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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 435 500
Rank change year-on-year +41 +65 -89
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 392 241 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.57% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 218 154 340
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £44,263
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,563 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.00% -13.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,938 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £97,528 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -11.44%

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 69,907 41,954 86,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.40% 92.11% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 48,219 22,640 61,471
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 27 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 27 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 +34 353 £70,000 +3.32% 109
UK excluding London +35 212 £65,000 -3.70% 88
Work from Home +57 171 £65,000 +8.33% 56
London +12 155 £80,500 +7.33% 50
South East +27 73 £65,000 +23.81% 36
North of England +5 72 £55,000 -18.52% 19
North West +8 33 £53,750 -20.37% 10
Midlands -26 27 £51,250 -18.00% 10
Yorkshire -26 20 £82,500 +20.88% 4
North East -23 19 £47,000 - 6
South West -45 18 £72,500 +0.71% 7
East Midlands -14 16 £40,000 -46.67% 3
West Midlands -21 11 £58,750 -4.08% 7
Scotland +2 10 £55,000 -27.02% 5
Wales -44 9 £70,000 +30.23% 4
East of England -13 5 £70,500 - 9
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 8 (2.04%) Confluence
1 8 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.79%) Apache
2 7 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.53%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.53%) IIS
4 5 (1.28%) Appian
5 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.02%) nginx
6 3 (0.77%) SAS
7 2 (0.51%) Luigi
8 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Documentum
8 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) SPSS
2 2 (0.51%) Trello
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) 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
1 212 (54.08%) AWS
2 193 (49.23%) Azure
3 112 (28.57%) GCP
4 88 (22.45%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (19.39%) Amazon EKS
6 59 (15.05%) Serverless
7 58 (14.80%) SaaS
8 56 (14.29%) GitHub
9 41 (10.46%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (8.16%) Power Platform
11 28 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
12 27 (6.89%) Firebase
13 25 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (6.12%) Amazon S3
14 24 (6.12%) PaaS
15 22 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (5.61%) Azure Monitor
16 20 (5.10%) Azure Functions
17 17 (4.34%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.85%) Firewall
2 12 (3.06%) DNS
3 8 (2.04%) Network Security
4 7 (1.79%) MQTT
5 6 (1.53%) DHCP
5 6 (1.53%) VPN
6 5 (1.28%) SSL
7 4 (1.02%) Broadband
7 4 (1.02%) SSH
8 3 (0.77%) BGP
8 3 (0.77%) DKIM
8 3 (0.77%) DMARC
8 3 (0.77%) PBX
8 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.77%) VLAN
8 3 (0.77%) VoIP
8 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (8.42%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (4.59%) MySQL
5 17 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (4.34%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.34%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.32%) Power BI
7 12 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.81%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.81%) Spark SQL
9 10 (2.55%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (2.04%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.04%) Metadata
11 7 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.79%) Pinecone
12 6 (1.53%) Delta Lake
13 5 (1.28%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.77%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (18.11%) Git
2 61 (15.56%) TeamCity
3 48 (12.24%) Jenkins
4 42 (10.71%) GitLab
5 26 (6.63%) JIRA
6 20 (5.10%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.83%) Bitbucket
7 15 (3.83%) SonarQube
8 14 (3.57%) XCTest
9 13 (3.32%) fastlane
10 11 (2.81%) Cucumber
11 10 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (2.04%) Artifactory
12 8 (2.04%) Gradle
13 7 (1.79%) MLflow
13 7 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (1.79%) Xcode
14 6 (1.53%) Android Studio
14 6 (1.53%) JMeter
14 6 (1.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 117 (29.85%) Finance
2 113 (28.83%) Social Skills
3 83 (21.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (20.66%) Banking
5 64 (16.33%) Law
6 59 (15.05%) Retail
7 44 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (11.22%) Financial Institution
8 40 (10.20%) Back Office
9 27 (6.89%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.79%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.02%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.02%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.02%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.77%) Front Office
13 3 (0.77%) Legal
14 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (19.90%) Software Engineer
2 72 (18.37%) Lead
3 63 (16.07%) Developer
4 62 (15.82%) Senior
5 49 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 35 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
7 26 (6.63%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
9 22 (5.61%) Lead Software Engineer
10 21 (5.36%) Java Engineer
11 20 (5.10%) Data Engineer
12 19 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (4.34%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (4.08%) Java Software Engineer
15 15 (3.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 14 (3.57%) Mobile Engineer
16 14 (3.57%) Software Team Leader
16 14 (3.57%) Team Leader
17 13 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 13 (3.32%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.97%) REST
2 38 (9.69%) .NET
3 36 (9.18%) RESTful
4 27 (6.89%) React
5 22 (5.61%) Kafka
6 21 (5.36%) SwiftUI
6 21 (5.36%) UIKit
7 15 (3.83%) ARM Templates
7 15 (3.83%) PyTorch
7 15 (3.83%) scikit-learn
7 15 (3.83%) TensorFlow
8 13 (3.32%) .NET Core
8 13 (3.32%) FastAPI
8 13 (3.32%) PySpark
8 13 (3.32%) Spring
9 12 (3.06%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.81%) CSS
10 11 (2.81%) OAuth
10 11 (2.81%) Web Services
11 10 (2.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 115 (29.34%) Cloud Native
2 61 (15.56%) Product Ownership
3 29 (7.40%) Mobile App
4 28 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (6.89%) Low-Code
6 23 (5.87%) Life Science
7 18 (4.59%) Blog
8 17 (4.34%) Onboarding
9 15 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.81%) Management Information System
12 10 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (2.55%) PKI
13 9 (2.30%) Hackathon
14 8 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (2.04%) Public Cloud
14 8 (2.04%) Replication
15 6 (1.53%) Cyberattack
15 6 (1.53%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 69 (17.60%) Linux
2 44 (11.22%) Windows
3 33 (8.42%) Apple iOS
4 17 (4.34%) Windows Server
5 15 (3.83%) CentOS
6 13 (3.32%) Android
7 8 (2.04%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.53%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.28%) VMS
10 4 (1.02%) Unix
10 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (76.28%) CI/CD
2 207 (52.81%) DevOps
3 175 (44.64%) Test Automation
4 131 (33.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 118 (30.10%) Agile
6 117 (29.85%) Software Engineering
7 102 (26.02%) Clean Code
8 101 (25.77%) Microservices
9 86 (21.94%) Containerisation
10 85 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (20.41%) Observability
12 72 (18.37%) Analytics
13 70 (17.86%) Continuous Deployment
14 68 (17.35%) AI
14 68 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
15 62 (15.82%) Mentoring
16 52 (13.27%) Computer Science
17 48 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
18 46 (11.73%) Fintech
19 45 (11.48%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 162 (41.33%) Python
2 110 (28.06%) Java
3 68 (17.35%) SQL
4 57 (14.54%) PowerShell
5 51 (13.01%) C#
6 50 (12.76%) Bash
7 39 (9.95%) JavaScript
8 33 (8.42%) TypeScript
9 23 (5.87%) Kotlin
10 21 (5.36%) Swift
11 17 (4.34%) Bicep
12 13 (3.32%) Rust
13 8 (2.04%) Groovy
14 7 (1.79%) Go
14 7 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.79%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.02%) C++
15 4 (1.02%) Perl
15 4 (1.02%) PHP
15 4 (1.02%) Scala
Qualifications
1 61 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 60 (15.31%) Degree
3 36 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.08%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.53%) PhD
9 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.02%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.51%) PMP
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.26%) CCNP
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.26%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.26%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (12.24%) QA
2 35 (8.93%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.61%) WCAG
4 20 (5.10%) GDPR
5 15 (3.83%) Data Quality
6 13 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.79%) SLA
7 7 (1.79%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.53%) GxP
9 4 (1.02%) NCSC
9 4 (1.02%) NIST
10 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.51%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.51%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.51%) PMO
10 2 (0.51%) Solvency II
System Software
1 98 (25.00%) Docker
2 18 (4.59%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.02%) vSphere
6 3 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 176 (44.90%) Terraform
2 165 (42.09%) Kubernetes
3 109 (27.81%) Grafana
4 65 (16.58%) Ansible
5 35 (8.93%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (2.30%) Argo
8 9 (2.30%) Nagios
9 7 (1.79%) Puppet
10 6 (1.53%) SCCM
11 4 (1.02%) Packer
12 3 (0.77%) Control-M
12 3 (0.77%) cPanel
12 3 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.77%) Plesk
12 3 (0.77%) Podman
12 3 (0.77%) Rancher
12 3 (0.77%) SCOM
12 3 (0.77%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 70 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.87%) Dynatrace
3 21 (5.36%) Databricks
4 19 (4.85%) Google
5 16 (4.08%) VMware
6 15 (3.83%) Splunk
7 14 (3.57%) Amplitude
7 14 (3.57%) Braze
8 12 (3.06%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.81%) Apple
9 11 (2.81%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.30%) Rapid7
10 9 (2.30%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.79%) AppDynamics
12 6 (1.53%) Automation Anywhere
12 6 (1.53%) IBM
12 6 (1.53%) UiPath
13 5 (1.28%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.28%) Oracle
13 5 (1.28%) Tenable