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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 373 459
Rank change year-on-year -32 +86 -35
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 294 312 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.71% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.76% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 125 220 327
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £138,750 £113,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 57,440 40,902 73,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.10% 93.61% 87.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34,676 22,163 55,834
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
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% -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 12 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 16 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 12 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 -48 257 £67,500 -10.00% 140
UK excluding London -6 161 £60,000 -11.11% 101
Work from Home +6 146 £60,000 -7.69% 78
London -17 119 £80,000 -11.11% 62
South East +9 66 £65,000 +20.93% 33
North of England -39 36 £60,000 +9.09% 31
Scotland +1 26 £47,500 -36.97% 4
Yorkshire -41 20 £57,500 +16.16% 8
North West -21 14 £73,000 +16.80% 18
Midlands -26 14 £48,000 -36.00% 13
East of England 0 8 £76,250 +1.67% 2
West Midlands -9 7 £59,039 -21.28% 10
East Midlands -30 7 £37,500 - 3
South West -34 7 £62,950 -11.33% 14
Wales -9 4 £61,248 - 4
North East - 2 £47,500 - 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 12 (4.08%) Appian
2 5 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.36%) Apache
3 4 (1.36%) Confluence
4 3 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.02%) IIS
5 2 (0.68%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.68%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (50.34%) AWS
2 138 (46.94%) Azure
3 76 (25.85%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (24.83%) GCP
5 63 (21.43%) Amazon EKS
5 63 (21.43%) GitHub
6 57 (19.39%) GitHub Actions
7 50 (17.01%) Serverless
8 46 (15.65%) SaaS
9 36 (12.24%) Azure Logic Apps
10 35 (11.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 30 (10.20%) Power Platform
12 29 (9.86%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
14 27 (9.18%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (8.50%) Amazon S3
16 20 (6.80%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (6.46%) AWS Step Functions
18 17 (5.78%) Amazon SQS
19 15 (5.10%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.40%) Firewall
2 5 (1.70%) DNS
2 5 (1.70%) MQTT
3 4 (1.36%) SSL
3 4 (1.36%) VPN
4 3 (1.02%) DMZ
5 2 (0.68%) WAN
6 1 (0.34%) BGP
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.34%) HTTP
6 1 (0.34%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.34%) Network Security
6 1 (0.34%) OSPF
6 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.34%) SNMP
6 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.34%) VLAN
6 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.93%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (7.14%) DynamoDB
4 18 (6.12%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.42%) Amazon Aurora
5 13 (4.42%) MySQL
6 12 (4.08%) Pinecone
7 11 (3.74%) Power BI
8 8 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.70%) Metadata
11 5 (1.70%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.02%) CockroachDB
12 3 (1.02%) Tableau
13 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.68%) Redis
14 1 (0.34%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 50 (17.01%) TeamCity
2 48 (16.33%) Git
3 31 (10.54%) GitLab
4 26 (8.84%) Jenkins
5 13 (4.42%) MLflow
6 10 (3.40%) JIRA
7 8 (2.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (2.04%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.04%) Crashlytics
8 6 (2.04%) Storybook
8 6 (2.04%) XCTest
9 5 (1.70%) Gradle
9 5 (1.70%) JMeter
9 5 (1.70%) Maven
10 4 (1.36%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.36%) JUnit
10 4 (1.36%) Locust
11 3 (1.02%) NUnit
11 3 (1.02%) TestNG
General
1 126 (42.86%) Finance
2 77 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 61 (20.75%) Banking
4 53 (18.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (17.35%) Law
6 50 (17.01%) Retail
7 33 (11.22%) Back Office
7 33 (11.22%) Financial Institution
8 29 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (7.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.72%) Marketing
11 6 (2.04%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.04%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.68%) Advertising
12 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.34%) Automotive
13 1 (0.34%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 56 (19.05%) Lead
2 48 (16.33%) Developer
3 45 (15.31%) Software Engineer
4 37 (12.59%) Senior
5 21 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.80%) AWS Engineer
6 20 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.78%) Java Engineer
8 16 (5.44%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (5.44%) Java Software Engineer
8 16 (5.44%) Platform Engineer
9 15 (5.10%) Power Platform Developer
10 14 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (4.42%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (4.08%) .NET Developer
12 12 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 12 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
13 11 (3.74%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.40%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (15.65%) RESTful
2 39 (13.27%) .NET
3 35 (11.90%) OAuth
4 34 (11.56%) React
5 26 (8.84%) .NET Core
6 25 (8.50%) REST
7 23 (7.82%) OAuth2
8 21 (7.14%) JSON
9 17 (5.78%) JWT
10 16 (5.44%) AWS CDK
11 15 (5.10%) ASP.NET
11 15 (5.10%) FastAPI
11 15 (5.10%) Web Services
12 14 (4.76%) Flask
12 14 (4.76%) OpenAPI
12 14 (4.76%) Swagger
13 13 (4.42%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (4.42%) Blazor
13 13 (4.42%) Django
14 12 (4.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 89 (30.27%) Cloud Native
2 40 (13.61%) Low-Code
3 30 (10.20%) Life Science
4 24 (8.16%) Product Ownership
5 15 (5.10%) Blog
5 15 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.06%) Hackathon
7 8 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.72%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.70%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.36%) IoT
10 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.22%) Linux
2 15 (5.10%) Windows
3 8 (2.72%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.04%) VMS
5 4 (1.36%) CentOS
6 2 (0.68%) Android
6 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (74.15%) CI/CD
2 155 (52.72%) DevOps
3 124 (42.18%) Test Automation
4 103 (35.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 102 (34.69%) Agile
6 76 (25.85%) Analytics
7 73 (24.83%) Microservices
8 69 (23.47%) Clean Code
9 67 (22.79%) AI
10 61 (20.75%) Containerisation
11 60 (20.41%) Software Engineering
12 59 (20.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 59 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
13 58 (19.73%) Machine Learning
13 58 (19.73%) Observability
14 55 (18.71%) Continuous Deployment
15 43 (14.63%) Disruptive Innovation
16 42 (14.29%) Coaching
17 41 (13.95%) Root Cause Analysis
18 40 (13.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 105 (35.71%) Python
2 67 (22.79%) Java
3 57 (19.39%) SQL
4 42 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 37 (12.59%) C#
6 34 (11.56%) Bash
7 32 (10.88%) PowerShell
8 27 (9.18%) Bicep
9 25 (8.50%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.38%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.38%) Rust
11 6 (2.04%) Go
11 6 (2.04%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (2.04%) Swift
12 2 (0.68%) Delphi
12 2 (0.68%) Groovy
12 2 (0.68%) VB
12 2 (0.68%) VB6
13 1 (0.34%) C++
13 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (18.71%) Degree
2 32 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 30 (10.20%) Master's Degree
4 21 (7.14%) PhD
5 18 (6.12%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.10%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.74%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (2.72%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.72%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.02%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.34%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.34%) LPIC
11 1 (0.34%) MCSE
11 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.48%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.14%) GxP
2 21 (7.14%) QA
3 19 (6.46%) Data Quality
4 15 (5.10%) GDPR
5 10 (3.40%) WCAG
6 6 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.02%) SLA
8 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.34%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 72 (24.49%) Docker
2 9 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) NFS
6 1 (0.34%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 147 (50.00%) Terraform
2 123 (41.84%) Kubernetes
3 82 (27.89%) Grafana
4 29 (9.86%) Ansible
5 23 (7.82%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.70%) Argo
8 4 (1.36%) logstash
8 4 (1.36%) Nagios
9 3 (1.02%) Rancher
10 2 (0.68%) Istio
10 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.42%) Ab Initio
2 13 (4.42%) OpenAI
3 12 (4.08%) Automation Anywhere
3 12 (4.08%) UiPath
4 9 (3.06%) Splunk
5 6 (2.04%) Amplitude
5 6 (2.04%) Cisco
5 6 (2.04%) Google
5 6 (2.04%) Oracle
5 6 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.70%) Dynatrace
6 5 (1.70%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.36%) Databricks
7 4 (1.36%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.36%) VMware
8 3 (1.02%) Citrix
8 3 (1.02%) Pega
9 2 (0.68%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.34%) Talend