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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 438 604
Rank change year-on-year +91 +166 +41
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 405 215 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.49% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.68% 1.31% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 302 168 173
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,625 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,313 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +1.79% -9.68%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £105,000 £104,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.40%

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 24,071 16,366 31,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.36% 37.32% 37.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12,973 11,127 25,702
10th Percentile £29,212 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +71 322 £70,000 -5.08% 189
UK excluding London +64 208 £65,000 - 133
Work from Home +112 178 £65,500 -6.43% 118
London +62 145 £80,000 -9.86% 86
North of England -2 70 £60,000 -11.76% 44
South East -1 37 £62,500 -3.85% 43
South West -15 37 £75,000 +15.38% 18
Yorkshire -19 36 £60,000 +21.21% 18
Scotland +16 35 £87,500 +48.94% 7
North West +5 21 £65,000 -13.33% 20
Midlands -27 19 £65,000 - 11
North East -4 13 £47,500 -15.56% 6
East Midlands -28 12 £75,000 +50.75% 3
West Midlands -16 7 £60,000 -17.24% 8
East of England +5 6 £66,250 -13.11% 7
Wales -19 2 £58,248 -10.39% 4
Northern Ireland -30 2 £62,500 -

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 (2.22%) Confluence
2 8 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.48%) Apache
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.99%) Appian
5 2 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.74%) Shopify
2 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 405 (100.00%) GitHub
2 246 (60.74%) Azure
3 227 (56.05%) AWS
4 160 (39.51%) Azure DevOps
5 105 (25.93%) GCP
6 98 (24.20%) Serverless
7 68 (16.79%) AWS Lambda
8 66 (16.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 65 (16.05%) Datadog
10 55 (13.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 49 (12.10%) Amazon S3
12 44 (10.86%) Amazon EKS
12 44 (10.86%) Entra ID
13 38 (9.38%) Azure Monitor
14 36 (8.89%) AWS Step Functions
15 33 (8.15%) Azure AKS
16 28 (6.91%) SaaS
17 26 (6.42%) Amazon EC2
18 20 (4.94%) Azure Logic Apps
18 20 (4.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (12.35%) Firewall
2 22 (5.43%) DNS
2 22 (5.43%) VPN
3 21 (5.19%) HTTP
4 18 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.46%) Network Security
6 13 (3.21%) DSL
7 12 (2.96%) WAN
8 4 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.74%) RTP
9 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.74%) VoIP
9 3 (0.74%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.25%) Broadband
10 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.12%) NoSQL
2 39 (9.63%) SQL Server
3 22 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.69%) DynamoDB
5 15 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (3.46%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.47%) Flink
8 8 (1.98%) MySQL
9 7 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.73%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.48%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.23%) Metadata
12 4 (0.99%) Pinecone
12 4 (0.99%) Weaviate
13 3 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.74%) Power BI
14 2 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
14 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 168 (41.48%) Jenkins
2 80 (19.75%) Git
3 69 (17.04%) GitLab
4 18 (4.44%) JIRA
5 11 (2.72%) TeamCity
6 10 (2.47%) CircleCI
7 9 (2.22%) Bitbucket
7 9 (2.22%) Subversion
8 8 (1.98%) Crashlytics
8 8 (1.98%) XCTest
9 7 (1.73%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (1.23%) NUnit
12 3 (0.74%) JMeter
12 3 (0.74%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.74%) Selenium
12 3 (0.74%) Storybook
13 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.49%) fastlane
13 2 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 124 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.64%) Finance
3 42 (10.37%) Telecoms
4 28 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.68%) Banking
5 23 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.69%) Law
6 19 (4.69%) Retail
7 14 (3.46%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.96%) Front Office
9 11 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.48%) Back Office
10 6 (1.48%) Electronics
10 6 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.48%) Marketing
11 4 (0.99%) Advertising
11 4 (0.99%) Billing
11 4 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.74%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (22.96%) DevOps Engineer
2 92 (22.72%) Senior
3 78 (19.26%) Developer
4 49 (12.10%) Lead
5 42 (10.37%) Platform Engineer
6 41 (10.12%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (7.41%) .NET Developer
7 30 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
8 29 (7.16%) Security Engineer
9 22 (5.43%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (5.19%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 21 (5.19%) Senior Developer
11 20 (4.94%) Applications Engineer
12 18 (4.44%) Senior DevOps
13 17 (4.20%) Architect
13 17 (4.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 15 (3.70%) Python Developer
15 14 (3.46%) AWS Developer
15 14 (3.46%) AWS DevOps
15 14 (3.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (17.28%) React
2 62 (15.31%) .NET
3 52 (12.84%) RESTful
4 44 (10.86%) Node.js
5 41 (10.12%) OAuth
6 31 (7.65%) Elastic Stack
7 30 (7.41%) AWS CDK
8 27 (6.67%) CSS
9 25 (6.17%) .NET Core
9 25 (6.17%) HTML
10 23 (5.68%) YAML
11 22 (5.43%) ADO
12 20 (4.94%) OAuth2
12 20 (4.94%) REST
12 20 (4.94%) SAML
13 19 (4.69%) Kafka
14 18 (4.44%) ASP.NET
15 17 (4.20%) JSON
16 16 (3.95%) .NET Framework
16 16 (3.95%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 89 (21.98%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.46%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.22%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.73%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.48%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.23%) Hackathon
13 5 (1.23%) PKI
14 4 (0.99%) Blog
14 4 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.99%) Public Cloud
15 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
16 2 (0.49%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 56 (13.83%) Linux
2 16 (3.95%) Windows
3 15 (3.70%) VMS
4 9 (2.22%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.48%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.23%) Unix
7 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.74%) Android
8 3 (0.74%) SUSE
9 2 (0.49%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (91.60%) CI/CD
2 293 (72.35%) DevOps
3 222 (54.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 159 (39.26%) Containerisation
5 128 (31.60%) Agile
6 116 (28.64%) Observability
7 114 (28.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (19.75%) Test Automation
10 74 (18.27%) Incident Response
11 66 (16.30%) Cloud Security
12 62 (15.31%) DevSecOps
13 61 (15.06%) Analytics
14 60 (14.81%) Platform Engineering
15 59 (14.57%) Deployment Automation
16 57 (14.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 55 (13.58%) AI
18 54 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
19 53 (13.09%) RBAC
20 49 (12.10%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 206 (50.86%) Python
2 120 (29.63%) Bash
3 82 (20.25%) SQL
4 75 (18.52%) PowerShell
5 70 (17.28%) TypeScript
6 62 (15.31%) JavaScript
7 54 (13.33%) Go
8 43 (10.62%) Bicep
9 35 (8.64%) Java
10 25 (6.17%) C#
11 15 (3.70%) Rust
12 14 (3.46%) Kotlin
13 12 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (1.98%) Swift
15 6 (1.48%) C++
16 5 (1.23%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.74%) C
17 3 (0.74%) Dart
17 3 (0.74%) PHP
18 2 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (14.81%) Degree
2 40 (9.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (9.38%) AWS Certification
4 30 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 22 (5.43%) CISSP
6 20 (4.94%) Azure Certification
6 20 (4.94%) CREST Certified
6 20 (4.94%) SANS
6 20 (4.94%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.70%) OSCP
8 11 (2.72%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.49%) CCSP
12 2 (0.49%) CISM
12 2 (0.49%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.49%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.89%) QA
2 34 (8.40%) GDPR
3 33 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (6.42%) SOC 2
5 22 (5.43%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.72%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.98%) GRC
8 6 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.23%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.23%) SLA
10 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.99%) NIST
11 2 (0.49%) ECSS
11 2 (0.49%) WCAG
12 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 159 (39.26%) Docker
2 42 (10.37%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.74%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 239 (59.01%) Terraform
2 180 (44.44%) Kubernetes
3 91 (22.47%) Grafana
4 83 (20.49%) Prometheus
5 80 (19.75%) Ansible
6 25 (6.17%) Argo
7 10 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.98%) Cilium
9 7 (1.73%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.99%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.99%) logstash
11 3 (0.74%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.74%) Rancher
12 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.49%) Packer
13 1 (0.25%) Icinga
13 1 (0.25%) Kibana
13 1 (0.25%) Nagios
13 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.19%) Google
3 18 (4.44%) VMware
4 14 (3.46%) Palo Alto
5 13 (3.21%) Ab Initio
6 12 (2.96%) Zscaler
7 9 (2.22%) Dynatrace
7 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.98%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.73%) Amplitude
9 7 (1.73%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.48%) SAP
10 6 (1.48%) Splunk
11 5 (1.23%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (0.99%) Databricks
12 4 (0.99%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.99%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.74%) BT
13 3 (0.74%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.74%) Mitel