Task Automation Contracts

Task Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 437 482
Rank change year-on-year +144 +45 +8
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 295 263 411
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.46% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.51% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 157 306
10th Percentile £388 £378 £400
25th Percentile £456 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £554
Median % change year-on-year - -0.72% +16.63%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £654
90th Percentile £700 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £516
% change year-on-year - +6.54% +14.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £19.13 -
25th Percentile - £30.94 £77.50
Median hourly rate £23.80 £51.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.56% -35.94% +45.45%
75th Percentile - £70.94 £82.50
90th Percentile - £82.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £12.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Task Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Task Automation.

Hourly rate trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +138 260 £550 - 173
UK excluding London +128 144 £550 - 100
London +77 120 £570 +5.56% 95
Work from Home +83 97 £551 -6.17% 78
South West +34 41 £700 +27.27% 14
South East +65 40 £500 +7.82% 29
North of England +41 35 £475 -17.39% 21
Yorkshire +20 21 £520 -25.71% 4
Scotland +53 13 £446 +8.12% 5
Midlands +19 12 £613 +13.95% 12
West Midlands +24 10 £650 -10.34% 10
North West +22 10 £463 -7.50% 14
East of England +4 5 £513 -6.82% 16
North East +15 4 £463 -15.91% 3
East Midlands +9 2 £512 -2.48% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 4

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 34 (11.53%) Confluence
2 14 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.69%) Apache
4 5 (1.69%) nginx
5 3 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.68%) IIS
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.34%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.34%) InVision
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (2.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 91 (30.85%) Azure
2 59 (20.00%) AWS
3 40 (13.56%) GCP
4 32 (10.85%) GitHub
5 27 (9.15%) OpenShift
6 22 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.75%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.39%) Apigee
8 10 (3.39%) Kong
9 9 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (2.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.03%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.69%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.69%) CloudFront
12 5 (1.69%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.69%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.69%) WhatsApp
13 4 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.19%) DNS
2 20 (6.78%) TCP/IP
2 20 (6.78%) VPN
3 16 (5.42%) Firewall
4 15 (5.08%) HTTP
5 12 (4.07%) DHCP
6 10 (3.39%) Network Security
7 9 (3.05%) SAN
8 7 (2.37%) LAN
9 6 (2.03%) Reverse Proxy
9 6 (2.03%) Software-Defined Networking
10 5 (1.69%) BIG-IP
10 5 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.69%) IPv4
10 5 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (1.69%) VLAN
10 5 (1.69%) WAN
11 4 (1.36%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.36%) NAS
11 4 (1.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.85%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (8.47%) MongoDB
3 24 (8.14%) SQL Server
4 20 (6.78%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (3.73%) MySQL
5 11 (3.73%) Sybase ASE
6 9 (3.05%) DB2
6 9 (3.05%) KDB
6 9 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.03%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.02%) Metadata
9 3 (1.02%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.68%) Power BI
10 2 (0.68%) Redis
10 2 (0.68%) Tableau
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.34%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 59 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 43 (14.58%) Git
3 41 (13.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 35 (11.86%) GitLab
4 35 (11.86%) JIRA
5 24 (8.14%) Bitbucket
6 9 (3.05%) CircleCI
6 9 (3.05%) Travis CI
7 8 (2.71%) Artifactory
7 8 (2.71%) NUnit
7 8 (2.71%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.37%) Postman
8 7 (2.37%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.69%) TeamCity
10 4 (1.36%) Selenium
11 3 (1.02%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.02%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.02%) InstallShield
11 3 (1.02%) JUnit
11 3 (1.02%) MSI
General
1 103 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (12.88%) Finance
4 19 (6.44%) Aerospace
5 15 (5.08%) Banking
5 15 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.73%) Retail
7 5 (1.69%) Marketing
7 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.36%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.02%) Advertising
9 3 (1.02%) Automotive
9 3 (1.02%) Electronics
9 3 (1.02%) Law
9 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.68%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 44 (14.92%) Developer
2 40 (13.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 32 (10.85%) Senior
4 30 (10.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 29 (9.83%) Site Engineer
6 25 (8.47%) DBA
7 18 (6.10%) Administrator
8 17 (5.76%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (5.42%) Python Engineer
10 14 (4.75%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (4.41%) Database Specialist
11 13 (4.41%) Security Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Analyst
12 12 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.73%) Senior Developer
14 10 (3.39%) VMware Engineer
15 9 (3.05%) KDB Developer
15 9 (3.05%) Sybase DBA
16 8 (2.71%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.53%) .NET
2 24 (8.14%) .NET Core
2 24 (8.14%) Kafka
3 15 (5.08%) XML
4 12 (4.07%) AngularJS
4 12 (4.07%) JSON
4 12 (4.07%) REST
5 11 (3.73%) CSS
5 11 (3.73%) RabbitMQ
6 10 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (3.39%) RESTful
6 10 (3.39%) YAML
7 9 (3.05%) HTML
8 8 (2.71%) Middleware
9 7 (2.37%) GraphQL
9 7 (2.37%) Node.js
9 7 (2.37%) Playwright
10 6 (2.03%) jQuery
10 6 (2.03%) React
10 6 (2.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.19%) Replication
2 24 (8.14%) Linux Command Line
3 22 (7.46%) Cloud Native
4 19 (6.44%) Data Structures
5 17 (5.76%) Clustering
6 12 (4.07%) Algorithms
6 12 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.05%) Fixed Income
8 8 (2.71%) PKI
9 6 (2.03%) CMDB
9 6 (2.03%) Cyberattack
9 6 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.02%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.02%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.68%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 108 (36.61%) Linux
2 60 (20.34%) Windows
3 21 (7.12%) Unix
3 21 (7.12%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.03%) CentOS
5 6 (2.03%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Android
6 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.68%) VMS
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (33.90%) CI/CD
2 96 (32.54%) DevOps
3 84 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (22.71%) Agile
5 42 (14.24%) Continuous Integration
6 41 (13.90%) Configuration Management
7 40 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
8 36 (12.20%) Containerisation
9 35 (11.86%) Deployment Automation
9 35 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 33 (11.19%) Migration
10 33 (11.19%) OO
10 33 (11.19%) Performance Tuning
10 33 (11.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 31 (10.51%) Incident Response
12 30 (10.17%) Infrastructure Automation
13 29 (9.83%) ITIL
13 29 (9.83%) Microservices
14 26 (8.81%) Scrum
15 25 (8.47%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 155 (52.54%) Python
2 113 (38.31%) PowerShell
3 64 (21.69%) Bash
4 44 (14.92%) SQL
5 27 (9.15%) Perl
6 25 (8.47%) Go
7 21 (7.12%) Java
8 19 (6.44%) JavaScript
9 17 (5.76%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.39%) C#
11 8 (2.71%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.71%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.37%) C++
13 4 (1.36%) Ruby
14 3 (1.02%) ActionScript
14 3 (1.02%) Groovy
14 3 (1.02%) PHP
15 2 (0.68%) Bicep
15 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.34%) C
Qualifications
1 71 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 61 (20.68%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.85%) Degree
4 15 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.05%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.05%) MCSE
6 7 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.69%) CCNA
7 5 (1.69%) CCNP
8 2 (0.68%) CCIE
8 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.68%) RHCE
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) GIAC
9 1 (0.34%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.80%) QA
2 10 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.36%) SLA
4 3 (1.02%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 46 (15.59%) Docker
2 44 (14.92%) Active Directory
3 38 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.42%) vSphere
5 9 (3.05%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 9 (3.05%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.37%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (1.36%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.68%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.68%) Firmware
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) KVM
11 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 69 (23.39%) Ansible
2 65 (22.03%) Kubernetes
3 54 (18.31%) Terraform
4 40 (13.56%) Prometheus
5 37 (12.54%) Grafana
6 23 (7.80%) PowerCLI
7 21 (7.12%) Puppet
8 19 (6.44%) Kibana
9 16 (5.42%) Progress Chef
10 13 (4.41%) Argo
11 12 (4.07%) Istio
12 10 (3.39%) Consul
13 9 (3.05%) Docker Swarm
13 9 (3.05%) logstash
14 7 (2.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (2.03%) SCCM
15 6 (2.03%) vCenter Server
16 4 (1.36%) VxRail
17 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 79 (26.78%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.58%) VMware
3 27 (9.15%) Dell
4 25 (8.47%) HP
5 24 (8.14%) Atlassian
6 18 (6.10%) Oracle
6 18 (6.10%) Splunk
7 17 (5.76%) ServiceNow
8 15 (5.08%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.08%) SAP
8 15 (5.08%) SolarWinds
9 11 (3.73%) Google
9 11 (3.73%) IBM
9 11 (3.73%) Sybase
10 9 (3.05%) SaltStack
11 8 (2.71%) Cisco
12 7 (2.37%) F5
13 6 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (2.03%) Veritas
14 5 (1.69%) Sun