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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 360 484
Rank change year-on-year -31 +124 -45
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 349 296 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.72% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.77% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 160 238 335
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,125 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -12.90%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £132,625 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +9.76% -8.89%

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 64,219 38,320 79,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.73% 92.97% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 22,523 59,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.19% +6.60% -7.83%

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 April 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 April 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 -42 312 £70,000 -6.67% 157
UK excluding London -18 191 £62,500 -7.41% 123
Work from Home +13 158 £60,000 -7.69% 86
London -15 146 £77,500 -13.89% 71
South East +10 72 £68,750 +25.00% 46
North of England -54 54 £63,750 +18.60% 16
Yorkshire -49 27 £60,000 +21.21% 3
Scotland -2 23 £55,000 -27.02% 7
North West -35 22 £73,000 +16.80% 9
Midlands -41 18 £48,000 -36.00% 13
South West -46 12 £60,000 -16.66% 17
East Midlands - 11 £37,500 - 4
East of England -23 8 £76,250 -12.86% 24
West Midlands -21 7 £48,000 -36.00% 9
Wales -21 6 £61,248 - 1
North East - 5 £58,789 - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 3

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 12 (3.44%) Appian
2 5 (1.43%) Apache
2 5 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.43%) IIS
3 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.15%) Confluence
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.57%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) SPSS
2 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 190 (54.44%) AWS
2 163 (46.70%) Azure
3 82 (23.50%) GCP
4 80 (22.92%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (22.06%) Amazon EKS
6 71 (20.34%) GitHub
7 64 (18.34%) Serverless
8 62 (17.77%) GitHub Actions
9 51 (14.61%) SaaS
10 37 (10.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 37 (10.60%) Azure Logic Apps
11 36 (10.32%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (9.17%) Amazon S3
13 31 (8.88%) Power Platform
14 29 (8.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 27 (7.74%) Azure Monitor
16 26 (7.45%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (5.44%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (5.44%) AWS Step Functions
18 18 (5.16%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.30%) Firewall
2 8 (2.29%) DNS
3 5 (1.43%) VPN
4 4 (1.15%) MQTT
5 3 (0.86%) DHCP
5 3 (0.86%) DMZ
5 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 3 (0.86%) SSL
6 2 (0.57%) BGP
6 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.57%) SAN
7 1 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.29%) HTTP
7 1 (0.29%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.29%) SNMP
7 1 (0.29%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.88%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.59%) DynamoDB
3 23 (6.59%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.01%) Amazon Aurora
4 14 (4.01%) MySQL
5 13 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (3.72%) Pinecone
6 12 (3.44%) Power BI
7 11 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.29%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.43%) Spark SQL
11 4 (1.15%) Metadata
12 3 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.86%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.86%) Tableau
13 2 (0.57%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 64 (18.34%) Git
2 56 (16.05%) TeamCity
3 39 (11.17%) GitLab
4 38 (10.89%) Jenkins
5 17 (4.87%) JIRA
6 12 (3.44%) MLflow
7 11 (3.15%) Crashlytics
8 10 (2.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (2.87%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.87%) XCTest
9 9 (2.58%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.58%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (1.72%) Artifactory
11 6 (1.72%) JMeter
11 6 (1.72%) Storybook
12 5 (1.43%) Gradle
12 5 (1.43%) Locust
13 4 (1.15%) Maven
13 4 (1.15%) NUnit
General
1 126 (36.10%) Finance
2 96 (27.51%) Social Skills
3 69 (19.77%) Banking
4 66 (18.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (16.33%) Law
6 56 (16.05%) Retail
7 38 (10.89%) Back Office
7 38 (10.89%) Financial Institution
8 36 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (3.15%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.72%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.72%) Marketing
11 6 (1.72%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.15%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.86%) Front Office
14 2 (0.57%) Advertising
14 2 (0.57%) Automotive
14 2 (0.57%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (19.77%) Lead
2 58 (16.62%) Developer
3 53 (15.19%) Software Engineer
4 50 (14.33%) Senior
5 32 (9.17%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (6.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (6.59%) AWS Engineer
7 23 (6.59%) Java Engineer
8 20 (5.73%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (5.44%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (5.16%) Integration Engineer
10 18 (5.16%) Java Software Engineer
11 16 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
11 16 (4.58%) Power Platform Developer
11 16 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (4.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 13 (3.72%) Automation Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) .NET Developer
14 12 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.18%) RESTful
2 41 (11.75%) .NET
3 37 (10.60%) REST
4 36 (10.32%) React
5 32 (9.17%) OAuth
6 26 (7.45%) .NET Core
7 23 (6.59%) JSON
8 20 (5.73%) OAuth2
9 17 (4.87%) JWT
10 16 (4.58%) ASP.NET
10 16 (4.58%) AWS CDK
10 16 (4.58%) Web Services
11 15 (4.30%) FastAPI
12 14 (4.01%) ASP.NET Core
12 14 (4.01%) Flask
12 14 (4.01%) OpenAPI
12 14 (4.01%) Pandas
12 14 (4.01%) pytest
12 14 (4.01%) PyTorch
12 14 (4.01%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 98 (28.08%) Cloud Native
2 42 (12.03%) Low-Code
3 30 (8.60%) Product Ownership
4 28 (8.02%) Life Science
5 18 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (4.58%) Blog
7 15 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.72%) Mobile App
9 12 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (3.15%) Hackathon
11 9 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (2.29%) Management Information System
12 8 (2.29%) Onboarding
13 7 (2.01%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.43%) PKI
14 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.15%) Blockchain
15 4 (1.15%) Private Cloud
15 4 (1.15%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.33%) Linux
2 29 (8.31%) Windows
3 20 (5.73%) Apple iOS
4 15 (4.30%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.58%) CentOS
6 6 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.72%) VMS
7 5 (1.43%) Android
8 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.57%) Unix
9 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (75.64%) CI/CD
2 180 (51.58%) DevOps
3 160 (45.85%) Test Automation
4 129 (36.96%) Infrastructure as Code
5 116 (33.24%) Agile
6 87 (24.93%) Microservices
7 82 (23.50%) Clean Code
8 80 (22.92%) Containerisation
9 77 (22.06%) Analytics
10 75 (21.49%) Software Engineering
11 72 (20.63%) Observability
12 71 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
13 69 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 66 (18.91%) Continuous Deployment
15 64 (18.34%) AI
16 53 (15.19%) Machine Learning
17 49 (14.04%) Computer Science
18 42 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
18 42 (12.03%) Root Cause Analysis
19 40 (11.46%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 139 (39.83%) Python
2 85 (24.36%) Java
3 74 (21.20%) SQL
4 49 (14.04%) PowerShell
5 46 (13.18%) Bash
6 41 (11.75%) JavaScript
7 39 (11.17%) C#
8 29 (8.31%) Bicep
9 27 (7.74%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.72%) Kotlin
11 11 (3.15%) Swift
12 8 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (2.29%) Rust
13 6 (1.72%) Go
13 6 (1.72%) Groovy
14 5 (1.43%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.15%) Perl
16 3 (0.86%) VB
17 2 (0.57%) C++
17 2 (0.57%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (17.77%) Degree
2 42 (12.03%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.45%) Master's Degree
4 23 (6.59%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.87%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.30%) PhD
7 11 (3.15%) AWS Certified Developer
8 10 (2.87%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.58%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.15%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.86%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.57%) PMP
13 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.29%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.29%) LPIC
13 1 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.03%) QA
2 27 (7.74%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.44%) Data Quality
4 18 (5.16%) GDPR
5 15 (4.30%) GxP
6 13 (3.72%) WCAG
7 10 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.72%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.86%) SLA
10 2 (0.57%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.57%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.57%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.29%) NCSC
11 1 (0.29%) NIST
11 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (25.50%) Docker
2 15 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 172 (49.28%) Terraform
2 151 (43.27%) Kubernetes
3 92 (26.36%) Grafana
4 45 (12.89%) Ansible
5 26 (7.45%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.29%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (2.01%) Argo
9 5 (1.43%) Nagios
10 4 (1.15%) logstash
10 4 (1.15%) Packer
10 4 (1.15%) Rancher
10 4 (1.15%) SCCM
11 2 (0.57%) Istio
11 2 (0.57%) Puppet
11 2 (0.57%) SCOM
11 2 (0.57%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 46 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.01%) OpenAI
3 13 (3.72%) Automation Anywhere
3 13 (3.72%) UiPath
4 11 (3.15%) Google
5 10 (2.87%) Ab Initio
5 10 (2.87%) Amplitude
5 10 (2.87%) Braze
5 10 (2.87%) Splunk
6 9 (2.58%) Databricks
6 9 (2.58%) VMware
7 7 (2.01%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.01%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.72%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.72%) Cisco
8 6 (1.72%) Oracle
8 6 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.43%) IBM
9 5 (1.43%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.15%) Pega