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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 331 374
Rank change year-on-year +54 +43 -77
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 290 158 171
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.58% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.66% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 101 114
10th Percentile £389 £363 £466
25th Percentile £430 £456 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £612 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% +6.43% -8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £738 £663
90th Percentile £688 £835 £738
UK median daily rate £516 £612 £575
% change year-on-year -15.65% +6.43% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.29 £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.58 £85.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.44% +286.36% -
75th Percentile £23.86 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.58 £85.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -73.44% +286.36% -

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 27,721 24,092 31,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.95% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,678 14,798 21,336
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,740 781 1,437
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +22.16%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +24 123 £525 -25.00% 39
Midlands +3 58 £519 -15.28% 18
West Midlands +3 51 £520 -15.03% 7
North of England -36 34 £479 +8.86% 22
South East 0 24 £538 +26.47% 45
South West +2 22 £550 -19.71% 24
North West -22 20 £462 +15.50% 6
Yorkshire -40 11 £521 -15.24% 13
East Midlands -16 7 £393 +4.80% 11
East of England -30 5 £531 +195.14% 16
North East -13 3 £500 -11.50% 3
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 35 (12.07%) SAS
2 14 (4.83%) Apache
2 14 (4.83%) JBoss
3 8 (2.76%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.41%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.07%) nginx
6 5 (1.72%) Confluence
6 5 (1.72%) IIS
6 5 (1.72%) iPlanet
6 5 (1.72%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.72%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (1.38%) Appian
7 4 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
8 3 (1.03%) Apache Spark
8 3 (1.03%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.34%) CMS
9 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Endur
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 96 (33.10%) Azure
2 86 (29.66%) AWS
3 63 (21.72%) GitHub
4 44 (15.17%) GitHub Actions
5 37 (12.76%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (10.00%) Serverless
7 20 (6.90%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (6.90%) Power Platform
8 19 (6.55%) OpenShift
9 17 (5.86%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (4.83%) Entra ID
10 14 (4.83%) GCP
11 12 (4.14%) Amazon S3
11 12 (4.14%) Power Automate
12 11 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (3.10%) Azure Functions
15 8 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.24%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.10%) SSL
3 6 (2.07%) DNS
3 6 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.72%) DHCP
4 5 (1.72%) Firewall
4 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.03%) Internet
5 3 (1.03%) VPN
6 2 (0.69%) HTTP
6 2 (0.69%) Network Security
7 1 (0.34%) BGP
7 1 (0.34%) Calico
7 1 (0.34%) DMZ
7 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.34%) SMS
7 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.34%) VSAN
7 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.34%) Pentaho
2 20 (6.90%) Relational Database
3 16 (5.52%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.14%) Oracle Database
4 12 (4.14%) Power BI
5 11 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 10 (3.45%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.45%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.10%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.76%) Redis
8 8 (2.76%) Spark SQL
9 6 (2.07%) Aerospike
9 6 (2.07%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.72%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 4 (1.38%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 96 (33.10%) Git
2 84 (28.97%) Jenkins
3 46 (15.86%) JIRA
4 42 (14.48%) GitLab
5 13 (4.48%) JUnit
6 9 (3.10%) Selenium
7 8 (2.76%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.76%) IntelliJ
8 7 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket Server
9 6 (2.07%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (1.72%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.38%) MLflow
11 4 (1.38%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.03%) Artifactory
12 3 (1.03%) Maven
12 3 (1.03%) MSI
13 2 (0.69%) Gradle
13 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
General
1 105 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 42 (14.48%) Finance
4 27 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.41%) Marketing
7 6 (2.07%) Banking
8 5 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
9 4 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.03%) Military
11 2 (0.69%) Back Office
11 2 (0.69%) Electronics
11 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.69%) Legal
11 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.69%) Retail
11 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 79 (27.24%) Developer
2 33 (11.38%) DevOps Engineer
3 25 (8.62%) Architect
4 20 (6.90%) Data Engineer
5 17 (5.86%) Platform Engineer
5 17 (5.86%) Senior
6 16 (5.52%) Lead
7 15 (5.17%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (4.14%) webMethods Developer
9 11 (3.79%) Python Developer
10 10 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (3.45%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.10%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.76%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (2.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 7 (2.41%) Analyst
13 7 (2.41%) React Developer
13 7 (2.41%) SAS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.28%) REST
2 45 (15.52%) SOAP
3 43 (14.83%) JSON
4 41 (14.14%) XML
5 31 (10.69%) React
5 31 (10.69%) RESTful
6 26 (8.97%) OAuth
7 22 (7.59%) HTML
8 21 (7.24%) pytest
9 18 (6.21%) Spring
10 16 (5.52%) Kafka
10 16 (5.52%) Node.js
10 16 (5.52%) PySpark
11 14 (4.83%) .NET
11 14 (4.83%) AngularJS
11 14 (4.83%) Jest
12 12 (4.14%) FastAPI
12 12 (4.14%) JMS
13 11 (3.79%) Web Services
14 9 (3.10%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.72%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (2.76%) Distributed Computing
3 8 (2.76%) Private Cloud
4 7 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.38%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.38%) NHS
7 4 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.03%) CMDB
8 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.69%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.86%) Linux
2 22 (7.59%) Windows
3 15 (5.17%) Unix
4 10 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.72%) VMS
6 2 (0.69%) Android
6 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (70.34%) CI/CD
2 195 (67.24%) DevOps
3 120 (41.38%) Agile
4 111 (38.28%) Test Automation
5 98 (33.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 98 (33.79%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (26.90%) Containerisation
7 63 (21.72%) Analytics
8 55 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 55 (18.97%) Data Pipeline
9 53 (18.28%) ETL
9 53 (18.28%) Microservices
9 53 (18.28%) Scrum
10 51 (17.59%) Data Modelling
11 48 (16.55%) Infrastructure Automation
12 44 (15.17%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (12.76%) Data Integration
14 35 (12.07%) Migration
15 34 (11.72%) Observability
16 30 (10.34%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 92 (31.72%) Python
2 91 (31.38%) SQL
3 51 (17.59%) Java
4 33 (11.38%) PowerShell
5 32 (11.03%) JavaScript
6 30 (10.34%) Bash
7 29 (10.00%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.48%) Bicep
9 11 (3.79%) C#
10 9 (3.10%) Groovy
10 9 (3.10%) Scala
11 8 (2.76%) PHP
12 6 (2.07%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.38%) Go
15 3 (1.03%) DataWeave
16 2 (0.69%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.69%) Perl
16 2 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 134 (46.21%) Security Cleared
2 110 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.86%) Degree
4 12 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.79%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 9 (3.10%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
11 2 (0.69%) OCP
12 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.34%) ISEB
12 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.34%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.72%) Data Quality
2 24 (8.28%) QA
3 9 (3.10%) GDPR
4 7 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.07%) NIST
6 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.38%) NCSC
8 3 (1.03%) WCAG
9 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.69%) SLA
10 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 121 (41.72%) Docker
2 24 (8.28%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.72%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) etcd
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 108 (37.24%) Kubernetes
2 84 (28.97%) Terraform
3 37 (12.76%) Ansible
4 20 (6.90%) Grafana
5 17 (5.86%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.17%) Puppet
7 11 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (3.45%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.72%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.72%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.72%) Podman
9 5 (1.72%) Tivoli
10 4 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (1.38%) Packer
11 3 (1.03%) CloudHub
11 3 (1.03%) Proxmox
11 3 (1.03%) vRealize
12 2 (0.69%) Argo
12 2 (0.69%) Consul
12 2 (0.69%) Istio
Vendors
1 74 (25.52%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.83%) Oracle
3 30 (10.34%) Denodo
3 30 (10.34%) Talend
4 21 (7.24%) webMethods
5 17 (5.86%) Splunk
6 16 (5.52%) Databricks
6 16 (5.52%) IBM
7 15 (5.17%) VMware
8 14 (4.83%) SAP
9 12 (4.14%) Salesforce
10 11 (3.79%) Software AG
11 8 (2.76%) Axway
12 7 (2.41%) Google
13 6 (2.07%) AppDynamics
13 6 (2.07%) OpenAI
13 6 (2.07%) Pega
13 6 (2.07%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.72%) Broadcom
14 5 (1.72%) Cribl.io
154 Deployment Automation jobs in England