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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 297 411
Rank change year-on-year +30 +114 +81
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 149 100 84
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.76% 0.78% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 1.75% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 106 69 47
10th Percentile £52,500 £63,000 £60,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £128,125 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £70,400 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.13% +15.38% -18.75%

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 7,102 5,716 10,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.15% 44.41% 43.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,577 4,156 8,196
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.80% +8.70% -11.54%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -33 15 £55,000 -33.33% 18
South London - 1 - - 1
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 7 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.68%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.68%) Appian
3 3 (2.01%) Apache
4 2 (1.34%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.67%) Confluence
5 1 (0.67%) IIS
5 1 (0.67%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.67%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 149 (100.00%) GitHub
2 84 (56.38%) AWS
3 77 (51.68%) Azure
4 48 (32.21%) GCP
5 43 (28.86%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (26.17%) Serverless
7 32 (21.48%) AWS Lambda
8 27 (18.12%) Datadog
9 22 (14.77%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (12.08%) Azure AKS
11 15 (10.07%) AWS Step Functions
11 15 (10.07%) Entra ID
12 13 (8.72%) Amazon S3
12 13 (8.72%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (8.72%) Pulumi
13 12 (8.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (8.05%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (6.71%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (6.71%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (6.04%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.09%) Firewall
2 15 (10.07%) Network Security
2 15 (10.07%) VPN
3 13 (8.72%) DSL
4 12 (8.05%) WAN
5 3 (2.01%) DNS
6 1 (0.67%) Broadband
6 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.71%) BigQuery
2 9 (6.04%) Flink
3 7 (4.70%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (4.03%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.36%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.68%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.68%) Pinecone
6 4 (2.68%) Weaviate
7 3 (2.01%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.01%) Spark SQL
7 3 (2.01%) Tableau
8 2 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.34%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.34%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 62 (41.61%) Jenkins
2 24 (16.11%) Git
2 24 (16.11%) GitLab
3 11 (7.38%) TeamCity
4 5 (3.36%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.34%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.34%) JIRA
5 2 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.67%) Appium
6 1 (0.67%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.67%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.67%) CMake
6 1 (0.67%) git-flow
6 1 (0.67%) Postman
6 1 (0.67%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.67%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.67%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 48 (32.21%) Social Skills
2 39 (26.17%) Finance
3 19 (12.75%) Banking
4 12 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.71%) Front Office
6 8 (5.37%) Retail
6 8 (5.37%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.70%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.03%) Electronics
8 6 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.03%) Marketing
9 5 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.01%) Advertising
10 3 (2.01%) Military
11 2 (1.34%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Back Office
12 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (24.16%) DevOps Engineer
2 33 (22.15%) Senior
3 29 (19.46%) Developer
4 23 (15.44%) Platform Engineer
5 22 (14.77%) Azure Engineer
5 22 (14.77%) Cloud Engineer
6 16 (10.74%) Architect
7 14 (9.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 13 (8.72%) AWS Architect
8 13 (8.72%) AWS Security Architect
8 13 (8.72%) Security Architect
9 10 (6.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Python Developer
10 9 (6.04%) GCP DevOps
10 9 (6.04%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) GCP Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) React Developer
10 9 (6.04%) Senior Developer
10 9 (6.04%) Senior React Developer
10 9 (6.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (19.46%) Node.js
2 27 (18.12%) React
3 19 (12.75%) CSS
3 19 (12.75%) HTML
4 15 (10.07%) Kafka
5 14 (9.40%) AWS CDK
6 13 (8.72%) YAML
7 12 (8.05%) ADO
7 12 (8.05%) OAuth
7 12 (8.05%) SAML
8 7 (4.70%) REST
9 6 (4.03%) PySpark
9 6 (4.03%) TensorFlow
10 5 (3.36%) .NET
10 5 (3.36%) Django
10 5 (3.36%) FastAPI
10 5 (3.36%) GraphQL
10 5 (3.36%) PyTorch
10 5 (3.36%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (2.68%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 42 (28.19%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.74%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (7.38%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.70%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.70%) PKI
5 5 (3.36%) CMDB
5 5 (3.36%) Fixed Income
5 5 (3.36%) Hackathon
5 5 (3.36%) Private Cloud
5 5 (3.36%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.01%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.67%) Blog
8 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.67%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.67%) Replication
8 1 (0.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.11%) Linux
2 12 (8.05%) VMS
2 12 (8.05%) Windows
3 7 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.01%) SUSE
5 2 (1.34%) Android
5 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.34%) Unix
6 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (95.30%) CI/CD
2 86 (57.72%) DevOps
3 75 (50.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (37.58%) Agile
4 56 (37.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (29.53%) Observability
6 39 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (24.83%) Incident Response
8 36 (24.16%) Customer Experience
9 35 (23.49%) Cloud Security
9 35 (23.49%) Containerisation
10 31 (20.81%) Platform Engineering
11 28 (18.79%) AI
11 28 (18.79%) Analytics
12 26 (17.45%) Full-Stack Development
13 23 (15.44%) Zero Trust
14 22 (14.77%) Disaster Recovery
15 21 (14.09%) Collaborative Culture
15 21 (14.09%) Cryptography
15 21 (14.09%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 90 (60.40%) Python
2 34 (22.82%) TypeScript
3 33 (22.15%) SQL
4 31 (20.81%) Bash
5 30 (20.13%) JavaScript
6 26 (17.45%) Go
7 22 (14.77%) PowerShell
8 17 (11.41%) Java
9 14 (9.40%) Rust
10 12 (8.05%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (3.36%) Bicep
12 3 (2.01%) C#
13 2 (1.34%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.34%) Scala
14 1 (0.67%) C++
14 1 (0.67%) Groovy
14 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (25.50%) Degree
2 19 (12.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (10.74%) OSCP
4 12 (8.05%) Azure Certification
5 10 (6.71%) Security Cleared
6 9 (6.04%) AWS Certification
6 9 (6.04%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (2.01%) CCSP
7 3 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.01%) CISM
7 3 (2.01%) CISSP
7 3 (2.01%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (2.01%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.01%) GCIA
7 3 (2.01%) GCIH
8 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.67%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (15.44%) SOC 2
2 14 (9.40%) GDPR
3 8 (5.37%) GRC
4 6 (4.03%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.36%) QA
6 4 (2.68%) SLA
7 3 (2.01%) NIST
8 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 52 (34.90%) Docker
2 22 (14.77%) Active Directory
3 14 (9.40%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (65.77%) Terraform
2 74 (49.66%) Kubernetes
3 41 (27.52%) Ansible
4 19 (12.75%) Prometheus
5 14 (9.40%) Argo
6 12 (8.05%) Grafana
7 8 (5.37%) Cilium
8 5 (3.36%) Packer
9 4 (2.68%) HP Fortify
9 4 (2.68%) logstash
10 3 (2.01%) Rancher
11 1 (0.67%) Icinga
11 1 (0.67%) Kibana
11 1 (0.67%) Nagios
11 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.41%) Palo Alto
3 12 (8.05%) VMware
3 12 (8.05%) Zscaler
4 11 (7.38%) Google
5 7 (4.70%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.03%) Databricks
6 6 (4.03%) SAP
7 5 (3.36%) Cisco
7 5 (3.36%) EMC
7 5 (3.36%) F5
7 5 (3.36%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.68%) OpenAI
9 3 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (2.01%) Intel
9 3 (2.01%) Tenable
9 3 (2.01%) Varonis
10 2 (1.34%) Pega
10 2 (1.34%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.34%) Splunk