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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 468 456
Rank change year-on-year +93 -12 -80
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 533 190 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.43% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 286 90 231
10th Percentile £44,758 £48,250 £44,263
25th Percentile £56,063 £57,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -8.18%
75th Percentile £86,250 £84,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +24.09% -12.00%

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 86,155 44,192 60,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 88.99% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59,150 24,458 32,463
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 16 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 8 October 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 +105 433 £70,000 -6.67% 583
UK excluding London +16 259 £65,000 -4.76% 312
London +63 210 £82,500 +3.13% 317
Work from Home +72 195 £65,000 -15.82% 236
North of England +1 88 £60,000 -20.00% 77
South West -20 56 £75,000 -13.04% 49
North East -19 44 £60,000 -22.30% 11
South East -32 39 £65,000 -21.21% 77
North West -2 31 £57,500 -25.53% 44
Midlands -30 31 £56,250 -6.25% 35
Wales -61 27 £52,500 +8.25% 7
Yorkshire -20 22 £70,000 +2.19% 22
East Midlands -20 17 £61,250 -18.33% 11
Scotland -15 14 £75,000 -4.59% 38
West Midlands -40 14 £51,250 -14.58% 24
East of England -28 5 £56,000 - 18

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 18 (3.38%) Confluence
2 16 (3.00%) Apache
3 14 (2.63%) nginx
4 13 (2.44%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.44%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.31%) IIS
6 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.94%) Camunda
8 4 (0.75%) SAS
9 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.38%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) CMS
11 1 (0.19%) Documentum
11 1 (0.19%) JBoss
11 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) Maximo
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.19%) Primavera
2 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 304 (57.04%) AWS
2 284 (53.28%) Azure
3 189 (35.46%) GCP
4 125 (23.45%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (16.89%) GitHub
6 89 (16.70%) Amazon EKS
7 71 (13.32%) SaaS
8 54 (10.13%) Serverless
9 44 (8.26%) GitHub Actions
10 43 (8.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 35 (6.57%) Power Platform
12 30 (5.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (5.63%) Amazon ECS
13 28 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (5.07%) Entra ID
15 26 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (4.50%) Azure Functions
17 23 (4.32%) Amazon S3
18 20 (3.75%) PaaS
19 19 (3.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.94%) DNS
2 19 (3.56%) VPN
3 17 (3.19%) Firewall
4 9 (1.69%) Network Security
5 7 (1.31%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.31%) WAN
5 7 (1.31%) Wireless
6 6 (1.13%) BGP
6 6 (1.13%) DHCP
6 6 (1.13%) LAN
6 6 (1.13%) OSPF
6 6 (1.13%) SSL
6 6 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.94%) MQTT
8 4 (0.75%) Broadband
8 4 (0.75%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.75%) NAS
8 4 (0.75%) SSH
8 4 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (12.01%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 34 (6.38%) MongoDB
4 32 (6.00%) MySQL
4 32 (6.00%) NoSQL
5 24 (4.50%) Power BI
6 19 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.38%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (2.81%) Relational Database
11 14 (2.63%) Metadata
12 9 (1.69%) Big Data
13 8 (1.50%) Redis
14 7 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (1.13%) Spark SQL
16 5 (0.94%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.94%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 109 (20.45%) Git
2 73 (13.70%) TeamCity
3 65 (12.20%) GitLab
4 64 (12.01%) Jenkins
5 34 (6.38%) JIRA
6 18 (3.38%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.06%) fastlane
8 10 (1.88%) Crashlytics
9 9 (1.69%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.69%) JUnit
10 8 (1.50%) Mockito
10 8 (1.50%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (1.31%) MSI
11 7 (1.31%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.13%) Artifactory
12 6 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (1.13%) Xcode
13 5 (0.94%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.94%) Gradle
13 5 (0.94%) Maven
General
1 166 (31.14%) Finance
2 151 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 119 (22.33%) Banking
4 115 (21.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (16.51%) Law
6 84 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
6 84 (15.76%) Public Sector
7 74 (13.88%) Retail
8 62 (11.63%) Financial Institution
9 55 (10.32%) Back Office
10 10 (1.88%) Marketing
11 7 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.13%) Police
13 4 (0.75%) Legal
13 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.38%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 122 (22.89%) Software Engineer
2 101 (18.95%) DevOps Engineer
3 98 (18.39%) Senior
4 86 (16.14%) Lead
5 78 (14.63%) Developer
6 44 (8.26%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (6.75%) Azure Engineer
8 33 (6.19%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (5.07%) Data Engineer
10 26 (4.88%) Lead Software Engineer
10 26 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
11 25 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (4.32%) Java Engineer
13 21 (3.94%) Architect
13 21 (3.94%) Senior Developer
13 21 (3.94%) Software Team Leader
13 21 (3.94%) Team Leader
14 20 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (3.56%) Automation Engineer
15 19 (3.56%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (51.22%) Terraform
2 63 (11.82%) RESTful
3 55 (10.32%) REST
4 54 (10.13%) .NET
5 40 (7.50%) Kafka
6 38 (7.13%) React
7 25 (4.69%) Spring
8 24 (4.50%) LangChain
8 24 (4.50%) Spring Boot
9 20 (3.75%) Node.js
9 20 (3.75%) Web Services
10 18 (3.38%) AngularJS
10 18 (3.38%) Hibernate
10 18 (3.38%) JPA
11 17 (3.19%) CSS
12 15 (2.81%) Next.js
12 15 (2.81%) PyTorch
12 15 (2.81%) scikit-learn
12 15 (2.81%) TensorFlow
13 14 (2.63%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 216 (40.53%) Cloud Native
2 110 (20.64%) Product Ownership
3 57 (10.69%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (6.94%) Onboarding
5 32 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (4.13%) AI Agents
8 20 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (3.75%) Management Information System
9 18 (3.38%) Mobile App
9 18 (3.38%) Virtual Team
10 16 (3.00%) Blog
11 12 (2.25%) Life Science
12 10 (1.88%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.69%) Replication
14 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (1.50%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.50%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 86 (16.14%) Linux
2 54 (10.13%) Windows
3 15 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.06%) CentOS
6 8 (1.50%) Android
6 8 (1.50%) Unix
7 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.38%) Solaris
9 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (83.86%) CI/CD
2 363 (68.11%) DevOps
3 242 (45.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 232 (43.53%) Test Automation
5 216 (40.53%) Software Engineering
6 187 (35.08%) Agile
7 159 (29.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 158 (29.64%) Observability
9 151 (28.33%) Microservices
10 147 (27.58%) AI
11 146 (27.39%) Mentoring
12 142 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
13 135 (25.33%) Containerisation
14 109 (20.45%) Clean Code
15 89 (16.70%) Technical Leadership
16 79 (14.82%) Continuous Deployment
17 74 (13.88%) Analytics
18 68 (12.76%) Platform Engineering
19 66 (12.38%) Coaching
20 64 (12.01%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 195 (36.59%) Python
2 146 (27.39%) Java
3 92 (17.26%) SQL
4 71 (13.32%) PowerShell
5 58 (10.88%) TypeScript
6 56 (10.51%) C#
7 51 (9.57%) Bash
8 48 (9.01%) JavaScript
9 30 (5.63%) Bicep
10 13 (2.44%) Kotlin
11 12 (2.25%) Go
12 11 (2.06%) Swift
13 10 (1.88%) C++
13 10 (1.88%) Scala
14 6 (1.13%) C
15 5 (0.94%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.94%) PHP
15 5 (0.94%) Rust
16 4 (0.75%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 110 (20.64%) Security Cleared
2 79 (14.82%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.63%) Degree
4 36 (6.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.82%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.50%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.81%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.94%) CCNP
11 5 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.38%) PMP
15 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.63%) QA
2 31 (5.82%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.50%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.94%) WCAG
5 18 (3.38%) GDPR
6 16 (3.00%) NCSC
7 13 (2.44%) SLA
8 12 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.75%) NIST
10 3 (0.56%) PMO
10 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.38%) GRC
11 2 (0.38%) IFRS
11 2 (0.38%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.38%) JTAG
11 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
System Software
1 141 (26.45%) Docker
2 21 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.13%) Firmware
5 6 (1.13%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) NDS
7 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 227 (42.59%) Kubernetes
2 145 (27.20%) Grafana
3 83 (15.57%) Ansible
4 47 (8.82%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.44%) Argo
6 11 (2.06%) Puppet
7 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.69%) Nagios
8 6 (1.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.56%) Control-M
9 3 (0.56%) cPanel
9 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.56%) Istio
9 3 (0.56%) Plesk
9 3 (0.56%) Podman
9 3 (0.56%) Rancher
9 3 (0.56%) SCCM
9 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.38%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.38%) Kibana
Vendors
1 106 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.63%) Dynatrace
3 30 (5.63%) Google
4 27 (5.07%) Splunk
5 23 (4.32%) Databricks
6 19 (3.56%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.81%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.25%) Oracle
8 12 (2.25%) VMware
9 11 (2.06%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.69%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.50%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.50%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.31%) Apple
12 7 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.94%) Amplitude
13 5 (0.94%) Braze
13 5 (0.94%) Cisco
13 5 (0.94%) Confluent
14 4 (0.75%) Tenable