diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md b/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a742db1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-tasks': patch
+---
+
+Instrument `backend-tasks` with some counters and histograms for duration.
+
+`backend_tasks.task.runs.count`: Counter with the total number of times a task has been run.
+`backend_tasks.task.runs.duration`: Histogram with the run durations for each task.
+
+Both these metrics have come with `result` `taskId` and `scope` labels for finer grained grouping.
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/package.json b/packages/backend-tasks/package.json
index f4118b8098..197caae774 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "cron": "^2.0.0",
     "knex": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts
index b9ac80cb47..38561c7a8c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import {
   TaskSettingsV2,
 } from './types';
 import { validateId } from './util';
+import { TaskFunction } from './types';
+import { metrics, Counter, Histogram } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 /**
  * Implements the actual task management.
@@ -36,10 +38,22 @@ export class PluginTaskSchedulerImpl implements PluginTaskScheduler {
   private readonly localTasksById = new Map<string, LocalTaskWorker>();
   private readonly allScheduledTasks: TaskDescriptor[] = [];
 
+  private readonly counter: Counter;
+  private readonly duration: Histogram;
+
   constructor(
     private readonly databaseFactory: () => Promise<Knex>,
     private readonly logger: Logger,
-  ) {}
+  ) {
+    const meter = metrics.getMeter('default');
+    this.counter = meter.createCounter('backend_tasks.task.runs.count', {
+      description: 'Total number of times a task has been run',
+    });
+    this.duration = meter.createHistogram('backend_tasks.task.runs.duration', {
+      description: 'Histogram of task run durations',
+      unit: 'seconds',
+    });
+  }
 
   async triggerTask(id: string): Promise<void> {
     const localTask = this.localTasksById.get(id);
@@ -70,7 +84,7 @@ export class PluginTaskSchedulerImpl implements PluginTaskScheduler {
       const knex = await this.databaseFactory();
       const worker = new TaskWorker(
         task.id,
-        task.fn,
+        this.wrapInMetrics(task.fn, { labels: { taskId: task.id, scope } }),
         knex,
         this.logger.child({ task: task.id }),
       );
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ export class PluginTaskSchedulerImpl implements PluginTaskScheduler {
     } else {
       const worker = new LocalTaskWorker(
         task.id,
-        task.fn,
+        this.wrapInMetrics(task.fn, { labels: { taskId: task.id, scope } }),
         this.logger.child({ task: task.id }),
       );
       worker.start(settings, { signal: task.signal });
@@ -103,6 +117,33 @@ export class PluginTaskSchedulerImpl implements PluginTaskScheduler {
   async getScheduledTasks(): Promise<TaskDescriptor[]> {
     return this.allScheduledTasks;
   }
+
+  private wrapInMetrics(
+    fn: TaskFunction,
+    opts: { labels: Record<string, string> },
+  ): TaskFunction {
+    return async abort => {
+      const labels = {
+        ...opts.labels,
+      };
+      this.counter.add(1, { ...labels, result: 'started' });
+
+      const startTime = process.hrtime();
+
+      try {
+        await fn(abort);
+        labels.result = 'completed';
+      } catch (ex) {
+        labels.result = 'failed';
+        throw ex;
+      } finally {
+        const delta = process.hrtime(startTime);
+        const endTime = delta[0] + delta[1] / 1e9;
+        this.counter.add(1, labels);
+        this.duration.record(endTime, labels);
+      }
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 export function parseDuration(
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index 6e3a88410b..4e10f0b5b2 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
     this.logger.info(
       `Task worker starting: ${this.taskId}, ${JSON.stringify(settings)}`,
     );
+
     let attemptNum = 1;
     (async () => {
       for (;;) {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
 
           while (!options?.signal?.aborted) {
             const runResult = await this.runOnce(options?.signal);
+
             if (runResult.result === 'abort') {
               break;
             }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index de2a8d5ea7..79fa81b6f3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3622,6 +3622,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    "@opentelemetry/api": ^1.3.0
     "@types/cron": ^2.0.0
     "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0
     cron: ^2.0.0