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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 284 302
Rank change year-on-year +29 +18 -15
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 114 105 133
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.66% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.74% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 52 96
10th Percentile £406 £401 £406
25th Percentile £473 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.78% -4.34%
75th Percentile £680 £750 £676
90th Percentile £813 £787 £781
England median daily rate £550 £570 £600
% change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £23.80 -
England median hourly rate £22.58 £23.80 £48.00
% change year-on-year -5.15% -50.42% -

All Process and 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 12,368 14,266 18,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.48% 89.20% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,148 9,223 13,676
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 176 232
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.17 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.79 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% -5.34% +6.44%
75th Percentile £47.75 £57.81 £62.25
90th Percentile £64.95 £78.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +28.57%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025. 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 +10 10 £575 -17.86% 6
West London -1 3 £516 -
South London -2 1 £620 - 1
East London - 1 £540 - 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 5 (4.39%) Confluence
2 2 (1.75%) Apache
2 2 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.75%) nginx
2 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Camunda
3 1 (0.88%) CMS
3 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.88%) Traefik
3 1 (0.88%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 41 (35.96%) AWS
2 37 (32.46%) Azure
3 22 (19.30%) GitHub
4 17 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
4 17 (14.91%) Serverless
5 15 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (12.28%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (12.28%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (9.65%) Amazon S3
7 11 (9.65%) GCP
8 9 (7.89%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (6.14%) Amazon Cognito
10 7 (6.14%) Amazon EventBridge
11 6 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (4.39%) AWS Step Functions
12 5 (4.39%) Datadog
12 5 (4.39%) Entra ID
12 5 (4.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.14%) HTTPS
2 6 (5.26%) Firewall
3 5 (4.39%) DNS
3 5 (4.39%) SSL
4 4 (3.51%) Network Security
4 4 (3.51%) VPN
5 3 (2.63%) HTTP
5 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.75%) Internet
7 1 (0.88%) BGP
7 1 (0.88%) Calico
7 1 (0.88%) DHCP
7 1 (0.88%) DMZ
7 1 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.88%) Multicast
7 1 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.88%) VLAN
7 1 (0.88%) VSAN
7 1 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.26%) DynamoDB
3 5 (4.39%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.39%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.51%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.51%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.63%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.75%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.75%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.75%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.75%) Power BI
6 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.88%) Big Data
7 1 (0.88%) Flink
7 1 (0.88%) Metadata
7 1 (0.88%) Redis
7 1 (0.88%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (16.67%) Git
2 18 (15.79%) Jenkins
3 8 (7.02%) JIRA
3 8 (7.02%) Maven
4 6 (5.26%) GitLab
5 4 (3.51%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.63%) IntelliJ
6 3 (2.63%) SonarQube
6 3 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.75%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.88%) Gradle
8 1 (0.88%) JUnit
8 1 (0.88%) MSI
8 1 (0.88%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.88%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.88%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.88%) Vagrant
General
1 31 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.04%) Finance
3 12 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.65%) Banking
4 11 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.14%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.63%) Marketing
7 2 (1.75%) Back Office
7 2 (1.75%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.75%) Electronics
7 2 (1.75%) Front Office
7 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Publishing
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (33.33%) Developer
2 14 (12.28%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (11.40%) Senior
4 11 (9.65%) Lead
5 9 (7.89%) Java Developer
6 8 (7.02%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (6.14%) Architect
7 7 (6.14%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Data Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 5 (4.39%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (4.39%) Lead Developer
9 5 (4.39%) Python Developer
9 5 (4.39%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (4.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Security Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Senior Developer
10 4 (3.51%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.91%) REST
2 15 (13.16%) RESTful
3 14 (12.28%) JSON
4 11 (9.65%) XML
5 10 (8.77%) Kafka
5 10 (8.77%) OAuth
5 10 (8.77%) React
5 10 (8.77%) SOAP
5 10 (8.77%) Spring
6 8 (7.02%) AngularJS
6 8 (7.02%) GraphQL
7 7 (6.14%) .NET
8 6 (5.26%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (5.26%) WebSockets
9 5 (4.39%) ARM Templates
9 5 (4.39%) Jest
9 5 (4.39%) PySpark
9 5 (4.39%) Spring Boot
10 4 (3.51%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (3.51%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.40%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.51%) Clustering
3 4 (3.51%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.88%) CMDB
6 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.88%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.88%) Grid Computing
6 1 (0.88%) IoT
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.91%) Linux
2 7 (6.14%) Windows
3 6 (5.26%) Unix
4 2 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Android
5 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) CentOS
5 1 (0.88%) Debian
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) VMS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (72.81%) CI/CD
2 72 (63.16%) DevOps
3 37 (32.46%) Test Automation
4 34 (29.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (28.95%) Agile
6 28 (24.56%) Containerisation
7 26 (22.81%) Microservices
7 26 (22.81%) Observability
8 23 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (14.04%) Scrum
11 15 (13.16%) Migration
12 14 (12.28%) Analytics
12 14 (12.28%) TDD
13 12 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
13 12 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
13 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Automation
13 12 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
14 11 (9.65%) API Development
14 11 (9.65%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 31 (27.19%) Python
2 26 (22.81%) Java
3 22 (19.30%) SQL
4 18 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 13 (11.40%) PowerShell
5 13 (11.40%) TypeScript
6 8 (7.02%) Bash
6 8 (7.02%) C#
6 8 (7.02%) Go
7 4 (3.51%) Bicep
8 3 (2.63%) PromQL
8 3 (2.63%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.75%) Groovy
10 1 (0.88%) C++
10 1 (0.88%) Perl
10 1 (0.88%) PHP
10 1 (0.88%) Ruby
10 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.14%) Degree
4 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.51%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.88%) CCNP
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.88%) CISSP
8 1 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) QA
2 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.88%) NCSC
3 1 (0.88%) NIST
3 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
System Software
1 36 (31.58%) Docker
2 5 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.88%) etcd
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.88%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (35.09%) Kubernetes
2 35 (30.70%) Terraform
3 19 (16.67%) Prometheus
4 12 (10.53%) Ansible
4 12 (10.53%) Grafana
5 5 (4.39%) Progress Chef
5 5 (4.39%) Puppet
6 4 (3.51%) Argo
6 4 (3.51%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.75%) Istio
8 2 (1.75%) Kibana
8 2 (1.75%) SCCM
9 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.88%) Icinga
9 1 (0.88%) Nagios
9 1 (0.88%) Salt
9 1 (0.88%) vRealize
9 1 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.53%) Databricks
3 9 (7.89%) Google
4 5 (4.39%) Axway
4 5 (4.39%) VMware
5 4 (3.51%) Bloomberg
5 4 (3.51%) Pega
5 4 (3.51%) Refinitiv
5 4 (3.51%) SAP
5 4 (3.51%) Solace
6 3 (2.63%) Splunk
6 3 (2.63%) webMethods
7 2 (1.75%) Citrix
7 2 (1.75%) IBM
7 2 (1.75%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.75%) Software AG
8 1 (0.88%) Dell
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) Salesforce