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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 377 478
Rank change year-on-year -18 +101 -59
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 306 323 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.71% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.76% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 130 222 313
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,200 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.07% +11.11% -15.63%
75th Percentile £89,375 £97,528 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £138,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +10.66% -9.63%

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 56,435 42,676 68,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.59% 93.36% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 33,915 21,866 52,740
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £29,329
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,463 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -34 264 £68,000 -9.33% 135
UK excluding London +9 168 £65,000 -3.70% 97
Work from Home +28 155 £61,496 -7.87% 86
London -4 124 £76,109 -15.44% 64
South East +8 70 £65,000 +15.56% 30
North of England -32 38 £60,000 +9.09% 29
Scotland +6 29 £58,609 -22.23% 8
Yorkshire -35 21 £60,000 +21.21% 8
North West -21 14 £76,109 +12.75% 15
Midlands -18 10 £59,039 -21.28% 11
East of England +7 8 £76,250 +1.67% 4
South West -29 7 £62,950 -11.33% 12
West Midlands -14 6 £70,079 -6.56% 8
Wales -6 5 £61,496 - 4
East Midlands -23 4 £37,500 +30.65% 3
North East - 3 £62,359 - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,217 - 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 (3.92%) Appian
2 7 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.31%) Apache
3 4 (1.31%) Confluence
4 3 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.98%) IIS
5 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.65%) nginx
5 2 (0.65%) SAS
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (47.39%) AWS
2 143 (46.73%) Azure
3 82 (26.80%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (23.86%) GCP
5 64 (20.92%) Amazon EKS
6 63 (20.59%) GitHub
7 57 (18.63%) GitHub Actions
8 51 (16.67%) SaaS
9 47 (15.36%) Serverless
10 37 (12.09%) Azure Logic Apps
11 36 (11.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 31 (10.13%) Azure Monitor
13 30 (9.80%) Power Platform
14 29 (9.48%) AWS Lambda
15 28 (9.15%) Azure Data Factory
16 25 (8.17%) Amazon S3
17 20 (6.54%) AWS CloudFormation
18 19 (6.21%) AWS Step Functions
18 19 (6.21%) PaaS
19 17 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.59%) Firewall
2 6 (1.96%) MQTT
3 5 (1.63%) DNS
3 5 (1.63%) SSL
3 5 (1.63%) VPN
4 3 (0.98%) DMZ
4 3 (0.98%) WAN
5 2 (0.65%) BGP
5 2 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.65%) OSPF
5 2 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.65%) RTMP
5 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.65%) VLAN
5 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.65%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.33%) Network Security
6 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.42%) SQL Server
2 30 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (6.86%) DynamoDB
4 18 (5.88%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.25%) Amazon Aurora
5 13 (4.25%) MySQL
6 12 (3.92%) Pinecone
7 11 (3.59%) Power BI
8 8 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.96%) Metadata
9 6 (1.96%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.63%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.98%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.98%) Tableau
12 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.65%) Redis
13 1 (0.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 50 (16.34%) TeamCity
2 48 (15.69%) Git
3 31 (10.13%) GitLab
4 27 (8.82%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.90%) MLflow
6 10 (3.27%) JIRA
7 8 (2.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (1.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.96%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.96%) Gradle
8 6 (1.96%) Maven
8 6 (1.96%) Storybook
9 4 (1.31%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.31%) JMeter
9 4 (1.31%) JUnit
10 3 (0.98%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.98%) NUnit
10 3 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.98%) TestNG
General
1 135 (44.12%) Finance
2 71 (23.20%) Social Skills
3 60 (19.61%) Banking
4 58 (18.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (16.67%) Law
6 50 (16.34%) Retail
7 33 (10.78%) Back Office
7 33 (10.78%) Financial Institution
8 28 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (9.15%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.61%) Marketing
10 7 (2.29%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.96%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Advertising
13 2 (0.65%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 68 (22.22%) Lead
2 47 (15.36%) Developer
3 45 (14.71%) Software Engineer
4 41 (13.40%) Senior
5 24 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.54%) AWS Engineer
6 20 (6.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.56%) Java Engineer
7 17 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.23%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (5.23%) Java Software Engineer
9 15 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (4.90%) Power Platform Developer
10 14 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (4.25%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (4.25%) Lead Software Engineer
12 12 (3.92%) .NET Developer
12 12 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 11 (3.59%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.27%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.69%) RESTful
2 39 (12.75%) .NET
3 36 (11.76%) OAuth
4 33 (10.78%) React
5 26 (8.50%) .NET Core
6 25 (8.17%) REST
7 24 (7.84%) OAuth2
8 22 (7.19%) JSON
9 17 (5.56%) JWT
10 16 (5.23%) AWS CDK
10 16 (5.23%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.90%) ASP.NET
11 15 (4.90%) Web Services
12 14 (4.58%) Flask
12 14 (4.58%) OpenAPI
12 14 (4.58%) Swagger
13 13 (4.25%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (4.25%) Blazor
13 13 (4.25%) Django
14 12 (3.92%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 95 (31.05%) Cloud Native
2 38 (12.42%) Low-Code
3 34 (11.11%) Life Science
4 26 (8.50%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.90%) Blog
5 15 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.29%) Hackathon
8 6 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.63%) IoT
9 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.98%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.78%) Linux
2 15 (4.90%) Windows
3 9 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.96%) VMS
5 4 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.98%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (70.59%) CI/CD
2 166 (54.25%) DevOps
3 128 (41.83%) Test Automation
4 114 (37.25%) Agile
5 108 (35.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 79 (25.82%) Analytics
7 75 (24.51%) AI
8 73 (23.86%) Microservices
9 66 (21.57%) Clean Code
10 64 (20.92%) Machine Learning
11 63 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 62 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (19.93%) Containerisation
14 58 (18.95%) Software Engineering
15 56 (18.30%) Observability
16 55 (17.97%) Continuous Deployment
17 50 (16.34%) Roadmaps
18 49 (16.01%) Disruptive Innovation
19 46 (15.03%) Coaching
20 45 (14.71%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 105 (34.31%) Python
2 66 (21.57%) Java
3 57 (18.63%) SQL
4 42 (13.73%) JavaScript
5 37 (12.09%) C#
6 35 (11.44%) Bash
7 33 (10.78%) PowerShell
8 29 (9.48%) Bicep
9 24 (7.84%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.29%) Go
11 6 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (1.96%) Rust
12 4 (1.31%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.98%) Swift
14 2 (0.65%) Delphi
14 2 (0.65%) Groovy
14 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.65%) VB
14 2 (0.65%) VB6
15 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 60 (19.61%) Degree
2 35 (11.44%) Master's Degree
3 33 (10.78%) Security Cleared
4 27 (8.82%) PhD
5 18 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.90%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.59%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.98%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.33%) LPIC
11 1 (0.33%) MCSE
11 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.82%) GxP
2 19 (6.21%) Accessibility
2 19 (6.21%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.21%) QA
3 16 (5.23%) GDPR
4 9 (2.94%) WCAG
5 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.98%) SLA
7 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 76 (24.84%) Docker
2 9 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.65%) NFS
7 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 152 (49.67%) Terraform
2 124 (40.52%) Kubernetes
3 84 (27.45%) Grafana
4 29 (9.48%) Ansible
5 24 (7.84%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.29%) Argo
8 4 (1.31%) logstash
9 3 (0.98%) Nagios
9 3 (0.98%) Rancher
10 2 (0.65%) Istio
10 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.58%) Ab Initio
3 13 (4.25%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.92%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.92%) UiPath
5 8 (2.61%) Splunk
6 7 (2.29%) Cisco
7 6 (1.96%) Oracle
7 6 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.63%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.63%) Google
9 4 (1.31%) Databricks
9 4 (1.31%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.31%) VMware
10 3 (0.98%) Amplitude
10 3 (0.98%) Citrix
10 3 (0.98%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.65%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.65%) Sonatype
11 2 (0.65%) Ubiquiti