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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 224 282
Rank change year-on-year -22 +58 +12
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 180 127 115
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.04% 1.00% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.09% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 93 76
10th Percentile £400 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £626 £750 £739
90th Percentile £688 £833 £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 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.25 - -
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £22.00
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.59 - £44.51
% change year-on-year - - -37.31%

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 15,445 11,632 15,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.07% 91.83% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,343 7,889 11,364
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £443 £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 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 166 338
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.98
25th Percentile £24.00 £23.64 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.25 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.80 £63.50 £66.83
England median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
% change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%

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 17 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 17 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 -11 16 £575 -0.43% 8
East London -3 2 £612 -2.86% 1
West London - 2 £375 - 4
South London -14 1 £515 -37.20%
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 (4.44%) Appian
2 5 (2.78%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.78%) Camunda
3 4 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.22%) SAS
4 2 (1.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.56%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (48.89%) Azure
2 52 (28.89%) AWS
3 26 (14.44%) GitHub
4 25 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (11.11%) Serverless
6 19 (10.56%) GCP
7 17 (9.44%) Power Platform
8 16 (8.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (7.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (7.78%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (7.22%) Azure AI
11 12 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (6.11%) Amazon S3
13 10 (5.56%) Azure AKS
14 9 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (5.00%) Power Automate
15 8 (4.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (4.44%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (4.44%) Anthropic Claude
16 7 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.00%) Firewall
2 8 (4.44%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.33%) VPN
4 5 (2.78%) DHCP
4 5 (2.78%) DNS
5 4 (2.22%) DMZ
5 4 (2.22%) Network Security
5 4 (2.22%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (1.67%) HTTPS
7 2 (1.11%) SSL
8 1 (0.56%) BGP
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.56%) Internet
8 1 (0.56%) IPsec
8 1 (0.56%) OSPF
8 1 (0.56%) SMS
8 1 (0.56%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (6.11%) Power BI
3 11 (6.11%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.44%) Data Lake
5 8 (4.44%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.44%) Pinecone
5 8 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.44%) Spark SQL
6 5 (2.78%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.78%) Metadata
7 4 (2.22%) Redis
8 3 (1.67%) Base SAS
8 3 (1.67%) Big Data
8 3 (1.67%) Data Mart
8 3 (1.67%) SAS Data Integration Studio
8 3 (1.67%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (20.56%) Git
2 17 (9.44%) GitLab
3 13 (7.22%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.44%) MLflow
5 5 (2.78%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.67%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.11%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.11%) git-flow
7 2 (1.11%) Gradle
7 2 (1.11%) JUnit
7 2 (1.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.56%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.56%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.56%) JIRA
8 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.56%) MSI
8 1 (0.56%) Selenium
8 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 54 (30.00%) Finance
3 29 (16.11%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.78%) Banking
5 7 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.33%) Marketing
7 5 (2.78%) Front Office
7 5 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.78%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.11%) Electronics
9 2 (1.11%) Legal
9 2 (1.11%) Police
9 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.56%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Military
10 1 (0.56%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (21.67%) Developer
2 24 (13.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (12.22%) Senior
4 20 (11.11%) Architect
5 16 (8.89%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (7.78%) Lead
7 13 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 13 (7.22%) Salesforce Engineer
8 11 (6.11%) Data Engineer
9 10 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
9 10 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.89%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (3.89%) Technical Architect
11 6 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.33%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (2.78%) Python Developer
12 5 (2.78%) React Developer
12 5 (2.78%) Software Engineer
13 4 (2.22%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (16.67%) RESTful
2 22 (12.22%) REST
3 19 (10.56%) React
4 14 (7.78%) FastAPI
5 13 (7.22%) Node.js
5 13 (7.22%) PySpark
5 13 (7.22%) YAML
6 12 (6.67%) AngularJS
7 11 (6.11%) .NET
7 11 (6.11%) Kafka
7 11 (6.11%) Spring
7 11 (6.11%) Spring Boot
8 10 (5.56%) Django
8 10 (5.56%) JWT
8 10 (5.56%) OAuth
8 10 (5.56%) pytest
8 10 (5.56%) Web Services
9 9 (5.00%) Hugging Face
9 9 (5.00%) PyTorch
9 9 (5.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.56%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.22%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (6.11%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
5 9 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (4.44%) Low-Code
7 7 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.67%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.67%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.67%) Derivative
9 3 (1.67%) Energy Derivatives
9 3 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.67%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.11%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.11%) Fixed Income
10 2 (1.11%) NHS
10 2 (1.11%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.89%) Linux
2 13 (7.22%) Windows
3 4 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) VMS
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (68.89%) CI/CD
2 107 (59.44%) DevOps
3 72 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (32.78%) Test Automation
5 49 (27.22%) Agile
6 47 (26.11%) Containerisation
7 36 (20.00%) AI
8 33 (18.33%) Observability
9 32 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (17.22%) Analytics
11 29 (16.11%) Data Pipeline
11 29 (16.11%) Microservices
12 26 (14.44%) Data Engineering
12 26 (14.44%) ETL
13 25 (13.89%) Migration
14 23 (12.78%) Validation
15 21 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (11.67%) Machine Learning
16 19 (10.56%) Workflow
17 18 (10.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 76 (42.22%) Python
2 47 (26.11%) SQL
3 30 (16.67%) Java
4 26 (14.44%) PowerShell
5 17 (9.44%) TypeScript
6 16 (8.89%) Bicep
7 13 (7.22%) Bash
8 11 (6.11%) C#
8 11 (6.11%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.67%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.67%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.67%) Rust
9 3 (1.67%) SAS Macro
9 3 (1.67%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.11%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.11%) PHP
10 2 (1.11%) Scala
10 2 (1.11%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.56%) CFML
Qualifications
1 47 (26.11%) Security Cleared
2 38 (21.11%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.00%) Degree
4 7 (3.89%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.67%) MCSA
9 2 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.11%) CISSP
9 2 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.56%) CISM
10 1 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.11%) Data Quality
1 11 (6.11%) QA
2 10 (5.56%) GDPR
3 7 (3.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.11%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.56%) NCSC
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
7 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (29.44%) Docker
2 8 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.11%) Xen
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (36.67%) Terraform
2 56 (31.11%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.11%) Ansible
4 8 (4.44%) SCCM
5 5 (2.78%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.22%) Grafana
6 4 (2.22%) WSUS
7 3 (1.67%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (1.11%) Istio
8 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.11%) vRealize
9 1 (0.56%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (26.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 12 (6.67%) Google
3 12 (6.67%) OpenAI
4 8 (4.44%) Automation Anywhere
4 8 (4.44%) UiPath
5 6 (3.33%) Foundry
6 5 (2.78%) Splunk
7 4 (2.22%) Apple
7 4 (2.22%) Bloomberg
7 4 (2.22%) Citrix
7 4 (2.22%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.22%) Reuters
7 4 (2.22%) SAP
7 4 (2.22%) VMware
8 3 (1.67%) Adobe
8 3 (1.67%) Databricks
8 3 (1.67%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.67%) IBM
8 3 (1.67%) Palo Alto