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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 487 468
Rank change year-on-year +86 -19 -69
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 473 200 385
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.40% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.45% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 268 120 275
10th Percentile £45,456 £46,000 £45,086
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -14.04%
75th Percentile £85,250 £85,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £113,250 £95,125 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 79,979 44,380 67,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.78% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 55,459 25,207 42,110
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.10% -8.99%

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 August 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 August 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 +81 396 £70,000 +1.08% 466
UK excluding London +32 246 £65,000 +4.00% 260
London +49 185 £81,500 +10.51% 278
Work from Home +44 164 £65,000 - 223
North of England +5 82 £65,000 -4.41% 78
South East -9 51 £65,000 -21.21% 56
South West -41 39 £70,000 -9.68% 41
Midlands -13 34 £51,250 -14.58% 24
North West -10 30 £52,500 +14.13% 39
North East -25 29 £49,815 - 15
Yorkshire -28 23 £82,500 +20.44% 25
Wales -63 21 £52,500 +8.25% 10
West Midlands -22 18 £50,000 -16.67% 13
Scotland +4 17 £68,750 -4.84% 33
East Midlands -18 16 £62,500 -16.67% 11
East of England -22 4 £56,000 - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 7

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 13 (2.75%) Confluence
2 11 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.11%) Apache
4 9 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.69%) nginx
6 7 (1.48%) IIS
7 6 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (1.06%) Camunda
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.85%) SAS
10 2 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.42%) CMS
10 2 (0.42%) Luigi
11 1 (0.21%) Documentum
11 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.21%) JBoss
11 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.63%) SPSS
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Magento
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 266 (56.24%) AWS
2 245 (51.80%) Azure
3 148 (31.29%) GCP
4 105 (22.20%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (15.01%) GitHub
6 70 (14.80%) Amazon EKS
7 55 (11.63%) SaaS
8 52 (10.99%) Serverless
9 40 (8.46%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (6.55%) Power Platform
11 29 (6.13%) AWS CloudFormation
11 29 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (5.92%) Datadog
13 25 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (5.07%) Firebase
15 23 (4.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (4.44%) Amazon S3
18 20 (4.23%) Entra ID
18 20 (4.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.02%) DNS
1 19 (4.02%) Firewall
2 14 (2.96%) VPN
3 8 (1.69%) Network Security
4 7 (1.48%) BGP
4 7 (1.48%) DHCP
5 6 (1.27%) SSL
5 6 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.06%) MQTT
6 5 (1.06%) OSPF
6 5 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.06%) WAN
6 5 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.06%) Wireless
7 4 (0.85%) Broadband
7 4 (0.85%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.85%) LAN
7 4 (0.85%) NAS
7 4 (0.85%) SSH
8 3 (0.63%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.15%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (7.40%) SQL Server
3 29 (6.13%) MySQL
4 28 (5.92%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.65%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (4.44%) Power BI
7 15 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (2.75%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (2.33%) Spark SQL
10 10 (2.11%) Metadata
10 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.69%) Big Data
12 7 (1.48%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.27%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.27%) DynamoDB
14 5 (1.06%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.06%) Redis
Development Applications
1 101 (21.35%) Git
2 60 (12.68%) Jenkins
3 53 (11.21%) TeamCity
4 44 (9.30%) GitLab
5 34 (7.19%) JIRA
6 17 (3.59%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.59%) Crashlytics
7 13 (2.75%) fastlane
7 13 (2.75%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.33%) XCTest
9 10 (2.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.90%) JUnit
11 8 (1.69%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.69%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.69%) Mockito
11 8 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.48%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.48%) MSI
12 7 (1.48%) Xcode
13 6 (1.27%) Gradle
General
1 144 (30.44%) Finance
2 138 (29.18%) Social Skills
3 96 (20.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 93 (19.66%) Banking
5 70 (14.80%) Law
6 63 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (11.84%) Retail
8 51 (10.78%) Financial Institution
9 50 (10.57%) Public Sector
10 43 (9.09%) Back Office
11 10 (2.11%) Marketing
12 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.48%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.27%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Legal
14 4 (0.85%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.63%) Front Office
16 2 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 94 (19.87%) Software Engineer
2 89 (18.82%) Lead
3 78 (16.49%) DevOps Engineer
4 70 (14.80%) Senior
5 69 (14.59%) Developer
6 37 (7.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (7.40%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (5.50%) Data Engineer
9 23 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
9 23 (4.86%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (4.65%) Site Engineer
10 22 (4.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 21 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
12 19 (4.02%) Java Engineer
12 19 (4.02%) Technical Leader
13 18 (3.81%) Automation Engineer
14 17 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.38%) Administrator
15 16 (3.38%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (45.24%) Terraform
2 55 (11.63%) REST
3 49 (10.36%) RESTful
4 45 (9.51%) .NET
5 30 (6.34%) React
6 29 (6.13%) Kafka
7 23 (4.86%) Spring
8 21 (4.44%) Spring Boot
9 18 (3.81%) LangChain
9 18 (3.81%) SwiftUI
9 18 (3.81%) UIKit
10 17 (3.59%) ARM Templates
11 16 (3.38%) AngularJS
11 16 (3.38%) CSS
12 15 (3.17%) Next.js
12 15 (3.17%) PySpark
13 14 (2.96%) JPA
13 14 (2.96%) PyTorch
13 14 (2.96%) TensorFlow
13 14 (2.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 165 (34.88%) Cloud Native
2 89 (18.82%) Product Ownership
3 50 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (6.13%) Onboarding
5 26 (5.50%) Mobile App
6 20 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.81%) Life Science
8 16 (3.38%) AI Agents
8 16 (3.38%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.96%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.90%) Blog
13 8 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.69%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.69%) PKI
14 7 (1.48%) Private Cloud
14 7 (1.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 86 (18.18%) Linux
2 62 (13.11%) Windows
3 29 (6.13%) Apple iOS
4 21 (4.44%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.59%) CentOS
6 12 (2.54%) Android
7 7 (1.48%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.06%) Unix
10 2 (0.42%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.42%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (79.49%) CI/CD
2 293 (61.95%) DevOps
3 202 (42.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 201 (42.49%) Test Automation
5 172 (36.36%) Software Engineering
6 155 (32.77%) Agile
7 139 (29.39%) Observability
8 127 (26.85%) AI
9 121 (25.58%) Microservices
10 117 (24.74%) Containerisation
11 114 (24.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (24.10%) Mentoring
12 104 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
13 92 (19.45%) Clean Code
14 72 (15.22%) Analytics
15 65 (13.74%) Machine Learning
16 64 (13.53%) Continuous Deployment
17 63 (13.32%) Technical Leadership
18 54 (11.42%) Computer Science
19 53 (11.21%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 194 (41.01%) Python
2 130 (27.48%) Java
3 84 (17.76%) SQL
4 73 (15.43%) PowerShell
5 55 (11.63%) Bash
6 48 (10.15%) C#
7 47 (9.94%) TypeScript
8 35 (7.40%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.44%) Bicep
10 19 (4.02%) Kotlin
11 18 (3.81%) Swift
12 11 (2.33%) Go
13 9 (1.90%) Scala
14 8 (1.69%) C++
14 8 (1.69%) Groovy
14 8 (1.69%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.48%) Rust
16 6 (1.27%) C
17 4 (0.85%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 56 (11.84%) Degree
3 46 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.81%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.75%) Master's Degree
9 10 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.85%) CCNP
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.85%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.42%) PMP
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (13.53%) QA
2 38 (8.03%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.29%) WCAG
4 22 (4.65%) GDPR
5 17 (3.59%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.96%) SLA
8 12 (2.54%) NCSC
9 7 (1.48%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.85%) NIST
11 2 (0.42%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.42%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.42%) JTAG
11 2 (0.42%) PMO
11 2 (0.42%) Solvency II
System Software
1 121 (25.58%) Docker
2 22 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.27%) Firmware
4 6 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.85%) vSphere
7 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 192 (40.59%) Kubernetes
2 114 (24.10%) Grafana
3 90 (19.03%) Ansible
4 38 (8.03%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.96%) Argo
6 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.33%) Nagios
7 11 (2.33%) Puppet
8 9 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.27%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.27%) SCCM
10 4 (0.85%) Packer
10 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.63%) Control-M
11 3 (0.63%) cPanel
11 3 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.63%) Plesk
11 3 (0.63%) Podman
11 3 (0.63%) SCOM
11 3 (0.63%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 89 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.25%) Dynatrace
3 31 (6.55%) Google
4 22 (4.65%) Databricks
4 22 (4.65%) Splunk
5 17 (3.59%) Red Hat
5 17 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.17%) VMware
7 12 (2.54%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.33%) Amplitude
8 11 (2.33%) Apple
8 11 (2.33%) Braze
8 11 (2.33%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.48%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.48%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.27%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.27%) IBM
10 6 (1.27%) Oracle
10 6 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.06%) Dell