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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 417 482
Rank change year-on-year +1 +65 -52
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 370 254 445
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.58% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.62% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 190 203 348
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £55,410
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +6.65% -12.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £121,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -11.44%

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 67,796 41,102 82,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.66% 93.28% 84.85%
Number of salaries quoted 43,826 22,293 59,720
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -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 19 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 19 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 +17 337 £70,000 -2.77% 108
UK excluding London +30 202 £65,000 +4.00% 69
Work from Home +61 163 £64,585 +7.64% 53
London -16 148 £80,000 - 49
South East +38 77 £65,000 +23.81% 34
North of England -3 61 £70,000 +14.29% 15
Yorkshire -34 27 £82,500 +21.32% 2
North West +2 23 £71,000 +29.09% 9
Midlands -24 23 £52,500 -16.00% 5
South West -50 15 £68,400 -4.99% 6
East Midlands - 14 £37,500 - 2
Scotland -3 13 £55,000 -27.02% 6
North East - 11 £47,250 - 4
East of England -9 9 £76,250 +1.67% 2
West Midlands -27 9 £58,750 -6.00% 3
Wales -29 6 £65,539 +31.08% 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 10 (2.70%) Appian
2 8 (2.16%) Apache
3 7 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.08%) IIS
5 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.81%) Confluence
7 2 (0.54%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.54%) Luigi
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.81%) SPSS
2 2 (0.54%) Trello
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.81%) 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
1 203 (54.86%) AWS
2 180 (48.65%) Azure
3 91 (24.59%) GCP
4 85 (22.97%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (20.81%) Amazon EKS
6 72 (19.46%) GitHub
7 67 (18.11%) Serverless
8 62 (16.76%) GitHub Actions
9 50 (13.51%) SaaS
10 38 (10.27%) Azure Logic Apps
11 37 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 31 (8.38%) Amazon S3
12 31 (8.38%) Power Platform
13 30 (8.11%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 27 (7.30%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (6.22%) PaaS
16 20 (5.41%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (5.14%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.41%) Firewall
2 11 (2.97%) DNS
3 8 (2.16%) Network Security
4 7 (1.89%) MQTT
5 6 (1.62%) DHCP
5 6 (1.62%) SSL
6 5 (1.35%) VPN
7 4 (1.08%) Broadband
7 4 (1.08%) SSH
8 3 (0.81%) BGP
8 3 (0.81%) DMZ
9 2 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.54%) SAN
9 2 (0.54%) WAN
10 1 (0.27%) HTTP
10 1 (0.27%) LAN
10 1 (0.27%) NGFW
10 1 (0.27%) OSPF
10 1 (0.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.54%) SQL Server
2 34 (9.19%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.41%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.86%) DynamoDB
4 18 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.32%) MySQL
6 15 (4.05%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (3.51%) MongoDB
9 12 (3.24%) Pinecone
9 12 (3.24%) Power BI
10 10 (2.70%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.62%) Metadata
13 4 (1.08%) Delta Lake
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.81%) Big Data
14 3 (0.81%) CockroachDB
14 3 (0.81%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 62 (16.76%) Git
2 57 (15.41%) TeamCity
3 48 (12.97%) GitLab
4 45 (12.16%) Jenkins
5 17 (4.59%) JIRA
6 16 (4.32%) Crashlytics
7 15 (4.05%) SonarQube
8 13 (3.51%) Bitbucket
8 13 (3.51%) XCTest
9 12 (3.24%) MLflow
10 10 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (2.70%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.16%) Artifactory
11 8 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 7 (1.89%) Gradle
13 6 (1.62%) fastlane
13 6 (1.62%) JMeter
14 5 (1.35%) Locust
14 5 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
15 4 (1.08%) NUnit
General
1 117 (31.62%) Finance
2 106 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 70 (18.92%) Banking
4 69 (18.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (15.68%) Law
6 55 (14.86%) Retail
7 40 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
8 38 (10.27%) Financial Institution
9 35 (9.46%) Back Office
10 16 (4.32%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.62%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.81%) Front Office
16 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.54%) Marketing
16 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (20.00%) Lead
2 58 (15.68%) Developer
2 58 (15.68%) Software Engineer
3 51 (13.78%) Senior
4 37 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 29 (7.84%) Azure Engineer
6 25 (6.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 24 (6.49%) Platform Engineer
8 22 (5.95%) AWS Engineer
9 21 (5.68%) Java Engineer
10 20 (5.41%) Lead Software Engineer
11 18 (4.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.32%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.32%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (4.32%) Power Platform Developer
13 15 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
14 14 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.78%) Integration Engineer
15 13 (3.51%) Mobile Engineer
16 12 (3.24%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.89%) RESTful
2 41 (11.08%) .NET
3 40 (10.81%) REST
4 29 (7.84%) React
5 25 (6.76%) OAuth
6 22 (5.95%) .NET Core
7 16 (4.32%) JSON
7 16 (4.32%) Kafka
7 16 (4.32%) SwiftUI
7 16 (4.32%) UIKit
8 15 (4.05%) JWT
8 15 (4.05%) OAuth2
9 14 (3.78%) ARM Templates
9 14 (3.78%) FastAPI
9 14 (3.78%) Web Services
10 13 (3.51%) NumPy
10 13 (3.51%) Pandas
10 13 (3.51%) PyTorch
10 13 (3.51%) scikit-learn
10 13 (3.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 90 (24.32%) Cloud Native
2 37 (10.00%) Low-Code
3 35 (9.46%) Product Ownership
4 23 (6.22%) Life Science
5 22 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (5.41%) Mobile App
7 18 (4.86%) Blog
8 15 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (3.24%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.97%) Management Information System
12 10 (2.70%) PKI
13 9 (2.43%) Hackathon
13 9 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (2.43%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.62%) Cyberattack
15 6 (1.62%) Private Cloud
15 6 (1.62%) Replication
16 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 67 (18.11%) Linux
2 35 (9.46%) Windows
3 27 (7.30%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.32%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.51%) CentOS
6 9 (2.43%) Android
7 8 (2.16%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.62%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.62%) VMS
9 4 (1.08%) Unix
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (75.41%) CI/CD
2 198 (53.51%) DevOps
3 170 (45.95%) Test Automation
4 141 (38.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 107 (28.92%) Agile
6 92 (24.86%) Clean Code
7 90 (24.32%) Containerisation
8 87 (23.51%) Microservices
9 85 (22.97%) Observability
10 80 (21.62%) Software Engineering
11 73 (19.73%) Analytics
12 72 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 72 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
13 65 (17.57%) Continuous Deployment
14 57 (15.41%) AI
15 53 (14.32%) Computer Science
16 51 (13.78%) Cybersecurity
17 46 (12.43%) Mentoring
18 44 (11.89%) Fintech
18 44 (11.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 157 (42.43%) Python
2 93 (25.14%) Java
3 76 (20.54%) SQL
4 53 (14.32%) Bash
5 52 (14.05%) PowerShell
6 47 (12.70%) C#
7 39 (10.54%) JavaScript
8 26 (7.03%) TypeScript
9 25 (6.76%) Bicep
10 18 (4.86%) Kotlin
11 16 (4.32%) Swift
12 13 (3.51%) Rust
13 8 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.89%) Groovy
14 7 (1.89%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.62%) Go
16 4 (1.08%) Perl
17 3 (0.81%) PHP
17 3 (0.81%) Scala
18 2 (0.54%) RPG
Qualifications
1 65 (17.57%) Degree
2 55 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (5.41%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.05%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.51%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.97%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.70%) PhD
10 7 (1.89%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.08%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.81%) PMP
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.27%) CCNP
13 1 (0.27%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.27%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.08%) QA
2 26 (7.03%) Accessibility
3 23 (6.22%) GDPR
4 17 (4.59%) Data Quality
5 13 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.51%) WCAG
6 10 (2.70%) GxP
7 7 (1.89%) SLA
7 7 (1.89%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.08%) NIST
9 2 (0.54%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.54%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 26262
9 2 (0.54%) PMO
9 2 (0.54%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 100 (27.03%) Docker
2 18 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.81%) vSphere
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 186 (50.27%) Terraform
2 161 (43.51%) Kubernetes
3 104 (28.11%) Grafana
4 60 (16.22%) Ansible
5 37 (10.00%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (2.16%) Argo
9 7 (1.89%) Nagios
9 7 (1.89%) Puppet
10 5 (1.35%) SCCM
11 4 (1.08%) logstash
11 4 (1.08%) Packer
11 4 (1.08%) Rancher
12 3 (0.81%) Podman
12 3 (0.81%) SCOM
12 3 (0.81%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.54%) Control-M
13 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.14%) Databricks
3 14 (3.78%) Google
3 14 (3.78%) OpenAI
3 14 (3.78%) Splunk
4 13 (3.51%) Amplitude
4 13 (3.51%) Braze
4 13 (3.51%) Dynatrace
4 13 (3.51%) VMware
5 11 (2.97%) Automation Anywhere
5 11 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.97%) UiPath
6 9 (2.43%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.89%) AppDynamics
7 7 (1.89%) Apple
7 7 (1.89%) Rapid7
8 6 (1.62%) Ab Initio
8 6 (1.62%) IBM
9 5 (1.35%) Cisco
9 5 (1.35%) Oracle