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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 410 495
Rank change year-on-year +10 +85 -68
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 359 264 443
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.60% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.65% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 187 210 348
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £53,125 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,400 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +11.11% -12.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -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 66,794 40,810 82,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,940 22,598 59,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +7 327 £70,000 -6.67% 96
UK excluding London +50 204 £65,000 +4.00% 65
Work from Home +36 148 £62,500 +4.17% 45
London -18 139 £81,500 +1.88% 40
South East +47 76 £65,000 +20.93% 30
North of England -11 61 £70,000 +14.29% 15
Yorkshire -37 27 £82,500 +40.43% 3
North West -9 23 £71,000 +15.92% 5
Midlands -28 22 £50,250 -19.60% 7
Scotland -1 15 £55,000 -27.02% 3
South West -42 15 £68,400 -4.99% 5
East Midlands - 13 £37,500 - 3
North East - 11 £47,250 - 7
East of England -7 9 £76,250 +1.67% 3
West Midlands -35 9 £52,500 -16.00% 4
Wales -20 8 £61,248 +22.50%
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 2

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 11 (3.06%) Appian
2 8 (2.23%) Apache
3 7 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.39%) IIS
5 4 (1.11%) Confluence
5 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.56%) Luigi
7 2 (0.56%) SAS
8 1 (0.28%) CMS
8 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.28%) nginx
8 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) SPSS
2 2 (0.56%) Trello
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.28%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 192 (53.48%) AWS
2 182 (50.70%) Azure
3 88 (24.51%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (22.28%) GCP
5 74 (20.61%) GitHub
6 66 (18.38%) Amazon EKS
6 66 (18.38%) Serverless
7 64 (17.83%) GitHub Actions
8 42 (11.70%) SaaS
9 38 (10.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 38 (10.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 32 (8.91%) Amazon S3
10 32 (8.91%) Power Platform
11 31 (8.64%) AWS Lambda
11 31 (8.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 27 (7.52%) Azure Monitor
13 24 (6.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (5.85%) PaaS
15 20 (5.57%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (5.01%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.57%) Firewall
2 12 (3.34%) DNS
3 7 (1.95%) SSL
4 6 (1.67%) DHCP
4 6 (1.67%) MQTT
4 6 (1.67%) Network Security
5 5 (1.39%) VPN
6 4 (1.11%) Broadband
6 4 (1.11%) SSH
7 3 (0.84%) DMZ
8 2 (0.56%) BGP
8 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.56%) SAN
9 1 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.28%) HTTP
9 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.28%) SNMP
9 1 (0.28%) VSAN
9 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.14%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.91%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.85%) NoSQL
4 19 (5.29%) DynamoDB
5 17 (4.74%) Elasticsearch
6 16 (4.46%) MySQL
7 15 (4.18%) Amazon Aurora
8 14 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (3.62%) MongoDB
9 13 (3.62%) Pinecone
10 12 (3.34%) Power BI
11 9 (2.51%) Spark SQL
12 7 (1.95%) Metadata
12 7 (1.95%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.11%) Delta Lake
14 3 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.84%) CockroachDB
14 3 (0.84%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.84%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 67 (18.66%) Git
2 47 (13.09%) TeamCity
3 46 (12.81%) GitLab
3 46 (12.81%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.57%) JIRA
5 15 (4.18%) Crashlytics
6 14 (3.90%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.90%) SonarQube
7 13 (3.62%) MLflow
8 12 (3.34%) XCTest
9 10 (2.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 10 (2.79%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.23%) Artifactory
10 8 (2.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (1.95%) Gradle
12 6 (1.67%) fastlane
12 6 (1.67%) JMeter
13 5 (1.39%) Locust
13 5 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
14 4 (1.11%) NUnit
General
1 110 (30.64%) Finance
2 109 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 61 (16.99%) Banking
4 59 (16.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (12.81%) Law
6 45 (12.53%) Retail
7 39 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (8.36%) Financial Institution
9 27 (7.52%) Back Office
10 17 (4.74%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.95%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.67%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.11%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Front Office
15 3 (0.84%) Marketing
16 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (20.06%) Lead
2 61 (16.99%) Developer
3 47 (13.09%) Senior
4 45 (12.53%) Software Engineer
5 38 (10.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 26 (7.24%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (7.24%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (6.41%) Platform Engineer
8 22 (6.13%) AWS Engineer
9 18 (5.01%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 18 (5.01%) Java Engineer
9 18 (5.01%) Lead Software Engineer
10 16 (4.46%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.46%) Power Platform Developer
11 14 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.62%) Integration Engineer
12 13 (3.62%) Java Software Engineer
13 12 (3.34%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.34%) Mobile Engineer
14 11 (3.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (13.09%) RESTful
2 41 (11.42%) .NET
2 41 (11.42%) REST
3 31 (8.64%) React
4 28 (7.80%) OAuth
5 23 (6.41%) .NET Core
6 17 (4.74%) JSON
6 17 (4.74%) OAuth2
7 16 (4.46%) JWT
7 16 (4.46%) Web Services
8 15 (4.18%) FastAPI
8 15 (4.18%) SwiftUI
8 15 (4.18%) UIKit
9 14 (3.90%) Kafka
9 14 (3.90%) NumPy
9 14 (3.90%) Pandas
9 14 (3.90%) PyTorch
9 14 (3.90%) scikit-learn
9 14 (3.90%) TensorFlow
10 13 (3.62%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 82 (22.84%) Cloud Native
2 40 (11.14%) Low-Code
3 30 (8.36%) Product Ownership
4 24 (6.69%) Life Science
5 21 (5.85%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (5.29%) Mobile App
7 16 (4.46%) Blog
7 16 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (3.34%) Onboarding
10 11 (3.06%) Management Information System
11 10 (2.79%) Hackathon
12 9 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (2.51%) PKI
12 9 (2.51%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.67%) Cyberattack
14 6 (1.67%) Private Cloud
15 5 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 65 (18.11%) Linux
2 35 (9.75%) Windows
3 25 (6.96%) Apple iOS
4 16 (4.46%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.62%) CentOS
6 8 (2.23%) Android
7 7 (1.95%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.67%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.67%) VMS
9 4 (1.11%) Unix
10 2 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (76.04%) CI/CD
2 196 (54.60%) DevOps
3 162 (45.13%) Test Automation
4 142 (39.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 112 (31.20%) Agile
6 91 (25.35%) Containerisation
7 82 (22.84%) Observability
8 79 (22.01%) Clean Code
9 78 (21.73%) Microservices
10 75 (20.89%) Analytics
10 75 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 68 (18.94%) Software Engineering
13 59 (16.43%) AI
14 55 (15.32%) Continuous Deployment
15 54 (15.04%) Computer Science
16 50 (13.93%) Cybersecurity
17 46 (12.81%) Machine Learning
18 41 (11.42%) Mentoring
19 38 (10.58%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 158 (44.01%) Python
2 81 (22.56%) Java
3 78 (21.73%) SQL
4 54 (15.04%) PowerShell
5 53 (14.76%) Bash
6 45 (12.53%) C#
7 41 (11.42%) JavaScript
8 27 (7.52%) Bicep
9 26 (7.24%) TypeScript
10 17 (4.74%) Kotlin
11 15 (4.18%) Swift
12 12 (3.34%) Rust
13 8 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.95%) Groovy
14 7 (1.95%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.67%) Go
16 4 (1.11%) Perl
17 3 (0.84%) PHP
17 3 (0.84%) Scala
17 3 (0.84%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (18.66%) Degree
2 52 (14.48%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.08%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.85%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.90%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.62%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.06%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.79%) PhD
10 8 (2.23%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.11%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.84%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.84%) PMP
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.28%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.28%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.42%) QA
2 27 (7.52%) Accessibility
3 21 (5.85%) GDPR
4 19 (5.29%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.90%) WCAG
6 12 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.79%) GxP
8 7 (1.95%) SLA
8 7 (1.95%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.11%) NIST
10 2 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.56%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.56%) IFRS
10 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.56%) PMO
10 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 102 (28.41%) Docker
2 18 (5.01%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.84%) vSphere
6 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) vCloud
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 176 (49.03%) Terraform
2 152 (42.34%) Kubernetes
3 92 (25.63%) Grafana
4 59 (16.43%) Ansible
5 34 (9.47%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (2.23%) Argo
9 7 (1.95%) Nagios
10 6 (1.67%) Puppet
11 5 (1.39%) SCCM
12 4 (1.11%) logstash
12 4 (1.11%) Packer
12 4 (1.11%) Rancher
13 3 (0.84%) SCOM
13 3 (0.84%) SCOrch
14 2 (0.56%) Control-M
14 2 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.56%) Podman
14 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.01%) Databricks
3 15 (4.18%) OpenAI
4 14 (3.90%) Google
5 13 (3.62%) Splunk
5 13 (3.62%) VMware
6 12 (3.34%) Amplitude
6 12 (3.34%) Automation Anywhere
6 12 (3.34%) Braze
6 12 (3.34%) Dynatrace
6 12 (3.34%) UiPath
7 9 (2.51%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.95%) Ab Initio
8 7 (1.95%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.67%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.67%) Apple
9 6 (1.67%) IBM
9 6 (1.67%) Oracle
10 5 (1.39%) Cisco