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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 260 343
Rank change year-on-year +4 +83 -7
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 154 124 159
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.73% 1.03% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.07% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 67 83 117
10th Percentile £46,250 £25,000 £62,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -
75th Percentile £101,250 £97,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £133,500 £130,000 £138,750
England median annual salary £67,950 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.93% +3.70% -10.00%

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 17,135 11,543 21,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.58% 96.00% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,556 6,882 15,889
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 4 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 4 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 -7 10 £87,500 +12.90% 21
West London -20 6 £85,000 +183.33% 1
South London +9 2 - - 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 8 (5.19%) Appian
2 4 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.60%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.95%) Apache
4 1 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) SPSS
2 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.65%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.65%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 99 (64.29%) AWS
2 70 (45.45%) Azure
3 68 (44.16%) GCP
4 52 (33.77%) Amazon EKS
5 37 (24.03%) SaaS
6 20 (12.99%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (10.39%) Serverless
8 12 (7.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 12 (7.79%) GitHub
9 11 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (6.49%) Anthropic Claude
10 10 (6.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (6.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (6.49%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (6.49%) Power Automate
11 8 (5.19%) Azure AI
11 8 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (5.19%) Power Platform
12 7 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.25%) Firewall
2 3 (1.95%) DNS
2 3 (1.95%) Network Security
3 2 (1.30%) BGP
3 2 (1.30%) Broadband
3 2 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.30%) SSH
3 2 (1.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.34%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (11.69%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.49%) Pinecone
4 9 (5.84%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (4.55%) Power BI
6 6 (3.90%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (3.90%) MySQL
7 5 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (3.25%) DynamoDB
8 4 (2.60%) Metadata
8 4 (2.60%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.95%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.30%) Neo4j
10 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.30%) Tableau
11 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.65%) Big Data
11 1 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (31.82%) TeamCity
2 17 (11.04%) Git
2 17 (11.04%) Jenkins
3 14 (9.09%) GitLab
4 8 (5.19%) MLflow
5 7 (4.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (3.25%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (1.95%) JUnit
8 3 (1.95%) Maven
9 2 (1.30%) Mockito
9 2 (1.30%) Spock
10 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.65%) Gradle
10 1 (0.65%) JIRA
10 1 (0.65%) Locust
10 1 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 70 (45.45%) Finance
2 62 (40.26%) Banking
3 53 (34.42%) Law
4 52 (33.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (31.17%) Retail
6 32 (20.78%) Social Skills
7 31 (20.13%) Financial Institution
8 30 (19.48%) Back Office
9 15 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.60%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.60%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.95%) Front Office
12 2 (1.30%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (32.47%) Software Engineer
2 30 (19.48%) Senior
3 24 (15.58%) Lead
4 19 (12.34%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (11.04%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (9.09%) Java Engineer
6 14 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
6 14 (9.09%) Lead Software Engineer
6 14 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (8.44%) Developer
8 12 (7.79%) Customer Engineer
8 12 (7.79%) Customer Service Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) Software Team Leader
9 10 (6.49%) Team Leader
10 9 (5.84%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (5.84%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 7 (4.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 7 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (4.55%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.39%) .NET
1 16 (10.39%) PyTorch
1 16 (10.39%) scikit-learn
1 16 (10.39%) TensorFlow
2 11 (7.14%) FastAPI
2 11 (7.14%) NumPy
2 11 (7.14%) Pandas
2 11 (7.14%) RESTful
3 10 (6.49%) Hugging Face
3 10 (6.49%) OAuth
4 9 (5.84%) React
4 9 (5.84%) REST
4 9 (5.84%) Web Services
5 8 (5.19%) Django
5 8 (5.19%) Faiss
5 8 (5.19%) Flask
5 8 (5.19%) JWT
5 8 (5.19%) OpenAPI
5 8 (5.19%) pytest
5 8 (5.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (40.26%) Cloud Native
2 24 (15.58%) Product Ownership
3 18 (11.69%) Blog
4 8 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.19%) Low-Code
5 7 (4.55%) PKI
6 6 (3.90%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.60%) Blockchain
8 4 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.60%) Web3
9 3 (1.95%) Replication
10 2 (1.30%) AS400
10 2 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.30%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.30%) iSeries
10 2 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.94%) Linux
2 14 (9.09%) Windows
3 11 (7.14%) CentOS
4 6 (3.90%) Apple iOS
4 6 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.90%) Ubuntu
4 6 (3.90%) VMS
5 5 (3.25%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.60%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.30%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (73.38%) CI/CD
2 88 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 67 (43.51%) DevOps
4 60 (38.96%) Software Engineering
5 59 (38.31%) Clean Code
6 48 (31.17%) Continuous Deployment
7 45 (29.22%) Infrastructure as Code
8 40 (25.97%) Fintech
9 39 (25.32%) Microservices
10 29 (18.83%) Containerisation
11 28 (18.18%) Disruptive Innovation
12 27 (17.53%) Observability
13 26 (16.88%) Mentoring
14 24 (15.58%) Agile
15 23 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (13.64%) AI
16 21 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
17 18 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (11.04%) Generative AI
18 17 (11.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 58 (37.66%) Java
2 53 (34.42%) Python
3 27 (17.53%) SQL
4 21 (13.64%) Bash
4 21 (13.64%) PowerShell
5 18 (11.69%) C#
6 15 (9.74%) JavaScript
6 15 (9.74%) TypeScript
7 10 (6.49%) Bicep
8 8 (5.19%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.95%) Go
9 3 (1.95%) Rust
9 3 (1.95%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.30%) C++
10 2 (1.30%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.30%) RPG
11 1 (0.65%) C
11 1 (0.65%) COBOL
11 1 (0.65%) Scala
11 1 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.09%) Degree
2 14 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.90%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.60%) Postgraduate
5 3 (1.95%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.95%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.30%) PMP
7 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.79%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.14%) QA
3 5 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.25%) SLA
4 3 (1.95%) GDPR
5 2 (1.30%) NIST
5 2 (1.30%) PMO
5 2 (1.30%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (21.43%) Docker
2 4 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 90 (58.44%) Terraform
2 84 (54.55%) Kubernetes
3 59 (38.31%) Grafana
4 15 (9.74%) Ansible
5 10 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (6.49%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.90%) Argo
6 6 (3.90%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (3.25%) Nagios
8 2 (1.30%) logstash
8 2 (1.30%) SCCM
8 2 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.14%) OpenAI
3 10 (6.49%) Splunk
4 9 (5.84%) Automation Anywhere
4 9 (5.84%) UiPath
5 7 (4.55%) Google
5 7 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.90%) Red Hat
7 5 (3.25%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.60%) Apple
8 4 (2.60%) Databricks
9 2 (1.30%) Cognizant
9 2 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.30%) Dell
9 2 (1.30%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.30%) IBM
9 2 (1.30%) iManage
9 2 (1.30%) Oracle
9 2 (1.30%) Thales
9 2 (1.30%) Zscaler