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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 376 470
Rank change year-on-year -16 +94 -57
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 302 345 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.71% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.77% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 122 228 305
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,025 £43,750
25th Percentile £48,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.67% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £138,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,248 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.30% +12.50% -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 54,541 44,858 66,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.08% 92.63% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,717 22,158 51,477
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -28 260 £67,750 -9.67% 121
UK excluding London -14 166 £63,248 -6.30% 97
Work from Home +33 152 £60,000 -10.11% 83
London +10 122 £80,000 -11.11% 53
South East +19 70 £65,000 +13.04% 38
North of England -34 36 £60,000 -4.00% 23
Scotland +19 30 £58,609 -22.23% 6
Yorkshire -39 21 £60,000 +21.21% 5
North West -11 13 £75,000 +11.11% 11
Midlands -17 9 £48,000 -36.00% 11
East of England +15 8 £76,250 +1.67% 2
South West -30 8 £62,950 -10.07% 13
West Midlands -4 5 £62,609 -16.52% 9
Wales -1 4 £61,248 -5.77% 4
East Midlands -21 4 £37,500 +30.65% 2
North East - 2 £77,217 - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,217 - 1

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 (3.97%) Appian
2 5 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.32%) Confluence
4 3 (0.99%) Apache
4 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.99%) IIS
5 2 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.66%) nginx
5 2 (0.66%) SAS
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 144 (47.68%) Azure
2 138 (45.70%) AWS
3 83 (27.48%) Azure DevOps
4 75 (24.83%) GCP
5 64 (21.19%) Amazon EKS
6 63 (20.86%) GitHub
7 57 (18.87%) GitHub Actions
8 48 (15.89%) SaaS
9 45 (14.90%) Serverless
10 37 (12.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 34 (11.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (10.60%) Azure Monitor
13 30 (9.93%) Power Platform
14 28 (9.27%) Azure Data Factory
15 27 (8.94%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (6.95%) Amazon S3
17 20 (6.62%) AWS CloudFormation
18 17 (5.63%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (5.63%) AWS Step Functions
19 16 (5.30%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.64%) Firewall
2 5 (1.66%) DNS
2 5 (1.66%) MQTT
2 5 (1.66%) SSL
2 5 (1.66%) VPN
3 3 (0.99%) DMZ
3 3 (0.99%) WAN
4 2 (0.66%) BGP
4 2 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.66%) OSPF
4 2 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.66%) RTMP
4 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.66%) VLAN
4 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.66%) Wireless
5 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.58%) SQL Server
2 28 (9.27%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (6.29%) DynamoDB
4 18 (5.96%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.30%) MySQL
6 12 (3.97%) Pinecone
7 11 (3.64%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (3.64%) Power BI
8 8 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.99%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.66%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.32%) Metadata
12 3 (0.99%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.99%) Tableau
13 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (16.56%) TeamCity
2 45 (14.90%) Git
3 31 (10.26%) GitLab
4 29 (9.60%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.97%) MLflow
6 10 (3.31%) JIRA
7 8 (2.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (1.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.99%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.99%) Gradle
8 6 (1.99%) Maven
8 6 (1.99%) Storybook
9 4 (1.32%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.32%) JUnit
10 3 (0.99%) Crashlytics
10 3 (0.99%) NUnit
10 3 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.99%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.99%) TestNG
10 3 (0.99%) XCTest
General
1 139 (46.03%) Finance
2 71 (23.51%) Social Skills
3 59 (19.54%) Banking
4 55 (18.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (16.23%) Law
5 49 (16.23%) Retail
6 34 (11.26%) Financial Institution
7 33 (10.93%) Back Office
8 30 (9.93%) Pharmaceutical
9 23 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.65%) Marketing
11 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.32%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Advertising
14 2 (0.66%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 68 (22.52%) Lead
2 47 (15.56%) Developer
3 45 (14.90%) Software Engineer
4 37 (12.25%) Senior
5 24 (7.95%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 18 (5.96%) Platform Engineer
8 17 (5.63%) Java Engineer
9 16 (5.30%) AWS Engineer
9 16 (5.30%) Integration Engineer
9 16 (5.30%) Java Software Engineer
10 15 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (4.97%) Power Platform Developer
11 14 (4.64%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (4.30%) Automation Engineer
12 13 (4.30%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (3.97%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 11 (3.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 10 (3.31%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (15.56%) RESTful
2 39 (12.91%) .NET
3 36 (11.92%) OAuth
4 32 (10.60%) React
5 26 (8.61%) .NET Core
6 25 (8.28%) REST
7 24 (7.95%) OAuth2
8 22 (7.28%) JSON
9 17 (5.63%) JWT
10 16 (5.30%) AWS CDK
10 16 (5.30%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.97%) ASP.NET
11 15 (4.97%) Web Services
12 14 (4.64%) Flask
12 14 (4.64%) OpenAPI
12 14 (4.64%) Swagger
13 13 (4.30%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (4.30%) Blazor
13 13 (4.30%) Django
14 12 (3.97%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 92 (30.46%) Cloud Native
2 37 (12.25%) Low-Code
3 35 (11.59%) Life Science
4 26 (8.61%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.97%) Blog
5 15 (4.97%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.32%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.99%) Hackathon
8 5 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.66%) IoT
8 5 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.66%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.93%) Linux
2 15 (4.97%) Windows
3 9 (2.98%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.99%) VMS
5 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.99%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (70.86%) CI/CD
2 163 (53.97%) DevOps
3 122 (40.40%) Test Automation
4 109 (36.09%) Agile
5 104 (34.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 82 (27.15%) Analytics
7 77 (25.50%) AI
8 70 (23.18%) Microservices
9 67 (22.19%) Machine Learning
10 66 (21.85%) Clean Code
11 63 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (19.21%) Software Engineering
13 57 (18.87%) Containerisation
14 55 (18.21%) Continuous Deployment
15 53 (17.55%) Roadmaps
16 51 (16.89%) Disruptive Innovation
17 49 (16.23%) Observability
18 47 (15.56%) Coaching
19 45 (14.90%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 98 (32.45%) Python
2 63 (20.86%) Java
3 55 (18.21%) SQL
4 41 (13.58%) JavaScript
5 38 (12.58%) C#
6 36 (11.92%) Bash
7 34 (11.26%) PowerShell
8 29 (9.60%) Bicep
9 23 (7.62%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.32%) Go
11 6 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.32%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.32%) Rust
13 3 (0.99%) Swift
14 2 (0.66%) C++
14 2 (0.66%) Delphi
14 2 (0.66%) Groovy
14 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.66%) VB
14 2 (0.66%) VB6
Qualifications
1 59 (19.54%) Degree
2 36 (11.92%) Master's Degree
3 31 (10.26%) Security Cleared
4 29 (9.60%) PhD
5 16 (5.30%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.97%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.64%) AWS Certified Developer
8 9 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.98%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.65%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.99%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.33%) LPIC
12 1 (0.33%) MCSE
12 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.60%) GxP
2 17 (5.63%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.63%) GDPR
3 15 (4.97%) Accessibility
3 15 (4.97%) QA
4 6 (1.99%) WCAG
5 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.99%) SLA
7 2 (0.66%) NIST
7 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 73 (24.17%) Docker
2 10 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.98%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.66%) NFS
7 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 149 (49.34%) Terraform
2 122 (40.40%) Kubernetes
3 79 (26.16%) Grafana
4 29 (9.60%) Ansible
5 23 (7.62%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.32%) Argo
8 4 (1.32%) logstash
9 3 (0.99%) Nagios
9 3 (0.99%) Rancher
10 2 (0.66%) Istio
10 2 (0.66%) Puppet
10 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 29 (9.60%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.64%) Ab Initio
3 13 (4.30%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.97%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.97%) UiPath
5 8 (2.65%) Splunk
6 7 (2.32%) Cisco
7 6 (1.99%) Oracle
7 6 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.32%) Google
8 4 (1.32%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.32%) VMware
9 3 (0.99%) Amplitude
9 3 (0.99%) Citrix
9 3 (0.99%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.99%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.66%) Databricks
10 2 (0.66%) MikroTik
10 2 (0.66%) Sonatype
10 2 (0.66%) Ubiquiti