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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 244 257
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 +25
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 212 136 126
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 1.00% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.08% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 102 79
10th Percentile £385 £380 £413
25th Percentile £450 £453 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -15.93% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £775
90th Percentile £700 £811 £780
England median daily rate £513 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -6.82% -10.20% -
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 £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 17,923 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.03% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 5 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 5 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 -6 26 £488 -32.76% 14
South London -12 5 £700 +12.90%
East London - 3 £612 - 2
West London -21 2 £775 +50.19%
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 11 (5.19%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.36%) Apache
2 5 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.89%) SAS
4 3 (1.42%) CMS
5 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.47%) Appian
6 1 (0.47%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.47%) IIS
6 1 (0.47%) nginx
6 1 (0.47%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.47%) Misys Equation
1 1 (0.47%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.47%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (54.25%) Azure
2 82 (38.68%) AWS
3 55 (25.94%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (22.64%) GitHub
5 41 (19.34%) GitHub Actions
6 31 (14.62%) Serverless
7 24 (11.32%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (11.32%) Power Platform
8 21 (9.91%) Amazon S3
9 19 (8.96%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (8.49%) Amazon ECS
10 18 (8.49%) GCP
11 14 (6.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (6.60%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (6.13%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (5.66%) Azure AKS
14 10 (4.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (4.72%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.55%) Firewall
2 7 (3.30%) VPN
3 6 (2.83%) DMZ
3 6 (2.83%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.36%) Network Security
5 4 (1.89%) DNS
6 3 (1.42%) Internet
7 2 (0.94%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.94%) NGFW
7 2 (0.94%) SSL
8 1 (0.47%) BGP
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.47%) IPsec
8 1 (0.47%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.47%) OSPF
8 1 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.47%) SNMP
8 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.96%) Power BI
2 14 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (6.60%) SQL Server
3 13 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (6.13%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.30%) Amazon Athena
4 7 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.30%) Big Data
4 7 (3.30%) Data Lake
4 7 (3.30%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.30%) Redis
5 6 (2.83%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.36%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.36%) Metadata
7 4 (1.89%) MySQL
8 3 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.42%) Data Mart
8 3 (1.42%) SAS Data Integration Studio
8 3 (1.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (17.92%) GitLab
2 36 (16.98%) Git
3 35 (16.51%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.36%) JIRA
4 5 (2.36%) MSI
4 5 (2.36%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.89%) git-flow
5 4 (1.89%) Maven
5 4 (1.89%) Selenium
6 3 (1.42%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.42%) JUnit
6 3 (1.42%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.42%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.94%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.94%) Gradle
7 2 (0.94%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.94%) MSBuild
7 2 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.94%) webpack
General
1 57 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.47%) Finance
3 34 (16.04%) Public Sector
4 25 (11.79%) Banking
5 23 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.83%) Front Office
6 6 (2.83%) Retail
7 5 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.89%) Marketing
9 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.42%) Law
9 3 (1.42%) Legal
10 2 (0.94%) Back Office
10 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Police
11 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (20.75%) Senior
2 41 (19.34%) Developer
3 36 (16.98%) DevOps Engineer
4 21 (9.91%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (9.43%) Lead
6 17 (8.02%) Architect
7 16 (7.55%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (7.08%) Software Engineer
9 14 (6.60%) Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (6.13%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (6.13%) Senior Developer
11 11 (5.19%) Data Engineer
11 11 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.72%) AWS DevOps
13 8 (3.77%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.77%) Salesforce Engineer
13 8 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
13 8 (3.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 7 (3.30%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 7 (3.30%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (16.98%) REST
2 31 (14.62%) RESTful
3 26 (12.26%) React
4 23 (10.85%) .NET
5 19 (8.96%) Kafka
6 11 (5.19%) .NET Framework
6 11 (5.19%) AngularJS
6 11 (5.19%) PySpark
7 10 (4.72%) FastAPI
7 10 (4.72%) OAuth
7 10 (4.72%) YAML
8 9 (4.25%) .NET Core
9 8 (3.77%) Node.js
9 8 (3.77%) OpenID
9 8 (3.77%) Redux
9 8 (3.77%) Spring
9 8 (3.77%) Spring Boot
10 7 (3.30%) ASP.NET
10 7 (3.30%) OAuth2
10 7 (3.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 68 (32.08%) Cloud Native
2 25 (11.79%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.66%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.36%) NHS
8 4 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.42%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.42%) Life Science
9 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.94%) CMDB
10 2 (0.94%) Derivative
10 2 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.49%) Linux
2 12 (5.66%) Windows
3 7 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.42%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.94%) Unix
6 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (77.83%) CI/CD
2 129 (60.85%) DevOps
3 96 (45.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 83 (39.15%) Agile
5 72 (33.96%) Test Automation
6 64 (30.19%) Containerisation
7 42 (19.81%) AI
7 42 (19.81%) Microservices
8 39 (18.40%) Analytics
9 38 (17.92%) Observability
10 37 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (17.45%) Software Engineering
11 33 (15.57%) Platform Engineering
12 32 (15.09%) Event-Driven
13 29 (13.68%) Migration
14 28 (13.21%) Data Pipeline
15 27 (12.74%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 27 (12.74%) Mentoring
16 26 (12.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 84 (39.62%) Python
2 42 (19.81%) SQL
3 35 (16.51%) PowerShell
4 28 (13.21%) Java
5 24 (11.32%) C#
6 20 (9.43%) JavaScript
7 18 (8.49%) Bicep
7 18 (8.49%) TypeScript
8 15 (7.08%) Bash
9 5 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.89%) Korn
11 3 (1.42%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.42%) SAS Macro
11 3 (1.42%) Scala
11 3 (1.42%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.94%) C
12 2 (0.94%) C++
12 2 (0.94%) PHP
12 2 (0.94%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (30.66%) Security Cleared
2 56 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.96%) DV Cleared
4 16 (7.55%) Degree
5 14 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.30%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.36%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.42%) MCSA
11 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.94%) MCSE
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.47%) PhD
12 1 (0.47%) PMP
12 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.09%) QA
2 8 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.30%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.89%) WCAG
5 3 (1.42%) GDPR
6 2 (0.94%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.47%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.47%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
7 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
7 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (27.83%) Docker
2 7 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.47%) Varnish
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (40.09%) Terraform
2 69 (32.55%) Kubernetes
3 22 (10.38%) Ansible
4 12 (5.66%) SCCM
5 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (3.30%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.83%) Grafana
7 5 (2.36%) WSUS
8 3 (1.42%) Control-M
9 2 (0.94%) Argo
9 2 (0.94%) Istio
9 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.94%) Puppet
10 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.47%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.47%) Packer
10 1 (0.47%) QRadar
10 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.47%) systemd
Vendors
1 45 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.66%) Google
3 11 (5.19%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.25%) Databricks
5 8 (3.77%) Oracle
6 5 (2.36%) Bloomberg
6 5 (2.36%) Citrix
6 5 (2.36%) ION Trading
6 5 (2.36%) Reuters
7 4 (1.89%) Foundry
7 4 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.89%) Splunk
8 3 (1.42%) Cisco
8 3 (1.42%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.42%) IBM
8 3 (1.42%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.42%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.42%) UiPath
9 2 (0.94%) Brio