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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 481 465
Rank change year-on-year +75 -16 -70
Permanent jobs citing Deployment Automation 476 202 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.40% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.46% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 270 118 272
10th Percentile £45,456 £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% -13.79%
75th Percentile £85,750 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £112,750 £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 80,269 44,315 65,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.64% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55,761 25,263 40,217
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 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
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% -6.87%

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 1 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 1 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 +77 397 £70,000 - 455
UK excluding London +26 246 £65,000 +2.36% 266
London +44 186 £81,500 +8.67% 275
Work from Home +61 166 £65,000 - 221
North of England +8 82 £65,000 -5.11% 72
South East -7 51 £65,000 -21.21% 55
South West -43 39 £70,000 -9.68% 45
Midlands -26 34 £51,250 -14.58% 21
North West -5 30 £52,500 -26.32% 36
North East -32 29 £49,815 - 14
Yorkshire -25 23 £82,500 +20.44% 23
Wales -57 21 £52,500 +8.25% 11
West Midlands -16 18 £50,000 -16.67% 13
Scotland -6 17 £68,750 -4.84% 38
East Midlands -10 16 £62,500 -16.67% 8
East of England -18 4 £56,000 - 14
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 (2.73%) Confluence
2 11 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.10%) Apache
4 9 (1.89%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.68%) nginx
6 7 (1.47%) IIS
7 6 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (1.05%) Camunda
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.84%) SAS
10 2 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.42%) CMS
10 2 (0.42%) Luigi
11 1 (0.21%) Documentum
11 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.21%) JBoss
11 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.63%) SPSS
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Magento
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 268 (56.30%) AWS
2 248 (52.10%) Azure
3 150 (31.51%) GCP
4 106 (22.27%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (14.92%) Amazon EKS
5 71 (14.92%) GitHub
6 55 (11.55%) SaaS
7 52 (10.92%) Serverless
8 40 (8.40%) GitHub Actions
9 31 (6.51%) Power Platform
10 29 (6.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 29 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (5.88%) Datadog
12 25 (5.25%) Amazon ECS
13 24 (5.04%) Firebase
14 23 (4.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 22 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (4.41%) Amazon S3
17 20 (4.20%) Entra ID
17 20 (4.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.99%) DNS
1 19 (3.99%) Firewall
2 14 (2.94%) VPN
3 8 (1.68%) Network Security
4 7 (1.47%) BGP
4 7 (1.47%) DHCP
5 6 (1.26%) SSL
5 6 (1.26%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.05%) MQTT
6 5 (1.05%) OSPF
6 5 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.05%) WAN
6 5 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.05%) Wireless
7 4 (0.84%) Broadband
7 4 (0.84%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.84%) LAN
7 4 (0.84%) NAS
7 4 (0.84%) SSH
8 3 (0.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (7.35%) SQL Server
3 29 (6.09%) MySQL
4 28 (5.88%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.62%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.41%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (4.41%) Power BI
7 15 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (2.73%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (2.31%) Metadata
9 11 (2.31%) Spark SQL
10 10 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.68%) Big Data
12 7 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.26%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.26%) DynamoDB
14 5 (1.05%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.05%) Redis
Development Applications
1 101 (21.22%) Git
2 61 (12.82%) Jenkins
3 54 (11.34%) TeamCity
4 45 (9.45%) GitLab
5 34 (7.14%) JIRA
6 17 (3.57%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.57%) Crashlytics
7 13 (2.73%) fastlane
7 13 (2.73%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.31%) XCTest
9 10 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.89%) JUnit
11 8 (1.68%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.68%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.68%) Mockito
11 8 (1.68%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.47%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.47%) MSI
12 7 (1.47%) Xcode
13 6 (1.26%) Gradle
General
1 145 (30.46%) Finance
2 137 (28.78%) Social Skills
3 97 (20.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 94 (19.75%) Banking
5 71 (14.92%) Law
6 63 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
7 57 (11.97%) Retail
8 51 (10.71%) Financial Institution
8 51 (10.71%) Public Sector
9 43 (9.03%) Back Office
10 10 (2.10%) Marketing
11 7 (1.47%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.47%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.26%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.84%) Legal
13 4 (0.84%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.63%) Front Office
15 2 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (19.96%) Software Engineer
2 89 (18.70%) Lead
3 80 (16.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 73 (15.34%) Senior
5 69 (14.50%) Developer
6 38 (7.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.56%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (5.46%) Data Engineer
9 24 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
10 23 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (4.62%) Site Engineer
11 22 (4.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 21 (4.41%) Lead Software Engineer
13 20 (4.20%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.99%) Technical Leader
15 18 (3.78%) Automation Engineer
16 17 (3.57%) Senior Developer
17 16 (3.36%) Administrator
17 16 (3.36%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (45.38%) Terraform
2 55 (11.55%) REST
3 49 (10.29%) RESTful
4 45 (9.45%) .NET
5 30 (6.30%) React
6 29 (6.09%) Kafka
7 23 (4.83%) Spring
8 21 (4.41%) Spring Boot
9 18 (3.78%) LangChain
9 18 (3.78%) SwiftUI
9 18 (3.78%) UIKit
10 17 (3.57%) ARM Templates
11 16 (3.36%) AngularJS
11 16 (3.36%) CSS
12 15 (3.15%) Next.js
12 15 (3.15%) PySpark
13 14 (2.94%) PyTorch
13 14 (2.94%) scikit-learn
13 14 (2.94%) TensorFlow
13 14 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 166 (34.87%) Cloud Native
2 89 (18.70%) Product Ownership
3 50 (10.50%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (6.09%) Onboarding
5 26 (5.46%) Mobile App
6 20 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (3.57%) Life Science
10 16 (3.36%) AI Agents
10 16 (3.36%) Management Information System
11 14 (2.94%) Virtual Team
12 12 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (2.10%) Blog
13 10 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (1.68%) PKI
14 8 (1.68%) Private Cloud
15 7 (1.47%) Data Centre
15 7 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (18.07%) Linux
2 62 (13.03%) Windows
3 29 (6.09%) Apple iOS
4 21 (4.41%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.57%) CentOS
6 12 (2.52%) Android
7 7 (1.47%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.26%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.05%) Unix
10 2 (0.42%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.42%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (79.62%) CI/CD
2 295 (61.97%) DevOps
3 205 (43.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 203 (42.65%) Test Automation
5 173 (36.34%) Software Engineering
6 154 (32.35%) Agile
7 139 (29.20%) Observability
8 126 (26.47%) AI
9 121 (25.42%) Microservices
10 117 (24.58%) Containerisation
11 115 (24.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (24.16%) Mentoring
12 105 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
13 93 (19.54%) Clean Code
14 71 (14.92%) Analytics
15 65 (13.66%) Continuous Deployment
16 64 (13.45%) Machine Learning
17 63 (13.24%) Technical Leadership
18 53 (11.13%) Coaching
18 53 (11.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 194 (40.76%) Python
2 131 (27.52%) Java
3 84 (17.65%) SQL
4 74 (15.55%) PowerShell
5 56 (11.76%) Bash
6 48 (10.08%) C#
7 47 (9.87%) TypeScript
8 35 (7.35%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.41%) Bicep
10 19 (3.99%) Kotlin
11 18 (3.78%) Swift
12 11 (2.31%) Go
13 9 (1.89%) Scala
14 8 (1.68%) C++
14 8 (1.68%) Groovy
14 8 (1.68%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.47%) Rust
16 6 (1.26%) C
17 4 (0.84%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.84%) Perl
Qualifications
1 78 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.55%) Degree
3 47 (9.87%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.78%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.15%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.94%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 10 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.84%) CCNP
11 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.84%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.42%) PMP
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.66%) QA
2 37 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.25%) WCAG
4 22 (4.62%) GDPR
5 17 (3.57%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.94%) SLA
8 12 (2.52%) NCSC
9 7 (1.47%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.84%) NIST
11 2 (0.42%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.42%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.42%) JTAG
11 2 (0.42%) PMO
11 2 (0.42%) Solvency II
System Software
1 122 (25.63%) Docker
2 22 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.26%) Firmware
4 6 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.84%) vSphere
7 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 194 (40.76%) Kubernetes
2 115 (24.16%) Grafana
3 90 (18.91%) Ansible
4 38 (7.98%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.94%) Argo
6 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.31%) Nagios
7 11 (2.31%) Puppet
8 9 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.26%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.26%) SCCM
10 4 (0.84%) Packer
10 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.63%) Control-M
11 3 (0.63%) cPanel
11 3 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.63%) Plesk
11 3 (0.63%) Podman
11 3 (0.63%) SCOM
11 3 (0.63%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 90 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.19%) Dynatrace
3 31 (6.51%) Google
4 22 (4.62%) Databricks
4 22 (4.62%) Splunk
5 18 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.57%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.15%) VMware
8 12 (2.52%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.31%) Amplitude
9 11 (2.31%) Apple
9 11 (2.31%) Braze
9 11 (2.31%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.47%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.47%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.26%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.26%) IBM
11 6 (1.26%) Oracle
11 6 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.05%) Dell