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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 279 392
Rank change year-on-year 0 +113 -48
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 167 100 64
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.64% 0.85% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 1.86% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 114 67 35
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,700
25th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £110,100
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -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 8,535 5,363 8,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 32.95% 45.37% 44.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,673 3,663 5,518
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,550 £44,696
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £78,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.15% +4.33%
75th Percentile £96,250 £98,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.69% +2.22%

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 3 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 3 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 -9 11 £71,250 -8.06% 40
West London -12 3 £80,000 +25.98% 11
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 (0.60%) CMS
1 1 (0.60%) Confluence
1 1 (0.60%) Headless CMS
1 1 (0.60%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 167 (100.00%) GitHub
2 110 (65.87%) Azure
3 76 (45.51%) AWS
4 62 (37.13%) GCP
5 39 (23.35%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (13.17%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (12.57%) Serverless
8 20 (11.98%) Azure Key Vault
9 19 (11.38%) Azure AKS
9 19 (11.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (10.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (10.18%) Datadog
12 16 (9.58%) Azure Storage
13 14 (8.38%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (6.59%) Amazon S3
15 9 (5.39%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (5.39%) Anthropic Claude
15 9 (5.39%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (5.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 9 (5.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.98%) DMARC
2 10 (5.99%) Network Security
3 6 (3.59%) VPN
4 5 (2.99%) Firewall
5 4 (2.40%) DNS
5 4 (2.40%) SSH
6 3 (1.80%) HTTP
7 1 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.98%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.79%) BigQuery
2 8 (4.79%) DynamoDB
3 7 (4.19%) Delta Lake
4 6 (3.59%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (3.59%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.59%) Power BI
4 6 (3.59%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.40%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.40%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.40%) Tableau
7 3 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.80%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.20%) Pinecone
8 2 (1.20%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.20%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 65 (38.92%) Jenkins
2 29 (17.37%) GitLab
3 22 (13.17%) Git
4 12 (7.19%) TeamCity
5 8 (4.79%) Postman
5 8 (4.79%) REST Assured
6 7 (4.19%) Cypress.io
6 7 (4.19%) Selenium
7 5 (2.99%) Newman
8 4 (2.40%) Gatling
8 4 (2.40%) JIRA
8 4 (2.40%) JMeter
8 4 (2.40%) JUnit
9 3 (1.80%) Appium
9 3 (1.80%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.80%) Gradle
10 2 (1.20%) Mockito
10 2 (1.20%) NUnit
10 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (1.20%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.36%) Finance
3 20 (11.98%) Banking
4 14 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.79%) Retail
7 7 (4.19%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.59%) Law
9 4 (2.40%) Marketing
10 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Legal
11 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (25.75%) Senior
2 33 (19.76%) Developer
3 26 (15.57%) Lead
4 25 (14.97%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (10.78%) Full-Stack Developer
6 17 (10.18%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (9.58%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (9.58%) React Developer
8 13 (7.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 13 (7.78%) Security Engineer
9 12 (7.19%) Architect
10 11 (6.59%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) Software Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) Java Engineer
13 8 (4.79%) Cloud Architect
13 8 (4.79%) Cloud Automation Engineer
13 8 (4.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 8 (4.79%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 8 (4.79%) Lead Java Engineer
13 8 (4.79%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (50.30%) Terraform
2 47 (28.14%) Node.js
3 35 (20.96%) REST
4 27 (16.17%) React
5 24 (14.37%) RESTful
6 23 (13.77%) OAuth
6 23 (13.77%) OAuth2
7 22 (13.17%) CSS
8 21 (12.57%) YAML
9 19 (11.38%) HTML
9 19 (11.38%) Spring
9 19 (11.38%) Spring Boot
10 14 (8.38%) GraphQL
11 11 (6.59%) .NET
12 9 (5.39%) eBPF
12 9 (5.39%) Playwright
13 7 (4.19%) Jest
13 7 (4.19%) PySpark
14 6 (3.59%) Next.js
14 6 (3.59%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 53 (31.74%) Cloud Native
2 21 (12.57%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.39%) PKI
5 8 (4.79%) AI Agents
5 8 (4.79%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (4.19%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (4.19%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.59%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.40%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.40%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.80%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.20%) CMDB
11 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.60%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.78%) Linux
2 4 (2.40%) Unix
3 3 (1.80%) Android
3 3 (1.80%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.80%) Windows
4 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (93.41%) CI/CD
2 96 (57.49%) DevOps
3 79 (47.31%) Infrastructure as Code
4 50 (29.94%) Test Automation
5 48 (28.74%) Containerisation
6 44 (26.35%) AI
6 44 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (25.75%) Mentoring
8 42 (25.15%) Microservices
9 40 (23.95%) Agile
10 36 (21.56%) Observability
11 34 (20.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (20.36%) Software Engineering
12 33 (19.76%) Clean Code
13 31 (18.56%) Cloud Security
14 28 (16.77%) Event-Driven
14 28 (16.77%) Platform Engineering
15 24 (14.37%) API Design
15 24 (14.37%) Computer Science
15 24 (14.37%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 66 (39.52%) Python
2 38 (22.75%) TypeScript
3 36 (21.56%) Java
4 32 (19.16%) SQL
5 29 (17.37%) JavaScript
6 27 (16.17%) PowerShell
7 25 (14.97%) Bash
8 24 (14.37%) Go
9 9 (5.39%) C#
10 5 (2.99%) Scala
11 4 (2.40%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.80%) Bicep
13 2 (1.20%) C
13 2 (1.20%) Groovy
13 2 (1.20%) Ruby
14 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (16.17%) Degree
2 24 (14.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (8.38%) Azure Certification
4 10 (5.99%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.99%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.79%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.80%) CISM
6 3 (1.80%) CISSP
6 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.60%) CCSP
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) GCIA
7 1 (0.60%) GCIH
7 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.60%) OSCP
7 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (18.56%) QA
2 13 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.59%) SOC 2
4 9 (5.39%) Accessibility
5 8 (4.79%) GRC
6 5 (2.99%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.99%) GDPR
7 4 (2.40%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.80%) WCAG
9 2 (1.20%) NIST
9 2 (1.20%) PERC
10 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 45 (26.95%) Docker
2 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 65 (38.92%) Kubernetes
2 34 (20.36%) Grafana
3 25 (14.97%) Prometheus
4 15 (8.98%) Ansible
5 11 (6.59%) Argo
6 9 (5.39%) Cilium
7 5 (2.99%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.80%) Istio
9 2 (1.20%) Packer
10 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.98%) Databricks
2 15 (8.98%) SendGrid
3 12 (7.19%) Google
4 4 (2.40%) New Relic
4 4 (2.40%) OneLogin
4 4 (2.40%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.40%) Oracle
4 4 (2.40%) Splunk
4 4 (2.40%) VMware
5 2 (1.20%) Cisco
5 2 (1.20%) EMC
5 2 (1.20%) F5
5 2 (1.20%) Foundry
5 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.20%) Veeam
6 1 (0.60%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.60%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.60%) Varonis