 13 (2.95%) .NET
4 13 (2.95%) CSS
5 5 (1.13%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.13%) Apache Commons
5 5 (1.13%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.13%) Guava
5 5 (1.13%) Java Concurrency
5 5 (1.13%) WebRTC
5 5 (1.13%) WireMock
6 4 (0.91%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.91%) PySpark
6 4 (0.91%) React
6 4 (0.91%) SOAP
6 4 (0.91%) XML
7 3 (0.68%) JSON
7 3 (0.68%) LAMP
7 3 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (9.07%) Blockchain
2 40 (9.07%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (6.80%) Public Cloud
4 25 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 24 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (4.76%) Data Centre
7 18 (4.08%) Clustering
7 18 (4.08%) Replication
8 14 (3.17%) Derivative
8 14 (3.17%) IoT
9 9 (2.04%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.81%) Blog
10 8 (1.81%) Housing Association
11 7 (1.59%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.59%) PKI
12 6 (1.36%) AS400
12 6 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.36%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 154 (34.92%) Windows
2 142 (32.20%) Linux
3 48 (10.88%) CentOS
4 40 (9.07%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (9.07%) Debian
5 39 (8.84%) Windows Server
6 30 (6.80%) Unix
7 24 (5.44%) Solaris
8 17 (3.85%) Mac OS
9 11 (2.49%) Ubuntu
10 10 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (2.27%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.45%) VMS
14 1 (0.23%) AIX
14 1 (0.23%) Android
14 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.23%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (33.11%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (22.22%) DevOps
3 90 (20.41%) CI/CD
4 76 (17.23%) Agile
5 61 (13.83%) Data Science
6 59 (13.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 52 (11.79%) Decision-Making
8 51 (11.56%) ITIL
9 50 (11.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 48 (10.88%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (10.66%) Artificial Intelligence
11 47 (10.66%) Computer Science
12 44 (9.98%) Project Management
13 41 (9.30%) Data Security
14 40 (9.07%) Co-Creation
14 40 (9.07%) Functional Testing
14 40 (9.07%) Separation of Concerns
14 40 (9.07%) Technology Transformation
15 37 (8.39%) Mentoring
16 35 (7.94%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 140 (31.75%) PowerShell
2 113 (25.62%) Python
3 91 (20.63%) SQL
4 84 (19.05%) Bash
5 35 (7.94%) Shell Script
6 27 (6.12%) Perl
7 22 (4.99%) T-SQL
8 21 (4.76%) JavaScript
9 18 (4.08%) Java
9 18 (4.08%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.49%) C#
11 10 (2.27%) RPG
12 7 (1.59%) VBA
13 6 (1.36%) Ruby
14 5 (1.13%) MATLAB
14 5 (1.13%) R
14 5 (1.13%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.68%) C++
16 2 (0.45%) Korn
16 2 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 130 (29.48%) Degree
2 57 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 55 (12.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 45 (10.20%) Azure Certification
4 45 (10.20%) MCSE
5 42 (9.52%) MCSA
6 29 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (6.35%) SC Cleared
8 23 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (3.63%) CCNA
10 10 (2.27%) CISSP
11 7 (1.59%) CCNP
11 7 (1.59%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.36%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.91%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.68%) CCIE
15 2 (0.45%) CCA
15 2 (0.45%) Citrix Certification
15 2 (0.45%) JNCIP
15 2 (0.45%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.03%) Accessibility
2 24 (5.44%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.95%) QA
4 10 (2.27%) GRC
5 8 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.68%) SLA
8 2 (0.45%) GDPR
8 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 97 (22.00%) Active Directory
2 68 (15.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (14.29%) Docker
4 28 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (4.54%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.49%) VMware NSX
8 10 (2.27%) Firmware
9 8 (1.81%) VMware Server
9 8 (1.81%) XenApp
10 7 (1.59%) vSphere
10 7 (1.59%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.45%) KVM
14 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 70 (15.87%) Terraform
2 60 (13.61%) Kubernetes
3 39 (8.84%) Ansible
4 15 (3.40%) SCCM
4 15 (3.40%) SCOM
5 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.49%) Puppet
7 9 (2.04%) Grafana
7 9 (2.04%) Nagios
8 8 (1.81%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.59%) Foglight
9 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.36%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.91%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.91%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.68%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 131 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 82 (18.59%) VMware
3 54 (12.24%) IBM
4 49 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 42 (9.52%) Oracle
6 27 (6.12%) NEC
7 19 (4.31%) Atlassian
8 18 (4.08%) Splunk
9 17 (3.85%) Palo Alto
10 14 (3.17%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (2.95%) ArcSight
11 13 (2.95%) Dell
11 13 (2.95%) Veeam
12 12 (2.72%) Citrix
13 11 (2.49%) NetApp
14 10 (2.27%) HP
15 8 (1.81%) Google
15 8 (1.81%) ServiceNow
16 7 (1.59%) CyberArk
16 7 (1.59%) Qualys