GitHub Actions Job Trends in London

GitHub Actions
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring GitHub Actions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 293 387
Rank change year-on-year +4 +94 -44
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 173 97 65
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.67% 0.82% 0.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.04% 1.82% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 119 63 36
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,875
25th Percentile £65,500 £66,250 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £96,875 £93,125 £90,625
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £118,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -18.37%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

GitHub Actions falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,469 5,326 8,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 32.75% 45.16% 44.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,602 3,634 5,459
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £44,710
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £62,870 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.78% -7.69% +4.00%

GitHub Actions
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GitHub Actions job vacancy trend in London

GitHub Actions
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitHub Actions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub Actions in London over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for GitHub Actions in London

GitHub Actions
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub Actions within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London 0 11 £71,250 -8.06% 37
West London -11 3 £80,000 +25.98% 10
East London - 1 £130,000 - 2
GitHub Actions
England

GitHub Actions
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 1 (0.58%) CMS
1 1 (0.58%) Confluence
1 1 (0.58%) Headless CMS
1 1 (0.58%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 173 (100.00%) GitHub
2 113 (65.32%) Azure
3 78 (45.09%) AWS
4 64 (36.99%) GCP
5 41 (23.70%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (13.87%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (13.29%) Serverless
8 21 (12.14%) Azure Key Vault
9 20 (11.56%) Azure AKS
10 19 (10.98%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (10.98%) Datadog
11 18 (10.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (9.83%) Azure Storage
13 14 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (6.36%) Amazon S3
15 10 (5.78%) Anthropic Claude
15 10 (5.78%) SaaS
16 9 (5.20%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (5.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 9 (5.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.67%) DMARC
2 11 (6.36%) Network Security
3 7 (4.05%) VPN
4 6 (3.47%) Firewall
5 5 (2.89%) DNS
6 4 (2.31%) SSH
7 3 (1.73%) HTTP
8 1 (0.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.72%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.62%) BigQuery
2 8 (4.62%) DynamoDB
3 7 (4.05%) Delta Lake
3 7 (4.05%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.47%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (3.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.47%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.47%) Power BI
5 5 (2.89%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.89%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.31%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.31%) Tableau
7 3 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.73%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.16%) Pinecone
8 2 (1.16%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.16%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 65 (37.57%) Jenkins
2 31 (17.92%) GitLab
3 25 (14.45%) Git
4 12 (6.94%) TeamCity
5 8 (4.62%) Postman
5 8 (4.62%) REST Assured
6 7 (4.05%) Cypress.io
6 7 (4.05%) Selenium
7 5 (2.89%) Newman
8 4 (2.31%) Gatling
8 4 (2.31%) JIRA
8 4 (2.31%) JMeter
8 4 (2.31%) JUnit
9 3 (1.73%) Appium
9 3 (1.73%) Claude Code
9 3 (1.73%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.73%) Gradle
10 2 (1.16%) Maven
10 2 (1.16%) Mockito
10 2 (1.16%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.81%) Finance
3 20 (11.56%) Banking
4 14 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.20%) Retail
6 7 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.47%) Law
8 4 (2.31%) Marketing
9 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Police
10 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) German Language
10 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (26.01%) Senior
2 33 (19.08%) Developer
3 28 (16.18%) Lead
4 27 (15.61%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (10.40%) Full-Stack Developer
6 17 (9.83%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (9.83%) React Developer
7 16 (9.25%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (7.51%) Architect
8 13 (7.51%) Security Engineer
9 12 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (6.36%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (6.36%) Software Engineer
11 9 (5.20%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (5.20%) Java Engineer
12 8 (4.62%) Cloud Automation Engineer
12 8 (4.62%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 8 (4.62%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.62%) Lead Java Engineer
12 8 (4.62%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (50.29%) Terraform
2 47 (27.17%) Node.js
3 38 (21.97%) REST
4 27 (15.61%) React
5 24 (13.87%) RESTful
6 23 (13.29%) OAuth
6 23 (13.29%) OAuth2
7 21 (12.14%) CSS
7 21 (12.14%) YAML
8 19 (10.98%) Spring
8 19 (10.98%) Spring Boot
9 18 (10.40%) HTML
10 17 (9.83%) GraphQL
11 11 (6.36%) .NET
12 9 (5.20%) eBPF
12 9 (5.20%) Playwright
13 7 (4.05%) Jest
13 7 (4.05%) PySpark
14 6 (3.47%) AngularJS
14 6 (3.47%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (32.95%) Cloud Native
2 24 (13.87%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.78%) AI Agents
5 9 (5.20%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (5.20%) PKI
6 8 (4.62%) Security Posture
7 7 (4.05%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.89%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (2.89%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.31%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.31%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (1.16%) CMDB
12 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.09%) Linux
2 4 (2.31%) Unix
2 4 (2.31%) Windows
3 3 (1.73%) Android
3 3 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (93.64%) CI/CD
2 100 (57.80%) DevOps
3 81 (46.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 54 (31.21%) Test Automation
5 53 (30.64%) Containerisation
6 50 (28.90%) AI
7 46 (26.59%) Mentoring
8 44 (25.43%) Microservices
9 43 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (23.70%) Observability
11 40 (23.12%) Agile
12 37 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (21.39%) Software Engineering
13 33 (19.08%) Clean Code
14 31 (17.92%) Cloud Security
15 29 (16.76%) Event-Driven
15 29 (16.76%) Platform Engineering
16 27 (15.61%) Technical Debt
17 26 (15.03%) API Design
18 25 (14.45%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 68 (39.31%) Python
2 38 (21.97%) TypeScript
3 37 (21.39%) SQL
4 36 (20.81%) Java
5 29 (16.76%) JavaScript
6 27 (15.61%) PowerShell
7 25 (14.45%) Bash
7 25 (14.45%) Go
8 10 (5.78%) C#
9 5 (2.89%) Scala
10 4 (2.31%) Bicep
10 4 (2.31%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.16%) Groovy
11 2 (1.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.58%) C
12 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (16.76%) Degree
2 25 (14.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (8.67%) Azure Certification
4 11 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.36%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.20%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.73%) CISM
6 3 (1.73%) CISSP
6 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.58%) CCSP
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) GCIA
8 1 (0.58%) GCIH
8 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.58%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (17.92%) QA
2 13 (7.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.36%) SOC 2
4 9 (5.20%) Accessibility
5 8 (4.62%) GRC
6 5 (2.89%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.89%) GDPR
7 4 (2.31%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.73%) WCAG
9 2 (1.16%) NIST
9 2 (1.16%) PERC
10 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (28.32%) Docker
2 4 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (38.73%) Kubernetes
2 37 (21.39%) Grafana
3 25 (14.45%) Prometheus
4 15 (8.67%) Ansible
5 12 (6.94%) Argo
6 9 (5.20%) Cilium
7 5 (2.89%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.31%) Istio
9 2 (1.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.58%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.67%) Databricks
2 15 (8.67%) SendGrid
3 12 (6.94%) Google
4 4 (2.31%) New Relic
4 4 (2.31%) OneLogin
4 4 (2.31%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.31%) Oracle
4 4 (2.31%) Splunk
4 4 (2.31%) VMware
5 2 (1.16%) Cisco
5 2 (1.16%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.16%) EMC
5 2 (1.16%) F5
5 2 (1.16%) Foundry
5 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.16%) Veeam
6 1 (0.58%) Intel
6 1 (0.58%) Salesforce