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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 383 497
Rank change year-on-year -26 +114 -63
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 355 282 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.67% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.72% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 168 226 335
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,563 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,200 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +11.11% -12.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -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 67,035 39,288 81,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.86% 92.85% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,557 22,685 59,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -17 318 £70,000 -6.67% 113
UK excluding London +4 199 £65,000 +4.00% 77
Work from Home +9 154 £61,496 -1.61% 54
London -18 141 £80,750 -9.01% 59
South East +6 73 £67,500 +22.73% 37
North of England -46 54 £70,079 +33.48% 14
Yorkshire -51 27 £67,500 +36.36% 1
North West -32 22 £73,000 +19.18% 10
Midlands -34 21 £50,250 -19.60% 7
Scotland -14 20 £55,000 -27.02% 5
South West -46 16 £64,200 -10.82% 7
East Midlands - 12 £37,500 - 3
East of England -16 9 £76,250 +1.67% 6
West Midlands -30 9 £52,500 -16.00% 4
Wales -22 8 £61,248 - 2
North East - 5 £58,789 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 1

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 12 (3.38%) Appian
2 8 (2.25%) Apache
3 6 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.41%) IIS
5 4 (1.13%) Confluence
5 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.56%) SAS
8 1 (0.28%) CMS
8 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.28%) nginx
8 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) SPSS
2 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.28%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 187 (52.68%) AWS
2 169 (47.61%) Azure
3 82 (23.10%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (21.97%) GCP
5 72 (20.28%) GitHub
6 70 (19.72%) Amazon EKS
7 63 (17.75%) Serverless
8 62 (17.46%) GitHub Actions
9 46 (12.96%) SaaS
10 38 (10.70%) Azure Logic Apps
11 37 (10.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (9.30%) Amazon S3
13 32 (9.01%) AWS Lambda
14 31 (8.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (8.73%) Power Platform
15 28 (7.89%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (6.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 20 (5.63%) Amazon EC2
18 18 (5.07%) PaaS
19 17 (4.79%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.07%) Firewall
2 9 (2.54%) DNS
3 8 (2.25%) SSL
4 5 (1.41%) VPN
5 4 (1.13%) Broadband
5 4 (1.13%) MQTT
5 4 (1.13%) Network Security
5 4 (1.13%) SSH
6 3 (0.85%) DHCP
6 3 (0.85%) DMZ
7 2 (0.56%) BGP
7 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.56%) SAN
8 1 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.28%) HTTP
8 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.28%) SNMP
8 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.73%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.92%) NoSQL
4 20 (5.63%) DynamoDB
5 17 (4.79%) MySQL
6 15 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (3.94%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (3.94%) Pinecone
8 13 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (3.38%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.10%) Power BI
11 9 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.97%) Metadata
12 7 (1.97%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
14 4 (1.13%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (0.85%) Big Data
15 3 (0.85%) CockroachDB
15 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 66 (18.59%) Git
2 49 (13.80%) TeamCity
3 42 (11.83%) GitLab
4 40 (11.27%) Jenkins
5 18 (5.07%) JIRA
6 14 (3.94%) MLflow
7 12 (3.38%) Crashlytics
8 11 (3.10%) XCTest
9 10 (2.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 10 (2.82%) Bitbucket
9 10 (2.82%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.54%) SonarQube
11 8 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (1.69%) Artifactory
12 6 (1.69%) JMeter
13 5 (1.41%) Gradle
13 5 (1.41%) Locust
13 5 (1.41%) Storybook
14 4 (1.13%) JUnit
14 4 (1.13%) NUnit
General
1 120 (33.80%) Finance
2 109 (30.70%) Social Skills
3 65 (18.31%) Banking
4 59 (16.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (14.08%) Law
6 49 (13.80%) Retail
7 38 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (8.73%) Back Office
8 31 (8.73%) Financial Institution
9 15 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (3.38%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.97%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.69%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.41%) Marketing
14 4 (1.13%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.85%) Front Office
16 2 (0.56%) Advertising
16 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 76 (21.41%) Lead
2 56 (15.77%) Developer
3 46 (12.96%) Senior
3 46 (12.96%) Software Engineer
4 36 (10.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 22 (6.20%) AWS Engineer
6 22 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (5.63%) Java Engineer
7 20 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (5.07%) Lead Software Engineer
9 16 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 16 (4.51%) Power Platform Developer
10 15 (4.23%) Integration Engineer
10 15 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
11 14 (3.94%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.66%) Automation Engineer
12 13 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 12 (3.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (13.24%) RESTful
2 38 (10.70%) .NET
2 38 (10.70%) REST
3 34 (9.58%) React
4 31 (8.73%) OAuth
5 24 (6.76%) .NET Core
6 21 (5.92%) JSON
7 19 (5.35%) OAuth2
8 17 (4.79%) JWT
8 17 (4.79%) Web Services
9 16 (4.51%) FastAPI
10 15 (4.23%) NumPy
10 15 (4.23%) Pandas
10 15 (4.23%) PyTorch
10 15 (4.23%) scikit-learn
10 15 (4.23%) TensorFlow
11 14 (3.94%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.94%) Flask
11 14 (3.94%) pytest
11 14 (3.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 90 (25.35%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.83%) Low-Code
3 28 (7.89%) Life Science
4 27 (7.61%) Product Ownership
5 18 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (4.51%) Blog
8 14 (3.94%) Mobile App
9 13 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (3.66%) Onboarding
10 11 (3.10%) Hackathon
10 11 (3.10%) Management Information System
11 9 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.54%) PKI
12 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.69%) Cyberattack
14 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (16.34%) Linux
2 31 (8.73%) Windows
3 22 (6.20%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.51%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.38%) CentOS
6 7 (1.97%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.69%) Android
7 6 (1.69%) VMS
8 5 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.41%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.13%) Unix
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (74.93%) CI/CD
2 186 (52.39%) DevOps
3 160 (45.07%) Test Automation
4 136 (38.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 114 (32.11%) Agile
6 87 (24.51%) Containerisation
7 78 (21.97%) Microservices
8 77 (21.69%) Analytics
9 76 (21.41%) Clean Code
10 75 (21.13%) Observability
10 75 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (19.44%) Software Engineering
13 65 (18.31%) AI
14 59 (16.62%) Continuous Deployment
15 54 (15.21%) Machine Learning
16 52 (14.65%) Computer Science
17 47 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
18 41 (11.55%) Disruptive Innovation
19 40 (11.27%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 148 (41.69%) Python
2 81 (22.82%) Java
3 75 (21.13%) SQL
4 50 (14.08%) PowerShell
5 49 (13.80%) Bash
6 41 (11.55%) JavaScript
7 39 (10.99%) C#
8 30 (8.45%) Bicep
9 27 (7.61%) TypeScript
10 14 (3.94%) Kotlin
11 12 (3.38%) Swift
12 8 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (2.25%) Rust
13 7 (1.97%) Groovy
13 7 (1.97%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.69%) Go
15 4 (1.13%) Perl
16 3 (0.85%) PHP
16 3 (0.85%) VB
17 2 (0.56%) RPG
Qualifications
1 65 (18.31%) Degree
2 46 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.61%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.04%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.23%) PhD
7 14 (3.94%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.38%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.82%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.54%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.13%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.85%) PMP
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.28%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.28%) LPIC
13 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.99%) QA
2 26 (7.32%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 20 (5.63%) GDPR
4 15 (4.23%) GxP
5 13 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (3.38%) WCAG
7 7 (1.97%) SLA
8 5 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.13%) NIST
10 2 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.56%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.56%) IFRS
10 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.56%) PMO
10 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 95 (26.76%) Docker
2 15 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.28%) Firmware
6 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 171 (48.17%) Terraform
2 150 (42.25%) Kubernetes
3 87 (24.51%) Grafana
4 49 (13.80%) Ansible
5 27 (7.61%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.54%) Argo
7 9 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (1.97%) Nagios
9 5 (1.41%) SCCM
10 4 (1.13%) logstash
10 4 (1.13%) Packer
10 4 (1.13%) Rancher
11 3 (0.85%) SCOM
11 3 (0.85%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.56%) Istio
12 2 (0.56%) Puppet
12 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
13 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 52 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.51%) OpenAI
3 13 (3.66%) Automation Anywhere
3 13 (3.66%) Databricks
3 13 (3.66%) UiPath
4 12 (3.38%) Google
4 12 (3.38%) Splunk
5 11 (3.10%) Amplitude
5 11 (3.10%) Braze
6 9 (2.54%) Ab Initio
6 9 (2.54%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.54%) VMware
7 8 (2.25%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.97%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.69%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.69%) IBM
9 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.41%) Cisco
10 5 (1.41%) Oracle
11 4 (1.13%) Apple