Deployment Automation Contract Job Trends in England

Deployment Automation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Deployment Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 257 298
Rank change year-on-year -10 +41 +35
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 412 274 250
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 1.00% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.10% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 211 171
10th Percentile £402 £326 £400
25th Percentile £447 £413 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -10.20% -2.00%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £700
90th Percentile £675 £712 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -4.55% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £57.98 - -
25th Percentile £69.56 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -66.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Deployment 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,210 24,959 29,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.22% 90.75% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,914 15,999 19,151
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,365 1,791
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.22 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.75
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £69.49 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Deployment Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Deployment Automation job vacancy trend in England

Deployment Automation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Deployment Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Deployment Automation

Deployment Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Automation in England

Deployment Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Deployment Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Deployment Automation

Deployment Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Deployment Automation in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Deployment Automation in England

Deployment Automation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 29 July 2026. 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
London 0 199 £550 - 93
North of England -43 64 £475 +20.87% 32
South East -49 50 £555 +16.84% 30
Midlands -35 41 £508 +1.50% 16
South West -27 38 £450 -21.74% 13
West Midlands -36 34 £515 -6.36% 11
Yorkshire -32 29 £473 -18.84% 7
North West -38 26 £500 +34.23% 18
North East -39 9 £450 +20.00% 7
East Midlands -12 6 £470 +17.35% 5
East of England -39 5 £850 +54.55% 5
Deployment Automation
UK

Deployment Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 26 (6.31%) SAS
2 17 (4.13%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.13%) Confluence
3 9 (2.18%) Apache
4 6 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.21%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.73%) CMS
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.49%) Appian
7 2 (0.49%) Camunda
7 2 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.49%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.24%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.24%) Misys Equation
1 1 (0.24%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 222 (53.88%) Azure
2 148 (35.92%) AWS
3 113 (27.43%) Azure DevOps
4 102 (24.76%) GitHub
5 77 (18.69%) GitHub Actions
6 44 (10.68%) Serverless
7 43 (10.44%) GCP
8 34 (8.25%) Amazon S3
8 34 (8.25%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (6.80%) Azure Monitor
9 28 (6.80%) Power Platform
10 27 (6.55%) Amazon EKS
11 23 (5.58%) Amazon ECS
12 22 (5.34%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 21 (5.10%) Entra ID
14 20 (4.85%) Azure AKS
14 20 (4.85%) Azure Key Vault
15 19 (4.61%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (4.13%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.28%) Firewall
2 25 (6.07%) DNS
3 20 (4.85%) VPN
4 19 (4.61%) Network Security
5 15 (3.64%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.46%) DHCP
6 6 (1.46%) DMZ
6 6 (1.46%) SSL
7 5 (1.21%) SSH
8 3 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.49%) BGP
9 2 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.49%) HTTP
9 2 (0.49%) Internet
9 2 (0.49%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.49%) NGFW
9 2 (0.49%) OSPF
9 2 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
1 26 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.10%) Power BI
3 17 (4.13%) Relational Database
4 15 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.64%) Pentaho
5 14 (3.40%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.91%) Data Lake
7 11 (2.67%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.18%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (2.18%) Redis
10 8 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.94%) Metadata
10 8 (1.94%) MySQL
11 7 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.70%) Big Data
11 7 (1.70%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.46%) SAS Data Integration Studio
13 5 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 100 (24.27%) Git
2 94 (22.82%) Jenkins
3 62 (15.05%) GitLab
4 36 (8.74%) JIRA
5 14 (3.40%) MSI
6 11 (2.67%) fastlane
7 8 (1.94%) Gradle
8 6 (1.46%) JUnit
8 6 (1.46%) MSBuild
8 6 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.46%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.46%) Xcode
9 5 (1.21%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.21%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.21%) Selenium
9 5 (1.21%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.97%) git-flow
10 4 (0.97%) Mockito
10 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
General
1 108 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 82 (19.90%) Public Sector
3 54 (13.11%) Finance
4 31 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.83%) Banking
6 15 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.18%) Legal
9 7 (1.70%) Retail
10 6 (1.46%) Front Office
11 5 (1.21%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.73%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.73%) Law
12 3 (0.73%) Military
13 2 (0.49%) Back Office
13 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.49%) Marketing
13 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (19.42%) Senior
2 77 (18.69%) Developer
3 64 (15.53%) DevOps Engineer
4 43 (10.44%) Data Engineer
5 34 (8.25%) Lead
6 32 (7.77%) Cloud Engineer
7 29 (7.04%) Architect
8 26 (6.31%) Platform Engineer
8 26 (6.31%) Senior Developer
9 24 (5.83%) Azure Engineer
10 23 (5.58%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (5.58%) Software Engineer
11 22 (5.34%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (4.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
14 13 (3.16%) .NET Developer
14 13 (3.16%) AWS DevOps
14 13 (3.16%) Python Engineer
14 13 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 12 (2.91%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (16.02%) RESTful
2 63 (15.29%) REST
3 52 (12.62%) .NET
4 40 (9.71%) React
5 33 (8.01%) Kafka
6 26 (6.31%) .NET Framework
7 22 (5.34%) .NET Core
7 22 (5.34%) Spring
7 22 (5.34%) Spring Boot
8 21 (5.10%) Node.js
9 20 (4.85%) HTML
10 19 (4.61%) OAuth
11 18 (4.37%) CSS
12 17 (4.13%) AngularJS
12 17 (4.13%) PySpark
13 16 (3.88%) HTML5
14 15 (3.64%) YAML
15 14 (3.40%) ARM Templates
15 14 (3.40%) FastAPI
16 13 (3.16%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 116 (28.16%) Cloud Native
2 34 (8.25%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.04%) Product Ownership
4 26 (6.31%) Onboarding
5 19 (4.61%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.91%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.94%) NHS
10 7 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (1.70%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.46%) Replication
12 5 (1.21%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.21%) PKI
13 4 (0.97%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.97%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.38%) Linux
2 35 (8.50%) Windows
3 14 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.91%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.94%) Unix
6 6 (1.46%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.21%) Android
7 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.24%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) Solaris
10 1 (0.24%) VMS
10 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (82.04%) CI/CD
2 260 (63.11%) DevOps
3 187 (45.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 174 (42.23%) Agile
5 158 (38.35%) Test Automation
6 104 (25.24%) Containerisation
7 101 (24.51%) Analytics
8 92 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 82 (19.90%) Microservices
10 81 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (17.96%) Observability
12 73 (17.72%) Scrum
13 69 (16.75%) AI
14 65 (15.78%) Data Pipeline
14 65 (15.78%) Platform Engineering
15 59 (14.32%) Software Engineering
16 58 (14.08%) DevSecOps
17 55 (13.35%) Validation
18 51 (12.38%) Data Modelling
19 47 (11.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 151 (36.65%) Python
2 80 (19.42%) SQL
3 67 (16.26%) PowerShell
4 56 (13.59%) Java
5 49 (11.89%) Bicep
6 47 (11.41%) C#
7 41 (9.95%) JavaScript
8 40 (9.71%) Bash
9 31 (7.52%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.18%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.46%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.46%) Go
11 6 (1.46%) Swift
12 5 (1.21%) Scala
13 4 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.97%) Perl
13 4 (0.97%) PHP
14 3 (0.73%) Korn
14 3 (0.73%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 155 (37.62%) Security Cleared
2 128 (31.07%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.31%) Degree
4 25 (6.07%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.61%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.61%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.97%) CCNP
11 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.97%) RHCE
12 3 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.73%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.73%) MCSA
12 3 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.49%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.68%) QA
2 35 (8.50%) Accessibility
3 30 (7.28%) Data Quality
4 29 (7.04%) WCAG
5 13 (3.16%) NCSC
6 9 (2.18%) GDPR
7 3 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.73%) HL7
8 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.24%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.24%) PMO
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 128 (31.07%) Docker
2 16 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.49%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.24%) Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) Varnish
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 169 (41.02%) Terraform
2 151 (36.65%) Kubernetes
3 58 (14.08%) Ansible
4 17 (4.13%) Grafana
4 17 (4.13%) SCCM
5 16 (3.88%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.18%) Puppet
8 7 (1.70%) Argo
9 6 (1.46%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.21%) Istio
10 5 (1.21%) WSUS
11 2 (0.49%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.49%) Control-M
11 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.49%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.24%) Podman
12 1 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.58%) Oracle
3 22 (5.34%) Google
4 21 (5.10%) Databricks
4 21 (5.10%) Dynatrace
5 19 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.64%) Talend
7 14 (3.40%) Denodo
8 12 (2.91%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.18%) Splunk
10 7 (1.70%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.46%) Apple
11 6 (1.46%) Citrix
11 6 (1.46%) VMware
12 5 (1.21%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.21%) Foundry
12 5 (1.21%) ION Trading
12 5 (1.21%) Reuters
12 5 (1.21%) SAP