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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 260 295
Rank change year-on-year -16 +35 +28
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 408 279 250
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.01% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.12% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 213 172
10th Percentile £401 £328 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £612
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -10.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £700
90th Percentile £676 £722 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £612
% change year-on-year -4.55% -10.13% +2.00%
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 38,601 25,022 29,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.36% 90.73% 85.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,205 16,045 19,444
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £421 £405 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,390 1,351 1,859
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.50 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -14 202 £550 -0.90% 79
North of England -49 64 £475 +19.80% 29
South East -61 47 £575 +21.05% 28
Midlands -29 38 £515 +3.00% 12
South West -26 37 £463 -19.57% 15
West Midlands -33 31 £515 -6.36% 7
Yorkshire -36 28 £471 -18.17% 7
North West -35 27 £500 +34.23% 16
North East -36 9 £450 +20.00% 6
East Midlands -13 6 £470 +17.35% 5
East of England -46 5 £850 +54.55% 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 24 (5.88%) SAS
2 17 (4.17%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.17%) Confluence
3 9 (2.21%) Apache
4 6 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.23%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.74%) Appian
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.49%) Camunda
7 2 (0.49%) CMS
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 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.25%) IIS
8 1 (0.25%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.25%) Misys Equation
1 1 (0.25%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 222 (54.41%) Azure
2 142 (34.80%) AWS
3 110 (26.96%) Azure DevOps
4 97 (23.77%) GitHub
5 72 (17.65%) GitHub Actions
6 45 (11.03%) Serverless
7 41 (10.05%) GCP
8 33 (8.09%) Amazon S3
8 33 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (6.86%) Azure Monitor
9 28 (6.86%) Power Platform
10 24 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (5.39%) Amazon ECS
11 22 (5.39%) Azure Key Vault
12 21 (5.15%) Entra ID
13 20 (4.90%) Azure AKS
14 19 (4.66%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (4.17%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.35%) Firewall
2 25 (6.13%) DNS
3 20 (4.90%) VPN
4 19 (4.66%) Network Security
5 15 (3.68%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.47%) DHCP
6 6 (1.47%) DMZ
6 6 (1.47%) SSL
7 5 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
7 5 (1.23%) SSH
8 2 (0.49%) BGP
8 2 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.49%) HTTP
8 2 (0.49%) Internet
8 2 (0.49%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.49%) NGFW
8 2 (0.49%) OSPF
8 2 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
1 25 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.90%) Power BI
3 17 (4.17%) Relational Database
4 15 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.43%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.19%) Pentaho
7 12 (2.94%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.70%) MongoDB
9 10 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (2.21%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (2.21%) Redis
11 8 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (1.96%) Metadata
11 8 (1.96%) MySQL
12 7 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.72%) Big Data
12 7 (1.72%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.47%) SAS Data Integration Studio
14 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 100 (24.51%) Git
2 87 (21.32%) Jenkins
3 59 (14.46%) GitLab
4 35 (8.58%) JIRA
5 14 (3.43%) MSI
6 11 (2.70%) fastlane
7 8 (1.96%) Gradle
8 6 (1.47%) JUnit
8 6 (1.47%) MSBuild
8 6 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.47%) Xcode
9 5 (1.23%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.23%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.23%) Selenium
9 5 (1.23%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.98%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.98%) git-flow
10 4 (0.98%) Maven
10 4 (0.98%) Mockito
General
1 109 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 81 (19.85%) Public Sector
3 54 (13.24%) Finance
4 32 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.64%) Banking
6 15 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.21%) Legal
9 7 (1.72%) Retail
10 6 (1.47%) Front Office
11 5 (1.23%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.74%) Law
12 3 (0.74%) Military
13 2 (0.49%) Back Office
13 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 80 (19.61%) Senior
2 73 (17.89%) Developer
3 63 (15.44%) DevOps Engineer
4 41 (10.05%) Data Engineer
5 34 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (7.84%) Lead
7 30 (7.35%) Architect
8 26 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
9 25 (6.13%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (6.13%) Senior Developer
10 23 (5.64%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (5.64%) Software Engineer
11 21 (5.15%) Full-Stack Developer
12 19 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.92%) Senior DevOps
14 13 (3.19%) Python Engineer
14 13 (3.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 12 (2.94%) AWS DevOps
15 12 (2.94%) Java Developer
15 12 (2.94%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (15.93%) REST
1 65 (15.93%) RESTful
2 49 (12.01%) .NET
3 37 (9.07%) React
4 32 (7.84%) Kafka
5 24 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 21 (5.15%) Node.js
6 21 (5.15%) Spring
6 21 (5.15%) Spring Boot
7 20 (4.90%) .NET Core
7 20 (4.90%) OAuth
8 19 (4.66%) HTML
9 18 (4.41%) CSS
10 16 (3.92%) HTML5
10 16 (3.92%) PySpark
10 16 (3.92%) YAML
11 15 (3.68%) FastAPI
12 14 (3.43%) AngularJS
12 14 (3.43%) ARM Templates
13 13 (3.19%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 112 (27.45%) Cloud Native
2 33 (8.09%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.11%) Product Ownership
4 26 (6.37%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (3.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (3.19%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.96%) NHS
10 7 (1.72%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.47%) Replication
12 5 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.23%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.98%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.98%) PKI
13 4 (0.98%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.25%) Linux
2 35 (8.58%) Windows
3 14 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.96%) Unix
6 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.23%) Android
7 5 (1.23%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.74%) 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 (0.25%) CentOS
10 1 (0.25%) Solaris
10 1 (0.25%) VMS
10 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (81.37%) CI/CD
2 254 (62.25%) DevOps
3 183 (44.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 164 (40.20%) Agile
5 153 (37.50%) Test Automation
6 103 (25.25%) Containerisation
7 99 (24.26%) Analytics
8 82 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
10 79 (19.36%) Microservices
11 71 (17.40%) Observability
12 70 (17.16%) Scrum
13 68 (16.67%) AI
14 65 (15.93%) Platform Engineering
15 63 (15.44%) Data Pipeline
16 60 (14.71%) Software Engineering
17 58 (14.22%) Validation
18 55 (13.48%) DevSecOps
19 50 (12.25%) Data Modelling
20 47 (11.52%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 151 (37.01%) Python
2 78 (19.12%) SQL
3 70 (17.16%) PowerShell
4 54 (13.24%) Java
5 52 (12.75%) Bicep
6 47 (11.52%) C#
7 41 (10.05%) Bash
8 37 (9.07%) JavaScript
9 30 (7.35%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.21%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.72%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.47%) Go
12 6 (1.47%) Swift
13 5 (1.23%) Scala
14 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.98%) Perl
14 4 (0.98%) PHP
15 3 (0.74%) SAS Macro
15 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 155 (37.99%) Security Cleared
2 128 (31.37%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.37%) Degree
4 25 (6.13%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.90%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.92%) AWS Certification
8 14 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.98%) CCNP
11 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.98%) RHCE
12 3 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.74%) MCSA
12 3 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.49%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.56%) QA
2 35 (8.58%) Accessibility
3 29 (7.11%) Data Quality
3 29 (7.11%) WCAG
4 13 (3.19%) NCSC
5 9 (2.21%) GDPR
6 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.74%) HL7
7 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 124 (30.39%) Docker
2 16 (3.92%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.49%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.25%) Firmware
8 1 (0.25%) Varnish
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 169 (41.42%) Terraform
2 147 (36.03%) Kubernetes
3 56 (13.73%) Ansible
4 17 (4.17%) SCCM
5 16 (3.92%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.43%) Grafana
7 12 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (2.21%) Puppet
9 7 (1.72%) Argo
10 6 (1.47%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.23%) WSUS
12 4 (0.98%) Istio
13 2 (0.49%) CA Wily
13 2 (0.49%) Control-M
13 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.49%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.25%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.25%) Podman
14 1 (0.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 102 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.64%) Oracle
3 21 (5.15%) Databricks
3 21 (5.15%) Google
4 19 (4.66%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.19%) Talend
7 12 (2.94%) Denodo
7 12 (2.94%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.45%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.72%) Foundry
10 6 (1.47%) Apple
10 6 (1.47%) Citrix
10 6 (1.47%) Splunk
10 6 (1.47%) VMware
11 5 (1.23%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.23%) ION Trading
11 5 (1.23%) Reuters
11 5 (1.23%) SAP