Task Automation Contracts in the North East

Task Automation
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 33 48 52
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.23% 0.57% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.64% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £345 - £373
25th Percentile £396 £525 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +15.79% +66.67%
75th Percentile £491 £575 £488
90th Percentile £496 - -
England median daily rate £553 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +0.45% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Task Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 263 311 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.92% 89.37% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 239 333
10th Percentile £272 £247 £188
25th Percentile £363 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £704 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 2 15
10th Percentile £11.45 £32.74 £10.60
25th Percentile £12.13 £34.98 £12.91
Median hourly rate £19.50 £39.34 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.43% +138.42% +26.92%
75th Percentile £48.75 £43.07 £18.13
90th Percentile £68.75 £44.94 £33.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the North East

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in the North East

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the North East over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in the North East

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the North East 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear +13 4 £463 -15.91% 1
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) JUnit
1 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) DBA
1 2 (50.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Database Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (25.00%) Jest
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Encryption
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Server Patching
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft