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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 379 479
Rank change year-on-year -17 +100 -49
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 355 286 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.68% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.74% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 162 230 334
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,938 £55,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +10.70% -12.58%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,188 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,625 £130,875 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% -10.18%

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 65,473 38,805 81,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.33% 92.93% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 40,444 22,598 59,573
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.90%

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 19 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 19 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 -19 318 £70,000 -6.67% 108
UK excluding London +13 194 £62,500 -3.85% 75
Work from Home +20 160 £60,000 -4.00% 44
London -14 149 £77,500 -13.89% 45
South East -6 72 £67,500 +22.73% 26
North of England -50 55 £67,500 +28.57% 14
Yorkshire -39 28 £60,000 +21.21% 3
Scotland -19 23 £55,000 -27.02% 6
North West -26 22 £73,000 +19.18% 8
Midlands -39 18 £48,000 -36.00% 10
South West -50 14 £60,000 -16.66% 10
East Midlands - 11 £37,500 - 3
East of England -26 8 £76,250 +1.67% 9
West Midlands -36 7 £48,000 -36.00% 7
Wales -21 6 £61,248 -
North East - 5 £58,789 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 3

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 6 (1.69%) Apache
3 5 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.41%) IIS
4 4 (1.13%) Confluence
4 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.56%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 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
1 192 (54.08%) AWS
2 167 (47.04%) Azure
3 85 (23.94%) GCP
4 83 (23.38%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (22.25%) Amazon EKS
6 71 (20.00%) GitHub
7 65 (18.31%) Serverless
8 62 (17.46%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (14.93%) SaaS
10 38 (10.70%) Azure Logic Apps
11 37 (10.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 36 (10.14%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (9.01%) Amazon S3
14 31 (8.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (8.73%) Power Platform
15 28 (7.89%) Azure Monitor
16 26 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (5.35%) AWS Step Functions
18 18 (5.07%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.23%) Firewall
2 8 (2.25%) DNS
3 5 (1.41%) VPN
4 4 (1.13%) MQTT
4 4 (1.13%) Network Security
5 3 (0.85%) DHCP
5 3 (0.85%) DMZ
5 3 (0.85%) SSL
6 2 (0.56%) BGP
6 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.56%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.28%) HTTP
7 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.28%) SNMP
7 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.70%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.73%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.48%) DynamoDB
3 23 (6.48%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.94%) Amazon Aurora
4 14 (3.94%) MySQL
4 14 (3.94%) Pinecone
5 13 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (3.38%) Power BI
7 11 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.54%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.69%) Spark SQL
11 5 (1.41%) Metadata
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.85%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.85%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 65 (18.31%) Git
2 58 (16.34%) TeamCity
3 40 (11.27%) GitLab
4 39 (10.99%) Jenkins
5 18 (5.07%) JIRA
6 13 (3.66%) MLflow
7 11 (3.10%) Crashlytics
8 10 (2.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (2.82%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.82%) XCTest
9 9 (2.54%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.54%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (1.69%) Artifactory
11 6 (1.69%) JMeter
11 6 (1.69%) Storybook
12 5 (1.41%) Gradle
12 5 (1.41%) Locust
13 4 (1.13%) Maven
13 4 (1.13%) NUnit
General
1 129 (36.34%) Finance
2 97 (27.32%) Social Skills
3 72 (20.28%) Banking
4 68 (19.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (16.62%) Law
6 58 (16.34%) Retail
7 40 (11.27%) Back Office
7 40 (11.27%) Financial Institution
8 37 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (3.10%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.97%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.69%) Marketing
12 6 (1.69%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.13%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.85%) Front Office
15 2 (0.56%) Advertising
15 2 (0.56%) Automotive
15 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (20.56%) Lead
2 58 (16.34%) Developer
3 56 (15.77%) Software Engineer
4 49 (13.80%) Senior
5 32 (9.01%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (6.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (6.76%) Java Engineer
7 23 (6.48%) AWS Engineer
8 21 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (5.35%) Java Software Engineer
11 18 (5.07%) Integration Engineer
11 18 (5.07%) Lead Software Engineer
12 16 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.51%) Power Platform Developer
12 16 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (3.66%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (3.66%) Data Engineer
14 12 (3.38%) .NET Developer
14 12 (3.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.96%) RESTful
2 41 (11.55%) .NET
3 38 (10.70%) REST
4 36 (10.14%) React
5 32 (9.01%) OAuth
6 26 (7.32%) .NET Core
7 23 (6.48%) JSON
8 20 (5.63%) OAuth2
9 17 (4.79%) JWT
10 16 (4.51%) ASP.NET
10 16 (4.51%) AWS CDK
10 16 (4.51%) FastAPI
10 16 (4.51%) Web Services
11 15 (4.23%) NumPy
11 15 (4.23%) Pandas
11 15 (4.23%) PyTorch
11 15 (4.23%) scikit-learn
11 15 (4.23%) TensorFlow
12 14 (3.94%) Flask
12 14 (3.94%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 101 (28.45%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.83%) Low-Code
3 31 (8.73%) Product Ownership
4 28 (7.89%) Life Science
5 18 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (4.51%) Blog
7 15 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.66%) Mobile App
9 12 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (3.10%) Hackathon
11 9 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.54%) Management Information System
12 8 (2.25%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.41%) PKI
14 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.13%) Blockchain
15 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
15 4 (1.13%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 51 (14.37%) Linux
2 30 (8.45%) Windows
3 20 (5.63%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.51%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.54%) CentOS
6 6 (1.69%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.69%) VMS
7 5 (1.41%) Android
8 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.13%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.56%) Unix
9 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (76.06%) CI/CD
2 186 (52.39%) DevOps
3 166 (46.76%) Test Automation
4 131 (36.90%) Infrastructure as Code
5 117 (32.96%) Agile
6 89 (25.07%) Microservices
7 84 (23.66%) Clean Code
8 82 (23.10%) Containerisation
9 78 (21.97%) Analytics
9 78 (21.97%) Software Engineering
10 74 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (20.56%) Observability
12 71 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 68 (19.15%) Continuous Deployment
14 64 (18.03%) AI
15 54 (15.21%) Machine Learning
16 51 (14.37%) Computer Science
17 43 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
17 43 (12.11%) Root Cause Analysis
18 41 (11.55%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 142 (40.00%) Python
2 87 (24.51%) Java
3 75 (21.13%) SQL
4 50 (14.08%) PowerShell
5 46 (12.96%) Bash
6 41 (11.55%) JavaScript
7 39 (10.99%) C#
8 30 (8.45%) Bicep
9 27 (7.61%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.66%) Kotlin
11 11 (3.10%) Swift
12 8 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (2.25%) Rust
13 6 (1.69%) Go
13 6 (1.69%) Groovy
13 6 (1.69%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.13%) Perl
15 3 (0.85%) VB
16 2 (0.56%) RPG
16 2 (0.56%) VB6
Qualifications
1 64 (18.03%) Degree
2 44 (12.39%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.32%) Master's Degree
4 23 (6.48%) SC Cleared
5 19 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (4.79%) AWS Certification
7 15 (4.23%) PhD
8 12 (3.38%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.10%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (2.54%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.13%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.85%) PMP
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.28%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.28%) LPIC
14 1 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.14%) QA
2 27 (7.61%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.63%) Data Quality
4 19 (5.35%) GDPR
5 15 (4.23%) GxP
6 13 (3.66%) WCAG
7 9 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.85%) SLA
10 2 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.56%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.56%) PMO
11 1 (0.28%) IFRS
11 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.28%) NCSC
11 1 (0.28%) NIST
11 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 89 (25.07%) Docker
2 15 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 175 (49.30%) Terraform
2 154 (43.38%) Kubernetes
3 94 (26.48%) Grafana
4 46 (12.96%) Ansible
5 26 (7.32%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.25%) Argo
7 8 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.41%) Nagios
8 5 (1.41%) SCCM
9 4 (1.13%) logstash
9 4 (1.13%) Packer
9 4 (1.13%) Rancher
10 3 (0.85%) SCOM
10 3 (0.85%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.56%) Istio
11 2 (0.56%) Puppet
11 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 48 (13.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.23%) OpenAI
3 13 (3.66%) Automation Anywhere
3 13 (3.66%) UiPath
4 12 (3.38%) Google
5 11 (3.10%) Databricks
6 10 (2.82%) Ab Initio
6 10 (2.82%) Amplitude
6 10 (2.82%) Braze
6 10 (2.82%) Splunk
7 9 (2.54%) VMware
8 7 (1.97%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.97%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.69%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.69%) Cisco
9 6 (1.69%) IBM
9 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.41%) Oracle
10 5 (1.41%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.13%) Pega