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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 253 284
Rank change year-on-year +42 +31 +14
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 283 118 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 0.88% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.95% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 86 61
10th Percentile £400 £403 £406
25th Percentile £453 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £576 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% -3.96% -
75th Percentile £625 £653 £748
90th Percentile £700 £813 £780
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
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% -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 18,055 12,462 14,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 8,241 9,589
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £673 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 249 183
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.80 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.42 £25.04 £23.98
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -16.44% -1.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.05%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -2 32 £523 -34.69% 23
South London -1 9 £700 +12.90% 2
West London -21 5 £663 +28.39% 11
East London +2 1 - - 6
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 (6.01%) Apache Spark
2 13 (4.59%) Apache
3 11 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.47%) CMS
5 3 (1.06%) Confluence
5 3 (1.06%) nginx
6 2 (0.71%) CICS
6 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.35%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.71%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.35%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.35%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 154 (54.42%) Azure
2 110 (38.87%) AWS
3 75 (26.50%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (23.32%) GitHub
5 54 (19.08%) GitHub Actions
6 51 (18.02%) Serverless
7 35 (12.37%) AWS Lambda
8 33 (11.66%) GCP
9 28 (9.89%) Amazon S3
9 28 (9.89%) Entra ID
10 27 (9.54%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (9.54%) Power Platform
11 25 (8.83%) Amazon EC2
11 25 (8.83%) Amazon ECS
12 24 (8.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (8.13%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (5.65%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (5.65%) Azure Functions
15 15 (5.30%) Azure AKS
16 12 (4.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.36%) Firewall
2 9 (3.18%) DNS
3 5 (1.77%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.77%) NGFW
3 5 (1.77%) VPN
4 4 (1.41%) DMZ
4 4 (1.41%) Internet
4 4 (1.41%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.06%) Network Security
5 3 (1.06%) SSL
6 2 (0.71%) HTTP
6 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.71%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.71%) SSH
7 1 (0.35%) Broadband
7 1 (0.35%) FTP
7 1 (0.35%) IMAP
7 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.35%) SMTP
7 1 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.07%) Power BI
2 19 (6.71%) SQL Server
3 18 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.36%) Relational Database
4 16 (5.65%) Data Lake
4 16 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.89%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (3.53%) Metadata
7 9 (3.18%) Redis
8 8 (2.83%) Big Data
8 8 (2.83%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.83%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.83%) MySQL
9 7 (2.47%) DynamoDB
10 6 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.12%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.77%) Spark SQL
11 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (22.61%) Git
2 60 (21.20%) GitLab
3 57 (20.14%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.95%) JIRA
5 9 (3.18%) Selenium
6 5 (1.77%) JUnit
6 5 (1.77%) MSI
6 5 (1.77%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.41%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.41%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.41%) Terragrunt
8 3 (1.06%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.06%) Maven
8 3 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.06%) Storybook
8 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.71%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.71%) InstallShield
General
1 92 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 62 (21.91%) Finance
3 39 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.01%) Public Sector
5 30 (10.60%) Banking
6 7 (2.47%) Marketing
6 7 (2.47%) Retail
7 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.41%) Front Office
7 4 (1.41%) Law
8 3 (1.06%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Back Office
9 2 (0.71%) Billing
9 2 (0.71%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.71%) Local Government
9 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.71%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 58 (20.49%) DevOps Engineer
2 52 (18.37%) Senior
3 48 (16.96%) Developer
4 32 (11.31%) Lead
5 31 (10.95%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (10.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 24 (8.48%) Architect
8 22 (7.77%) AWS Engineer
9 20 (7.07%) Data Engineer
10 19 (6.71%) Software Engineer
11 17 (6.01%) AWS DevOps
12 16 (5.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 15 (5.30%) Platform Engineer
14 14 (4.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 12 (4.24%) Senior Developer
15 12 (4.24%) Senior DevOps
15 12 (4.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 11 (3.89%) GCP Engineer
16 11 (3.89%) Technical Leader
17 10 (3.53%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (43.46%) Terraform
2 60 (21.20%) REST
3 36 (12.72%) .NET
4 34 (12.01%) RESTful
5 31 (10.95%) React
6 30 (10.60%) Kafka
7 21 (7.42%) OAuth
8 17 (6.01%) PySpark
9 16 (5.65%) OAuth2
10 15 (5.30%) .NET Framework
11 14 (4.95%) AngularJS
12 13 (4.59%) .NET Core
12 13 (4.59%) FastAPI
12 13 (4.59%) OpenID
12 13 (4.59%) Spring
12 13 (4.59%) Spring Boot
13 12 (4.24%) ASP.NET
13 12 (4.24%) HTML
14 11 (3.89%) CSS
14 11 (3.89%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 89 (31.45%) Cloud Native
2 32 (11.31%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.42%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (7.07%) Product Ownership
5 16 (5.65%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.83%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.47%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.12%) CMDB
9 6 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.12%) Life Science
10 5 (1.77%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.77%) NHS
10 5 (1.77%) PKI
10 5 (1.77%) Replication
11 4 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.41%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.41%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.72%) Linux
2 16 (5.65%) Windows
3 11 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.53%) Unix
5 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.41%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.41%) VMS
7 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.71%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.71%) zOS
9 1 (0.35%) Android
9 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (82.33%) CI/CD
2 180 (63.60%) DevOps
3 140 (49.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 123 (43.46%) Agile
5 86 (30.39%) Containerisation
6 82 (28.98%) Test Automation
7 73 (25.80%) Observability
8 65 (22.97%) AI
9 64 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (20.49%) Software Engineering
11 57 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (19.43%) Microservices
13 52 (18.37%) Analytics
14 48 (16.96%) Platform Engineering
15 47 (16.61%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (16.25%) Technical Leadership
17 43 (15.19%) Event-Driven
18 40 (14.13%) Mentoring
18 40 (14.13%) Migration
18 40 (14.13%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 117 (41.34%) Python
2 61 (21.55%) SQL
3 44 (15.55%) Java
4 39 (13.78%) C#
5 37 (13.07%) PowerShell
6 34 (12.01%) JavaScript
7 27 (9.54%) Bash
8 23 (8.13%) Bicep
8 23 (8.13%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.24%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (2.83%) Go
12 5 (1.77%) Korn
13 4 (1.41%) PHP
13 4 (1.41%) Scala
14 3 (1.06%) COBOL
14 3 (1.06%) Groovy
14 3 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.71%) R
Qualifications
1 86 (30.39%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.44%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.48%) DV Cleared
4 16 (5.65%) Degree
5 14 (4.95%) AWS Certification
5 14 (4.95%) Azure Certification
6 13 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.77%) MCSE
9 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.35%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.35%) MCSA
12 1 (0.35%) PhD
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.84%) QA
2 21 (7.42%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.47%) GDPR
4 6 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.41%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.41%) WCAG
6 3 (1.06%) NCSC
7 2 (0.71%) NIST
8 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.35%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (28.62%) Docker
2 18 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.77%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.71%) RACF
6 2 (0.71%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.35%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.35%) Postfix
7 1 (0.35%) Squid
7 1 (0.35%) Varnish
7 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.35%) zsh
Systems Management
1 86 (30.39%) Kubernetes
2 42 (14.84%) Ansible
3 18 (6.36%) Grafana
4 17 (6.01%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (3.18%) SCCM
7 5 (1.77%) Puppet
8 4 (1.41%) Control-M
8 4 (1.41%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.41%) WSUS
9 3 (1.06%) Argo
10 2 (0.71%) Istio
10 2 (0.71%) Packer
11 1 (0.35%) Cilium
11 1 (0.35%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.35%) Kibana
11 1 (0.35%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.35%) systemd
Vendors
1 68 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.13%) Google
3 22 (7.77%) Databricks
4 15 (5.30%) Oracle
5 13 (4.59%) Splunk
6 8 (2.83%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.12%) IBM
9 5 (1.77%) Foundry
10 4 (1.41%) Cloudera
10 4 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.41%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.41%) UiPath
11 3 (1.06%) ION Trading
11 3 (1.06%) OneTrust
11 3 (1.06%) Optimizely
11 3 (1.06%) SaltStack
11 3 (1.06%) Talend