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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 320 350
Rank change year-on-year +55 +30 -22
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 271 210 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.74% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 128 182
10th Percentile £351 £400 £425
25th Percentile £430 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £620 £685 £700
90th Percentile £688 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £32.00
25th Percentile - - £56.75
Median hourly rate - £23.80 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year - -68.48% -
75th Percentile - - £83.50
90th Percentile - - £84.40
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £71.00
% change year-on-year - -66.48% +75.31%

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 25,260 28,349 37,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.90% 86.08% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,060 17,666 25,846
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £405 £420 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,499 1,306 1,419
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +48.28%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Deployment Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Automation 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 September 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 September 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 +23 116 £550 -8.33% 41
Midlands +8 38 £523 -14.62% 25
West Midlands +12 35 £525 -14.22% 13
North of England -1 35 £471 +17.75% 35
East of England +21 26 £550 +46.67% 14
South East +16 26 £475 -22.45% 24
North West -13 19 £453 +13.25% 24
South West +34 18 £500 -23.08% 15
Yorkshire -4 15 £598 -13.02% 8
East Midlands 0 3 £376 +0.13% 10
North East -2 1 £200 -60.69% 3
Deployment Automation
UK

Deployment Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.38%) SAS
2 18 (6.64%) Apache
3 14 (5.17%) JBoss
4 10 (3.69%) Confluence
5 7 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.21%) nginx
6 6 (2.21%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.85%) IIS
7 5 (1.85%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.85%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.85%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.48%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (1.48%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.74%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.74%) Mule
9 2 (0.74%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.37%) Traefik
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (30.63%) AWS
2 71 (26.20%) Azure
3 43 (15.87%) GitHub
4 32 (11.81%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (10.33%) Serverless
6 25 (9.23%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (8.86%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (8.12%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (7.75%) GCP
10 20 (7.38%) Cohesity
11 18 (6.64%) OpenShift
12 15 (5.54%) Amazon SQS
13 14 (5.17%) Amazon S3
14 13 (4.80%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (4.80%) Amazon EventBridge
15 12 (4.43%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (3.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (3.69%) Amazon Cognito
16 10 (3.69%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.95%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.07%) DNS
2 20 (7.38%) SAN
3 12 (4.43%) HTTPS
4 9 (3.32%) HTTP
4 9 (3.32%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.58%) Kerberos
6 6 (2.21%) Internet
6 6 (2.21%) SSL
7 5 (1.85%) Firewall
7 5 (1.85%) VPN
8 3 (1.11%) Network Security
9 2 (0.74%) DHCP
10 1 (0.37%) Calico
10 1 (0.37%) Multicast
10 1 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.90%) Pentaho
2 16 (5.90%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.32%) MongoDB
4 9 (3.32%) Oracle Database
5 8 (2.95%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.95%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.58%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (2.21%) Amazon Aurora
7 6 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.21%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.21%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.85%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (1.85%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.85%) MySQL
9 4 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.48%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.48%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 71 (26.20%) Git
2 70 (25.83%) Jenkins
3 41 (15.13%) JIRA
4 19 (7.01%) Sonatype Nexus
5 18 (6.64%) GitLab
6 13 (4.80%) SonarQube
7 11 (4.06%) Bitbucket
7 11 (4.06%) CA Release Automation
7 11 (4.06%) Maven
8 10 (3.69%) Bitbucket Server
8 10 (3.69%) TeamCity
9 9 (3.32%) IntelliJ
10 7 (2.58%) MSI
11 6 (2.21%) JUnit
11 6 (2.21%) Selenium
12 4 (1.48%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.48%) Eclipse
12 4 (1.48%) Robot Framework
13 3 (1.11%) REST Assured
13 3 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (25.83%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.81%) Public Sector
3 28 (10.33%) Finance
4 15 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.43%) Banking
7 8 (2.95%) Legal
8 7 (2.58%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.85%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (1.85%) Electronics
9 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.85%) Marketing
9 5 (1.85%) Retail
9 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.37%) Front Office
13 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (25.09%) Developer
2 32 (11.81%) Senior
3 30 (11.07%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (5.17%) Java Developer
5 13 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
5 13 (4.80%) Lead
6 12 (4.43%) Data Engineer
6 12 (4.43%) Software Engineer
7 11 (4.06%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (3.69%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (3.69%) Senior Developer
8 10 (3.69%) Senior DevOps
8 10 (3.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.32%) Lead Developer
10 8 (2.95%) Architect
10 8 (2.95%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.33%) REST
2 26 (9.59%) SOAP
3 24 (8.86%) JSON
3 24 (8.86%) XML
4 22 (8.12%) OAuth
5 21 (7.75%) RESTful
6 20 (7.38%) React
7 18 (6.64%) Kafka
8 16 (5.90%) Spring
9 14 (5.17%) AngularJS
10 13 (4.80%) .NET
10 13 (4.80%) HTML
11 12 (4.43%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (4.06%) GraphQL
12 11 (4.06%) LDAP
12 11 (4.06%) PySpark
12 11 (4.06%) Spring Boot
13 10 (3.69%) Node.js
13 10 (3.69%) OpenTelemetry
14 9 (3.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.44%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.69%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.21%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.48%) Clustering
5 4 (1.48%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.48%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.48%) PKI
6 3 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.74%) IoT
7 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.74%) Replication
7 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 57 (21.03%) Windows
2 44 (16.24%) Linux
3 30 (11.07%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (7.75%) Unix
6 20 (7.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (4.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (2.21%) CentOS
9 3 (1.11%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.74%) Debian
10 2 (0.74%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.37%) Android
11 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (59.04%) CI/CD
1 160 (59.04%) DevOps
2 96 (35.42%) Agile
3 82 (30.26%) Test Automation
4 71 (26.20%) Infrastructure as Code
5 64 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (22.14%) Containerisation
7 48 (17.71%) Microservices
8 43 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (15.87%) Migration
8 43 (15.87%) Scrum
9 42 (15.50%) Analytics
10 37 (13.65%) Data Pipeline
11 35 (12.92%) Observability
12 32 (11.81%) ETL
13 31 (11.44%) Configuration Management
14 28 (10.33%) Build Automation
15 26 (9.59%) Data Integration
16 24 (8.86%) Data Modelling
16 24 (8.86%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 68 (25.09%) Python
2 60 (22.14%) SQL
3 59 (21.77%) Java
4 51 (18.82%) PowerShell
5 33 (12.18%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.64%) C#
7 16 (5.90%) Bash
7 16 (5.90%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.80%) Shell Script
9 12 (4.43%) Groovy
10 10 (3.69%) Go
10 10 (3.69%) Perl
11 8 (2.95%) Bicep
12 7 (2.58%) PHP
12 7 (2.58%) Scala
13 4 (1.48%) PromQL
14 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.74%) C++
15 2 (0.74%) VB
15 2 (0.74%) VB6
Qualifications
1 100 (36.90%) Security Cleared
2 62 (22.88%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.96%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.43%) Degree
6 10 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.32%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.37%) CCNP
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.37%) OCA
11 1 (0.37%) OCP
11 1 (0.37%) RHCA
11 1 (0.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.27%) Data Quality
1 17 (6.27%) QA
2 4 (1.48%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.48%) GDPR
3 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.74%) NCSC
3 2 (0.74%) SLA
4 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.37%) JSP 440
System Software
1 94 (34.69%) Docker
2 45 (16.61%) Active Directory
3 29 (10.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (7.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 20 (7.38%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (1.85%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.37%) etcd
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 93 (34.32%) Kubernetes
2 68 (25.09%) Terraform
3 59 (21.77%) Ansible
4 32 (11.81%) SCCM
5 27 (9.96%) Prometheus
6 23 (8.49%) Progress Chef
7 21 (7.75%) Grafana
8 20 (7.38%) WSUS
9 18 (6.64%) Puppet
10 9 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (2.58%) Kibana
12 5 (1.85%) CA Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.85%) CA Wily
12 5 (1.85%) Istio
12 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (1.85%) Tivoli
13 4 (1.48%) Argo
13 4 (1.48%) Control-M
13 4 (1.48%) ITRS Geneos
13 4 (1.48%) WMI
Vendors
1 88 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.28%) Splunk
3 31 (11.44%) Oracle
3 31 (11.44%) VMware
4 20 (7.38%) NetApp
5 18 (6.64%) Talend
6 17 (6.27%) Databricks
6 17 (6.27%) Red Hat
7 16 (5.90%) Denodo
8 13 (4.80%) AppDynamics
9 11 (4.06%) Google
9 11 (4.06%) SAP
10 10 (3.69%) IBM
10 10 (3.69%) webMethods
11 8 (2.95%) Pega
12 6 (2.21%) Axway
12 6 (2.21%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.85%) Broadcom
13 5 (1.85%) Software AG
14 4 (1.48%) Cloudera