Deployment Automation Job Trends

Deployment Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Deployment Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 468 462
Rank change year-on-year +61 -6 -70
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 447 218 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.44% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.49% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 258 135 287
10th Percentile £46,012 £46,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -16.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £110,750 £97,000 £91,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Deployment Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,105 44,566 67,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 89.27% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 53,741 25,228 43,541
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,575 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -9.09%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Deployment Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Deployment Automation job vacancy trend in the UK

Deployment Automation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Deployment Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Deployment Automation

Deployment Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 14 August 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
England +82 381 £70,000 +2.19% 417
UK excluding London +27 245 £65,000 +8.33% 228
London +15 167 £83,750 +11.67% 234
Work from Home +43 162 £65,000 +4.00% 210
North of England +5 80 £57,500 -1.71% 67
South East +8 56 £66,250 -14.52% 53
South West -32 37 £70,000 -6.67% 32
Midlands -7 36 £49,000 -18.33% 21
North West +5 31 £53,750 +16.85% 36
North East -34 27 £47,250 - 16
Yorkshire -23 22 £82,500 +20.44% 17
West Midlands -16 20 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Wales -54 19 £63,500 +30.93% 7
East Midlands -16 16 £42,500 -43.33% 11
Scotland 0 15 £75,000 -6.25% 26
East of England -17 4 £56,000 - 17
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 9

Deployment Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (2.91%) Confluence
2 11 (2.46%) Apache
3 10 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.01%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.79%) nginx
6 7 (1.57%) IIS
7 6 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (1.12%) Camunda
9 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.89%) SAS
10 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.45%) CMS
10 2 (0.45%) Luigi
11 1 (0.22%) Documentum
11 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.67%) SPSS
2 2 (0.45%) Trello
3 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.22%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 246 (55.03%) AWS
2 227 (50.78%) Azure
3 126 (28.19%) GCP
4 103 (23.04%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (15.88%) GitHub
6 61 (13.65%) Amazon EKS
7 56 (12.53%) Serverless
8 52 (11.63%) SaaS
9 42 (9.40%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (6.71%) Datadog
11 28 (6.26%) Power Platform
12 26 (5.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 26 (5.82%) Firebase
12 26 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
13 25 (5.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (5.59%) Amazon S3
14 24 (5.37%) Amazon ECS
15 23 (5.15%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (5.15%) PaaS
16 19 (4.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.80%) DNS
1 17 (3.80%) Firewall
2 11 (2.46%) VPN
3 7 (1.57%) MQTT
3 7 (1.57%) Network Security
4 6 (1.34%) DHCP
5 5 (1.12%) BGP
5 5 (1.12%) SSL
5 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.89%) Broadband
6 4 (0.89%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.89%) NAS
6 4 (0.89%) SSH
6 4 (0.89%) Wireless
7 3 (0.67%) LAN
7 3 (0.67%) PBX
7 3 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.62%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (7.38%) SQL Server
3 25 (5.59%) MongoDB
3 25 (5.59%) MySQL
4 20 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
5 19 (4.25%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.03%) Power BI
7 15 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (2.68%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.46%) Spark SQL
10 10 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.24%) Metadata
11 9 (2.01%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.79%) Big Data
13 7 (1.57%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.57%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.34%) Delta Lake
14 6 (1.34%) Redis
15 5 (1.12%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 95 (21.25%) Git
2 53 (11.86%) Jenkins
3 46 (10.29%) TeamCity
4 44 (9.84%) GitLab
5 33 (7.38%) JIRA
6 19 (4.25%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.36%) Bitbucket
8 13 (2.91%) fastlane
8 13 (2.91%) SonarQube
8 13 (2.91%) XCTest
9 11 (2.46%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (1.79%) JUnit
11 8 (1.79%) Mockito
11 8 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.57%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.57%) Claude Code
12 7 (1.57%) MSI
12 7 (1.57%) Xcode
13 6 (1.34%) JMeter
General
1 135 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 130 (29.08%) Finance
3 90 (20.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 82 (18.34%) Banking
5 64 (14.32%) Law
6 61 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
7 50 (11.19%) Retail
8 45 (10.07%) Public Sector
9 44 (9.84%) Financial Institution
10 36 (8.05%) Back Office
11 10 (2.24%) Marketing
12 7 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.34%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.67%) Front Office
15 3 (0.67%) Legal
15 3 (0.67%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 86 (19.24%) Lead
2 84 (18.79%) Software Engineer
3 70 (15.66%) DevOps Engineer
4 64 (14.32%) Senior
5 61 (13.65%) Developer
6 36 (8.05%) Azure Engineer
7 34 (7.61%) Cloud Engineer
8 26 (5.82%) Data Engineer
9 22 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
9 22 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
9 22 (4.92%) Site Engineer
9 22 (4.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 19 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (4.25%) Technical Leader
11 18 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
11 18 (4.03%) Lead Software Engineer
12 16 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
12 16 (3.58%) Java Engineer
13 15 (3.36%) Administrator
13 15 (3.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.29%) RESTful
2 45 (10.07%) REST
3 40 (8.95%) .NET
4 28 (6.26%) React
5 27 (6.04%) Kafka
6 20 (4.47%) SwiftUI
6 20 (4.47%) UIKit
7 19 (4.25%) Spring
8 18 (4.03%) Spring Boot
9 17 (3.80%) ARM Templates
9 17 (3.80%) CSS
10 16 (3.58%) Next.js
11 14 (3.13%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.13%) LangChain
11 14 (3.13%) Node.js
11 14 (3.13%) PySpark
12 13 (2.91%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.91%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (2.91%) HTML
13 12 (2.68%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 146 (32.66%) Cloud Native
2 74 (16.55%) Product Ownership
3 46 (10.29%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (6.26%) Mobile App
5 27 (6.04%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.25%) Life Science
7 18 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (3.13%) AI Agents
9 14 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.13%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.46%) Virtual Team
12 9 (2.01%) Blog
12 9 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (2.01%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.79%) PKI
14 7 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (18.12%) Linux
2 63 (14.09%) Windows
3 32 (7.16%) Apple iOS
4 21 (4.70%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.58%) CentOS
6 13 (2.91%) Android
7 8 (1.79%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.34%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.67%) Unix
11 2 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.45%) Solaris
12 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (78.08%) CI/CD
2 270 (60.40%) DevOps
3 188 (42.06%) Test Automation
4 186 (41.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (33.56%) Software Engineering
6 149 (33.33%) Agile
7 130 (29.08%) Observability
8 115 (25.73%) AI
9 114 (25.50%) Microservices
10 112 (25.06%) Containerisation
11 110 (24.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (22.15%) Mentoring
13 93 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
14 85 (19.02%) Clean Code
15 74 (16.55%) Analytics
16 61 (13.65%) Machine Learning
17 58 (12.98%) Continuous Deployment
18 54 (12.08%) Computer Science
19 52 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
20 48 (10.74%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 190 (42.51%) Python
2 120 (26.85%) Java
3 79 (17.67%) SQL
4 71 (15.88%) PowerShell
5 53 (11.86%) Bash
6 45 (10.07%) TypeScript
7 43 (9.62%) C#
8 36 (8.05%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.70%) Bicep
9 21 (4.70%) Kotlin
10 20 (4.47%) Swift
11 11 (2.46%) Go
12 10 (2.24%) Rust
13 9 (2.01%) Scala
14 8 (1.79%) Groovy
15 7 (1.57%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.34%) C
16 6 (1.34%) C++
17 4 (0.89%) Perl
17 4 (0.89%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 58 (12.98%) Degree
3 45 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.36%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.91%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.68%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.89%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.67%) CCNP
12 3 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.45%) PMP
14 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (14.09%) QA
2 41 (9.17%) Accessibility
3 28 (6.26%) WCAG
4 21 (4.70%) GDPR
5 16 (3.58%) Data Quality
5 16 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.91%) SLA
7 10 (2.24%) NCSC
8 7 (1.57%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.89%) NIST
10 2 (0.45%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.45%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.45%) IFRS
10 2 (0.45%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.45%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.45%) JTAG
10 2 (0.45%) PMO
10 2 (0.45%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 117 (26.17%) Docker
2 22 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.12%) Firmware
5 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.89%) vSphere
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 198 (44.30%) Terraform
2 179 (40.04%) Kubernetes
3 107 (23.94%) Grafana
4 87 (19.46%) Ansible
5 38 (8.50%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.68%) Argo
6 12 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.46%) Puppet
8 10 (2.24%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (2.24%) Nagios
9 6 (1.34%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.34%) SCCM
10 4 (0.89%) Packer
10 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.67%) cPanel
11 3 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.67%) Plesk
11 3 (0.67%) Podman
11 3 (0.67%) SCOM
11 3 (0.67%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 81 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.50%) Dynatrace
3 31 (6.94%) Google
4 22 (4.92%) Databricks
5 18 (4.03%) Splunk
6 16 (3.58%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.36%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.36%) VMware
8 13 (2.91%) Amplitude
8 13 (2.91%) Braze
9 11 (2.46%) Apple
9 11 (2.46%) OpenAI
10 10 (2.24%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.57%) AppDynamics
11 7 (1.57%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.34%) IBM
12 6 (1.34%) Oracle
13 5 (1.12%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.89%) Dell
14 4 (0.89%) Thales