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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 254 318
Rank change year-on-year -27 +64 -10
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 370 249 243
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.01% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.11% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 196 170
10th Percentile £400 £331 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £597
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.87% -4.48%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £700
90th Percentile £650 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
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 - - -65.26%

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 36,403 22,531 32,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.36% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,041 14,566 20,743
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,276 1,039 2,376
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.02
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.72% -26.59% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.00 £37.09
% change year-on-year +62.81% -27.20% +5.97%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -18 193 £550 - 49
North of England -42 55 £471 +18.66% 19
Midlands -28 39 £520 -4.32% 10
South East -51 35 £544 +24.29% 39
West Midlands -31 29 £525 -4.55% 5
South West -25 25 £513 -10.87% 6
North West -28 25 £496 +26.85% 12
Yorkshire -43 22 £475 -18.45% 3
East Midlands -18 9 £447 -5.89% 5
North East -29 8 £450 -18.18% 4
East of England -50 6 £550 - 11
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 (7.57%) SAS
2 13 (3.51%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.43%) Confluence
4 8 (2.16%) Appian
5 6 (1.62%) Apache
5 6 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.62%) Camunda
5 6 (1.62%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.08%) CMS
7 3 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.54%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.27%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (51.35%) Azure
2 129 (34.86%) AWS
3 88 (23.78%) GitHub
4 75 (20.27%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (16.22%) GitHub Actions
6 43 (11.62%) GCP
7 36 (9.73%) Serverless
8 30 (8.11%) Power Platform
9 24 (6.49%) Amazon S3
10 22 (5.95%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (5.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (4.05%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (3.78%) Power Automate
15 13 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (3.51%) Azure AI
15 13 (3.51%) Entra ID
15 13 (3.51%) PaaS
16 12 (3.24%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.95%) Firewall
2 15 (4.05%) VPN
3 14 (3.78%) DNS
4 11 (2.97%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.70%) Network Security
6 7 (1.89%) DMZ
7 4 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (1.08%) SSL
8 3 (0.81%) DHCP
9 2 (0.54%) HTTP
9 2 (0.54%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.54%) NGFW
9 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.27%) BGP
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.27%) MQTT
10 1 (0.27%) OpenLDAP
10 1 (0.27%) OSPF
10 1 (0.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
1 22 (5.95%) Power BI
1 22 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.59%) Pentaho
3 16 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 14 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.24%) Data Lake
6 11 (2.97%) Redis
7 10 (2.70%) NoSQL
8 9 (2.43%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.43%) Metadata
8 9 (2.43%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.16%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.16%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.62%) Big Data
10 6 (1.62%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 5 (1.35%) Aerospike
11 5 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 87 (23.51%) Git
2 74 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 58 (15.68%) GitLab
4 27 (7.30%) JIRA
5 11 (2.97%) fastlane
6 9 (2.43%) JUnit
7 8 (2.16%) MLflow
7 8 (2.16%) MSI
8 6 (1.62%) Gradle
8 6 (1.62%) Xcode
9 5 (1.35%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.35%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.35%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.35%) Mockito
10 4 (1.08%) git-flow
10 4 (1.08%) Selenium
11 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.81%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.65%) Public Sector
3 65 (17.57%) Finance
4 28 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.86%) Banking
6 15 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.51%) Legal
8 8 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.89%) Front Office
9 7 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.35%) Retail
11 3 (0.81%) Law
12 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.54%) Marketing
13 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.27%) Police
13 1 (0.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 67 (18.11%) Senior
2 63 (17.03%) Developer
3 52 (14.05%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (11.89%) Data Engineer
5 34 (9.19%) Architect
6 28 (7.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (6.22%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (6.22%) Lead
7 23 (6.22%) Platform Engineer
8 22 (5.95%) Senior Developer
9 19 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (4.86%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (4.05%) Automation Engineer
11 15 (4.05%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 13 (3.51%) Salesforce Engineer
12 13 (3.51%) Senior DevOps
13 12 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.24%) Platform Architect
14 10 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (14.86%) RESTful
2 45 (12.16%) REST
3 33 (8.92%) React
4 30 (8.11%) .NET
5 27 (7.30%) Kafka
6 25 (6.76%) Node.js
7 19 (5.14%) OAuth
7 19 (5.14%) PySpark
8 17 (4.59%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.32%) pytest
10 15 (4.05%) FastAPI
11 14 (3.78%) HTML
11 14 (3.78%) Swagger
11 14 (3.78%) YAML
12 13 (3.51%) .NET Framework
12 13 (3.51%) CSS
12 13 (3.51%) Django
12 13 (3.51%) OpenAPI
13 12 (3.24%) Flask
13 12 (3.24%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 88 (23.78%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (6.49%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.86%) Onboarding
5 16 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.78%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.43%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
8 8 (2.16%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.08%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.08%) NHS
11 4 (1.08%) Replication
12 3 (0.81%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.81%) Derivative
12 3 (0.81%) Energy Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.16%) Linux
2 26 (7.03%) Windows
3 10 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.89%) Unix
5 6 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.35%) Android
7 3 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.54%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.54%) VMS
8 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (79.46%) CI/CD
2 219 (59.19%) DevOps
3 150 (40.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 139 (37.57%) Agile
5 136 (36.76%) Test Automation
6 92 (24.86%) Analytics
7 80 (21.62%) Containerisation
7 80 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
8 69 (18.65%) Data Pipeline
9 66 (17.84%) Data Modelling
10 64 (17.30%) AI
10 64 (17.30%) Scrum
11 62 (16.76%) Observability
12 59 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 59 (15.95%) Microservices
13 57 (15.41%) ETL
14 50 (13.51%) Validation
15 49 (13.24%) Platform Engineering
16 47 (12.70%) Migration
17 43 (11.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 139 (37.57%) Python
2 79 (21.35%) SQL
3 60 (16.22%) PowerShell
4 52 (14.05%) Java
5 38 (10.27%) Bash
6 33 (8.92%) Bicep
6 33 (8.92%) C#
7 27 (7.30%) JavaScript
8 26 (7.03%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.16%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.89%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.62%) Swift
12 5 (1.35%) Go
13 4 (1.08%) Perl
13 4 (1.08%) Rust
13 4 (1.08%) Scala
13 4 (1.08%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.81%) PHP
14 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.81%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 123 (33.24%) Security Cleared
2 99 (26.76%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.41%) Degree
4 15 (4.05%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.24%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.08%) RHCE
11 3 (0.81%) CCNP
11 3 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.81%) MCSA
11 3 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.54%) MCSE
12 2 (0.54%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.08%) Data Quality
2 32 (8.65%) QA
3 25 (6.76%) Accessibility
4 20 (5.41%) WCAG
5 14 (3.78%) GDPR
6 5 (1.35%) NCSC
6 5 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.27%) HL7
10 1 (0.27%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 110 (29.73%) Docker
2 15 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (3.24%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.27%) Firmware
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 134 (36.22%) Kubernetes
2 132 (35.68%) Terraform
3 40 (10.81%) Ansible
4 15 (4.05%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.05%) SCCM
5 12 (3.24%) Grafana
6 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.89%) Puppet
8 6 (1.62%) Istio
8 6 (1.62%) WSUS
9 4 (1.08%) Argo
9 4 (1.08%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.54%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.54%) Control-M
10 2 (0.54%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.27%) Podman
11 1 (0.27%) QRadar
11 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (23.24%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.49%) Google
3 20 (5.41%) Databricks
3 20 (5.41%) OpenAI
3 20 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 19 (5.14%) Oracle
5 18 (4.86%) Talend
6 17 (4.59%) Dynatrace
7 16 (4.32%) Denodo
8 11 (2.97%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.16%) Apple
9 8 (2.16%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (2.16%) Splunk
9 8 (2.16%) UiPath
10 6 (1.62%) Bloomberg
10 6 (1.62%) Citrix
10 6 (1.62%) Foundry
10 6 (1.62%) ION Trading
10 6 (1.62%) Reuters
11 5 (1.35%) VMware