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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 445 495
Rank change year-on-year +44 +50 -75
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 378 235 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.58% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 199 175 349
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,650 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £71,991 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +6.65% -10.00%
75th Percentile £86,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,250 £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 68,780 40,561 85,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.82% 93.18% 83.19%
Number of salaries quoted 44,959 21,364 61,218
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £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% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £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 3 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 3 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 +48 350 £67,500 -3.57% 170
UK excluding London +46 204 £65,000 -3.70% 101
Work from Home +61 166 £65,000 +4.00% 145
London +15 154 £80,750 +0.94% 76
South East +40 76 £65,000 +18.18% 35
North of England +2 69 £55,000 -18.52% 30
North West +3 30 £55,000 -6.38% 17
Midlands -21 25 £50,250 -19.60% 11
Yorkshire -36 24 £82,500 +21.32% 4
East Midlands - 16 £40,000 - 6
South West -54 15 £68,400 -4.99% 12
North East - 15 £47,000 - 9
West Midlands -43 9 £58,750 -6.00% 5
Scotland -7 8 £55,000 -27.02% 4
East of England -12 8 £85,000 +13.33% 7
Wales -38 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 (2.12%) Apache
1 8 (2.12%) Appian
2 7 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.79%) Confluence
6 3 (0.79%) IIS
7 2 (0.53%) Luigi
8 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.79%) SPSS
2 2 (0.53%) Trello
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Magento
2 1 (0.26%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.26%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 205 (54.23%) AWS
2 181 (47.88%) Azure
3 97 (25.66%) GCP
4 88 (23.28%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (20.37%) Amazon EKS
6 66 (17.46%) GitHub
7 62 (16.40%) Serverless
8 54 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
9 52 (13.76%) SaaS
10 36 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 33 (8.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (8.47%) Power Platform
13 28 (7.41%) Amazon S3
14 26 (6.88%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (6.61%) Azure Monitor
15 25 (6.61%) PaaS
16 24 (6.35%) Firebase
17 20 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
18 19 (5.03%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.82%) Firewall
2 13 (3.44%) DNS
3 8 (2.12%) Network Security
4 7 (1.85%) MQTT
5 6 (1.59%) DHCP
5 6 (1.59%) SSL
6 5 (1.32%) VPN
7 4 (1.06%) Broadband
7 4 (1.06%) SSH
8 3 (0.79%) BGP
8 3 (0.79%) DMZ
9 2 (0.53%) DKIM
9 2 (0.53%) DMARC
9 2 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.53%) PBX
9 2 (0.53%) SAN
9 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.53%) VLAN
9 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.03%) NoSQL
4 17 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (3.97%) MySQL
6 14 (3.70%) Amazon Aurora
6 14 (3.70%) DynamoDB
7 13 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (3.44%) MongoDB
7 13 (3.44%) Power BI
8 11 (2.91%) Spark SQL
9 10 (2.65%) Pinecone
9 10 (2.65%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.85%) Metadata
11 5 (1.32%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.79%) Big Data
12 3 (0.79%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.79%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 60 (15.87%) Git
2 58 (15.34%) TeamCity
3 50 (13.23%) Jenkins
4 45 (11.90%) GitLab
5 19 (5.03%) Crashlytics
6 17 (4.50%) JIRA
7 15 (3.97%) SonarQube
8 14 (3.70%) XCTest
9 13 (3.44%) Bitbucket
10 10 (2.65%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.65%) fastlane
10 10 (2.65%) MLflow
11 9 (2.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 9 (2.38%) Gradle
12 7 (1.85%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (1.59%) JMeter
13 6 (1.59%) JUnit
13 6 (1.59%) Maven
14 5 (1.32%) Xcode
General
1 118 (31.22%) Finance
2 103 (27.25%) Social Skills
3 75 (19.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 72 (19.05%) Banking
5 61 (16.14%) Law
6 57 (15.08%) Retail
7 40 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (10.58%) Financial Institution
8 37 (9.79%) Back Office
9 20 (5.29%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.85%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.59%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.06%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.79%) Front Office
14 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (19.31%) Lead
2 66 (17.46%) Software Engineer
3 65 (17.20%) Developer
4 52 (13.76%) Senior
5 37 (9.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 31 (8.20%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (6.08%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (6.08%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
8 21 (5.56%) Java Engineer
8 21 (5.56%) Lead Software Engineer
9 17 (4.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 17 (4.50%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
10 16 (4.23%) Power Platform Developer
11 15 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.70%) Mobile Engineer
13 13 (3.44%) Software Team Leader
13 13 (3.44%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.85%) REST
2 40 (10.58%) .NET
3 38 (10.05%) RESTful
4 25 (6.61%) React
5 19 (5.03%) OAuth
5 19 (5.03%) SwiftUI
5 19 (5.03%) UIKit
6 18 (4.76%) .NET Core
6 18 (4.76%) Kafka
7 15 (3.97%) PyTorch
7 15 (3.97%) scikit-learn
7 15 (3.97%) TensorFlow
8 14 (3.70%) ARM Templates
8 14 (3.70%) FastAPI
9 13 (3.44%) JWT
10 12 (3.17%) JSON
10 12 (3.17%) Spring
10 12 (3.17%) Web Services
11 11 (2.91%) Node.js
11 11 (2.91%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 95 (25.13%) Cloud Native
2 45 (11.90%) Product Ownership
3 34 (8.99%) Low-Code
4 25 (6.61%) Mobile App
5 23 (6.08%) Life Science
6 21 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (4.76%) Blog
8 15 (3.97%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.70%) Onboarding
10 12 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (2.91%) Management Information System
12 10 (2.65%) PKI
13 9 (2.38%) Hackathon
13 9 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (2.12%) Public Cloud
14 8 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.85%) Replication
16 6 (1.59%) Cyberattack
16 6 (1.59%) Private Cloud
17 5 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 66 (17.46%) Linux
2 36 (9.52%) Windows
3 30 (7.94%) Apple iOS
4 17 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.44%) CentOS
6 11 (2.91%) Android
7 8 (2.12%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.59%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.59%) VMS
9 4 (1.06%) Unix
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (74.87%) CI/CD
2 199 (52.65%) DevOps
3 171 (45.24%) Test Automation
4 131 (34.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 105 (27.78%) Agile
6 99 (26.19%) Clean Code
7 89 (23.54%) Microservices
8 88 (23.28%) Software Engineering
9 86 (22.75%) Containerisation
10 82 (21.69%) Observability
11 76 (20.11%) Analytics
12 74 (19.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 66 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
14 65 (17.20%) Continuous Deployment
15 61 (16.14%) AI
16 54 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
17 52 (13.76%) Computer Science
18 47 (12.43%) Mentoring
19 45 (11.90%) Fintech
19 45 (11.90%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 160 (42.33%) Python
2 99 (26.19%) Java
3 74 (19.58%) SQL
4 53 (14.02%) Bash
5 52 (13.76%) C#
6 50 (13.23%) PowerShell
7 40 (10.58%) JavaScript
8 25 (6.61%) TypeScript
9 21 (5.56%) Kotlin
10 20 (5.29%) Bicep
11 19 (5.03%) Swift
12 13 (3.44%) Rust
13 8 (2.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.85%) Groovy
14 7 (1.85%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.59%) Go
16 4 (1.06%) Perl
16 4 (1.06%) PHP
16 4 (1.06%) Scala
17 2 (0.53%) C++
Qualifications
1 63 (16.67%) Degree
2 55 (14.55%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (5.29%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.65%) PhD
8 9 (2.38%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.06%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.53%) PMP
12 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.26%) CCNP
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.26%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.26%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.05%) QA
2 28 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 21 (5.56%) GDPR
4 16 (4.23%) Data Quality
5 15 (3.97%) WCAG
6 13 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.65%) GxP
8 7 (1.85%) SLA
8 7 (1.85%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.06%) NIST
10 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.53%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.53%) IFRS
10 2 (0.53%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.53%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.53%) PMO
10 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 95 (25.13%) Docker
2 17 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.79%) vSphere
6 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 179 (47.35%) Terraform
2 158 (41.80%) Kubernetes
3 105 (27.78%) Grafana
4 58 (15.34%) Ansible
5 36 (9.52%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.65%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (2.38%) Argo
9 7 (1.85%) Nagios
9 7 (1.85%) Puppet
10 5 (1.32%) SCCM
11 4 (1.06%) Packer
12 3 (0.79%) Podman
12 3 (0.79%) Rancher
12 3 (0.79%) SCOM
12 3 (0.79%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.53%) Control-M
13 2 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.53%) Plesk
13 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.29%) Databricks
3 17 (4.50%) Dynatrace
4 16 (4.23%) Google
5 15 (3.97%) VMware
6 14 (3.70%) Amplitude
6 14 (3.70%) Braze
6 14 (3.70%) Splunk
7 13 (3.44%) OpenAI
8 12 (3.17%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.38%) Apple
9 9 (2.38%) Automation Anywhere
9 9 (2.38%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.38%) UiPath
10 7 (1.85%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.85%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.59%) IBM
11 6 (1.59%) Oracle
12 5 (1.32%) Cisco
12 5 (1.32%) Tenable