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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 277 352
Rank change year-on-year +65 +75 +15
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 632 266 179
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 0.95% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.04% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 202 102
10th Percentile £400 £364 £375
25th Percentile £425 £433 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -3.51% -5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £685
90th Percentile £700 £699 £773
UK median daily rate £513 £543 £558
% change year-on-year -5.62% -2.60% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £55.10 - -
25th Percentile £66.25 £21.29 -
Median hourly rate £74.68 £22.58 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +230.81% -5.15% -50.42%
75th Percentile £76.00 £23.86 £39.73
90th Percentile £78.55 - £68.39
UK median hourly rate £69.50 £22.58 £23.80
% change year-on-year +207.86% -5.15% -50.42%

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 39,775 25,570 27,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.94% 90.90% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,015 16,235 16,841
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,044 1,594 1,106
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.41 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.80 £66.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +56 323 £537 -6.81% 261
North of England +18 126 £500 +8.23% 63
Yorkshire +17 62 £500 -15.25% 21
South East -25 58 £598 +4.37% 62
South West +1 54 £450 -10.00% 40
Midlands -42 46 £473 -9.52% 22
North West -27 44 £513 +13.13% 31
West Midlands -39 42 £488 -7.14% 16
North East -23 20 £450 -10.00% 11
East of England -46 9 £850 +54.55% 11
East Midlands -15 4 £402 +45.65% 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 29 (4.59%) Confluence
2 27 (4.27%) Apache Spark
3 25 (3.96%) Apache
4 17 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (2.06%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.11%) CMS
6 7 (1.11%) SAS
7 3 (0.47%) IBM Transformation Extender
7 3 (0.47%) IIS
7 3 (0.47%) nginx
7 3 (0.47%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) Camunda
9 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.47%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 352 (55.70%) Azure
2 230 (36.39%) AWS
3 174 (27.53%) Azure DevOps
4 147 (23.26%) GitHub
5 108 (17.09%) GitHub Actions
6 95 (15.03%) GCP
7 88 (13.92%) Serverless
8 65 (10.28%) Entra ID
9 58 (9.18%) AWS Lambda
10 57 (9.02%) Amazon S3
10 57 (9.02%) Azure Monitor
11 53 (8.39%) Amazon EKS
12 49 (7.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 48 (7.59%) Azure AKS
14 43 (6.80%) Amazon EC2
15 42 (6.65%) Amazon ECS
16 37 (5.85%) Power Platform
17 34 (5.38%) Azure Key Vault
18 26 (4.11%) Azure Functions
19 25 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.28%) Firewall
2 40 (6.33%) DNS
3 33 (5.22%) Network Security
4 21 (3.32%) VPN
5 19 (3.01%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.74%) DHCP
7 10 (1.58%) SSH
8 7 (1.11%) SSL
9 5 (0.79%) Internet
9 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.79%) NGFW
10 4 (0.63%) BGP
10 4 (0.63%) DMZ
10 4 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.63%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.47%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.47%) OpenLDAP
11 3 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.47%) TACACS
12 2 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.54%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.91%) Relational Database
4 28 (4.43%) Power BI
5 26 (4.11%) Metadata
6 24 (3.80%) Data Lake
7 23 (3.64%) NoSQL
8 20 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (3.16%) MongoDB
9 19 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.85%) BigQuery
10 18 (2.85%) MySQL
11 17 (2.69%) Oracle Database
12 14 (2.22%) Redis
13 13 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (1.90%) Delta Lake
15 11 (1.74%) Big Data
15 11 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (1.74%) Geospatial Data
16 9 (1.42%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 165 (26.11%) Git
2 117 (18.51%) Jenkins
3 108 (17.09%) GitLab
4 47 (7.44%) JIRA
5 17 (2.69%) MSI
6 12 (1.90%) Gradle
6 12 (1.90%) Selenium
7 11 (1.74%) JUnit
8 9 (1.42%) fastlane
8 9 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (1.27%) Maven
9 8 (1.27%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.11%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.11%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.95%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.95%) MSBuild
11 6 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.95%) Postman
11 6 (0.95%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.79%) Cypress.io
General
1 212 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 108 (17.09%) Finance
3 98 (15.51%) Public Sector
4 75 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (7.75%) Banking
6 21 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.06%) Retail
8 10 (1.58%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.42%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.27%) Front Office
10 8 (1.27%) Marketing
11 7 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.95%) Back Office
13 5 (0.79%) Military
14 4 (0.63%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.63%) Law
14 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (18.83%) Senior
2 118 (18.67%) Developer
3 105 (16.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 62 (9.81%) Lead
5 56 (8.86%) Architect
6 55 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 52 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
7 52 (8.23%) Data Engineer
8 44 (6.96%) Platform Engineer
9 36 (5.70%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (4.91%) Senior Developer
10 31 (4.91%) Software Engineer
11 29 (4.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (4.11%) AWS DevOps
13 24 (3.80%) Senior DevOps
14 23 (3.64%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.64%) GCP Engineer
15 22 (3.48%) Full-Stack Developer
16 21 (3.32%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 21 (3.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (43.67%) Terraform
2 139 (21.99%) REST
3 88 (13.92%) RESTful
4 80 (12.66%) .NET
5 65 (10.28%) Kafka
6 57 (9.02%) React
7 46 (7.28%) Spring
7 46 (7.28%) Spring Boot
8 42 (6.65%) OAuth
9 39 (6.17%) .NET Framework
10 35 (5.54%) .NET Core
11 34 (5.38%) HTML
12 33 (5.22%) ARM Templates
13 32 (5.06%) CSS
14 28 (4.43%) OpenID
15 25 (3.96%) AngularJS
15 25 (3.96%) JSON
15 25 (3.96%) OAuth2
15 25 (3.96%) PySpark
16 24 (3.80%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 183 (28.96%) Cloud Native
2 61 (9.65%) Product Ownership
3 60 (9.49%) Distributed Systems
4 53 (8.39%) Enterprise Software
5 51 (8.07%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.37%) AI Agents
9 15 (2.37%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (2.37%) Management Information System
10 14 (2.22%) PKI
10 14 (2.22%) Wiki
11 13 (2.06%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.90%) Replication
13 10 (1.58%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.42%) Data Centre
14 9 (1.42%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 83 (13.13%) Linux
2 69 (10.92%) Windows
3 22 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.85%) Unix
6 13 (2.06%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.58%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.27%) Android
9 7 (1.11%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.63%) macOS
10 4 (0.63%) VMS
11 3 (0.47%) zOS
12 2 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.16%) CentOS
13 1 (0.16%) Solaris
13 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (86.55%) CI/CD
2 409 (64.72%) DevOps
3 315 (49.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 266 (42.09%) Agile
5 230 (36.39%) Test Automation
6 190 (30.06%) Observability
7 177 (28.01%) Containerisation
8 176 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 142 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
10 130 (20.57%) Microservices
11 126 (19.94%) Analytics
12 125 (19.78%) Platform Engineering
13 123 (19.46%) Software Engineering
14 122 (19.30%) AI
15 110 (17.41%) DevSecOps
16 100 (15.82%) Stakeholder Management
17 98 (15.51%) Technical Leadership
18 90 (14.24%) Scrum
19 85 (13.45%) Event-Driven
19 85 (13.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 232 (36.71%) Python
2 126 (19.94%) SQL
3 108 (17.09%) PowerShell
4 99 (15.66%) Java
5 79 (12.50%) Bash
6 76 (12.03%) Bicep
6 76 (12.03%) C#
7 73 (11.55%) JavaScript
8 56 (8.86%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.01%) Shell Script
10 18 (2.85%) Go
11 12 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.27%) Apex Code
14 7 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.95%) Korn
16 5 (0.79%) Perl
16 5 (0.79%) Swift
17 4 (0.63%) PHP
17 4 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 210 (33.23%) Security Cleared
2 168 (26.58%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.80%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.65%) Degree
5 35 (5.54%) AWS Certification
5 35 (5.54%) Azure Certification
6 27 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.79%) CISSP
11 5 (0.79%) MCSE
12 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.47%) GCFA
12 3 (0.47%) GCIH
12 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.92%) QA
2 47 (7.44%) Data Quality
3 33 (5.22%) Accessibility
4 28 (4.43%) WCAG
5 20 (3.16%) NCSC
6 15 (2.37%) GDPR
7 8 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.95%) NIST
9 5 (0.79%) HL7
9 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.63%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.16%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 182 (28.80%) Docker
2 49 (7.75%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.95%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.32%) Firmware
7 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.32%) RACF
7 2 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.16%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.16%) Varnish
8 1 (0.16%) zsh
Systems Management
1 224 (35.44%) Kubernetes
2 91 (14.40%) Ansible
3 51 (8.07%) Grafana
4 36 (5.70%) Prometheus
5 28 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (2.85%) SCCM
7 13 (2.06%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.74%) Puppet
8 11 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.42%) Argo
10 5 (0.79%) Istio
11 4 (0.63%) Control-M
11 4 (0.63%) WSUS
12 3 (0.47%) CASB
12 3 (0.47%) Kibana
12 3 (0.47%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.47%) Packer
12 3 (0.47%) Tivoli
12 3 (0.47%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 2 (0.32%) Podman
Vendors
1 183 (28.96%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.18%) Google
3 43 (6.80%) Databricks
4 32 (5.06%) Oracle
5 28 (4.43%) Dynatrace
6 27 (4.27%) Splunk
7 18 (2.85%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.85%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.69%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.06%) IBM
10 11 (1.74%) Apple
11 10 (1.58%) Talend
11 10 (1.58%) VMware
12 9 (1.42%) Cisco
13 8 (1.27%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.27%) SAP
13 8 (1.27%) UiPath
14 7 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (1.11%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.95%) Denodo
479 Deployment Automation jobs in England