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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 487 456
Rank change year-on-year +95 -31 -66
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 514 202 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.41% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.46% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 276 106 250
10th Percentile £45,228 £48,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £52,698 £57,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -9.72%
75th Percentile £85,250 £85,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +25.93% -16.92%

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 84,898 43,727 63,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.69% 81.28%
Number of salaries quoted 58,675 24,676 35,715
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,313 £95,000
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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +75 422 £70,000 -6.67% 593
UK excluding London -16 253 £65,000 -4.41% 310
London +48 207 £80,000 +5.11% 346
Work from Home +50 180 £65,000 -14.60% 235
North of England -7 87 £66,250 -7.67% 87
South West -31 47 £70,000 -18.84% 57
South East -25 46 £65,000 -21.21% 72
North East -27 36 £63,750 -17.44% 18
North West -7 30 £55,000 -27.73% 44
Midlands -39 28 £56,250 -6.25% 24
Wales -53 28 £52,500 +8.25% 4
Yorkshire -22 24 £81,750 +19.34% 25
Scotland +1 14 £75,000 -2.87% 43
East Midlands -27 14 £61,250 -18.33% 12
West Midlands -46 14 £51,250 -14.58% 12
East of England -31 5 £56,000 - 13
Northern Ireland -81 1 £77,500 +0.37% 11

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 14 (2.72%) Confluence
2 12 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.14%) Apache
3 11 (2.14%) nginx
4 10 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.56%) IIS
6 6 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.97%) Camunda
8 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.78%) SAS
9 2 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.39%) Luigi
10 1 (0.19%) CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Documentum
10 1 (0.19%) JBoss
10 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.39%) SPSS
2 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
2 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 295 (57.39%) AWS
2 275 (53.50%) Azure
3 181 (35.21%) GCP
4 113 (21.98%) Azure DevOps
5 88 (17.12%) Amazon EKS
6 72 (14.01%) GitHub
7 62 (12.06%) SaaS
8 51 (9.92%) Serverless
9 40 (7.78%) GitHub Actions
10 37 (7.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 32 (6.23%) Power Platform
12 30 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
13 25 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (4.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (4.67%) Datadog
15 23 (4.47%) Amazon S3
16 22 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (4.09%) Entra ID
18 20 (3.89%) Azure Data Factory
18 20 (3.89%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.09%) DNS
2 18 (3.50%) Firewall
3 16 (3.11%) VPN
4 8 (1.56%) DHCP
5 7 (1.36%) BGP
5 7 (1.36%) Network Security
6 6 (1.17%) OSPF
6 6 (1.17%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.17%) SSL
6 6 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.17%) WAN
6 6 (1.17%) Wireless
7 5 (0.97%) LAN
7 5 (0.97%) MQTT
7 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.78%) Broadband
8 4 (0.78%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.78%) NAS
8 4 (0.78%) SSH
8 4 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.67%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (7.20%) SQL Server
3 35 (6.81%) MongoDB
4 32 (6.23%) MySQL
5 30 (5.84%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.09%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (4.09%) Power BI
7 20 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (3.11%) Data Lake
9 15 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (2.33%) Relational Database
12 11 (2.14%) Metadata
13 9 (1.75%) Spark SQL
14 8 (1.56%) Big Data
15 7 (1.36%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (1.17%) Redis
17 5 (0.97%) Delta Lake
17 5 (0.97%) DynamoDB
17 5 (0.97%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 113 (21.98%) Git
2 67 (13.04%) TeamCity
3 66 (12.84%) Jenkins
4 53 (10.31%) GitLab
5 35 (6.81%) JIRA
6 18 (3.50%) Bitbucket
7 13 (2.53%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.14%) fastlane
9 10 (1.95%) Crashlytics
10 9 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.75%) JUnit
11 8 (1.56%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.56%) Mockito
11 8 (1.56%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.36%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.36%) MSI
13 6 (1.17%) Xcode
14 5 (0.97%) Gradle
14 5 (0.97%) Maven
General
1 156 (30.35%) Finance
2 138 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 112 (21.79%) Banking
4 110 (21.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (16.34%) Law
6 73 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
7 70 (13.62%) Retail
8 66 (12.84%) Public Sector
9 59 (11.48%) Financial Institution
10 52 (10.12%) Back Office
11 10 (1.95%) Marketing
12 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.17%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.78%) Legal
14 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.58%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (22.18%) Software Engineer
2 92 (17.90%) Lead
3 89 (17.32%) DevOps Engineer
4 85 (16.54%) Senior
5 78 (15.18%) Developer
6 44 (8.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 37 (7.20%) Azure Engineer
8 29 (5.64%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (5.25%) Data Engineer
10 26 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
11 25 (4.86%) Lead Software Engineer
12 23 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (4.47%) Java Engineer
13 20 (3.89%) Java Developer
13 20 (3.89%) Senior Developer
13 20 (3.89%) Site Engineer
13 20 (3.89%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 20 (3.89%) Software Team Leader
13 20 (3.89%) Team Leader
14 18 (3.50%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (49.03%) Terraform
2 59 (11.48%) RESTful
3 57 (11.09%) REST
4 50 (9.73%) .NET
5 37 (7.20%) React
6 34 (6.61%) Kafka
7 26 (5.06%) Spring
8 24 (4.67%) Spring Boot
9 23 (4.47%) LangChain
10 20 (3.89%) AngularJS
11 18 (3.50%) CSS
11 18 (3.50%) Hibernate
11 18 (3.50%) JPA
11 18 (3.50%) Node.js
11 18 (3.50%) RabbitMQ
11 18 (3.50%) Web Services
12 16 (3.11%) ARM Templates
12 16 (3.11%) PyTorch
12 16 (3.11%) scikit-learn
12 16 (3.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 202 (39.30%) Cloud Native
2 106 (20.62%) Product Ownership
3 58 (11.28%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (6.23%) Onboarding
5 29 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (4.09%) AI Agents
8 19 (3.70%) Virtual Team
9 18 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (3.50%) Mobile App
10 16 (3.11%) Management Information System
11 15 (2.92%) Blog
12 14 (2.72%) Life Science
13 10 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.75%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.56%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (1.56%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.56%) Replication
16 7 (1.36%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 90 (17.51%) Linux
2 62 (12.06%) Windows
3 21 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 14 (2.72%) CentOS
6 9 (1.75%) Android
7 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.97%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.97%) Unix
10 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.39%) Solaris
12 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (81.52%) CI/CD
2 334 (64.98%) DevOps
3 230 (44.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 220 (42.80%) Test Automation
5 202 (39.30%) Software Engineering
6 171 (33.27%) Agile
7 149 (28.99%) Observability
8 142 (27.63%) AI
8 142 (27.63%) Microservices
9 135 (26.26%) Mentoring
10 130 (25.29%) Containerisation
10 130 (25.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 127 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (19.84%) Clean Code
13 80 (15.56%) Technical Leadership
14 78 (15.18%) Continuous Deployment
15 65 (12.65%) Machine Learning
16 62 (12.06%) Coaching
17 61 (11.87%) Analytics
18 56 (10.89%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 203 (39.49%) Python
2 147 (28.60%) Java
3 90 (17.51%) SQL
4 76 (14.79%) PowerShell
5 54 (10.51%) TypeScript
6 53 (10.31%) Bash
6 53 (10.31%) C#
7 44 (8.56%) JavaScript
8 23 (4.47%) Bicep
9 13 (2.53%) Kotlin
10 12 (2.33%) Go
11 11 (2.14%) Swift
12 9 (1.75%) C++
12 9 (1.75%) Groovy
12 9 (1.75%) Scala
13 7 (1.36%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.17%) C
14 6 (1.17%) Rust
15 4 (0.78%) Perl
15 4 (0.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 93 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 59 (11.48%) SC Cleared
3 54 (10.51%) Degree
4 40 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.09%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.50%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.11%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.97%) CCNP
11 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.58%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.58%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.39%) PMP
15 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (13.62%) QA
2 32 (6.23%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.47%) GDPR
4 22 (4.28%) WCAG
5 19 (3.70%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.92%) NCSC
7 14 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (2.53%) SLA
9 6 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.78%) NIST
11 3 (0.58%) PMO
12 2 (0.39%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.39%) GRC
12 2 (0.39%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.39%) IFRS
12 2 (0.39%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.39%) JTAG
12 2 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 135 (26.26%) Docker
2 24 (4.67%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.36%) Firmware
4 7 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.78%) vSphere
8 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.19%) NDS
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 218 (42.41%) Kubernetes
2 130 (25.29%) Grafana
3 90 (17.51%) Ansible
4 44 (8.56%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.72%) Argo
6 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.14%) Puppet
8 9 (1.75%) Nagios
9 6 (1.17%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.17%) SCCM
10 5 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.78%) Packer
12 3 (0.58%) cPanel
12 3 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.58%) Istio
12 3 (0.58%) Plesk
12 3 (0.58%) Rancher
12 3 (0.58%) SCOM
12 3 (0.58%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.00%) Dynatrace
3 33 (6.42%) Google
4 26 (5.06%) Splunk
5 22 (4.28%) Databricks
6 18 (3.50%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.11%) VMware
8 15 (2.92%) Red Hat
9 12 (2.33%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.75%) Apple
10 9 (1.75%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.56%) Oracle
12 7 (1.36%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.36%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.36%) IBM
12 7 (1.36%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.17%) AppDynamics
14 5 (0.97%) Amplitude
14 5 (0.97%) Cisco
14 5 (0.97%) Dell