Deployment Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Deployment Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 358 432 343
Rank change year-on-year +74 -89 -47
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 433 939 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.75% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.78% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 315 610 954
10th Percentile £46,350 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,250 £100,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.42% - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Deployment Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Deployment Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Deployment Automation.

Salary trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

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 28 November 2023. 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 +81 384 £70,576 -5.90% 128
UK excluding London +144 230 £60,250 +0.42% 93
Work from Home +55 204 £70,000 -3.45% 80
London +26 173 £90,000 +2.86% 57
North of England +87 72 £65,000 -10.34% 25
North West +122 57 £65,000 +18.18% 10
South East +113 56 £55,000 - 32
Midlands +132 35 £60,000 -14.29% 10
South West +61 35 £55,000 +10.00% 11
West Midlands +127 24 £57,500 -6.12% 5
Scotland +46 19 £80,000 +73.16% 7
East of England +130 14 £82,500 - 6
Yorkshire +42 13 £82,500 - 13
East Midlands +41 11 £63,750 -8.93% 5
Wales -2 4 £60,000 - 3
Northern Ireland +32 3 - - 2
North East +39 2 £62,500 +160.42% 2

Deployment Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (2.77%) Confluence
1 12 (2.77%) IIS
2 11 (2.54%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.69%) CMS
5 3 (0.69%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.69%) MS Exchange
6 2 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.46%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.46%) Kentico
6 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.23%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.23%) JBoss
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.23%) Quorum
Cloud Services
1 221 (51.04%) Azure
2 205 (47.34%) AWS
3 84 (19.40%) Serverless
4 82 (18.94%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (18.71%) OpenShift
6 74 (17.09%) GCP
7 49 (11.32%) GitHub
8 37 (8.55%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (7.62%) Amazon EKS
10 32 (7.39%) Amazon S3
11 31 (7.16%) Cloud Computing
11 31 (7.16%) PaaS
12 29 (6.70%) Amazon EC2
13 28 (6.47%) IaaS
14 27 (6.24%) SaaS
15 26 (6.00%) AWS CloudFormation
15 26 (6.00%) Power Platform
16 24 (5.54%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (2.77%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (2.77%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.46%) Firewall
2 10 (2.31%) Internet
3 9 (2.08%) DNS
4 7 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.62%) WAN
5 6 (1.39%) Network Security
6 5 (1.15%) HTTP
6 5 (1.15%) LAN
6 5 (1.15%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.92%) SMTP
8 3 (0.69%) DMZ
8 3 (0.69%) Multicast
9 2 (0.46%) BGP
9 2 (0.46%) DHCP
9 2 (0.46%) Extranet
9 2 (0.46%) MPLS
9 2 (0.46%) OSPF
9 2 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (13.16%) Elasticsearch
2 50 (11.55%) SQL Server
3 46 (10.62%) MongoDB
4 30 (6.93%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (6.00%) NoSQL
6 25 (5.77%) Amazon Redshift
6 25 (5.77%) Power BI
7 18 (4.16%) Big Data
7 18 (4.16%) Relational Database
8 15 (3.46%) Data Lake
9 14 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (3.00%) Tableau
11 11 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.62%) Metadata
12 7 (1.62%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.39%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
15 4 (0.92%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 148 (34.18%) Jenkins
2 114 (26.33%) Git
3 63 (14.55%) Selenium
4 61 (14.09%) JIRA
5 54 (12.47%) Cucumber
6 39 (9.01%) Maven
7 37 (8.55%) Cypress.io
8 34 (7.85%) Artifactory
9 33 (7.62%) GitLab
10 31 (7.16%) SonarQube
11 10 (2.31%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (2.08%) CircleCI
12 9 (2.08%) TeamCity
13 8 (1.85%) Bitbucket
14 7 (1.62%) Gradle
14 7 (1.62%) Travis CI
15 6 (1.39%) Appium
15 6 (1.39%) REST Assured
16 5 (1.15%) NUnit
16 5 (1.15%) WebDriver
General
1 123 (28.41%) Finance
2 87 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 68 (15.70%) Banking
4 43 (9.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (7.39%) Front Office
6 31 (7.16%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.77%) Investment Banking
8 24 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (4.62%) Legal
10 17 (3.93%) Aerospace
11 16 (3.70%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.46%) Marketing
13 14 (3.23%) Aviation
14 11 (2.54%) Law
14 11 (2.54%) Retail
15 10 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.85%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.62%) Electronics
17 7 (1.62%) Manufacturing
18 6 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (28.64%) DevOps Engineer
2 76 (17.55%) AWS Engineer
3 66 (15.24%) AWS DevOps
3 66 (15.24%) AWS DevOps Engineer
3 66 (15.24%) Software Engineer
4 63 (14.55%) Senior
5 42 (9.70%) Lead
6 41 (9.47%) Developer
7 39 (9.01%) Architect
8 28 (6.47%) Technical Architect
9 24 (5.54%) Senior Software Engineer
10 23 (5.31%) Systems Architect
11 21 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (4.85%) Data Engineer
12 20 (4.62%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (4.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 19 (4.39%) Lead Software Engineer
14 17 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (3.70%) Cloud Consultant
15 16 (3.70%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (13.39%) .NET
2 41 (9.47%) REST
3 35 (8.08%) AngularJS
3 35 (8.08%) Elastic Stack
4 34 (7.85%) ASP.NET
5 27 (6.24%) JSON
6 25 (5.77%) .NET Core
6 25 (5.77%) Kafka
7 23 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
7 23 (5.31%) React
8 22 (5.08%) .NET Framework
9 21 (4.85%) Node.js
10 19 (4.39%) YAML
11 17 (3.93%) CSS
12 15 (3.46%) HTML
13 14 (3.23%) Pandas
13 14 (3.23%) RESTful
13 14 (3.23%) Web Services
14 13 (3.00%) LDAP
15 12 (2.77%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.85%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.39%) Distributed Systems
2 32 (7.39%) Management Information System
3 31 (7.16%) Public Cloud
4 24 (5.54%) Product Ownership
5 22 (5.08%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.31%) Tandem
7 9 (2.08%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.62%) CMDB
10 6 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.15%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.15%) Reinsurance
12 4 (0.92%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.92%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 86 (19.86%) Linux
2 37 (8.55%) Windows
3 21 (4.85%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.46%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.23%) Windows NT
5 14 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.77%) Unix
7 6 (1.39%) Android
7 6 (1.39%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (68.13%) DevOps
2 232 (53.58%) Agile
3 198 (45.73%) CI/CD
4 152 (35.10%) Continuous Integration
5 135 (31.18%) Test Automation
6 110 (25.40%) Infrastructure as Code
7 108 (24.94%) Software Engineering
8 105 (24.25%) Microservices
9 67 (15.47%) Analytics
10 66 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (13.39%) Configuration Management
11 58 (13.39%) Design Patterns
12 55 (12.70%) Containerisation
13 54 (12.47%) High Availability
14 49 (11.32%) ITIL
15 48 (11.09%) Continuous Delivery
16 45 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
16 45 (10.39%) Roadmaps
17 41 (9.47%) Unit Testing
18 39 (9.01%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 203 (46.88%) Python
2 151 (34.87%) Java
3 121 (27.94%) SQL
4 78 (18.01%) JavaScript
5 68 (15.70%) C#
6 66 (15.24%) Bash
7 48 (11.09%) Go
8 43 (9.93%) C++
8 43 (9.93%) PowerShell
9 29 (6.70%) Shell Script
10 28 (6.47%) TypeScript
11 23 (5.31%) Perl
11 23 (5.31%) Ruby
12 17 (3.93%) Groovy
13 14 (3.23%) PHP
14 7 (1.62%) T-SQL
15 5 (1.15%) XAML
16 4 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.92%) R
17 3 (0.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 94 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 58 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.16%) Degree
3 18 (4.16%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.31%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 7 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.46%) CCIE
10 2 (0.46%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 2 (0.46%) CCNA
10 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.46%) MCSA
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.23%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.62%) QA
2 20 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.39%) SLA
5 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.46%) NIST
6 2 (0.46%) WAI
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 184 (42.49%) Docker
2 43 (9.93%) Active Directory
3 26 (6.00%) Firmware
4 12 (2.77%) LXC
4 12 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (2.31%) IAG
6 8 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.15%) Ceph
8 3 (0.69%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.69%) KVM
8 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.23%) Gluster
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
9 1 (0.23%) Varnish
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 194 (44.80%) Kubernetes
2 131 (30.25%) Terraform
3 85 (19.63%) Ansible
4 27 (6.24%) Progress Chef
5 22 (5.08%) Puppet
6 20 (4.62%) Rancher
7 18 (4.16%) Argo
8 17 (3.93%) Nagios
9 14 (3.23%) SCCM
9 14 (3.23%) Sysprep
9 14 (3.23%) WSUS
10 12 (2.77%) Docker Swarm
10 12 (2.77%) Kustomize
10 12 (2.77%) systemd
11 9 (2.08%) Packer
11 9 (2.08%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.85%) Grafana
13 5 (1.15%) Control-M
13 5 (1.15%) Salt
13 5 (1.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 82 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.24%) Google
3 23 (5.31%) AppDynamics
4 22 (5.08%) Oracle
4 22 (5.08%) Splunk
5 16 (3.70%) VMware
6 12 (2.77%) Remedy
6 12 (2.77%) SAP
7 11 (2.54%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.31%) Alteryx
8 10 (2.31%) IBM
9 9 (2.08%) Confluent
10 7 (1.62%) Databricks
11 5 (1.15%) Informatica
11 5 (1.15%) McAfee
12 4 (0.92%) Cisco
12 4 (0.92%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.69%) Qualys
14 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds