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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 420 481
Rank change year-on-year +31 +61 -52
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 365 257 444
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.59% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.63% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 189 206 348
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,125 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +9.26% -12.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -10.18%

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 66,447 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42,708 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 13 May 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 13 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
England +39 333 £70,000 -5.08% 94
UK excluding London +29 206 £65,000 +4.00% 65
Work from Home +41 153 £62,500 +4.17% 42
London -18 143 £81,500 +1.88% 37
South East +46 77 £66,250 +26.19% 29
North of England 0 61 £70,000 +14.29% 16
Yorkshire -44 27 £82,500 +40.43% 2
North West -3 23 £71,000 +15.92% 7
Midlands -28 23 £50,250 -19.60% 7
Scotland +4 15 £55,000 -27.02% 4
South West -43 15 £68,400 -4.99% 6
East Midlands - 14 £37,500 - 3
North East - 11 £47,250 - 7
East of England -5 9 £76,250 +1.67% 2
West Midlands -31 9 £52,500 -16.00% 4
Wales -26 8 £61,248 +22.50% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 -

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 11 (3.01%) Appian
2 8 (2.19%) Apache
3 7 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.37%) IIS
5 4 (1.10%) Confluence
5 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.82%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.55%) Luigi
7 2 (0.55%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) SPSS
2 2 (0.55%) Trello
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.27%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 197 (53.97%) AWS
2 183 (50.14%) Azure
3 88 (24.11%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (23.29%) GCP
5 74 (20.27%) GitHub
6 70 (19.18%) Amazon EKS
7 68 (18.63%) Serverless
8 64 (17.53%) GitHub Actions
9 44 (12.05%) SaaS
10 39 (10.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 37 (10.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (8.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (8.77%) Power Platform
13 31 (8.49%) Amazon S3
14 30 (8.22%) AWS Lambda
15 28 (7.67%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (6.30%) AWS CloudFormation
17 21 (5.75%) PaaS
18 20 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
19 19 (5.21%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.48%) Firewall
2 12 (3.29%) DNS
3 7 (1.92%) MQTT
3 7 (1.92%) Network Security
3 7 (1.92%) SSL
4 6 (1.64%) DHCP
5 5 (1.37%) VPN
6 4 (1.10%) Broadband
6 4 (1.10%) SSH
7 3 (0.82%) DMZ
8 2 (0.55%) BGP
8 2 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.55%) SAN
9 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.27%) HTTP
9 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.27%) SNMP
9 1 (0.27%) VSAN
9 1 (0.27%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.68%) SQL Server
2 33 (9.04%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.48%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.93%) DynamoDB
4 18 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.38%) MySQL
6 15 (4.11%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (3.84%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (3.56%) MongoDB
8 13 (3.56%) Pinecone
9 12 (3.29%) Power BI
10 10 (2.74%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.92%) Metadata
11 7 (1.92%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.10%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.82%) CockroachDB
13 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.82%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 67 (18.36%) Git
2 51 (13.97%) TeamCity
3 47 (12.88%) GitLab
4 46 (12.60%) Jenkins
5 20 (5.48%) JIRA
6 16 (4.38%) Crashlytics
7 15 (4.11%) SonarQube
8 14 (3.84%) Bitbucket
9 13 (3.56%) MLflow
9 13 (3.56%) XCTest
10 10 (2.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (2.74%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.19%) Artifactory
11 8 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 7 (1.92%) Gradle
13 6 (1.64%) fastlane
13 6 (1.64%) JMeter
14 5 (1.37%) Locust
14 5 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
15 4 (1.10%) NUnit
General
1 113 (30.96%) Finance
2 110 (30.14%) Social Skills
3 65 (17.81%) Banking
4 63 (17.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (13.70%) Law
6 49 (13.42%) Retail
7 39 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (8.77%) Financial Institution
9 29 (7.95%) Back Office
10 17 (4.66%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.92%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.64%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.82%) Front Office
15 3 (0.82%) Marketing
16 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (20.00%) Lead
2 60 (16.44%) Developer
3 50 (13.70%) Senior
4 49 (13.42%) Software Engineer
5 38 (10.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 27 (7.40%) Azure Engineer
7 26 (7.12%) Cloud Engineer
8 24 (6.58%) Platform Engineer
9 22 (6.03%) AWS Engineer
10 19 (5.21%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 19 (5.21%) Java Engineer
11 18 (4.93%) Lead Software Engineer
12 17 (4.66%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.38%) Power Platform Developer
14 14 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.84%) Integration Engineer
14 14 (3.84%) Java Software Engineer
15 13 (3.56%) Mobile Engineer
15 13 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
16 12 (3.29%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.60%) RESTful
2 43 (11.78%) REST
3 40 (10.96%) .NET
4 30 (8.22%) React
5 28 (7.67%) OAuth
6 22 (6.03%) .NET Core
7 17 (4.66%) JSON
7 17 (4.66%) OAuth2
8 16 (4.38%) JWT
8 16 (4.38%) SwiftUI
8 16 (4.38%) UIKit
8 16 (4.38%) Web Services
9 15 (4.11%) FastAPI
9 15 (4.11%) Kafka
10 14 (3.84%) ARM Templates
10 14 (3.84%) NumPy
10 14 (3.84%) Pandas
10 14 (3.84%) PyTorch
10 14 (3.84%) scikit-learn
10 14 (3.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 85 (23.29%) Cloud Native
2 40 (10.96%) Low-Code
3 31 (8.49%) Product Ownership
4 24 (6.58%) Life Science
5 21 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (5.48%) Mobile App
7 18 (4.93%) Blog
8 16 (4.38%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (4.38%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.29%) Onboarding
10 11 (3.01%) Management Information System
11 10 (2.74%) Hackathon
12 9 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (2.47%) PKI
12 9 (2.47%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.64%) Cyberattack
14 6 (1.64%) Private Cloud
15 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.08%) Linux
2 35 (9.59%) Windows
3 26 (7.12%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.38%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.56%) CentOS
6 8 (2.19%) Android
7 7 (1.92%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.64%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.64%) VMS
9 4 (1.10%) Unix
10 2 (0.55%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (76.44%) CI/CD
2 197 (53.97%) DevOps
3 168 (46.03%) Test Automation
4 143 (39.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 111 (30.41%) Agile
6 91 (24.93%) Containerisation
7 84 (23.01%) Clean Code
7 84 (23.01%) Observability
8 81 (22.19%) Microservices
9 76 (20.82%) Analytics
10 74 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
11 72 (19.73%) Software Engineering
12 71 (19.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (16.44%) AI
14 59 (16.16%) Continuous Deployment
15 55 (15.07%) Computer Science
16 51 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
17 46 (12.60%) Machine Learning
18 44 (12.05%) Mentoring
19 40 (10.96%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 160 (43.84%) Python
2 85 (23.29%) Java
3 78 (21.37%) SQL
4 54 (14.79%) PowerShell
5 53 (14.52%) Bash
6 45 (12.33%) C#
7 41 (11.23%) JavaScript
8 27 (7.40%) Bicep
9 26 (7.12%) TypeScript
10 18 (4.93%) Kotlin
11 16 (4.38%) Swift
12 13 (3.56%) Rust
13 8 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.92%) Groovy
14 7 (1.92%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.64%) Go
16 4 (1.10%) Perl
17 3 (0.82%) PHP
17 3 (0.82%) Scala
17 3 (0.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (18.63%) Degree
2 53 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.75%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.84%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.29%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.01%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.74%) PhD
10 7 (1.92%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.10%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.82%) PMP
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.27%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.27%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.23%) QA
2 27 (7.40%) Accessibility
3 22 (6.03%) GDPR
4 19 (5.21%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.84%) WCAG
6 12 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.74%) GxP
8 7 (1.92%) SLA
8 7 (1.92%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.10%) NIST
10 2 (0.55%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.55%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.55%) IFRS
10 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.55%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.55%) PMO
10 2 (0.55%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 102 (27.95%) Docker
2 18 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.82%) vSphere
6 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) Firmware
7 1 (0.27%) vCloud
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 181 (49.59%) Terraform
2 157 (43.01%) Kubernetes
3 97 (26.58%) Grafana
4 60 (16.44%) Ansible
5 35 (9.59%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (2.19%) Argo
9 7 (1.92%) Nagios
9 7 (1.92%) Puppet
10 5 (1.37%) SCCM
11 4 (1.10%) logstash
11 4 (1.10%) Packer
11 4 (1.10%) Rancher
12 3 (0.82%) Podman
12 3 (0.82%) SCOM
12 3 (0.82%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.55%) Control-M
13 2 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.21%) Databricks
3 15 (4.11%) OpenAI
4 14 (3.84%) Google
5 13 (3.56%) Amplitude
5 13 (3.56%) Braze
5 13 (3.56%) Splunk
5 13 (3.56%) VMware
6 12 (3.29%) Automation Anywhere
6 12 (3.29%) Dynatrace
6 12 (3.29%) UiPath
7 9 (2.47%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.92%) Ab Initio
8 7 (1.92%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.64%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.64%) Apple
9 6 (1.64%) IBM
9 6 (1.64%) Oracle
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco