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

 6 months to
4 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 268 310
Rank change year-on-year -5 +42 -4
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 359 221 238
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.91% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.00% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 168 173
10th Percentile £397 £376 £415
25th Percentile £448 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -2.17% -8.34%
75th Percentile £575 £702 £700
90th Percentile £650 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £52.69 - -
25th Percentile £56.36 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £62.59 - £44.51
75th Percentile £68.70 - £68.08
90th Percentile £72.29 - £69.98
UK median hourly rate £62.59 - £44.51
% change year-on-year - - -35.02%

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 33,191 22,141 32,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.96% 90.87% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,296 14,591 21,484
10th Percentile £313 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,024 863 2,161
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £31.52 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.48% -11.53%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -7 177 £525 -16.00% 49
Midlands -27 59 £515 -0.68% 21
West Midlands -22 45 £515 -26.43% 19
North of England -65 39 £476 +17.97% 24
South East -33 35 £538 +26.17% 21
South West -22 26 £531 -7.61% 12
Yorkshire -50 20 £491 -15.71% 5
North West -38 17 £436 +11.51% 14
East Midlands -22 13 £402 -15.37% 2
East of England -34 4 £513 +2.55% 2
North East -17 2 £600 +9.09% 5
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 41 (11.42%) SAS
2 8 (2.23%) Appian
2 8 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.67%) Camunda
5 5 (1.39%) Apache
6 4 (1.11%) Confluence
6 4 (1.11%) JBoss
6 4 (1.11%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.84%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.84%) CMS
7 3 (0.84%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.56%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.56%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 142 (39.55%) Azure
2 108 (30.08%) AWS
3 75 (20.89%) GitHub
4 53 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
5 51 (14.21%) GitHub Actions
6 35 (9.75%) Serverless
7 31 (8.64%) GCP
8 28 (7.80%) Power Platform
9 26 (7.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (5.29%) Amazon S3
10 19 (5.29%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (5.01%) OpenShift
12 17 (4.74%) Power Automate
13 15 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (4.18%) Azure Functions
14 13 (3.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (3.62%) Azure AI
14 13 (3.62%) Entra ID
15 12 (3.34%) Azure AKS
15 12 (3.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.62%) Firewall
2 10 (2.79%) DNS
2 10 (2.79%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.23%) VPN
4 6 (1.67%) HTTPS
4 6 (1.67%) Network Security
5 5 (1.39%) DHCP
5 5 (1.39%) SSL
6 4 (1.11%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.84%) DMZ
7 3 (0.84%) HTTP
8 2 (0.56%) Internet
9 1 (0.28%) BGP
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.28%) IPsec
9 1 (0.28%) OSPF
9 1 (0.28%) SMS
9 1 (0.28%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.08%) Pentaho
2 18 (5.01%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.74%) Power BI
4 15 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (4.18%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.34%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.51%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.51%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.51%) Redis
9 8 (2.23%) Aerospike
9 8 (2.23%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.23%) Pinecone
9 8 (2.23%) Spark SQL
10 7 (1.95%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 6 (1.67%) Metadata
11 6 (1.67%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 5 (1.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 99 (27.58%) Git
2 93 (25.91%) Jenkins
3 55 (15.32%) GitLab
4 33 (9.19%) JIRA
5 15 (4.18%) JUnit
6 8 (2.23%) MLflow
7 6 (1.67%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.67%) Mockito
7 6 (1.67%) Selenium
8 5 (1.39%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.39%) CircleCI
8 5 (1.39%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.11%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.84%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.84%) fastlane
10 3 (0.84%) Gradle
10 3 (0.84%) MSI
11 2 (0.56%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 120 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.61%) Public Sector
3 65 (18.11%) Finance
4 36 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.90%) Banking
6 12 (3.34%) Legal
7 7 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.95%) Marketing
8 5 (1.39%) Front Office
9 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.84%) Military
11 2 (0.56%) Electronics
11 2 (0.56%) Police
11 2 (0.56%) Retail
11 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.28%) Law
12 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (20.33%) Developer
2 44 (12.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 42 (11.70%) Data Engineer
4 38 (10.58%) Architect
5 33 (9.19%) Senior
6 25 (6.96%) Platform Engineer
7 23 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (5.85%) Lead
9 20 (5.57%) Automation Engineer
10 16 (4.46%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (3.90%) Salesforce Engineer
12 13 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 12 (3.34%) Platform Architect
14 11 (3.06%) SAS Engineer
15 10 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (2.79%) Senior Developer
16 9 (2.51%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (2.51%) Consultant
16 9 (2.51%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (13.65%) REST
2 42 (11.70%) RESTful
3 34 (9.47%) React
4 28 (7.80%) Node.js
5 25 (6.96%) Kafka
6 22 (6.13%) pytest
7 20 (5.57%) SOAP
8 18 (5.01%) Spring
8 18 (5.01%) YAML
9 17 (4.74%) .NET
9 17 (4.74%) AngularJS
10 16 (4.46%) JSON
10 16 (4.46%) PySpark
11 15 (4.18%) HTML
11 15 (4.18%) Web Services
12 14 (3.90%) FastAPI
12 14 (3.90%) OAuth
12 14 (3.90%) Spring Boot
13 13 (3.62%) Jest
13 13 (3.62%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 55 (15.32%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.74%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.62%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.79%) Distributed Computing
6 9 (2.51%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.23%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.23%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.23%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.67%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.39%) NHS
9 5 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.84%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 47 (13.09%) Linux
2 22 (6.13%) Windows
3 10 (2.79%) Unix
4 6 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.11%) VMS
7 3 (0.84%) Android
8 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (74.09%) CI/CD
2 224 (62.40%) DevOps
3 138 (38.44%) Test Automation
4 137 (38.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (37.33%) Agile
6 117 (32.59%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (23.68%) Analytics
8 78 (21.73%) Containerisation
9 71 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 65 (18.11%) Data Modelling
10 65 (18.11%) Data Pipeline
11 61 (16.99%) ETL
12 60 (16.71%) Scrum
13 56 (15.60%) Microservices
14 50 (13.93%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (13.93%) Observability
15 49 (13.65%) Infrastructure Automation
16 46 (12.81%) Migration
17 41 (11.42%) Data Integration
17 41 (11.42%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 120 (33.43%) Python
2 95 (26.46%) SQL
3 56 (15.60%) PowerShell
4 53 (14.76%) Java
5 41 (11.42%) Bash
6 33 (9.19%) JavaScript
7 31 (8.64%) TypeScript
8 25 (6.96%) Bicep
9 20 (5.57%) C#
10 9 (2.51%) PHP
11 8 (2.23%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.67%) Scala
13 4 (1.11%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.11%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.84%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.84%) Groovy
14 3 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.84%) Rust
14 3 (0.84%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.84%) Swift
Qualifications
1 141 (39.28%) Security Cleared
2 111 (30.92%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.90%) Degree
4 13 (3.62%) Azure Certification
5 12 (3.34%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.84%) CCNP
11 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.84%) RHCE
12 2 (0.56%) CISSP
12 2 (0.56%) MCSA
12 2 (0.56%) OCA
12 2 (0.56%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.53%) Data Quality
2 30 (8.36%) QA
3 12 (3.34%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.34%) GDPR
4 8 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.95%) WCAG
6 4 (1.11%) NCSC
6 4 (1.11%) NIST
7 3 (0.84%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 122 (33.98%) Docker
2 18 (5.01%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (4.74%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.56%) Xen
7 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 132 (36.77%) Kubernetes
2 121 (33.70%) Terraform
3 44 (12.26%) Ansible
4 17 (4.74%) Grafana
5 16 (4.46%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.06%) Puppet
7 8 (2.23%) SCCM
8 5 (1.39%) Podman
8 5 (1.39%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.11%) Argo
9 4 (1.11%) Istio
10 3 (0.84%) CloudHub
10 3 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.84%) Packer
10 3 (0.84%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.84%) WSUS
11 2 (0.56%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.56%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 84 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.36%) Talend
3 29 (8.08%) Denodo
3 29 (8.08%) Oracle
4 28 (7.80%) Salesforce
5 19 (5.29%) Google
5 19 (5.29%) OpenAI
6 12 (3.34%) Databricks
6 12 (3.34%) Splunk
7 11 (3.06%) Red Hat
7 11 (3.06%) VMware
8 8 (2.23%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.23%) SAP
8 8 (2.23%) UiPath
8 8 (2.23%) webMethods
9 7 (1.95%) IBM
10 6 (1.67%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.67%) Foundry
11 5 (1.39%) Apple
12 4 (1.11%) Software AG
125 Deployment Automation jobs in England