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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 258 337
Rank change year-on-year +32 +79 +17
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 552 269 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.19% 0.97% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.06% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 210 121
10th Percentile £400 £355 £375
25th Percentile £440 £452 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £629 £685
90th Percentile £680 £701 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £547 £600
% change year-on-year -6.22% -8.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £66.38 - -
25th Percentile £68.55 £21.29 -
Median hourly rate £75.34 £22.58 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +233.73% -5.15% -66.48%
75th Percentile £76.00 £23.86 £39.73
90th Percentile - - £68.39
UK median hourly rate £71.84 £22.58 £23.80
% change year-on-year +218.23% -5.15% -65.26%

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 39,385 25,311 28,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.63% 90.87% 86.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,009 16,087 17,408
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,837 1,536 1,254
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.41 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.14
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.05%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.22 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -

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 25 September 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
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 25 September 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 +42 283 £528 -8.37% 330
North of England +3 99 £500 +3.84% 92
South West -3 51 £450 -10.00% 57
Yorkshire -2 48 £500 -16.39% 29
South East -45 48 £598 +6.54% 74
Midlands -37 47 £492 -5.82% 36
West Midlands -29 45 £492 -6.29% 21
North West -37 35 £525 +15.89% 55
North East -29 16 £450 +50.00% 8
East of England -53 8 £850 +54.55% 19
East Midlands -12 2 £500 +33.16% 15
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 25 (4.53%) Confluence
2 23 (4.17%) Apache Spark
3 20 (3.62%) Apache
4 19 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (2.54%) SAS
5 14 (2.54%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.27%) CMS
7 3 (0.54%) IBM Transformation Extender
7 3 (0.54%) nginx
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.36%) Camunda
8 2 (0.36%) CICS
9 1 (0.18%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.54%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.18%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 312 (56.52%) Azure
2 204 (36.96%) AWS
3 162 (29.35%) Azure DevOps
4 126 (22.83%) GitHub
5 94 (17.03%) GitHub Actions
6 76 (13.77%) GCP
7 75 (13.59%) Serverless
8 53 (9.60%) AWS Lambda
9 47 (8.51%) Amazon S3
9 47 (8.51%) Azure Monitor
10 43 (7.79%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (7.79%) Entra ID
11 42 (7.61%) Azure AKS
12 40 (7.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 36 (6.52%) Amazon EC2
13 36 (6.52%) Amazon ECS
14 31 (5.62%) Power Platform
15 24 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
16 22 (3.99%) Amazon SQS
16 22 (3.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.70%) Firewall
2 32 (5.80%) DNS
3 25 (4.53%) Network Security
4 16 (2.90%) VPN
5 13 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.45%) SSH
7 7 (1.27%) DHCP
8 6 (1.09%) SSL
9 5 (0.91%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.91%) NGFW
10 4 (0.72%) BGP
10 4 (0.72%) DMZ
10 4 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.72%) Internet
10 4 (0.72%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.54%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.54%) TACACS
12 2 (0.36%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.36%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (4.53%) Relational Database
4 24 (4.35%) Data Lake
4 24 (4.35%) Power BI
5 22 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.44%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.26%) Metadata
8 16 (2.90%) BigQuery
9 15 (2.72%) MongoDB
10 13 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (2.36%) MySQL
11 12 (2.17%) Redis
12 11 (1.99%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (1.99%) Pentaho
13 9 (1.63%) Big Data
13 9 (1.63%) DynamoDB
13 9 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.63%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 156 (28.26%) Git
2 112 (20.29%) Jenkins
3 101 (18.30%) GitLab
4 43 (7.79%) JIRA
5 16 (2.90%) MSI
6 11 (1.99%) Selenium
7 9 (1.63%) fastlane
7 9 (1.63%) JUnit
8 8 (1.45%) Gradle
8 8 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.45%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.09%) Maven
9 6 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.91%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.91%) MSBuild
10 5 (0.91%) Postman
10 5 (0.91%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.91%) Xcode
11 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
General
1 169 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 84 (15.22%) Public Sector
3 79 (14.31%) Finance
4 58 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.16%) Banking
6 19 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.17%) Retail
8 11 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.27%) Marketing
10 5 (0.91%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.72%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.72%) Front Office
11 4 (0.72%) Law
11 4 (0.72%) Military
11 4 (0.72%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.54%) Billing
12 3 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.54%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.54%) Legal
12 3 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 104 (18.84%) Developer
2 101 (18.30%) Senior
3 95 (17.21%) DevOps Engineer
4 55 (9.96%) Lead
5 49 (8.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 47 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
6 47 (8.51%) Data Engineer
7 43 (7.79%) Architect
8 37 (6.70%) Platform Engineer
9 30 (5.43%) AWS Engineer
9 30 (5.43%) Software Engineer
10 29 (5.25%) Senior Developer
11 26 (4.71%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 22 (3.99%) AWS DevOps
12 22 (3.99%) Senior DevOps
13 21 (3.80%) GCP Engineer
14 20 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.44%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 19 (3.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 17 (3.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (44.02%) Terraform
2 113 (20.47%) REST
3 79 (14.31%) RESTful
4 71 (12.86%) .NET
5 52 (9.42%) React
6 50 (9.06%) Kafka
7 36 (6.52%) .NET Framework
8 33 (5.98%) HTML
8 33 (5.98%) OAuth
8 33 (5.98%) Spring
8 33 (5.98%) Spring Boot
9 32 (5.80%) .NET Core
10 31 (5.62%) CSS
11 27 (4.89%) ARM Templates
12 24 (4.35%) Node.js
13 23 (4.17%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.99%) HTML5
14 22 (3.99%) PySpark
15 20 (3.62%) OAuth2
15 20 (3.62%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 162 (29.35%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.69%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (7.43%) Onboarding
5 39 (7.07%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (3.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.36%) AI Agents
8 13 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (2.36%) Wiki
9 12 (2.17%) PKI
9 12 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.99%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.81%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.63%) NHS
12 9 (1.63%) Replication
13 8 (1.45%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 77 (13.95%) Linux
2 52 (9.42%) Windows
3 20 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.90%) Unix
4 16 (2.90%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.09%) Android
8 5 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.72%) VMS
9 4 (0.72%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.54%) zOS
11 2 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.18%) CentOS
12 1 (0.18%) Solaris
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (85.14%) CI/CD
2 348 (63.04%) DevOps
3 284 (51.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 237 (42.93%) Agile
5 197 (35.69%) Test Automation
6 160 (28.99%) Containerisation
7 150 (27.17%) Observability
8 144 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 111 (20.11%) Analytics
10 110 (19.93%) Microservices
11 109 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
12 107 (19.38%) AI
13 100 (18.12%) DevSecOps
14 98 (17.75%) Software Engineering
15 94 (17.03%) Platform Engineering
16 86 (15.58%) Scrum
17 80 (14.49%) Technical Leadership
18 76 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
19 74 (13.41%) Data Pipeline
20 71 (12.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 207 (37.50%) Python
2 109 (19.75%) SQL
3 90 (16.30%) PowerShell
4 85 (15.40%) Java
5 70 (12.68%) Bash
6 67 (12.14%) Bicep
6 67 (12.14%) C#
6 67 (12.14%) JavaScript
7 50 (9.06%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.08%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.72%) Go
10 10 (1.81%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.45%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.91%) Korn
14 5 (0.91%) Scala
14 5 (0.91%) Swift
15 4 (0.72%) Perl
15 4 (0.72%) PHP
Qualifications
1 193 (34.96%) Security Cleared
2 159 (28.80%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.70%) Degree
4 32 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 30 (5.43%) Azure Certification
6 29 (5.25%) AWS Certification
7 25 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.91%) CISSP
12 5 (0.91%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.91%) MCSE
13 3 (0.54%) GCFA
13 3 (0.54%) GCIH
14 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.59%) QA
2 40 (7.25%) Data Quality
3 32 (5.80%) Accessibility
4 28 (5.07%) WCAG
5 18 (3.26%) NCSC
6 16 (2.90%) GDPR
7 6 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.72%) HL7
8 4 (0.72%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.72%) NIST
8 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.18%) PMO
10 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 168 (30.43%) Docker
2 32 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.91%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.36%) RACF
7 2 (0.36%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.18%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.18%) Postfix
8 1 (0.18%) Squid
8 1 (0.18%) Varnish
8 1 (0.18%) zsh
Systems Management
1 196 (35.51%) Kubernetes
2 82 (14.86%) Ansible
3 36 (6.52%) Grafana
4 29 (5.25%) Prometheus
5 21 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (2.90%) SCCM
7 12 (2.17%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.81%) Puppet
8 10 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.27%) Argo
10 6 (1.09%) Istio
11 4 (0.72%) Control-M
11 4 (0.72%) WSUS
12 3 (0.54%) CASB
12 3 (0.54%) Kibana
12 3 (0.54%) Tivoli
12 3 (0.54%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 2 (0.36%) Packer
13 2 (0.36%) Podman
14 1 (0.18%) systemd
Vendors
1 151 (27.36%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.33%) Google
3 36 (6.52%) Databricks
4 29 (5.25%) Oracle
5 22 (3.99%) Dynatrace
5 22 (3.99%) Splunk
6 16 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.72%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.36%) Talend
9 11 (1.99%) IBM
10 9 (1.63%) Denodo
10 9 (1.63%) VMware
11 8 (1.45%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.27%) Apple
12 7 (1.27%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.09%) Cisco
13 6 (1.09%) Confluent
13 6 (1.09%) SAP
14 5 (0.91%) CrowdStrike