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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 276 420
Rank change year-on-year +10 +144 +80
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 153 103 79
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.73% 0.86% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 1.94% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 106 70 44
10th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £56,975
25th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £99,688 £100,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,625 £105,000
England median annual salary £70,200 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.40% +15.38% -21.21%

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 7,302 5,302 10,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.93% 44.15% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,879 3,795 8,081
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -46 16 £55,000 -33.33% 10
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 5 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.61%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.96%) Apache
4 2 (1.31%) Appian
4 2 (1.31%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.65%) Confluence
5 1 (0.65%) IIS
5 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.65%) Endur
2 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (100.00%) GitHub
2 86 (56.21%) AWS
3 84 (54.90%) Azure
4 47 (30.72%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (30.72%) GCP
5 39 (25.49%) Serverless
6 35 (22.88%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (15.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (14.38%) Datadog
9 16 (10.46%) AWS Step Functions
10 15 (9.80%) Azure AKS
10 15 (9.80%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (9.15%) Amazon S3
11 14 (9.15%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (8.50%) Entra ID
12 13 (8.50%) Pulumi
13 11 (7.19%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (6.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (5.23%) Cloud Run
16 7 (4.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.76%) Firewall
2 17 (11.11%) Network Security
3 13 (8.50%) DSL
3 13 (8.50%) VPN
4 10 (6.54%) WAN
5 3 (1.96%) DMARC
5 3 (1.96%) DNS
6 1 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.88%) BigQuery
2 6 (3.92%) Delta Lake
3 5 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (3.27%) Flink
3 5 (3.27%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.61%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.61%) Power BI
5 3 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.96%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.96%) Spark SQL
5 3 (1.96%) Tableau
6 2 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.31%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.31%) MySQL
6 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.31%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 58 (37.91%) Jenkins
2 26 (16.99%) Git
3 25 (16.34%) GitLab
4 15 (9.80%) TeamCity
5 6 (3.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.96%) JIRA
7 2 (1.31%) Appium
7 2 (1.31%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.31%) Postman
7 2 (1.31%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.65%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.65%) CMake
8 1 (0.65%) git-flow
8 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.65%) webpack
General
1 41 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.95%) Finance
3 20 (13.07%) Banking
4 12 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.84%) Retail
5 6 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.27%) Front Office
7 4 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.96%) Advertising
8 3 (1.96%) Military
9 2 (1.31%) Electronics
9 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.31%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.31%) Marketing
9 2 (1.31%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (24.84%) Senior
2 32 (20.92%) Developer
3 31 (20.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (16.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (15.03%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (13.73%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (11.11%) Architect
8 15 (9.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 13 (8.50%) AWS Architect
9 13 (8.50%) AWS Security Architect
9 13 (8.50%) Security Architect
10 12 (7.84%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Security Engineer
11 11 (7.19%) Python Developer
12 10 (6.54%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 9 (5.88%) Data Engineer
13 9 (5.88%) React Developer
13 9 (5.88%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (18.95%) Node.js
2 26 (16.99%) React
3 21 (13.73%) CSS
4 19 (12.42%) HTML
5 15 (9.80%) OAuth
5 15 (9.80%) YAML
6 14 (9.15%) AWS CDK
7 10 (6.54%) ADO
7 10 (6.54%) SAML
8 9 (5.88%) Kafka
8 9 (5.88%) REST
9 8 (5.23%) eBPF
10 7 (4.58%) PySpark
11 6 (3.92%) .NET
12 5 (3.27%) OAuth2
13 3 (1.96%) FastAPI
13 3 (1.96%) Playwright
13 3 (1.96%) PyTorch
13 3 (1.96%) Spring Boot
13 3 (1.96%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 46 (30.07%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.46%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.84%) PKI
4 11 (7.19%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.92%) CMDB
5 6 (3.92%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.92%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.61%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.96%) Hackathon
8 3 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.96%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.65%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.65%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.65%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.65%) Replication
10 1 (0.65%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.42%) Linux
2 11 (7.19%) Windows
3 10 (6.54%) VMS
4 8 (5.23%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.96%) Android
5 3 (1.96%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.65%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (93.46%) CI/CD
2 83 (54.25%) DevOps
3 79 (51.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 54 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (33.33%) Agile
6 38 (24.84%) Cloud Security
6 38 (24.84%) Observability
7 37 (24.18%) Incident Response
8 36 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (22.22%) Customer Experience
10 32 (20.92%) Containerisation
11 29 (18.95%) Platform Engineering
12 26 (16.99%) Analytics
12 26 (16.99%) Zero Trust
13 25 (16.34%) Clean Code
13 25 (16.34%) Cryptography
14 24 (15.69%) Test Automation
15 23 (15.03%) Full-Stack Development
16 22 (14.38%) DevSecOps
16 22 (14.38%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 80 (52.29%) Python
2 31 (20.26%) SQL
2 31 (20.26%) TypeScript
3 29 (18.95%) JavaScript
4 27 (17.65%) Go
5 24 (15.69%) PowerShell
6 23 (15.03%) Bash
7 15 (9.80%) Java
8 14 (9.15%) Rust
9 10 (6.54%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.61%) Bicep
10 4 (2.61%) C#
11 3 (1.96%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.31%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.31%) Groovy
12 2 (1.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.65%) C
13 1 (0.65%) C++
13 1 (0.65%) Perl
13 1 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (23.53%) Degree
2 16 (10.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (10.46%) OSCP
3 13 (8.50%) AWS Certification
3 13 (8.50%) Azure Certification
4 12 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 11 (7.19%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.96%) CCSP
6 3 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.96%) CISM
6 3 (1.96%) CISSP
6 3 (1.96%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.96%) GCIA
6 3 (1.96%) GCIH
7 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.65%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (16.34%) SOC 2
2 12 (7.84%) GRC
3 11 (7.19%) GDPR
4 8 (5.23%) QA
5 6 (3.92%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.61%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.96%) NIST
8 2 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.31%) SLA
9 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 42 (27.45%) Docker
2 21 (13.73%) Active Directory
3 12 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 100 (65.36%) Terraform
2 67 (43.79%) Kubernetes
3 34 (22.22%) Ansible
4 12 (7.84%) Cilium
5 11 (7.19%) Prometheus
6 9 (5.88%) Grafana
7 7 (4.58%) Argo
8 6 (3.92%) Packer
9 4 (2.61%) HP Fortify
10 3 (1.96%) logstash
11 2 (1.31%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.65%) Kibana
12 1 (0.65%) Rancher
12 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 23 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.46%) Palo Alto
3 10 (6.54%) VMware
3 10 (6.54%) Zscaler
4 8 (5.23%) Google
5 7 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.92%) Cisco
6 6 (3.92%) Databricks
6 6 (3.92%) EMC
6 6 (3.92%) F5
6 6 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.96%) Intel
7 3 (1.96%) SAP
7 3 (1.96%) SendGrid
7 3 (1.96%) Tenable
7 3 (1.96%) Varonis
8 2 (1.31%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.31%) Pega
8 2 (1.31%) Red Hat