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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 467 468
Rank change year-on-year +69 +1 -75
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 494 213 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.48% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 273 119 263
10th Percentile £45,456 £48,100 £44,263
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -9.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £111,000 £96,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,250 £58,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%

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 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +66 405 £70,000 -6.67% 395
UK excluding London -8 248 £65,000 -4.76% 216
London +49 195 £81,000 +8.00% 245
Work from Home +47 173 £65,000 -13.33% 414
North of England +1 83 £67,500 -1.46% 54
South East -10 48 £65,000 -22.39% 46
South West -45 42 £70,000 -12.50% 45
Midlands -24 32 £52,500 -12.50% 19
North East -33 31 £67,500 -12.58% 8
North West -6 29 £53,750 -28.33% 31
Wales -58 25 £52,500 +8.25% 7
Yorkshire -36 23 £82,500 +20.44% 15
Scotland 0 16 £75,000 -2.87% 32
East Midlands -25 16 £61,250 -18.33% 11
West Midlands -36 16 £50,000 -16.67% 8
East of England -25 4 £56,000 - 7
Northern Ireland -75 1 £77,500 +0.37% 8

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 (2.63%) Confluence
2 11 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.82%) Apache
3 9 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.62%) IIS
4 8 (1.62%) nginx
5 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.01%) Camunda
5 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.81%) SAS
7 2 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.40%) Luigi
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Documentum
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.61%) SPSS
2 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.20%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 283 (57.29%) AWS
2 260 (52.63%) Azure
3 166 (33.60%) GCP
4 108 (21.86%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (16.80%) Amazon EKS
6 71 (14.37%) GitHub
7 59 (11.94%) SaaS
8 50 (10.12%) Serverless
9 40 (8.10%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (6.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 31 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (6.28%) Power Platform
12 26 (5.26%) Datadog
13 25 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (4.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (4.66%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (4.25%) Amazon S3
15 21 (4.25%) Entra ID
15 21 (4.25%) Firebase
16 20 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.25%) DNS
2 19 (3.85%) Firewall
3 15 (3.04%) VPN
4 8 (1.62%) BGP
4 8 (1.62%) DHCP
4 8 (1.62%) Network Security
5 6 (1.21%) OSPF
5 6 (1.21%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.21%) SSL
5 6 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.21%) WAN
5 6 (1.21%) Wireless
6 5 (1.01%) LAN
6 5 (1.01%) MQTT
6 5 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.81%) Broadband
7 4 (0.81%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.81%) NAS
7 4 (0.81%) SSH
7 4 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.93%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.29%) SQL Server
3 31 (6.28%) MongoDB
4 30 (6.07%) MySQL
5 26 (5.26%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.25%) Power BI
7 20 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (3.04%) Data Lake
9 12 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (2.23%) Spark SQL
11 10 (2.02%) Metadata
12 9 (1.82%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.62%) Big Data
14 7 (1.42%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (1.21%) Delta Lake
16 5 (1.01%) DynamoDB
16 5 (1.01%) Hadoop
16 5 (1.01%) Redis
Development Applications
1 107 (21.66%) Git
2 64 (12.96%) Jenkins
3 63 (12.75%) TeamCity
4 46 (9.31%) GitLab
5 34 (6.88%) JIRA
6 17 (3.44%) Bitbucket
7 14 (2.83%) Crashlytics
8 13 (2.63%) fastlane
8 13 (2.63%) SonarQube
9 10 (2.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.82%) JUnit
11 8 (1.62%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.62%) Mockito
11 8 (1.62%) Octopus Deploy
11 8 (1.62%) XCTest
12 7 (1.42%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.42%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.42%) MSI
12 7 (1.42%) Xcode
13 6 (1.21%) Android Studio
General
1 154 (31.17%) Finance
2 135 (27.33%) Social Skills
3 107 (21.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 106 (21.46%) Banking
5 79 (15.99%) Law
6 66 (13.36%) Retail
7 65 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
8 59 (11.94%) Public Sector
9 57 (11.54%) Financial Institution
10 49 (9.92%) Back Office
11 10 (2.02%) Marketing
12 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.62%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.81%) Legal
14 4 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (21.46%) Software Engineer
2 91 (18.42%) Lead
3 82 (16.60%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (16.40%) Senior
5 72 (14.57%) Developer
6 39 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.29%) Azure Engineer
8 28 (5.67%) Data Engineer
9 25 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
10 24 (4.86%) Lead Software Engineer
10 24 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (4.45%) Java Engineer
13 21 (4.25%) Site Engineer
13 21 (4.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 19 (3.85%) Senior Developer
14 19 (3.85%) Software Team Leader
14 19 (3.85%) Team Leader
15 18 (3.64%) Java Developer
15 18 (3.64%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (46.76%) Terraform
2 56 (11.34%) REST
3 53 (10.73%) RESTful
4 45 (9.11%) .NET
5 31 (6.28%) Kafka
5 31 (6.28%) React
6 25 (5.06%) Spring
7 23 (4.66%) Spring Boot
8 22 (4.45%) LangChain
9 17 (3.44%) AngularJS
9 17 (3.44%) ARM Templates
9 17 (3.44%) PySpark
10 16 (3.24%) CSS
10 16 (3.24%) Hibernate
10 16 (3.24%) JPA
10 16 (3.24%) PyTorch
10 16 (3.24%) RabbitMQ
10 16 (3.24%) scikit-learn
10 16 (3.24%) TensorFlow
10 16 (3.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 188 (38.06%) Cloud Native
2 100 (20.24%) Product Ownership
3 51 (10.32%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (6.48%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.66%) Mobile App
6 22 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (3.44%) AI Agents
8 17 (3.44%) Management Information System
8 17 (3.44%) Virtual Team
9 15 (3.04%) Life Science
10 13 (2.63%) Blog
11 11 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.62%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.62%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.62%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 89 (18.02%) Linux
2 63 (12.75%) Windows
3 25 (5.06%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.45%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.24%) CentOS
6 11 (2.23%) Android
7 7 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.01%) Unix
10 2 (0.40%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.40%) Solaris
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (80.97%) CI/CD
2 313 (63.36%) DevOps
3 213 (43.12%) Infrastructure as Code
3 213 (43.12%) Test Automation
4 187 (37.85%) Software Engineering
5 158 (31.98%) Agile
6 141 (28.54%) Observability
7 135 (27.33%) AI
8 131 (26.52%) Microservices
9 128 (25.91%) Mentoring
10 123 (24.90%) Containerisation
11 120 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 113 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
13 100 (20.24%) Clean Code
14 74 (14.98%) Continuous Deployment
15 73 (14.78%) Technical Leadership
16 67 (13.56%) Analytics
17 66 (13.36%) Machine Learning
18 59 (11.94%) Coaching
19 52 (10.53%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 200 (40.49%) Python
2 142 (28.74%) Java
3 88 (17.81%) SQL
4 76 (15.38%) PowerShell
5 54 (10.93%) Bash
6 48 (9.72%) C#
6 48 (9.72%) TypeScript
7 37 (7.49%) JavaScript
8 21 (4.25%) Bicep
9 16 (3.24%) Kotlin
10 15 (3.04%) Swift
11 11 (2.23%) Go
12 9 (1.82%) C++
12 9 (1.82%) Scala
13 8 (1.62%) Groovy
13 8 (1.62%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.21%) C
14 6 (1.21%) Rust
15 4 (0.81%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 54 (10.93%) Degree
3 53 (10.73%) SC Cleared
4 39 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (4.05%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.44%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.83%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.02%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.01%) CCNP
11 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.81%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.40%) PMP
15 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.36%) QA
2 35 (7.09%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.86%) WCAG
4 22 (4.45%) GDPR
5 18 (3.64%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.83%) NCSC
7 14 (2.83%) SLA
8 7 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.81%) NIST
10 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.40%) GRC
10 2 (0.40%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.40%) IFRS
10 2 (0.40%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.40%) JTAG
10 2 (0.40%) PMO
10 2 (0.40%) Solvency II
System Software
1 127 (25.71%) Docker
2 24 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.42%) Firmware
4 7 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.81%) vSphere
7 3 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) NDS
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 207 (41.90%) Kubernetes
2 123 (24.90%) Grafana
3 89 (18.02%) Ansible
4 40 (8.10%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.83%) Argo
5 14 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.23%) Puppet
7 10 (2.02%) Nagios
8 8 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.21%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.21%) SCCM
10 4 (0.81%) Packer
10 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.61%) cPanel
11 3 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.61%) Istio
11 3 (0.61%) Plesk
11 3 (0.61%) Podman
11 3 (0.61%) SCOM
11 3 (0.61%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 97 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.69%) Dynatrace
3 32 (6.48%) Google
4 23 (4.66%) Databricks
4 23 (4.66%) Splunk
5 18 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.24%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.24%) VMware
7 12 (2.43%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.23%) Apple
9 10 (2.02%) Rapid7
10 8 (1.62%) Amplitude
10 8 (1.62%) Braze
11 7 (1.42%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.42%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.42%) Oracle
11 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.21%) AppDynamics
12 6 (1.21%) IBM
13 5 (1.01%) Cisco