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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 242 276
Rank change year-on-year +38 +34 +28
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 277 119 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 0.88% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 0.95% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 87 60
10th Percentile £400 £404 £412
25th Percentile £463 £468 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £628 £653 £748
90th Percentile £703 £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 18,096 12,472 14,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.86% 92.52% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,865 8,232 9,521
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 £673 £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 316 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.60 £31.00 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -15.77% -1.87%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
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% -2.39%

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 24 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 24 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 -5 32 £523 -34.69% 22
South London -2 9 £700 +12.90% 2
West London -18 5 £663 +28.39% 13
East London +1 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 16 (5.78%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.33%) Apache
3 10 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.53%) CMS
5 3 (1.08%) Confluence
5 3 (1.08%) nginx
6 2 (0.72%) CICS
6 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.36%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.36%) IIS
7 1 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.72%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.36%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.36%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.36%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 152 (54.87%) Azure
2 108 (38.99%) AWS
3 73 (26.35%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (23.47%) GitHub
5 53 (19.13%) GitHub Actions
6 49 (17.69%) Serverless
7 33 (11.91%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (11.55%) GCP
9 28 (10.11%) Entra ID
10 27 (9.75%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (9.75%) Amazon S3
10 27 (9.75%) Power Platform
11 25 (9.03%) Amazon ECS
12 24 (8.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 24 (8.66%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (8.30%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (5.78%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (5.78%) Azure Functions
15 14 (5.05%) Azure AKS
16 12 (4.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.50%) Firewall
2 7 (2.53%) DNS
3 5 (1.81%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.81%) NGFW
3 5 (1.81%) VPN
4 4 (1.44%) DMZ
4 4 (1.44%) Internet
5 3 (1.08%) Network Security
5 3 (1.08%) SSL
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.72%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.72%) SSH
7 1 (0.36%) Broadband
7 1 (0.36%) FTP
7 1 (0.36%) HTTP
7 1 (0.36%) IMAP
7 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.36%) SMTP
7 1 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.22%) Power BI
2 19 (6.86%) SQL Server
3 18 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.50%) Relational Database
4 15 (5.42%) Data Lake
4 15 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.97%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.25%) Metadata
7 9 (3.25%) Redis
8 8 (2.89%) Big Data
8 8 (2.89%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.89%) MySQL
9 7 (2.53%) BigQuery
10 6 (2.17%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.81%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.81%) Spark SQL
11 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (22.38%) Git
2 60 (21.66%) GitLab
3 57 (20.58%) Jenkins
4 14 (5.05%) JIRA
5 9 (3.25%) Selenium
6 5 (1.81%) JUnit
6 5 (1.81%) MSI
6 5 (1.81%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.44%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.44%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.44%) Terragrunt
8 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.08%) Maven
8 3 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.08%) Storybook
8 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.72%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.72%) JMeter
General
1 91 (32.85%) Social Skills
2 62 (22.38%) Finance
3 38 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.64%) Public Sector
5 30 (10.83%) Banking
6 7 (2.53%) Marketing
6 7 (2.53%) Retail
7 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.44%) Front Office
7 4 (1.44%) Law
8 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.72%) Back Office
9 2 (0.72%) Billing
9 2 (0.72%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.72%) Local Government
9 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.72%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 58 (20.94%) DevOps Engineer
2 52 (18.77%) Senior
3 47 (16.97%) Developer
4 31 (11.19%) Lead
5 30 (10.83%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 24 (8.66%) Architect
8 22 (7.94%) AWS Engineer
9 18 (6.50%) Data Engineer
10 17 (6.14%) AWS DevOps
10 17 (6.14%) Software Engineer
11 15 (5.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 15 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (5.05%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.33%) Senior Developer
13 12 (4.33%) Senior DevOps
13 12 (4.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.97%) Technical Leader
15 10 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
15 10 (3.61%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (43.32%) Terraform
2 60 (21.66%) REST
3 36 (13.00%) .NET
4 33 (11.91%) RESTful
5 31 (11.19%) React
6 29 (10.47%) Kafka
7 20 (7.22%) OAuth
8 16 (5.78%) OAuth2
8 16 (5.78%) PySpark
9 15 (5.42%) .NET Framework
10 14 (5.05%) AngularJS
11 13 (4.69%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.69%) FastAPI
11 13 (4.69%) OpenID
12 12 (4.33%) ASP.NET
12 12 (4.33%) HTML
12 12 (4.33%) Spring
12 12 (4.33%) Spring Boot
13 11 (3.97%) CSS
13 11 (3.97%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 86 (31.05%) Cloud Native
2 30 (10.83%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.58%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (7.22%) Product Ownership
5 15 (5.42%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.89%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.17%) AI Agents
9 6 (2.17%) CMDB
9 6 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.17%) Life Science
10 5 (1.81%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.81%) NHS
10 5 (1.81%) PKI
10 5 (1.81%) Replication
11 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.44%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.27%) Linux
2 16 (5.78%) Windows
3 11 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.25%) Unix
5 5 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.44%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.44%) VMS
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.72%) zOS
8 1 (0.36%) Android
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (82.31%) CI/CD
2 178 (64.26%) DevOps
3 135 (48.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 122 (44.04%) Agile
5 85 (30.69%) Containerisation
6 80 (28.88%) Test Automation
7 69 (24.91%) Observability
8 63 (22.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (21.66%) AI
10 56 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (19.86%) Software Engineering
12 54 (19.49%) Microservices
13 50 (18.05%) Analytics
14 48 (17.33%) Platform Engineering
15 46 (16.61%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (16.25%) Technical Leadership
17 42 (15.16%) Event-Driven
18 40 (14.44%) Mentoring
18 40 (14.44%) Scrum
19 39 (14.08%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 113 (40.79%) Python
2 60 (21.66%) SQL
3 43 (15.52%) Java
4 39 (14.08%) C#
5 37 (13.36%) PowerShell
6 34 (12.27%) JavaScript
7 26 (9.39%) Bash
8 22 (7.94%) Bicep
8 22 (7.94%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.61%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (2.53%) Go
12 5 (1.81%) Korn
13 4 (1.44%) PHP
13 4 (1.44%) Scala
14 3 (1.08%) COBOL
14 3 (1.08%) Groovy
14 3 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.72%) C++
15 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 85 (30.69%) Security Cleared
2 71 (25.63%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.66%) DV Cleared
4 15 (5.42%) Degree
5 14 (5.05%) AWS Certification
5 14 (5.05%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.81%) MCSE
8 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.36%) CISSP
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) MCSA
10 1 (0.36%) PhD
10 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (15.16%) QA
2 18 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.53%) GDPR
4 6 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.44%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.44%) WCAG
6 3 (1.08%) NCSC
7 2 (0.72%) NIST
8 1 (0.36%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.36%) PMO
8 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (28.52%) Docker
2 18 (6.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.81%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.72%) RACF
6 2 (0.72%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.36%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.36%) Postfix
7 1 (0.36%) Squid
7 1 (0.36%) Varnish
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (30.32%) Kubernetes
2 41 (14.80%) Ansible
3 17 (6.14%) Grafana
4 16 (5.78%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (3.25%) SCCM
7 5 (1.81%) Puppet
8 4 (1.44%) Control-M
8 4 (1.44%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.44%) WSUS
9 3 (1.08%) Argo
9 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.72%) Istio
10 2 (0.72%) Packer
11 1 (0.36%) Cilium
11 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.36%) Kibana
11 1 (0.36%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.36%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.36%) systemd
Vendors
1 68 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.94%) Google
3 21 (7.58%) Databricks
4 15 (5.42%) Oracle
5 13 (4.69%) Splunk
6 8 (2.89%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.89%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.89%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.17%) IBM
8 5 (1.81%) Foundry
9 4 (1.44%) Cloudera
9 4 (1.44%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.44%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.44%) UiPath
10 3 (1.08%) Aprimo
10 3 (1.08%) OneTrust
10 3 (1.08%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.08%) Optimizely
10 3 (1.08%) SaltStack
10 3 (1.08%) Talend