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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 256 281
Rank change year-on-year +63 +25 +8
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 315 113 105
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.56% 0.84% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 0.91% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 80 55
10th Percentile £400 £406 £403
25th Percentile £450 £461 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £589 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% -1.88% -
75th Percentile £625 £682 £746
90th Percentile £750 £813 £778
England median daily rate £515 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -6.36% -3.51% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate £75.34 £22.58 £23.80
% change year-on-year +233.73% -5.15% -50.42%

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 17,999 12,398 14,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.52% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 8,176 9,391
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 243 184
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.03 £17.33
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.01 £24.17
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -18.14% -8.18%
75th Percentile £61.50 £47.25 £56.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.55 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -2 35 £520 -24.36% 22
South London -7 10 £700 +12.90% 2
West London -15 5 £663 +28.39% 6
East London +5 1 - - 5
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 18 (5.71%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.76%) Apache
3 13 (4.13%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.22%) CMS
5 4 (1.27%) Confluence
6 3 (0.95%) nginx
7 2 (0.63%) CICS
7 2 (0.63%) IIS
7 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.63%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.32%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.63%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.32%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.32%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 174 (55.24%) Azure
2 126 (40.00%) AWS
3 82 (26.03%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (25.40%) GitHub
5 62 (19.68%) GitHub Actions
6 60 (19.05%) Serverless
7 40 (12.70%) AWS Lambda
8 38 (12.06%) Entra ID
8 38 (12.06%) GCP
9 33 (10.48%) Amazon EKS
9 33 (10.48%) Amazon S3
10 32 (10.16%) Power Platform
11 29 (9.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 29 (9.21%) Amazon EC2
11 29 (9.21%) Amazon ECS
12 27 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (6.35%) Azure Functions
14 17 (5.40%) Amazon SQS
15 16 (5.08%) Azure AKS
15 16 (5.08%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.67%) Firewall
2 13 (4.13%) DNS
3 7 (2.22%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.22%) VPN
4 5 (1.59%) Internet
4 5 (1.59%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.59%) NGFW
5 4 (1.27%) DMZ
5 4 (1.27%) Network Security
5 4 (1.27%) SSL
6 3 (0.95%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.63%) HTTP
7 2 (0.63%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.63%) SSH
8 1 (0.32%) Broadband
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) FTP
8 1 (0.32%) SMTP
8 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.30%) Power BI
3 22 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.67%) Relational Database
5 16 (5.08%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.44%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (3.81%) Metadata
8 12 (3.81%) MongoDB
9 11 (3.49%) NoSQL
9 11 (3.49%) Redis
10 10 (3.17%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.86%) Delta Lake
11 9 (2.86%) MySQL
11 9 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.22%) Big Data
12 7 (2.22%) BigQuery
12 7 (2.22%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.59%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 70 (22.22%) Git
2 64 (20.32%) GitLab
3 61 (19.37%) Jenkins
4 19 (6.03%) JIRA
5 10 (3.17%) Selenium
6 6 (1.90%) JUnit
6 6 (1.90%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.59%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.59%) MSI
8 4 (1.27%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.27%) Maven
8 4 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (1.27%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.27%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.95%) Gradle
9 3 (0.95%) Postman
9 3 (0.95%) Storybook
9 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 77 (24.44%) Finance
3 49 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (13.65%) Public Sector
5 38 (12.06%) Banking
6 8 (2.54%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.54%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.54%) Marketing
7 7 (2.22%) Front Office
7 7 (2.22%) Retail
8 5 (1.59%) Back Office
9 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Law
9 4 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.63%) Billing
10 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.63%) Local Government
10 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.63%) Police
10 2 (0.63%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 61 (19.37%) DevOps Engineer
1 61 (19.37%) Senior
2 58 (18.41%) Developer
3 34 (10.79%) Lead
4 32 (10.16%) Architect
5 31 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
7 26 (8.25%) AWS Engineer
8 22 (6.98%) Data Engineer
9 20 (6.35%) AWS DevOps
9 20 (6.35%) Software Engineer
10 17 (5.40%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 17 (5.40%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (5.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.44%) Senior Developer
12 14 (4.44%) Senior DevOps
12 14 (4.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.81%) Technical Leader
15 11 (3.49%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (44.44%) Terraform
2 73 (23.17%) REST
3 44 (13.97%) .NET
4 38 (12.06%) Kafka
5 36 (11.43%) RESTful
6 32 (10.16%) React
7 25 (7.94%) OAuth
8 19 (6.03%) OAuth2
8 19 (6.03%) PySpark
9 18 (5.71%) Spring
9 18 (5.71%) Spring Boot
10 16 (5.08%) .NET Framework
10 16 (5.08%) AngularJS
10 16 (5.08%) OpenID
11 13 (4.13%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.13%) ASP.NET
11 13 (4.13%) FastAPI
11 13 (4.13%) Flask
11 13 (4.13%) HTML
12 12 (3.81%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 100 (31.75%) Cloud Native
2 39 (12.38%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (9.84%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (6.35%) Product Ownership
5 19 (6.03%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.86%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.22%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (2.22%) PKI
11 6 (1.90%) CMDB
11 6 (1.90%) Life Science
11 6 (1.90%) Replication
12 5 (1.59%) NHS
12 5 (1.59%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.02%) Linux
2 21 (6.67%) Windows
3 13 (4.13%) Unix
4 11 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.27%) VMS
7 2 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.63%) zOS
8 1 (0.32%) Android
8 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (84.44%) CI/CD
2 208 (66.03%) DevOps
3 158 (50.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 137 (43.49%) Agile
5 98 (31.11%) Test Automation
6 91 (28.89%) Containerisation
7 87 (27.62%) Observability
8 83 (26.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 72 (22.86%) Software Engineering
10 71 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
11 66 (20.95%) AI
12 64 (20.32%) Platform Engineering
13 62 (19.68%) Microservices
14 60 (19.05%) Analytics
14 60 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 54 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
16 53 (16.83%) Migration
17 50 (15.87%) Event-Driven
18 44 (13.97%) Mentoring
18 44 (13.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 126 (40.00%) Python
2 71 (22.54%) SQL
3 49 (15.56%) Java
4 47 (14.92%) C#
5 42 (13.33%) PowerShell
6 38 (12.06%) JavaScript
7 31 (9.84%) Bash
8 28 (8.89%) Bicep
9 25 (7.94%) TypeScript
10 14 (4.44%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (2.86%) Go
12 6 (1.90%) Korn
13 4 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.27%) PHP
13 4 (1.27%) Scala
14 3 (0.95%) C++
14 3 (0.95%) COBOL
14 3 (0.95%) Groovy
14 3 (0.95%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 84 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.57%) DV Cleared
4 19 (6.03%) Degree
5 17 (5.40%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.08%) AWS Certification
6 16 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.59%) MCSE
9 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.32%) MCSA
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.32%) PhD
12 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.29%) QA
2 28 (8.89%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.22%) GDPR
4 4 (1.27%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.27%) WCAG
5 3 (0.95%) NCSC
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 92 (29.21%) Docker
2 23 (7.30%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.59%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.63%) RACF
6 2 (0.63%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.32%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.32%) Postfix
7 1 (0.32%) Squid
7 1 (0.32%) Varnish
7 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.32%) zsh
Systems Management
1 99 (31.43%) Kubernetes
2 46 (14.60%) Ansible
3 25 (7.94%) Grafana
4 17 (5.40%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.54%) SCCM
7 7 (2.22%) Puppet
8 6 (1.90%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.27%) Argo
10 4 (1.27%) Control-M
10 4 (1.27%) WSUS
11 2 (0.63%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.63%) Packer
12 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.32%) Kibana
12 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.32%) systemd
Vendors
1 88 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.57%) Databricks
3 25 (7.94%) Google
4 22 (6.98%) Oracle
5 14 (4.44%) Splunk
6 11 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.86%) Dynatrace
7 9 (2.86%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.54%) UiPath
9 7 (2.22%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.90%) Foundry
10 6 (1.90%) IBM
11 5 (1.59%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.27%) Cloudera
12 4 (1.27%) Informatica
12 4 (1.27%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.27%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.95%) OneTrust
13 3 (0.95%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.95%) SaltStack