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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 256 289
Rank change year-on-year +16 +33 -3
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 159 102 96
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 0.75% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.83% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 59 65
10th Percentile £400 £423 £435
25th Percentile £436 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £655 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.14% +13.91% -8.00%
75th Percentile £623 £825 £688
90th Percentile £775 £838 £775
England median daily rate £513 £583 £575
% change year-on-year -11.97% +1.30% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.25 - -
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £22.00
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.50 £85.00 £44.51
% change year-on-year -40.59% +90.97% -31.52%

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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -4 14 £575 - 17
West London - 2 £375 -
East London +3 1 £540 -14.29%
South London -10 1 £515 -37.20%
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 (5.03%) Appian
2 6 (3.77%) Camunda
3 3 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.63%) Apache
4 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.63%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.63%) Traefik
Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.63%) Endur
1 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (50.31%) Azure
2 39 (24.53%) AWS
3 27 (16.98%) GitHub
4 20 (12.58%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (12.58%) GCP
5 17 (10.69%) GitHub Actions
6 16 (10.06%) Power Platform
6 16 (10.06%) Serverless
7 13 (8.18%) Azure AI
7 13 (8.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (6.29%) Power Automate
9 9 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (5.66%) Azure Key Vault
10 8 (5.03%) Anthropic Claude
10 8 (5.03%) Azure AKS
11 7 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (4.40%) Azure Functions
11 7 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (4.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (3.77%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.29%) HTTPS
2 7 (4.40%) Firewall
2 7 (4.40%) SSL
3 5 (3.14%) DHCP
3 5 (3.14%) Software-Defined Networking
3 5 (3.14%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.14%) VPN
4 4 (2.52%) DNS
4 4 (2.52%) Network Security
5 2 (1.26%) BGP
5 2 (1.26%) DMZ
6 1 (0.63%) Calico
6 1 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.63%) Internet
6 1 (0.63%) IPsec
6 1 (0.63%) OSPF
6 1 (0.63%) SMS
6 1 (0.63%) VSAN
6 1 (0.63%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.66%) Power BI
2 9 (5.66%) Relational Database
3 8 (5.03%) Pinecone
3 8 (5.03%) Spark SQL
4 7 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (4.40%) Data Lake
4 7 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.14%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.89%) Redis
6 3 (1.89%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.26%) ImageNet
7 2 (1.26%) Metadata
8 1 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.63%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.63%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (18.24%) Git
2 18 (11.32%) GitLab
3 12 (7.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.03%) MLflow
5 4 (2.52%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.89%) Gradle
6 3 (1.89%) JIRA
7 2 (1.26%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.26%) Maven
7 2 (1.26%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.63%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.63%) git-flow
8 1 (0.63%) JUnit
8 1 (0.63%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.63%) Mockito
8 1 (0.63%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.63%) Selenium
8 1 (0.63%) webpack
General
1 56 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 43 (27.04%) Finance
3 21 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.40%) Marketing
6 4 (2.52%) Banking
6 4 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.26%) Back Office
8 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.26%) Electronics
8 2 (1.26%) Front Office
8 2 (1.26%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.26%) Military
8 2 (1.26%) Police
8 2 (1.26%) Retail
8 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 45 (28.30%) Developer
2 23 (14.47%) Architect
3 18 (11.32%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (8.18%) Senior
6 12 (7.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 12 (7.55%) Lead
7 11 (6.92%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (6.29%) Technical Architect
9 8 (5.03%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) Python Developer
10 7 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Azure Architect
11 6 (3.77%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (3.77%) Lead DevOps
11 6 (3.77%) React Developer
12 5 (3.14%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (3.14%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 5 (3.14%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (18.87%) REST
2 29 (18.24%) RESTful
3 19 (11.95%) JSON
3 19 (11.95%) React
4 16 (10.06%) OAuth
5 14 (8.81%) FastAPI
6 13 (8.18%) .NET
6 13 (8.18%) pytest
6 13 (8.18%) XML
7 12 (7.55%) PySpark
8 11 (6.92%) AngularJS
8 11 (6.92%) Spring
8 11 (6.92%) Spring Boot
9 10 (6.29%) JWT
9 10 (6.29%) SOAP
9 10 (6.29%) Swagger
9 10 (6.29%) Web Services
10 9 (5.66%) Flask
10 9 (5.66%) Kafka
10 9 (5.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.58%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.92%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (5.03%) Low-Code
4 7 (4.40%) Distributed Computing
5 6 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.89%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.26%) Derivative
9 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.26%) NHS
9 2 (1.26%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.58%) Linux
2 8 (5.03%) Windows
3 4 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.26%) Unix
4 2 (1.26%) VMS
5 1 (0.63%) Android
5 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 94 (59.12%) DevOps
3 57 (35.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 53 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 47 (29.56%) Containerisation
6 40 (25.16%) Agile
7 33 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (18.24%) Observability
9 28 (17.61%) Microservices
10 27 (16.98%) AI
11 26 (16.35%) Data Pipeline
12 23 (14.47%) Analytics
12 23 (14.47%) API Development
12 23 (14.47%) Data Engineering
12 23 (14.47%) ETL
13 22 (13.84%) Migration
14 19 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (11.95%) Workflow
15 18 (11.32%) Infrastructure Automation
15 18 (11.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 64 (40.25%) Python
2 45 (28.30%) SQL
3 30 (18.87%) Java
4 21 (13.21%) TypeScript
5 19 (11.95%) PowerShell
6 17 (10.69%) Bicep
7 15 (9.43%) JavaScript
8 14 (8.81%) Bash
9 11 (6.92%) C#
10 3 (1.89%) Go
10 3 (1.89%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.26%) PHP
11 2 (1.26%) Rust
11 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.63%) CFML
12 1 (0.63%) Groovy
12 1 (0.63%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.63%) Scala
12 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 39 (24.53%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.66%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.40%) Degree
5 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.89%) CISSP
7 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.26%) CCNP
8 2 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.63%) CISM
9 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.92%) GDPR
2 10 (6.29%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.40%) QA
3 7 (4.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.89%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.26%) NCSC
6 2 (1.26%) NIST
6 2 (1.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (33.96%) Docker
2 9 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.26%) Xen
6 1 (0.63%) etcd
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 56 (35.22%) Kubernetes
1 56 (35.22%) Terraform
2 11 (6.92%) Ansible
3 6 (3.77%) Grafana
4 5 (3.14%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.89%) Istio
5 3 (1.89%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.89%) vRealize
6 2 (1.26%) SCCM
7 1 (0.63%) Argo
7 1 (0.63%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.63%) QRadar
7 1 (0.63%) VxRail
7 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.18%) Google
3 12 (7.55%) OpenAI
4 10 (6.29%) Salesforce
5 8 (5.03%) Automation Anywhere
5 8 (5.03%) Databricks
5 8 (5.03%) UiPath
6 7 (4.40%) VMware
7 6 (3.77%) SAP
7 6 (3.77%) Splunk
8 5 (3.14%) Axway
8 5 (3.14%) Foundry
8 5 (3.14%) webMethods
9 4 (2.52%) IBM
9 4 (2.52%) Software AG
10 3 (1.89%) Adobe
10 3 (1.89%) Apple
10 3 (1.89%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.89%) Oracle
11 2 (1.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud