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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 328 374
Rank change year-on-year +49 +46 -71
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 291 180 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.63% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.71% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 116 126
10th Percentile £387 £364 £469
25th Percentile £430 £446 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £614 £728 £669
90th Percentile £688 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £519 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -13.58% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.29 £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.58 £85.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.44% +286.36% -
75th Percentile £23.86 £87.50 £53.50
90th Percentile - - £72.40
UK median hourly rate £22.58 £85.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -73.44% +286.36% -

All Process and 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 28,126 25,301 32,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.70% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,616 22,141
10th Percentile £301 £311 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,807 836 1,442
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.98 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 +8 122 £533 -15.48% 113
Midlands 0 57 £519 -15.28% 47
West Midlands +10 52 £519 -16.84% 27
North of England -38 36 £479 +19.75% 65
South East +4 27 £561 +32.06% 91
South West +8 22 £550 -19.71% 35
North West -12 22 £462 +15.50% 33
Yorkshire -36 11 £521 -15.24% 29
East Midlands -17 5 £398 +6.00% 16
East of England -28 5 £531 +195.14% 41
North East -8 3 £500 -11.50% 4
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 34 (11.68%) SAS
2 15 (5.15%) JBoss
3 14 (4.81%) Apache
4 8 (2.75%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.06%) nginx
6 6 (2.06%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.72%) IIS
7 5 (1.72%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.37%) Confluence
8 4 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
9 3 (1.03%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.69%) Appian
11 1 (0.34%) Camunda
11 1 (0.34%) CMS
11 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Endur
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 95 (32.65%) Azure
2 90 (30.93%) AWS
3 62 (21.31%) GitHub
4 44 (15.12%) GitHub Actions
5 38 (13.06%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (10.31%) Serverless
7 23 (7.90%) OpenShift
8 21 (7.22%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (6.87%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (6.19%) Power Platform
11 16 (5.50%) GCP
12 14 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (4.47%) Amazon S3
13 13 (4.47%) Entra ID
14 10 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (3.09%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (3.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.22%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.09%) SSL
3 7 (2.41%) DNS
4 6 (2.06%) Firewall
4 6 (2.06%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.37%) DHCP
6 4 (1.37%) VPN
7 3 (1.03%) HTTP
7 3 (1.03%) Internet
7 3 (1.03%) Network Security
8 1 (0.34%) BGP
8 1 (0.34%) Calico
8 1 (0.34%) DMZ
8 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.34%) SMS
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) VSAN
8 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.97%) Pentaho
2 20 (6.87%) Relational Database
3 14 (4.81%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.12%) Oracle Database
4 12 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.78%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.78%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 10 (3.44%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.44%) Power BI
7 9 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.75%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (2.06%) Spark SQL
10 5 (1.72%) Redis
10 5 (1.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 4 (1.37%) Aerospike
11 4 (1.37%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.37%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 95 (32.65%) Git
2 86 (29.55%) Jenkins
3 46 (15.81%) JIRA
4 39 (13.40%) GitLab
5 11 (3.78%) JUnit
6 9 (3.09%) Selenium
7 8 (2.75%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.75%) IntelliJ
7 8 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (2.41%) Bitbucket Server
8 7 (2.41%) CA Release Automation
9 6 (2.06%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.72%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.72%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.37%) Maven
12 3 (1.03%) MSI
12 3 (1.03%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.69%) Gradle
13 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
General
1 101 (34.71%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.93%) Public Sector
3 35 (12.03%) Finance
4 27 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.06%) Banking
6 6 (2.06%) Marketing
7 5 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
7 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.03%) Military
9 2 (0.69%) Back Office
9 2 (0.69%) Electronics
9 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.69%) Legal
9 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.69%) Publishing
9 2 (0.69%) Retail
9 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (26.80%) Developer
2 31 (10.65%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (7.90%) Architect
4 21 (7.22%) Data Engineer
5 19 (6.53%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (6.19%) Senior
7 16 (5.50%) Lead
8 13 (4.47%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (4.12%) webMethods Developer
10 11 (3.78%) AWS Engineer
10 11 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (3.78%) Python Developer
11 10 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.44%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (2.75%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (2.75%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 7 (2.41%) Analyst
14 7 (2.41%) Senior DevOps
14 7 (2.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (16.84%) REST
2 45 (15.46%) SOAP
3 43 (14.78%) JSON
4 41 (14.09%) XML
5 33 (11.34%) React
6 29 (9.97%) RESTful
7 24 (8.25%) OAuth
8 21 (7.22%) HTML
9 20 (6.87%) Spring
10 17 (5.84%) Kafka
10 17 (5.84%) pytest
11 16 (5.50%) AngularJS
12 15 (5.15%) Node.js
12 15 (5.15%) PySpark
13 14 (4.81%) .NET
14 12 (4.12%) Jest
14 12 (4.12%) JMS
14 12 (4.12%) YAML
15 10 (3.44%) ARM Templates
15 10 (3.44%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.68%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.78%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
6 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.72%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.37%) NHS
7 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.03%) CMDB
8 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.69%) Clustering
9 2 (0.69%) IoT
9 2 (0.69%) PACS
9 2 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.15%) Linux
2 22 (7.56%) Windows
3 15 (5.15%) Unix
4 10 (3.44%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.72%) VMS
6 3 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Android
7 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (71.82%) CI/CD
2 198 (68.04%) DevOps
3 118 (40.55%) Agile
4 109 (37.46%) Test Automation
5 102 (35.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 98 (33.68%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (27.15%) Containerisation
8 63 (21.65%) Analytics
9 56 (19.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.90%) Microservices
11 53 (18.21%) Data Pipeline
11 53 (18.21%) Scrum
12 50 (17.18%) ETL
12 50 (17.18%) Infrastructure Automation
13 47 (16.15%) Data Modelling
14 41 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (12.71%) Data Integration
16 36 (12.37%) Migration
17 35 (12.03%) Observability
18 29 (9.97%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (32.65%) Python
2 91 (31.27%) SQL
3 53 (18.21%) Java
4 36 (12.37%) JavaScript
5 35 (12.03%) PowerShell
6 30 (10.31%) TypeScript
7 29 (9.97%) Bash
8 13 (4.47%) Bicep
8 13 (4.47%) C#
9 9 (3.09%) Groovy
9 9 (3.09%) Scala
10 8 (2.75%) PHP
11 7 (2.41%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.72%) Go
12 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.37%) Perl
14 3 (1.03%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.69%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 134 (46.05%) Security Cleared
2 111 (38.14%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.50%) Degree
4 11 (3.78%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.09%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CISSP
9 2 (0.69%) OCP
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.34%) MCSA
10 1 (0.34%) MCSE
10 1 (0.34%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.65%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.56%) QA
3 7 (2.41%) GDPR
4 6 (2.06%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.06%) NIST
5 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.37%) NCSC
7 3 (1.03%) WCAG
8 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.69%) SLA
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 121 (41.58%) Docker
2 24 (8.25%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.72%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) etcd
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 111 (38.14%) Kubernetes
2 87 (29.90%) Terraform
3 42 (14.43%) Ansible
4 19 (6.53%) Grafana
5 18 (6.19%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.15%) Puppet
7 12 (4.12%) Progress Chef
8 11 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.72%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.72%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.72%) Packer
9 5 (1.72%) Podman
9 5 (1.72%) Tivoli
10 3 (1.03%) CloudHub
10 3 (1.03%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.03%) vRealize
11 2 (0.69%) Argo
11 2 (0.69%) Consul
11 2 (0.69%) Istio
Vendors
1 72 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.43%) Oracle
3 29 (9.97%) Denodo
3 29 (9.97%) Talend
4 21 (7.22%) webMethods
5 18 (6.19%) Splunk
6 16 (5.50%) Databricks
6 16 (5.50%) IBM
7 15 (5.15%) VMware
8 14 (4.81%) SAP
9 11 (3.78%) Salesforce
9 11 (3.78%) Software AG
10 10 (3.44%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.75%) Axway
12 7 (2.41%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.41%) Google
13 6 (2.06%) Pega
14 5 (1.72%) Broadcom
14 5 (1.72%) ForgeRock
14 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow