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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 336 388
Rank change year-on-year +64 +52 -89
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 290 190 200
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.61% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.70% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 113 139
10th Percentile £394 £400 £430
25th Percentile £430 £475 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £619 £725 £675
90th Percentile £688 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.92% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £29.67 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.29 £38.48 £20.38
Median hourly rate £22.58 £54.40 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.50% +147.27% -
75th Percentile £23.86 £71.58 £37.75
90th Percentile - £81.13 £66.10
UK median hourly rate £22.58 £54.40 £22.00
% change year-on-year -58.50% +147.27% -45.68%

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 27,655 27,305 34,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.92% 87.48% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,548 16,677 23,333
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,803 1,004 1,443
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.29 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +25.71%

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 27 November 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 27 November 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 +11 123 £575 -8.00% 44
Midlands +14 57 £519 -15.28% 8
West Midlands +6 52 £519 -16.84% 7
North of England -24 38 £505 +26.19% 16
South East +10 27 £584 +8.10% 56
North West -14 23 £453 +13.25% 8
South West +8 20 £525 -25.53% 9
Yorkshire -33 12 £550 -10.57% 6
East of England -19 6 £500 +33.33% 6
East Midlands -7 5 £402 +7.20% 1
North East -7 3 £500 -9.09% 2
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 34 (11.72%) SAS
2 19 (6.55%) Apache
3 17 (5.86%) JBoss
4 9 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.76%) WebLogic
6 7 (2.41%) SharePoint
7 6 (2.07%) nginx
8 5 (1.72%) Confluence
8 5 (1.72%) IIS
8 5 (1.72%) iPlanet
8 5 (1.72%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.72%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (1.38%) Anypoint
9 4 (1.38%) Apache Spark
9 4 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.69%) CMS
11 1 (0.34%) Camunda
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.34%) Mule
11 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Endur
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 92 (31.72%) AWS
2 86 (29.66%) Azure
3 57 (19.66%) GitHub
4 41 (14.14%) GitHub Actions
5 38 (13.10%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (9.66%) Serverless
7 24 (8.28%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (7.93%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (7.93%) OpenShift
9 19 (6.55%) GCP
10 18 (6.21%) Amazon S3
11 14 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (4.48%) Power Platform
13 12 (4.14%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (3.79%) Entra ID
15 9 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (3.10%) Amazon EventBridge
15 9 (3.10%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.90%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.10%) SSL
3 7 (2.41%) DNS
4 6 (2.07%) Firewall
5 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.72%) Network Security
5 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.72%) VPN
6 4 (1.38%) DHCP
7 2 (0.69%) HTTP
7 2 (0.69%) Internet
8 1 (0.34%) BGP
8 1 (0.34%) Calico
8 1 (0.34%) DMZ
8 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) VLAN
8 1 (0.34%) VSAN
8 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.00%) Pentaho
2 17 (5.86%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.48%) Oracle Database
4 11 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.79%) MongoDB
4 11 (3.79%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (3.45%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.76%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.07%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (2.07%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.72%) Power BI
8 5 (1.72%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 5 (1.72%) Star Schema
9 4 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.38%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 99 (34.14%) Git
2 95 (32.76%) Jenkins
3 49 (16.90%) JIRA
4 31 (10.69%) GitLab
5 14 (4.83%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (3.79%) JUnit
7 9 (3.10%) Bitbucket Server
7 9 (3.10%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (3.10%) IntelliJ
8 8 (2.76%) Bitbucket
8 8 (2.76%) Eclipse
8 8 (2.76%) Selenium
8 8 (2.76%) SonarQube
9 7 (2.41%) Maven
10 6 (2.07%) MSI
10 6 (2.07%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.38%) CircleCI
12 3 (1.03%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.69%) Gradle
13 2 (0.69%) Vagrant
General
1 89 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.28%) Public Sector
3 32 (11.03%) Finance
4 23 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.45%) Banking
6 8 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.41%) Marketing
8 6 (2.07%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.38%) Electronics
10 4 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.69%) Back Office
11 2 (0.69%) Front Office
11 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.69%) Publishing
11 2 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (26.90%) Developer
2 31 (10.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (8.28%) Data Engineer
4 22 (7.59%) Senior
5 19 (6.55%) Architect
5 19 (6.55%) Lead
5 19 (6.55%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
6 12 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (4.14%) webMethods Developer
7 11 (3.79%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (3.45%) Python Developer
9 9 (3.10%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.10%) Software Engineer
10 8 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (2.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 7 (2.41%) Automation Engineer
11 7 (2.41%) Azure Data Engineer
11 7 (2.41%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (2.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.17%) REST
2 42 (14.48%) JSON
2 42 (14.48%) SOAP
3 40 (13.79%) XML
4 34 (11.72%) React
5 25 (8.62%) RESTful
6 22 (7.59%) OAuth
6 22 (7.59%) Spring
7 19 (6.55%) AngularJS
7 19 (6.55%) HTML
8 15 (5.17%) Kafka
9 14 (4.83%) pytest
10 13 (4.48%) PySpark
10 13 (4.48%) Spring Boot
11 12 (4.14%) .NET
11 12 (4.14%) Jest
11 12 (4.14%) JMS
11 12 (4.14%) Node.js
11 12 (4.14%) YAML
12 10 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.10%) Private Cloud
4 6 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.72%) PKI
5 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.38%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.38%) NHS
7 3 (1.03%) CMDB
7 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (16.90%) Linux
2 30 (10.34%) Windows
3 16 (5.52%) Unix
4 14 (4.83%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.72%) CentOS
7 3 (1.03%) Android
7 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.03%) VMS
7 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.69%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (72.76%) CI/CD
2 201 (69.31%) DevOps
3 122 (42.07%) Agile
4 117 (40.34%) Test Automation
5 97 (33.45%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (32.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 72 (24.83%) Containerisation
8 66 (22.76%) Analytics
9 60 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.97%) Scrum
11 51 (17.59%) Data Pipeline
11 51 (17.59%) Microservices
12 46 (15.86%) ETL
13 44 (15.17%) Data Modelling
13 44 (15.17%) Infrastructure Automation
14 40 (13.79%) Data Integration
15 39 (13.45%) Migration
16 37 (12.76%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (12.76%) Observability
17 29 (10.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 97 (33.45%) Python
2 89 (30.69%) SQL
3 55 (18.97%) Java
4 36 (12.41%) PowerShell
5 31 (10.69%) JavaScript
6 28 (9.66%) Bash
6 28 (9.66%) TypeScript
7 19 (6.55%) C#
8 11 (3.79%) Groovy
8 11 (3.79%) Scala
9 10 (3.45%) Bicep
10 8 (2.76%) Go
10 8 (2.76%) Perl
10 8 (2.76%) PHP
10 8 (2.76%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.07%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.38%) DataWeave
13 2 (0.69%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.69%) PromQL
13 2 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 125 (43.10%) Security Cleared
2 99 (34.14%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.48%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.14%) Degree
4 12 (4.14%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.76%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.69%) CISSP
10 2 (0.69%) OCP
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.34%) CISM
11 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.34%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.59%) QA
3 6 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.07%) NIST
4 5 (1.72%) NCSC
5 4 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.03%) GDPR
7 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 2 (0.69%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 118 (40.69%) Docker
2 28 (9.66%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.72%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.69%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.69%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) etcd
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 110 (37.93%) Kubernetes
2 88 (30.34%) Terraform
3 45 (15.52%) Ansible
4 21 (7.24%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.55%) Grafana
6 15 (5.17%) Progress Chef
6 15 (5.17%) Puppet
7 11 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.07%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.72%) Argo
9 5 (1.72%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.72%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.72%) Packer
9 5 (1.72%) Tivoli
10 4 (1.38%) CloudHub
10 4 (1.38%) Kibana
10 4 (1.38%) Podman
11 3 (1.03%) Proxmox
11 3 (1.03%) vRealize
11 3 (1.03%) WMI
Vendors
1 77 (26.55%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.14%) Oracle
3 31 (10.69%) Talend
4 29 (10.00%) Denodo
5 21 (7.24%) Databricks
5 21 (7.24%) webMethods
6 20 (6.90%) Splunk
7 19 (6.55%) VMware
8 16 (5.52%) IBM
8 16 (5.52%) SAP
9 12 (4.14%) Red Hat
10 11 (3.79%) Google
10 11 (3.79%) Software AG
11 9 (3.10%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.76%) Axway
12 8 (2.76%) Pega
12 8 (2.76%) Salesforce
13 6 (2.07%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.72%) Broadcom
14 5 (1.72%) ForgeRock