Task Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 549 555
Rank change year-on-year +72 +6 -149
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 297 210 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.35% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 146 138 248
10th Percentile £36,625 £35,000 £28,025
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,438 £65,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,836 56,548 67,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.53% 95.58% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41,285 29,231 41,036
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East +34 86 £62,500 +56.25% 30
Midlands +39 59 £50,000 -28.57% 12
South West +9 57 £47,500 -18.10% 17
North of England +27 44 £45,000 -2.70% 21
West Midlands +37 39 £45,000 -35.71% 10
North West +14 32 £45,000 -10.00% 14
Scotland -48 31 £45,000 -5.26% 5
East Midlands -2 12 £48,750 +2.63% 2
East of England -16 12 £50,000 +5.26% 14
Yorkshire +54 10 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Wales +12 10 £52,500 +28.82% 2
North East -4 2 £85,000 +81.82% 3
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (9.09%) IIS
2 20 (6.73%) Camunda
3 19 (6.40%) Apache
4 18 (6.06%) Tomcat
5 13 (4.38%) SharePoint
6 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.68%) Confluence
8 4 (1.35%) SAS
9 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (5.39%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 117 (39.39%) Azure
2 48 (16.16%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (13.47%) IBM Cloud
4 39 (13.13%) AWS
5 35 (11.78%) Power Platform
6 23 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (5.39%) IaaS
7 16 (5.39%) Power Automate
8 15 (5.05%) Nutanix
9 11 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.70%) PowerApps
10 10 (3.37%) GCP
11 9 (3.03%) SaaS
12 7 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (1.35%) GitHub
15 4 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.76%) DNS
2 17 (5.72%) WAN
3 14 (4.71%) Firewall
4 13 (4.38%) VPN
5 12 (4.04%) LAN
5 12 (4.04%) SAN
6 9 (3.03%) DHCP
7 7 (2.36%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.02%) IPv4
8 6 (2.02%) Network Security
9 5 (1.68%) Internet
9 5 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.68%) VLAN
10 4 (1.35%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.35%) OSPF
11 3 (1.01%) BGP
11 3 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.67%) NAS
13 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.07%) Oracle Database
3 13 (4.38%) Power BI
4 12 (4.04%) MySQL
4 12 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.36%) Oracle BI EE
6 7 (2.36%) Tableau
7 6 (2.02%) GIS
7 6 (2.02%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.35%) Spatial Data
10 3 (1.01%) Ingres
10 3 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.01%) Redis
11 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 21 (7.07%) Travis CI
3 20 (6.73%) CircleCI
3 20 (6.73%) Gradle
3 20 (6.73%) Maven
4 7 (2.36%) Git
4 7 (2.36%) JIRA
5 6 (2.02%) Selenium
6 5 (1.68%) GitLab
7 4 (1.35%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.01%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.01%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.67%) JMeter
9 2 (0.67%) JUnit
9 2 (0.67%) MSI
9 2 (0.67%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (0.67%) TestNG
General
1 92 (30.98%) Finance
2 60 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (19.19%) Public Sector
4 53 (17.85%) Social Skills
5 43 (14.48%) Law
6 37 (12.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (12.46%) Retail
7 21 (7.07%) Legal
8 20 (6.73%) Police
9 17 (5.72%) Banking
10 16 (5.39%) Local Government
11 14 (4.71%) Front Office
11 14 (4.71%) Investment Banking
12 10 (3.37%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.01%) Billing
15 3 (1.01%) Marketing
15 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (19.87%) Senior
2 34 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (11.45%) Software Engineer
3 28 (9.43%) Lead
4 25 (8.42%) Analyst
5 23 (7.74%) Platform Engineer
6 21 (7.07%) Administrator
7 16 (5.39%) Applications Support
7 16 (5.39%) Architect
7 16 (5.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.71%) Associate Project Manager
8 14 (4.71%) Portfolio Manager
8 14 (4.71%) Portfolio Project Manager
8 14 (4.71%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.71%) Senior Manager
8 14 (4.71%) Senior Portfolio Manager
8 14 (4.71%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (4.38%) Data Analyst
10 12 (4.04%) Consultant
10 12 (4.04%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.07%) REST
2 20 (6.73%) Spring
2 20 (6.73%) Spring Boot
3 19 (6.40%) Web Services
4 11 (3.70%) .NET
5 8 (2.69%) CSS
5 8 (2.69%) HTML
6 5 (1.68%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.68%) WebRTC
7 4 (1.35%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.35%) PySpark
7 4 (1.35%) SOAP
8 3 (1.01%) React
8 3 (1.01%) XML
9 2 (0.67%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.67%) Apache Commons
9 2 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.67%) Guava
9 2 (0.67%) Java Concurrency
9 2 (0.67%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.49%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (13.47%) Blockchain
2 40 (13.47%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.07%) Public Cloud
3 21 (7.07%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.71%) Derivative
5 13 (4.38%) IoT
6 12 (4.04%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.70%) Clustering
8 8 (2.69%) PKI
9 7 (2.36%) Blog
9 7 (2.36%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.68%) Replication
11 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.01%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.67%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.67%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (0.67%) EPoS
12 2 (0.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 100 (33.67%) Linux
2 70 (23.57%) Windows
3 44 (14.81%) CentOS
4 40 (13.47%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (13.47%) Debian
5 23 (7.74%) Unix
6 16 (5.39%) Solaris
7 14 (4.71%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (2.02%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.35%) Windows 10
11 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.34%) Android
13 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (29.97%) CI/CD
3 81 (27.27%) DevOps
4 76 (25.59%) Agile
5 62 (20.88%) Decision-Making
6 54 (18.18%) Data Science
7 44 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 40 (13.47%) Co-Creation
8 40 (13.47%) Functional Testing
8 40 (13.47%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (13.47%) Technology Transformation
9 38 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 36 (12.12%) Analytics
11 33 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 31 (10.44%) SDLC
13 29 (9.76%) Computer Science
14 27 (9.09%) ITIL
14 27 (9.09%) Software Engineering
15 25 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (8.42%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (34.34%) Python
2 68 (22.90%) SQL
3 63 (21.21%) PowerShell
4 43 (14.48%) Bash
5 30 (10.10%) Java
6 25 (8.42%) Shell Script
7 23 (7.74%) Ruby
8 18 (6.06%) JavaScript
9 16 (5.39%) Perl
10 10 (3.37%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.37%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.69%) C#
12 7 (2.36%) VBA
13 5 (1.68%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.35%) R
15 3 (1.01%) C++
15 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.34%) AWK
16 1 (0.34%) C
16 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 71 (23.91%) Degree
2 44 (14.81%) MCSE
2 44 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (14.48%) Azure Certification
4 42 (14.14%) Security Cleared
5 41 (13.80%) MCSA
6 21 (7.07%) SC Cleared
7 15 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.02%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.35%) CCNP
9 4 (1.35%) CISSP
10 3 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.01%) CCIE
10 3 (1.01%) HND
10 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.67%) CCA
11 2 (0.67%) CCNA
11 2 (0.67%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.73%) Accessibility
1 20 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.38%) QA
3 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.01%) GRC
4 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.67%) GDPR
5 2 (0.67%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (17.51%) Docker
2 48 (16.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (12.79%) Active Directory
4 22 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (4.04%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.37%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.36%) VMware Server
8 5 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.68%) vSphere
9 4 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 59 (19.87%) Terraform
2 55 (18.52%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.40%) Ansible
4 6 (2.02%) Puppet
5 5 (1.68%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.35%) SCCM
6 4 (1.35%) SCOM
7 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.01%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.01%) Grafana
7 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (1.01%) SCOrch
7 3 (1.01%) vMotion
8 2 (0.67%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.34%) Nagios
9 1 (0.34%) Nessus
9 1 (0.34%) Suricata
9 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (24.92%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.16%) VMware
3 44 (14.81%) Red Hat
4 41 (13.80%) IBM
5 33 (11.11%) Oracle
6 21 (7.07%) Pega
7 16 (5.39%) NEC
8 8 (2.69%) Splunk
9 5 (1.68%) Sophos
10 4 (1.35%) Citrix
10 4 (1.35%) Mapbox
10 4 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.01%) Cisco
12 2 (0.67%) Dell
12 2 (0.67%) EMC
12 2 (0.67%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.67%) Google
12 2 (0.67%) HP
12 2 (0.67%) Ivanti
12 2 (0.67%) SonicWALL