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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 266 326
Rank change year-on-year +22 +60 +26
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 486 267 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 0.97% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.07% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 208 138
10th Percentile £403 £336 £400
25th Percentile £445 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £606
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -9.24% +1.00%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £688
90th Percentile £684 £702 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
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 £74.68 - £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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

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 1 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 1 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 +16 239 £550 -4.35% 265
North of England -22 81 £500 +24.38% 75
South East -35 55 £575 +21.05% 50
South West -12 46 £450 -15.29% 45
Midlands -39 43 £492 -5.11% 22
West Midlands -34 40 £492 -6.29% 13
Yorkshire -16 37 £500 -15.25% 23
North West -40 31 £528 +34.22% 39
North East -33 13 £450 +125.00% 14
East of England -39 8 £850 +54.55% 14
East Midlands -14 3 £474 +26.10% 9
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 22 (4.53%) Confluence
2 18 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.88%) SAS
4 12 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.26%) Apache
6 8 (1.65%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.23%) CMS
8 3 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.62%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.41%) Camunda
9 2 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.21%) IIS
10 1 (0.21%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 281 (57.82%) Azure
2 183 (37.65%) AWS
3 146 (30.04%) Azure DevOps
4 119 (24.49%) GitHub
5 92 (18.93%) GitHub Actions
6 67 (13.79%) Serverless
7 60 (12.35%) GCP
8 48 (9.88%) AWS Lambda
9 41 (8.44%) Amazon S3
10 39 (8.02%) Azure Monitor
11 38 (7.82%) Amazon EKS
12 33 (6.79%) Azure AKS
12 33 (6.79%) Entra ID
13 31 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 31 (6.38%) Amazon ECS
14 28 (5.76%) Amazon EC2
14 28 (5.76%) Power Platform
15 22 (4.53%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (4.32%) AWS CloudFormation
17 20 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.61%) Firewall
2 29 (5.97%) DNS
3 24 (4.94%) Network Security
4 17 (3.50%) VPN
5 16 (3.29%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.44%) DHCP
6 7 (1.44%) SSH
7 6 (1.23%) DMZ
7 6 (1.23%) SSL
8 4 (0.82%) Internet
9 3 (0.62%) HTTP
9 3 (0.62%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.62%) NGFW
9 3 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.41%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.41%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.21%) FTP
11 1 (0.21%) MPLS
11 1 (0.21%) SAN
11 1 (0.21%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.17%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.76%) SQL Server
3 22 (4.53%) Power BI
4 20 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (3.91%) NoSQL
5 19 (3.91%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.29%) Data Lake
7 15 (3.09%) Metadata
8 14 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.88%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.26%) Geospatial Data
9 11 (2.26%) Pentaho
9 11 (2.26%) Redis
10 10 (2.06%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.06%) MySQL
11 9 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.65%) Big Data
12 8 (1.65%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 125 (25.72%) Git
2 103 (21.19%) Jenkins
3 84 (17.28%) GitLab
4 38 (7.82%) JIRA
5 16 (3.29%) MSI
6 11 (2.26%) fastlane
6 11 (2.26%) Selenium
7 9 (1.85%) Gradle
7 9 (1.85%) JUnit
8 8 (1.65%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.23%) Maven
9 6 (1.23%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (1.23%) Xcode
10 5 (1.03%) Android Studio
10 5 (1.03%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.03%) MSBuild
11 4 (0.82%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 141 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 86 (17.70%) Public Sector
3 60 (12.35%) Finance
4 51 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.56%) Banking
6 17 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.85%) Retail
9 7 (1.44%) Legal
10 6 (1.23%) Front Office
10 6 (1.23%) Marketing
11 5 (1.03%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.82%) Military
13 3 (0.62%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.62%) Law
14 2 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.41%) Back Office
14 2 (0.41%) Billing
14 2 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (19.96%) Developer
2 96 (19.75%) Senior
3 77 (15.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (9.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 44 (9.05%) Lead
5 41 (8.44%) Data Engineer
6 37 (7.61%) Platform Engineer
7 36 (7.41%) Architect
8 33 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
9 29 (5.97%) Software Engineer
10 28 (5.76%) Senior Developer
11 26 (5.35%) AWS Engineer
12 23 (4.73%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (3.91%) Senior DevOps
14 18 (3.70%) AWS DevOps
15 16 (3.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 15 (3.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 15 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.09%) Python Engineer
16 15 (3.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (41.98%) Terraform
2 85 (17.49%) REST
3 74 (15.23%) RESTful
4 63 (12.96%) .NET
5 53 (10.91%) React
6 44 (9.05%) Kafka
7 32 (6.58%) .NET Framework
7 32 (6.58%) HTML
8 30 (6.17%) CSS
9 29 (5.97%) .NET Core
9 29 (5.97%) Spring
9 29 (5.97%) Spring Boot
10 22 (4.53%) AngularJS
10 22 (4.53%) HTML5
10 22 (4.53%) Node.js
10 22 (4.53%) OAuth
11 19 (3.91%) ARM Templates
11 19 (3.91%) CSS3
12 17 (3.50%) FastAPI
12 17 (3.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (29.84%) Cloud Native
2 46 (9.47%) Product Ownership
3 40 (8.23%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (6.79%) Onboarding
5 29 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.26%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (1.85%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.85%) NHS
10 9 (1.85%) Replication
11 8 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.65%) PKI
11 8 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.44%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.44%) Wiki
13 6 (1.23%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 68 (13.99%) Linux
2 46 (9.47%) Windows
3 22 (4.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.09%) Unix
4 15 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.44%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.23%) Android
8 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.62%) VMS
10 2 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.21%) CentOS
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
11 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (84.16%) CI/CD
2 309 (63.58%) DevOps
3 237 (48.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 211 (43.42%) Agile
5 174 (35.80%) Test Automation
6 141 (29.01%) Containerisation
7 118 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 116 (23.87%) Observability
9 101 (20.78%) Analytics
9 101 (20.78%) Microservices
10 94 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
11 89 (18.31%) Platform Engineering
12 86 (17.70%) DevSecOps
12 86 (17.70%) Software Engineering
13 83 (17.08%) AI
14 79 (16.26%) Scrum
15 64 (13.17%) Data Pipeline
15 64 (13.17%) Technical Leadership
16 56 (11.52%) Configuration Management
17 54 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 179 (36.83%) Python
2 101 (20.78%) SQL
3 82 (16.87%) PowerShell
4 76 (15.64%) Java
5 59 (12.14%) C#
5 59 (12.14%) JavaScript
6 58 (11.93%) Bash
7 55 (11.32%) Bicep
8 43 (8.85%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.47%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.85%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.65%) Go
12 6 (1.23%) Swift
13 5 (1.03%) Apex Code
13 5 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (1.03%) Scala
14 4 (0.82%) Korn
14 4 (0.82%) Perl
15 3 (0.62%) PHP
Qualifications
1 174 (35.80%) Security Cleared
2 141 (29.01%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.41%) Degree
4 30 (6.17%) DV Cleared
5 25 (5.14%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (4.73%) AWS Certification
8 16 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.82%) CISSP
11 4 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.62%) GCFA
12 3 (0.62%) GCIH
12 3 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.62%) MCSA
12 3 (0.62%) MCSE
13 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.91%) QA
2 36 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 30 (6.17%) WCAG
4 29 (5.97%) Data Quality
5 15 (3.09%) GDPR
5 15 (3.09%) NCSC
6 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.82%) HL7
7 4 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.62%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.62%) NIST
8 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (31.69%) Docker
2 25 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.21%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) Postfix
7 1 (0.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 181 (37.24%) Kubernetes
2 70 (14.40%) Ansible
3 29 (5.97%) Grafana
4 23 (4.73%) Prometheus
5 18 (3.70%) SCCM
6 17 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (2.47%) Progress Chef
8 10 (2.06%) Puppet
9 6 (1.23%) Argo
9 6 (1.23%) Istio
9 6 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.23%) WSUS
10 4 (0.82%) Control-M
11 3 (0.62%) CASB
12 2 (0.41%) CA Wily
12 2 (0.41%) Kibana
12 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 131 (26.95%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.00%) Google
3 29 (5.97%) Databricks
4 27 (5.56%) Oracle
5 22 (4.53%) Dynatrace
6 16 (3.29%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.29%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.29%) Splunk
7 13 (2.67%) Talend
8 9 (1.85%) Denodo
9 7 (1.44%) Apple
9 7 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.23%) Citrix
11 5 (1.03%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.03%) Foundry
11 5 (1.03%) IBM
11 5 (1.03%) ION Trading
11 5 (1.03%) Reuters
11 5 (1.03%) VMware