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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 233 284
Rank change year-on-year -6 +51 -9
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 194 121 119
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.04% 1.00% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.08% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 90 78
10th Percentile £401 £378 £412
25th Percentile £452 £431 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.14% -16.98% +6.00%
75th Percentile £625 £699 £775
90th Percentile £664 £814 £780
England median daily rate £515 £550 £594
% change year-on-year -6.36% -7.41% -4.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.25 - -
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £23.80
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.34 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,474 11,204 15,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.30% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,987 7,490 11,076
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £683 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 196 317
10th Percentile £18.48 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +15.18% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.96 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.25 £63.50 £68.30
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.52% -23.93% +1.99%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -20 18 £625 -13.79% 20
East London - 2 £612 - 1
West London -23 1 £375 -27.33% 1
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 8 (4.12%) Appian
2 7 (3.61%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.58%) Camunda
4 4 (2.06%) SAS
5 2 (1.03%) Apache
5 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.03%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.52%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 102 (52.58%) Azure
2 68 (35.05%) AWS
3 40 (20.62%) GitHub
4 32 (16.49%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (13.40%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (12.37%) Power Platform
7 23 (11.86%) Serverless
8 20 (10.31%) GCP
9 14 (7.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (6.70%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (6.70%) Azure AI
11 12 (6.19%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (5.67%) Amazon S3
12 11 (5.67%) Entra ID
13 9 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (4.64%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.64%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (4.64%) Power Automate
14 8 (4.12%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (4.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.22%) Firewall
2 8 (4.12%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.61%) DMZ
3 7 (3.61%) VPN
4 4 (2.06%) Network Security
4 4 (2.06%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.55%) DHCP
5 3 (1.55%) DNS
6 2 (1.03%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.03%) NGFW
7 1 (0.52%) BGP
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.52%) IPsec
7 1 (0.52%) OSPF
7 1 (0.52%) SMS
7 1 (0.52%) SNMP
7 1 (0.52%) SSL
7 1 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.76%) Power BI
1 17 (8.76%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (5.67%) Relational Database
4 10 (5.15%) Data Lake
4 10 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.12%) Pinecone
6 7 (3.61%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (3.09%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.09%) NoSQL
7 6 (3.09%) Spark SQL
8 5 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (2.58%) Big Data
8 5 (2.58%) Metadata
8 5 (2.58%) Redis
9 4 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.06%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.55%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.55%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 37 (19.07%) Git
2 26 (13.40%) GitLab
3 15 (7.73%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.12%) MLflow
5 5 (2.58%) Artifactory
5 5 (2.58%) MSI
6 4 (2.06%) git-flow
7 3 (1.55%) JIRA
7 3 (1.55%) Selenium
8 2 (1.03%) AdminStudio
8 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.03%) InstallShield
8 2 (1.03%) JMeter
8 2 (1.03%) Maven
8 2 (1.03%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.03%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.52%) Moq
9 1 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.52%) WiX
General
1 58 (29.90%) Finance
2 57 (29.38%) Social Skills
3 30 (15.46%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.28%) Banking
5 11 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.61%) Front Office
6 7 (3.61%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.55%) Legal
7 3 (1.55%) Retail
8 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.03%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Police
9 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (17.01%) Developer
2 32 (16.49%) Senior
3 31 (15.98%) DevOps Engineer
4 17 (8.76%) Architect
5 16 (8.25%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (7.22%) Lead
7 13 (6.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 13 (6.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (6.70%) Salesforce Engineer
8 12 (6.19%) Data Engineer
8 12 (6.19%) Senior Developer
9 11 (5.67%) Automation Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) Software Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) React Developer
13 6 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 5 (2.58%) Lead DevOps
14 5 (2.58%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (17.01%) RESTful
2 29 (14.95%) REST
3 23 (11.86%) React
4 18 (9.28%) .NET
5 16 (8.25%) Kafka
6 15 (7.73%) OAuth
6 15 (7.73%) PySpark
7 13 (6.70%) FastAPI
8 12 (6.19%) Node.js
9 10 (5.15%) Django
9 10 (5.15%) Flask
9 10 (5.15%) JWT
9 10 (5.15%) pytest
10 9 (4.64%) AngularJS
10 9 (4.64%) Hugging Face
10 9 (4.64%) PyTorch
10 9 (4.64%) scikit-learn
10 9 (4.64%) Swagger
10 9 (4.64%) TensorFlow
10 9 (4.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (22.68%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.25%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (7.73%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.19%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.12%) Distributed Computing
5 8 (4.12%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.09%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.06%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.55%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.55%) Derivative
9 3 (1.55%) Energy Derivatives
9 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.55%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.03%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.22%) Windows
2 12 (6.19%) Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (75.26%) CI/CD
2 113 (58.25%) DevOps
3 81 (41.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 63 (32.47%) Test Automation
5 62 (31.96%) Agile
6 49 (25.26%) Containerisation
7 41 (21.13%) AI
8 39 (20.10%) Observability
9 35 (18.04%) Analytics
10 34 (17.53%) Data Pipeline
10 34 (17.53%) Microservices
11 31 (15.98%) Validation
12 29 (14.95%) Migration
13 28 (14.43%) ETL
13 28 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (13.92%) Data Engineering
14 27 (13.92%) Data Modelling
15 23 (11.86%) Runbook
16 22 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (11.34%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (41.75%) Python
2 42 (21.65%) SQL
3 37 (19.07%) PowerShell
4 25 (12.89%) Java
5 21 (10.82%) Bicep
6 19 (9.79%) TypeScript
7 18 (9.28%) C#
8 15 (7.73%) JavaScript
9 14 (7.22%) Bash
10 3 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.55%) Rust
10 3 (1.55%) SAS Macro
11 2 (1.03%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.03%) Scala
11 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.52%) C
12 1 (0.52%) CFML
12 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 52 (26.80%) Security Cleared
2 41 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.15%) Degree
4 8 (4.12%) Azure Certification
4 8 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.61%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.55%) MCSA
7 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.03%) MCSE
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.52%) CCNP
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CISSP
8 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.37%) QA
2 14 (7.22%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.64%) GDPR
4 6 (3.09%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.52%) SLA
6 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (28.87%) Docker
2 9 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.58%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 76 (39.18%) Terraform
2 62 (31.96%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.76%) Ansible
4 14 (7.22%) SCCM
5 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (3.61%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.09%) Grafana
6 6 (3.09%) WSUS
7 3 (1.55%) Istio
8 2 (1.03%) Control-M
9 1 (0.52%) Argo
9 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.52%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.25%) Salesforce
3 13 (6.70%) OpenAI
4 12 (6.19%) Google
5 8 (4.12%) Automation Anywhere
5 8 (4.12%) UiPath
6 6 (3.09%) Bloomberg
6 6 (3.09%) Citrix
6 6 (3.09%) Foundry
6 6 (3.09%) ION Trading
6 6 (3.09%) Reuters
7 4 (2.06%) Databricks
7 4 (2.06%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.55%) Apple
8 3 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.55%) Splunk
9 2 (1.03%) Brio
9 2 (1.03%) Cisco
9 2 (1.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) AppDynamics