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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 434 496
Rank change year-on-year +39 +62 -66
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 417 251 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.57% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 243 164 337
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,875 £44,705
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,188 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £63,218
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +6.77% -15.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,528 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +0.78% +4.88% -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 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +47 368 £70,000 +2.94% 192
UK excluding London +30 229 £65,000 +0.78% 177
Work from Home +36 181 £65,000 +8.33% 143
London +1 160 £82,500 +10.00% 59
North of England +5 78 £55,000 -18.52% 40
South East +26 68 £65,000 +23.81% 49
North West -2 34 £52,500 -22.22% 24
Midlands -17 33 £49,000 -21.60% 18
Yorkshire -19 24 £82,500 +20.44% 9
South West -51 22 £70,000 -2.77% 29
North East -38 20 £47,000 - 7
East Midlands -12 18 £40,000 -46.67% 10
West Midlands -27 15 £51,250 -14.58% 8
Wales -47 14 £66,750 +24.19% 10
Scotland +4 12 £62,500 -17.06% 15
East of England -18 4 £56,000 - 15
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 6

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 (2.40%) Confluence
2 8 (1.92%) IIS
2 8 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.68%) Apache
3 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.44%) nginx
5 4 (0.96%) Camunda
5 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.96%) SAS
6 3 (0.72%) Appian
7 2 (0.48%) CMS
7 2 (0.48%) Luigi
8 1 (0.24%) Documentum
8 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.72%) SPSS
2 2 (0.48%) Trello
3 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Magento
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 229 (54.92%) AWS
2 214 (51.32%) Azure
3 121 (29.02%) GCP
4 99 (23.74%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (17.99%) Amazon EKS
6 61 (14.63%) SaaS
7 60 (14.39%) GitHub
7 60 (14.39%) Serverless
8 43 (10.31%) GitHub Actions
9 31 (7.43%) Power Platform
10 27 (6.47%) Firebase
11 25 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (5.76%) Amazon S3
12 24 (5.76%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (5.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (5.52%) PaaS
14 21 (5.04%) Azure Functions
15 20 (4.80%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (4.80%) Datadog
15 20 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.56%) Firewall
2 14 (3.36%) DNS
3 9 (2.16%) MQTT
3 9 (2.16%) VPN
4 8 (1.92%) Network Security
5 6 (1.44%) DHCP
6 5 (1.20%) SSL
6 5 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.96%) Broadband
7 4 (0.96%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.96%) NAS
7 4 (0.96%) SSH
8 3 (0.72%) BGP
8 3 (0.72%) DKIM
8 3 (0.72%) DMARC
8 3 (0.72%) PBX
8 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.72%) VLAN
8 3 (0.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.79%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (8.63%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.80%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (4.80%) MySQL
4 19 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (4.56%) MongoDB
5 18 (4.32%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.12%) Power BI
7 11 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.64%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.64%) Spark SQL
8 9 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.16%) Metadata
9 8 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (1.92%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.44%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.20%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (1.20%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 85 (20.38%) Git
2 62 (14.87%) TeamCity
3 52 (12.47%) Jenkins
4 46 (11.03%) GitLab
5 31 (7.43%) JIRA
6 20 (4.80%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.60%) Bitbucket
8 14 (3.36%) SonarQube
8 14 (3.36%) XCTest
9 13 (3.12%) fastlane
10 11 (2.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 11 (2.64%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.92%) JUnit
11 8 (1.92%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.68%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.68%) Gradle
12 7 (1.68%) Mockito
12 7 (1.68%) Xcode
13 6 (1.44%) Android Studio
13 6 (1.44%) JMeter
General
1 119 (28.54%) Finance
2 116 (27.82%) Social Skills
3 87 (20.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (20.62%) Banking
5 66 (15.83%) Law
6 64 (15.35%) Retail
7 48 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (11.03%) Financial Institution
9 42 (10.07%) Back Office
10 35 (8.39%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.72%) Front Office
14 3 (0.72%) Legal
14 3 (0.72%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (21.10%) Software Engineer
2 74 (17.75%) Lead
3 66 (15.83%) Senior
4 63 (15.11%) Developer
5 60 (14.39%) DevOps Engineer
6 37 (8.87%) Azure Engineer
7 28 (6.71%) Cloud Engineer
8 24 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
9 23 (5.52%) Lead Software Engineer
10 22 (5.28%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.80%) Data Engineer
11 20 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (3.84%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (3.84%) Site Engineer
12 16 (3.84%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 15 (3.60%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.60%) Software Team Leader
13 15 (3.60%) Team Leader
13 15 (3.60%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (11.27%) REST
2 42 (10.07%) .NET
2 42 (10.07%) RESTful
3 28 (6.71%) React
4 24 (5.76%) Kafka
5 21 (5.04%) SwiftUI
5 21 (5.04%) UIKit
6 18 (4.32%) Spring
7 17 (4.08%) ARM Templates
7 17 (4.08%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.84%) CSS
9 14 (3.36%) .NET Core
9 14 (3.36%) OAuth
9 14 (3.36%) PyTorch
9 14 (3.36%) scikit-learn
9 14 (3.36%) TensorFlow
10 13 (3.12%) Next.js
10 13 (3.12%) PySpark
11 12 (2.88%) Node.js
12 11 (2.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 133 (31.89%) Cloud Native
2 68 (16.31%) Product Ownership
3 39 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (6.95%) Mobile App
5 20 (4.80%) Low-Code
6 19 (4.56%) Blog
6 19 (4.56%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (4.08%) Life Science
9 15 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (2.64%) Management Information System
12 10 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (2.40%) PKI
13 8 (1.92%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.92%) Replication
14 7 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.68%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 80 (19.18%) Linux
2 55 (13.19%) Windows
3 33 (7.91%) Apple iOS
4 19 (4.56%) Windows Server
5 15 (3.60%) CentOS
6 13 (3.12%) Android
7 8 (1.92%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.20%) VMS
10 4 (0.96%) Unix
11 2 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (78.66%) CI/CD
2 237 (56.83%) DevOps
3 185 (44.36%) Test Automation
4 149 (35.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (32.13%) Software Engineering
6 129 (30.94%) Agile
7 121 (29.02%) Microservices
8 101 (24.22%) Clean Code
9 97 (23.26%) Containerisation
10 93 (22.30%) Observability
11 90 (21.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 83 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
13 79 (18.94%) Mentoring
14 75 (17.99%) Continuous Deployment
15 70 (16.79%) AI
16 68 (16.31%) Analytics
17 47 (11.27%) Computer Science
17 47 (11.27%) Fintech
18 45 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
19 44 (10.55%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 167 (40.05%) Python
2 122 (29.26%) Java
3 72 (17.27%) SQL
4 61 (14.63%) PowerShell
5 54 (12.95%) C#
6 51 (12.23%) Bash
7 41 (9.83%) JavaScript
8 37 (8.87%) TypeScript
9 23 (5.52%) Kotlin
10 21 (5.04%) Swift
11 20 (4.80%) Bicep
12 13 (3.12%) Rust
13 8 (1.92%) Go
13 8 (1.92%) Groovy
14 7 (1.68%) C++
14 7 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.68%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.44%) C
16 4 (0.96%) Perl
16 4 (0.96%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 53 (12.71%) Degree
3 42 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.56%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.16%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.68%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.96%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.48%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.48%) PMP
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.24%) CCNP
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.24%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.24%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.19%) QA
2 32 (7.67%) Accessibility
3 26 (6.24%) WCAG
4 21 (5.04%) GDPR
5 13 (3.12%) Data Quality
5 13 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.92%) SLA
7 7 (1.68%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.44%) NCSC
9 4 (0.96%) NIST
10 2 (0.48%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.48%) IFRS
10 2 (0.48%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.48%) JTAG
10 2 (0.48%) PMO
10 2 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 102 (24.46%) Docker
2 20 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.96%) vSphere
7 3 (0.72%) Firmware
7 3 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 186 (44.60%) Terraform
2 175 (41.97%) Kubernetes
3 115 (27.58%) Grafana
4 74 (17.75%) Ansible
5 38 (9.11%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.40%) Argo
7 10 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (2.16%) Nagios
9 8 (1.92%) Puppet
10 6 (1.44%) SCCM
11 4 (0.96%) Packer
12 3 (0.72%) Control-M
12 3 (0.72%) cPanel
12 3 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.72%) Plesk
12 3 (0.72%) Podman
12 3 (0.72%) Rancher
12 3 (0.72%) SCOM
12 3 (0.72%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 74 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.47%) Dynatrace
3 26 (6.24%) Google
4 21 (5.04%) Databricks
5 15 (3.60%) Splunk
5 15 (3.60%) VMware
6 14 (3.36%) Amplitude
6 14 (3.36%) Braze
7 13 (3.12%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.64%) Apple
8 11 (2.64%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.40%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.16%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.68%) AppDynamics
12 6 (1.44%) IBM
13 5 (1.20%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.20%) Tenable
14 4 (0.96%) Automation Anywhere
14 4 (0.96%) Thales
14 4 (0.96%) UiPath