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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 257 280
Rank change year-on-year +54 +23 +23
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 283 113 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 0.85% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 0.92% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 82 58
10th Percentile £400 £401 £404
25th Percentile £459 £462 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £638 £653 £747
90th Percentile £750 £813 £777
England median daily rate £518 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -5.91% -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% -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 17,952 12,291 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.77% 92.58% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,781 8,116 9,426
10th Percentile £358 £325 £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 £669 £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 321 240 179
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.89 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.25 £25.01 £23.98
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -14.79% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.13 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.25
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 29 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 29 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 £525 -34.38% 21
South London +1 9 £700 +12.90% 2
West London -17 5 £663 +28.39% 11
East London +3 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 (5.65%) 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%) 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
1 152 (53.71%) Azure
2 111 (39.22%) AWS
3 73 (25.80%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (23.32%) GitHub
5 54 (19.08%) GitHub Actions
6 52 (18.37%) Serverless
7 36 (12.72%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (12.01%) GCP
9 28 (9.89%) Amazon EKS
9 28 (9.89%) Amazon S3
9 28 (9.89%) Entra ID
10 27 (9.54%) Power Platform
11 26 (9.19%) Amazon EC2
11 26 (9.19%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (8.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (8.13%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (5.65%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (5.65%) Azure Functions
15 14 (4.95%) Azure AKS
16 13 (4.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.71%) Firewall
2 10 (3.53%) DNS
3 6 (2.12%) VPN
4 5 (1.77%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.77%) NGFW
4 5 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.41%) DMZ
5 4 (1.41%) Internet
5 4 (1.41%) SSL
6 3 (1.06%) Network Security
7 2 (0.71%) HTTP
7 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.71%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.71%) SSH
8 1 (0.35%) Broadband
8 1 (0.35%) FTP
8 1 (0.35%) IMAP
8 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.35%) SMTP
8 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%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (3.89%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.53%) Metadata
7 9 (3.18%) Redis
8 8 (2.83%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.83%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.83%) MySQL
9 7 (2.47%) Big Data
9 7 (2.47%) DynamoDB
10 6 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.12%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.77%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.77%) Spark SQL
11 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (22.61%) Git
2 62 (21.91%) GitLab
3 58 (20.49%) 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%) Sonatype Nexus
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%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.06%) Storybook
9 2 (0.71%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.71%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.71%) JMeter
General
1 94 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 63 (22.26%) Finance
3 40 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.01%) Public Sector
5 30 (10.60%) Banking
6 7 (2.47%) Marketing
6 7 (2.47%) Retail
7 6 (2.12%) Front Office
8 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.41%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.41%) Law
10 3 (1.06%) Back Office
10 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Billing
11 2 (0.71%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.71%) Local Government
11 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.71%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 56 (19.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 52 (18.37%) Senior
3 50 (17.67%) Developer
4 31 (10.95%) Lead
5 30 (10.60%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (10.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 25 (8.83%) 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 15 (5.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 15 (5.30%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 12 (4.24%) Senior Developer
14 12 (4.24%) Senior DevOps
14 12 (4.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.89%) GCP Engineer
15 11 (3.89%) Technical Leader
16 10 (3.53%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (43.46%) Terraform
2 61 (21.55%) REST
3 36 (12.72%) .NET
4 34 (12.01%) RESTful
5 32 (11.31%) Kafka
6 31 (10.95%) React
7 22 (7.77%) OAuth
8 16 (5.65%) OAuth2
8 16 (5.65%) PySpark
9 15 (5.30%) .NET Framework
10 14 (4.95%) AngularJS
10 14 (4.95%) OpenID
10 14 (4.95%) Spring
10 14 (4.95%) Spring Boot
11 13 (4.59%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.59%) FastAPI
12 12 (4.24%) ASP.NET
12 12 (4.24%) HTML
13 11 (3.89%) CSS
13 11 (3.89%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 89 (31.45%) Cloud Native
2 33 (11.66%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (7.77%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (7.07%) Product Ownership
5 16 (5.65%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.24%) 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
9 6 (2.12%) PKI
10 5 (1.77%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.77%) NHS
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%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.43%) Linux
2 16 (5.65%) Windows
3 11 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (3.89%) Unix
4 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.41%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.41%) VMS
6 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.71%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.71%) zOS
8 1 (0.35%) Android
8 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (82.69%) CI/CD
2 179 (63.25%) DevOps
3 140 (49.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 124 (43.82%) Agile
5 87 (30.74%) Containerisation
6 84 (29.68%) Test Automation
7 74 (26.15%) Observability
8 65 (22.97%) AI
9 64 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (21.20%) Software Engineering
11 58 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (19.79%) Microservices
13 52 (18.37%) Analytics
14 48 (16.96%) Platform Engineering
14 48 (16.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 48 (16.96%) Technical Leadership
15 43 (15.19%) Event-Driven
16 41 (14.49%) Mentoring
17 39 (13.78%) Migration
17 39 (13.78%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 117 (41.34%) Python
2 62 (21.91%) SQL
3 46 (16.25%) Java
4 40 (14.13%) C#
5 35 (12.37%) JavaScript
5 35 (12.37%) PowerShell
6 26 (9.19%) Bash
7 23 (8.13%) TypeScript
8 22 (7.77%) Bicep
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%) C++
14 3 (1.06%) COBOL
14 3 (1.06%) Groovy
14 3 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 87 (30.74%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.44%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.83%) DV Cleared
4 17 (6.01%) Degree
5 14 (4.95%) AWS Certification
5 14 (4.95%) Azure Certification
5 14 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.77%) MCSE
8 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.35%) CISSP
11 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.35%) MCSA
11 1 (0.35%) PhD
11 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 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%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (29.33%) 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 87 (30.74%) Kubernetes
2 43 (15.19%) Ansible
3 19 (6.71%) Grafana
4 18 (6.36%) Prometheus
5 12 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.83%) SCCM
7 6 (2.12%) Puppet
8 5 (1.77%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.41%) Argo
9 4 (1.41%) Control-M
9 4 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.41%) WSUS
10 2 (0.71%) Istio
10 2 (0.71%) Packer
11 1 (0.35%) Cilium
11 1 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.35%) Kibana
11 1 (0.35%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.35%) Proxmox
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%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.41%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.41%) UiPath
11 3 (1.06%) Citrix
11 3 (1.06%) OneTrust
11 3 (1.06%) Optimizely
11 3 (1.06%) SaltStack