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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 255 276
Rank change year-on-year +61 +21 +29
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 306 114 106
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 0.85% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 0.92% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 82 56
10th Percentile £400 £402 £403
25th Percentile £463 £459 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £576 £594
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% -2.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £746
90th Percentile £750 £813 £778
England median daily rate £520 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% -4.17%
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 18,094 12,405 14,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,846 8,173 9,340
10th Percentile £359 £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 £663 £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 338 241 182
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.75 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -18.14% -7.51%
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 7 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 7 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 -5 34 £523 -34.69% 20
South London 0 10 £700 +12.90% 1
West London -15 5 £663 +28.39% 7
East London +1 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 17 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.58%) Apache
3 12 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.29%) CMS
5 4 (1.31%) Confluence
6 3 (0.98%) nginx
7 2 (0.65%) CICS
7 2 (0.65%) IIS
7 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.65%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.33%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.65%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.33%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 162 (52.94%) Azure
2 123 (40.20%) AWS
3 79 (25.82%) Azure DevOps
4 77 (25.16%) GitHub
5 60 (19.61%) Serverless
6 59 (19.28%) GitHub Actions
7 40 (13.07%) AWS Lambda
8 37 (12.09%) GCP
9 35 (11.44%) Entra ID
10 33 (10.78%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (10.78%) Amazon S3
11 30 (9.80%) Power Platform
12 29 (9.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 29 (9.48%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (9.48%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (8.82%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (6.54%) Azure Functions
15 17 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (5.23%) Azure AKS
17 15 (4.90%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.86%) Firewall
2 13 (4.25%) DNS
3 7 (2.29%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.29%) VPN
4 5 (1.63%) Internet
4 5 (1.63%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.63%) NGFW
5 4 (1.31%) DMZ
5 4 (1.31%) Network Security
5 4 (1.31%) SSL
6 3 (0.98%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.65%) HTTP
7 2 (0.65%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.65%) SSH
8 1 (0.33%) IMAP
8 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.33%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.19%) Power BI
3 21 (6.86%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (6.86%) Relational Database
4 16 (5.23%) Data Lake
5 15 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (3.92%) Metadata
7 12 (3.92%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.92%) Redis
8 11 (3.59%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.61%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.61%) Delta Lake
9 8 (2.61%) MySQL
9 8 (2.61%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.29%) Big Data
10 7 (2.29%) DynamoDB
10 7 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.63%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 70 (22.88%) Git
2 64 (20.92%) GitLab
3 60 (19.61%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.56%) JIRA
5 9 (2.94%) Selenium
6 6 (1.96%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.63%) JUnit
7 5 (1.63%) MSI
8 4 (1.31%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.31%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.31%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.31%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.98%) Maven
9 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.98%) Storybook
9 3 (0.98%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.65%) InstallShield
10 2 (0.65%) MSBuild
General
1 105 (34.31%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.86%) Finance
3 45 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (13.40%) Public Sector
5 35 (11.44%) Banking
6 7 (2.29%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.29%) Front Office
6 7 (2.29%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.29%) Marketing
6 7 (2.29%) Retail
7 4 (1.31%) Back Office
7 4 (1.31%) Law
8 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Billing
9 2 (0.65%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.65%) Local Government
9 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.65%) Police
9 2 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 60 (19.61%) Senior
2 59 (19.28%) DevOps Engineer
3 56 (18.30%) Developer
4 33 (10.78%) Lead
5 31 (10.13%) Architect
6 29 (9.48%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (9.48%) Cloud Engineer
7 26 (8.50%) AWS Engineer
8 21 (6.86%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.54%) AWS DevOps
9 20 (6.54%) Data Engineer
10 17 (5.56%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 16 (5.23%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.58%) Senior DevOps
13 14 (4.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.25%) Senior Developer
14 13 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.59%) Python Engineer
15 11 (3.59%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (44.44%) Terraform
2 71 (23.20%) REST
3 39 (12.75%) .NET
4 36 (11.76%) Kafka
4 36 (11.76%) RESTful
5 32 (10.46%) React
6 25 (8.17%) OAuth
7 19 (6.21%) OAuth2
8 17 (5.56%) PySpark
8 17 (5.56%) Spring
8 17 (5.56%) Spring Boot
9 16 (5.23%) .NET Framework
9 16 (5.23%) AngularJS
9 16 (5.23%) OpenID
10 14 (4.58%) FastAPI
11 13 (4.25%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.25%) ASP.NET
11 13 (4.25%) Flask
11 13 (4.25%) HTML
12 12 (3.92%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 99 (32.35%) Cloud Native
2 39 (12.75%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (9.48%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (6.54%) Product Ownership
5 18 (5.88%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.61%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.29%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.29%) PKI
9 6 (1.96%) CMDB
9 6 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (1.96%) Life Science
9 6 (1.96%) Replication
10 5 (1.63%) NHS
10 5 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.31%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.07%) Linux
2 21 (6.86%) Windows
3 12 (3.92%) Unix
4 11 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.61%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.31%) VMS
7 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.65%) zOS
9 1 (0.33%) Android
9 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (83.99%) CI/CD
2 196 (64.05%) DevOps
3 153 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 132 (43.14%) Agile
5 92 (30.07%) Containerisation
6 91 (29.74%) Test Automation
7 85 (27.78%) Observability
8 78 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (23.20%) Software Engineering
10 69 (22.55%) AI
11 66 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
12 64 (20.92%) Microservices
13 59 (19.28%) Platform Engineering
14 58 (18.95%) Analytics
15 56 (18.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 52 (16.99%) Technical Leadership
17 50 (16.34%) Migration
18 49 (16.01%) Event-Driven
19 43 (14.05%) Mentoring
20 41 (13.40%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 123 (40.20%) Python
2 67 (21.90%) SQL
3 48 (15.69%) Java
4 43 (14.05%) C#
5 41 (13.40%) PowerShell
6 37 (12.09%) JavaScript
7 31 (10.13%) Bash
8 27 (8.82%) Bicep
9 24 (7.84%) TypeScript
10 14 (4.58%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (2.94%) Go
12 6 (1.96%) Korn
13 4 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.31%) PHP
13 4 (1.31%) Scala
14 3 (0.98%) C++
14 3 (0.98%) COBOL
14 3 (0.98%) Groovy
14 3 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 98 (32.03%) Security Cleared
2 82 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.50%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.88%) Degree
5 17 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.23%) AWS Certification
7 15 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.63%) MCSE
10 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.33%) CISSP
13 1 (0.33%) MCSA
13 1 (0.33%) PhD
13 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.38%) QA
2 26 (8.50%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.29%) GDPR
4 4 (1.31%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.31%) WCAG
5 3 (0.98%) NCSC
6 2 (0.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 92 (30.07%) Docker
2 22 (7.19%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.63%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.65%) RACF
6 2 (0.65%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.33%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.33%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.33%) Postfix
7 1 (0.33%) Squid
7 1 (0.33%) Varnish
7 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.33%) zsh
Systems Management
1 98 (32.03%) Kubernetes
2 46 (15.03%) Ansible
3 25 (8.17%) Grafana
4 18 (5.88%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.61%) SCCM
7 7 (2.29%) Puppet
8 6 (1.96%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.31%) Argo
10 4 (1.31%) Control-M
10 4 (1.31%) WSUS
11 2 (0.65%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.65%) Istio
11 2 (0.65%) Packer
12 1 (0.33%) Kibana
12 1 (0.33%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.33%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.33%) systemd
Vendors
1 79 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.17%) Databricks
3 24 (7.84%) Google
4 20 (6.54%) Oracle
5 14 (4.58%) Splunk
6 11 (3.59%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.94%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.29%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.29%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.96%) IBM
9 6 (1.96%) UiPath
10 5 (1.63%) Foundry
10 5 (1.63%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.31%) Cloudera
11 4 (1.31%) Informatica
11 4 (1.31%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.31%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.98%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.98%) SaltStack
12 3 (0.98%) Talend