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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 491 454
Rank change year-on-year +110 -37 -68
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 535 191 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.43% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 285 90 231
10th Percentile £44,709 £48,250 £44,263
25th Percentile £56,000 £57,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +13.46% -8.18%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,125 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +24.09% -12.00%

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 86,265 44,296 59,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 89.00% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59,107 24,598 32,082
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 16 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 9 October 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 +95 435 £70,000 -6.67% 591
UK excluding London -6 257 £65,000 -4.76% 286
London +69 213 £82,500 +3.13% 325
Work from Home +83 198 £65,000 -15.82% 227
North of England -6 88 £60,000 -20.00% 76
South West -27 55 £76,500 -11.30% 52
North East -23 44 £60,000 -22.30% 12
South East -35 39 £65,000 -21.21% 63
North West -3 31 £57,500 -25.53% 40
Midlands -34 31 £56,250 -6.25% 30
Wales -62 26 £52,500 +8.25% 6
Yorkshire -21 22 £70,000 +2.19% 24
East Midlands -23 17 £61,250 -18.33% 9
Scotland -4 14 £75,000 -4.59% 36
West Midlands -41 14 £51,250 -14.58% 21
East of England -37 5 £56,000 - 16

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 18 (3.36%) Confluence
2 16 (2.99%) Apache
3 14 (2.62%) nginx
4 13 (2.43%) Apache Spark
5 12 (2.24%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (1.12%) IIS
9 5 (0.93%) Camunda
10 4 (0.75%) SAS
11 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.37%) Luigi
13 1 (0.19%) CMS
13 1 (0.19%) Documentum
13 1 (0.19%) JBoss
13 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) Maximo
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.19%) Primavera
2 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 305 (57.01%) AWS
2 287 (53.64%) Azure
3 192 (35.89%) GCP
4 126 (23.55%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (17.20%) GitHub
6 90 (16.82%) Amazon EKS
7 70 (13.08%) SaaS
8 56 (10.47%) Serverless
9 46 (8.60%) GitHub Actions
10 43 (8.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 36 (6.73%) Power Platform
12 30 (5.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (5.61%) Amazon ECS
13 28 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (5.05%) Entra ID
15 26 (4.86%) Azure Functions
15 26 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (4.11%) Amazon S3
17 19 (3.55%) Amazon ECR
17 19 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.93%) DNS
2 18 (3.36%) VPN
3 16 (2.99%) Firewall
4 9 (1.68%) Network Security
5 7 (1.31%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.31%) WAN
5 7 (1.31%) Wireless
6 6 (1.12%) BGP
6 6 (1.12%) DHCP
6 6 (1.12%) LAN
6 6 (1.12%) OSPF
6 6 (1.12%) SSL
6 6 (1.12%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.93%) MQTT
8 4 (0.75%) Broadband
8 4 (0.75%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.75%) NAS
8 4 (0.75%) SSH
8 4 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.15%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (7.66%) SQL Server
3 33 (6.17%) MongoDB
4 32 (5.98%) MySQL
4 32 (5.98%) NoSQL
5 24 (4.49%) Power BI
6 19 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.36%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (2.80%) Relational Database
10 14 (2.62%) Metadata
11 9 (1.68%) Big Data
12 8 (1.50%) Redis
13 7 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.12%) Spark SQL
15 5 (0.93%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.93%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 108 (20.19%) Git
2 74 (13.83%) TeamCity
3 66 (12.34%) GitLab
4 65 (12.15%) Jenkins
5 33 (6.17%) JIRA
6 18 (3.36%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.06%) fastlane
8 10 (1.87%) Crashlytics
9 9 (1.68%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.68%) JUnit
10 8 (1.50%) Mockito
10 8 (1.50%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (1.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.31%) MSI
11 7 (1.31%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.12%) Artifactory
12 6 (1.12%) Xcode
13 5 (0.93%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.93%) Gradle
13 5 (0.93%) Maven
General
1 168 (31.40%) Finance
2 151 (28.22%) Social Skills
3 121 (22.62%) Banking
4 116 (21.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (16.64%) Law
6 84 (15.70%) Public Sector
7 83 (15.51%) Analytical Skills
8 75 (14.02%) Retail
9 62 (11.59%) Financial Institution
10 55 (10.28%) Back Office
11 10 (1.87%) Marketing
12 7 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.31%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.12%) Police
14 5 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Legal
15 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.37%) Military
16 2 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (23.18%) Software Engineer
2 102 (19.07%) DevOps Engineer
3 99 (18.50%) Senior
4 85 (15.89%) Lead
5 78 (14.58%) Developer
6 44 (8.22%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (6.54%) Azure Engineer
8 34 (6.36%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (5.05%) Data Engineer
9 27 (5.05%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (4.67%) Lead Software Engineer
11 24 (4.49%) Java Engineer
12 23 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (4.11%) Architect
14 21 (3.93%) Senior Developer
14 21 (3.93%) Software Team Leader
14 21 (3.93%) Team Leader
15 20 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
15 20 (3.74%) Java Software Engineer
16 19 (3.55%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (51.21%) Terraform
2 63 (11.78%) RESTful
3 55 (10.28%) REST
4 54 (10.09%) .NET
5 40 (7.48%) Kafka
6 39 (7.29%) React
7 25 (4.67%) LangChain
7 25 (4.67%) Spring
8 24 (4.49%) Spring Boot
9 20 (3.74%) Web Services
10 19 (3.55%) AngularJS
10 19 (3.55%) Node.js
11 18 (3.36%) Hibernate
11 18 (3.36%) JPA
12 17 (3.18%) CSS
13 16 (2.99%) PyTorch
13 16 (2.99%) scikit-learn
13 16 (2.99%) TensorFlow
14 15 (2.80%) LangGraph
14 15 (2.80%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 221 (41.31%) Cloud Native
2 110 (20.56%) Product Ownership
3 58 (10.84%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (6.92%) Onboarding
5 32 (5.98%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (4.30%) AI Agents
8 21 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (3.36%) Management Information System
9 18 (3.36%) Mobile App
9 18 (3.36%) Virtual Team
10 17 (3.18%) Blog
11 12 (2.24%) Life Science
12 10 (1.87%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.50%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.50%) Replication
14 7 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 84 (15.70%) Linux
2 51 (9.53%) Windows
3 14 (2.62%) Apple iOS
3 14 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.06%) CentOS
5 8 (1.50%) Android
6 7 (1.31%) Unix
7 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.37%) Solaris
9 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (84.11%) CI/CD
2 364 (68.04%) DevOps
3 243 (45.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 233 (43.55%) Test Automation
5 220 (41.12%) Software Engineering
6 187 (34.95%) Agile
7 160 (29.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 158 (29.53%) Observability
9 152 (28.41%) AI
9 152 (28.41%) Microservices
10 146 (27.29%) Mentoring
11 143 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
12 135 (25.23%) Containerisation
13 110 (20.56%) Clean Code
14 92 (17.20%) Technical Leadership
15 80 (14.95%) Continuous Deployment
16 74 (13.83%) Analytics
17 70 (13.08%) Platform Engineering
18 66 (12.34%) Coaching
19 65 (12.15%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 195 (36.45%) Python
2 147 (27.48%) Java
3 90 (16.82%) SQL
4 69 (12.90%) PowerShell
5 58 (10.84%) TypeScript
6 56 (10.47%) C#
7 52 (9.72%) Bash
8 49 (9.16%) JavaScript
9 29 (5.42%) Bicep
10 13 (2.43%) Go
10 13 (2.43%) Kotlin
11 11 (2.06%) Swift
12 10 (1.87%) C++
12 10 (1.87%) Scala
13 6 (1.12%) C
14 5 (0.93%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.93%) PHP
14 5 (0.93%) Rust
15 4 (0.75%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 110 (20.56%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.41%) Degree
4 35 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.61%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.49%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.93%) CCNP
10 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.37%) PMP
14 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.40%) QA
2 31 (5.79%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.49%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.93%) WCAG
5 17 (3.18%) GDPR
6 16 (2.99%) NCSC
7 13 (2.43%) SLA
8 11 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.75%) NIST
10 3 (0.56%) PMO
11 2 (0.37%) GRC
11 2 (0.37%) IFRS
11 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.37%) JTAG
11 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 140 (26.17%) Docker
2 20 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.12%) Firmware
5 6 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) NDS
7 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 229 (42.80%) Kubernetes
2 145 (27.10%) Grafana
3 82 (15.33%) Ansible
4 46 (8.60%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.43%) Argo
6 11 (2.06%) Puppet
7 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.68%) Nagios
8 6 (1.12%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.56%) Control-M
9 3 (0.56%) cPanel
9 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.56%) Istio
9 3 (0.56%) Plesk
9 3 (0.56%) Podman
9 3 (0.56%) Rancher
9 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.37%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 104 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.60%) Dynatrace
3 30 (5.61%) Google
4 27 (5.05%) Splunk
5 23 (4.30%) Databricks
6 19 (3.55%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.80%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.24%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.24%) Oracle
9 11 (2.06%) VMware
10 9 (1.68%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.50%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.50%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.31%) Apple
12 7 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.93%) Amplitude
13 5 (0.93%) Braze
13 5 (0.93%) Cisco
13 5 (0.93%) Confluent
14 4 (0.75%) Tenable