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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 259 287
Rank change year-on-year +78 +28 +14
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 324 115 105
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.59% 0.87% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 0.94% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 82 54
10th Percentile £400 £406 £402
25th Percentile £450 £465 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £576 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -3.96% +0.84%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £747
90th Percentile £750 £813 £779
England median daily rate £520 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -5.45% -3.51% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.50 - -
Median hourly rate £53.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £55.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.68 £22.58 £23.80
% change year-on-year +230.81% -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 18,128 12,293 14,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.49% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,864 8,121 9,276
10th Percentile £360 £332 £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 342 242 178
10th Percentile £15.90 £18.25 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.02 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.25 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% -17.46% -8.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £79.88 £64.98 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 13 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 13 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 +1 35 £520 -24.36% 22
South London -6 10 £700 +12.90% 4
West London -18 5 £663 +28.39% 5
East London +4 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 19 (5.86%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.63%) Apache
3 13 (4.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.16%) CMS
5 4 (1.23%) Confluence
6 3 (0.93%) nginx
7 2 (0.62%) CICS
7 2 (0.62%) IIS
7 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.62%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.31%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.62%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.31%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.31%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 178 (54.94%) Azure
2 129 (39.81%) AWS
3 84 (25.93%) Azure DevOps
4 83 (25.62%) GitHub
5 65 (20.06%) GitHub Actions
6 63 (19.44%) Serverless
7 42 (12.96%) AWS Lambda
8 39 (12.04%) Entra ID
9 38 (11.73%) GCP
10 36 (11.11%) Amazon S3
11 34 (10.49%) Amazon EKS
12 32 (9.88%) Power Platform
13 31 (9.57%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (9.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 30 (9.26%) Amazon ECS
15 27 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (6.48%) Azure Functions
17 18 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
18 17 (5.25%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (5.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.48%) Firewall
2 13 (4.01%) DNS
3 7 (2.16%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.16%) VPN
4 5 (1.54%) Internet
4 5 (1.54%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.54%) NGFW
5 4 (1.23%) DMZ
5 4 (1.23%) Network Security
5 4 (1.23%) SSL
6 3 (0.93%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.62%) HTTP
7 2 (0.62%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.62%) SSH
8 1 (0.31%) Broadband
8 1 (0.31%) DHCP
8 1 (0.31%) FTP
8 1 (0.31%) SMTP
8 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.10%) Power BI
3 22 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.48%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.25%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (4.01%) Metadata
8 12 (3.70%) MongoDB
9 11 (3.40%) Delta Lake
9 11 (3.40%) Redis
10 10 (3.09%) NoSQL
10 10 (3.09%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.78%) MySQL
11 9 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (2.16%) Big Data
12 7 (2.16%) BigQuery
12 7 (2.16%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 71 (21.91%) Git
2 64 (19.75%) GitLab
3 61 (18.83%) Jenkins
4 19 (5.86%) JIRA
5 10 (3.09%) Selenium
6 6 (1.85%) JUnit
6 6 (1.85%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.54%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.54%) MSI
7 5 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (1.23%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.23%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.23%) Gradle
8 4 (1.23%) Maven
8 4 (1.23%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.23%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.93%) MLflow
9 3 (0.93%) Postman
9 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 80 (24.69%) Finance
3 50 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (13.58%) Public Sector
5 39 (12.04%) Banking
6 9 (2.78%) Financial Institution
6 9 (2.78%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.47%) Front Office
7 8 (2.47%) Marketing
8 7 (2.16%) Retail
9 6 (1.85%) Back Office
10 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.23%) Law
10 4 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Billing
11 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.62%) Local Government
11 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.62%) Police
11 2 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 62 (19.14%) DevOps Engineer
1 62 (19.14%) Senior
2 58 (17.90%) Developer
3 35 (10.80%) Lead
4 34 (10.49%) Architect
5 33 (10.19%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (9.26%) Cloud Engineer
7 27 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
8 23 (7.10%) Data Engineer
9 20 (6.17%) AWS DevOps
9 20 (6.17%) Software Engineer
10 18 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.25%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 17 (5.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.32%) Senior Developer
12 14 (4.32%) Senior DevOps
12 14 (4.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.70%) Technical Leader
14 11 (3.40%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (44.44%) Terraform
2 74 (22.84%) REST
3 44 (13.58%) .NET
4 39 (12.04%) Kafka
5 36 (11.11%) RESTful
6 32 (9.88%) React
7 25 (7.72%) OAuth
8 20 (6.17%) PySpark
8 20 (6.17%) Spring
8 20 (6.17%) Spring Boot
9 19 (5.86%) OAuth2
10 16 (4.94%) .NET Framework
10 16 (4.94%) AngularJS
10 16 (4.94%) OpenID
11 13 (4.01%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.01%) ASP.NET
11 13 (4.01%) Flask
11 13 (4.01%) HTML
12 12 (3.70%) CSS
12 12 (3.70%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 104 (32.10%) Cloud Native
2 40 (12.35%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (9.88%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (6.17%) Onboarding
4 20 (6.17%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.78%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.47%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
9 7 (2.16%) PKI
10 6 (1.85%) CMDB
10 6 (1.85%) Life Science
10 6 (1.85%) Replication
11 5 (1.54%) NHS
11 5 (1.54%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.65%) Linux
2 22 (6.79%) Windows
3 13 (4.01%) Unix
4 11 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.47%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.23%) macOS
6 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.23%) VMS
7 2 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.62%) Android
7 2 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.62%) zOS
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (84.88%) CI/CD
2 215 (66.36%) DevOps
3 163 (50.31%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (43.21%) Agile
5 102 (31.48%) Test Automation
6 92 (28.40%) Containerisation
6 92 (28.40%) Observability
7 86 (26.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 75 (23.15%) Software Engineering
9 73 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
10 69 (21.30%) AI
11 66 (20.37%) Platform Engineering
12 63 (19.44%) Microservices
13 62 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 61 (18.83%) Analytics
15 57 (17.59%) Technical Leadership
16 55 (16.98%) Migration
17 51 (15.74%) Event-Driven
18 45 (13.89%) Scrum
19 44 (13.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 127 (39.20%) Python
2 72 (22.22%) SQL
3 51 (15.74%) Java
4 47 (14.51%) C#
5 42 (12.96%) PowerShell
6 38 (11.73%) JavaScript
7 31 (9.57%) Bash
8 28 (8.64%) Bicep
9 25 (7.72%) TypeScript
10 14 (4.32%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (2.78%) Go
12 6 (1.85%) Korn
13 4 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.23%) PHP
13 4 (1.23%) Scala
14 3 (0.93%) C++
14 3 (0.93%) COBOL
14 3 (0.93%) Groovy
14 3 (0.93%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 84 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 19 (5.86%) Degree
5 17 (5.25%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 16 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.54%) MCSE
10 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.31%) MCSA
13 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.31%) PhD
13 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.89%) QA
2 29 (8.95%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.16%) GDPR
4 4 (1.23%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.23%) WCAG
5 3 (0.93%) NCSC
6 2 (0.62%) NIST
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.31%) PMO
7 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (28.70%) Docker
2 23 (7.10%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.62%) RACF
6 2 (0.62%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.31%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.31%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.31%) Postfix
7 1 (0.31%) Squid
7 1 (0.31%) Varnish
7 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.31%) zsh
Systems Management
1 101 (31.17%) Kubernetes
2 46 (14.20%) Ansible
3 26 (8.02%) Grafana
4 17 (5.25%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.47%) SCCM
7 7 (2.16%) Puppet
8 6 (1.85%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.23%) Argo
10 4 (1.23%) Control-M
10 4 (1.23%) WSUS
11 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.62%) Packer
12 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.31%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.31%) Kibana
12 1 (0.31%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.31%) systemd
Vendors
1 90 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.95%) Databricks
3 25 (7.72%) Google
4 22 (6.79%) Oracle
5 15 (4.63%) Splunk
6 11 (3.40%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.78%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.47%) UiPath
9 6 (1.85%) Foundry
9 6 (1.85%) IBM
9 6 (1.85%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.23%) Cloudera
10 4 (1.23%) Informatica
10 4 (1.23%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.93%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.93%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.93%) SaltStack