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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 226 286
Rank change year-on-year 0 +60 +18
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 185 123 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.04% 0.98% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.06% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 93 71
10th Percentile £400 £384 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £575 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% -14.81% +8.00%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £775
90th Percentile £678 £825 £780
England median daily rate £523 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -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 £74.68 - £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 15,783 11,565 15,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.39% 92.20% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,545 7,839 11,342
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 324
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +19.13% -26.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.95
90th Percentile £74.75 £63.75 £65.53
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.34
% change year-on-year +50.00% -17.43% -2.19%

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 May 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 May 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 -14 18 £625 +7.76% 8
East London -2 2 £612 -2.86% 1
West London -25 2 £375 -27.33% 1
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 (4.32%) Appian
2 6 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.70%) Camunda
4 4 (2.16%) SAS
5 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.54%) Apache
6 1 (0.54%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.54%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (54.59%) Azure
2 57 (30.81%) AWS
3 31 (16.76%) GitHub
4 30 (16.22%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (11.35%) Power Platform
5 21 (11.35%) Serverless
6 20 (10.81%) GCP
7 17 (9.19%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (7.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (7.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (7.03%) Azure AI
10 12 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (5.95%) Amazon S3
11 11 (5.95%) Azure AKS
12 10 (5.41%) Azure Key Vault
12 10 (5.41%) Entra ID
13 9 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (4.86%) Power Automate
14 8 (4.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (4.32%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.95%) Firewall
2 7 (3.78%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.70%) VPN
4 4 (2.16%) DHCP
4 4 (2.16%) DMZ
4 4 (2.16%) DNS
4 4 (2.16%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.62%) Network Security
6 2 (1.08%) HTTPS
6 2 (1.08%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.08%) NGFW
7 1 (0.54%) BGP
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.54%) Internet
7 1 (0.54%) IPsec
7 1 (0.54%) OSPF
7 1 (0.54%) SMS
7 1 (0.54%) SNMP
7 1 (0.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.19%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.11%) Power BI
3 12 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (6.49%) Relational Database
4 11 (5.95%) Data Lake
4 11 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (4.32%) Pinecone
6 8 (4.32%) Spark SQL
7 6 (3.24%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (3.24%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.70%) Big Data
8 5 (2.70%) Metadata
9 4 (2.16%) Redis
10 3 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.62%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.62%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.62%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.62%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 38 (20.54%) Git
2 21 (11.35%) GitLab
3 11 (5.95%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.32%) MLflow
5 5 (2.70%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.16%) MSI
7 2 (1.08%) AdminStudio
7 2 (1.08%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.08%) git-flow
7 2 (1.08%) InstallShield
7 2 (1.08%) Maven
7 2 (1.08%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.54%) Gradle
8 1 (0.54%) Moq
8 1 (0.54%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.54%) NUnit
8 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.54%) webpack
8 1 (0.54%) WiX
General
1 57 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 56 (30.27%) Finance
3 29 (15.68%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.11%) Banking
5 11 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.70%) Front Office
6 5 (2.70%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.62%) Legal
9 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Marketing
9 2 (1.08%) Police
10 1 (0.54%) Law
10 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.54%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Retail
10 1 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (20.54%) Developer
2 28 (15.14%) Senior
3 23 (12.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 21 (11.35%) Architect
5 18 (9.73%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (7.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 13 (7.03%) Lead
6 13 (7.03%) Salesforce Engineer
7 12 (6.49%) Data Engineer
8 11 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (5.95%) Senior Developer
9 10 (5.41%) Automation Engineer
9 10 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.78%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.24%) Software Engineer
13 5 (2.70%) .NET Developer
13 5 (2.70%) React Developer
13 5 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
14 4 (2.16%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (16.22%) RESTful
2 26 (14.05%) REST
3 22 (11.89%) React
4 17 (9.19%) PySpark
5 15 (8.11%) .NET
5 15 (8.11%) Kafka
6 14 (7.57%) Node.js
7 13 (7.03%) OAuth
7 13 (7.03%) YAML
8 12 (6.49%) AngularJS
8 12 (6.49%) FastAPI
9 11 (5.95%) Spring
9 11 (5.95%) Spring Boot
10 10 (5.41%) Django
10 10 (5.41%) JWT
11 9 (4.86%) Flask
11 9 (4.86%) Hugging Face
11 9 (4.86%) PyTorch
11 9 (4.86%) scikit-learn
11 9 (4.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.38%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.65%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (7.03%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (6.49%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.41%) Distributed Computing
6 8 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.32%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.70%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.16%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.62%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.62%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.62%) Derivative
9 3 (1.62%) Energy Derivatives
9 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.65%) Linux
2 13 (7.03%) Windows
3 4 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.08%) VMS
4 2 (1.08%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (71.35%) CI/CD
2 107 (57.84%) DevOps
3 77 (41.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 58 (31.35%) Test Automation
5 51 (27.57%) Agile
6 50 (27.03%) Containerisation
7 37 (20.00%) AI
7 37 (20.00%) Observability
8 36 (19.46%) Analytics
9 35 (18.92%) Microservices
10 34 (18.38%) Data Pipeline
11 30 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (15.68%) Data Engineering
13 28 (15.14%) ETL
13 28 (15.14%) Migration
14 26 (14.05%) Validation
15 23 (12.43%) Data Modelling
16 22 (11.89%) Machine Learning
17 21 (11.35%) Runbook
18 20 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 78 (42.16%) Python
2 46 (24.86%) SQL
3 34 (18.38%) Java
4 32 (17.30%) PowerShell
5 21 (11.35%) TypeScript
6 20 (10.81%) Bicep
7 16 (8.65%) Bash
8 15 (8.11%) C#
8 15 (8.11%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.62%) PHP
9 3 (1.62%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.62%) Rust
9 3 (1.62%) SAS Macro
10 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.08%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.08%) Scala
10 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.54%) CFML
Qualifications
1 49 (26.49%) Security Cleared
2 39 (21.08%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.86%) Degree
4 8 (4.32%) Azure Certification
4 8 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.24%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.62%) MCSA
8 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.08%) MCSE
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.54%) CCNP
9 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.54%) CISSP
9 1 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.57%) QA
2 13 (7.03%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.41%) GDPR
4 7 (3.78%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) SLA
6 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (30.27%) Docker
2 11 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.16%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.08%) Xen
6 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (38.92%) Terraform
2 60 (32.43%) Kubernetes
3 14 (7.57%) Ansible
4 11 (5.95%) SCCM
5 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.70%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.16%) Grafana
7 4 (2.16%) WSUS
8 3 (1.62%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (1.08%) Istio
10 1 (0.54%) QRadar
Vendors
1 54 (29.19%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.65%) Salesforce
3 13 (7.03%) OpenAI
4 11 (5.95%) Google
5 8 (4.32%) Automation Anywhere
5 8 (4.32%) UiPath
6 6 (3.24%) Foundry
7 4 (2.16%) Bloomberg
7 4 (2.16%) Citrix
7 4 (2.16%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.16%) Reuters
7 4 (2.16%) Splunk
8 3 (1.62%) Apple
8 3 (1.62%) Databricks
8 3 (1.62%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.62%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.62%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.08%) IBM
9 2 (1.08%) Oracle
9 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud