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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 471 505
Rank change year-on-year +129 +34 +171
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 335 247 222
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.64% 1.27% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 250 187 176
10th Percentile £50,750 £48,250 £52,750
25th Percentile £60,063 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -15.24% +9.84%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £100,625
90th Percentile £110,125 £99,250 £143,750
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 20,473 19,423 21,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.27% 36.16% 40.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,206 11,407 18,059
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,250
90th Percentile £98,000 £101,250 £100,000
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 9 January 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 9 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 +68 250 £71,250 +5.56% 545
Work from Home +140 171 £72,500 +11.54% 360
UK excluding London +57 157 £65,000 - 529
London +97 124 £77,500 -8.82% 91
North of England +6 45 £65,000 -4.41% 101
Scotland +43 36 £90,000 +56.52% 18
South West +13 30 £71,250 +9.62% 72
South East -12 24 £75,000 +15.38% 162
Yorkshire -25 24 £60,000 +21.21% 45
North West +32 17 £65,000 -24.64% 38
Midlands +12 13 £60,000 -7.69% 56
West Midlands +8 10 £60,000 -7.69% 19
East of England +24 6 £65,000 -18.75% 88
North East +11 4 £62,500 -13.79% 18
East Midlands -3 3 £60,000 +51.90% 35
Wales -6 3 £61,496 -5.39% 32

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 (2.69%) Confluence
2 8 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.19%) Appian
3 4 (1.19%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.90%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 335 (100.00%) GitHub
2 228 (68.06%) Azure
3 162 (48.36%) AWS
4 156 (46.57%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (23.88%) GCP
6 67 (20.00%) Serverless
7 58 (17.31%) AWS CloudFormation
8 53 (15.82%) Datadog
9 44 (13.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 44 (13.13%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (13.13%) Azure Monitor
10 39 (11.64%) Entra ID
11 38 (11.34%) Amazon EKS
12 36 (10.75%) Azure AKS
13 35 (10.45%) Amazon S3
14 34 (10.15%) SaaS
15 21 (6.27%) AWS Step Functions
16 20 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (5.67%) Cloud Run
18 18 (5.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.37%) Firewall
2 12 (3.58%) VPN
3 9 (2.69%) Network Security
4 8 (2.39%) DNS
4 8 (2.39%) WAN
5 6 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.19%) HTTP
6 4 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.60%) DSL
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.24%) NoSQL
2 40 (11.94%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.16%) BigQuery
4 21 (6.27%) DynamoDB
5 20 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (4.48%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.99%) Flink
8 9 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.09%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.79%) Power BI
10 6 (1.79%) Tableau
11 5 (1.49%) Looker
11 5 (1.49%) Metadata
11 5 (1.49%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.19%) Weaviate
13 3 (0.90%) Redis
13 3 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 125 (37.31%) Jenkins
2 79 (23.58%) Git
3 40 (11.94%) GitLab
4 13 (3.88%) JIRA
5 10 (2.99%) TeamCity
6 9 (2.69%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.39%) Subversion
8 7 (2.09%) CircleCI
8 7 (2.09%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.49%) Selenium
10 4 (1.19%) JMeter
10 4 (1.19%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.90%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.90%) JUnit
11 3 (0.90%) NUnit
11 3 (0.90%) Postman
12 2 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.60%) MSTest
12 2 (0.60%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.60%) TestNG
General
1 114 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 111 (33.13%) Finance
3 28 (8.36%) Telecoms
4 22 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.97%) Banking
5 20 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.18%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.58%) Front Office
7 12 (3.58%) Retail
8 11 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (2.99%) Marketing
10 9 (2.69%) Law
11 7 (2.09%) Back Office
12 6 (1.79%) Electronics
13 4 (1.19%) Billing
13 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 76 (22.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 73 (21.79%) Senior
3 57 (17.01%) Developer
4 46 (13.73%) Lead
5 37 (11.04%) Platform Engineer
6 34 (10.15%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (8.96%) .NET Developer
8 22 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 17 (5.07%) Senior DevOps
11 16 (4.78%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (4.78%) GCP Engineer
11 16 (4.78%) Security Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) Azure Developer
12 14 (4.18%) Development Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) GCP DevOps
12 14 (4.18%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.88%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (3.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (20.90%) .NET
2 64 (19.10%) React
3 56 (16.72%) RESTful
4 36 (10.75%) Node.js
5 25 (7.46%) OAuth
6 23 (6.87%) YAML
7 22 (6.57%) .NET Core
7 22 (6.57%) ADO
8 21 (6.27%) AWS CDK
9 20 (5.97%) ASP.NET
10 19 (5.67%) ARM Templates
10 19 (5.67%) JSON
11 17 (5.07%) .NET Framework
11 17 (5.07%) Blazor
11 17 (5.07%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (5.07%) Kafka
12 16 (4.78%) OAuth2
12 16 (4.78%) REST
13 15 (4.48%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 15 (4.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (21.49%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.16%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.79%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.19%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.19%) Blog
8 4 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.19%) Hackathon
9 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.60%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.60%) Derivative
10 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.54%) Linux
2 19 (5.67%) Windows
3 15 (4.48%) VMS
4 5 (1.49%) Unix
5 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.90%) SUSE
7 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (91.04%) CI/CD
2 269 (80.30%) DevOps
3 173 (51.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 131 (39.10%) Containerisation
5 103 (30.75%) Agile
6 96 (28.66%) Observability
6 96 (28.66%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (25.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (21.49%) Test Automation
9 56 (16.72%) Incident Response
9 56 (16.72%) Platform Engineering
10 55 (16.42%) AI
11 54 (16.12%) RBAC
12 52 (15.52%) Analytics
12 52 (15.52%) Deployment Automation
12 52 (15.52%) Microservices
13 48 (14.33%) Cloud Security
14 47 (14.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 46 (13.73%) Software Engineering
16 45 (13.43%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 170 (50.75%) Python
2 94 (28.06%) Bash
3 80 (23.88%) SQL
4 70 (20.90%) PowerShell
5 60 (17.91%) Bicep
6 54 (16.12%) JavaScript
7 53 (15.82%) TypeScript
8 32 (9.55%) Java
9 30 (8.96%) C#
10 26 (7.76%) Go
11 8 (2.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.19%) Ruby
12 4 (1.19%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.90%) C++
13 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.60%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.60%) Rust
14 2 (0.60%) Swift
15 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 48 (14.33%) Degree
2 41 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (10.45%) Security Cleared
4 33 (9.85%) AWS Certification
5 30 (8.96%) SC Cleared
6 27 (8.06%) Azure Certification
7 17 (5.07%) Master's Degree
8 12 (3.58%) CISSP
8 12 (3.58%) CREST Certified
8 12 (3.58%) SANS
9 11 (3.28%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.90%) CCNA
11 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.60%) OSCP
12 2 (0.60%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.94%) QA
2 37 (11.04%) GDPR
3 26 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.18%) Accessibility
4 14 (4.18%) SOC 2
5 8 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.19%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.19%) GRC
7 4 (1.19%) SLA
8 2 (0.60%) ECSS
8 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 156 (46.57%) Docker
2 39 (11.64%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 203 (60.60%) Terraform
2 167 (49.85%) Kubernetes
3 64 (19.10%) Grafana
3 64 (19.10%) Prometheus
4 47 (14.03%) Ansible
5 24 (7.16%) Argo
6 9 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.19%) Cilium
7 4 (1.19%) logstash
7 4 (1.19%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.90%) Rancher
9 1 (0.30%) Control-M
9 1 (0.30%) Icinga
9 1 (0.30%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.36%) Google
3 14 (4.18%) Ab Initio
4 12 (3.58%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.58%) VMware
5 11 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.39%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.39%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.39%) Zscaler
7 6 (1.79%) Databricks
7 6 (1.79%) LogicMonitor
7 6 (1.79%) SAP
7 6 (1.79%) Splunk
8 5 (1.49%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.49%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.19%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.19%) Talend
9 4 (1.19%) Zoho
10 3 (0.90%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow