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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 474 463
Rank change year-on-year +73 -11 -60
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 491 213 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.48% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 273 119 262
10th Percentile £45,091 £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% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £74,688
90th Percentile £112,250 £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 82,871 44,018 63,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.00% 88.61% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 57,674 24,857 36,941
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.67%

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 11 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 11 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 +64 404 £70,000 -6.67% 354
UK excluding London -1 249 £65,000 -4.76% 212
London +41 193 £81,500 +8.67% 208
Work from Home +42 170 £65,000 -13.33% 154
North of England +14 83 £67,500 -1.46% 57
South East -19 48 £65,000 -22.39% 45
South West -41 42 £70,000 -12.50% 44
Midlands -32 33 £52,500 -12.50% 16
North West -8 30 £52,500 -30.00% 34
North East -28 30 £67,500 -12.58% 8
Wales -56 25 £52,500 +8.25% 8
Yorkshire -33 23 £82,500 +20.44% 15
East Midlands -22 17 £61,250 -18.33% 9
Scotland 0 16 £75,000 -2.87% 29
West Midlands -27 16 £50,000 -16.67% 7
East of England -27 4 £56,000 - 7
Northern Ireland -76 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 (2.65%) Confluence
2 11 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.83%) Apache
3 9 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.63%) IIS
4 8 (1.63%) nginx
5 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.02%) Camunda
5 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.81%) SAS
7 2 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.41%) CMS
7 2 (0.41%) Luigi
8 1 (0.20%) Documentum
8 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
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
1 281 (57.23%) AWS
2 260 (52.95%) Azure
3 161 (32.79%) GCP
4 107 (21.79%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (16.09%) Amazon EKS
6 72 (14.66%) GitHub
7 56 (11.41%) SaaS
8 51 (10.39%) Serverless
9 41 (8.35%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (6.52%) AWS CloudFormation
11 31 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (6.31%) Power Platform
12 26 (5.30%) Datadog
13 25 (5.09%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (4.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (4.48%) Firebase
16 21 (4.28%) Amazon S3
16 21 (4.28%) Entra ID
17 20 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.28%) DNS
2 19 (3.87%) Firewall
3 15 (3.05%) VPN
4 8 (1.63%) BGP
4 8 (1.63%) DHCP
4 8 (1.63%) Network Security
5 6 (1.22%) OSPF
5 6 (1.22%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.22%) SSL
5 6 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.22%) WAN
5 6 (1.22%) Wireless
6 5 (1.02%) LAN
6 5 (1.02%) MQTT
6 5 (1.02%) 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 (11.00%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.33%) SQL Server
3 31 (6.31%) MongoDB
4 30 (6.11%) MySQL
5 26 (5.30%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.28%) Power BI
7 20 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (3.05%) Data Lake
9 12 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (2.24%) Spark SQL
11 10 (2.04%) Metadata
11 10 (2.04%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.63%) Big Data
13 7 (1.43%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.22%) Delta Lake
15 5 (1.02%) DynamoDB
15 5 (1.02%) Hadoop
15 5 (1.02%) Redis
Development Applications
1 107 (21.79%) Git
2 64 (13.03%) Jenkins
3 59 (12.02%) TeamCity
4 46 (9.37%) GitLab
5 34 (6.92%) JIRA
6 17 (3.46%) Bitbucket
7 15 (3.05%) Crashlytics
8 13 (2.65%) fastlane
8 13 (2.65%) SonarQube
9 10 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.83%) JUnit
10 9 (1.83%) XCTest
11 8 (1.63%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.63%) Mockito
11 8 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.43%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.43%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.43%) MSI
12 7 (1.43%) Xcode
13 6 (1.22%) Gradle
General
1 150 (30.55%) Finance
2 136 (27.70%) Social Skills
3 102 (20.77%) Banking
3 102 (20.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (15.27%) Law
5 65 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (12.63%) Retail
7 58 (11.81%) Public Sector
8 53 (10.79%) Financial Institution
9 45 (9.16%) Back Office
10 10 (2.04%) Marketing
11 8 (1.63%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Legal
13 4 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.61%) Front Office
14 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (20.98%) Software Engineer
2 88 (17.92%) Lead
3 82 (16.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (16.50%) Senior
5 73 (14.87%) Developer
6 39 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.33%) Azure Engineer
8 27 (5.50%) Data Engineer
9 25 (5.09%) Senior Software Engineer
10 23 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (4.68%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.48%) Java Engineer
11 22 (4.48%) Lead Software Engineer
12 21 (4.28%) Site Engineer
12 21 (4.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 19 (3.87%) Senior Developer
14 18 (3.67%) Automation Engineer
14 18 (3.67%) Java Developer
14 18 (3.67%) Technical Leader
15 17 (3.46%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (46.44%) Terraform
2 56 (11.41%) REST
3 53 (10.79%) RESTful
4 46 (9.37%) .NET
5 32 (6.52%) Kafka
5 32 (6.52%) React
6 25 (5.09%) Spring
7 23 (4.68%) Spring Boot
8 21 (4.28%) LangChain
9 17 (3.46%) AngularJS
9 17 (3.46%) ARM Templates
9 17 (3.46%) PySpark
10 16 (3.26%) Hibernate
10 16 (3.26%) JPA
10 16 (3.26%) PyTorch
10 16 (3.26%) RabbitMQ
10 16 (3.26%) scikit-learn
10 16 (3.26%) SwiftUI
10 16 (3.26%) TensorFlow
10 16 (3.26%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 183 (37.27%) Cloud Native
2 96 (19.55%) Product Ownership
3 51 (10.39%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (6.31%) Onboarding
5 24 (4.89%) Mobile App
6 23 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (3.46%) AI Agents
9 17 (3.46%) Management Information System
9 17 (3.46%) Virtual Team
10 15 (3.05%) Life Science
11 13 (2.65%) Blog
12 11 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.63%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (1.63%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.63%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 89 (18.13%) Linux
2 63 (12.83%) Windows
3 26 (5.30%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.48%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.26%) CentOS
6 11 (2.24%) Android
7 7 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.22%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.22%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.02%) Unix
10 2 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.41%) Solaris
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (80.86%) CI/CD
2 308 (62.73%) DevOps
3 213 (43.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 210 (42.77%) Test Automation
5 185 (37.68%) Software Engineering
6 157 (31.98%) Agile
7 141 (28.72%) Observability
8 132 (26.88%) AI
9 127 (25.87%) Microservices
10 123 (25.05%) Mentoring
11 122 (24.85%) Containerisation
12 119 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 112 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
14 97 (19.76%) Clean Code
15 72 (14.66%) Technical Leadership
16 70 (14.26%) Continuous Deployment
17 68 (13.85%) Analytics
18 65 (13.24%) Machine Learning
19 55 (11.20%) Coaching
20 52 (10.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 199 (40.53%) Python
2 138 (28.11%) Java
3 88 (17.92%) SQL
4 76 (15.48%) PowerShell
5 54 (11.00%) Bash
6 49 (9.98%) C#
6 49 (9.98%) TypeScript
7 37 (7.54%) JavaScript
8 21 (4.28%) Bicep
9 17 (3.46%) Kotlin
10 16 (3.26%) Swift
11 11 (2.24%) Go
12 9 (1.83%) C++
12 9 (1.83%) Scala
13 8 (1.63%) Groovy
13 8 (1.63%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.43%) Rust
15 6 (1.22%) C
16 4 (0.81%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (17.11%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.00%) Degree
3 53 (10.79%) SC Cleared
4 39 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.87%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.26%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.85%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.04%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.02%) CCNP
11 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.81%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.41%) PMP
15 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.44%) QA
2 35 (7.13%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.89%) WCAG
4 22 (4.48%) GDPR
5 18 (3.67%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.85%) SLA
8 13 (2.65%) NCSC
9 7 (1.43%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.81%) NIST
11 2 (0.41%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.41%) GRC
11 2 (0.41%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.41%) IFRS
11 2 (0.41%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.41%) JTAG
11 2 (0.41%) PMO
11 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 127 (25.87%) Docker
2 24 (4.89%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.43%) Firmware
4 7 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.22%) 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
1 203 (41.34%) Kubernetes
2 119 (24.24%) Grafana
3 89 (18.13%) Ansible
4 41 (8.35%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.85%) Argo
5 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.24%) Puppet
7 10 (2.04%) Nagios
8 8 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.22%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.22%) SCCM
10 4 (0.81%) Packer
10 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.61%) Control-M
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 96 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.74%) Dynatrace
3 32 (6.52%) Google
4 23 (4.68%) Databricks
4 23 (4.68%) Splunk
5 18 (3.67%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.26%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.26%) VMware
7 12 (2.44%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.24%) Apple
9 10 (2.04%) Rapid7
10 9 (1.83%) Amplitude
10 9 (1.83%) Braze
11 7 (1.43%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.43%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.43%) Oracle
11 7 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.22%) AppDynamics
12 6 (1.22%) IBM
13 5 (1.02%) Cisco