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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 231 281
Rank change year-on-year -7 +50 +12
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 182 120 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 0.95% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.04% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 91 72
10th Percentile £400 £380 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £663
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -13.21% +6.00%
75th Percentile £626 £744 £775
90th Percentile £688 £825 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.36
25th Percentile £50.25 - £22.90
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £23.80
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.68 - £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 15,718 11,590 15,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 92.20% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,522 7,861 11,306
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 171 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.54 £22.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +19.30% -26.45%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £66.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -16 18 £625 +7.76% 12
East London -2 2 £612 -2.86% 1
West London -25 2 £375 -27.88% 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 (4.40%) Appian
2 6 (3.30%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.75%) Camunda
4 4 (2.20%) SAS
5 2 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.55%) Apache
6 1 (0.55%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.55%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 97 (53.30%) Azure
2 55 (30.22%) AWS
3 28 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (15.38%) GitHub
4 20 (10.99%) GCP
4 20 (10.99%) Power Platform
4 20 (10.99%) Serverless
5 15 (8.24%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (7.14%) Azure AI
8 11 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (5.49%) Amazon S3
9 10 (5.49%) Azure AKS
9 10 (5.49%) Entra ID
10 9 (4.95%) Azure Key Vault
10 9 (4.95%) Power Automate
11 8 (4.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (4.40%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (4.40%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.04%) Firewall
2 7 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.75%) VPN
4 4 (2.20%) DHCP
4 4 (2.20%) DMZ
4 4 (2.20%) DNS
4 4 (2.20%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.65%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.65%) Network Security
6 2 (1.10%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.10%) NGFW
7 1 (0.55%) BGP
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.55%) Internet
7 1 (0.55%) IPsec
7 1 (0.55%) OSPF
7 1 (0.55%) SMS
7 1 (0.55%) SNMP
7 1 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.69%) Power BI
3 12 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (6.04%) Data Lake
4 11 (6.04%) Relational Database
5 10 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (4.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (4.40%) Pinecone
7 8 (4.40%) Spark SQL
8 6 (3.30%) NoSQL
9 5 (2.75%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.75%) Big Data
9 5 (2.75%) Metadata
10 4 (2.20%) Redis
11 3 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.65%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.65%) Data Mart
11 3 (1.65%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.65%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 37 (20.33%) Git
2 19 (10.44%) GitLab
3 11 (6.04%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.40%) MLflow
5 5 (2.75%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.20%) MSI
7 2 (1.10%) AdminStudio
7 2 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.10%) git-flow
7 2 (1.10%) InstallShield
7 2 (1.10%) Maven
7 2 (1.10%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.55%) Gradle
8 1 (0.55%) Moq
8 1 (0.55%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.55%) webpack
8 1 (0.55%) WiX
General
1 56 (30.77%) Finance
1 56 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.48%) Public Sector
3 15 (8.24%) Banking
4 10 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.75%) Front Office
5 5 (2.75%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.65%) Legal
7 3 (1.65%) Marketing
8 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.10%) Police
9 1 (0.55%) Electronics
9 1 (0.55%) Law
9 1 (0.55%) Military
9 1 (0.55%) Retail
9 1 (0.55%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (20.88%) Developer
2 27 (14.84%) Senior
3 23 (12.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (10.99%) Architect
5 17 (9.34%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 13 (7.14%) Lead
6 13 (7.14%) Salesforce Engineer
7 12 (6.59%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.49%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (5.49%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.49%) Senior Developer
9 9 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (4.40%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.85%) Technical Architect
12 5 (2.75%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.20%) Analyst
13 4 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 4 (2.20%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (15.93%) RESTful
2 25 (13.74%) REST
3 20 (10.99%) React
4 16 (8.79%) PySpark
5 14 (7.69%) Kafka
5 14 (7.69%) Node.js
6 13 (7.14%) .NET
6 13 (7.14%) OAuth
7 12 (6.59%) AngularJS
7 12 (6.59%) FastAPI
7 12 (6.59%) YAML
8 11 (6.04%) Spring
8 11 (6.04%) Spring Boot
9 10 (5.49%) Django
9 10 (5.49%) JWT
10 9 (4.95%) Hugging Face
10 9 (4.95%) JSON
10 9 (4.95%) PyTorch
10 9 (4.95%) scikit-learn
10 9 (4.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.03%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.59%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.59%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.49%) Distributed Computing
5 8 (4.40%) Low-Code
6 7 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.20%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.65%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.65%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.65%) Derivative
9 3 (1.65%) Energy Derivatives
9 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.65%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.79%) Linux
2 13 (7.14%) Windows
3 4 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.55%) Unix
5 1 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (69.78%) CI/CD
2 105 (57.69%) DevOps
3 74 (40.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 57 (31.32%) Test Automation
5 50 (27.47%) Agile
6 48 (26.37%) Containerisation
7 37 (20.33%) Observability
8 36 (19.78%) AI
9 34 (18.68%) Analytics
9 34 (18.68%) Microservices
10 33 (18.13%) Data Pipeline
11 29 (15.93%) Data Engineering
11 29 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (15.38%) ETL
13 27 (14.84%) Migration
14 26 (14.29%) Validation
15 22 (12.09%) Data Modelling
15 22 (12.09%) Machine Learning
16 21 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (11.54%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 76 (41.76%) Python
2 46 (25.27%) SQL
3 33 (18.13%) Java
4 31 (17.03%) PowerShell
5 19 (10.44%) Bicep
5 19 (10.44%) TypeScript
6 14 (7.69%) Bash
6 14 (7.69%) C#
6 14 (7.69%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.65%) PHP
7 3 (1.65%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.65%) Rust
7 3 (1.65%) SAS Macro
8 2 (1.10%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.10%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.10%) Scala
8 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.10%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.55%) CFML
Qualifications
1 47 (25.82%) Security Cleared
2 38 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.95%) Degree
4 8 (4.40%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.30%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.65%) MCSA
8 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.10%) MCSE
9 1 (0.55%) CCNP
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.55%) CISSP
9 1 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.69%) QA
2 13 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.49%) GDPR
4 7 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.55%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.55%) NCSC
6 1 (0.55%) SLA
6 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (29.67%) Docker
2 11 (6.04%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.20%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.20%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.10%) Xen
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (37.36%) Terraform
2 58 (31.87%) Kubernetes
3 12 (6.59%) Ansible
4 11 (6.04%) SCCM
5 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.75%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.20%) Grafana
7 4 (2.20%) WSUS
8 3 (1.65%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (1.10%) Istio
10 1 (0.55%) QRadar
10 1 (0.55%) vRealize
Vendors
1 53 (29.12%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.79%) Salesforce
3 13 (7.14%) OpenAI
4 11 (6.04%) Google
5 8 (4.40%) Automation Anywhere
5 8 (4.40%) UiPath
6 6 (3.30%) Foundry
7 4 (2.20%) Bloomberg
7 4 (2.20%) Citrix
7 4 (2.20%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.20%) Reuters
7 4 (2.20%) Splunk
8 3 (1.65%) Apple
8 3 (1.65%) Databricks
8 3 (1.65%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.65%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.65%) IBM
8 3 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.65%) SAP
9 2 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud