Deployment Automation Jobs

Deployment Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Deployment Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Deployment Automation over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 368 426
Rank change year-on-year -32 +58 -85
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 443 466 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.82% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.87% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 214 335 622
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £61,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.92% -

All Process and 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 63,716 53,794 130,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 94.21% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 30,127 38,774 76,095
10th Percentile £34,462 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,867 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,439 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.69% - +5.00%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Deployment Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Deployment Automation.

Salary trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 15 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 8 November 2024. 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 -39 434 £67,500 -3.57% 93
Work from Home +29 247 £67,500 -3.57% 149
UK excluding London -58 229 £58,500 -5.26% 63
London +29 202 £90,000 - 40
North of England -10 94 £49,500 -29.29% 18
Yorkshire +79 77 £49,500 -40.00% 7
South East -31 59 £53,213 -5.40% 7
South West -3 36 £67,500 +12.50% 6
Midlands -65 27 £60,000 - 12
West Midlands -34 23 £60,000 +2.13% 11
North West -81 17 £35,000 -50.00% 9
East of England -48 16 £47,500 -42.42% 5
East Midlands -30 4 £34,352 -46.12% 1
Scotland -16 2 £52,500 -34.38% 14
Wales +18 1 £65,000 -

Deployment Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.13%) CMS
2 4 (0.90%) Headless CMS
2 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.68%) Apache
3 3 (0.68%) Confluence
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.68%) Strapi
3 3 (0.68%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.68%) WordPress
4 2 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.23%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.23%) Kentico
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.45%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 156 (35.21%) Azure
2 145 (32.73%) AWS
3 100 (22.57%) GitHub
4 87 (19.64%) GitHub Actions
5 66 (14.90%) GCP
6 57 (12.87%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (10.61%) SaaS
8 44 (9.93%) Serverless
9 33 (7.45%) Amazon EC2
9 33 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (7.00%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (5.87%) Amazon S3
11 26 (5.87%) PaaS
12 24 (5.42%) Amazon EKS
13 21 (4.74%) IaaS
14 19 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (4.06%) Entra ID
16 17 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (3.16%) Azure Storage
18 13 (2.93%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (28.67%) Broadband
2 12 (2.71%) VPN
3 11 (2.48%) Firewall
4 7 (1.58%) HTTP
5 4 (0.90%) Network Security
5 4 (0.90%) WAN
6 3 (0.68%) DHCP
6 3 (0.68%) DNS
7 2 (0.45%) Internet
7 2 (0.45%) LAN
7 2 (0.45%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) ADSL
8 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.23%) SMTP
8 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.23%) VLAN
8 1 (0.23%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.06%) NoSQL
2 15 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (3.16%) MySQL
4 12 (2.71%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.13%) InfluxDB
7 5 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.13%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.68%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.45%) Flink
10 2 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.45%) GIS
10 2 (0.45%) Metadata
10 2 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.45%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 59 (13.32%) CircleCI
2 52 (11.74%) Jenkins
3 51 (11.51%) Git
4 23 (5.19%) SonarQube
5 22 (4.97%) GitLab
6 18 (4.06%) TeamCity
7 16 (3.61%) Artifactory
8 13 (2.93%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.48%) JIRA
10 10 (2.26%) Maven
10 10 (2.26%) Visual Studio Team System
11 8 (1.81%) Visual Studio
11 8 (1.81%) webpack
12 7 (1.58%) IntelliJ
12 7 (1.58%) JUnit
12 7 (1.58%) Mockito
13 5 (1.13%) Ant
13 5 (1.13%) Babel
14 4 (0.90%) NUnit
15 3 (0.68%) gulp
General
1 211 (47.63%) Social Skills
2 149 (33.63%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (18.28%) Organisational Skills
4 77 (17.38%) Public Sector
5 56 (12.64%) Finance
6 34 (7.67%) Law
7 30 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (6.55%) Retail
9 27 (6.09%) Marketing
10 20 (4.51%) Advertising
11 19 (4.29%) Banking
12 18 (4.06%) Front Office
13 11 (2.48%) Legal
14 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.13%) Agriculture
16 4 (0.90%) Digital Health
17 3 (0.68%) Back Office
17 3 (0.68%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.68%) Games
17 3 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (39.50%) Lead
2 125 (28.22%) Team Leader
3 72 (16.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 66 (14.90%) Developer
5 64 (14.45%) Senior
6 40 (9.03%) Software Engineer
7 32 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
8 26 (5.87%) Senior DevOps
8 26 (5.87%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 26 (5.87%) Software Developer
9 22 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (4.74%) .NET Software Engineer
10 21 (4.74%) C# Software Engineer
10 21 (4.74%) Lead Software Engineer
11 19 (4.29%) AWS DevOps
12 18 (4.06%) Operations Director
12 18 (4.06%) Senior Developer
12 18 (4.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 17 (3.84%) Lead DevOps
14 16 (3.61%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (31.15%) Elastic Stack
2 71 (16.03%) .NET
3 59 (13.32%) React
4 57 (12.87%) RESTful
5 55 (12.42%) AngularJS
6 49 (11.06%) .NET Core
7 23 (5.19%) CSS
7 23 (5.19%) HTML
8 22 (4.97%) ARM Templates
9 18 (4.06%) ASP.NET
9 18 (4.06%) Azure Blueprints
10 16 (3.61%) .NET Framework
11 15 (3.39%) Vue
12 14 (3.16%) Sass
13 13 (2.93%) REST
14 12 (2.71%) JSON
14 12 (2.71%) Web Services
15 11 (2.48%) Spring
15 11 (2.48%) Spring Boot
16 10 (2.26%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 123 (27.77%) Private Cloud
2 76 (17.16%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (16.25%) Public Cloud
4 44 (9.93%) Management Information System
5 27 (6.09%) Blog
6 21 (4.74%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.06%) Digital Media
8 17 (3.84%) Cloud Native
8 17 (3.84%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (3.39%) IoT
10 11 (2.48%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.26%) Tandem
12 9 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (2.03%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.58%) Credit Derivative
14 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (1.13%) Algorithms
15 5 (1.13%) Data Structures
15 5 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
15 5 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 187 (42.21%) Linux
2 54 (12.19%) Windows
3 19 (4.29%) Windows 10
3 19 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.03%) Windows NT
5 9 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.81%) Android
6 8 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.90%) Solaris
9 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.23%) Debian
10 1 (0.23%) SUSE
10 1 (0.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.23%) Unix
10 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (71.11%) CI/CD
2 312 (70.43%) DevOps
3 234 (52.82%) Containerisation
4 219 (49.44%) Mentoring
5 189 (42.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 171 (38.60%) Problem-Solving
7 168 (37.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 156 (35.21%) Continuous Integration
9 153 (34.54%) Continuous Deployment
10 143 (32.28%) Configuration Management
11 140 (31.60%) Computer Science
12 133 (30.02%) Roadmaps
13 129 (29.12%) Task Automation
14 124 (27.99%) Observability
14 124 (27.99%) Product Roadmap
14 124 (27.99%) Validation
15 117 (26.41%) Software Engineering
16 98 (22.12%) Agile
17 91 (20.54%) Infrastructure as Code
18 90 (20.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 178 (40.18%) Python
2 151 (34.09%) Bash
3 130 (29.35%) Shell Script
4 74 (16.70%) C#
5 53 (11.96%) Java
6 47 (10.61%) PowerShell
7 43 (9.71%) JavaScript
8 39 (8.80%) SQL
9 23 (5.19%) TypeScript
10 20 (4.51%) Go
11 12 (2.71%) PHP
12 11 (2.48%) C++
13 7 (1.58%) Perl
14 6 (1.35%) Groovy
14 6 (1.35%) Ruby
14 6 (1.35%) VB
15 3 (0.68%) C
16 2 (0.45%) Bicep
16 2 (0.45%) Swift
17 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 164 (37.02%) Degree
2 136 (30.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 131 (29.57%) Master's Degree
4 123 (27.77%) LPIC
4 123 (27.77%) RHCSA
5 51 (11.51%) Security Cleared
6 28 (6.32%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (3.84%) SC Cleared
8 13 (2.93%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.68%) CEH
10 3 (0.68%) CISSP
11 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.23%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.23%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.23%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (27.77%) NIST
1 123 (27.77%) SOC 2
2 24 (5.42%) QA
3 21 (4.74%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.84%) NCSC
5 6 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.13%) GDPR
6 5 (1.13%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 249 (56.21%) Docker
2 32 (7.22%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.03%) Firmware
4 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.23%) Ceph
7 1 (0.23%) Gluster
7 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.23%) KVM
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.23%) oVirt
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 179 (40.41%) Ansible
2 144 (32.51%) Kubernetes
3 137 (30.93%) Grafana
4 129 (29.12%) Prometheus
5 107 (24.15%) Terraform
6 14 (3.16%) SCCM
7 12 (2.71%) Puppet
8 11 (2.48%) Progress Chef
8 11 (2.48%) WSUS
9 9 (2.03%) Sysprep
10 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.35%) Packer
11 4 (0.90%) Istio
12 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.68%) Nagios
13 2 (0.45%) Backup Exec
14 1 (0.23%) Kibana
14 1 (0.23%) logstash
14 1 (0.23%) Nessus
14 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.00%) Google
3 18 (4.06%) Dynatrace
4 13 (2.93%) IBM
5 12 (2.71%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.71%) BMC
5 12 (2.71%) Remedy
6 10 (2.26%) AppDynamics
7 9 (2.03%) Cisco
7 9 (2.03%) Oracle
8 7 (1.58%) Splunk
9 6 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.90%) Serena
10 4 (0.90%) VMware
11 3 (0.68%) Databricks
11 3 (0.68%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.45%) ESRI
12 2 (0.45%) Informatica
12 2 (0.45%) Meraki
12 2 (0.45%) Veritas