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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 263 318
Rank change year-on-year +19 +55 +23
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 479 271 225
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.04% 0.98% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.08% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 214 152
10th Percentile £404 £337 £400
25th Percentile £431 £413 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £612
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -10.13% +2.00%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £700
90th Percentile £675 £709 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £69.35 - -
25th Percentile £73.63 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £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 38,969 25,067 28,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.85% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,148 15,970 18,420
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 £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £754
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,571 1,462 1,558
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.21 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.87 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +66.68% -37.90% -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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +14 229 £550 -3.08% 49
North of England -21 80 £500 +24.38% 26
South East -42 55 £555 +16.84% 26
Midlands -31 47 £490 -6.09% 10
South West -15 46 £450 -15.29% 21
West Midlands -30 42 £490 -6.67% 9
Yorkshire -19 36 £500 -15.25% 8
North West -33 31 £525 +33.59% 14
North East -32 13 £450 +20.00% 4
East of England -39 8 £850 +54.55% 8
East Midlands -16 5 £474 -0.32% 1
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 (4.80%) Confluence
2 19 (3.97%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.97%) SAS
3 11 (2.30%) Apache
3 11 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.88%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.04%) CMS
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.63%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.42%) Camunda
7 2 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) 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
1 274 (57.20%) Azure
2 176 (36.74%) AWS
3 143 (29.85%) Azure DevOps
4 113 (23.59%) GitHub
5 87 (18.16%) GitHub Actions
6 57 (11.90%) GCP
6 57 (11.90%) Serverless
7 43 (8.98%) AWS Lambda
8 38 (7.93%) Azure Monitor
9 37 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
9 37 (7.72%) Amazon S3
10 32 (6.68%) Azure AKS
11 31 (6.47%) Entra ID
12 29 (6.05%) Power Platform
13 28 (5.85%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (5.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 25 (5.22%) Amazon EC2
16 22 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
17 21 (4.38%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (4.38%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.31%) Firewall
2 28 (5.85%) DNS
3 24 (5.01%) Network Security
4 17 (3.55%) VPN
5 15 (3.13%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.46%) DHCP
7 6 (1.25%) DMZ
7 6 (1.25%) SSH
7 6 (1.25%) SSL
8 4 (0.84%) Internet
9 3 (0.63%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.63%) NGFW
9 3 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.42%) HTTP
11 1 (0.21%) BGP
11 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.21%) MPLS
11 1 (0.21%) OSPF
11 1 (0.21%) VLAN
11 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.64%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (5.43%) SQL Server
3 22 (4.59%) Power BI
4 20 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (3.97%) Relational Database
6 17 (3.55%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.34%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.92%) Pentaho
9 12 (2.51%) Metadata
9 12 (2.51%) MongoDB
9 12 (2.51%) Redis
10 11 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (2.30%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.88%) Big Data
11 9 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.67%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.67%) MySQL
13 7 (1.46%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 124 (25.89%) Git
2 106 (22.13%) Jenkins
3 83 (17.33%) GitLab
4 40 (8.35%) JIRA
5 16 (3.34%) MSI
6 11 (2.30%) fastlane
7 10 (2.09%) Selenium
8 9 (1.88%) Gradle
8 9 (1.88%) Visual Studio
9 8 (1.67%) JUnit
10 6 (1.25%) Maven
10 6 (1.25%) SonarQube
10 6 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (1.25%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (1.25%) Xcode
11 5 (1.04%) Android Studio
11 5 (1.04%) Crashlytics
11 5 (1.04%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.84%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 138 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 89 (18.58%) Public Sector
3 62 (12.94%) Finance
4 51 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.85%) Banking
6 17 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.88%) Retail
9 7 (1.46%) Legal
10 6 (1.25%) Front Office
10 6 (1.25%) Marketing
11 5 (1.04%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.84%) Military
13 3 (0.63%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.42%) Back Office
14 2 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.42%) Law
14 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (19.83%) Developer
2 93 (19.42%) Senior
3 73 (15.24%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (9.39%) Lead
5 44 (9.19%) Data Engineer
6 41 (8.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.52%) Architect
8 33 (6.89%) Azure Engineer
9 32 (6.68%) Platform Engineer
10 29 (6.05%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.85%) Software Engineer
12 23 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
13 22 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
14 19 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (3.55%) Senior DevOps
16 14 (2.92%) AWS DevOps
16 14 (2.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 14 (2.92%) Python Engineer
16 14 (2.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 14 (2.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (41.96%) Terraform
2 83 (17.33%) REST
3 74 (15.45%) RESTful
4 58 (12.11%) .NET
5 48 (10.02%) React
6 45 (9.39%) Kafka
7 31 (6.47%) .NET Framework
8 29 (6.05%) HTML
9 28 (5.85%) .NET Core
9 28 (5.85%) Spring
9 28 (5.85%) Spring Boot
10 27 (5.64%) CSS
11 20 (4.18%) AngularJS
11 20 (4.18%) Node.js
12 19 (3.97%) ARM Templates
12 19 (3.97%) HTML5
12 19 (3.97%) OAuth
13 17 (3.55%) PySpark
14 16 (3.34%) CSS3
14 16 (3.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (28.81%) Cloud Native
2 40 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (8.35%) Product Ownership
3 32 (6.68%) Onboarding
4 26 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.51%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.30%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (1.88%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.88%) NHS
11 8 (1.67%) PKI
11 8 (1.67%) Replication
11 8 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.46%) Wiki
13 6 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.25%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.78%) Linux
2 45 (9.39%) Windows
3 20 (4.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (2.92%) Unix
4 14 (2.92%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.88%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.25%) Android
6 6 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.84%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.63%) VMS
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.21%) CentOS
10 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (82.88%) CI/CD
2 303 (63.26%) DevOps
3 227 (47.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 207 (43.22%) Agile
5 179 (37.37%) Test Automation
6 135 (28.18%) Containerisation
7 116 (24.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (21.92%) Analytics
9 104 (21.71%) Observability
10 97 (20.25%) Microservices
10 97 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
11 82 (17.12%) Platform Engineering
12 81 (16.91%) DevSecOps
13 80 (16.70%) Software Engineering
14 78 (16.28%) Scrum
15 77 (16.08%) AI
16 67 (13.99%) Data Pipeline
17 60 (12.53%) Technical Leadership
18 58 (12.11%) Configuration Management
19 57 (11.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 177 (36.95%) Python
2 103 (21.50%) SQL
3 85 (17.75%) PowerShell
4 71 (14.82%) Java
5 57 (11.90%) JavaScript
6 56 (11.69%) Bash
6 56 (11.69%) C#
7 54 (11.27%) Bicep
8 41 (8.56%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.09%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.88%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.67%) Go
12 6 (1.25%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.25%) Swift
13 5 (1.04%) Scala
14 4 (0.84%) Korn
14 4 (0.84%) Perl
15 3 (0.63%) PHP
15 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 182 (38.00%) Security Cleared
2 147 (30.69%) SC Cleared
3 37 (7.72%) Degree
4 29 (6.05%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.01%) Azure Certification
5 24 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (4.38%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.84%) CISSP
11 4 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.63%) CCNP
12 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.63%) GCIH
12 3 (0.63%) MCSA
12 3 (0.63%) MCSE
12 3 (0.63%) RHCE
12 3 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (11.06%) QA
2 36 (7.52%) Accessibility
3 30 (6.26%) Data Quality
3 30 (6.26%) WCAG
4 14 (2.92%) GDPR
4 14 (2.92%) NCSC
5 4 (0.84%) HL7
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 150 (31.32%) Docker
2 25 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 178 (37.16%) Kubernetes
2 69 (14.41%) Ansible
3 26 (5.43%) Grafana
4 20 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 18 (3.76%) SCCM
6 17 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (2.92%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.51%) Puppet
9 6 (1.25%) Argo
9 6 (1.25%) Istio
9 6 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.04%) WSUS
11 4 (0.84%) Control-M
12 3 (0.63%) CASB
13 2 (0.42%) CA Wily
13 2 (0.42%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 127 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.68%) Google
3 27 (5.64%) Databricks
4 25 (5.22%) Oracle
5 21 (4.38%) Dynatrace
6 17 (3.55%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.34%) Red Hat
8 15 (3.13%) Talend
9 14 (2.92%) Splunk
10 12 (2.51%) Denodo
11 8 (1.67%) Apple
12 7 (1.46%) VMware
13 6 (1.25%) Citrix
13 6 (1.25%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.04%) Bloomberg
14 5 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.04%) IBM
14 5 (1.04%) ION Trading
14 5 (1.04%) Reuters
15 4 (0.84%) SAP