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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 471 592
Rank change year-on-year +67 +121 -24
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 421 217 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.44% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.55% 1.36% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 315 170 214
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,200 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,258 £59,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.39% +3.60% -3.85%

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 27,128 15,899 30,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.11% 32.32% 32.75%
Number of salaries quoted 17,761 11,058 23,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,598 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +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 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for GitHub Actions in the UK

GitHub Actions
Top 16 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 21 July 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 +80 363 £65,500 -12.67% 179
UK excluding London +64 236 £65,000 +0.39% 92
London +13 140 £80,000 - 105
Work from Home +23 132 £65,000 -10.34% 91
North of England +50 99 £63,750 -6.93% 44
South East +9 55 £62,500 -20.63% 27
Yorkshire -1 46 £65,000 -5.11% 13
North West +24 37 £65,500 -12.67% 26
Midlands -23 28 £65,000 -1.89% 8
South West -50 22 £72,500 +16.00% 2
East Midlands -4 21 £70,000 +29.63% 2
Wales -45 20 £60,000 - 4
North East -36 16 £47,250 -17.83% 5
West Midlands -28 7 £63,750 -5.56% 6
Scotland +9 6 £85,000 +31.78% 5
East of England -8 6 £77,575 +19.35% 1

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 10 (2.38%) Apache
1 10 (2.38%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.43%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) IIS
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.48%) CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.48%) nginx
5 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.48%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.48%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 421 (100.00%) GitHub
2 260 (61.76%) AWS
3 239 (56.77%) Azure
4 135 (32.07%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (21.38%) GCP
6 85 (20.19%) Serverless
7 71 (16.86%) AWS CloudFormation
8 65 (15.44%) AWS Lambda
9 54 (12.83%) Amazon S3
10 46 (10.93%) Amazon EC2
11 45 (10.69%) Datadog
12 42 (9.98%) Amazon ECS
13 35 (8.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 31 (7.36%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (6.65%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (5.70%) AWS Step Functions
17 21 (4.99%) Azure Key Vault
17 21 (4.99%) Firebase
18 19 (4.51%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 19 (4.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.98%) Firewall
2 20 (4.75%) DNS
2 20 (4.75%) VPN
3 17 (4.04%) Network Security
4 16 (3.80%) HTTP
5 13 (3.09%) DMARC
6 12 (2.85%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.14%) DSL
8 5 (1.19%) SAN
9 4 (0.95%) SSH
9 4 (0.95%) SSL
9 4 (0.95%) WAN
10 2 (0.48%) BGP
10 2 (0.48%) RTP
10 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.48%) VLAN
10 2 (0.48%) VoIP
10 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.24%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.08%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (7.60%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
4 24 (5.70%) DynamoDB
4 24 (5.70%) NoSQL
5 22 (5.23%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.56%) Delta Lake
6 15 (3.56%) MySQL
7 14 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (2.38%) Power BI
9 8 (1.90%) Redis
10 7 (1.66%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.43%) Tableau
12 5 (1.19%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.19%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.19%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.95%) Big Data
13 4 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.71%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 163 (38.72%) Jenkins
2 84 (19.95%) Git
3 72 (17.10%) GitLab
4 28 (6.65%) JIRA
5 20 (4.75%) Crashlytics
6 16 (3.80%) Cypress.io
7 15 (3.56%) XCTest
8 14 (3.33%) TeamCity
9 12 (2.85%) Postman
10 11 (2.61%) Selenium
11 8 (1.90%) fastlane
11 8 (1.90%) Gradle
11 8 (1.90%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.66%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (1.43%) Android Studio
13 6 (1.43%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.43%) Gatling
13 6 (1.43%) Storybook
13 6 (1.43%) Zephyr
14 5 (1.19%) JUnit
General
1 128 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 50 (11.88%) Finance
3 39 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (5.23%) Retail
7 17 (4.04%) Banking
8 12 (2.85%) Law
8 12 (2.85%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.95%) Automotive
12 3 (0.71%) Advertising
12 3 (0.71%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.71%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 106 (25.18%) Senior
2 97 (23.04%) Developer
3 73 (17.34%) DevOps Engineer
4 61 (14.49%) Platform Engineer
5 55 (13.06%) Lead
6 43 (10.21%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (7.36%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.89%) Azure Engineer
9 28 (6.65%) Security Engineer
10 27 (6.41%) Architect
11 26 (6.18%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 22 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
13 21 (4.99%) Automation Engineer
13 21 (4.99%) AWS Engineer
13 21 (4.99%) Data Engineer
13 21 (4.99%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 19 (4.51%) Java Developer
15 17 (4.04%) Software Engineer
16 16 (3.80%) Cloud Automation Engineer
16 16 (3.80%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (19.00%) Node.js
2 62 (14.73%) React
3 47 (11.16%) CSS
4 45 (10.69%) .NET
5 41 (9.74%) RESTful
6 39 (9.26%) REST
6 39 (9.26%) Spring Boot
7 38 (9.03%) OAuth
8 31 (7.36%) HTML
8 31 (7.36%) Spring
9 27 (6.41%) OAuth2
9 27 (6.41%) YAML
10 23 (5.46%) AngularJS
11 22 (5.23%) Playwright
12 20 (4.75%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (4.51%) Web Services
14 18 (4.28%) AWS CDK
14 18 (4.28%) Vue
15 16 (3.80%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (3.80%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 112 (26.60%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.13%) Mobile App
3 25 (5.94%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (5.70%) Product Ownership
5 19 (4.51%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.56%) PKI
8 14 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.33%) Private Cloud
9 12 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.61%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (2.61%) Mainframe
11 9 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.14%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.43%) Blog
12 6 (1.43%) CMDB
12 6 (1.43%) Digital Wallet
12 6 (1.43%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 68 (16.15%) Linux
2 20 (4.75%) Apple iOS
2 20 (4.75%) Windows
3 11 (2.61%) Android
4 9 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.95%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.95%) Unix
6 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.71%) VMS
7 2 (0.48%) Debian
8 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (93.11%) CI/CD
2 267 (63.42%) DevOps
3 220 (52.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 153 (36.34%) Containerisation
5 124 (29.45%) Agile
6 97 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 94 (22.33%) Observability
8 88 (20.90%) Platform Engineering
9 86 (20.43%) Test Automation
10 84 (19.95%) AI
11 80 (19.00%) Software Engineering
12 76 (18.05%) Mentoring
13 70 (16.63%) Cloud Security
14 66 (15.68%) Analytics
15 65 (15.44%) Microservices
16 60 (14.25%) DevSecOps
17 59 (14.01%) Clean Code
17 59 (14.01%) Full-Stack Development
18 53 (12.59%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 189 (44.89%) Python
2 88 (20.90%) Bash
3 76 (18.05%) TypeScript
4 73 (17.34%) Java
5 72 (17.10%) PowerShell
6 63 (14.96%) JavaScript
7 61 (14.49%) SQL
8 43 (10.21%) Go
9 38 (9.03%) Kotlin
10 30 (7.13%) C#
11 25 (5.94%) Bicep
12 17 (4.04%) Ruby
13 16 (3.80%) Swift
14 15 (3.56%) Groovy
15 12 (2.85%) Scala
16 11 (2.61%) Rust
17 10 (2.38%) PHP
18 7 (1.66%) COBOL
18 7 (1.66%) Dart
19 4 (0.95%) C++
Qualifications
1 52 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.88%) Degree
3 38 (9.03%) AWS Certification
4 33 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 23 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (5.23%) Azure Certification
7 15 (3.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.85%) OSCP
9 11 (2.61%) CISSP
9 11 (2.61%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.43%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (1.43%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.43%) SANS
11 6 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.19%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.95%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.79%) QA
2 32 (7.60%) Accessibility
3 29 (6.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (4.99%) SOC 2
5 18 (4.28%) WCAG
6 13 (3.09%) GRC
7 11 (2.61%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.90%) GDPR
9 7 (1.66%) NCSC
10 6 (1.43%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (1.43%) PCI DSS
11 5 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.71%) NIST
13 2 (0.48%) IFRS
13 2 (0.48%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.48%) SLA
13 2 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 145 (34.44%) Docker
2 18 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.48%) Firmware
5 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.48%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 226 (53.68%) Terraform
2 162 (38.48%) Kubernetes
3 63 (14.96%) Ansible
3 63 (14.96%) Grafana
4 54 (12.83%) Prometheus
5 19 (4.51%) Progress Chef
6 15 (3.56%) Argo
7 13 (3.09%) Cilium
8 9 (2.14%) Packer
9 6 (1.43%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.95%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.71%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.71%) Puppet
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.24%) Consul
13 1 (0.24%) Istio
13 1 (0.24%) linkerd
13 1 (0.24%) logstash
13 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.46%) VMware
3 18 (4.28%) Dynatrace
4 17 (4.04%) Google
5 16 (3.80%) Databricks
6 14 (3.33%) Amplitude
6 14 (3.33%) Braze
7 13 (3.09%) SendGrid
8 12 (2.85%) New Relic
9 11 (2.61%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.38%) OneLogin
11 8 (1.90%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.43%) Cisco
12 6 (1.43%) EMC
12 6 (1.43%) F5
12 6 (1.43%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.95%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.71%) Splunk
14 3 (0.71%) Tenable