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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 255 334
Rank change year-on-year +26 +79 +23
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 532 268 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.15% 0.98% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.08% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 208 122
10th Percentile £402 £350 £382
25th Percentile £450 £449 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £685
90th Percentile £688 £702 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £543 £600
% change year-on-year -5.62% -9.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £66.38 - -
25th Percentile £68.55 - -
Median hourly rate £75.34 - £23.80
75th Percentile £76.00 - £39.73
90th Percentile - - £68.39
UK median hourly rate £71.84 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -66.48%

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 39,170 24,908 27,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 90.84% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,910 15,798 17,347
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,803 1,504 1,266
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%
75th Percentile £67.85 £47.50 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%

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 22 September 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
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 22 September 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 +47 270 £533 -7.59% 297
North of England -14 92 £500 +6.16% 84
South West -4 51 £450 -10.00% 57
South East -38 49 £581 +5.64% 77
Midlands -42 46 £492 -5.82% 30
Yorkshire -14 45 £500 -16.39% 26
West Midlands -39 44 £492 -6.29% 18
North West -38 32 £525 +15.89% 48
North East -21 15 £450 +125.00% 10
East of England -50 8 £850 +54.55% 16
East Midlands -15 2 £500 +33.16% 12
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 25 (4.70%) Confluence
2 22 (4.14%) Apache Spark
3 18 (3.38%) Apache
4 16 (3.01%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (2.63%) SAS
5 14 (2.63%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.32%) CMS
7 4 (0.75%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.38%) Camunda
9 2 (0.38%) CICS
9 2 (0.38%) IBM Transformation Extender
9 2 (0.38%) nginx
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.19%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.56%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 302 (56.77%) Azure
2 196 (36.84%) AWS
3 158 (29.70%) Azure DevOps
4 123 (23.12%) GitHub
5 92 (17.29%) GitHub Actions
6 71 (13.35%) GCP
6 71 (13.35%) Serverless
7 50 (9.40%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (8.65%) Azure Monitor
9 45 (8.46%) Amazon S3
10 42 (7.89%) Amazon EKS
10 42 (7.89%) Entra ID
11 40 (7.52%) Azure AKS
12 39 (7.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 35 (6.58%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (6.58%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (5.64%) Power Platform
15 23 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (3.95%) Amazon SQS
16 21 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.95%) Firewall
2 30 (5.64%) DNS
3 24 (4.51%) Network Security
4 15 (2.82%) VPN
5 13 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.32%) DHCP
6 7 (1.32%) SSH
7 5 (0.94%) Kerberos
7 5 (0.94%) NGFW
7 5 (0.94%) SSL
8 4 (0.75%) DMZ
8 4 (0.75%) Internet
9 3 (0.56%) BGP
9 3 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.56%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.38%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.38%) NX-OS
10 2 (0.38%) OpenLDAP
10 2 (0.38%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 27 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (4.32%) Power BI
3 23 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 22 (4.14%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.82%) Metadata
8 13 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (2.44%) BigQuery
8 13 (2.44%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.07%) Geospatial Data
9 11 (2.07%) Pentaho
9 11 (2.07%) Redis
10 10 (1.88%) MySQL
11 9 (1.69%) Big Data
11 9 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.69%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.50%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 148 (27.82%) Git
2 112 (21.05%) Jenkins
3 98 (18.42%) GitLab
4 44 (8.27%) JIRA
5 16 (3.01%) MSI
6 11 (2.07%) Selenium
7 9 (1.69%) fastlane
7 9 (1.69%) JUnit
8 8 (1.50%) Gradle
8 8 (1.50%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (1.13%) Maven
10 6 (1.13%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.94%) MSBuild
11 5 (0.94%) Postman
11 5 (0.94%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.94%) Xcode
12 4 (0.75%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.75%) Artifactory
General
1 158 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 83 (15.60%) Public Sector
3 74 (13.91%) Finance
4 57 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.20%) Banking
6 18 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.26%) Retail
8 11 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.13%) Marketing
10 5 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.75%) Front Office
11 4 (0.75%) Law
11 4 (0.75%) Military
12 3 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.56%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.56%) Legal
12 3 (0.56%) Local Government
12 3 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (18.61%) Senior
2 98 (18.42%) Developer
3 93 (17.48%) DevOps Engineer
4 51 (9.59%) Lead
5 49 (9.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 45 (8.46%) Azure Engineer
6 45 (8.46%) Data Engineer
7 42 (7.89%) Architect
8 37 (6.95%) Platform Engineer
9 30 (5.64%) AWS Engineer
10 27 (5.08%) Senior Developer
10 27 (5.08%) Software Engineer
11 25 (4.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 22 (4.14%) AWS DevOps
12 22 (4.14%) Senior DevOps
13 20 (3.76%) GCP Engineer
14 19 (3.57%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
14 19 (3.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 17 (3.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (43.80%) Terraform
2 105 (19.74%) REST
3 74 (13.91%) RESTful
4 69 (12.97%) .NET
5 51 (9.59%) React
6 47 (8.83%) Kafka
7 35 (6.58%) .NET Framework
8 33 (6.20%) HTML
9 32 (6.02%) Spring
9 32 (6.02%) Spring Boot
10 31 (5.83%) CSS
11 30 (5.64%) .NET Core
11 30 (5.64%) OAuth
12 27 (5.08%) ARM Templates
13 23 (4.32%) Node.js
14 22 (4.14%) AngularJS
14 22 (4.14%) HTML5
15 21 (3.95%) PySpark
16 19 (3.57%) OAuth2
16 19 (3.57%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 155 (29.14%) Cloud Native
2 53 (9.96%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (6.95%) Onboarding
5 36 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.44%) Wiki
9 12 (2.26%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
9 12 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.07%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.69%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.69%) NHS
11 9 (1.69%) PKI
11 9 (1.69%) Replication
12 8 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.32%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.32%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 74 (13.91%) Linux
2 50 (9.40%) Windows
3 21 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (3.01%) Unix
4 16 (3.01%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.32%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.94%) Android
8 4 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.75%) VMS
8 4 (0.75%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.56%) zOS
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (85.15%) CI/CD
2 340 (63.91%) DevOps
3 271 (50.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 230 (43.23%) Agile
5 187 (35.15%) Test Automation
6 158 (29.70%) Containerisation
7 141 (26.50%) Observability
8 139 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 109 (20.49%) Analytics
10 107 (20.11%) Microservices
11 105 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
12 100 (18.80%) AI
13 99 (18.61%) DevSecOps
14 93 (17.48%) Platform Engineering
15 92 (17.29%) Software Engineering
16 83 (15.60%) Scrum
17 77 (14.47%) Technical Leadership
18 72 (13.53%) Data Pipeline
19 70 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
20 69 (12.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 198 (37.22%) Python
2 107 (20.11%) SQL
3 90 (16.92%) PowerShell
4 82 (15.41%) Java
5 68 (12.78%) Bash
6 65 (12.22%) Bicep
7 64 (12.03%) C#
7 64 (12.03%) JavaScript
8 47 (8.83%) TypeScript
9 15 (2.82%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.44%) Go
11 9 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.50%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.50%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.94%) Korn
14 5 (0.94%) Scala
14 5 (0.94%) Swift
15 4 (0.75%) Perl
16 3 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 187 (35.15%) Security Cleared
2 154 (28.95%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.77%) Degree
4 31 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 30 (5.64%) Azure Certification
6 29 (5.45%) AWS Certification
7 24 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.94%) CISSP
12 5 (0.94%) MCSE
13 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.56%) GCFA
14 3 (0.56%) GCIH
15 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
16 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.19%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.65%) QA
2 36 (6.77%) Data Quality
3 32 (6.02%) Accessibility
4 28 (5.26%) WCAG
5 18 (3.38%) NCSC
6 16 (3.01%) GDPR
7 5 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.75%) HL7
8 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.56%) NIST
9 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (30.64%) Docker
2 30 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.38%) RACF
8 2 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.19%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.19%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) Postfix
9 1 (0.19%) Squid
9 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 191 (35.90%) Kubernetes
2 79 (14.85%) Ansible
3 32 (6.02%) Grafana
4 25 (4.70%) Prometheus
5 21 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (3.01%) SCCM
7 11 (2.07%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.69%) Puppet
8 9 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.13%) Argo
9 6 (1.13%) Istio
10 4 (0.75%) Control-M
10 4 (0.75%) WSUS
11 3 (0.56%) CASB
11 3 (0.56%) Kibana
11 3 (0.56%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.38%) Packer
12 2 (0.38%) Podman
12 2 (0.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 1 (0.19%) Cilium
Vendors
1 148 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.89%) Google
3 34 (6.39%) Databricks
4 30 (5.64%) Oracle
5 21 (3.95%) Dynatrace
5 21 (3.95%) Splunk
6 17 (3.20%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.82%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.44%) Talend
9 12 (2.26%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.07%) IBM
11 9 (1.69%) Denodo
12 8 (1.50%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.50%) VMware
13 7 (1.32%) Apple
13 7 (1.32%) SAP
14 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.94%) Confluent
15 5 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
15 5 (0.94%) Foundry