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 3 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 308 481
Rank change year-on-year -41 +173 -79
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 169 130 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.71% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.76% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 85 105 204
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £45,375
25th Percentile £47,092 £46,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +14.67% -18.99%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £118,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,996 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.44% +15.44% -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 29,678 17,110 54,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.56% 93.66% 85.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19,780 10,196 41,365
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%

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 3 months to 24 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 3 months to 24 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 158 £70,079 +0.11% 113
Work from Home +1 84 £62,500 +2.04% 54
UK excluding London -35 83 £65,000 -8.44% 81
London -1 78 £82,500 +6.45% 46
South East 0 39 £77,500 +63.16% 22
Midlands -20 16 £48,000 -36.00% 17
North of England -51 16 £55,000 -18.52% 22
East Midlands - 10 £37,500 - 2
North West -30 8 £82,500 +22.22% 14
West Midlands -21 6 £48,000 -36.00% 15
Scotland -15 5 £55,000 -27.02% 2
Yorkshire -26 5 £55,000 -19.12% 3
South West -35 3 £68,400 -4.99% 12
North East - 3 £47,500 - 5
East of England - 3 £85,000 -
Wales -17 1 £70,079 - 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 12 (3.85%) Appian
2 5 (1.60%) Apache
2 5 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.28%) Confluence
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.96%) IIS
5 2 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.64%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) SPSS
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 162 (51.92%) AWS
2 143 (45.83%) Azure
3 77 (24.68%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (24.68%) GCP
4 67 (21.47%) Amazon EKS
5 66 (21.15%) GitHub
6 59 (18.91%) GitHub Actions
7 56 (17.95%) Serverless
8 48 (15.38%) SaaS
9 37 (11.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 36 (11.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 30 (9.62%) AWS Lambda
11 30 (9.62%) Power Platform
12 28 (8.97%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (8.97%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (8.01%) Amazon S3
14 23 (7.37%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (6.09%) AWS Step Functions
16 18 (5.77%) Amazon SQS
17 14 (4.49%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.21%) Firewall
2 5 (1.60%) DNS
3 4 (1.28%) MQTT
3 4 (1.28%) SSL
4 3 (0.96%) DMZ
4 3 (0.96%) VPN
5 2 (0.64%) Network Security
6 1 (0.32%) BGP
6 1 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.32%) HTTP
6 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.32%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.32%) SNMP
6 1 (0.32%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.29%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (7.05%) DynamoDB
4 19 (6.09%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 13 (4.17%) MySQL
7 12 (3.85%) Pinecone
7 12 (3.85%) Power BI
8 10 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.92%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.28%) Metadata
11 4 (1.28%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.96%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.96%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.96%) Tableau
13 2 (0.64%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 53 (16.99%) TeamCity
2 50 (16.03%) Git
3 32 (10.26%) GitLab
4 27 (8.65%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.85%) MLflow
6 10 (3.21%) Crashlytics
6 10 (3.21%) JIRA
7 9 (2.88%) XCTest
8 8 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 8 (2.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (2.24%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.92%) Gradle
10 6 (1.92%) Storybook
11 5 (1.60%) JMeter
11 5 (1.60%) Maven
12 4 (1.28%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.28%) JUnit
12 4 (1.28%) Locust
13 3 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
13 3 (0.96%) SonarQube
General
1 127 (40.71%) Finance
2 85 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 65 (20.83%) Banking
4 61 (19.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (17.31%) Law
6 53 (16.99%) Retail
7 36 (11.54%) Back Office
7 36 (11.54%) Financial Institution
8 31 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (6.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.88%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.24%) Marketing
12 6 (1.92%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.64%) Advertising
13 2 (0.64%) Front Office
13 2 (0.64%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.32%) Electronics
14 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (19.23%) Lead
2 50 (16.03%) Developer
3 48 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 44 (14.10%) Senior
5 24 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (7.05%) AWS Engineer
7 20 (6.41%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (5.77%) Integration Engineer
8 18 (5.77%) Java Engineer
9 17 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.13%) Java Software Engineer
10 16 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (4.81%) Power Platform Developer
12 13 (4.17%) Automation Engineer
12 13 (4.17%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.17%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (3.85%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 11 (3.53%) Associate Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.74%) RESTful
2 39 (12.50%) .NET
3 34 (10.90%) OAuth
3 34 (10.90%) React
4 27 (8.65%) REST
5 26 (8.33%) .NET Core
6 22 (7.05%) OAuth2
7 20 (6.41%) JSON
8 17 (5.45%) JWT
9 16 (5.13%) AWS CDK
10 15 (4.81%) ASP.NET
10 15 (4.81%) Web Services
11 14 (4.49%) FastAPI
11 14 (4.49%) Flask
11 14 (4.49%) OpenAPI
11 14 (4.49%) Swagger
12 13 (4.17%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (4.17%) Blazor
12 13 (4.17%) Django
13 12 (3.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 93 (29.81%) Cloud Native
2 41 (13.14%) Low-Code
3 30 (9.62%) Life Science
4 26 (8.33%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.81%) Blog
5 15 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.85%) Mobile App
7 11 (3.53%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (3.53%) Hackathon
8 9 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.60%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.96%) IoT
12 3 (0.96%) PKI
12 3 (0.96%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.86%) Linux
2 18 (5.77%) Windows
3 15 (4.81%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.24%) CentOS
6 6 (1.92%) VMS
7 5 (1.60%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.28%) Android
9 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 161 (51.60%) DevOps
3 136 (43.59%) Test Automation
4 109 (34.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 104 (33.33%) Agile
6 82 (26.28%) Analytics
7 78 (25.00%) Clean Code
8 77 (24.68%) Microservices
9 67 (21.47%) Containerisation
10 64 (20.51%) AI
10 64 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (20.51%) Observability
10 64 (20.51%) Software Engineering
11 60 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (18.59%) Continuous Deployment
13 57 (18.27%) Machine Learning
14 44 (14.10%) Computer Science
15 42 (13.46%) Disruptive Innovation
16 41 (13.14%) Coaching
16 41 (13.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 113 (36.22%) Python
2 70 (22.44%) Java
3 62 (19.87%) SQL
4 41 (13.14%) JavaScript
5 39 (12.50%) Bash
6 37 (11.86%) C#
7 34 (10.90%) PowerShell
8 27 (8.65%) Bicep
9 25 (8.01%) TypeScript
10 11 (3.53%) Kotlin
11 10 (3.21%) Swift
12 7 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (2.24%) Rust
13 6 (1.92%) Go
14 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.64%) Delphi
15 2 (0.64%) VB
15 2 (0.64%) VB6
16 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 58 (18.59%) Degree
2 33 (10.58%) Security Cleared
3 30 (9.62%) Master's Degree
4 19 (6.09%) PhD
5 18 (5.77%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.45%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.53%) AWS Certified Developer
8 10 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.56%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.96%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.64%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.32%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.32%) LPIC
12 1 (0.32%) MCSE
12 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 22 (7.05%) QA
3 19 (6.09%) Data Quality
3 19 (6.09%) GxP
4 15 (4.81%) GDPR
5 12 (3.85%) WCAG
6 7 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.28%) SLA
8 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (25.00%) Docker
2 9 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.32%) Firmware
6 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.32%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 154 (49.36%) Terraform
2 132 (42.31%) Kubernetes
3 84 (26.92%) Grafana
4 32 (10.26%) Ansible
5 21 (6.73%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.60%) Argo
8 5 (1.60%) Nagios
9 4 (1.28%) logstash
10 3 (0.96%) Rancher
11 2 (0.64%) Istio
11 2 (0.64%) Puppet
11 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.17%) OpenAI
3 12 (3.85%) Ab Initio
3 12 (3.85%) Automation Anywhere
3 12 (3.85%) UiPath
4 10 (3.21%) Splunk
5 9 (2.88%) Amplitude
6 8 (2.56%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.56%) Google
7 7 (2.24%) Databricks
7 7 (2.24%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.92%) Cisco
8 6 (1.92%) Oracle
8 6 (1.92%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.60%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.28%) Pega
10 4 (1.28%) VMware
11 3 (0.96%) Apple
11 3 (0.96%) Citrix
12 1 (0.32%) Juniper