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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 234 275
Rank change year-on-year 0 +41 +16
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 172 120 107
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.04% 0.94% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.03% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 84 74
10th Percentile £400 £402 £454
25th Percentile £450 £498 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -4.12%
75th Percentile £625 £788 £721
90th Percentile £723 £838 £780
England median daily rate £515 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.43% - -8.34%
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 £50.50 - £44.51
% change year-on-year - - -31.52%

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 14,808 11,647 16,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.77% 91.28% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,938 7,820 11,448
10th Percentile £351 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 341
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £76.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -21 17 £550 -4.76% 12
East London -2 2 £612 -2.86% 2
West London - 2 £375 - 1
South London -17 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 (4.65%) Appian
2 6 (3.49%) Camunda
3 3 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.74%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) Apache
4 1 (0.58%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.58%) OpenROAD
4 1 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.58%) Endur
1 1 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 86 (50.00%) Azure
2 54 (31.40%) AWS
3 26 (15.12%) GitHub
4 23 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (12.21%) Serverless
6 19 (11.05%) GCP
7 18 (10.47%) Power Platform
8 15 (8.72%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (8.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (7.56%) Azure AI
10 13 (7.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (5.81%) Amazon S3
12 10 (5.81%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (5.23%) Azure AKS
13 9 (5.23%) Power Automate
14 8 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (4.65%) Anthropic Claude
15 7 (4.07%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.07%) Firewall
2 5 (2.91%) DHCP
2 5 (2.91%) DNS
2 5 (2.91%) HTTPS
2 5 (2.91%) Network Security
2 5 (2.91%) Software-Defined Networking
2 5 (2.91%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.33%) SSL
4 3 (1.74%) VPN
5 2 (1.16%) BGP
5 2 (1.16%) DMZ
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.58%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.58%) Internet
6 1 (0.58%) IPsec
6 1 (0.58%) OSPF
6 1 (0.58%) SMS
6 1 (0.58%) SNMP
6 1 (0.58%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.72%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.98%) Power BI
3 10 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (5.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (5.23%) Relational Database
5 8 (4.65%) Data Lake
5 8 (4.65%) Pinecone
5 8 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.65%) Spark SQL
6 7 (4.07%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.33%) Metadata
8 4 (2.33%) Redis
9 3 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.74%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.74%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.16%) Base SAS
10 2 (1.16%) Big Data
10 2 (1.16%) Data Mart
10 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (20.35%) Git
2 17 (9.88%) GitLab
3 13 (7.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.65%) MLflow
5 4 (2.33%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.74%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.16%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.16%) git-flow
7 2 (1.16%) Gradle
7 2 (1.16%) JIRA
7 2 (1.16%) JUnit
7 2 (1.16%) Maven
8 1 (0.58%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.58%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.58%) Selenium
8 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.58%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.58%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 60 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 50 (29.07%) Finance
3 30 (17.44%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.23%) Banking
6 7 (4.07%) Marketing
7 4 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.74%) Front Office
8 3 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.16%) Back Office
9 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Electronics
9 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.16%) Legal
9 2 (1.16%) Military
9 2 (1.16%) Police
9 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (26.16%) Developer
2 23 (13.37%) Architect
3 19 (11.05%) Senior
4 17 (9.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (8.72%) Lead
6 14 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (6.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 10 (5.81%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.81%) Technical Architect
9 9 (5.23%) Data Engineer
9 9 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (4.65%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.49%) React Developer
11 6 (3.49%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.91%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (2.91%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 5 (2.91%) Lead Developer
13 4 (2.33%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (18.02%) RESTful
2 30 (17.44%) REST
3 23 (13.37%) React
4 14 (8.14%) AngularJS
4 14 (8.14%) FastAPI
5 13 (7.56%) JSON
5 13 (7.56%) OAuth
6 12 (6.98%) Kafka
6 12 (6.98%) PySpark
6 12 (6.98%) pytest
6 12 (6.98%) Spring
6 12 (6.98%) Spring Boot
6 12 (6.98%) YAML
7 11 (6.40%) .NET
7 11 (6.40%) Node.js
8 10 (5.81%) Django
8 10 (5.81%) JWT
8 10 (5.81%) Swagger
8 10 (5.81%) Web Services
9 9 (5.23%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.56%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (5.23%) Distributed Computing
4 8 (4.65%) Low-Code
5 7 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.49%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.91%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.74%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.74%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.74%) Derivative
8 3 (1.74%) Energy Derivatives
8 3 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.16%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.16%) NHS
9 2 (1.16%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.05%) Linux
2 9 (5.23%) Windows
3 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) Unix
4 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (70.35%) CI/CD
2 99 (57.56%) DevOps
3 68 (39.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (34.30%) Test Automation
5 46 (26.74%) Agile
5 46 (26.74%) Containerisation
6 34 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (18.02%) Observability
8 30 (17.44%) Analytics
9 29 (16.86%) Microservices
10 28 (16.28%) AI
11 27 (15.70%) Data Pipeline
12 24 (13.95%) Data Engineering
12 24 (13.95%) ETL
12 24 (13.95%) Migration
13 21 (12.21%) Validation
14 20 (11.63%) Workflow
15 19 (11.05%) API Development
15 19 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (11.05%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 74 (43.02%) Python
2 46 (26.74%) SQL
3 32 (18.60%) Java
4 20 (11.63%) PowerShell
4 20 (11.63%) TypeScript
5 15 (8.72%) Bicep
6 13 (7.56%) JavaScript
7 12 (6.98%) Bash
7 12 (6.98%) C#
8 3 (1.74%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.74%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.74%) Rust
8 3 (1.74%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.16%) PHP
9 2 (1.16%) SAS Macro
9 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.58%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.58%) C++
10 1 (0.58%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 50 (29.07%) Security Cleared
2 40 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.49%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 6 (3.49%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.49%) Degree
4 5 (2.91%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.74%) CISSP
6 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.16%) CCNP
7 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.58%) CISM
8 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) Data Quality
1 11 (6.40%) GDPR
1 11 (6.40%) QA
2 7 (4.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.74%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.16%) NCSC
5 2 (1.16%) NIST
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (31.40%) Docker
2 8 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.16%) Xen
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (37.79%) Terraform
2 58 (33.72%) Kubernetes
3 12 (6.98%) Ansible
4 5 (2.91%) Grafana
4 5 (2.91%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.74%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.74%) SCCM
6 2 (1.16%) vRealize
7 1 (0.58%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.58%) Istio
7 1 (0.58%) QRadar
7 1 (0.58%) VxRail
7 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.30%) Salesforce
3 12 (6.98%) Google
3 12 (6.98%) OpenAI
4 8 (4.65%) Automation Anywhere
4 8 (4.65%) UiPath
5 6 (3.49%) Foundry
5 6 (3.49%) Splunk
6 5 (2.91%) VMware
7 4 (2.33%) Apple
7 4 (2.33%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.33%) SAP
8 3 (1.74%) Adobe
8 3 (1.74%) Databricks
8 3 (1.74%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.74%) IBM
8 3 (1.74%) webMethods
9 2 (1.16%) Axway
9 2 (1.16%) Oracle
9 2 (1.16%) Software AG