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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 475 444
Rank change year-on-year +92 -31 -74
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 540 193 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.39% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.44% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 291 93 231
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £44,263
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -9.72%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £110,000 £92,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +23.64% -13.73%

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 86,526 44,119 60,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.04% 81.91%
Number of salaries quoted 59,327 24,381 32,429
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
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 £96,250
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 6 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 6 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 +102 442 £70,000 -6.67% 678
UK excluding London -12 262 £65,000 -4.41% 403
London +65 216 £82,500 +6.84% 335
Work from Home +70 195 £65,000 -15.82% 319
North of England +3 90 £62,500 -16.67% 93
South West -24 57 £75,000 -13.04% 66
North East -24 43 £60,000 -22.30% 13
South East -26 39 £65,000 -21.21% 101
North West -8 33 £57,500 -25.53% 53
Midlands -44 31 £56,250 -6.25% 44
Wales -52 27 £52,500 +8.25% 10
Yorkshire -18 23 £70,000 +2.19% 27
East Midlands -19 17 £61,250 -18.33% 16
Scotland -16 14 £75,000 -4.59% 53
West Midlands -34 14 £51,250 -14.58% 28
East of England -26 5 £56,000 - 26

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 (3.33%) Confluence
2 16 (2.96%) Apache
3 14 (2.59%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.59%) nginx
4 13 (2.41%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (1.30%) IIS
8 5 (0.93%) Camunda
9 4 (0.74%) SAS
10 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.37%) Luigi
12 1 (0.19%) CMS
12 1 (0.19%) Documentum
12 1 (0.19%) JBoss
12 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) 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
1 305 (56.48%) AWS
2 291 (53.89%) Azure
3 187 (34.63%) GCP
4 125 (23.15%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (16.85%) GitHub
6 87 (16.11%) Amazon EKS
7 69 (12.78%) SaaS
8 55 (10.19%) Serverless
9 44 (8.15%) GitHub Actions
10 43 (7.96%) AWS CloudFormation
11 36 (6.67%) Power Platform
12 30 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
13 29 (5.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (5.19%) Entra ID
15 27 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
16 25 (4.63%) Azure Functions
17 23 (4.26%) Amazon S3
18 21 (3.89%) Azure Data Factory
19 20 (3.70%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.07%) DNS
2 19 (3.52%) Firewall
2 19 (3.52%) VPN
3 10 (1.85%) Network Security
4 7 (1.30%) BGP
4 7 (1.30%) DHCP
4 7 (1.30%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.30%) WAN
4 7 (1.30%) Wireless
5 6 (1.11%) LAN
5 6 (1.11%) OSPF
5 6 (1.11%) SSL
5 6 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.93%) MQTT
7 4 (0.74%) Broadband
7 4 (0.74%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.74%) NAS
7 4 (0.74%) SSH
7 4 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.85%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (7.59%) SQL Server
3 34 (6.30%) MongoDB
4 32 (5.93%) MySQL
4 32 (5.93%) NoSQL
5 24 (4.44%) Power BI
6 20 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.52%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (3.33%) Data Lake
9 17 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (2.78%) Relational Database
12 14 (2.59%) Metadata
13 10 (1.85%) Big Data
14 8 (1.48%) Redis
15 7 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (1.30%) Spark SQL
16 5 (0.93%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.93%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 111 (20.56%) Git
2 71 (13.15%) TeamCity
3 64 (11.85%) GitLab
4 63 (11.67%) Jenkins
5 36 (6.67%) JIRA
6 18 (3.33%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.04%) fastlane
8 10 (1.85%) Crashlytics
9 9 (1.67%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.67%) JUnit
10 8 (1.48%) Mockito
10 8 (1.48%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.30%) MSI
11 7 (1.30%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.11%) Artifactory
12 6 (1.11%) Xcode
13 5 (0.93%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.93%) Gradle
13 5 (0.93%) XCTest
General
1 166 (30.74%) Finance
2 153 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 117 (21.67%) Banking
4 113 (20.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (15.93%) Law
6 85 (15.74%) Public Sector
7 72 (13.33%) Retail
8 60 (11.11%) Financial Institution
9 53 (9.81%) Back Office
10 10 (1.85%) Marketing
11 7 (1.30%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.30%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.11%) Police
13 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.74%) Legal
13 4 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.37%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 121 (22.41%) Software Engineer
2 101 (18.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 99 (18.33%) Senior
4 89 (16.48%) Lead
5 80 (14.81%) Developer
6 44 (8.15%) Cloud Engineer
7 37 (6.85%) Azure Engineer
8 32 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
9 28 (5.19%) Data Engineer
10 27 (5.00%) Lead Software Engineer
10 27 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
11 26 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (4.07%) Java Engineer
13 21 (3.89%) Architect
13 21 (3.89%) Senior Developer
13 21 (3.89%) Software Team Leader
13 21 (3.89%) Team Leader
14 20 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (3.52%) Automation Engineer
15 19 (3.52%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (50.74%) Terraform
2 63 (11.67%) RESTful
3 57 (10.56%) REST
4 55 (10.19%) .NET
5 40 (7.41%) Kafka
6 39 (7.22%) React
7 25 (4.63%) Spring
8 24 (4.44%) LangChain
8 24 (4.44%) Spring Boot
9 21 (3.89%) Web Services
10 19 (3.52%) Node.js
11 18 (3.33%) AngularJS
11 18 (3.33%) CSS
11 18 (3.33%) Hibernate
11 18 (3.33%) JPA
12 16 (2.96%) PyTorch
12 16 (2.96%) scikit-learn
12 16 (2.96%) TensorFlow
13 15 (2.78%) .NET Framework
13 15 (2.78%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 214 (39.63%) Cloud Native
2 110 (20.37%) Product Ownership
3 57 (10.56%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (6.85%) Onboarding
5 32 (5.93%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (4.26%) AI Agents
8 21 (3.89%) Management Information System
9 20 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (3.33%) Mobile App
10 18 (3.33%) Virtual Team
11 16 (2.96%) Blog
12 13 (2.41%) Life Science
13 10 (1.85%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.67%) Replication
15 8 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (1.48%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.48%) Public Cloud
16 7 (1.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 88 (16.30%) Linux
2 58 (10.74%) Windows
3 18 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.22%) CentOS
6 8 (1.48%) Android
6 8 (1.48%) Unix
7 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.37%) Solaris
10 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 364 (67.41%) DevOps
3 246 (45.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 232 (42.96%) Test Automation
5 215 (39.81%) Software Engineering
6 190 (35.19%) Agile
7 159 (29.44%) Observability
8 158 (29.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 149 (27.59%) Microservices
10 148 (27.41%) AI
11 147 (27.22%) Mentoring
12 144 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
13 135 (25.00%) Containerisation
14 107 (19.81%) Clean Code
15 88 (16.30%) Technical Leadership
16 77 (14.26%) Continuous Deployment
17 76 (14.07%) Analytics
18 68 (12.59%) Platform Engineering
19 65 (12.04%) Coaching
19 65 (12.04%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 201 (37.22%) Python
2 145 (26.85%) Java
3 95 (17.59%) SQL
4 75 (13.89%) PowerShell
5 58 (10.74%) TypeScript
6 57 (10.56%) C#
7 51 (9.44%) Bash
8 48 (8.89%) JavaScript
9 31 (5.74%) Bicep
10 13 (2.41%) Kotlin
11 12 (2.22%) Go
12 11 (2.04%) Swift
13 10 (1.85%) C++
13 10 (1.85%) Scala
14 7 (1.30%) C
15 5 (0.93%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.93%) PHP
15 5 (0.93%) Rust
16 4 (0.74%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 111 (20.56%) Security Cleared
2 79 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.89%) Degree
4 37 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.74%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.44%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 15 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.48%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.93%) CCNP
12 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.37%) PMP
16 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
16 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.48%) QA
2 31 (5.74%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.44%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.89%) WCAG
5 19 (3.52%) GDPR
6 16 (2.96%) NCSC
7 13 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (2.41%) SLA
8 4 (0.74%) NIST
8 4 (0.74%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.56%) PMO
10 2 (0.37%) GRC
10 2 (0.37%) IFRS
10 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.37%) JTAG
10 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 141 (26.11%) Docker
2 23 (4.26%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.11%) Firmware
4 6 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.74%) vSphere
6 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.19%) NDS
6 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 225 (41.67%) Kubernetes
2 142 (26.30%) Grafana
3 86 (15.93%) Ansible
4 46 (8.52%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.59%) Argo
6 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.04%) Puppet
7 9 (1.67%) Nagios
8 6 (1.11%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.93%) SCCM
10 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.56%) Control-M
11 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.56%) Istio
11 3 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.56%) Plesk
11 3 (0.56%) Podman
11 3 (0.56%) Rancher
11 3 (0.56%) SCOM
11 3 (0.56%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 111 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.52%) Dynatrace
3 31 (5.74%) Google
4 26 (4.81%) Splunk
5 24 (4.44%) Databricks
6 19 (3.52%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.78%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.41%) VMware
9 12 (2.22%) Oracle
10 11 (2.04%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.67%) Rapid7
12 8 (1.48%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.48%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.30%) Apple
13 7 (1.30%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.93%) Amplitude
14 5 (0.93%) Braze
14 5 (0.93%) Cisco
14 5 (0.93%) Confluent
15 4 (0.74%) Avaya