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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 322 374
Rank change year-on-year +51 +52 -63
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 293 188 191
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.65% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.73% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 119 131
10th Percentile £381 £365 £450
25th Percentile £430 £439 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -6.31%
75th Percentile £619 £725 £669
90th Percentile £688 £825 £750
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 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
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 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

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 18 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 18 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 +10 120 £563 -10.36% 39
Midlands -1 57 £519 -15.28% 16
West Midlands +3 52 £519 -16.84% 8
North of England -37 39 £476 +19.00% 38
South East 0 28 £584 +29.72% 54
South West +8 23 £550 -19.71% 23
North West -11 23 £453 +13.25% 15
Yorkshire -33 13 £521 -15.24% 19
East Midlands -12 5 £402 +7.20% 6
East of England -27 5 £531 +195.14% 16
North East -7 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 (11.60%) SAS
2 17 (5.80%) Apache
3 16 (5.46%) JBoss
4 9 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.73%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.05%) nginx
6 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.71%) Confluence
7 5 (1.71%) IIS
7 5 (1.71%) iPlanet
7 5 (1.71%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.71%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.02%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.34%) Camunda
11 1 (0.34%) CMS
11 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) 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 93 (31.74%) AWS
2 88 (30.03%) Azure
3 61 (20.82%) GitHub
4 44 (15.02%) GitHub Actions
5 37 (12.63%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (10.24%) Serverless
7 23 (7.85%) OpenShift
8 22 (7.51%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (7.51%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (6.48%) GCP
10 15 (5.12%) Power Platform
11 14 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (4.78%) Amazon S3
11 14 (4.78%) Entra ID
12 10 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (2.73%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.17%) HTTPS
2 9 (3.07%) SSL
3 7 (2.39%) DNS
4 6 (2.05%) Firewall
4 6 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.71%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.71%) VPN
6 4 (1.37%) 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 (9.90%) Pentaho
2 19 (6.48%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.10%) Oracle Database
3 12 (4.10%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.75%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.41%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (3.07%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (2.39%) Power BI
9 6 (2.05%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.71%) MySQL
10 5 (1.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 5 (1.71%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.37%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.37%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 99 (33.79%) Git
2 91 (31.06%) Jenkins
3 48 (16.38%) JIRA
4 36 (12.29%) GitLab
5 10 (3.41%) JUnit
5 10 (3.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (3.07%) Selenium
7 8 (2.73%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.73%) Bitbucket Server
7 8 (2.73%) CA Release Automation
7 8 (2.73%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.73%) IntelliJ
8 6 (2.05%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.71%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.37%) Maven
10 4 (1.37%) MSI
10 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.68%) Gradle
11 2 (0.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 98 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.11%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.24%) Finance
4 28 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.39%) Banking
7 5 (1.71%) Digital Healthcare
7 5 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.71%) Marketing
8 4 (1.37%) 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%) Legal
10 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.68%) Publishing
10 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (25.26%) Developer
2 32 (10.92%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (7.85%) Architect
3 23 (7.85%) Data Engineer
4 19 (6.48%) Platform Engineer
5 17 (5.80%) Lead
5 17 (5.80%) Senior
6 12 (4.10%) AWS Engineer
6 12 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (4.10%) webMethods Developer
7 11 (3.75%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.41%) Python Developer
8 10 (3.41%) Technical Architect
9 8 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (2.73%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 8 (2.73%) Senior DevOps
9 8 (2.73%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 7 (2.39%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (15.70%) REST
2 45 (15.36%) SOAP
3 43 (14.68%) JSON
4 41 (13.99%) XML
5 31 (10.58%) React
6 26 (8.87%) RESTful
7 22 (7.51%) OAuth
8 21 (7.17%) Spring
9 20 (6.83%) HTML
10 16 (5.46%) AngularJS
10 16 (5.46%) Kafka
11 15 (5.12%) PySpark
12 14 (4.78%) pytest
13 13 (4.44%) .NET
13 13 (4.44%) Node.js
14 12 (4.10%) JMS
14 12 (4.10%) YAML
15 11 (3.75%) Jest
15 11 (3.75%) Spring Boot
16 10 (3.41%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.60%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.41%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.71%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (1.71%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.71%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.37%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.37%) NHS
6 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.02%) CMDB
7 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.02%) PKI
7 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.68%) Clustering
8 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.68%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 49 (16.72%) Linux
2 27 (9.22%) Windows
3 15 (5.12%) Unix
4 11 (3.75%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.37%) 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
1 208 (70.99%) CI/CD
2 201 (68.60%) DevOps
3 118 (40.27%) Agile
4 112 (38.23%) Test Automation
5 99 (33.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 98 (33.45%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (26.28%) Containerisation
8 66 (22.53%) Analytics
9 60 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.77%) Microservices
11 54 (18.43%) Scrum
12 53 (18.09%) Data Pipeline
13 49 (16.72%) ETL
14 47 (16.04%) Infrastructure Automation
15 45 (15.36%) Data Modelling
16 39 (13.31%) Data Integration
16 39 (13.31%) Migration
17 38 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
18 37 (12.63%) Observability
19 30 (10.24%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (31.74%) Python
2 92 (31.40%) SQL
3 51 (17.41%) Java
4 37 (12.63%) JavaScript
5 33 (11.26%) PowerShell
6 32 (10.92%) Bash
7 29 (9.90%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.78%) Bicep
9 13 (4.44%) C#
10 11 (3.75%) PHP
10 11 (3.75%) Scala
11 9 (3.07%) Groovy
12 7 (2.39%) Go
12 7 (2.39%) Perl
12 7 (2.39%) Shell Script
13 6 (2.05%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.02%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.68%) PromQL
15 2 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 135 (46.08%) Security Cleared
2 112 (38.23%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.12%) Degree
4 12 (4.10%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.41%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.37%) 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 (9.56%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.51%) QA
3 6 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.05%) NIST
4 5 (1.71%) GDPR
4 5 (1.71%) NCSC
5 4 (1.37%) 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
1 121 (41.30%) Docker
2 26 (8.87%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.71%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 5 (1.71%) 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 (38.23%) Kubernetes
2 90 (30.72%) Terraform
3 45 (15.36%) Ansible
4 20 (6.83%) Grafana
5 19 (6.48%) Prometheus
6 17 (5.80%) Puppet
7 15 (5.12%) Progress Chef
8 11 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.71%) CA Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.71%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.71%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.71%) Packer
9 5 (1.71%) Podman
9 5 (1.71%) 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 (25.26%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.99%) Oracle
3 31 (10.58%) Talend
4 29 (9.90%) Denodo
5 21 (7.17%) Splunk
5 21 (7.17%) webMethods
6 18 (6.14%) Databricks
6 18 (6.14%) VMware
7 16 (5.46%) IBM
8 14 (4.78%) SAP
9 11 (3.75%) Red Hat
9 11 (3.75%) Software AG
10 10 (3.41%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.73%) AppDynamics
11 8 (2.73%) Axway
12 7 (2.39%) Google
13 6 (2.05%) Pega
14 5 (1.71%) Broadcom
14 5 (1.71%) ForgeRock
14 5 (1.71%) ServiceNow