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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 246 260
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 +20
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 223 125 119
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.11% 0.93% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.01% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 92 76
10th Percentile £386 £380 £413
25th Percentile £452 £444 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £653
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -14.94% +8.75%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £756
90th Percentile £738 £800 £780
England median daily rate £513 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -6.82% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate £76.00 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -68.48%

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 17,916 12,432 14,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.34% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,760 8,272 10,048
10th Percentile £360 £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 £675 £688
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 287 253 197
10th Percentile £16.99 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +7 27 £519 -31.97% 8
South London -6 5 £700 +12.90% 1
East London - 3 £612 - 1
West London -21 2 £775 +50.19% 3
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 13 (5.83%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.69%) Apache
2 6 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.79%) CMS
3 4 (1.79%) SAS
4 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.45%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.45%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 119 (53.36%) Azure
2 89 (39.91%) AWS
3 59 (26.46%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (21.52%) GitHub
5 40 (17.94%) GitHub Actions
6 34 (15.25%) Serverless
7 27 (12.11%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (10.76%) Power Platform
9 23 (10.31%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (9.87%) Amazon S3
11 20 (8.97%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (8.97%) GCP
12 17 (7.62%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (6.73%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (6.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (6.28%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (6.28%) Entra ID
15 13 (5.83%) Azure Monitor
16 11 (4.93%) Azure AKS
16 11 (4.93%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.73%) Firewall
2 6 (2.69%) DMZ
2 6 (2.69%) VPN
3 5 (2.24%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.79%) Internet
4 4 (1.79%) Network Security
5 3 (1.35%) DNS
5 3 (1.35%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.35%) NGFW
6 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.45%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.45%) SSL
6 1 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.52%) Power BI
2 15 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (6.28%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.83%) Relational Database
5 9 (4.04%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (3.59%) Big Data
6 8 (3.59%) Data Lake
7 7 (3.14%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (3.14%) Metadata
7 7 (3.14%) Redis
8 6 (2.69%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.24%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.79%) MySQL
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.35%) Data Mart
11 3 (1.35%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (19.28%) GitLab
2 41 (18.39%) Git
3 40 (17.94%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.14%) Selenium
5 6 (2.69%) JIRA
6 5 (2.24%) JUnit
6 5 (2.24%) MSI
7 4 (1.79%) Maven
7 4 (1.79%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.35%) git-flow
8 3 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.35%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.35%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.90%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.90%) Gradle
9 2 (0.90%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.90%) Storybook
9 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 53 (23.77%) Finance
3 34 (15.25%) Public Sector
4 25 (11.21%) Banking
5 23 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.69%) Front Office
6 6 (2.69%) Retail
7 5 (2.24%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.24%) Marketing
8 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.35%) Legal
10 2 (0.90%) Back Office
10 2 (0.90%) Law
10 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.45%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (21.52%) Senior
2 43 (19.28%) Developer
3 39 (17.49%) DevOps Engineer
4 25 (11.21%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (10.31%) Lead
6 19 (8.52%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (8.07%) Architect
8 16 (7.17%) Software Engineer
9 15 (6.73%) AWS Engineer
10 14 (6.28%) Data Engineer
10 14 (6.28%) Senior Developer
11 13 (5.83%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) AWS DevOps
13 9 (4.04%) Senior Software Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) Senior DevOps
14 8 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 7 (3.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (17.94%) REST
2 31 (13.90%) RESTful
3 27 (12.11%) React
4 25 (11.21%) Kafka
5 23 (10.31%) .NET
6 12 (5.38%) AngularJS
6 12 (5.38%) PySpark
7 11 (4.93%) .NET Core
7 11 (4.93%) Spring
7 11 (4.93%) Spring Boot
8 10 (4.48%) .NET Framework
8 10 (4.48%) FastAPI
8 10 (4.48%) OAuth
9 9 (4.04%) YAML
10 8 (3.59%) Node.js
10 8 (3.59%) OAuth2
10 8 (3.59%) OpenID
10 8 (3.59%) Redux
11 7 (3.14%) Vue
12 6 (2.69%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 73 (32.74%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.56%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.38%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.59%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.24%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (2.24%) NHS
8 4 (1.79%) CMDB
8 4 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.79%) Life Science
9 3 (1.35%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.35%) Derivative
9 3 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.90%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.21%) Linux
2 15 (6.73%) Windows
3 9 (4.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.69%) Unix
5 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.90%) VMS
7 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.45%) Android
8 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (78.03%) CI/CD
2 136 (60.99%) DevOps
3 100 (44.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (41.26%) Agile
5 73 (32.74%) Test Automation
6 70 (31.39%) Containerisation
7 46 (20.63%) Microservices
8 45 (20.18%) Observability
9 44 (19.73%) AI
10 43 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (18.39%) Analytics
12 40 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
12 40 (17.94%) Software Engineering
13 37 (16.59%) Platform Engineering
14 35 (15.70%) Event-Driven
15 31 (13.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 31 (13.90%) Migration
16 29 (13.00%) Mentoring
17 27 (12.11%) DevSecOps
18 26 (11.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 87 (39.01%) Python
2 51 (22.87%) SQL
3 35 (15.70%) Java
4 32 (14.35%) PowerShell
5 26 (11.66%) C#
6 23 (10.31%) JavaScript
7 17 (7.62%) TypeScript
8 16 (7.17%) Bicep
9 14 (6.28%) Bash
10 7 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (2.24%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.79%) Korn
12 4 (1.79%) Scala
13 3 (1.35%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.35%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.35%) SAS Macro
14 2 (0.90%) PHP
14 2 (0.90%) R
14 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.90%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (30.94%) Security Cleared
2 60 (26.91%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.42%) DV Cleared
4 16 (7.17%) Degree
5 13 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.59%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.69%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.35%) MCSA
10 3 (1.35%) MCSE
11 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.45%) PMP
12 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.25%) QA
2 8 (3.59%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.24%) GDPR
5 3 (1.35%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.35%) WCAG
6 1 (0.45%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.45%) NCSC
6 1 (0.45%) PMO
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
6 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (28.25%) Docker
2 10 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.24%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.45%) Varnish
5 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (40.81%) Terraform
2 73 (32.74%) Kubernetes
3 23 (10.31%) Ansible
4 12 (5.38%) SCCM
5 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (4.04%) Prometheus
6 8 (3.59%) Grafana
7 5 (2.24%) WSUS
8 4 (1.79%) Control-M
8 4 (1.79%) Puppet
9 3 (1.35%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.90%) Argo
10 2 (0.90%) Istio
11 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.45%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.45%) Packer
11 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.45%) systemd
Vendors
1 48 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.83%) Google
3 11 (4.93%) Salesforce
4 10 (4.48%) Oracle
5 9 (4.04%) Databricks
6 6 (2.69%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.24%) Bloomberg
7 5 (2.24%) Citrix
7 5 (2.24%) ION Trading
7 5 (2.24%) Reuters
7 5 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.79%) Foundry
8 4 (1.79%) Splunk
9 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.35%) IBM
9 3 (1.35%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.90%) Cisco
10 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.90%) Sybase
10 2 (0.90%) UiPath