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

 6 months to
4 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 268 311
Rank change year-on-year -13 +43 -13
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 341 218 239
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.89% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.98% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 169 170
10th Percentile £400 £322 £412
25th Percentile £450 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £577 £653 £700
90th Percentile £653 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £537 £575
% change year-on-year -3.17% -6.61% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £55.14 - £22.72
25th Percentile £62.47 - -
Median hourly rate £74.68 - £23.80
75th Percentile £75.34 - £67.02
90th Percentile £75.74 - £69.56
UK median hourly rate £74.68 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -65.26%

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 34,177 22,233 31,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,833 14,556 20,949
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,126 928 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.65 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.83
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.06% -0.47%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +4 181 £538 -6.52% 45
Midlands -39 44 £515 +3.00% 8
North of England -48 39 £476 +20.99% 8
West Midlands -39 30 £525 +5.00% 4
South East -48 29 £538 +34.04% 28
South West -33 26 £545 -5.22% 3
North West -29 19 £436 +11.51% 3
Yorkshire -37 19 £491 -14.61% 2
East Midlands -23 13 £402 -15.37% 4
East of England -42 4 £513 +2.55% 6
North East -25 1 - - 3
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 31 (9.09%) SAS
2 9 (2.64%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.35%) Appian
4 7 (2.05%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.76%) Camunda
6 5 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (1.17%) Confluence
8 3 (0.88%) CMS
8 3 (0.88%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.59%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.59%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.59%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.59%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.29%) Apache
10 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.29%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.29%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (45.75%) Azure
2 110 (32.26%) AWS
3 72 (21.11%) GitHub
4 55 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (13.78%) GitHub Actions
6 37 (10.85%) GCP
7 34 (9.97%) Serverless
8 28 (8.21%) Power Platform
9 25 (7.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (5.28%) Amazon S3
10 18 (5.28%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (4.40%) Entra ID
12 15 (4.40%) OpenShift
12 15 (4.40%) Power Automate
13 14 (4.11%) Azure Functions
13 14 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (4.11%) PaaS
14 13 (3.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (3.81%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.99%) Firewall
2 11 (3.23%) DNS
3 10 (2.93%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.93%) VPN
4 5 (1.47%) Network Security
5 4 (1.17%) DHCP
5 4 (1.17%) DMZ
5 4 (1.17%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.88%) HTTP
6 3 (0.88%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.88%) SSL
7 2 (0.59%) Internet
7 2 (0.59%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.59%) NGFW
8 1 (0.29%) BGP
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.29%) IPsec
8 1 (0.29%) OSPF
8 1 (0.29%) SMS
8 1 (0.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.57%) Pentaho
2 19 (5.57%) Power BI
3 17 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.69%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.52%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.64%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.64%) Redis
8 8 (2.35%) Aerospike
8 8 (2.35%) DynamoDB
8 8 (2.35%) Pinecone
8 8 (2.35%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.05%) Metadata
10 6 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.76%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.76%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 5 (1.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 86 (25.22%) Git
2 73 (21.41%) Jenkins
3 56 (16.42%) GitLab
4 24 (7.04%) JIRA
5 10 (2.93%) JUnit
6 8 (2.35%) MLflow
7 5 (1.47%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.47%) Mockito
8 4 (1.17%) MSI
9 3 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.88%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.88%) fastlane
9 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.59%) git-flow
10 2 (0.59%) Gradle
10 2 (0.59%) InstallShield
10 2 (0.59%) Selenium
10 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
General
1 109 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 65 (19.06%) Finance
2 65 (19.06%) Public Sector
3 36 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.40%) Banking
5 13 (3.81%) Legal
6 7 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.47%) Front Office
8 5 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.59%) Marketing
9 2 (0.59%) Military
9 2 (0.59%) Police
9 2 (0.59%) Retail
10 1 (0.29%) Law
10 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.29%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 64 (18.77%) Developer
2 46 (13.49%) Senior
3 42 (12.32%) Data Engineer
4 40 (11.73%) DevOps Engineer
5 37 (10.85%) Architect
6 24 (7.04%) Azure Engineer
7 22 (6.45%) Platform Engineer
8 20 (5.87%) Automation Engineer
9 17 (4.99%) Lead
10 16 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (4.40%) Senior Developer
12 13 (3.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 13 (3.81%) Salesforce Engineer
13 12 (3.52%) Platform Architect
14 9 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (2.64%) SAS Engineer
15 8 (2.35%) AWS Developer
15 8 (2.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.02%) RESTful
2 39 (11.44%) REST
3 30 (8.80%) Node.js
4 28 (8.21%) Kafka
4 28 (8.21%) React
5 21 (6.16%) .NET
6 19 (5.57%) AngularJS
6 19 (5.57%) PySpark
7 18 (5.28%) pytest
8 17 (4.99%) YAML
9 15 (4.40%) OAuth
10 14 (4.11%) Spring
10 14 (4.11%) Spring Boot
10 14 (4.11%) Web Services
11 13 (3.81%) FastAPI
11 13 (3.81%) Swagger
12 12 (3.52%) CSS
12 12 (3.52%) Django
12 12 (3.52%) HTML
12 12 (3.52%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 65 (19.06%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.33%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.93%) Distributed Computing
7 8 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.35%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.76%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.17%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.88%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.88%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.88%) NHS
11 3 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.90%) Linux
2 22 (6.45%) Windows
3 6 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (1.76%) Unix
3 6 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.17%) VMS
5 3 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.59%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (73.31%) CI/CD
2 202 (59.24%) DevOps
3 136 (39.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 122 (35.78%) Agile
4 122 (35.78%) Test Automation
5 92 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (22.58%) Analytics
6 77 (22.58%) Containerisation
7 64 (18.77%) Data Pipeline
8 60 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (17.30%) Data Modelling
9 59 (17.30%) Microservices
10 56 (16.42%) ETL
11 55 (16.13%) Observability
12 53 (15.54%) Scrum
13 47 (13.78%) AI
13 47 (13.78%) Migration
14 42 (12.32%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (10.85%) Infrastructure Automation
16 36 (10.56%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 120 (35.19%) Python
2 81 (23.75%) SQL
3 57 (16.72%) PowerShell
4 51 (14.96%) Java
5 42 (12.32%) Bash
6 31 (9.09%) JavaScript
7 30 (8.80%) Bicep
8 27 (7.92%) TypeScript
9 25 (7.33%) C#
10 10 (2.93%) PHP
11 8 (2.35%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.47%) Go
13 4 (1.17%) Scala
14 3 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.88%) Rust
14 3 (0.88%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.59%) Perl
15 2 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 124 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 99 (29.03%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.28%) Degree
4 17 (4.99%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.81%) AWS Certification
6 12 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.17%) RHCE
11 3 (0.88%) CCNP
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.88%) MCSA
11 3 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.59%) MCSE
12 2 (0.59%) OCA
12 2 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.02%) Data Quality
2 28 (8.21%) QA
3 12 (3.52%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.23%) GDPR
5 7 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.76%) WCAG
7 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.88%) NCSC
9 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.29%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.29%) NIST
10 1 (0.29%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (31.96%) Docker
2 18 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.47%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.59%) Xen
9 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 126 (36.95%) Kubernetes
2 121 (35.48%) Terraform
3 40 (11.73%) Ansible
4 14 (4.11%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.81%) SCCM
6 11 (3.23%) Grafana
7 9 (2.64%) Puppet
8 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.76%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.47%) Istio
11 4 (1.17%) WSUS
12 3 (0.88%) Argo
12 3 (0.88%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.59%) CA Wily
13 2 (0.59%) Podman
13 2 (0.59%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.29%) Packer
14 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
14 1 (0.29%) QRadar
14 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (25.22%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.04%) Salesforce
3 20 (5.87%) OpenAI
3 20 (5.87%) Oracle
3 20 (5.87%) Talend
4 19 (5.57%) Denodo
5 18 (5.28%) Google
6 12 (3.52%) Databricks
7 10 (2.93%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.35%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.35%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.35%) Splunk
8 8 (2.35%) UiPath
9 6 (1.76%) Foundry
10 5 (1.47%) IBM
10 5 (1.47%) VMware
11 4 (1.17%) Apple
11 4 (1.17%) Citrix
11 4 (1.17%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.17%) SAP
90 Deployment Automation jobs in England