Task Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Task Automation over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 513 556
Rank change year-on-year +35 +43 -153
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 313 222 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.40% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.42% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 156 155 245
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year - +3.00% -0.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,298 52,969 71,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.94% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,599 28,416 41,329
10th Percentile £27,500 £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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +15 89 £62,500 +40.26% 19
Midlands +19 66 £50,000 -27.80% 11
South West -10 55 £47,500 -20.83% 15
North of England +5 52 £55,000 +11.68% 25
West Midlands +18 43 £45,000 -35.02% 8
North West 0 36 £55,000 +3.77% 14
Scotland -40 28 £45,000 -5.26% 6
East of England -24 15 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Yorkshire +44 14 £58,496 +18.77% 10
East Midlands -25 13 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Wales +17 10 £52,500 +28.82% 5
North East -16 2 £85,000 +95.40% 1
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 (8.63%) IIS
2 18 (5.75%) Apache
2 18 (5.75%) Tomcat
3 15 (4.79%) SharePoint
4 14 (4.47%) Camunda
5 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.60%) Confluence
7 4 (1.28%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (5.11%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 136 (43.45%) Azure
2 53 (16.93%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (12.78%) Azure AI
3 40 (12.78%) IBM Cloud
4 38 (12.14%) AWS
5 34 (10.86%) Power Platform
6 32 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (6.39%) IaaS
8 19 (6.07%) Nutanix
9 18 (5.75%) Entra ID
10 16 (5.11%) Power Automate
11 12 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (3.51%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.88%) Azure Storage
13 9 (2.88%) SaaS
14 8 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.56%) GCP
15 7 (2.24%) Azure Event Grid
16 5 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 5 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.86%) DNS
2 18 (5.75%) WAN
3 17 (5.43%) Firewall
4 15 (4.79%) SAN
5 14 (4.47%) VPN
6 13 (4.15%) LAN
7 9 (2.88%) DHCP
8 7 (2.24%) Network Security
8 7 (2.24%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.60%) Internet
9 5 (1.60%) IPv4
9 5 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.28%) BGP
10 4 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.28%) VLAN
11 3 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.96%) NAS
11 3 (0.96%) OSPF
11 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.71%) Oracle Database
3 13 (4.15%) MySQL
3 13 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.51%) Power BI
5 8 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.92%) GIS
6 6 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.60%) Oracle BI EE
7 5 (1.60%) Tableau
8 4 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.28%) Redis
8 4 (1.28%) Spatial Data
9 3 (0.96%) Ingres
9 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (7.99%) Jenkins
2 15 (4.79%) Travis CI
3 14 (4.47%) CircleCI
3 14 (4.47%) Gradle
3 14 (4.47%) Maven
4 13 (4.15%) Git
5 6 (1.92%) JIRA
6 4 (1.28%) GitLab
6 4 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.96%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.96%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.96%) Selenium
7 3 (0.96%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.64%) JUnit
8 2 (0.64%) MSI
8 2 (0.64%) TestNG
9 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 96 (30.67%) Finance
2 61 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (17.89%) Public Sector
4 50 (15.97%) Social Skills
5 37 (11.82%) Law
6 36 (11.50%) Retail
7 31 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (6.39%) Police
9 17 (5.43%) Banking
10 16 (5.11%) Local Government
11 15 (4.79%) Legal
12 14 (4.47%) Front Office
12 14 (4.47%) Investment Banking
13 10 (3.19%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.56%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.92%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.28%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.96%) Billing
17 3 (0.96%) Marketing
17 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (20.77%) Senior
2 42 (13.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (9.27%) Software Engineer
4 27 (8.63%) Lead
5 23 (7.35%) Analyst
6 21 (6.71%) Administrator
7 18 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (5.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (5.11%) Applications Support
8 16 (5.11%) Architect
9 15 (4.79%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (4.79%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Associate Project Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Portfolio Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Portfolio Project Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Senior Portfolio Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Senior Project Manager
11 12 (3.83%) Consultant
11 12 (3.83%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.71%) REST
2 18 (5.75%) Web Services
3 14 (4.47%) Spring
3 14 (4.47%) Spring Boot
4 13 (4.15%) .NET
5 8 (2.56%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.56%) CSS
5 8 (2.56%) HTML
6 7 (2.24%) YAML
7 6 (1.92%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.60%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.60%) WebRTC
9 4 (1.28%) PySpark
10 3 (0.96%) React
10 3 (0.96%) SOAP
11 2 (0.64%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.64%) JSON
11 2 (0.64%) LDAP
11 2 (0.64%) SAML
11 2 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (15.02%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (12.78%) Blockchain
2 40 (12.78%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.71%) Public Cloud
4 20 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (5.43%) IoT
6 15 (4.79%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.47%) Derivative
8 12 (3.83%) Clustering
9 10 (3.19%) PKI
10 7 (2.24%) Blog
10 7 (2.24%) Credit Risk
10 7 (2.24%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.92%) Replication
12 4 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
13 3 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.96%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
14 2 (0.64%) Driving Licence
14 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 102 (32.59%) Linux
2 77 (24.60%) Windows
3 44 (14.06%) CentOS
4 40 (12.78%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (12.78%) Debian
5 22 (7.03%) Unix
6 16 (5.11%) Solaris
7 15 (4.79%) Windows Server
8 8 (2.56%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.32%) Android
12 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.95%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (28.43%) DevOps
3 84 (26.84%) CI/CD
4 70 (22.36%) Agile
5 59 (18.85%) Decision-Making
6 53 (16.93%) Data Science
7 45 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 44 (14.06%) Artificial Intelligence
9 42 (13.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 40 (12.78%) Co-Creation
10 40 (12.78%) Functional Testing
10 40 (12.78%) Separation of Concerns
10 40 (12.78%) Technology Transformation
11 34 (10.86%) Analytics
11 34 (10.86%) ITIL
12 31 (9.90%) Computer Science
13 26 (8.31%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (8.31%) Project Management
14 25 (7.99%) SDLC
15 24 (7.67%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 97 (30.99%) Python
2 79 (25.24%) PowerShell
3 66 (21.09%) SQL
4 47 (15.02%) Bash
5 24 (7.67%) Shell Script
6 22 (7.03%) Java
7 20 (6.39%) Perl
8 17 (5.43%) JavaScript
8 17 (5.43%) Ruby
9 12 (3.83%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.19%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.24%) Bicep
11 7 (2.24%) C#
11 7 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.60%) VBA
13 4 (1.28%) C++
13 4 (1.28%) MATLAB
13 4 (1.28%) R
14 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.32%) sed
Qualifications
1 73 (23.32%) Degree
2 44 (14.06%) Azure Certification
2 44 (14.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (13.74%) MCSE
4 42 (13.42%) Security Cleared
5 41 (13.10%) MCSA
6 22 (7.03%) SC Cleared
7 17 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.60%) CISSP
9 5 (1.60%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.28%) CCNP
10 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.96%) CCIE
11 3 (0.96%) HND
12 2 (0.64%) CCA
12 2 (0.64%) CCNA
12 2 (0.64%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.67%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.39%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.51%) QA
4 5 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.96%) GRC
5 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.64%) GDPR
6 2 (0.64%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (19.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (16.61%) Active Directory
3 50 (15.97%) Docker
4 32 (10.22%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.79%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.19%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.56%) VMware Server
8 8 (2.56%) vSphere
9 6 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.28%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 64 (20.45%) Terraform
2 53 (16.93%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.39%) Ansible
4 7 (2.24%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.92%) SCCM
6 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.60%) Puppet
6 5 (1.60%) SCOM
7 4 (1.28%) SCOrch
7 4 (1.28%) vMotion
8 3 (0.96%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.96%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.64%) Grafana
9 2 (0.64%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.64%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.32%) Nagios
10 1 (0.32%) Salt
10 1 (0.32%) systemd
Vendors
1 81 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 61 (19.49%) VMware
3 43 (13.74%) Red Hat
4 40 (12.78%) IBM
5 30 (9.58%) Oracle
6 16 (5.11%) NEC
7 15 (4.79%) Pega
8 9 (2.88%) Splunk
9 6 (1.92%) Citrix
10 5 (1.60%) Sophos
11 4 (1.28%) Mapbox
11 4 (1.28%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.96%) Cisco
12 3 (0.96%) Veeam
13 2 (0.64%) Dell
13 2 (0.64%) EMC
13 2 (0.64%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.64%) HP
13 2 (0.64%) Ivanti
13 2 (0.64%) Juniper