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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 328 373
Rank change year-on-year +48 +45 -66
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 288 186 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 0.61% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.70% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 110 148
10th Percentile £381 £400 £429
25th Percentile £431 £455 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £600 £581
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +3.27% -3.17%
75th Percentile £625 £725 £678
90th Percentile £697 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £29.67 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.29 £38.48 £20.38
Median hourly rate £22.58 £54.40 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.50% +147.27% -
75th Percentile £23.86 £71.58 £37.75
90th Percentile - £81.13 £66.10
UK median hourly rate £22.58 £54.40 £22.00
% change year-on-year -58.50% +147.27% -45.68%

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 27,183 26,639 35,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.25% 86.82% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,253 16,245 24,094
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +28 126 £575 -8.00% 90
Midlands +3 54 £519 -16.72% 12
West Midlands +7 52 £520 -18.11% 10
North of England -22 39 £492 +23.00% 36
South East +16 26 £584 +8.10% 42
North West -13 23 £453 +13.25% 22
South West +9 20 £525 -25.53% 12
Yorkshire -30 14 £550 -10.57% 12
East of England -20 8 £550 +46.67% 11
North East -6 2 £500 -1.72% 2
East Midlands -15 2 £276 -26.40% 2
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 32 (11.11%) SAS
2 20 (6.94%) Apache
3 17 (5.90%) JBoss
4 9 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.78%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.08%) Confluence
6 6 (2.08%) nginx
6 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.74%) IIS
7 5 (1.74%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.74%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.74%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.39%) Anypoint
8 4 (1.39%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.35%) Camunda
10 1 (0.35%) CMS
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.35%) Mule
10 1 (0.35%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Endur
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (31.60%) AWS
2 84 (29.17%) Azure
3 51 (17.71%) GitHub
4 37 (12.85%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (12.15%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (9.38%) Serverless
7 22 (7.64%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (7.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (7.29%) OpenShift
9 18 (6.25%) GCP
10 16 (5.56%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.51%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (4.51%) Amazon SQS
12 11 (3.82%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.82%) Power Platform
13 10 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.47%) Amazon EventBridge
14 9 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.94%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.13%) SSL
3 8 (2.78%) DNS
4 6 (2.08%) Firewall
5 5 (1.74%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.74%) Network Security
5 5 (1.74%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.74%) VPN
6 3 (1.04%) DHCP
7 2 (0.69%) HTTP
7 2 (0.69%) SAN
8 1 (0.35%) BGP
8 1 (0.35%) Calico
8 1 (0.35%) DMZ
8 1 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.35%) Multicast
8 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.35%) VLAN
8 1 (0.35%) VSAN
8 1 (0.35%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.38%) Pentaho
2 16 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.51%) Oracle Database
4 12 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 11 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.82%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 9 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (3.13%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.08%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.08%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.74%) MySQL
9 5 (1.74%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.74%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 5 (1.74%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.39%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 97 (33.68%) Git
2 89 (30.90%) Jenkins
3 47 (16.32%) JIRA
4 27 (9.38%) GitLab
5 18 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (4.17%) IntelliJ
6 12 (4.17%) SonarQube
7 10 (3.47%) JUnit
7 10 (3.47%) Maven
8 9 (3.13%) Bitbucket Server
8 9 (3.13%) CA Release Automation
8 9 (3.13%) TeamCity
9 8 (2.78%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.78%) Eclipse
9 8 (2.78%) Selenium
10 7 (2.43%) MSI
11 4 (1.39%) Robot Framework
12 3 (1.04%) CircleCI
12 3 (1.04%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.69%) Gradle
General
1 81 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.01%) Public Sector
3 31 (10.76%) Finance
4 23 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.17%) Banking
6 8 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.43%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.43%) Marketing
8 6 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.74%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Electronics
10 4 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.69%) Back Office
11 2 (0.69%) Front Office
11 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.69%) Publishing
11 2 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (27.78%) Developer
2 30 (10.42%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (7.29%) Senior
4 20 (6.94%) Data Engineer
4 20 (6.94%) Lead
5 17 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (5.56%) Architect
7 14 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (4.17%) Java Developer
8 12 (4.17%) webMethods Developer
9 10 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (3.47%) Python Developer
10 9 (3.13%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 8 (2.78%) Lead Developer
12 7 (2.43%) Azure Data Engineer
12 7 (2.43%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.28%) REST
2 42 (14.58%) JSON
3 41 (14.24%) SOAP
4 40 (13.89%) XML
5 33 (11.46%) React
6 27 (9.38%) RESTful
7 23 (7.99%) Spring
8 22 (7.64%) OAuth
9 19 (6.60%) HTML
10 18 (6.25%) AngularJS
11 15 (5.21%) Spring Boot
12 13 (4.51%) Kafka
13 12 (4.17%) J2EE
13 12 (4.17%) JMS
14 11 (3.82%) .NET
14 11 (3.82%) Jest
15 10 (3.47%) PySpark
15 10 (3.47%) pytest
15 10 (3.47%) YAML
16 9 (3.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.03%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (2.78%) Private Cloud
4 7 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.08%) PKI
6 5 (1.74%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.39%) Clustering
7 4 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.04%) CMDB
8 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 48 (16.67%) Linux
2 35 (12.15%) Windows
3 19 (6.60%) Unix
4 16 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.08%) CentOS
6 6 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.04%) Android
7 3 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.04%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.69%) Debian
8 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (71.18%) CI/CD
2 196 (68.06%) DevOps
3 115 (39.93%) Agile
4 111 (38.54%) Test Automation
5 88 (30.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 87 (30.21%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (23.26%) Containerisation
8 61 (21.18%) Analytics
9 58 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (19.10%) Scrum
11 50 (17.36%) Microservices
12 48 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
13 41 (14.24%) Data Modelling
13 41 (14.24%) ETL
14 40 (13.89%) Infrastructure Automation
14 40 (13.89%) Migration
15 38 (13.19%) Data Integration
15 38 (13.19%) Observability
16 34 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
17 28 (9.72%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 93 (32.29%) Python
2 85 (29.51%) SQL
3 60 (20.83%) Java
4 40 (13.89%) PowerShell
5 35 (12.15%) JavaScript
6 27 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 24 (8.33%) Bash
8 18 (6.25%) C#
9 11 (3.82%) Groovy
9 11 (3.82%) Scala
9 11 (3.82%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.13%) Bicep
11 8 (2.78%) Go
11 8 (2.78%) Perl
12 7 (2.43%) PHP
13 5 (1.74%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.39%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.69%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.69%) PromQL
15 2 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (42.71%) Security Cleared
2 94 (32.64%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.51%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.17%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.17%) Degree
5 8 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.69%) CISSP
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCNP
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.35%) MCSA
10 1 (0.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.03%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.60%) QA
3 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.74%) NIST
4 4 (1.39%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.39%) NCSC
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.69%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 117 (40.63%) Docker
2 30 (10.42%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.74%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.69%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) etcd
7 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 106 (36.81%) Kubernetes
2 84 (29.17%) Terraform
3 45 (15.63%) Ansible
4 22 (7.64%) Prometheus
5 18 (6.25%) Grafana
6 14 (4.86%) Progress Chef
6 14 (4.86%) Puppet
7 13 (4.51%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.43%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.74%) Argo
9 5 (1.74%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.74%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.74%) Packer
9 5 (1.74%) Tivoli
10 4 (1.39%) CloudHub
10 4 (1.39%) Kibana
10 4 (1.39%) Podman
10 4 (1.39%) SCCM
10 4 (1.39%) WMI
Vendors
1 77 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.54%) Oracle
3 29 (10.07%) Talend
4 27 (9.38%) Denodo
5 21 (7.29%) Splunk
5 21 (7.29%) VMware
5 21 (7.29%) webMethods
6 18 (6.25%) Databricks
7 16 (5.56%) IBM
7 16 (5.56%) SAP
8 12 (4.17%) Red Hat
9 11 (3.82%) Software AG
10 10 (3.47%) Google
11 9 (3.13%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.78%) Axway
12 8 (2.78%) Pega
12 8 (2.78%) Salesforce
13 7 (2.43%) ForgeRock
14 6 (2.08%) ServiceNow
15 5 (1.74%) Broadcom