Deployment Automation Contracts

Deployment Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Deployment Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 325 352
Rank change year-on-year +7 +27 -34
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 294 460 674
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.78% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.86% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 292 477
10th Percentile £413 £432 £431
25th Percentile £505 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £620 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +7.83% +13.58%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £593 £540
% change year-on-year -3.04% +9.81% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £22.72 £65.30 £61.00
25th Percentile - £65.75 £66.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £68.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.26% -14.38% +79.78%
75th Percentile £67.02 £74.38 £85.00
90th Percentile £69.56 £79.55 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.26 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Deployment Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Deployment Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deployment Automation.

Daily rate trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deployment Automation.

Hourly rate trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
England -2 240 £575 -8.00% 100
UK excluding London +21 133 £575 -3.04% 66
London +5 112 £675 +8.00% 38
Work from Home +35 88 £543 -10.62% 46
South East +13 53 £575 -6.50% 14
South West +16 30 £700 - 18
North of England +11 22 £510 -7.27% 16
Scotland +45 17 £450 -13.46% 3
North West +14 13 £510 +5.97% 12
Midlands +19 9 £359 -15.47% 12
Yorkshire +3 6 £475 -15.56% 4
East Midlands +17 5 £356 -16.24% 1
West Midlands +20 4 £675 +17.39% 11
North East - 3 £520 -
East of England +5 2 £550 -29.03% 2

Deployment Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (10.88%) Confluence
2 9 (3.06%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.38%) IBM HTTP Server
3 7 (2.38%) WebSphere
3 7 (2.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (2.38%) WebSphere Portal
4 6 (2.04%) Apache
5 5 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.70%) JBoss
5 5 (1.70%) WordPress
6 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.02%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (1.02%) CMS
7 3 (1.02%) Drupal
7 3 (1.02%) IIS
8 2 (0.68%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 100 (34.01%) Azure
2 95 (32.31%) AWS
3 44 (14.97%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (14.29%) GCP
5 33 (11.22%) IaaS
5 33 (11.22%) PaaS
5 33 (11.22%) Serverless
6 30 (10.20%) SaaS
7 29 (9.86%) GitHub
8 17 (5.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 17 (5.78%) Power Platform
9 16 (5.44%) OpenShift
10 15 (5.10%) Azure Key Vault
11 14 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (4.76%) Power Automate
11 14 (4.76%) PowerApps
12 13 (4.42%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (4.08%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.82%) Firewall
2 22 (7.48%) DNS
3 11 (3.74%) SAN
4 10 (3.40%) NAS
5 9 (3.06%) DHCP
6 8 (2.72%) Kerberos
6 8 (2.72%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.72%) VLAN
7 7 (2.38%) HTTP
8 5 (1.70%) FTP
8 5 (1.70%) Wireless
9 4 (1.36%) Internet
9 4 (1.36%) VPN
10 3 (1.02%) Network Security
10 3 (1.02%) SSL
10 3 (1.02%) WAN
11 2 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.68%) DKIM
11 2 (0.68%) DMARC
11 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.10%) Big Data
3 12 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (4.08%) NoSQL
3 12 (4.08%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (2.38%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (2.38%) OLTP
5 7 (2.38%) Power BI
6 6 (2.04%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.70%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.36%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.02%) MySQL
9 3 (1.02%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 84 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 76 (25.85%) Git
3 48 (16.33%) JIRA
4 30 (10.20%) Bitbucket
5 28 (9.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 18 (6.12%) SonarQube
7 17 (5.78%) TeamCity
8 13 (4.42%) Visual Studio
9 8 (2.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (2.38%) GitLab
10 7 (2.38%) Maven
10 7 (2.38%) Visual Studio Team System
11 6 (2.04%) Gradle
11 6 (2.04%) Selenium
12 5 (1.70%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.70%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (1.70%) IBM UrbanCode
13 4 (1.36%) Artifactory
13 4 (1.36%) Mocha
14 3 (1.02%) webpack
General
1 72 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.31%) Finance
3 33 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.46%) Banking
5 18 (6.12%) Aerospace
6 16 (5.44%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.04%) Retail
10 5 (1.70%) Local Government
10 5 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.68%) Back Office
12 2 (0.68%) Electronics
12 2 (0.68%) Marketing
12 2 (0.68%) Publishing
12 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.34%) German Language
13 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (25.51%) Developer
2 46 (15.65%) Architect
3 32 (10.88%) Senior
4 24 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (7.48%) Cloud Engineer
6 21 (7.14%) Build Engineer
6 21 (7.14%) Windows Build Engineer
6 21 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
7 15 (5.10%) Security Architect
8 14 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (4.76%) Lead
9 12 (4.08%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.06%) C# Developer
11 9 (3.06%) Cloud Security Architect
11 9 (3.06%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.06%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.72%) .NET Developer
12 8 (2.72%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.72%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (22.79%) .NET
2 33 (11.22%) .NET Core
3 24 (8.16%) React
4 21 (7.14%) ARM Templates
5 18 (6.12%) SailPoint
6 15 (5.10%) ASP.NET
7 14 (4.76%) CSS
7 14 (4.76%) JSON
7 14 (4.76%) Web Services
7 14 (4.76%) XML
8 13 (4.42%) .NET Framework
9 10 (3.40%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (3.40%) HTML
10 9 (3.06%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (3.06%) Kafka
10 9 (3.06%) Node.js
11 8 (2.72%) LDAP
11 8 (2.72%) Middleware
11 8 (2.72%) Spring Boot
12 7 (2.38%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.10%) Cloud Native
1 15 (5.10%) Mobile App
1 15 (5.10%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.08%) IoT
3 11 (3.74%) Clustering
3 11 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.06%) Replication
5 8 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.70%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (1.70%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.36%) PKI
7 4 (1.36%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.02%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 61 (20.75%) Linux
1 61 (20.75%) Windows
2 38 (12.93%) Windows Server
3 26 (8.84%) Windows 10
3 26 (8.84%) Windows Server 2012
4 25 (8.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (7.14%) Windows NT
5 21 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (5.10%) Unix
8 8 (2.72%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (2.72%) Solaris
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.68%) CentOS
10 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (40.82%) CI/CD
2 119 (40.48%) DevOps
3 80 (27.21%) Continuous Integration
4 76 (25.85%) Test Automation
5 61 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (18.71%) Agile
7 48 (16.33%) Containerisation
8 40 (13.61%) Application Security
8 40 (13.61%) Infrastructure as Code
9 38 (12.93%) Migration
10 37 (12.59%) ITIL
10 37 (12.59%) Release Management
11 35 (11.90%) Task Automation
12 32 (10.88%) Infrastructure Automation
12 32 (10.88%) OO
12 32 (10.88%) Software Engineering
13 30 (10.20%) Cloud Security
13 30 (10.20%) Configuration Management
13 30 (10.20%) High Availability
13 30 (10.20%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.57%) Python
2 78 (26.53%) PowerShell
3 54 (18.37%) C#
4 39 (13.27%) Java
5 31 (10.54%) SQL
6 26 (8.84%) Bash
7 24 (8.16%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.76%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.40%) Ruby
10 9 (3.06%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.72%) Groovy
12 7 (2.38%) Perl
13 6 (2.04%) C++
14 5 (1.70%) Go
15 3 (1.02%) PHP
16 2 (0.68%) Bicep
16 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.34%) C
17 1 (0.34%) R
17 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (34.69%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.47%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.52%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.74%) Degree
5 10 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.36%) MCSE
8 4 (1.36%) MCTS
8 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CEH
10 1 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.59%) QA
2 12 (4.08%) NIST
3 10 (3.40%) NCSC
4 8 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.72%) GDPR
4 8 (2.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.04%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (15.65%) Active Directory
2 42 (14.29%) Docker
3 27 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (7.14%) Firmware
5 5 (1.70%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.02%) vSphere
8 2 (0.68%) vCloud
9 1 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.34%) HDFS
9 1 (0.34%) KVM
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (26.87%) Ansible
2 74 (25.17%) Terraform
3 60 (20.41%) Kubernetes
4 29 (9.86%) SCCM
5 26 (8.84%) WSUS
6 24 (8.16%) PowerCLI
7 21 (7.14%) Sysprep
8 8 (2.72%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (2.72%) Netcool
8 8 (2.72%) Tivoli
8 8 (2.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 7 (2.38%) Grafana
9 7 (2.38%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.04%) Kibana
10 6 (2.04%) Puppet
11 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.36%) Prometheus
12 4 (1.36%) vCenter Server
12 4 (1.36%) vRealize
13 3 (1.02%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 71 (24.15%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.22%) Dell
2 33 (11.22%) HP
3 30 (10.20%) ServiceNow
4 29 (9.86%) VMware
5 26 (8.84%) CyberArk
6 23 (7.82%) Atlassian
7 18 (6.12%) BeyondTrust
8 15 (5.10%) IBM
8 15 (5.10%) Splunk
9 13 (4.42%) Cisco
9 13 (4.42%) Oracle
10 11 (3.74%) EMC
11 9 (3.06%) Google
12 8 (2.72%) Isilon
12 8 (2.72%) Qualys
12 8 (2.72%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.72%) Serena
13 7 (2.38%) Databricks
14 6 (2.04%) SAP
111 Deployment Automation jobs Nationwide