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

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 238 302
Rank change year-on-year -10 +64 +24
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 449 292 241
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.06% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.17% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 231 165
10th Percentile £401 £336 £400
25th Percentile £431 £419 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -10.20% +1.03%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £700
90th Percentile £673 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -6.36% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £56.75 - -
25th Percentile £66.50 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £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 38,882 25,041 28,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.76% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,206 16,026 18,694
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,519 1,388 1,683
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.88 £18.15
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.27 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.68 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +69.69% -37.63% -5.12%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -4 213 £550 -4.35% 129
North of England -40 71 £500 +25.00% 45
Midlands -35 52 £500 -3.57% 14
South East -46 52 £555 +16.84% 30
West Midlands -42 45 £500 -4.76% 8
South West -22 40 £450 -21.74% 20
North West -27 30 £513 +30.41% 25
Yorkshire -29 29 £500 -14.16% 14
North East -32 12 £450 +20.00% 6
East of England -40 7 £850 +54.55% 9
East Midlands -13 6 £470 +17.35% 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 28 (6.24%) SAS
2 19 (4.23%) Confluence
3 18 (4.01%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.23%) Apache
5 9 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.11%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.67%) CMS
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.45%) Camunda
8 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) Appian
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.22%) Misys Equation
1 1 (0.22%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.22%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 243 (54.12%) Azure
2 163 (36.30%) AWS
3 125 (27.84%) Azure DevOps
4 110 (24.50%) GitHub
5 87 (19.38%) GitHub Actions
6 49 (10.91%) Serverless
7 47 (10.47%) GCP
8 40 (8.91%) Amazon S3
9 39 (8.69%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (7.35%) Amazon EKS
11 32 (7.13%) Azure Monitor
12 30 (6.68%) Power Platform
13 28 (6.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 27 (6.01%) Amazon ECS
15 26 (5.79%) Azure AKS
16 24 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
17 23 (5.12%) AWS CloudFormation
17 23 (5.12%) Entra ID
18 20 (4.45%) Azure Data Factory
18 20 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.57%) Firewall
2 27 (6.01%) DNS
3 20 (4.45%) Network Security
4 18 (4.01%) VPN
5 15 (3.34%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.56%) SSL
7 6 (1.34%) DHCP
7 6 (1.34%) DMZ
8 5 (1.11%) SSH
9 4 (0.89%) Internet
10 3 (0.67%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.67%) NGFW
10 3 (0.67%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.45%) BGP
11 2 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.45%) HTTP
11 2 (0.45%) OSPF
12 1 (0.22%) MQTT
12 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (5.57%) SQL Server
3 23 (5.12%) Power BI
4 19 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (4.01%) Pentaho
5 18 (4.01%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.12%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.12%) NoSQL
7 12 (2.67%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.45%) Geospatial Data
8 11 (2.45%) Metadata
9 10 (2.23%) Redis
10 8 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.78%) Big Data
10 8 (1.78%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.78%) MySQL
11 7 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.34%) SAS Data Integration Studio
13 5 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 115 (25.61%) Git
2 106 (23.61%) Jenkins
3 71 (15.81%) GitLab
4 40 (8.91%) JIRA
5 16 (3.56%) MSI
6 11 (2.45%) fastlane
7 9 (2.00%) Gradle
8 8 (1.78%) Selenium
8 8 (1.78%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.56%) JUnit
9 7 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (1.34%) Maven
10 6 (1.34%) MSBuild
10 6 (1.34%) Xcode
11 5 (1.11%) Android Studio
11 5 (1.11%) Crashlytics
11 5 (1.11%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.11%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.89%) git-flow
General
1 119 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.82%) Public Sector
3 61 (13.59%) Finance
4 45 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.68%) Banking
6 17 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.00%) Retail
9 8 (1.78%) Legal
10 6 (1.34%) Front Office
11 5 (1.11%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.89%) Marketing
12 4 (0.89%) Military
13 3 (0.67%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.45%) Back Office
14 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Law
14 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (20.49%) Senior
2 87 (19.38%) Developer
3 64 (14.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (10.91%) Data Engineer
5 41 (9.13%) Lead
6 36 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (7.13%) Architect
8 29 (6.46%) Platform Engineer
8 29 (6.46%) Senior Developer
9 26 (5.79%) Software Engineer
10 23 (5.12%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (5.12%) Azure Engineer
10 23 (5.12%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.79%) Senior DevOps
12 14 (3.12%) .NET Developer
12 14 (3.12%) AWS DevOps
12 14 (3.12%) Python Engineer
12 14 (3.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.90%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (16.04%) REST
1 72 (16.04%) RESTful
2 55 (12.25%) .NET
3 41 (9.13%) React
4 36 (8.02%) Kafka
5 29 (6.46%) .NET Framework
6 25 (5.57%) Spring
6 25 (5.57%) Spring Boot
7 24 (5.35%) .NET Core
8 22 (4.90%) HTML
9 21 (4.68%) Node.js
10 20 (4.45%) CSS
11 19 (4.23%) AngularJS
11 19 (4.23%) OAuth
12 18 (4.01%) HTML5
12 18 (4.01%) PySpark
13 16 (3.56%) YAML
14 15 (3.34%) CSS3
15 13 (2.90%) ARM Templates
15 13 (2.90%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 127 (28.29%) Cloud Native
2 34 (7.57%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (6.90%) Product Ownership
4 29 (6.46%) Onboarding
5 21 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (4.45%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.67%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.00%) NHS
10 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.78%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.34%) PKI
11 6 (1.34%) Replication
12 5 (1.11%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.11%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.89%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.92%) Linux
2 38 (8.46%) Windows
3 19 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (2.90%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.23%) Unix
6 6 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.34%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.11%) Android
8 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Solaris
10 1 (0.22%) VMS
10 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (82.41%) CI/CD
2 285 (63.47%) DevOps
3 208 (46.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 192 (42.76%) Agile
5 174 (38.75%) Test Automation
6 120 (26.73%) Containerisation
7 109 (24.28%) Analytics
7 109 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 93 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (19.38%) Microservices
10 84 (18.71%) Observability
11 80 (17.82%) Scrum
12 75 (16.70%) Data Pipeline
12 75 (16.70%) Platform Engineering
13 71 (15.81%) AI
14 67 (14.92%) Software Engineering
15 64 (14.25%) DevSecOps
16 56 (12.47%) Validation
17 55 (12.25%) Data Modelling
18 53 (11.80%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 166 (36.97%) Python
2 95 (21.16%) SQL
3 71 (15.81%) PowerShell
4 64 (14.25%) Java
5 52 (11.58%) C#
6 49 (10.91%) Bicep
6 49 (10.91%) JavaScript
7 43 (9.58%) Bash
8 35 (7.80%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.78%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.34%) Apex Code
10 6 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.34%) Swift
11 5 (1.11%) Go
11 5 (1.11%) Scala
11 5 (1.11%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.89%) Korn
12 4 (0.89%) Perl
12 4 (0.89%) PHP
13 3 (0.67%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 174 (38.75%) Security Cleared
2 140 (31.18%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.68%) Degree
4 27 (6.01%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.12%) AWS Certification
6 21 (4.68%) Azure Certification
7 20 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.89%) CCNP
12 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.89%) CISSP
12 4 (0.89%) RHCE
13 3 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.67%) MCSA
13 3 (0.67%) MCSE
13 3 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.69%) QA
2 37 (8.24%) Accessibility
3 34 (7.57%) Data Quality
4 31 (6.90%) WCAG
5 15 (3.34%) NCSC
6 11 (2.45%) GDPR
7 4 (0.89%) HL7
8 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.67%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.22%) PMO
10 1 (0.22%) SLA
10 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 144 (32.07%) Docker
2 18 (4.01%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.45%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Varnish
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 181 (40.31%) Terraform
2 168 (37.42%) Kubernetes
3 62 (13.81%) Ansible
4 21 (4.68%) Grafana
5 18 (4.01%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.79%) SCCM
7 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (2.45%) Progress Chef
9 10 (2.23%) Puppet
10 7 (1.56%) Argo
11 6 (1.34%) Istio
12 5 (1.11%) WSUS
13 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.67%) Control-M
15 2 (0.45%) CA Wily
15 2 (0.45%) CASB
15 2 (0.45%) Tivoli
16 1 (0.22%) Kubeflow
16 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
16 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 106 (23.61%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.24%) Oracle
3 25 (5.57%) Databricks
3 25 (5.57%) Google
4 22 (4.90%) Dynatrace
5 17 (3.79%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.79%) Talend
6 16 (3.56%) Denodo
7 15 (3.34%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.67%) Splunk
9 7 (1.56%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.34%) Apple
10 6 (1.34%) Citrix
10 6 (1.34%) VMware
11 5 (1.11%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.11%) IBM
11 5 (1.11%) ION Trading
11 5 (1.11%) Reuters
11 5 (1.11%) SAP
241 Deployment Automation jobs in England