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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 268 351
Rank change year-on-year +65 +83 +11
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 618 262 180
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 0.93% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.03% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 200 103
10th Percentile £400 £362 £375
25th Percentile £425 £431 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £685
90th Percentile £700 £689 £770
UK median daily rate £513 £543 £565
% change year-on-year -5.62% -3.89% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £55.10 - -
25th Percentile £66.25 £21.29 -
Median hourly rate £74.68 £22.58 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +230.81% -5.15% -50.42%
75th Percentile £76.00 £23.86 £39.73
90th Percentile £78.55 - £68.39
UK median hourly rate £69.00 £22.58 £23.80
% change year-on-year +205.65% -5.15% -50.42%

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 39,245 25,511 27,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.84% 90.89% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,668 16,179 17,039
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,000 1,593 1,140
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.51 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.79 £20.24
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.81 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +69 315 £537 -6.81% 334
North of England +15 126 £500 +8.23% 85
Yorkshire +22 62 £500 -15.25% 25
South East -30 56 £598 +4.37% 72
South West +6 53 £450 -10.00% 51
North West -26 44 £513 +13.13% 41
Midlands -39 42 £488 -6.70% 35
West Midlands -43 41 £488 -7.14% 25
North East -21 20 £450 -10.00% 20
East of England -43 10 £850 +54.55% 16
East Midlands -10 1 - - 10
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 29 (4.69%) Confluence
2 27 (4.37%) Apache Spark
3 26 (4.21%) Apache
4 18 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (2.10%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.13%) CMS
6 7 (1.13%) SAS
7 3 (0.49%) IBM Transformation Extender
7 3 (0.49%) IIS
7 3 (0.49%) nginx
7 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) Camunda
9 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.49%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 347 (56.15%) Azure
2 228 (36.89%) AWS
3 172 (27.83%) Azure DevOps
4 142 (22.98%) GitHub
5 106 (17.15%) GitHub Actions
6 95 (15.37%) GCP
7 86 (13.92%) Serverless
8 64 (10.36%) Entra ID
9 57 (9.22%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (9.22%) Azure Monitor
10 55 (8.90%) Amazon S3
11 52 (8.41%) Amazon EKS
12 48 (7.77%) Azure AKS
13 46 (7.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 41 (6.63%) Amazon EC2
14 41 (6.63%) Amazon ECS
15 37 (5.99%) Power Platform
16 32 (5.18%) Azure Key Vault
17 25 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (4.05%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.44%) Firewall
2 40 (6.47%) DNS
3 33 (5.34%) Network Security
4 21 (3.40%) VPN
5 19 (3.07%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.78%) DHCP
7 10 (1.62%) SSH
8 7 (1.13%) SSL
9 5 (0.81%) Internet
9 5 (0.81%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.81%) NGFW
10 4 (0.65%) BGP
10 4 (0.65%) DMZ
10 4 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.65%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.49%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.49%) OpenLDAP
11 3 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.49%) TACACS
12 2 (0.32%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (5.18%) Relational Database
4 28 (4.53%) Power BI
5 25 (4.05%) Metadata
6 23 (3.72%) Data Lake
6 23 (3.72%) NoSQL
7 21 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (3.24%) MongoDB
9 18 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.91%) MySQL
10 17 (2.75%) BigQuery
10 17 (2.75%) Oracle Database
11 14 (2.27%) Redis
12 13 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.78%) Big Data
13 11 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.78%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (1.62%) Delta Lake
15 9 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 164 (26.54%) Git
2 117 (18.93%) Jenkins
3 106 (17.15%) GitLab
4 47 (7.61%) JIRA
5 17 (2.75%) MSI
6 12 (1.94%) Selenium
7 10 (1.62%) Gradle
8 9 (1.46%) fastlane
8 9 (1.46%) JUnit
8 9 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (1.29%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.13%) Maven
10 7 (1.13%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.97%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.97%) MSBuild
11 6 (0.97%) Postman
11 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.81%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.81%) Xcode
General
1 208 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 102 (16.50%) Finance
3 94 (15.21%) Public Sector
4 74 (11.97%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.28%) Banking
6 21 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.10%) Retail
8 9 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.46%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.29%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.29%) Marketing
10 7 (1.13%) Front Office
10 7 (1.13%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.81%) Back Office
11 5 (0.81%) Military
12 4 (0.65%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.65%) Law
12 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.65%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (19.26%) Senior
2 116 (18.77%) Developer
3 103 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 61 (9.87%) Lead
5 55 (8.90%) Cloud Engineer
6 52 (8.41%) Architect
6 52 (8.41%) Data Engineer
7 49 (7.93%) Azure Engineer
8 41 (6.63%) Platform Engineer
9 35 (5.66%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (5.02%) Senior Developer
10 31 (5.02%) Software Engineer
11 27 (4.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (4.21%) AWS DevOps
13 24 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
14 23 (3.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.72%) GCP Engineer
15 22 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
16 21 (3.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 19 (3.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (44.17%) Terraform
2 137 (22.17%) REST
3 87 (14.08%) RESTful
4 80 (12.94%) .NET
5 61 (9.87%) Kafka
6 57 (9.22%) React
7 42 (6.80%) Spring
7 42 (6.80%) Spring Boot
8 41 (6.63%) OAuth
9 39 (6.31%) .NET Framework
10 35 (5.66%) .NET Core
11 34 (5.50%) HTML
12 33 (5.34%) ARM Templates
13 32 (5.18%) CSS
14 27 (4.37%) OpenID
15 25 (4.05%) AngularJS
16 24 (3.88%) Node.js
16 24 (3.88%) OAuth2
16 24 (3.88%) PySpark
17 23 (3.72%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 179 (28.96%) Cloud Native
2 61 (9.87%) Product Ownership
3 55 (8.90%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (8.41%) Enterprise Software
5 49 (7.93%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.43%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (2.43%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.27%) PKI
9 14 (2.27%) Wiki
10 13 (2.10%) AI Agents
10 13 (2.10%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.94%) Replication
12 10 (1.62%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.46%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.46%) Distributed Architecture
13 9 (1.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (13.59%) Linux
2 68 (11.00%) Windows
3 22 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.91%) Unix
6 13 (2.10%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.62%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.29%) Android
9 7 (1.13%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.65%) macOS
10 4 (0.65%) VMS
11 3 (0.49%) zOS
12 2 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.16%) CentOS
13 1 (0.16%) Solaris
13 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (86.25%) CI/CD
2 398 (64.40%) DevOps
3 310 (50.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 265 (42.88%) Agile
5 225 (36.41%) Test Automation
6 180 (29.13%) Observability
7 175 (28.32%) Containerisation
8 171 (27.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 140 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
10 126 (20.39%) Microservices
11 124 (20.06%) Analytics
12 121 (19.58%) Platform Engineering
13 120 (19.42%) Software Engineering
14 116 (18.77%) AI
15 108 (17.48%) DevSecOps
16 96 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
17 94 (15.21%) Technical Leadership
18 91 (14.72%) Scrum
19 82 (13.27%) Validation
20 81 (13.11%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 232 (37.54%) Python
2 125 (20.23%) SQL
3 108 (17.48%) PowerShell
4 95 (15.37%) Java
5 80 (12.94%) Bash
6 76 (12.30%) Bicep
6 76 (12.30%) C#
7 73 (11.81%) JavaScript
8 55 (8.90%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.07%) Shell Script
10 18 (2.91%) Go
11 12 (1.94%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.13%) Apex Code
13 7 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.97%) Korn
15 5 (0.81%) Perl
15 5 (0.81%) Scala
15 5 (0.81%) Swift
16 4 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 210 (33.98%) Security Cleared
2 169 (27.35%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.96%) Degree
4 42 (6.80%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.66%) Azure Certification
6 34 (5.50%) AWS Certification
7 28 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (0.97%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.81%) CISSP
13 5 (0.81%) MCSE
14 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.49%) GCFA
14 3 (0.49%) GCIH
14 3 (0.49%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (11.00%) QA
2 46 (7.44%) Data Quality
3 33 (5.34%) Accessibility
4 28 (4.53%) WCAG
5 20 (3.24%) NCSC
6 15 (2.43%) GDPR
7 8 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.97%) NIST
9 5 (0.81%) HL7
9 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.65%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.16%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 178 (28.80%) Docker
2 49 (7.93%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.32%) Firmware
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.32%) RACF
7 2 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.16%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.16%) Varnish
8 1 (0.16%) zsh
Systems Management
1 220 (35.60%) Kubernetes
2 92 (14.89%) Ansible
3 49 (7.93%) Grafana
4 34 (5.50%) Prometheus
5 28 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (2.91%) SCCM
7 13 (2.10%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.94%) Puppet
9 11 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.46%) Argo
11 5 (0.81%) Istio
12 4 (0.65%) Control-M
12 4 (0.65%) WSUS
13 3 (0.49%) CASB
13 3 (0.49%) Kibana
13 3 (0.49%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.49%) Packer
13 3 (0.49%) Tivoli
13 3 (0.49%) Tivoli Monitoring
14 2 (0.32%) Podman
Vendors
1 180 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.22%) Google
3 41 (6.63%) Databricks
4 32 (5.18%) Oracle
5 28 (4.53%) Dynatrace
6 26 (4.21%) Splunk
7 18 (2.91%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.59%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.59%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.10%) IBM
10 11 (1.78%) Apple
11 10 (1.62%) Talend
11 10 (1.62%) VMware
12 9 (1.46%) Cisco
13 8 (1.29%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.29%) SAP
13 8 (1.29%) UiPath
14 7 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (1.13%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.97%) Confluent