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

 6 months to
5 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 300 330
Rank change year-on-year +39 +30 -39
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 355 185 224
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 0.73% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.81% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 125 162
10th Percentile £393 £395 £463
25th Percentile £429 £463 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% - -9.80%
75th Percentile £575 £738 £700
90th Percentile £675 £831 £749
UK median daily rate £510 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -11.30% - -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £27.08 - -
25th Percentile £35.77 £82.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £85.00 £44.51
Median % change year-on-year -40.59% +90.97% -31.52%
75th Percentile £62.72 £87.50 £68.08
90th Percentile £69.89 - £69.98
UK median hourly rate £50.50 £85.00 £44.51
% change year-on-year -40.59% +90.97% -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 31,583 22,934 32,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.97% 90.41% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,210 14,556 21,603
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £618 £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 1,944 784 2,086
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.32 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% +3.63% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63.81 £65.00 £59.33
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.18 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -13.85% -1.05% -6.16%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +4 171 £525 -18.29% 62
Midlands -15 59 £515 -0.68% 11
West Midlands -17 47 £520 -25.71% 8
North of England -34 47 £475 -13.64% 25
South West -17 27 £544 -9.38% 14
North West -18 26 £450 +15.09% 13
South East -36 23 £538 +26.47% 28
Yorkshire -55 18 £491 -15.71% 6
East Midlands -22 11 £398 +6.00% 3
East of England -26 7 £513 +184.86% 3
North East -13 3 £500 -11.50% 6
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 39 (10.99%) SAS
2 14 (3.94%) Apache
3 13 (3.66%) JBoss
4 8 (2.25%) Appian
4 8 (2.25%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.97%) Confluence
5 7 (1.97%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.69%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.69%) Camunda
7 5 (1.41%) IIS
7 5 (1.41%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.41%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.41%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.85%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.85%) CMS
9 3 (0.85%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Endur
1 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 132 (37.18%) Azure
2 111 (31.27%) AWS
3 79 (22.25%) GitHub
4 57 (16.06%) GitHub Actions
5 49 (13.80%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (9.86%) GCP
7 33 (9.30%) Serverless
8 27 (7.61%) Power Platform
9 20 (5.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (5.35%) OpenShift
11 18 (5.07%) Amazon S3
12 17 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (4.51%) Power Automate
14 15 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (4.23%) Azure Functions
14 15 (4.23%) Entra ID
15 13 (3.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (3.66%) Azure AI
16 12 (3.38%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.10%) HTTPS
2 10 (2.82%) Firewall
3 9 (2.54%) DNS
4 8 (2.25%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.97%) VPN
6 6 (1.69%) DHCP
6 6 (1.69%) Network Security
6 6 (1.69%) SSL
7 5 (1.41%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.41%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.56%) BGP
8 2 (0.56%) DMZ
8 2 (0.56%) Internet
9 1 (0.28%) Calico
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.28%) IPsec
9 1 (0.28%) VSAN
9 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.73%) Pentaho
2 21 (5.92%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.79%) Power BI
4 14 (3.94%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.66%) Oracle Database
5 13 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.10%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.54%) Redis
10 8 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.25%) Pinecone
10 8 (2.25%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.97%) Aerospike
11 7 (1.97%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 6 (1.69%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 113 (31.83%) Git
2 99 (27.89%) Jenkins
3 49 (13.80%) GitLab
4 39 (10.99%) JIRA
5 17 (4.79%) JUnit
6 10 (2.82%) Selenium
7 8 (2.25%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.25%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.25%) IntelliJ
7 8 (2.25%) MLflow
8 7 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.41%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (1.41%) CA Release Automation
9 5 (1.41%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.41%) Mockito
10 4 (1.13%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.13%) Maven
11 3 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.85%) Gradle
11 3 (0.85%) MSI
General
1 125 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 67 (18.87%) Public Sector
3 64 (18.03%) Finance
4 41 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.54%) Banking
6 8 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (2.25%) Legal
7 7 (1.97%) Marketing
8 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.85%) Military
10 2 (0.56%) Back Office
10 2 (0.56%) Electronics
10 2 (0.56%) Front Office
10 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.56%) Police
10 2 (0.56%) Retail
10 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (22.25%) Developer
2 44 (12.39%) DevOps Engineer
3 38 (10.70%) Architect
3 38 (10.70%) Data Engineer
4 32 (9.01%) Senior
5 23 (6.48%) Automation Engineer
6 22 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (6.20%) Platform Engineer
7 20 (5.63%) Lead
8 15 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 12 (3.38%) Python Developer
11 11 (3.10%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (2.82%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (2.82%) SAS Engineer
12 10 (2.82%) Technical Architect
13 9 (2.54%) Platform Architect
14 8 (2.25%) Java Developer
14 8 (2.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (16.90%) REST
2 44 (12.39%) RESTful
3 35 (9.86%) React
4 33 (9.30%) SOAP
5 31 (8.73%) JSON
6 26 (7.32%) pytest
7 25 (7.04%) XML
8 24 (6.76%) Node.js
9 23 (6.48%) Spring
10 22 (6.20%) OAuth
11 21 (5.92%) HTML
11 21 (5.92%) Kafka
12 20 (5.63%) PySpark
13 19 (5.35%) .NET
14 18 (5.07%) AngularJS
15 17 (4.79%) FastAPI
16 16 (4.51%) Web Services
16 16 (4.51%) YAML
17 15 (4.23%) Jest
17 15 (4.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.11%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.82%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.54%) Distributed Computing
6 8 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.25%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.69%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.41%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.41%) NHS
8 5 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.13%) PKI
10 3 (0.85%) CMDB
10 3 (0.85%) Derivative
10 3 (0.85%) Energy Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.77%) Linux
2 26 (7.32%) Windows
3 16 (4.51%) Unix
4 12 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.41%) VMS
6 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.56%) Android
7 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (74.08%) CI/CD
2 223 (62.82%) DevOps
3 139 (39.15%) Agile
4 131 (36.90%) Test Automation
5 130 (36.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 126 (35.49%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (22.25%) Analytics
7 79 (22.25%) Containerisation
8 70 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (19.44%) Scrum
10 67 (18.87%) Data Modelling
10 67 (18.87%) ETL
11 66 (18.59%) Data Pipeline
12 58 (16.34%) Infrastructure Automation
12 58 (16.34%) Microservices
13 54 (15.21%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (12.96%) Observability
15 45 (12.68%) Migration
16 40 (11.27%) Data Integration
17 39 (10.99%) AI
Programming Languages
1 126 (35.49%) Python
2 106 (29.86%) SQL
3 54 (15.21%) Java
4 53 (14.93%) PowerShell
5 43 (12.11%) Bash
6 39 (10.99%) JavaScript
7 35 (9.86%) TypeScript
8 24 (6.76%) Bicep
9 20 (5.63%) C#
10 10 (2.82%) PHP
10 10 (2.82%) Scala
11 9 (2.54%) Groovy
12 7 (1.97%) Apex Code
12 7 (1.97%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.41%) Go
13 5 (1.41%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.85%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 145 (40.85%) Security Cleared
2 115 (32.39%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.79%) Degree
4 15 (4.23%) AWS Certification
4 15 (4.23%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.10%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.13%) CCNP
10 4 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.85%) CISSP
11 3 (0.85%) OCA
11 3 (0.85%) RHCE
12 2 (0.56%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.96%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.61%) QA
3 11 (3.10%) GDPR
4 7 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.69%) NIST
6 5 (1.41%) NCSC
7 4 (1.13%) WCAG
8 3 (0.85%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 133 (37.46%) Docker
2 24 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.41%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.56%) Xen
8 1 (0.28%) etcd
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 133 (37.46%) Kubernetes
2 121 (34.08%) Terraform
3 42 (11.83%) Ansible
4 20 (5.63%) Grafana
5 18 (5.07%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.94%) Puppet
7 10 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (2.54%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.69%) Istio
10 5 (1.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.41%) CA Wily
10 5 (1.41%) Podman
10 5 (1.41%) Tivoli
11 4 (1.13%) Argo
11 4 (1.13%) SCCM
12 3 (0.85%) CloudHub
12 3 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.85%) Packer
12 3 (0.85%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 86 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.58%) Oracle
3 32 (9.01%) Talend
4 31 (8.73%) Denodo
5 23 (6.48%) Salesforce
6 20 (5.63%) Google
7 19 (5.35%) OpenAI
8 18 (5.07%) Splunk
9 17 (4.79%) VMware
10 16 (4.51%) Databricks
11 15 (4.23%) webMethods
12 12 (3.38%) IBM
13 9 (2.54%) SAP
14 8 (2.25%) Automation Anywhere
14 8 (2.25%) UiPath
15 6 (1.69%) AppDynamics
15 6 (1.69%) Foundry
15 6 (1.69%) Software AG
16 5 (1.41%) Broadcom
16 5 (1.41%) Palo Alto
131 Deployment Automation jobs in England