Deployment Automation Contract Job Trends in London

Deployment Automation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Deployment Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 235 278
Rank change year-on-year -11 +43 +13
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 181 122 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 0.96% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.04% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 92 74
10th Percentile £400 £382 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £590 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% -5.60% -
75th Percentile £626 £750 £750
90th Percentile £688 £834 £780
England median daily rate £515 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.36
25th Percentile £50.25 - £22.90
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £23.80
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.59 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -66.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,557 11,724 15,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.03% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,420 7,969 11,310
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 170 331
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.66 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £23.05 £19.96
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +19.22% -25.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.82% -12.53% -6.67%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Deployment Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Deployment Automation job vacancy trend in London

Deployment Automation
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Deployment Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Deployment Automation

Deployment Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Automation in London

Deployment Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Deployment Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Deployment Automation

Deployment Automation
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Central London -17 16 £575 -0.86% 7
East London -1 2 £612 -2.86% 8
West London - 2 £375 - 8
South London -12 1 £515 -37.20% 7
Deployment Automation
England

Deployment Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 8 (4.42%) Appian
2 7 (3.87%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.76%) Camunda
4 4 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.21%) SAS
5 2 (1.10%) Apache
6 1 (0.55%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.55%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 93 (51.38%) Azure
2 54 (29.83%) AWS
3 26 (14.36%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (13.26%) GitHub
5 21 (11.60%) GCP
6 20 (11.05%) Serverless
7 16 (8.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (8.84%) Power Platform
8 14 (7.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (7.18%) Azure AI
10 12 (6.63%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (6.63%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (6.08%) Amazon S3
12 10 (5.52%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.97%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (4.97%) Power Automate
14 8 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (4.42%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (4.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.52%) Firewall
2 7 (3.87%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.31%) VPN
4 4 (2.21%) DHCP
4 4 (2.21%) DMZ
4 4 (2.21%) DNS
4 4 (2.21%) Network Security
4 4 (2.21%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.66%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.55%) BGP
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.55%) Internet
6 1 (0.55%) IPsec
6 1 (0.55%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.55%) NGFW
6 1 (0.55%) OSPF
6 1 (0.55%) SMS
6 1 (0.55%) SNMP
6 1 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.73%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.08%) Power BI
2 11 (6.08%) Relational Database
3 10 (5.52%) Data Lake
4 9 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.42%) Pinecone
5 8 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.42%) Spark SQL
6 7 (3.87%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.76%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.76%) Big Data
7 5 (2.76%) Metadata
8 4 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.21%) Redis
9 3 (1.66%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.66%) Data Mart
9 3 (1.66%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 3 (1.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (20.99%) Git
2 17 (9.39%) GitLab
3 11 (6.08%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.42%) MLflow
5 5 (2.76%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.10%) AdminStudio
6 2 (1.10%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.10%) git-flow
6 2 (1.10%) InstallShield
6 2 (1.10%) Maven
6 2 (1.10%) MSI
6 2 (1.10%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.55%) JUnit
7 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.55%) NUnit
7 1 (0.55%) Snyk
7 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.55%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.55%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 54 (29.83%) Finance
3 29 (16.02%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.18%) Banking
5 7 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.31%) Marketing
7 5 (2.76%) Front Office
7 5 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.76%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Electronics
9 2 (1.10%) Legal
9 2 (1.10%) Police
9 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.55%) Law
10 1 (0.55%) Military
10 1 (0.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (19.89%) Developer
2 24 (13.26%) DevOps Engineer
2 24 (13.26%) Senior
3 20 (11.05%) Architect
4 17 (9.39%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (7.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 13 (7.18%) Salesforce Engineer
6 12 (6.63%) Data Engineer
6 12 (6.63%) Lead
7 10 (5.52%) Automation Engineer
7 10 (5.52%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.87%) Technical Architect
9 6 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (2.76%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.21%) Analyst
11 4 (2.21%) Software Developer
11 4 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.92%) RESTful
2 22 (12.15%) REST
3 17 (9.39%) React
4 13 (7.18%) FastAPI
4 13 (7.18%) Node.js
4 13 (7.18%) PySpark
4 13 (7.18%) YAML
5 11 (6.08%) AngularJS
5 11 (6.08%) Kafka
5 11 (6.08%) OAuth
5 11 (6.08%) Spring
5 11 (6.08%) Spring Boot
6 10 (5.52%) .NET
6 10 (5.52%) Django
6 10 (5.52%) JWT
7 9 (4.97%) Flask
7 9 (4.97%) JSON
7 9 (4.97%) PyTorch
7 9 (4.97%) Swagger
7 9 (4.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.47%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.18%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.63%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (5.52%) Distributed Computing
6 8 (4.42%) Low-Code
7 7 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.76%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.21%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.66%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.66%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.66%) Derivative
10 3 (1.66%) Energy Derivatives
10 3 (1.66%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.10%) Fixed Income
11 2 (1.10%) NHS
11 2 (1.10%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.84%) Linux
2 13 (7.18%) Windows
3 4 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.55%) Unix
5 1 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (69.06%) CI/CD
2 107 (59.12%) DevOps
3 74 (40.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (30.94%) Test Automation
5 49 (27.07%) Agile
5 49 (27.07%) Containerisation
6 35 (19.34%) AI
6 35 (19.34%) Observability
7 33 (18.23%) Analytics
8 31 (17.13%) Data Pipeline
8 31 (17.13%) Microservices
9 30 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (15.47%) Data Engineering
10 28 (15.47%) ETL
11 25 (13.81%) Migration
11 25 (13.81%) Validation
12 22 (12.15%) Machine Learning
13 21 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (11.05%) Data Modelling
15 19 (10.50%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 76 (41.99%) Python
2 48 (26.52%) SQL
3 31 (17.13%) Java
4 28 (15.47%) PowerShell
5 17 (9.39%) Bicep
6 16 (8.84%) TypeScript
7 14 (7.73%) Bash
8 11 (6.08%) JavaScript
9 10 (5.52%) C#
10 3 (1.66%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.66%) Rust
10 3 (1.66%) SAS Macro
11 2 (1.10%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.10%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.10%) PHP
11 2 (1.10%) Scala
11 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.10%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.55%) C
12 1 (0.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 47 (25.97%) Security Cleared
2 38 (20.99%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.97%) Degree
4 7 (3.87%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.31%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.66%) MCSA
7 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.10%) CISSP
7 2 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.55%) CCNP
8 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.55%) CISM
8 1 (0.55%) MCSE
8 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.73%) QA
2 13 (7.18%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.52%) GDPR
4 7 (3.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (3.31%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.55%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.55%) NCSC
8 1 (0.55%) NIST
8 1 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (29.83%) Docker
2 9 (4.97%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.21%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.10%) Xen
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (37.02%) Terraform
2 58 (32.04%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.08%) Ansible
4 9 (4.97%) SCCM
5 5 (2.76%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.21%) Grafana
6 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.21%) WSUS
7 3 (1.66%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (1.10%) Istio
8 2 (1.10%) vRealize
9 1 (0.55%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.94%) Salesforce
3 12 (6.63%) OpenAI
4 11 (6.08%) Google
5 8 (4.42%) Automation Anywhere
5 8 (4.42%) UiPath
6 6 (3.31%) Foundry
7 5 (2.76%) Splunk
8 4 (2.21%) Bloomberg
8 4 (2.21%) Citrix
8 4 (2.21%) ION Trading
8 4 (2.21%) Reuters
8 4 (2.21%) SAP
9 3 (1.66%) Apple
9 3 (1.66%) Databricks
9 3 (1.66%) ForgeRock
9 3 (1.66%) IBM
9 3 (1.66%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.66%) VMware
10 2 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud