GitHub Actions Job Trends

GitHub Actions
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring GitHub Actions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 462 517
Rank change year-on-year +123 +55 +151
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 353 248 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.47% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.70% 1.29% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 264 184 176
10th Percentile £50,900 £48,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,391 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £68,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% -14.61% +6.18%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £140,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - -7.90% +0.82%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

GitHub Actions falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 20,790 19,180 24,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.00% 36.26% 39.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,300 11,228 19,741
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

GitHub Actions
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GitHub Actions relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GitHub Actions job vacancy trend in the UK

GitHub Actions
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitHub Actions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub Actions over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GitHub Actions in the UK

GitHub Actions
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub Actions within the UK over the 6 months to 20 January 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 +88 266 £70,000 +2.94% 436
Work from Home +124 172 £72,500 +11.54% 265
UK excluding London +63 168 £65,000 - 410
London +103 129 £77,500 -10.14% 80
North of England +3 47 £64,000 -5.88% 86
South West +24 36 £72,500 +11.54% 60
Scotland +32 35 £90,000 +56.52% 13
South East -5 28 £75,000 +15.38% 128
Yorkshire -26 25 £60,000 +21.21% 42
North West +28 17 £65,000 -23.53% 33
Midlands +10 12 £62,500 -3.85% 42
West Midlands +10 9 £60,000 -7.69% 15
East of England +30 6 £65,000 -29.73% 56
North East +12 5 £60,000 -17.24% 11
East Midlands -6 3 £70,000 +77.22% 25
Northern Ireland -7 2 £62,500 - 12
Wales -7 2 £63,248 -2.70% 23

GitHub Actions
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 9 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (2.55%) Confluence
2 4 (1.13%) Appian
3 3 (0.85%) IIS
4 2 (0.57%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 7 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.85%) Shopify
3 1 (0.28%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 353 (100.00%) GitHub
2 233 (66.01%) Azure
3 176 (49.86%) AWS
4 158 (44.76%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (24.65%) GCP
6 75 (21.25%) Serverless
7 60 (17.00%) AWS CloudFormation
8 56 (15.86%) Datadog
9 49 (13.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 49 (13.88%) AWS Lambda
10 45 (12.75%) Azure Monitor
11 43 (12.18%) Entra ID
12 40 (11.33%) Amazon EKS
13 38 (10.76%) Amazon S3
14 36 (10.20%) Azure AKS
15 34 (9.63%) SaaS
16 25 (7.08%) AWS Step Functions
17 20 (5.67%) Azure Data Factory
17 20 (5.67%) Azure Logic Apps
18 19 (5.38%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.80%) Firewall
2 16 (4.53%) VPN
3 10 (2.83%) DNS
3 10 (2.83%) WAN
4 9 (2.55%) Network Security
5 8 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.98%) HTTP
7 4 (1.13%) DSL
7 4 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.28%) Broadband
8 1 (0.28%) RTP
8 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.28%) VoIP
8 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 42 (11.90%) NoSQL
3 24 (6.80%) BigQuery
4 22 (6.23%) DynamoDB
5 21 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.83%) Flink
8 9 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.98%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.98%) Pinecone
11 6 (1.70%) Power BI
11 6 (1.70%) Tableau
12 5 (1.42%) Looker
12 5 (1.42%) Metadata
12 5 (1.42%) MySQL
13 4 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.13%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 133 (37.68%) Jenkins
2 81 (22.95%) Git
3 41 (11.61%) GitLab
4 14 (3.97%) JIRA
5 9 (2.55%) Bitbucket
5 9 (2.55%) TeamCity
6 8 (2.27%) CircleCI
6 8 (2.27%) Subversion
7 6 (1.70%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.13%) JMeter
8 4 (1.13%) NUnit
8 4 (1.13%) Selenium
9 3 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.85%) JUnit
9 3 (0.85%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.57%) Postman
10 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 119 (33.71%) Finance
2 117 (33.14%) Social Skills
3 30 (8.50%) Telecoms
4 20 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.67%) Banking
4 20 (5.67%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.97%) Manufacturing
5 14 (3.97%) Retail
6 12 (3.40%) Front Office
7 11 (3.12%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (2.83%) Law
8 10 (2.83%) Marketing
9 7 (1.98%) Back Office
10 6 (1.70%) Electronics
11 4 (1.13%) Advertising
11 4 (1.13%) Billing
11 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.85%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (22.66%) Senior
2 77 (21.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 64 (18.13%) Developer
4 47 (13.31%) Lead
5 37 (10.48%) Platform Engineer
6 36 (10.20%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (9.07%) .NET Developer
8 24 (6.80%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 18 (5.10%) Security Engineer
9 18 (5.10%) Senior DevOps
10 17 (4.82%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (4.53%) Azure Developer
11 16 (4.53%) GCP Engineer
12 15 (4.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) Applications Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) Development Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) GCP DevOps
13 14 (3.97%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (20.68%) .NET
2 67 (18.98%) React
3 58 (16.43%) RESTful
4 39 (11.05%) Node.js
5 29 (8.22%) OAuth
6 25 (7.08%) YAML
7 24 (6.80%) ADO
7 24 (6.80%) AWS CDK
8 23 (6.52%) .NET Core
9 22 (6.23%) ASP.NET
10 19 (5.38%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (5.10%) HTML
11 18 (5.10%) JSON
11 18 (5.10%) OAuth2
12 17 (4.82%) .NET Framework
12 17 (4.82%) Blazor
12 17 (4.82%) CSS
12 17 (4.82%) Kafka
12 17 (4.82%) Razor View Engine
12 17 (4.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 78 (22.10%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.08%) Onboarding
2 25 (7.08%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.83%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.70%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.42%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.42%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.13%) Blog
8 4 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.13%) Hackathon
9 3 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.57%) Derivative
10 2 (0.57%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.57%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (13.03%) Linux
2 19 (5.38%) Windows
3 17 (4.82%) VMS
4 5 (1.42%) Unix
5 4 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.85%) SUSE
7 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) Android
8 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (90.93%) CI/CD
2 279 (79.04%) DevOps
3 187 (52.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 139 (39.38%) Containerisation
5 109 (30.88%) Agile
6 104 (29.46%) Observability
7 98 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (26.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 72 (20.40%) Test Automation
10 60 (17.00%) Incident Response
11 57 (16.15%) AI
12 56 (15.86%) Platform Engineering
12 56 (15.86%) RBAC
13 54 (15.30%) Analytics
14 53 (15.01%) Cloud Security
15 51 (14.45%) Deployment Automation
15 51 (14.45%) Microservices
16 50 (14.16%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 47 (13.31%) Full-Stack Development
18 45 (12.75%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 181 (51.27%) Python
2 99 (28.05%) Bash
3 86 (24.36%) SQL
4 72 (20.40%) PowerShell
5 61 (17.28%) TypeScript
6 58 (16.43%) JavaScript
7 57 (16.15%) Bicep
8 33 (9.35%) Java
9 32 (9.07%) C#
9 32 (9.07%) Go
10 10 (2.83%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.13%) C++
12 4 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.13%) Ruby
12 4 (1.13%) Rust
13 2 (0.57%) VB
14 1 (0.28%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 49 (13.88%) Degree
2 41 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 35 (9.92%) AWS Certification
5 29 (8.22%) SC Cleared
6 27 (7.65%) Azure Certification
7 17 (4.82%) Master's Degree
8 14 (3.97%) CISSP
8 14 (3.97%) CREST Certified
8 14 (3.97%) SANS
9 11 (3.12%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.13%) OSCP
12 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.57%) CCNA
13 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.57%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.61%) QA
2 39 (11.05%) GDPR
3 28 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.53%) SOC 2
5 15 (4.25%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.70%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.13%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.13%) GRC
8 4 (1.13%) SLA
9 2 (0.57%) ECSS
9 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 164 (46.46%) Docker
2 43 (12.18%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.25%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.85%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 213 (60.34%) Terraform
2 174 (49.29%) Kubernetes
3 71 (20.11%) Grafana
4 69 (19.55%) Prometheus
5 54 (15.30%) Ansible
6 25 (7.08%) Argo
7 9 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.13%) Cilium
8 4 (1.13%) logstash
8 4 (1.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.85%) Rancher
10 2 (0.57%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.28%) Control-M
11 1 (0.28%) Icinga
11 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.28%) Nagios
11 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.93%) Google
3 14 (3.97%) Ab Initio
4 13 (3.68%) VMware
5 11 (3.12%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.12%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.83%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.83%) Zscaler
7 8 (2.27%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.98%) Splunk
9 6 (1.70%) Databricks
9 6 (1.70%) SAP
10 5 (1.42%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.42%) LogicMonitor
11 4 (1.13%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.13%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.13%) Talend
11 4 (1.13%) Zoho
12 3 (0.85%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.57%) Pega