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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 471 456
Rank change year-on-year +74 -15 -57
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 482 201 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.40% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.46% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 273 118 272
10th Percentile £45,615 £47,125 £45,022
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,313 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -13.49%
75th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £112,250 £95,375 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%

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 80,408 44,155 65,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.60% 80.85%
Number of salaries quoted 55,868 25,145 40,215
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.58%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +91 401 £70,000 - 472
UK excluding London +30 251 £65,000 +2.36% 265
London +38 186 £82,000 +9.33% 291
Work from Home +52 165 £65,000 - 225
North of England +3 82 £66,250 -3.28% 73
South East -4 51 £65,000 -21.21% 52
South West -38 41 £70,000 -9.68% 46
Midlands -22 36 £52,500 -12.50% 21
North West -1 30 £52,500 -26.32% 36
North East -28 29 £59,815 - 17
Yorkshire -33 23 £82,500 +20.44% 21
Wales -58 22 £52,500 +8.25% 11
East Midlands -16 18 £61,250 -18.33% 10
West Midlands -20 18 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Scotland -2 17 £68,750 -4.84% 37
East of England -19 4 £56,000 - 15
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,500 - 12

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 (2.70%) Confluence
2 11 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.87%) Apache
3 9 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.66%) IIS
4 8 (1.66%) nginx
5 5 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.04%) Camunda
5 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.83%) SAS
7 2 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.41%) CMS
7 2 (0.41%) Luigi
8 1 (0.21%) Documentum
8 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.62%) SPSS
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Magento
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 273 (56.64%) AWS
2 253 (52.49%) Azure
3 152 (31.54%) GCP
4 106 (21.99%) Azure DevOps
5 73 (15.15%) Amazon EKS
6 72 (14.94%) GitHub
7 55 (11.41%) SaaS
8 51 (10.58%) Serverless
9 41 (8.51%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (6.43%) Power Platform
11 30 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (5.81%) Datadog
13 25 (5.19%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (4.98%) Firebase
15 23 (4.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (4.36%) Entra ID
18 20 (4.15%) Amazon S3
18 20 (4.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.36%) DNS
2 19 (3.94%) Firewall
3 15 (3.11%) VPN
4 8 (1.66%) BGP
4 8 (1.66%) DHCP
4 8 (1.66%) Network Security
5 6 (1.24%) OSPF
5 6 (1.24%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.24%) SSL
5 6 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.24%) WAN
5 6 (1.24%) Wireless
6 5 (1.04%) LAN
6 5 (1.04%) MQTT
6 5 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.83%) Broadband
7 4 (0.83%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.83%) NAS
7 4 (0.83%) SSH
7 4 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (9.96%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (7.26%) SQL Server
3 29 (6.02%) MySQL
4 28 (5.81%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.56%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (4.36%) Power BI
7 15 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.90%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (2.28%) Spark SQL
10 10 (2.07%) Metadata
10 10 (2.07%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.66%) Big Data
12 7 (1.45%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.24%) Delta Lake
14 5 (1.04%) DynamoDB
14 5 (1.04%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 102 (21.16%) Git
2 62 (12.86%) Jenkins
3 54 (11.20%) TeamCity
4 45 (9.34%) GitLab
5 34 (7.05%) JIRA
6 17 (3.53%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.53%) Crashlytics
7 13 (2.70%) fastlane
7 13 (2.70%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.28%) XCTest
9 10 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.87%) JUnit
11 8 (1.66%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.66%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.66%) Mockito
11 8 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.45%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.45%) MSI
12 7 (1.45%) Xcode
13 6 (1.24%) Gradle
General
1 146 (30.29%) Finance
2 139 (28.84%) Social Skills
3 98 (20.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 94 (19.50%) Banking
5 70 (14.52%) Law
6 63 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
7 57 (11.83%) Retail
8 53 (11.00%) Public Sector
9 51 (10.58%) Financial Institution
10 43 (8.92%) Back Office
11 10 (2.07%) Marketing
12 8 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.24%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.83%) Legal
14 4 (0.83%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.62%) Front Office
16 2 (0.41%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 95 (19.71%) Software Engineer
2 90 (18.67%) Lead
3 82 (17.01%) DevOps Engineer
4 75 (15.56%) Senior
5 69 (14.32%) Developer
6 38 (7.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.47%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (5.39%) Data Engineer
9 24 (4.98%) Senior Software Engineer
10 23 (4.77%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (4.56%) Site Engineer
11 22 (4.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 21 (4.36%) Lead Software Engineer
13 20 (4.15%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.94%) Technical Leader
15 18 (3.73%) Automation Engineer
16 17 (3.53%) Senior Developer
17 16 (3.32%) Administrator
17 16 (3.32%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (45.44%) Terraform
2 55 (11.41%) REST
3 49 (10.17%) RESTful
4 45 (9.34%) .NET
5 30 (6.22%) React
6 29 (6.02%) Kafka
7 23 (4.77%) Spring
8 21 (4.36%) Spring Boot
9 19 (3.94%) LangChain
10 18 (3.73%) SwiftUI
10 18 (3.73%) UIKit
11 17 (3.53%) ARM Templates
12 16 (3.32%) AngularJS
12 16 (3.32%) CSS
12 16 (3.32%) PySpark
13 15 (3.11%) Next.js
13 15 (3.11%) Web Services
14 14 (2.90%) PyTorch
14 14 (2.90%) scikit-learn
14 14 (2.90%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 170 (35.27%) Cloud Native
2 89 (18.46%) Product Ownership
3 49 (10.17%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (6.43%) Onboarding
5 26 (5.39%) Mobile App
6 20 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (3.53%) Life Science
10 16 (3.32%) AI Agents
10 16 (3.32%) Management Information System
11 14 (2.90%) Virtual Team
12 12 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (2.07%) Blog
15 8 (1.66%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (1.66%) PKI
15 8 (1.66%) Private Cloud
16 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (18.05%) Linux
2 63 (13.07%) Windows
3 29 (6.02%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.56%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.53%) CentOS
6 12 (2.49%) Android
7 7 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.24%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.04%) Unix
10 2 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.41%) Solaris
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (79.88%) CI/CD
2 300 (62.24%) DevOps
3 209 (43.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 203 (42.12%) Test Automation
5 174 (36.10%) Software Engineering
6 154 (31.95%) Agile
7 141 (29.25%) Observability
8 129 (26.76%) AI
9 122 (25.31%) Microservices
10 121 (25.10%) Containerisation
11 118 (24.48%) Mentoring
12 117 (24.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 107 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
14 93 (19.29%) Clean Code
15 72 (14.94%) Analytics
16 66 (13.69%) Technical Leadership
17 65 (13.49%) Continuous Deployment
17 65 (13.49%) Machine Learning
18 53 (11.00%) Coaching
19 52 (10.79%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 197 (40.87%) Python
2 131 (27.18%) Java
3 84 (17.43%) SQL
4 75 (15.56%) PowerShell
5 56 (11.62%) Bash
6 48 (9.96%) C#
7 47 (9.75%) TypeScript
8 35 (7.26%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.36%) Bicep
10 19 (3.94%) Kotlin
11 18 (3.73%) Swift
12 11 (2.28%) Go
13 9 (1.87%) Scala
14 8 (1.66%) C++
14 8 (1.66%) Groovy
14 8 (1.66%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.45%) Rust
16 6 (1.24%) C
17 4 (0.83%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.83%) Perl
Qualifications
1 80 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.20%) Degree
3 49 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.94%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.32%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.49%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.04%) CCNP
10 5 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.83%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.41%) PMP
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.49%) QA
2 37 (7.68%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.19%) WCAG
4 22 (4.56%) GDPR
5 17 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.90%) SLA
7 13 (2.70%) NCSC
8 7 (1.45%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.83%) NIST
10 2 (0.41%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.41%) GRC
10 2 (0.41%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.41%) IFRS
10 2 (0.41%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.41%) JTAG
10 2 (0.41%) PMO
10 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 124 (25.73%) Docker
2 24 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.45%) Firmware
4 7 (1.45%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.83%) vSphere
7 3 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) NDS
8 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 197 (40.87%) Kubernetes
2 114 (23.65%) Grafana
3 91 (18.88%) Ansible
4 38 (7.88%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.90%) Argo
5 14 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.28%) Nagios
6 11 (2.28%) Puppet
7 9 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.24%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.24%) SCCM
9 4 (0.83%) Packer
9 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.62%) Control-M
10 3 (0.62%) cPanel
10 3 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.62%) Plesk
10 3 (0.62%) Podman
10 3 (0.62%) SCOM
10 3 (0.62%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 93 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.88%) Dynatrace
3 32 (6.64%) Google
4 22 (4.56%) Databricks
4 22 (4.56%) Splunk
5 18 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.53%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.32%) VMware
8 12 (2.49%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.28%) Amplitude
9 11 (2.28%) Apple
9 11 (2.28%) Braze
9 11 (2.28%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.45%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.45%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.45%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.24%) AppDynamics
11 6 (1.24%) IBM
11 6 (1.24%) Oracle
12 5 (1.04%) Cisco