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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 249 276
Rank change year-on-year +57 +27 +25
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 313 116 106
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.55% 0.86% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 0.93% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 83 56
10th Percentile £400 £403 £403
25th Percentile £450 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £594
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -3.16% -1.04%
75th Percentile £625 £666 £746
90th Percentile £750 £813 £778
England median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% -5.83%
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 17,972 12,434 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.55% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,766 8,197 9,428
10th Percentile £360 £332 £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 £664 £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 333 243 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.01 £24.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £78.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 36 £513 -25.45% 23
South London -2 10 £700 +12.90% 3
West London -14 5 £663 +28.39% 7
East London +4 1 - - 5
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 17 (5.43%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.47%) Apache
3 12 (3.83%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.24%) CMS
5 4 (1.28%) Confluence
6 3 (0.96%) nginx
7 2 (0.64%) CICS
7 2 (0.64%) IIS
7 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.32%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.64%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.32%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.32%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 171 (54.63%) Azure
2 124 (39.62%) AWS
3 82 (26.20%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (25.56%) GitHub
5 62 (19.81%) GitHub Actions
6 60 (19.17%) Serverless
7 40 (12.78%) AWS Lambda
8 38 (12.14%) Entra ID
9 37 (11.82%) GCP
10 33 (10.54%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (10.54%) Amazon S3
11 32 (10.22%) Power Platform
12 29 (9.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 29 (9.27%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (9.27%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (8.63%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (6.39%) Azure Functions
15 17 (5.43%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (5.11%) Azure AKS
16 16 (5.11%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.71%) Firewall
2 13 (4.15%) DNS
3 7 (2.24%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.24%) VPN
4 5 (1.60%) Internet
4 5 (1.60%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.60%) NGFW
5 4 (1.28%) DMZ
5 4 (1.28%) Network Security
5 4 (1.28%) SSL
6 3 (0.96%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.64%) HTTP
7 2 (0.64%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.64%) SSH
8 1 (0.32%) Broadband
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) FTP
8 1 (0.32%) SMTP
8 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.63%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.35%) Power BI
3 21 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (6.39%) Relational Database
5 16 (5.11%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.47%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (3.83%) Metadata
8 12 (3.83%) Redis
9 11 (3.51%) MongoDB
9 11 (3.51%) NoSQL
10 10 (3.19%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (2.56%) BigQuery
12 8 (2.56%) Delta Lake
12 8 (2.56%) MySQL
13 7 (2.24%) Big Data
13 7 (2.24%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (1.60%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 70 (22.36%) Git
2 64 (20.45%) GitLab
3 60 (19.17%) Jenkins
4 19 (6.07%) JIRA
5 10 (3.19%) Selenium
6 6 (1.92%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.60%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.60%) JUnit
7 5 (1.60%) MSI
8 4 (1.28%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.28%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.96%) Maven
9 3 (0.96%) Postman
9 3 (0.96%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.96%) Storybook
9 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.64%) JMeter
General
1 112 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 76 (24.28%) Finance
3 49 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (13.42%) Public Sector
5 37 (11.82%) Banking
6 8 (2.56%) Marketing
7 7 (2.24%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.24%) Front Office
7 7 (2.24%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.24%) Retail
8 5 (1.60%) Back Office
9 4 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.28%) Law
9 4 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.64%) Billing
10 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.64%) Local Government
10 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.64%) Police
10 2 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 60 (19.17%) DevOps Engineer
2 59 (18.85%) Senior
3 57 (18.21%) Developer
4 34 (10.86%) Lead
5 32 (10.22%) Architect
6 30 (9.58%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (9.58%) Cloud Engineer
7 26 (8.31%) AWS Engineer
8 21 (6.71%) Data Engineer
9 20 (6.39%) AWS DevOps
9 20 (6.39%) Software Engineer
10 17 (5.43%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 16 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.47%) Senior DevOps
13 14 (4.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.15%) Senior Developer
14 13 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.83%) Technical Leader
16 11 (3.51%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (44.73%) Terraform
2 73 (23.32%) REST
3 44 (14.06%) .NET
4 36 (11.50%) Kafka
5 35 (11.18%) RESTful
6 32 (10.22%) React
7 25 (7.99%) OAuth
8 19 (6.07%) OAuth2
9 18 (5.75%) PySpark
10 17 (5.43%) Spring
10 17 (5.43%) Spring Boot
11 16 (5.11%) .NET Framework
11 16 (5.11%) AngularJS
11 16 (5.11%) OpenID
12 13 (4.15%) .NET Core
12 13 (4.15%) ASP.NET
12 13 (4.15%) FastAPI
12 13 (4.15%) Flask
12 13 (4.15%) HTML
13 12 (3.83%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 99 (31.63%) Cloud Native
2 38 (12.14%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (9.58%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (6.39%) Product Ownership
5 19 (6.07%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.24%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.24%) PKI
11 6 (1.92%) CMDB
11 6 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (1.92%) Life Science
11 6 (1.92%) Replication
12 5 (1.60%) NHS
12 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.28%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.78%) Linux
2 21 (6.71%) Windows
3 12 (3.83%) Unix
4 11 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.56%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.28%) VMS
7 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.64%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.64%) zOS
9 1 (0.32%) Android
9 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (84.35%) CI/CD
2 205 (65.50%) DevOps
3 158 (50.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 134 (42.81%) Agile
5 97 (30.99%) Test Automation
6 91 (29.07%) Containerisation
7 87 (27.80%) Observability
8 82 (26.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (22.36%) Software Engineering
10 69 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (21.41%) AI
12 62 (19.81%) Microservices
12 62 (19.81%) Platform Engineering
13 60 (19.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (18.85%) Analytics
15 54 (17.25%) Technical Leadership
16 53 (16.93%) Migration
17 49 (15.65%) Event-Driven
18 44 (14.06%) Mentoring
18 44 (14.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 126 (40.26%) Python
2 69 (22.04%) SQL
3 48 (15.34%) Java
4 47 (15.02%) C#
5 42 (13.42%) PowerShell
6 38 (12.14%) JavaScript
7 31 (9.90%) Bash
8 28 (8.95%) Bicep
9 25 (7.99%) TypeScript
10 14 (4.47%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (2.88%) Go
12 6 (1.92%) Korn
13 4 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.28%) PHP
13 4 (1.28%) Scala
14 3 (0.96%) C++
14 3 (0.96%) COBOL
14 3 (0.96%) Groovy
14 3 (0.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (31.63%) Security Cleared
2 83 (26.52%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.31%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.75%) Degree
5 17 (5.43%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.11%) AWS Certification
7 15 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.60%) MCSE
10 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.64%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.32%) MCSA
13 1 (0.32%) PhD
13 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.38%) QA
2 27 (8.63%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.24%) GDPR
4 4 (1.28%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.28%) WCAG
5 3 (0.96%) NCSC
6 2 (0.64%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 91 (29.07%) Docker
2 23 (7.35%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.60%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.64%) RACF
6 2 (0.64%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.32%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.32%) Postfix
7 1 (0.32%) Squid
7 1 (0.32%) Varnish
7 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.32%) zsh
Systems Management
1 98 (31.31%) Kubernetes
2 46 (14.70%) Ansible
3 25 (7.99%) Grafana
4 18 (5.75%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.56%) SCCM
7 7 (2.24%) Puppet
8 6 (1.92%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.28%) Argo
10 4 (1.28%) Control-M
10 4 (1.28%) WSUS
11 2 (0.64%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.64%) Istio
11 2 (0.64%) Packer
12 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.32%) Kibana
12 1 (0.32%) systemd
Vendors
1 86 (27.48%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.31%) Databricks
3 24 (7.67%) Google
4 22 (7.03%) Oracle
5 14 (4.47%) Splunk
6 11 (3.51%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.19%) Dynatrace
8 9 (2.88%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.56%) UiPath
10 7 (2.24%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.92%) Foundry
11 6 (1.92%) IBM
12 5 (1.60%) ION Trading
13 4 (1.28%) Cloudera
13 4 (1.28%) Informatica
13 4 (1.28%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.28%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.96%) OneTrust
14 3 (0.96%) Optimizely
14 3 (0.96%) SaltStack