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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 474 634
Rank change year-on-year +106 +160 -28
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 394 191 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.44% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.49% 1.26% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 282 152 197
10th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £44,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +11.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £85,981 £87,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -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 26,494 15,158 34,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.46% 34.91% 35.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14,788 10,657 26,678
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +89 335 £70,000 -6.67% 152
UK excluding London +46 207 £65,000 -4.41% 96
London +32 148 £80,000 -3.03% 65
Work from Home +72 147 £65,000 -10.34% 79
North of England +37 87 £60,000 -11.76% 40
Yorkshire -23 45 £61,250 -9.93% 18
South East +6 36 £62,500 -10.71% 32
South West -40 29 £75,000 +17.65% 10
North West +14 26 £65,250 -13.00% 16
Scotland +21 22 £85,000 +36.00% 4
Midlands -29 21 £70,000 -3.45% 7
East Midlands -5 18 £75,000 +25.00% 3
North East -27 16 £47,500 -17.39% 6
East of England -10 5 £75,000 -1.64% 3
Wales -33 5 £61,496 -5.39%
West Midlands -35 3 £65,000 -11.86% 4
Northern Ireland - 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 10 (2.54%) Apache
2 9 (2.28%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.78%) Confluence
4 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.76%) Appian
5 3 (0.76%) IIS
6 2 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.51%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Drupal
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 394 (100.00%) GitHub
2 236 (59.90%) Azure
3 229 (58.12%) AWS
4 151 (38.32%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (23.86%) Serverless
6 90 (22.84%) GCP
7 66 (16.75%) AWS Lambda
7 66 (16.75%) Datadog
8 61 (15.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 50 (12.69%) Amazon S3
10 47 (11.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 38 (9.64%) AWS Step Functions
12 32 (8.12%) Amazon EC2
12 32 (8.12%) Entra ID
13 31 (7.87%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (6.85%) Azure AKS
14 27 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (6.09%) Amazon ECS
16 17 (4.31%) Firebase
17 16 (4.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (13.20%) Firewall
2 23 (5.84%) DNS
2 23 (5.84%) VPN
3 21 (5.33%) HTTP
4 18 (4.57%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.55%) Network Security
6 13 (3.30%) DSL
7 12 (3.05%) WAN
8 4 (1.02%) SSL
9 3 (0.76%) RTP
9 3 (0.76%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.76%) VoIP
9 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.51%) SAN
11 1 (0.25%) BGP
11 1 (0.25%) DMARC
11 1 (0.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.14%) SQL Server
2 31 (7.87%) NoSQL
3 23 (5.84%) DynamoDB
4 21 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (3.30%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (2.79%) BigQuery
8 9 (2.28%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.28%) MySQL
9 8 (2.03%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.78%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.52%) Flink
12 5 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.27%) Metadata
12 5 (1.27%) Power BI
13 4 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.02%) Big Data
13 4 (1.02%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 151 (38.32%) Jenkins
2 73 (18.53%) Git
3 59 (14.97%) GitLab
4 19 (4.82%) JIRA
5 16 (4.06%) Crashlytics
6 14 (3.55%) XCTest
7 10 (2.54%) TeamCity
8 8 (2.03%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.78%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (1.52%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.52%) Storybook
11 5 (1.27%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.27%) Subversion
12 4 (1.02%) fastlane
13 3 (0.76%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.76%) Gatling
13 3 (0.76%) Gradle
13 3 (0.76%) NUnit
13 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
General
1 128 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 83 (21.07%) Finance
3 30 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.36%) Telecoms
5 19 (4.82%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.57%) Law
6 18 (4.57%) Retail
7 15 (3.81%) Banking
8 10 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.52%) Front Office
10 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.27%) Advertising
12 4 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.76%) Billing
13 3 (0.76%) Electronics
13 3 (0.76%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Marketing
13 3 (0.76%) Military
14 2 (0.51%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 100 (25.38%) Senior
2 86 (21.83%) DevOps Engineer
3 82 (20.81%) Developer
4 50 (12.69%) Platform Engineer
5 39 (9.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (9.90%) Lead
6 35 (8.88%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (5.84%) .NET Developer
7 23 (5.84%) Architect
7 23 (5.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 23 (5.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 22 (5.58%) AWS Engineer
9 20 (5.08%) Senior Developer
10 19 (4.82%) Security Engineer
11 18 (4.57%) Data Engineer
11 18 (4.57%) Senior DevOps
12 17 (4.31%) AWS Developer
13 15 (3.81%) Python Developer
14 14 (3.55%) Java Developer
14 14 (3.55%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (15.74%) React
2 52 (13.20%) Node.js
3 49 (12.44%) .NET
4 36 (9.14%) OAuth
5 35 (8.88%) CSS
6 31 (7.87%) RESTful
7 26 (6.60%) AWS CDK
7 26 (6.60%) HTML
8 23 (5.84%) Elastic Stack
9 22 (5.58%) REST
10 21 (5.33%) .NET Core
11 20 (5.08%) SAML
12 18 (4.57%) ADO
13 17 (4.31%) AngularJS
14 16 (4.06%) ASP.NET
14 16 (4.06%) YAML
15 15 (3.81%) OAuth2
16 14 (3.55%) UIKit
17 13 (3.30%) .NET Framework
17 13 (3.30%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 80 (20.30%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.60%) Mobile App
4 22 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.81%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.55%) Private Cloud
9 11 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.28%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.03%) PKI
12 7 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.78%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.52%) CMDB
14 5 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
15 4 (1.02%) Hackathon
16 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
17 2 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
17 2 (0.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 57 (14.47%) Linux
2 18 (4.57%) Apple iOS
3 15 (3.81%) Windows
4 13 (3.30%) VMS
5 9 (2.28%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.78%) Android
7 5 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.76%) SUSE
9 2 (0.51%) Debian
10 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (93.91%) CI/CD
2 275 (69.80%) DevOps
3 224 (56.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 138 (35.03%) Containerisation
5 118 (29.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 113 (28.68%) Observability
7 111 (28.17%) Agile
8 102 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (18.02%) Analytics
9 71 (18.02%) Test Automation
10 69 (17.51%) Platform Engineering
11 68 (17.26%) Cloud Security
12 67 (17.01%) DevSecOps
13 64 (16.24%) Deployment Automation
14 63 (15.99%) Incident Response
15 62 (15.74%) AI
16 54 (13.71%) Mentoring
17 53 (13.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 52 (13.20%) Continuous Integration
19 49 (12.44%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 193 (48.98%) Python
2 100 (25.38%) Bash
3 78 (19.80%) SQL
4 75 (19.04%) TypeScript
5 69 (17.51%) PowerShell
6 57 (14.47%) JavaScript
7 52 (13.20%) Go
8 32 (8.12%) Java
9 29 (7.36%) Kotlin
10 24 (6.09%) Bicep
11 22 (5.58%) C#
12 15 (3.81%) Rust
13 14 (3.55%) Swift
14 11 (2.79%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (2.03%) Groovy
16 7 (1.78%) Scala
17 6 (1.52%) Dart
17 6 (1.52%) PHP
18 5 (1.27%) C++
19 4 (1.02%) C
Qualifications
1 55 (13.96%) Degree
2 33 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 30 (7.61%) AWS Certification
4 29 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.33%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.57%) SC Cleared
7 16 (4.06%) OSCP
8 13 (3.30%) CISSP
9 10 (2.54%) CREST Certified
9 10 (2.54%) SANS
10 9 (2.28%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.03%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.78%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.76%) CCSP
15 3 (0.76%) CISM
15 3 (0.76%) GCIA
15 3 (0.76%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (6.85%) QA
3 26 (6.60%) GDPR
4 24 (6.09%) SOC 2
5 15 (3.81%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.54%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.78%) GRC
7 7 (1.78%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.27%) SLA
9 4 (1.02%) NIST
9 4 (1.02%) WCAG
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.51%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 146 (37.06%) Docker
2 35 (8.88%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.76%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 243 (61.68%) Terraform
2 157 (39.85%) Kubernetes
3 80 (20.30%) Ansible
4 79 (20.05%) Grafana
5 70 (17.77%) Prometheus
6 19 (4.82%) Argo
7 11 (2.79%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.28%) Packer
9 8 (2.03%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.78%) Cilium
11 6 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.02%) HP Fortify
12 4 (1.02%) logstash
13 3 (0.76%) Puppet
13 3 (0.76%) Rancher
14 2 (0.51%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
15 1 (0.25%) Consul
15 1 (0.25%) Kibana
15 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 63 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.58%) VMware
3 17 (4.31%) Palo Alto
4 16 (4.06%) Google
5 13 (3.30%) Amplitude
5 13 (3.30%) Braze
5 13 (3.30%) Dynatrace
6 11 (2.79%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.79%) Zscaler
7 10 (2.54%) Databricks
8 9 (2.28%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.78%) Ab Initio
10 6 (1.52%) Cisco
10 6 (1.52%) EMC
10 6 (1.52%) F5
10 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.02%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.02%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.02%) SAP
12 3 (0.76%) Tenable