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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 337 380
Rank change year-on-year +56 +43 -74
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 290 185 185
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.65% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.73% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 117 128
10th Percentile £381 £364 £471
25th Percentile £430 £425 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £619 £725 £669
90th Percentile £688 £825 £739
UK median daily rate £520 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
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 £53.50
90th Percentile - - £72.40
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 27,841 25,403 32,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.68% 88.66% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,693 15,673 22,260
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,817 837 1,372
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £74.92 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%

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 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 22 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 +12 120 £550 -12.70% 79
Midlands -2 56 £519 -15.28% 45
West Midlands +7 52 £519 -16.84% 24
North of England -29 39 £476 +19.00% 65
South East +1 27 £573 +34.71% 101
South West +9 23 £550 -19.71% 37
North West -20 23 £453 +13.25% 31
Yorkshire -36 13 £521 -15.24% 27
East of England -26 5 £531 +195.14% 45
East Midlands -15 4 £402 +7.20% 18
North East -7 3 £500 -10.31% 8
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 (11.72%) SAS
2 16 (5.52%) JBoss
3 14 (4.83%) Apache
4 9 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.76%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.07%) nginx
7 5 (1.72%) IIS
7 5 (1.72%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.38%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
9 3 (1.03%) Confluence
10 2 (0.69%) 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 (1.72%) 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 91 (31.38%) AWS
2 90 (31.03%) Azure
3 62 (21.38%) GitHub
4 44 (15.17%) GitHub Actions
5 38 (13.10%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (10.34%) Serverless
7 23 (7.93%) OpenShift
8 22 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (7.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (6.55%) GCP
11 15 (5.17%) Power Platform
12 14 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (4.83%) Amazon S3
13 13 (4.48%) Entra ID
14 10 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (3.10%) Azure Key Vault
16 8 (2.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.24%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.10%) SSL
3 7 (2.41%) DNS
4 6 (2.07%) Firewall
4 6 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.72%) VPN
6 3 (1.03%) DHCP
6 3 (1.03%) HTTP
6 3 (1.03%) Internet
6 3 (1.03%) 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 29 (10.00%) Pentaho
2 19 (6.55%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.48%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.14%) Oracle Database
4 12 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.79%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 10 (3.45%) MongoDB
7 9 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.10%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.41%) Power BI
10 6 (2.07%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 5 (1.72%) Star Schema
12 4 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.38%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.38%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 97 (33.45%) Git
2 89 (30.69%) Jenkins
3 46 (15.86%) JIRA
4 36 (12.41%) GitLab
5 10 (3.45%) JUnit
6 9 (3.10%) Selenium
6 9 (3.10%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (2.76%) Bitbucket Server
7 8 (2.76%) CA Release Automation
7 8 (2.76%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.76%) IntelliJ
8 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.07%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.72%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.38%) Maven
10 4 (1.38%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.03%) MSI
12 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.69%) Gradle
12 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
General
1 96 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.31%) Public Sector
3 31 (10.69%) Finance
4 28 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.41%) Banking
7 5 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
7 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.72%) Marketing
8 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.03%) Military
8 3 (1.03%) Retail
9 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.69%) Back Office
9 2 (0.69%) Electronics
9 2 (0.69%) Legal
9 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.69%) Publishing
9 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (25.86%) Developer
2 32 (11.03%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (7.93%) Data Engineer
4 22 (7.59%) Architect
5 19 (6.55%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (6.21%) Senior
7 16 (5.52%) Lead
8 12 (4.14%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (4.14%) webMethods Developer
9 11 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.45%) Python Developer
10 10 (3.45%) Technical Architect
11 8 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (2.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 8 (2.76%) Senior DevOps
11 8 (2.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.41%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (16.21%) REST
2 45 (15.52%) SOAP
3 43 (14.83%) JSON
4 41 (14.14%) XML
5 31 (10.69%) React
6 27 (9.31%) RESTful
7 23 (7.93%) OAuth
8 21 (7.24%) Spring
9 20 (6.90%) HTML
10 16 (5.52%) AngularJS
10 16 (5.52%) Kafka
11 15 (5.17%) PySpark
11 15 (5.17%) pytest
12 14 (4.83%) .NET
13 13 (4.48%) Node.js
14 12 (4.14%) JMS
14 12 (4.14%) YAML
15 11 (3.79%) Jest
15 11 (3.79%) Spring Boot
16 10 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.41%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.45%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.38%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.38%) NHS
6 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.03%) CMDB
7 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.69%) Clustering
8 2 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.69%) PACS
8 2 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.21%) Linux
2 23 (7.93%) Windows
3 15 (5.17%) Unix
4 10 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.38%) VMS
6 2 (0.69%) Android
6 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (72.41%) CI/CD
2 199 (68.62%) DevOps
3 116 (40.00%) Agile
4 114 (39.31%) Test Automation
5 99 (34.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 98 (33.79%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (27.59%) Containerisation
8 66 (22.76%) Analytics
9 59 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.97%) Microservices
11 54 (18.62%) Data Pipeline
11 54 (18.62%) Scrum
12 50 (17.24%) ETL
13 48 (16.55%) Infrastructure Automation
14 46 (15.86%) Data Modelling
15 39 (13.45%) Data Integration
16 38 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (12.76%) Migration
17 37 (12.76%) Observability
18 29 (10.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 93 (32.07%) Python
1 93 (32.07%) SQL
2 52 (17.93%) Java
3 35 (12.07%) JavaScript
4 32 (11.03%) PowerShell
5 30 (10.34%) Bash
6 29 (10.00%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.83%) Bicep
8 13 (4.48%) C#
9 11 (3.79%) Scala
10 9 (3.10%) Groovy
11 8 (2.76%) PHP
12 7 (2.41%) Go
12 7 (2.41%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.72%) Perl
13 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.03%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.69%) PromQL
15 2 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 133 (45.86%) Security Cleared
2 112 (38.62%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.17%) Degree
4 11 (3.79%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 10 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.69%) CISSP
10 2 (0.69%) OCP
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.34%) ISEB
11 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.34%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.55%) QA
3 6 (2.07%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.07%) NIST
4 5 (1.72%) GDPR
4 5 (1.72%) NCSC
5 3 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.03%) WCAG
6 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 121 (41.72%) Docker
2 25 (8.62%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.72%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.69%) Xen
7 1 (0.34%) etcd
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 114 (39.31%) Kubernetes
2 88 (30.34%) Terraform
3 42 (14.48%) Ansible
4 20 (6.90%) Grafana
5 19 (6.55%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.17%) Puppet
7 13 (4.48%) Progress Chef
8 11 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.72%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.72%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.72%) Packer
9 5 (1.72%) Podman
9 5 (1.72%) Tivoli
10 3 (1.03%) Argo
10 3 (1.03%) CloudHub
10 3 (1.03%) Kibana
10 3 (1.03%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.03%) vRealize
11 2 (0.69%) Istio
Vendors
1 72 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.48%) Oracle
3 31 (10.69%) Talend
4 29 (10.00%) Denodo
5 21 (7.24%) Splunk
5 21 (7.24%) webMethods
6 18 (6.21%) Databricks
7 16 (5.52%) IBM
8 15 (5.17%) VMware
9 14 (4.83%) SAP
10 11 (3.79%) Red Hat
10 11 (3.79%) Software AG
11 10 (3.45%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.76%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.76%) Axway
13 7 (2.41%) Google
14 6 (2.07%) Pega
15 5 (1.72%) Broadcom
15 5 (1.72%) ForgeRock
15 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow