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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 489 458
Rank change year-on-year +83 -31 -64
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 457 209 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.42% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.47% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 264 127 284
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,125 £48,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.53% -16.01%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £114,250 £96,250 £91,863
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%

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 78,808 44,479 67,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.30% 89.14% 80.83%
Number of salaries quoted 54,325 25,171 42,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 20 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 20 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 +73 385 £70,000 +2.94% 304
UK excluding London +29 245 £65,000 +8.33% 181
London +23 173 £85,000 +13.33% 165
Work from Home +54 164 £65,000 +4.00% 159
North of England +17 81 £65,000 +36.13% 56
South East +3 53 £65,000 -18.75% 39
South West -40 38 £70,000 -6.67% 25
Midlands -8 35 £51,250 -14.58% 22
North West -1 32 £55,000 +19.57% 30
North East -32 28 £47,500 - 14
Yorkshire -21 21 £82,500 +20.44% 13
Wales -54 20 £58,000 +19.59% 8
West Midlands -20 19 £51,250 -14.58% 14
Scotland -5 16 £68,750 -14.06% 18
East Midlands -16 16 £52,500 -30.00% 8
East of England -18 4 £56,000 - 11
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 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 13 (2.84%) Confluence
2 11 (2.41%) Apache
3 10 (2.19%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.97%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.75%) nginx
6 7 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.53%) IIS
7 5 (1.09%) Camunda
8 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.88%) SAS
9 2 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.44%) CMS
9 2 (0.44%) Luigi
10 1 (0.22%) Documentum
10 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.66%) SPSS
2 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.22%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 257 (56.24%) AWS
2 233 (50.98%) Azure
3 136 (29.76%) GCP
4 103 (22.54%) Azure DevOps
5 69 (15.10%) GitHub
6 66 (14.44%) Amazon EKS
7 56 (12.25%) SaaS
8 55 (12.04%) Serverless
9 40 (8.75%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (6.78%) Datadog
11 29 (6.35%) Power Platform
12 27 (5.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
13 25 (5.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (5.47%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (5.47%) Firebase
14 24 (5.25%) Amazon S3
15 23 (5.03%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (5.03%) PaaS
16 19 (4.16%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.94%) Firewall
2 17 (3.72%) DNS
3 12 (2.63%) VPN
4 7 (1.53%) Network Security
5 6 (1.31%) DHCP
5 6 (1.31%) MQTT
6 5 (1.09%) BGP
6 5 (1.09%) SSL
6 5 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.88%) Broadband
7 4 (0.88%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.88%) NAS
7 4 (0.88%) SSH
7 4 (0.88%) Wireless
8 3 (0.66%) LAN
8 3 (0.66%) PBX
8 3 (0.66%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.66%) VoIP
8 3 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (7.22%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.91%) MySQL
4 26 (5.69%) MongoDB
5 21 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (4.38%) NoSQL
7 19 (4.16%) Power BI
8 15 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (2.84%) Data Lake
10 11 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (2.41%) Spark SQL
11 10 (2.19%) Metadata
12 9 (1.97%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.75%) Big Data
14 7 (1.53%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.53%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (1.31%) Delta Lake
15 6 (1.31%) Redis
16 5 (1.09%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 97 (21.23%) Git
2 55 (12.04%) Jenkins
3 50 (10.94%) TeamCity
4 44 (9.63%) GitLab
5 32 (7.00%) JIRA
6 18 (3.94%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.28%) Bitbucket
8 13 (2.84%) fastlane
8 13 (2.84%) SonarQube
9 12 (2.63%) XCTest
10 11 (2.41%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (1.75%) JUnit
12 8 (1.75%) Mockito
12 8 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (1.53%) Artifactory
13 7 (1.53%) Claude Code
13 7 (1.53%) MSI
13 7 (1.53%) Xcode
14 6 (1.31%) Android Studio
General
1 136 (29.76%) Finance
2 135 (29.54%) Social Skills
3 95 (20.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (19.26%) Banking
5 68 (14.88%) Law
6 63 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (11.82%) Retail
8 48 (10.50%) Financial Institution
9 47 (10.28%) Public Sector
10 40 (8.75%) Back Office
11 10 (2.19%) Marketing
12 7 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.31%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.66%) Front Office
15 3 (0.66%) Legal
16 2 (0.44%) Electronics
16 2 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (19.26%) Lead
1 88 (19.26%) Software Engineer
2 75 (16.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 68 (14.88%) Senior
4 62 (13.57%) Developer
5 37 (8.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (7.88%) Azure Engineer
7 27 (5.91%) Data Engineer
8 23 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (5.03%) Site Engineer
8 23 (5.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 22 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (4.38%) Lead Software Engineer
11 19 (4.16%) Technical Leader
12 18 (3.94%) Java Engineer
13 17 (3.72%) Automation Engineer
13 17 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (3.50%) Administrator
15 15 (3.28%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (45.08%) Terraform
2 47 (10.28%) REST
2 47 (10.28%) RESTful
3 40 (8.75%) .NET
4 28 (6.13%) Kafka
5 27 (5.91%) React
6 20 (4.38%) Spring
7 19 (4.16%) Spring Boot
7 19 (4.16%) SwiftUI
7 19 (4.16%) UIKit
8 17 (3.72%) ARM Templates
9 16 (3.50%) CSS
10 15 (3.28%) LangChain
10 15 (3.28%) Next.js
10 15 (3.28%) PySpark
11 14 (3.06%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.06%) AngularJS
11 14 (3.06%) Node.js
12 13 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (2.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 152 (33.26%) Cloud Native
2 78 (17.07%) Product Ownership
3 48 (10.50%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (5.91%) Mobile App
4 27 (5.91%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.94%) Life Science
5 18 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.28%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.06%) AI Agents
8 13 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.63%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.97%) Blog
10 9 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.75%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.75%) PKI
12 7 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (18.38%) Linux
2 62 (13.57%) Windows
3 30 (6.56%) Apple iOS
4 21 (4.60%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.72%) CentOS
6 12 (2.63%) Android
7 7 (1.53%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.31%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.88%) Unix
10 2 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.44%) Solaris
11 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (78.12%) CI/CD
2 280 (61.27%) DevOps
3 193 (42.23%) Test Automation
4 192 (42.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 158 (34.57%) Software Engineering
6 151 (33.04%) Agile
7 134 (29.32%) Observability
8 119 (26.04%) AI
9 118 (25.82%) Microservices
10 115 (25.16%) Containerisation
11 111 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 104 (22.76%) Mentoring
13 96 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
14 88 (19.26%) Clean Code
15 74 (16.19%) Analytics
16 62 (13.57%) Machine Learning
17 61 (13.35%) Continuous Deployment
18 57 (12.47%) Technical Leadership
19 54 (11.82%) Computer Science
20 50 (10.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 193 (42.23%) Python
2 126 (27.57%) Java
3 81 (17.72%) SQL
4 72 (15.75%) PowerShell
5 54 (11.82%) Bash
6 45 (9.85%) TypeScript
7 43 (9.41%) C#
8 35 (7.66%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.60%) Bicep
10 20 (4.38%) Kotlin
11 19 (4.16%) Swift
12 11 (2.41%) Go
13 9 (1.97%) Rust
13 9 (1.97%) Scala
14 8 (1.75%) Groovy
15 7 (1.53%) C++
15 7 (1.53%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.31%) C
17 4 (0.88%) Perl
18 3 (0.66%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (16.63%) Security Cleared
2 57 (12.47%) Degree
3 46 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.06%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.88%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.66%) CCNP
11 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.44%) PMP
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (14.00%) QA
2 40 (8.75%) Accessibility
3 28 (6.13%) WCAG
4 21 (4.60%) GDPR
5 17 (3.72%) Data Quality
6 15 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (2.84%) SLA
8 11 (2.41%) NCSC
9 7 (1.53%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.88%) NIST
11 2 (0.44%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.44%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.44%) IFRS
11 2 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.44%) JTAG
11 2 (0.44%) PMO
11 2 (0.44%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 121 (26.48%) Docker
2 22 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.09%) Firmware
5 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.88%) vSphere
7 3 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 187 (40.92%) Kubernetes
2 113 (24.73%) Grafana
3 88 (19.26%) Ansible
4 38 (8.32%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.84%) Argo
5 13 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.41%) Nagios
6 11 (2.41%) Puppet
7 9 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.31%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.31%) SCCM
9 4 (0.88%) Packer
9 4 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.66%) Control-M
10 3 (0.66%) cPanel
10 3 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.66%) Plesk
10 3 (0.66%) Podman
10 3 (0.66%) SCOM
10 3 (0.66%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 84 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.53%) Dynatrace
3 31 (6.78%) Google
4 23 (5.03%) Databricks
5 20 (4.38%) Splunk
6 17 (3.72%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.28%) VMware
8 12 (2.63%) Amplitude
8 12 (2.63%) Braze
9 11 (2.41%) Apple
9 11 (2.41%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.41%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.53%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.53%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.31%) IBM
11 6 (1.31%) Oracle
12 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.88%) Dell
13 4 (0.88%) Fortinet