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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 280 429
Rank change year-on-year +11 +149 +53
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 152 103 77
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.73% 0.86% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.05% 1.93% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 107 69 42
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,900 £56,825
25th Percentile £66,875 £70,000 £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 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,500 £104,750
England median annual salary £70,400 £73,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.54% +13.46% -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 7,401 5,336 10,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.31% 44.35% 43.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,951 3,796 8,094
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 30 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 30 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 -39 15 £55,000 -32.31% 5
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 4 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (2.63%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.97%) Apache
3 1 (0.66%) Appian
3 1 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.66%) Confluence
3 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Endur
2 1 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 152 (100.00%) GitHub
2 86 (56.58%) Azure
3 85 (55.92%) AWS
4 45 (29.61%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (28.95%) GCP
6 39 (25.66%) Serverless
7 36 (23.68%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (16.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (13.16%) Datadog
10 18 (11.84%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (11.18%) Azure Key Vault
12 16 (10.53%) AWS Step Functions
13 15 (9.87%) Amazon S3
14 13 (8.55%) Azure AKS
14 13 (8.55%) Pulumi
15 12 (7.89%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (7.89%) Entra ID
16 9 (5.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 8 (5.26%) Azure Storage
17 8 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.18%) Firewall
2 16 (10.53%) Network Security
3 13 (8.55%) DSL
4 12 (7.89%) VPN
5 9 (5.92%) WAN
6 7 (4.61%) DMARC
7 3 (1.97%) DNS
8 1 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.26%) BigQuery
2 6 (3.95%) Delta Lake
3 5 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.63%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.63%) Flink
4 4 (2.63%) Power BI
4 4 (2.63%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.97%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.97%) Spark SQL
5 3 (1.97%) Tableau
6 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.32%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.32%) MySQL
6 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (38.16%) Jenkins
2 27 (17.76%) GitLab
3 26 (17.11%) Git
4 14 (9.21%) TeamCity
5 6 (3.95%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (2.63%) JIRA
7 3 (1.97%) Postman
7 3 (1.97%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.32%) Appium
8 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.32%) Selenium
9 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.66%) CMake
9 1 (0.66%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.66%) Maven
9 1 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.66%) Subversion
9 1 (0.66%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.76%) Finance
3 20 (13.16%) Banking
4 12 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.89%) Retail
5 6 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.63%) Front Office
6 4 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.63%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.97%) Advertising
7 3 (1.97%) Military
8 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Electronics
9 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.66%) Marketing
9 1 (0.66%) Publishing
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (24.34%) Senior
2 31 (20.39%) Developer
3 27 (17.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (17.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 22 (14.47%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (11.18%) Architect
8 14 (9.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 14 (9.21%) Security Engineer
9 13 (8.55%) AWS Architect
9 13 (8.55%) AWS Security Architect
9 13 (8.55%) Lead
9 13 (8.55%) Security Architect
10 12 (7.89%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (7.89%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 12 (7.89%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 10 (6.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 10 (6.58%) Python Developer
12 9 (5.92%) React Developer
12 9 (5.92%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (20.39%) Node.js
2 25 (16.45%) React
3 21 (13.82%) CSS
4 19 (12.50%) HTML
5 18 (11.84%) OAuth
5 18 (11.84%) YAML
6 14 (9.21%) AWS CDK
7 9 (5.92%) ADO
7 9 (5.92%) OAuth2
7 9 (5.92%) REST
7 9 (5.92%) SAML
8 8 (5.26%) eBPF
8 8 (5.26%) Kafka
9 7 (4.61%) PySpark
9 7 (4.61%) RESTful
9 7 (4.61%) Spring
9 7 (4.61%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.29%) .NET
11 4 (2.63%) Playwright
12 3 (1.97%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 48 (31.58%) Cloud Native
2 15 (9.87%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.89%) PKI
4 10 (6.58%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.95%) CMDB
5 6 (3.95%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.95%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.29%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.32%) Hackathon
10 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.66%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.66%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.66%) Replication
10 1 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.18%) Linux
2 10 (6.58%) Windows
3 9 (5.92%) VMS
4 7 (4.61%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.97%) Android
5 3 (1.97%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (93.42%) CI/CD
2 83 (54.61%) DevOps
3 77 (50.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (32.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (31.58%) Agile
6 38 (25.00%) Cloud Security
7 36 (23.68%) Incident Response
8 35 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (21.71%) Observability
10 32 (21.05%) Containerisation
11 31 (20.39%) Customer Experience
12 27 (17.76%) Platform Engineering
12 27 (17.76%) Test Automation
13 26 (17.11%) Microservices
14 25 (16.45%) Analytics
14 25 (16.45%) Cryptography
14 25 (16.45%) Zero Trust
15 24 (15.79%) Clean Code
15 24 (15.79%) Mentoring
16 23 (15.13%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 76 (50.00%) Python
2 31 (20.39%) SQL
3 29 (19.08%) TypeScript
4 28 (18.42%) JavaScript
5 26 (17.11%) Go
6 23 (15.13%) PowerShell
7 21 (13.82%) Bash
8 18 (11.84%) Java
9 14 (9.21%) Rust
10 9 (5.92%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (2.63%) C#
12 3 (1.97%) Bicep
12 3 (1.97%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.32%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.32%) Groovy
13 2 (1.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.66%) C++
14 1 (0.66%) Perl
14 1 (0.66%) PHP
14 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (23.03%) Degree
2 16 (10.53%) OSCP
3 15 (9.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (8.55%) AWS Certification
4 13 (8.55%) Security Cleared
5 12 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 12 (7.89%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.97%) CCSP
6 3 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.97%) CISM
6 3 (1.97%) CISSP
6 3 (1.97%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.97%) GCIA
6 3 (1.97%) GCIH
7 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (15.79%) SOC 2
2 12 (7.89%) GRC
2 12 (7.89%) QA
3 10 (6.58%) GDPR
4 6 (3.95%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.63%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.97%) NIST
7 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (23.68%) Docker
2 19 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 11 (7.24%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.66%) Xen
Systems Management
1 96 (63.16%) Terraform
2 60 (39.47%) Kubernetes
3 30 (19.74%) Ansible
4 12 (7.89%) Cilium
5 9 (5.92%) Prometheus
6 8 (5.26%) Grafana
7 6 (3.95%) Packer
8 5 (3.29%) Argo
9 4 (2.63%) HP Fortify
10 2 (1.32%) logstash
10 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.66%) Kibana
11 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 22 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.87%) Palo Alto
3 9 (5.92%) Zscaler
4 8 (5.26%) VMware
5 7 (4.61%) Google
5 7 (4.61%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.61%) SendGrid
6 6 (3.95%) Cisco
6 6 (3.95%) Databricks
6 6 (3.95%) EMC
6 6 (3.95%) F5
6 6 (3.95%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.97%) Intel
7 3 (1.97%) Tenable
7 3 (1.97%) Varonis
8 2 (1.32%) OneLogin
8 2 (1.32%) Oracle
8 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.32%) SAP