Task Automation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Task Automation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 417 502 495
Rank change year-on-year +85 -7 -52
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 177 152 416
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.37% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.39% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 138 113 236
10th Percentile £41,125 £40,000 £31,263
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £86,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,860 38,962 68,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 96.03% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,358 27,133 41,275
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Task Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Task Automation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Task Automation.

Task Automation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Task Automation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (15.25%) Apache
1 27 (15.25%) IIS
1 27 (15.25%) Tomcat
2 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.13%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (16.95%) NEC Housing
2 8 (4.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (44.07%) Azure
2 35 (19.77%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (17.51%) Entra ID
4 29 (16.38%) AWS
4 29 (16.38%) Power Platform
5 17 (9.60%) Nutanix
6 16 (9.04%) PowerApps
7 15 (8.47%) Power Automate
8 13 (7.34%) IaaS
9 12 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (6.21%) GCP
11 9 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (5.08%) GitHub
11 9 (5.08%) Serverless
12 7 (3.95%) SaaS
13 6 (3.39%) Azure Functions
14 4 (2.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 3 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.56%) DNS
2 4 (2.26%) NetScaler
2 4 (2.26%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.26%) VPN
3 3 (1.69%) Firewall
3 3 (1.69%) VLAN
4 2 (1.13%) DHCP
4 2 (1.13%) HTTP
4 2 (1.13%) IPv4
4 2 (1.13%) OSPF
4 2 (1.13%) SAN
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.56%) SMS
5 1 (0.56%) WAN
5 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (17.51%) Oracle Database
2 20 (11.30%) SQL Server
3 19 (10.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (7.34%) MySQL
5 12 (6.78%) Power BI
6 11 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (6.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 11 (6.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.26%) PowerPivot
8 3 (1.69%) Ingres
9 2 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.56%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (4.52%) Git
2 7 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.26%) Selenium
4 3 (1.69%) JIRA
5 2 (1.13%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.13%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (1.13%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.13%) JMeter
5 2 (1.13%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (1.13%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.56%) GitLab
6 1 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.56%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.56%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 88 (49.72%) Finance
2 33 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 31 (17.51%) Police
4 27 (15.25%) Local Government
4 27 (15.25%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.78%) General Ledger
7 10 (5.65%) Retail
8 7 (3.95%) Law
8 7 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.39%) Banking
10 5 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Billing
11 3 (1.69%) Marketing
12 2 (1.13%) Advertising
13 1 (0.56%) Games
13 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (21.47%) Senior
2 27 (15.25%) Applications Support
3 26 (14.69%) Analyst
3 26 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (12.99%) DBA
5 17 (9.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (6.21%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.65%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.65%) SQL DBA
9 9 (5.08%) IT Analyst
9 9 (5.08%) IT Security Analyst
9 9 (5.08%) Security Analyst
10 8 (4.52%) Data Migration Specialist
10 8 (4.52%) Migration Specialist
10 8 (4.52%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (4.52%) Technical Support
10 8 (4.52%) Technical Support Analyst
11 7 (3.95%) Administrator
11 7 (3.95%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.38%) Web Services
2 7 (3.95%) .NET
3 5 (2.82%) HTML
4 4 (2.26%) SOAP
5 3 (1.69%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.69%) CSS
5 3 (1.69%) JSON
5 3 (1.69%) XML
6 2 (1.13%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.13%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.13%) React
6 2 (1.13%) REST
6 2 (1.13%) RESTful
7 1 (0.56%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.56%) Kafka
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.56%) OAuth
7 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.56%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.25%) Public Cloud
2 13 (7.34%) IoT
3 9 (5.08%) Cyberattack
3 9 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.52%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.52%) Housing Association
5 7 (3.95%) Clustering
6 4 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.69%) Blog
7 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.13%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.13%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.13%) EPoS
8 2 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.13%) PropTech
9 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 95 (53.67%) Windows
2 50 (28.25%) Linux
3 31 (17.51%) Unix
4 27 (15.25%) Solaris
5 14 (7.91%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.56%) AIX
6 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (21.47%) DevOps
3 36 (20.34%) Data Security
4 28 (15.82%) Disaster Recovery
4 28 (15.82%) Server Management
5 27 (15.25%) Network Architecture
6 26 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 23 (12.99%) ITIL
8 22 (12.43%) CI/CD
8 22 (12.43%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (10.73%) Agile
11 18 (10.17%) Incident Response
12 17 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (9.60%) Roadmaps
12 17 (9.60%) Security Operations
13 16 (9.04%) Migration
13 16 (9.04%) Risk Register
14 15 (8.47%) Change Management
15 14 (7.91%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 57 (32.20%) PowerShell
2 42 (23.73%) SQL
3 38 (21.47%) Python
4 32 (18.08%) Shell Script
5 30 (16.95%) Bash
6 18 (10.17%) T-SQL
7 17 (9.60%) PL/SQL
8 16 (9.04%) Perl
9 8 (4.52%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.82%) C#
10 5 (2.82%) Java
11 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.13%) Ruby
13 1 (0.56%) Bicep
13 1 (0.56%) C
13 1 (0.56%) C++
13 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 40 (22.60%) Degree
2 38 (21.47%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.69%) HND
5 2 (1.13%) CCA
5 2 (1.13%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.56%) CCNP
6 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.56%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.56%) LPIC
6 1 (0.56%) MCP
6 1 (0.56%) MCSE
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.25%) Accessibility
2 13 (7.34%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.52%) GRC
4 2 (1.13%) QA
4 2 (1.13%) SLA
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (36.72%) Active Directory
2 26 (14.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.04%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.95%) Docker
5 5 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.26%) XenApp
6 4 (2.26%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (10.17%) Terraform
2 14 (7.91%) Ansible
3 12 (6.78%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.08%) Nagios
4 9 (5.08%) SCCM
5 7 (3.95%) Foglight
5 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (1.69%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.13%) Puppet
7 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.13%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.56%) Grafana
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.56%) Salt
8 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 77 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 33 (18.64%) Oracle
3 30 (16.95%) NEC
4 27 (15.25%) VMware
5 17 (9.60%) CrowdStrike
6 9 (5.08%) Qualys
7 7 (3.95%) ArcSight
7 7 (3.95%) Citrix
7 7 (3.95%) HP
8 5 (2.82%) Splunk
9 4 (2.26%) Google
10 3 (1.69%) New Relic
11 2 (1.13%) Cisco
11 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.13%) F5
11 2 (1.13%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.13%) Ivanti
12 1 (0.56%) EMC
12 1 (0.56%) IBM
12 1 (0.56%) Juniper