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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 240 275
Rank change year-on-year +13 +35 +21
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 229 123 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.14% 0.92% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.99% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 89 71
10th Percentile £387 £377 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £675
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -17.04% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £750
90th Percentile £733 £803 £780
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
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 17,897 12,384 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,242 9,970
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 255 193
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -10.03% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -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 27 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 27 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 -7 27 £488 -36.07% 15
South London -7 6 £700 +12.90%
West London -20 3 £775 +50.19% 10
East London - 2 £775 - 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 12 (5.24%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.62%) Apache
4 5 (2.18%) CMS
5 2 (0.87%) nginx
5 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Confluence
6 1 (0.44%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.44%) SAS
6 1 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.44%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.44%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.44%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 127 (55.46%) Azure
2 89 (38.86%) AWS
3 65 (28.38%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (22.27%) GitHub
5 43 (18.78%) GitHub Actions
6 41 (17.90%) Serverless
7 29 (12.66%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (10.48%) Power Platform
9 23 (10.04%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (9.61%) Amazon S3
10 22 (9.61%) GCP
11 21 (9.17%) Amazon ECS
12 16 (6.99%) Amazon SQS
12 16 (6.99%) Entra ID
13 15 (6.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (6.55%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (6.55%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (5.24%) Azure AKS
15 11 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (4.80%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.55%) Firewall
2 6 (2.62%) DMZ
2 6 (2.62%) VPN
3 5 (2.18%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.75%) Internet
4 4 (1.75%) Network Security
5 3 (1.31%) DNS
5 3 (1.31%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.31%) NGFW
6 2 (0.87%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.87%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.44%) FTP
7 1 (0.44%) HTTP
7 1 (0.44%) IMAP
7 1 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.44%) SMTP
7 1 (0.44%) SSH
7 1 (0.44%) SSL
7 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.86%) Power BI
2 17 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (6.55%) SQL Server
4 14 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (6.11%) Relational Database
5 10 (4.37%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (4.37%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.49%) Data Lake
6 8 (3.49%) Metadata
6 8 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.06%) Big Data
7 7 (3.06%) Redis
8 6 (2.62%) DynamoDB
9 5 (2.18%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (2.18%) MySQL
10 4 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.75%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.31%) Apache Hive
11 3 (1.31%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 46 (20.09%) GitLab
2 42 (18.34%) Git
2 42 (18.34%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.49%) JIRA
3 8 (3.49%) Selenium
4 5 (2.18%) MSI
5 4 (1.75%) JUnit
5 4 (1.75%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.75%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.31%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.31%) git-flow
6 3 (1.31%) Maven
6 3 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.31%) Terragrunt
6 3 (1.31%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.87%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.87%) Gradle
7 2 (0.87%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.87%) JMeter
General
1 67 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.40%) Finance
3 36 (15.72%) Public Sector
4 28 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.61%) Banking
6 6 (2.62%) Front Office
6 6 (2.62%) Marketing
6 6 (2.62%) Retail
7 5 (2.18%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.31%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.31%) Law
9 3 (1.31%) Legal
10 2 (0.87%) Back Office
10 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.44%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 47 (20.52%) DevOps Engineer
2 46 (20.09%) Senior
3 43 (18.78%) Developer
4 25 (10.92%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (10.04%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (9.61%) Lead
7 19 (8.30%) Architect
8 18 (7.86%) AWS Engineer
9 16 (6.99%) Software Engineer
10 15 (6.55%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (6.11%) AWS DevOps
11 14 (6.11%) Data Engineer
11 14 (6.11%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (5.24%) Senior Developer
13 11 (4.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 10 (4.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 9 (3.93%) Senior DevOps
15 9 (3.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 9 (3.93%) Senior Software Engineer
16 8 (3.49%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (41.05%) Terraform
2 42 (18.34%) REST
3 30 (13.10%) React
3 30 (13.10%) RESTful
4 27 (11.79%) .NET
5 26 (11.35%) Kafka
6 14 (6.11%) AngularJS
7 12 (5.24%) .NET Core
7 12 (5.24%) .NET Framework
7 12 (5.24%) FastAPI
8 11 (4.80%) OAuth
8 11 (4.80%) PySpark
8 11 (4.80%) YAML
9 9 (3.93%) Node.js
9 9 (3.93%) OAuth2
9 9 (3.93%) Spring
9 9 (3.93%) Spring Boot
10 8 (3.49%) HTML
10 8 (3.49%) Redux
10 8 (3.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (32.31%) Cloud Native
2 29 (12.66%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (6.11%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.24%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.18%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.18%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (2.18%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (2.18%) Life Science
6 5 (2.18%) NHS
7 4 (1.75%) CMDB
7 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.75%) Replication
8 3 (1.31%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.31%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.79%) Linux
2 16 (6.99%) Windows
3 9 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (3.06%) Unix
5 5 (2.18%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.31%) VMS
8 2 (0.87%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.44%) Android
9 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (79.91%) CI/CD
2 145 (63.32%) DevOps
3 105 (45.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 97 (42.36%) Agile
5 72 (31.44%) Test Automation
6 71 (31.00%) Containerisation
7 49 (21.40%) Observability
8 47 (20.52%) AI
9 46 (20.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (20.09%) Microservices
9 46 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (18.34%) Software Engineering
11 41 (17.90%) Platform Engineering
12 40 (17.47%) Analytics
13 37 (16.16%) Event-Driven
14 32 (13.97%) DevSecOps
14 32 (13.97%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 30 (13.10%) Mentoring
16 29 (12.66%) Scrum
17 28 (12.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 90 (39.30%) Python
2 52 (22.71%) SQL
3 35 (15.28%) Java
4 33 (14.41%) PowerShell
5 30 (13.10%) C#
6 26 (11.35%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.30%) TypeScript
8 18 (7.86%) Bash
8 18 (7.86%) Bicep
9 8 (3.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (3.06%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.75%) Korn
11 4 (1.75%) Scala
12 3 (1.31%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.87%) Go
13 2 (0.87%) Groovy
13 2 (0.87%) PHP
13 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.87%) R
13 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (31.00%) Security Cleared
2 59 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.17%) DV Cleared
4 15 (6.55%) Degree
5 12 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.49%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.49%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.31%) MCSA
8 3 (1.31%) MCSE
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.44%) PhD
10 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PMP
10 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.28%) QA
2 9 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.06%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.62%) GDPR
5 3 (1.31%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.31%) WCAG
6 1 (0.44%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) NCSC
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (31.00%) Docker
2 12 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.44%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.44%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.44%) Postfix
6 1 (0.44%) Squid
6 1 (0.44%) Varnish
6 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 76 (33.19%) Kubernetes
2 26 (11.35%) Ansible
3 12 (5.24%) SCCM
4 11 (4.80%) Grafana
5 10 (4.37%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.62%) WSUS
8 4 (1.75%) Control-M
8 4 (1.75%) Puppet
9 3 (1.31%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.87%) Argo
10 2 (0.87%) Istio
11 1 (0.44%) Cilium
11 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.44%) Kibana
11 1 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.44%) Packer
11 1 (0.44%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.11%) Google
3 12 (5.24%) Databricks
4 10 (4.37%) Oracle
4 10 (4.37%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.62%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.62%) Splunk
6 5 (2.18%) Bloomberg
6 5 (2.18%) Citrix
6 5 (2.18%) Foundry
6 5 (2.18%) ION Trading
6 5 (2.18%) Reuters
6 5 (2.18%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.31%) Cloudera
7 3 (1.31%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.31%) IBM
7 3 (1.31%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.87%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.87%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.87%) Veracode