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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 269 332
Rank change year-on-year +35 +63 +34
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 518 269 212
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 0.97% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.07% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 209 131
10th Percentile £400 £338 £400
25th Percentile £430 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £619 £685
90th Percentile £689 £690 £750
UK median daily rate £502 £540 £600
% change year-on-year -7.04% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £66.38 - -
25th Percentile £68.55 - -
Median hourly rate £75.34 - £23.80
75th Percentile £76.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 39,153 25,217 28,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.77% 90.89% 86.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,009 16,021 17,785
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
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 2,713 1,491 1,342
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.30 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 13 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 13 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 +27 257 £532 -3.36% 260
North of England -17 88 £500 +11.23% 58
South West -5 54 £450 -10.00% 43
South East -36 52 £578 +21.58% 50
Midlands -32 44 £492 -6.27% 14
Yorkshire -12 42 £500 -16.39% 16
West Midlands -34 42 £492 -6.29% 7
North West -44 32 £525 +26.96% 33
North East -28 14 £450 +125.00% 9
East of England -39 8 £850 +54.55% 7
East Midlands -17 2 £500 +33.16% 7
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 23 (4.44%) Confluence
2 19 (3.67%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.70%) Apache
4 14 (2.70%) SAS
4 14 (2.70%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.35%) CMS
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.58%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.39%) Camunda
7 2 (0.39%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.19%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.19%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 298 (57.53%) Azure
2 190 (36.68%) AWS
3 160 (30.89%) Azure DevOps
4 123 (23.75%) GitHub
5 93 (17.95%) GitHub Actions
6 73 (14.09%) Serverless
7 62 (11.97%) GCP
8 51 (9.85%) AWS Lambda
9 43 (8.30%) Amazon EKS
9 43 (8.30%) Amazon S3
10 41 (7.92%) Azure Monitor
11 39 (7.53%) Azure AKS
12 35 (6.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 35 (6.76%) Amazon ECS
12 35 (6.76%) Entra ID
13 32 (6.18%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (5.79%) Power Platform
15 22 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 22 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (4.25%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.34%) Firewall
2 29 (5.60%) DNS
3 24 (4.63%) Network Security
4 17 (3.28%) VPN
5 15 (2.90%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.35%) DHCP
6 7 (1.35%) SSH
7 6 (1.16%) DMZ
8 5 (0.97%) SSL
9 4 (0.77%) Internet
9 4 (0.77%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.77%) NGFW
10 3 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.39%) HTTP
11 2 (0.39%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.39%) OpenLDAP
12 1 (0.19%) FTP
12 1 (0.19%) MPLS
12 1 (0.19%) OSPF
12 1 (0.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (4.44%) Power BI
4 22 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.05%) Relational Database
6 19 (3.67%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.67%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.09%) Metadata
8 14 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.70%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.12%) Geospatial Data
9 11 (2.12%) Pentaho
9 11 (2.12%) Redis
10 10 (1.93%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.93%) MySQL
11 9 (1.74%) Big Data
11 9 (1.74%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.54%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 138 (26.64%) Git
2 108 (20.85%) Jenkins
3 89 (17.18%) GitLab
4 39 (7.53%) JIRA
5 16 (3.09%) MSI
6 11 (2.12%) fastlane
6 11 (2.12%) Selenium
7 9 (1.74%) Gradle
8 8 (1.54%) JUnit
8 8 (1.54%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.16%) Maven
9 6 (1.16%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (1.16%) Xcode
10 5 (0.97%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.97%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.97%) MSBuild
10 5 (0.97%) TeamCity
General
1 150 (28.96%) Social Skills
2 90 (17.37%) Public Sector
3 65 (12.55%) Finance
4 54 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.98%) Banking
6 18 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.32%) Retail
8 11 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.16%) Marketing
10 5 (0.97%) Front Office
10 5 (0.97%) Investment Banking
10 5 (0.97%) Legal
10 5 (0.97%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.77%) Law
11 4 (0.77%) Military
12 3 (0.58%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.39%) Back Office
13 2 (0.39%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 99 (19.11%) Developer
1 99 (19.11%) Senior
2 88 (16.99%) DevOps Engineer
3 47 (9.07%) Lead
4 45 (8.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 44 (8.49%) Data Engineer
6 41 (7.92%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (7.72%) Architect
8 38 (7.34%) Platform Engineer
9 29 (5.60%) Software Engineer
10 28 (5.41%) Senior Developer
11 27 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
12 23 (4.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 22 (4.25%) Senior DevOps
14 21 (4.05%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.67%) AWS DevOps
15 19 (3.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 16 (3.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 16 (3.09%) GCP Engineer
16 16 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (43.05%) Terraform
2 97 (18.73%) REST
3 78 (15.06%) RESTful
4 67 (12.93%) .NET
5 53 (10.23%) React
6 47 (9.07%) Kafka
7 34 (6.56%) HTML
8 33 (6.37%) .NET Framework
9 32 (6.18%) CSS
9 32 (6.18%) Spring
9 32 (6.18%) Spring Boot
10 29 (5.60%) .NET Core
11 26 (5.02%) ARM Templates
12 25 (4.83%) OAuth
13 24 (4.63%) Node.js
14 23 (4.44%) HTML5
15 22 (4.25%) AngularJS
16 20 (3.86%) CSS3
17 18 (3.47%) PySpark
18 16 (3.09%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 153 (29.54%) Cloud Native
2 56 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (6.56%) Onboarding
5 33 (6.37%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.51%) Wiki
8 12 (2.32%) AI Agents
8 12 (2.32%) Enterprise Cloud
9 11 (2.12%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.93%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.74%) NHS
11 9 (1.74%) Replication
12 8 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.54%) PKI
13 7 (1.35%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.16%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.32%) Linux
2 47 (9.07%) Windows
3 22 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.90%) Unix
6 9 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.16%) Android
9 5 (0.97%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.58%) VMS
11 2 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.39%) zOS
12 1 (0.19%) CentOS
12 1 (0.19%) Solaris
12 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (84.56%) CI/CD
2 333 (64.29%) DevOps
3 258 (49.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 223 (43.05%) Agile
5 188 (36.29%) Test Automation
6 156 (30.12%) Containerisation
7 130 (25.10%) Observability
8 129 (24.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 107 (20.66%) Microservices
10 105 (20.27%) Analytics
11 102 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
12 99 (19.11%) DevSecOps
13 94 (18.15%) AI
14 93 (17.95%) Platform Engineering
15 92 (17.76%) Software Engineering
16 83 (16.02%) Scrum
17 70 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
18 68 (13.13%) Data Pipeline
19 65 (12.55%) Event-Driven
20 64 (12.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 184 (35.52%) Python
2 106 (20.46%) SQL
3 89 (17.18%) PowerShell
4 81 (15.64%) Java
5 65 (12.55%) Bicep
6 64 (12.36%) Bash
6 64 (12.36%) JavaScript
7 62 (11.97%) C#
8 46 (8.88%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.51%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.74%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.54%) Apex Code
11 8 (1.54%) Go
12 6 (1.16%) Swift
13 5 (0.97%) Korn
13 5 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.97%) Scala
14 3 (0.58%) Perl
14 3 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 188 (36.29%) Security Cleared
2 153 (29.54%) SC Cleared
3 37 (7.14%) Degree
4 32 (6.18%) DV Cleared
5 27 (5.21%) AWS Certification
5 27 (5.21%) Azure Certification
6 25 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.77%) CISSP
11 4 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.77%) MCSE
12 3 (0.58%) GCFA
12 3 (0.58%) GCIH
12 3 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.58%) MCSA
13 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (11.58%) QA
2 36 (6.95%) Accessibility
3 34 (6.56%) Data Quality
4 31 (5.98%) WCAG
5 16 (3.09%) GDPR
5 16 (3.09%) NCSC
6 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.77%) HL7
7 4 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.58%) NIST
8 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (31.47%) Docker
2 27 (5.21%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.19%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.19%) Postfix
7 1 (0.19%) RACF
7 1 (0.19%) Squid
7 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 192 (37.07%) Kubernetes
2 72 (13.90%) Ansible
3 31 (5.98%) Grafana
4 25 (4.83%) Prometheus
5 19 (3.67%) SCCM
6 18 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (2.32%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.93%) Puppet
9 8 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.35%) Argo
11 6 (1.16%) Istio
11 6 (1.16%) WSUS
12 4 (0.77%) Control-M
13 3 (0.58%) CASB
14 2 (0.39%) Kibana
14 2 (0.39%) Podman
15 1 (0.19%) Cilium
15 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
15 1 (0.19%) Kustomize
15 1 (0.19%) systemd
Vendors
1 144 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.95%) Google
3 33 (6.37%) Databricks
4 28 (5.41%) Oracle
5 22 (4.25%) Dynatrace
6 19 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 17 (3.28%) Splunk
8 15 (2.90%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.51%) Talend
10 9 (1.74%) Denodo
11 7 (1.35%) Apple
11 7 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.16%) Citrix
12 6 (1.16%) IBM
12 6 (1.16%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.16%) VMware
13 5 (0.97%) Confluent
13 5 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (0.97%) ION Trading