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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 330 369
Rank change year-on-year +41 +39 -57
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 291 186 185
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.65% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.73% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 118 127
10th Percentile £381 £365 £470
25th Percentile £430 £432 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £619 £725 £669
90th Percentile £688 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -13.33% +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 28,083 25,497 32,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.56% 88.71% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,857 15,730 22,001
10th Percentile £300 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,811 841 1,406
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +22.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.45 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

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 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 25 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 +9 123 £550 -12.70% 86
Midlands -1 56 £519 -15.28% 58
West Midlands +4 52 £519 -16.84% 34
North of England -42 37 £476 +19.00% 79
South East -9 26 £573 +34.71% 113
South West 0 23 £550 -19.71% 40
North West -23 23 £453 +13.25% 35
Yorkshire -35 11 £521 -15.24% 39
East of England -28 5 £531 +195.14% 57
East Midlands -17 4 £402 +7.20% 19
North East -9 3 £500 -11.50% 6
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 16 (5.50%) JBoss
3 14 (4.81%) Apache
4 8 (2.75%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.06%) nginx
7 5 (1.72%) IIS
7 5 (1.72%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
9 3 (1.03%) Confluence
9 3 (1.03%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.34%) Appian
10 1 (0.34%) Camunda
10 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.34%) Traefik
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 91 (31.27%) AWS
1 91 (31.27%) Azure
2 61 (20.96%) GitHub
3 44 (15.12%) GitHub Actions
4 37 (12.71%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (10.31%) Serverless
6 24 (8.25%) OpenShift
7 22 (7.56%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (7.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (5.84%) GCP
10 16 (5.50%) Power Platform
11 14 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (4.81%) Amazon S3
12 12 (4.12%) Entra ID
13 10 (3.44%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (2.75%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.75%) Datadog
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 13 (4.47%) 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
7 9 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.75%) Power BI
9 7 (2.41%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 5 (1.72%) Spark SQL
12 4 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.37%) SAS Data Integration Studio
13 3 (1.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 96 (32.99%) Git
2 88 (30.24%) Jenkins
3 46 (15.81%) JIRA
4 38 (13.06%) GitLab
5 10 (3.44%) JUnit
6 9 (3.09%) Selenium
6 9 (3.09%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (2.75%) Bitbucket Server
7 8 (2.75%) CA Release Automation
7 8 (2.75%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.75%) IntelliJ
8 6 (2.06%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.06%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.72%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.37%) Maven
10 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.03%) MSI
12 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.69%) Gradle
12 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
General
1 97 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 57 (19.59%) Public Sector
3 32 (11.00%) Finance
4 28 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.41%) Banking
7 6 (2.06%) Marketing
8 5 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
8 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.03%) Military
9 3 (1.03%) Retail
10 2 (0.69%) Back Office
10 2 (0.69%) Electronics
10 2 (0.69%) Legal
10 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.69%) Publishing
10 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (26.46%) Developer
2 33 (11.34%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (7.22%) Architect
3 21 (7.22%) Data Engineer
4 20 (6.87%) Platform Engineer
5 19 (6.53%) Senior
6 16 (5.50%) Lead
7 12 (4.12%) Automation Engineer
7 12 (4.12%) webMethods Developer
8 11 (3.78%) AWS Engineer
8 11 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (3.78%) Python Developer
9 10 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.44%) Technical Architect
10 9 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.75%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (2.75%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 8 (2.75%) Senior DevOps
11 8 (2.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.41%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (16.15%) REST
2 45 (15.46%) SOAP
3 43 (14.78%) JSON
4 41 (14.09%) XML
5 32 (11.00%) React
6 27 (9.28%) RESTful
7 23 (7.90%) OAuth
8 21 (7.22%) HTML
8 21 (7.22%) Spring
9 16 (5.50%) AngularJS
9 16 (5.50%) Kafka
10 15 (5.15%) pytest
11 14 (4.81%) .NET
11 14 (4.81%) Node.js
11 14 (4.81%) PySpark
12 12 (4.12%) JMS
12 12 (4.12%) YAML
13 11 (3.78%) Jest
13 11 (3.78%) Spring Boot
14 10 (3.44%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.34%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.12%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.78%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.06%) Distributed Computing
6 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.37%) NHS
7 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.37%) Product Ownership
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%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.69%) PACS
9 2 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 48 (16.49%) Linux
2 24 (8.25%) Windows
3 15 (5.15%) Unix
4 10 (3.44%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.72%) VMS
6 4 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Android
7 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (72.51%) CI/CD
2 199 (68.38%) DevOps
3 117 (40.21%) Agile
4 110 (37.80%) Test Automation
5 102 (35.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 98 (33.68%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (27.49%) Containerisation
8 62 (21.31%) Analytics
9 58 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.90%) Microservices
11 54 (18.56%) Scrum
12 51 (17.53%) Data Pipeline
13 50 (17.18%) Infrastructure Automation
14 48 (16.49%) ETL
15 44 (15.12%) Data Modelling
16 39 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (12.71%) Data Integration
17 37 (12.71%) Migration
17 37 (12.71%) Observability
18 29 (9.97%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 95 (32.65%) Python
2 90 (30.93%) SQL
3 53 (18.21%) Java
4 35 (12.03%) JavaScript
5 34 (11.68%) PowerShell
6 31 (10.65%) Bash
7 29 (9.97%) TypeScript
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 6 (2.06%) Go
13 5 (1.72%) Perl
13 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
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
2 112 (38.49%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.15%) Degree
4 11 (3.78%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.09%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.69%) CISSP
10 2 (0.69%) OCP
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.34%) ISEB
11 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.34%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.97%) Data Quality
2 21 (7.22%) QA
3 6 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.06%) GDPR
3 6 (2.06%) NIST
4 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.37%) NCSC
5 4 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.03%) WCAG
7 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.69%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 122 (41.92%) 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
1 114 (39.18%) Kubernetes
2 89 (30.58%) Terraform
3 43 (14.78%) Ansible
4 19 (6.53%) Grafana
5 18 (6.19%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.15%) Puppet
7 13 (4.47%) 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%) Argo
10 3 (1.03%) CloudHub
10 3 (1.03%) Kibana
10 3 (1.03%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.03%) vRealize
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 20 (6.87%) Splunk
6 16 (5.50%) IBM
7 15 (5.15%) Databricks
7 15 (5.15%) VMware
8 14 (4.81%) SAP
9 11 (3.78%) Red Hat
9 11 (3.78%) Salesforce
9 11 (3.78%) Software AG
10 8 (2.75%) AppDynamics
10 8 (2.75%) Axway
11 7 (2.41%) Google
12 6 (2.06%) Pega
13 5 (1.72%) Broadcom
13 5 (1.72%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow