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

 6 months to
21 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 280 331
Rank change year-on-year +11 +51 -31
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 349 200 221
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.82% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.90% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 148 163
10th Percentile £393 £380 £450
25th Percentile £430 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% - -8.12%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £700
90th Percentile £665 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £511 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -8.71% -2.61% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £27.08 - -
25th Percentile £35.77 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £44.51
75th Percentile £62.72 - £68.08
90th Percentile £69.89 - £69.98
UK median hourly rate £50.50 - £44.51
% change year-on-year - - -31.52%

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 32,374 22,226 32,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.74% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,766 14,506 21,651
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £615 £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 1,980 825 2,147
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.83
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.81 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £30.32 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.71% - -7.14%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -3 174 £525 -16.00% 51
Midlands -25 50 £515 -4.10% 18
North of England -53 40 £475 +17.72% 26
West Midlands -35 37 £518 -26.07% 16
South East -35 32 £538 +34.04% 26
South West -17 28 £544 -5.43% 10
Yorkshire -45 19 £482 -16.17% 4
North West -20 18 £414 +5.48% 17
East Midlands -24 12 £402 -6.84% 2
East of England -20 6 £550 +32.53%
North East -17 3 £500 -10.31% 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 34 (9.74%) SAS
2 8 (2.29%) Appian
3 7 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.72%) Camunda
5 5 (1.43%) Apache
5 5 (1.43%) Confluence
6 4 (1.15%) JBoss
6 4 (1.15%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.86%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.86%) CMS
7 3 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.29%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) Endur
1 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 136 (38.97%) Azure
2 109 (31.23%) AWS
3 75 (21.49%) GitHub
4 55 (15.76%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (15.47%) GitHub Actions
6 35 (10.03%) Serverless
7 32 (9.17%) GCP
8 27 (7.74%) Power Platform
9 25 (7.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (5.44%) Amazon S3
11 18 (5.16%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (4.87%) OpenShift
13 16 (4.58%) Power Automate
14 15 (4.30%) Azure Functions
14 15 (4.30%) Entra ID
15 14 (4.01%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (3.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (3.72%) Azure AI
17 12 (3.44%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.72%) Firewall
2 9 (2.58%) DNS
2 9 (2.58%) HTTPS
2 9 (2.58%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.29%) VPN
4 7 (2.01%) Network Security
5 5 (1.43%) DHCP
5 5 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
5 5 (1.43%) SSL
6 4 (1.15%) DMZ
7 2 (0.57%) BGP
7 2 (0.57%) HTTP
7 2 (0.57%) Internet
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.29%) IPsec
8 1 (0.29%) OSPF
8 1 (0.29%) SMS
8 1 (0.29%) SNMP
8 1 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.45%) Pentaho
2 18 (5.16%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.87%) Power BI
4 15 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.01%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.44%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.87%) Redis
9 9 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.58%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.29%) Aerospike
10 8 (2.29%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.29%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.29%) Pinecone
10 8 (2.29%) Spark SQL
11 5 (1.43%) Metadata
11 5 (1.43%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (1.15%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 97 (27.79%) Git
2 92 (26.36%) Jenkins
3 50 (14.33%) GitLab
4 32 (9.17%) JIRA
5 14 (4.01%) JUnit
6 8 (2.29%) MLflow
7 7 (2.01%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.72%) Selenium
9 5 (1.43%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.43%) Mockito
10 4 (1.15%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.15%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.15%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.86%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.86%) Gradle
11 3 (0.86%) MSI
12 2 (0.57%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.57%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.57%) Maven
General
1 126 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.78%) Public Sector
3 63 (18.05%) Finance
4 42 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.44%) Banking
6 11 (3.15%) Legal
7 7 (2.01%) Marketing
8 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.43%) Front Office
10 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Military
12 2 (0.57%) Back Office
12 2 (0.57%) Electronics
12 2 (0.57%) Police
12 2 (0.57%) Retail
12 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (21.49%) Developer
2 40 (11.46%) DevOps Engineer
3 39 (11.17%) Architect
4 38 (10.89%) Data Engineer
5 32 (9.17%) Senior
6 26 (7.45%) Platform Engineer
7 22 (6.30%) Automation Engineer
7 22 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (5.73%) Lead
9 16 (4.58%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 12 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.15%) Platform Architect
12 10 (2.87%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (2.87%) Python Developer
12 10 (2.87%) Technical Architect
13 9 (2.58%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.29%) Analyst
14 8 (2.29%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (15.76%) REST
2 43 (12.32%) RESTful
3 36 (10.32%) React
4 27 (7.74%) Node.js
5 26 (7.45%) SOAP
6 23 (6.59%) JSON
6 23 (6.59%) Kafka
6 23 (6.59%) pytest
7 20 (5.73%) AngularJS
8 18 (5.16%) Spring
9 17 (4.87%) HTML
9 17 (4.87%) XML
9 17 (4.87%) YAML
10 16 (4.58%) .NET
11 15 (4.30%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.30%) OAuth
11 15 (4.30%) PySpark
11 15 (4.30%) Web Services
12 14 (4.01%) Spring Boot
12 14 (4.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.47%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.72%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.58%) Distributed Computing
6 9 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.29%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.01%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.72%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.43%) NHS
11 4 (1.15%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.15%) PKI
12 3 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.33%) Linux
2 23 (6.59%) Windows
3 8 (2.29%) Unix
4 7 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.15%) VMS
7 3 (0.86%) Android
7 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (73.07%) CI/CD
2 214 (61.32%) DevOps
3 133 (38.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 132 (37.82%) Agile
5 128 (36.68%) Test Automation
6 120 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (22.35%) Analytics
8 75 (21.49%) Containerisation
9 66 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (17.48%) Data Modelling
11 60 (17.19%) Scrum
12 58 (16.62%) Data Pipeline
13 57 (16.33%) ETL
14 54 (15.47%) Microservices
15 51 (14.61%) Infrastructure Automation
16 50 (14.33%) Observability
17 48 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
18 42 (12.03%) Migration
19 37 (10.60%) AI
19 37 (10.60%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 126 (36.10%) Python
2 91 (26.07%) SQL
3 57 (16.33%) PowerShell
4 53 (15.19%) Java
5 43 (12.32%) Bash
6 36 (10.32%) JavaScript
7 31 (8.88%) TypeScript
8 23 (6.59%) Bicep
9 20 (5.73%) C#
10 9 (2.58%) PHP
11 7 (2.01%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.72%) Scala
13 4 (1.15%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.86%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.86%) Go
14 3 (0.86%) Groovy
14 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.86%) Rust
15 2 (0.57%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 144 (41.26%) Security Cleared
2 113 (32.38%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.30%) AWS Certification
3 15 (4.30%) Degree
4 12 (3.44%) Azure Certification
4 12 (3.44%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (2.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.15%) CCNP
9 4 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.86%) CISSP
10 3 (0.86%) MCSA
10 3 (0.86%) OCA
10 3 (0.86%) RHCE
11 2 (0.57%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.75%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.74%) QA
3 12 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.15%) GDPR
5 9 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (2.01%) WCAG
7 6 (1.72%) NIST
8 5 (1.43%) NCSC
9 3 (0.86%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 117 (33.52%) Docker
2 18 (5.16%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.43%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.57%) Xen
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 129 (36.96%) Kubernetes
2 123 (35.24%) Terraform
3 45 (12.89%) Ansible
4 18 (5.16%) Grafana
5 17 (4.87%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.15%) Puppet
7 7 (2.01%) SCCM
8 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.43%) Podman
9 5 (1.43%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.15%) Argo
10 4 (1.15%) Istio
11 3 (0.86%) CloudHub
11 3 (0.86%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.86%) Packer
11 3 (0.86%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.86%) WSUS
12 2 (0.57%) Consul
12 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.57%) vRealize
Vendors
1 79 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.74%) Talend
3 26 (7.45%) Denodo
4 25 (7.16%) Salesforce
5 23 (6.59%) Oracle
6 19 (5.44%) Google
6 19 (5.44%) OpenAI
7 14 (4.01%) VMware
8 13 (3.72%) Splunk
9 11 (3.15%) Databricks
9 11 (3.15%) webMethods
10 9 (2.58%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.58%) SAP
11 8 (2.29%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (2.29%) IBM
11 8 (2.29%) UiPath
12 6 (1.72%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.72%) Foundry
12 6 (1.72%) Software AG
13 5 (1.43%) Apple
124 Deployment Automation jobs in England