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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 433 485
Rank change year-on-year +27 +52 -63
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 373 238 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.58% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 196 178 350
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,325 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £55,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £71,991 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +6.65% -10.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £117,875 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -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 68,751 40,768 85,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.84% 93.20% 83.29%
Number of salaries quoted 44,945 21,478 61,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,625 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +39 345 £67,950 -4.29% 157
UK excluding London +31 201 £65,000 -3.70% 90
Work from Home +60 163 £65,000 +4.00% 78
London -6 152 £81,500 +1.88% 72
South East +41 75 £65,000 +18.18% 27
North of England 0 68 £56,250 -8.16% 28
North West -4 29 £53,750 -2.27% 16
Midlands -16 24 £50,250 -19.60% 8
Yorkshire -31 24 £82,500 +21.32% 5
South West -52 15 £68,400 -4.99% 13
East Midlands - 15 £40,000 - 3
North East - 15 £47,000 - 7
West Midlands -33 9 £58,750 -6.00% 5
Scotland 0 8 £55,000 -27.02% 4
East of England -1 8 £85,000 +13.33% 7
Wales -33 5 £70,079 +40.16% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 5

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 8 (2.14%) Apache
1 8 (2.14%) Appian
2 7 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.80%) Confluence
6 3 (0.80%) IIS
7 2 (0.54%) Luigi
8 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.80%) SPSS
2 2 (0.54%) Trello
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Magento
2 1 (0.27%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.27%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 202 (54.16%) AWS
2 178 (47.72%) Azure
3 96 (25.74%) GCP
4 86 (23.06%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (20.64%) Amazon EKS
6 65 (17.43%) GitHub
7 61 (16.35%) Serverless
8 53 (14.21%) GitHub Actions
9 52 (13.94%) SaaS
10 36 (9.65%) Azure Logic Apps
11 33 (8.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (8.58%) Power Platform
13 28 (7.51%) Amazon S3
14 26 (6.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (6.70%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (6.70%) Azure Monitor
15 25 (6.70%) PaaS
16 23 (6.17%) Firebase
17 20 (5.36%) AWS CloudFormation
18 19 (5.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.90%) Firewall
2 13 (3.49%) DNS
3 8 (2.14%) Network Security
4 7 (1.88%) MQTT
5 6 (1.61%) DHCP
5 6 (1.61%) SSL
6 5 (1.34%) VPN
7 4 (1.07%) Broadband
7 4 (1.07%) SSH
8 3 (0.80%) BGP
8 3 (0.80%) DMZ
9 2 (0.54%) DKIM
9 2 (0.54%) DMARC
9 2 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.54%) PBX
9 2 (0.54%) SAN
9 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.54%) VLAN
9 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.65%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.83%) NoSQL
4 17 (4.56%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.02%) MySQL
6 14 (3.75%) Amazon Aurora
6 14 (3.75%) DynamoDB
7 13 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 13 (3.49%) Power BI
8 11 (2.95%) Spark SQL
9 10 (2.68%) Pinecone
10 9 (2.41%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.88%) Metadata
12 5 (1.34%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.80%) Big Data
13 3 (0.80%) CockroachDB
13 3 (0.80%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 60 (16.09%) Git
2 58 (15.55%) TeamCity
3 50 (13.40%) Jenkins
4 45 (12.06%) GitLab
5 18 (4.83%) Crashlytics
6 17 (4.56%) JIRA
7 15 (4.02%) SonarQube
8 13 (3.49%) Bitbucket
8 13 (3.49%) XCTest
9 10 (2.68%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.68%) fastlane
9 10 (2.68%) MLflow
10 9 (2.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (2.41%) Gradle
11 7 (1.88%) Artifactory
11 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (1.61%) JMeter
12 6 (1.61%) JUnit
12 6 (1.61%) Maven
13 5 (1.34%) Xcode
General
1 118 (31.64%) Finance
2 102 (27.35%) Social Skills
3 75 (20.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 72 (19.30%) Banking
5 61 (16.35%) Law
6 57 (15.28%) Retail
7 40 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (10.72%) Financial Institution
8 37 (9.92%) Back Office
9 20 (5.36%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.88%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.61%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.07%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.80%) Front Office
14 3 (0.80%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (19.57%) Lead
2 66 (17.69%) Software Engineer
3 63 (16.89%) Developer
4 52 (13.94%) Senior
5 36 (9.65%) DevOps Engineer
6 30 (8.04%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (6.17%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (5.63%) AWS Engineer
8 21 (5.63%) Java Engineer
8 21 (5.63%) Lead Software Engineer
9 17 (4.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 17 (4.56%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.29%) Java Software Engineer
10 16 (4.29%) Power Platform Developer
11 15 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.49%) Mobile Engineer
13 13 (3.49%) Software Team Leader
13 13 (3.49%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.99%) REST
2 39 (10.46%) .NET
3 38 (10.19%) RESTful
4 24 (6.43%) React
5 19 (5.09%) OAuth
6 18 (4.83%) .NET Core
6 18 (4.83%) Kafka
6 18 (4.83%) SwiftUI
6 18 (4.83%) UIKit
7 15 (4.02%) PyTorch
7 15 (4.02%) scikit-learn
7 15 (4.02%) TensorFlow
8 14 (3.75%) ARM Templates
9 13 (3.49%) FastAPI
9 13 (3.49%) JWT
10 12 (3.22%) JSON
10 12 (3.22%) Spring
10 12 (3.22%) Web Services
11 11 (2.95%) Node.js
11 11 (2.95%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 93 (24.93%) Cloud Native
2 45 (12.06%) Product Ownership
3 34 (9.12%) Low-Code
4 24 (6.43%) Mobile App
5 23 (6.17%) Life Science
6 21 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (4.83%) Blog
8 14 (3.75%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (3.75%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.95%) Management Information System
11 10 (2.68%) PKI
12 9 (2.41%) Hackathon
12 9 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (2.14%) Public Cloud
13 8 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.88%) Replication
15 6 (1.61%) Cyberattack
15 6 (1.61%) Private Cloud
16 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 66 (17.69%) Linux
2 36 (9.65%) Windows
3 29 (7.77%) Apple iOS
4 17 (4.56%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.49%) CentOS
6 11 (2.95%) Android
7 8 (2.14%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.61%) VMS
9 4 (1.07%) Unix
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (74.80%) CI/CD
2 197 (52.82%) DevOps
3 170 (45.58%) Test Automation
4 130 (34.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 105 (28.15%) Agile
6 98 (26.27%) Clean Code
7 88 (23.59%) Microservices
7 88 (23.59%) Software Engineering
8 86 (23.06%) Containerisation
9 81 (21.72%) Observability
10 75 (20.11%) Analytics
11 74 (19.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 66 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
13 65 (17.43%) Continuous Deployment
14 59 (15.82%) AI
15 54 (14.48%) Cybersecurity
16 52 (13.94%) Computer Science
17 47 (12.60%) Mentoring
18 45 (12.06%) Fintech
18 45 (12.06%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 159 (42.63%) Python
2 99 (26.54%) Java
3 73 (19.57%) SQL
4 53 (14.21%) Bash
5 51 (13.67%) C#
6 50 (13.40%) PowerShell
7 40 (10.72%) JavaScript
8 24 (6.43%) TypeScript
9 20 (5.36%) Bicep
9 20 (5.36%) Kotlin
10 18 (4.83%) Swift
11 13 (3.49%) Rust
12 8 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.88%) Groovy
13 7 (1.88%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.61%) Go
15 4 (1.07%) Perl
15 4 (1.07%) PHP
15 4 (1.07%) Scala
16 2 (0.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 63 (16.89%) Degree
2 55 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (5.36%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.75%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.68%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.68%) PhD
8 9 (2.41%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.07%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.54%) PMP
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.27%) CCNP
12 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.27%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.27%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.19%) QA
2 28 (7.51%) Accessibility
3 21 (5.63%) GDPR
4 16 (4.29%) Data Quality
5 15 (4.02%) WCAG
6 13 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.68%) GxP
8 7 (1.88%) SLA
8 7 (1.88%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.07%) NIST
10 2 (0.54%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.54%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.54%) IFRS
10 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.54%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.54%) PMO
10 2 (0.54%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 95 (25.47%) Docker
2 17 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.80%) vSphere
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.27%) Firmware
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 179 (47.99%) Terraform
2 158 (42.36%) Kubernetes
3 105 (28.15%) Grafana
4 58 (15.55%) Ansible
5 36 (9.65%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.68%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (2.41%) Argo
9 7 (1.88%) Nagios
9 7 (1.88%) Puppet
10 5 (1.34%) SCCM
11 4 (1.07%) Packer
12 3 (0.80%) Podman
12 3 (0.80%) Rancher
12 3 (0.80%) SCOM
12 3 (0.80%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.54%) Control-M
13 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.54%) Plesk
13 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.36%) Databricks
3 17 (4.56%) Dynatrace
4 16 (4.29%) Google
5 15 (4.02%) VMware
6 14 (3.75%) Splunk
7 13 (3.49%) Amplitude
7 13 (3.49%) Braze
8 12 (3.22%) OpenAI
8 12 (3.22%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.41%) Apple
9 9 (2.41%) Automation Anywhere
9 9 (2.41%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.41%) UiPath
10 7 (1.88%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.88%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.61%) IBM
11 6 (1.61%) Oracle
12 5 (1.34%) Cisco
12 5 (1.34%) Tenable