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

 6 months to
29 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 252 313
Rank change year-on-year -21 +61 +2
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 387 266 244
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 1.04% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.14% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 205 170
10th Percentile £403 £330 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -3.03%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £700
90th Percentile £675 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £60.02 - -
25th Percentile £74.68 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - £67.02
90th Percentile - - £69.56
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -63.94%

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 37,198 23,233 31,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 91.23% 85.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,460 14,972 20,715
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +2.23% -4.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,331 1,147 2,335
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.55
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +2.63%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -10 200 £550 - 52
North of England -40 63 £471 +19.72% 18
Midlands -29 40 £525 -2.23% 8
South East -53 34 £553 +16.32% 38
West Midlands -35 30 £525 -4.55% 5
North West -27 29 £500 +30.98% 11
South West -34 27 £488 -15.22% 11
Yorkshire -39 26 £488 -16.31% 4
East Midlands -9 9 £459 +14.48% 3
North East -31 8 £450 +20.00% 4
East of England -46 7 £700 +27.27% 9
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 28 (7.24%) SAS
2 15 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.58%) Confluence
4 7 (1.81%) Apache
5 6 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.55%) Appian
5 6 (1.55%) Camunda
5 6 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.03%) CMS
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.52%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.26%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.26%) Misys Equation
1 1 (0.26%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 200 (51.68%) Azure
2 137 (35.40%) AWS
3 93 (24.03%) GitHub
4 85 (21.96%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (17.31%) GitHub Actions
6 47 (12.14%) GCP
7 41 (10.59%) Serverless
8 29 (7.49%) Power Platform
9 28 (7.24%) Amazon S3
10 27 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (4.91%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (4.13%) Azure AKS
14 16 (4.13%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
15 14 (3.62%) Amazon SQS
15 14 (3.62%) Entra ID
15 14 (3.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.94%) Firewall
2 15 (3.88%) DNS
2 15 (3.88%) VPN
3 13 (3.36%) Network Security
4 11 (2.84%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.81%) DMZ
6 5 (1.29%) SSL
7 4 (1.03%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.52%) DHCP
8 2 (0.52%) HTTP
8 2 (0.52%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.52%) NGFW
8 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.26%) IPsec
9 1 (0.26%) MQTT
9 1 (0.26%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.26%) SNMP
9 1 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (5.94%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.43%) Power BI
4 19 (4.91%) Relational Database
5 17 (4.39%) Pentaho
6 15 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.10%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.84%) NoSQL
8 11 (2.84%) Redis
9 10 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (2.33%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.33%) Metadata
10 9 (2.33%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.55%) Big Data
12 6 (1.55%) MySQL
12 6 (1.55%) Pinecone
12 6 (1.55%) SAS Data Integration Studio
13 5 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 91 (23.51%) Git
2 81 (20.93%) Jenkins
3 58 (14.99%) GitLab
4 29 (7.49%) JIRA
5 11 (2.84%) fastlane
6 10 (2.58%) MSI
7 9 (2.33%) JUnit
8 7 (1.81%) Gradle
9 6 (1.55%) MLflow
9 6 (1.55%) Mockito
9 6 (1.55%) Xcode
10 5 (1.29%) Android Studio
10 5 (1.29%) Crashlytics
11 4 (1.03%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.03%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.03%) git-flow
11 4 (1.03%) Selenium
11 4 (1.03%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 112 (28.94%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.86%) Public Sector
3 63 (16.28%) Finance
4 30 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.94%) Banking
6 16 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.10%) Legal
8 10 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.81%) Front Office
9 7 (1.81%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.81%) Retail
10 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.78%) Law
11 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.52%) Marketing
11 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Police
12 1 (0.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 73 (18.86%) Senior
2 65 (16.80%) Developer
3 58 (14.99%) DevOps Engineer
4 46 (11.89%) Data Engineer
5 32 (8.27%) Architect
6 30 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 28 (7.24%) Lead
8 25 (6.46%) Azure Engineer
9 22 (5.68%) Platform Engineer
9 22 (5.68%) Senior Developer
9 22 (5.68%) Software Engineer
10 20 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (4.91%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (4.13%) Senior DevOps
13 15 (3.88%) Salesforce Engineer
14 14 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.36%) Automation Engineer
15 13 (3.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 12 (3.10%) Python Engineer
17 11 (2.84%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (15.25%) RESTful
2 54 (13.95%) REST
3 36 (9.30%) .NET
3 36 (9.30%) React
4 28 (7.24%) Kafka
5 23 (5.94%) Node.js
6 20 (5.17%) OAuth
7 19 (4.91%) PySpark
8 18 (4.65%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.13%) FastAPI
10 15 (3.88%) .NET Framework
10 15 (3.88%) CSS
10 15 (3.88%) HTML
10 15 (3.88%) Spring
10 15 (3.88%) Spring Boot
11 14 (3.62%) YAML
12 13 (3.36%) .NET Core
12 13 (3.36%) Django
12 13 (3.36%) pytest
13 12 (3.10%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 97 (25.06%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.01%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (6.46%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.91%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.62%) Mobile App
7 12 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.81%) NHS
9 7 (1.81%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.55%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.29%) Replication
11 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.03%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.03%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
13 3 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.14%) Linux
2 27 (6.98%) Windows
3 13 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.81%) Unix
5 6 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.29%) Android
6 5 (1.29%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.78%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.26%) Solaris
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (79.84%) CI/CD
2 234 (60.47%) DevOps
3 160 (41.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 158 (40.83%) Agile
5 143 (36.95%) Test Automation
6 95 (24.55%) Analytics
7 85 (21.96%) Containerisation
7 85 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (18.09%) Scrum
9 68 (17.57%) AI
9 68 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (17.57%) Data Pipeline
10 67 (17.31%) Microservices
11 65 (16.80%) Observability
12 63 (16.28%) Data Modelling
13 54 (13.95%) ETL
13 54 (13.95%) Platform Engineering
14 52 (13.44%) Software Engineering
15 51 (13.18%) Validation
16 48 (12.40%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 145 (37.47%) Python
2 81 (20.93%) SQL
3 60 (15.50%) PowerShell
4 54 (13.95%) Java
5 39 (10.08%) Bicep
5 39 (10.08%) C#
6 36 (9.30%) Bash
7 29 (7.49%) JavaScript
7 29 (7.49%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.58%) Apex Code
9 9 (2.33%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.55%) Swift
11 5 (1.29%) Go
12 4 (1.03%) Perl
12 4 (1.03%) Scala
12 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.78%) PHP
13 3 (0.78%) Rust
13 3 (0.78%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 128 (33.07%) Security Cleared
2 106 (27.39%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.94%) Degree
4 17 (4.39%) Azure Certification
4 17 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.88%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.10%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.03%) RHCE
12 3 (0.78%) CCNP
12 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.78%) MCSA
12 3 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.52%) MCSE
13 2 (0.52%) OCA
13 2 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.08%) Data Quality
2 37 (9.56%) QA
3 27 (6.98%) Accessibility
4 23 (5.94%) WCAG
5 13 (3.36%) GDPR
6 7 (1.81%) NCSC
7 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.52%) HL7
10 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.26%) PMO
10 1 (0.26%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 117 (30.23%) Docker
2 15 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (2.84%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 143 (36.95%) Terraform
2 140 (36.18%) Kubernetes
3 45 (11.63%) Ansible
4 15 (3.88%) Prometheus
4 15 (3.88%) SCCM
5 12 (3.10%) Grafana
6 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.81%) Puppet
8 6 (1.55%) Istio
8 6 (1.55%) WSUS
9 5 (1.29%) Argo
10 4 (1.03%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.52%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.52%) Control-M
11 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.52%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.26%) QRadar
12 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 90 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.20%) Google
3 22 (5.68%) Databricks
3 22 (5.68%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.91%) Oracle
5 18 (4.65%) Dynatrace
5 18 (4.65%) OpenAI
5 18 (4.65%) Talend
6 16 (4.13%) Denodo
7 11 (2.84%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.81%) Apple
8 7 (1.81%) Foundry
8 7 (1.81%) Splunk
8 7 (1.81%) UiPath
9 6 (1.55%) Automation Anywhere
9 6 (1.55%) Bloomberg
9 6 (1.55%) Citrix
9 6 (1.55%) ION Trading
9 6 (1.55%) Reuters
10 4 (1.03%) IBM
113 Deployment Automation jobs in England