Software Deployment Job Trends in England

Software Deployment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 671 597 656
Rank change year-on-year -74 +59 -82
Permanent jobs citing Software Deployment 101 38 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.097% 0.088% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.099% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 58 15 57
10th Percentile £23,250 £27,800 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £34,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £44,000 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -21.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £69,875 £72,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £46,000 £48,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year -5.15% -13.78% +12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Software Deployment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,626 38,274 53,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.70% 88.94% 82.71%
Number of salaries quoted 53,560 21,879 28,580
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,246 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Deployment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in England

Software Deployment
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Deployment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Deployment in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Deployment in England

Software Deployment
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the England region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -40 31 £29,000 -46.05% 23
Midlands -32 20 £39,500 -43.57% 14
London -44 19 £47,500 +7.95% 47
Yorkshire -29 16 £24,500 -62.31% 9
West Midlands -37 15 £39,500 -43.57% 9
North West -12 13 £37,500 -11.76% 13
South East -38 12 £52,500 +101.92% 15
South West -80 9 £46,000 +43.75% 12
East of England -38 6 £57,500 +71.64% 8
East Midlands - 5 - - 5
North East - 2 - - 1
Software Deployment
UK

Software Deployment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 25 (24.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (21.78%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.94%) Confluence
4 1 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.99%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.99%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 59 (58.42%) Azure
2 44 (43.56%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (34.65%) Entra ID
4 33 (32.67%) AWS
5 30 (29.70%) Cloud Computing
5 30 (29.70%) GCP
6 20 (19.80%) OneDrive
7 9 (8.91%) SaaS
8 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (5.94%) Slack
10 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.99%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.99%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.99%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (32.67%) DNS
2 30 (29.70%) Internet
3 27 (26.73%) VPN
4 20 (19.80%) DHCP
5 17 (16.83%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (13.86%) Firewall
7 12 (11.88%) TCP/IP
8 8 (7.92%) Wireless
9 6 (5.94%) LAN
9 6 (5.94%) WAN
10 5 (4.95%) VLAN
11 3 (2.97%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (2.97%) DKIM
11 3 (2.97%) DMARC
11 3 (2.97%) PBX
11 3 (2.97%) SAN
11 3 (2.97%) SSL
11 3 (2.97%) Unified Communications
11 3 (2.97%) VoIP
12 2 (1.98%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.87%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.99%) Power BI
2 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (32.67%) Git
2 7 (6.93%) JIRA
3 2 (1.98%) MSI
4 1 (0.99%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.99%) InstallShield
General
1 34 (33.66%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (30.69%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.88%) Finance
4 9 (8.91%) Banking
5 6 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.97%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.97%) Front Office
6 3 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.97%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.98%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.99%) Automotive
8 1 (0.99%) Games
8 1 (0.99%) Legal
8 1 (0.99%) Marketing
8 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (29.70%) DevOps Engineer
1 30 (29.70%) Trainee
2 18 (17.82%) IT Support
3 16 (15.84%) Senior
4 13 (12.87%) Analyst
4 13 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (11.88%) IT Engineer
6 11 (10.89%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (8.91%) Desktop Support
7 9 (8.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.91%) Support Analyst
7 9 (8.91%) Support Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Help Desk Support
8 8 (7.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Windows Support Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Linux Support
10 6 (5.94%) Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Server Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.99%) Software Packaging
1 1 (0.99%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 36 (35.64%) Linux Command Line
2 17 (16.83%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.91%) Hedge funds
4 6 (5.94%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.97%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (1.98%) Clustering
7 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 49 (48.51%) Windows
2 41 (40.59%) Linux
3 19 (18.81%) Windows 10
4 16 (15.84%) Windows Server
5 6 (5.94%) Unix
6 4 (3.96%) Android
6 4 (3.96%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.98%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.99%) CentOS
8 1 (0.99%) Debian
8 1 (0.99%) macOS
8 1 (0.99%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 43 (42.57%) Mentoring
2 34 (33.66%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (32.67%) CI/CD
3 33 (32.67%) DevOps
4 31 (30.69%) Incident Management
5 30 (29.70%) Analytical Thinking
5 30 (29.70%) Cloud Operations
5 30 (29.70%) Cloud Security
5 30 (29.70%) Configuration Management
5 30 (29.70%) Containerisation
5 30 (29.70%) Continuous Delivery
5 30 (29.70%) Continuous Deployment
5 30 (29.70%) Continuous Integration
5 30 (29.70%) DevSecOps
5 30 (29.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (29.70%) Platform Engineering
5 30 (29.70%) SDLC
5 30 (29.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 25 (24.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 30 (29.70%) Shell Script
2 26 (25.74%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.92%) Bash
3 8 (7.92%) Python
4 2 (1.98%) C
4 2 (1.98%) C++
4 2 (1.98%) Java
4 2 (1.98%) SQL
5 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (7.92%) A+ Certification
2 7 (6.93%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (3.96%) Degree
3 4 (3.96%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) AAT
6 1 (0.99%) ACCA
6 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) SLA
2 3 (2.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.98%) QA
4 1 (0.99%) GDPR
System Software
1 33 (32.67%) Active Directory
2 30 (29.70%) Docker
3 12 (11.88%) Hyper-V
4 9 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (4.95%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.98%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.98%) vSphere
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (25.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (17.82%) SCCM
3 3 (2.97%) cPanel
3 3 (2.97%) Plesk
4 2 (1.98%) Proxmox
4 2 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.99%) Ansible
5 1 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.99%) Nessus
Vendors
1 80 (79.21%) Microsoft
2 30 (29.70%) Google
3 11 (10.89%) Citrix
3 11 (10.89%) VMware
4 6 (5.94%) Atlassian
4 6 (5.94%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.94%) SonicWALL
5 5 (4.95%) Cisco
5 5 (4.95%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.97%) Acronis
6 3 (2.97%) Adobe
6 3 (2.97%) Aruba
6 3 (2.97%) Datto
6 3 (2.97%) Draytek
6 3 (2.97%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.97%) NETGEAR
6 3 (2.97%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.97%) Qualys
6 3 (2.97%) Veeam
6 3 (2.97%) WatchGuard