Deployment Automation Job Trends in London

Deployment Automation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Deployment Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 267 348
Rank change year-on-year -9 +81 -22
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 151 124 152
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.70% 1.02% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.06% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 67 79 109
10th Percentile £48,500 £25,000 £60,750
25th Percentile £59,375 £60,000 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £103,750 £96,250 £112,500
90th Percentile £133,500 £130,000 £138,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -13.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,450 11,677 21,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.40% 95.78% 88.96%
Number of salaries quoted 11,957 6,996 16,057
10th Percentile £40,878 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Deployment Automation job vacancy trend in London

Deployment Automation
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Deployment Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Deployment Automation

Deployment Automation
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Deployment Automation in London

Deployment Automation
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Automation within the London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Central London -6 10 £87,500 +18.64% 4
West London -18 5 £85,000 +183.33% 2
South London +21 2 - -
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 7 (4.64%) Appian
2 4 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.99%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.99%) SPSS
2 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.66%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 97 (64.24%) AWS
2 70 (46.36%) Azure
3 68 (45.03%) GCP
4 51 (33.77%) Amazon EKS
5 37 (24.50%) SaaS
6 17 (11.26%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 12 (7.95%) Serverless
9 10 (6.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (5.96%) Anthropic Claude
10 9 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (5.96%) Power Automate
11 7 (4.64%) Amazon S3
11 7 (4.64%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (4.64%) Azure AI
11 7 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (4.64%) GitHub
11 7 (4.64%) PaaS
11 7 (4.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.31%) Firewall
2 3 (1.99%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) BGP
3 2 (1.32%) Broadband
3 2 (1.32%) DNS
3 2 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.32%) SSH
3 2 (1.32%) SSL
4 1 (0.66%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.66%) NAS
4 1 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.25%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (10.60%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.96%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (5.96%) Pinecone
4 6 (3.97%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.97%) MySQL
4 6 (3.97%) Power BI
5 5 (3.31%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.65%) Metadata
6 4 (2.65%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.65%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.32%) Neo4j
8 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.32%) Tableau
9 1 (0.66%) Big Data
9 1 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.66%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 48 (31.79%) TeamCity
2 19 (12.58%) Git
3 13 (8.61%) GitLab
3 13 (8.61%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.64%) MLflow
5 6 (3.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (3.31%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (2.65%) JUnit
7 4 (2.65%) Maven
8 3 (1.99%) Mockito
8 3 (1.99%) Spock
9 2 (1.32%) JIRA
10 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.66%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.66%) Gradle
10 1 (0.66%) JMeter
10 1 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 69 (45.70%) Finance
2 62 (41.06%) Banking
3 52 (34.44%) Law
4 51 (33.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (31.13%) Retail
6 34 (22.52%) Social Skills
7 31 (20.53%) Financial Institution
8 30 (19.87%) Back Office
9 15 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.65%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (2.65%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.65%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.99%) Front Office
12 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (34.44%) Software Engineer
2 32 (21.19%) Senior
3 23 (15.23%) Lead
4 19 (12.58%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (9.93%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (9.27%) Java Engineer
6 14 (9.27%) Java Software Engineer
6 14 (9.27%) Lead Software Engineer
6 14 (9.27%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) Customer Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) Customer Service Engineer
8 10 (6.62%) Developer
8 10 (6.62%) Software Team Leader
8 10 (6.62%) Team Leader
9 9 (5.96%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Python Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.60%) PyTorch
1 16 (10.60%) scikit-learn
1 16 (10.60%) TensorFlow
2 14 (9.27%) .NET
3 12 (7.95%) RESTful
4 11 (7.28%) FastAPI
5 10 (6.62%) NumPy
5 10 (6.62%) Pandas
6 9 (5.96%) Hugging Face
6 9 (5.96%) OAuth
6 9 (5.96%) React
7 8 (5.30%) Django
7 8 (5.30%) Flask
7 8 (5.30%) LangChain
7 8 (5.30%) pytest
7 8 (5.30%) REST
7 8 (5.30%) Web Services
8 7 (4.64%) Faiss
8 7 (4.64%) Kafka
8 7 (4.64%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (43.71%) Cloud Native
2 25 (16.56%) Product Ownership
3 17 (11.26%) Blog
4 7 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.64%) Low-Code
4 7 (4.64%) PKI
5 6 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.97%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.65%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.65%) Web3
8 3 (1.99%) Replication
9 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.32%) Life Science
9 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.32%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.91%) Linux
2 16 (10.60%) Windows
3 11 (7.28%) CentOS
4 7 (4.64%) Apple iOS
5 6 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.97%) Ubuntu
5 6 (3.97%) Windows Server
6 5 (3.31%) VMS
7 4 (2.65%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (1.32%) Android
9 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (72.19%) CI/CD
2 83 (54.97%) Test Automation
3 65 (43.05%) Software Engineering
4 63 (41.72%) DevOps
5 57 (37.75%) Clean Code
6 47 (31.13%) Continuous Deployment
7 42 (27.81%) Microservices
8 39 (25.83%) Fintech
8 39 (25.83%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (18.54%) Containerisation
10 27 (17.88%) Disruptive Innovation
11 26 (17.22%) Mentoring
12 25 (16.56%) Agile
12 25 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (15.23%) Observability
14 21 (13.91%) Data Pipeline
15 20 (13.25%) AI
15 20 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (11.92%) Machine Learning
17 17 (11.26%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 58 (38.41%) Java
2 51 (33.77%) Python
3 23 (15.23%) SQL
4 19 (12.58%) Bash
4 19 (12.58%) PowerShell
5 15 (9.93%) C#
6 11 (7.28%) TypeScript
7 10 (6.62%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.64%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (3.31%) Bicep
10 3 (1.99%) Go
10 3 (1.99%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.99%) Rust
10 3 (1.99%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.32%) C++
11 2 (1.32%) RPG
12 1 (0.66%) C
12 1 (0.66%) COBOL
12 1 (0.66%) Scala
12 1 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.27%) Degree
3 11 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.65%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.65%) Postgraduate
6 3 (1.99%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.32%) PMP
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.95%) QA
2 11 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.31%) SLA
4 4 (2.65%) GDPR
5 2 (1.32%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) PMO
5 2 (1.32%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (21.19%) Docker
2 6 (3.97%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.66%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 81 (53.64%) Terraform
2 80 (52.98%) Kubernetes
3 56 (37.09%) Grafana
4 15 (9.93%) Ansible
5 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (5.96%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.97%) Argo
7 6 (3.97%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (3.31%) Nagios
9 3 (1.99%) SCCM
10 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.62%) OpenAI
3 9 (5.96%) Splunk
4 8 (5.30%) Automation Anywhere
4 8 (5.30%) Google
4 8 (5.30%) UiPath
5 6 (3.97%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.31%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.65%) Apple
7 4 (2.65%) Databricks
8 3 (1.99%) Dell
8 3 (1.99%) iManage
8 3 (1.99%) Nexthink
8 3 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.32%) Cognizant
9 2 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.32%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle
9 2 (1.32%) Thales
9 2 (1.32%) Zscaler