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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 380 473
Rank change year-on-year -3 +93 -50
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 307 339 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.71% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.77% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 127 226 306
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,400 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £91,934
90th Percentile £95,000 £138,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

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 55,019 44,239 66,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.97% 92.93% 88.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33,006 22,069 51,040
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.07%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -28 265 £68,400 -8.80% 88
UK excluding London -1 169 £65,000 -3.70% 61
Work from Home +35 153 £60,000 -11.11% 57
London +4 124 £80,000 -11.11% 39
South East +14 71 £65,000 +13.04% 18
North of England -34 38 £60,000 -4.00% 16
Scotland +6 30 £58,609 -22.23% 5
Yorkshire -53 21 £60,000 +21.21% 4
North West -15 15 £77,217 +14.40% 8
Midlands -11 9 £48,000 -36.00% 6
East of England +5 8 £76,250 +1.67% 2
South West -23 8 £62,950 -10.07% 11
West Midlands -2 5 £62,609 -16.52% 4
Wales -1 4 £61,248 -5.77% 3
East Midlands -20 4 £37,500 +30.65% 2
North East - 2 £77,217 - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,217 - 1

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 (3.91%) Appian
2 6 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.30%) Apache
3 4 (1.30%) Confluence
4 3 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.98%) IIS
5 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.65%) nginx
5 2 (0.65%) SAS
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 146 (47.56%) Azure
2 143 (46.58%) AWS
3 83 (27.04%) Azure DevOps
4 75 (24.43%) GCP
5 64 (20.85%) Amazon EKS
6 63 (20.52%) GitHub
7 57 (18.57%) GitHub Actions
8 48 (15.64%) SaaS
9 46 (14.98%) Serverless
10 37 (12.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 36 (11.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (10.42%) Azure Monitor
13 30 (9.77%) Power Platform
14 28 (9.12%) AWS Lambda
14 28 (9.12%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (7.82%) Amazon S3
16 20 (6.51%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (6.19%) AWS Step Functions
18 17 (5.54%) Amazon SQS
19 16 (5.21%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.58%) Firewall
2 5 (1.63%) DNS
2 5 (1.63%) MQTT
2 5 (1.63%) SSL
2 5 (1.63%) VPN
3 3 (0.98%) DMZ
3 3 (0.98%) WAN
4 2 (0.65%) BGP
4 2 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.65%) OSPF
4 2 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.65%) RTMP
4 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.65%) VLAN
4 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.65%) Wireless
5 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.38%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.45%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (6.51%) DynamoDB
4 18 (5.86%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.23%) MySQL
6 12 (3.91%) Amazon Aurora
6 12 (3.91%) Pinecone
7 11 (3.58%) Power BI
8 8 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.95%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.63%) Metadata
10 5 (1.63%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.98%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.98%) Tableau
12 2 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.65%) Redis
13 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 50 (16.29%) TeamCity
2 48 (15.64%) Git
3 31 (10.10%) GitLab
4 29 (9.45%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.89%) MLflow
6 10 (3.26%) JIRA
7 8 (2.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (1.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.95%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.95%) Gradle
8 6 (1.95%) Maven
8 6 (1.95%) Storybook
9 4 (1.30%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.30%) JUnit
10 3 (0.98%) Crashlytics
10 3 (0.98%) NUnit
10 3 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.98%) TestNG
10 3 (0.98%) XCTest
General
1 140 (45.60%) Finance
2 72 (23.45%) Social Skills
3 61 (19.87%) Banking
4 55 (17.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (16.29%) Law
5 50 (16.29%) Retail
6 34 (11.07%) Financial Institution
7 33 (10.75%) Back Office
8 30 (9.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 27 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.61%) Marketing
11 6 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.95%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Advertising
13 2 (0.65%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 68 (22.15%) Lead
2 48 (15.64%) Developer
3 45 (14.66%) Software Engineer
4 41 (13.36%) Senior
5 24 (7.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
7 19 (6.19%) AWS Engineer
8 18 (5.86%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (5.54%) Java Engineer
10 16 (5.21%) Integration Engineer
10 16 (5.21%) Java Software Engineer
11 15 (4.89%) Azure Engineer
11 15 (4.89%) Power Platform Developer
12 14 (4.56%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (4.23%) Lead Software Engineer
14 12 (3.91%) .NET Developer
14 12 (3.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 11 (3.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 10 (3.26%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.64%) RESTful
2 39 (12.70%) .NET
3 36 (11.73%) OAuth
4 33 (10.75%) React
5 26 (8.47%) .NET Core
6 25 (8.14%) REST
7 24 (7.82%) OAuth2
8 22 (7.17%) JSON
9 17 (5.54%) JWT
10 16 (5.21%) AWS CDK
10 16 (5.21%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.89%) ASP.NET
11 15 (4.89%) Web Services
12 14 (4.56%) Flask
12 14 (4.56%) OpenAPI
12 14 (4.56%) Swagger
13 13 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (4.23%) Blazor
13 13 (4.23%) Django
14 12 (3.91%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 95 (30.94%) Cloud Native
2 37 (12.05%) Low-Code
3 35 (11.40%) Life Science
4 26 (8.47%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.89%) Blog
5 15 (4.89%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.95%) Hackathon
9 5 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.63%) IoT
9 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.98%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.75%) Linux
2 15 (4.89%) Windows
3 9 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.95%) VMS
5 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.98%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (70.03%) CI/CD
2 166 (54.07%) DevOps
3 124 (40.39%) Test Automation
4 112 (36.48%) Agile
5 105 (34.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 83 (27.04%) Analytics
7 78 (25.41%) AI
8 73 (23.78%) Microservices
9 68 (22.15%) Machine Learning
10 66 (21.50%) Clean Code
11 64 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (18.89%) Containerisation
13 58 (18.89%) Software Engineering
14 55 (17.92%) Continuous Deployment
15 54 (17.59%) Roadmaps
16 51 (16.61%) Disruptive Innovation
16 51 (16.61%) Observability
17 47 (15.31%) Coaching
18 46 (14.98%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 103 (33.55%) Python
2 63 (20.52%) Java
3 56 (18.24%) SQL
4 42 (13.68%) JavaScript
5 38 (12.38%) C#
6 36 (11.73%) Bash
7 34 (11.07%) PowerShell
8 29 (9.45%) Bicep
9 24 (7.82%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.28%) Go
11 6 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.63%) Rust
13 4 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.98%) Swift
15 2 (0.65%) C++
15 2 (0.65%) Delphi
15 2 (0.65%) Groovy
15 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.65%) VB
15 2 (0.65%) VB6
Qualifications
1 60 (19.54%) Degree
2 36 (11.73%) Master's Degree
3 32 (10.42%) Security Cleared
4 29 (9.45%) PhD
5 17 (5.54%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.89%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.58%) AWS Certified Developer
8 9 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.93%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.61%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.98%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.33%) LPIC
12 1 (0.33%) MCSE
12 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.45%) GxP
2 18 (5.86%) Data Quality
3 17 (5.54%) GDPR
4 16 (5.21%) QA
5 15 (4.89%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.95%) WCAG
7 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.98%) SLA
9 2 (0.65%) NIST
9 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.33%) GRC
10 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (24.10%) Docker
2 10 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.93%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.65%) NFS
7 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 150 (48.86%) Terraform
2 123 (40.07%) Kubernetes
3 80 (26.06%) Grafana
4 30 (9.77%) Ansible
5 24 (7.82%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.28%) Argo
8 4 (1.30%) logstash
9 3 (0.98%) Nagios
9 3 (0.98%) Rancher
10 2 (0.65%) Istio
10 2 (0.65%) Puppet
10 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 29 (9.45%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.56%) Ab Initio
3 13 (4.23%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.91%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.91%) UiPath
5 8 (2.61%) Splunk
6 7 (2.28%) Cisco
7 6 (1.95%) Oracle
7 6 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.63%) Google
9 4 (1.30%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.30%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.30%) VMware
10 3 (0.98%) Amplitude
10 3 (0.98%) Citrix
10 3 (0.98%) Databricks
10 3 (0.98%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.65%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.65%) NETGEAR
11 2 (0.65%) Pega