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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 333 367
Rank change year-on-year +52 +34 -74
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 294 185 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 0.63% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.71% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 114 133
10th Percentile £381 £369 £435
25th Percentile £430 £454 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -5.43%
75th Percentile £623 £725 £669
90th Percentile £692 £825 £749
UK median daily rate £520 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £17.45
25th Percentile £21.29 £82.50 £20.38
Median hourly rate £22.58 £85.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.44% +286.36% -
75th Percentile £23.86 £87.50 £37.75
90th Percentile - - £66.10
UK median hourly rate £22.58 £85.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -73.44% +286.36% -

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 27,668 25,905 33,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.00% 88.32% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,615 15,999 22,793
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,810 882 1,400
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.74
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.26 £74.99 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

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 14 December 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 14 December 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 +13 122 £575 -8.37% 45
Midlands +1 58 £519 -15.28% 20
West Midlands -1 52 £519 -16.84% 13
North of England -24 39 £476 +19.00% 37
South East +22 27 £595 +19.00% 47
South West +4 23 £550 -21.99% 18
North West -13 23 £453 +13.25% 17
Yorkshire -37 13 £521 -15.24% 16
East Midlands -14 6 £391 +4.27% 6
East of England -28 5 £531 +91.44% 13
North East -11 3 £500 -10.31% 5
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 (11.56%) SAS
2 17 (5.78%) Apache
3 16 (5.44%) JBoss
4 9 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.72%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.04%) nginx
6 6 (2.04%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.70%) Confluence
7 5 (1.70%) IIS
7 5 (1.70%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.70%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.70%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.36%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.02%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.34%) CMS
11 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.34%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Endur
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 94 (31.97%) AWS
2 87 (29.59%) Azure
3 60 (20.41%) GitHub
4 44 (14.97%) GitHub Actions
5 37 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (10.54%) Serverless
7 23 (7.82%) AWS Lambda
7 23 (7.82%) OpenShift
8 22 (7.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (6.46%) GCP
10 15 (5.10%) Amazon S3
10 15 (5.10%) Power Platform
11 14 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (4.76%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (3.06%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (3.06%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.14%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.06%) SSL
3 7 (2.38%) DNS
4 6 (2.04%) Firewall
4 6 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.70%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.70%) VPN
6 4 (1.36%) Network Security
7 3 (1.02%) DHCP
7 3 (1.02%) HTTP
7 3 (1.02%) 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%) SMS
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) VSAN
8 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.86%) Pentaho
2 19 (6.46%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.08%) Oracle Database
3 12 (4.08%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.74%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.74%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.40%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (3.40%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.06%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (2.38%) Power BI
9 6 (2.04%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.70%) MySQL
10 5 (1.70%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 5 (1.70%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.36%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.36%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 101 (34.35%) Git
2 92 (31.29%) Jenkins
3 48 (16.33%) JIRA
4 36 (12.24%) GitLab
5 11 (3.74%) Sonatype Nexus
6 10 (3.40%) JUnit
7 9 (3.06%) IntelliJ
7 9 (3.06%) Selenium
8 8 (2.72%) Bitbucket
8 8 (2.72%) Bitbucket Server
8 8 (2.72%) CA Release Automation
8 8 (2.72%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.38%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.70%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.70%) Maven
10 5 (1.70%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.36%) MSI
12 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.68%) Gradle
12 2 (0.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 97 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 31 (10.54%) Finance
4 29 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.38%) Banking
7 5 (1.70%) Digital Healthcare
7 5 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.70%) Marketing
8 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.02%) Military
9 3 (1.02%) Retail
10 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.68%) Back Office
10 2 (0.68%) Electronics
10 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.68%) Publishing
10 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (26.53%) Developer
2 32 (10.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (7.82%) Architect
3 23 (7.82%) Data Engineer
4 19 (6.46%) Lead
4 19 (6.46%) Platform Engineer
5 17 (5.78%) Senior
6 12 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (4.08%) webMethods Developer
7 11 (3.74%) Automation Engineer
7 11 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (3.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.40%) Python Developer
8 10 (3.40%) Technical Architect
9 9 (3.06%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (2.72%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 8 (2.72%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.72%) Senior DevOps
10 8 (2.72%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.33%) REST
2 45 (15.31%) SOAP
3 43 (14.63%) JSON
4 41 (13.95%) XML
5 31 (10.54%) React
6 27 (9.18%) RESTful
7 22 (7.48%) OAuth
8 21 (7.14%) Spring
9 20 (6.80%) HTML
10 16 (5.44%) AngularJS
10 16 (5.44%) Kafka
11 15 (5.10%) PySpark
12 14 (4.76%) pytest
13 13 (4.42%) .NET
13 13 (4.42%) Node.js
14 12 (4.08%) JMS
14 12 (4.08%) Spring Boot
14 12 (4.08%) YAML
15 11 (3.74%) Jest
16 10 (3.40%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.56%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.06%) Private Cloud
4 6 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (1.70%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.70%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.36%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.36%) NHS
6 4 (1.36%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.02%) CMDB
7 3 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.02%) PKI
7 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.68%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 49 (16.67%) Linux
2 27 (9.18%) Windows
3 16 (5.44%) Unix
4 11 (3.74%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.36%) VMS
7 3 (1.02%) CentOS
7 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.68%) Android
8 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.68%) Debian
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 201 (68.37%) DevOps
3 118 (40.14%) Agile
4 111 (37.76%) Test Automation
5 99 (33.67%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 76 (25.85%) Containerisation
8 65 (22.11%) Analytics
9 60 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.71%) Microservices
10 55 (18.71%) Scrum
11 53 (18.03%) Data Pipeline
12 49 (16.67%) ETL
13 47 (15.99%) Infrastructure Automation
14 45 (15.31%) Data Modelling
15 41 (13.95%) Migration
16 39 (13.27%) Data Integration
17 38 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
18 36 (12.24%) Observability
19 30 (10.20%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (31.29%) Python
1 92 (31.29%) SQL
2 54 (18.37%) Java
3 38 (12.93%) JavaScript
4 33 (11.22%) PowerShell
5 31 (10.54%) Bash
6 29 (9.86%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.10%) C#
8 14 (4.76%) Bicep
9 11 (3.74%) PHP
9 11 (3.74%) Scala
10 9 (3.06%) Groovy
11 8 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.38%) Go
12 7 (2.38%) Perl
13 6 (2.04%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.02%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.68%) PromQL
15 2 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 134 (45.58%) Security Cleared
2 111 (37.76%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.76%) Degree
4 12 (4.08%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.68%) CISSP
11 2 (0.68%) OCP
12 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.34%) ISEB
12 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.34%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.48%) QA
3 6 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.04%) NIST
4 5 (1.70%) GDPR
4 5 (1.70%) NCSC
5 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.02%) WCAG
7 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.68%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 122 (41.50%) Docker
2 26 (8.84%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.70%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 5 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.68%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.68%) Xen
7 1 (0.34%) etcd
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 112 (38.10%) Kubernetes
2 90 (30.61%) Terraform
3 45 (15.31%) Ansible
4 20 (6.80%) Grafana
5 19 (6.46%) Prometheus
6 17 (5.78%) Puppet
7 15 (5.10%) Progress Chef
8 11 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.70%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.70%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.70%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.70%) Packer
9 5 (1.70%) Podman
9 5 (1.70%) Tivoli
10 3 (1.02%) Argo
10 3 (1.02%) CloudHub
10 3 (1.02%) Kibana
10 3 (1.02%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.02%) vRealize
11 2 (0.68%) Istio
Vendors
1 74 (25.17%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.95%) Oracle
3 31 (10.54%) Talend
4 29 (9.86%) Denodo
5 21 (7.14%) webMethods
6 20 (6.80%) Splunk
7 18 (6.12%) Databricks
8 17 (5.78%) VMware
9 16 (5.44%) IBM
10 14 (4.76%) SAP
11 11 (3.74%) Red Hat
11 11 (3.74%) Software AG
12 10 (3.40%) Salesforce
13 8 (2.72%) AppDynamics
13 8 (2.72%) Axway
14 7 (2.38%) Google
14 7 (2.38%) Pega
15 5 (1.70%) Broadcom
15 5 (1.70%) ForgeRock
15 5 (1.70%) ServiceNow