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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 478 646
Rank change year-on-year +96 +168 -44
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 417 213 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.46% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 1.40% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 310 163 215
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £59,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -1.45%

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 26,009 15,222 35,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.24% 32.92% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 16,938 10,574 27,007
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,450
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,685
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.58% -7.85%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +67 362 £70,000 -6.67% 158
UK excluding London +57 231 £65,000 -3.70% 106
London +9 142 £80,000 - 79
Work from Home +44 127 £65,000 -10.34% 87
North of England +23 101 £65,000 -5.11% 30
South East +12 49 £61,250 -12.50% 43
Yorkshire +2 47 £65,000 -5.11% 11
North West +25 37 £65,500 -12.67% 17
South West -56 27 £75,000 +15.38% 12
Midlands -22 26 £67,500 +1.89% 11
East Midlands +2 22 £72,500 +28.89% 5
North East -34 17 £47,000 -18.26% 2
Wales -35 13 £71,500 +19.17% 1
Scotland +16 7 £85,000 +31.78% 7
East of England -8 6 £77,575 +12.84% 4
West Midlands -30 4 £65,000 -7.14% 6
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 11 (2.64%) Apache
1 11 (2.64%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.44%) Confluence
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.72%) IIS
4 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
4 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.48%) nginx
4 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.48%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.24%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 417 (100.00%) GitHub
2 254 (60.91%) AWS
3 236 (56.59%) Azure
4 138 (33.09%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (21.58%) GCP
6 86 (20.62%) Serverless
7 69 (16.55%) AWS CloudFormation
8 63 (15.11%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (12.23%) Amazon S3
10 48 (11.51%) Datadog
11 43 (10.31%) Amazon EC2
12 39 (9.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 37 (8.87%) Amazon ECS
14 31 (7.43%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (6.95%) Azure Monitor
16 28 (6.71%) AWS Step Functions
17 24 (5.76%) Azure Key Vault
18 21 (5.04%) Azure AKS
18 21 (5.04%) Entra ID
18 21 (5.04%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.27%) Firewall
2 23 (5.52%) VPN
3 21 (5.04%) DNS
4 19 (4.56%) HTTP
5 17 (4.08%) Network Security
6 14 (3.36%) TCP/IP
7 13 (3.12%) DMARC
8 11 (2.64%) DSL
9 7 (1.68%) WAN
10 4 (0.96%) SAN
10 4 (0.96%) SSL
11 3 (0.72%) RTP
11 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.72%) VoIP
11 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.48%) BGP
12 2 (0.48%) VLAN
13 1 (0.24%) LTE
13 1 (0.24%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.67%) SQL Server
2 28 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (5.28%) NoSQL
4 21 (5.04%) DynamoDB
5 20 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (3.84%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.60%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (3.60%) MySQL
8 14 (3.36%) Delta Lake
9 9 (2.16%) Power BI
10 8 (1.92%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.68%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.20%) Big Data
12 5 (1.20%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.20%) Redis
12 5 (1.20%) Tableau
13 4 (0.96%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 162 (38.85%) Jenkins
2 81 (19.42%) Git
3 62 (14.87%) GitLab
4 27 (6.47%) JIRA
5 20 (4.80%) Crashlytics
6 15 (3.60%) TeamCity
6 15 (3.60%) XCTest
7 12 (2.88%) Cypress.io
8 10 (2.40%) Postman
9 9 (2.16%) Selenium
10 8 (1.92%) fastlane
10 8 (1.92%) Gradle
11 7 (1.68%) CircleCI
11 7 (1.68%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.68%) Storybook
11 7 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (1.44%) Android Studio
12 6 (1.44%) Gatling
13 5 (1.20%) Zephyr
14 4 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 122 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 56 (13.43%) Finance
3 33 (7.91%) Public Sector
4 28 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.76%) Retail
6 22 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.08%) Banking
8 15 (3.60%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.36%) Law
10 8 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.20%) Advertising
13 4 (0.96%) Automotive
14 3 (0.72%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (0.72%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.72%) Military
15 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 104 (24.94%) Senior
2 93 (22.30%) Developer
3 72 (17.27%) DevOps Engineer
4 60 (14.39%) Platform Engineer
5 53 (12.71%) Lead
6 47 (11.27%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (7.67%) Azure Engineer
8 29 (6.95%) Security Engineer
9 28 (6.71%) Senior Developer
10 27 (6.47%) Architect
10 27 (6.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 24 (5.76%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (5.04%) Data Engineer
13 20 (4.80%) Java Developer
13 20 (4.80%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 19 (4.56%) Automation Engineer
15 18 (4.32%) Software Engineer
16 16 (3.84%) .NET Developer
16 16 (3.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 16 (3.84%) Cloud Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (17.75%) Node.js
2 60 (14.39%) React
3 48 (11.51%) CSS
4 45 (10.79%) .NET
5 38 (9.11%) OAuth
6 35 (8.39%) RESTful
7 34 (8.15%) HTML
7 34 (8.15%) REST
8 33 (7.91%) Spring Boot
9 27 (6.47%) Spring
9 27 (6.47%) YAML
10 25 (6.00%) AngularJS
11 23 (5.52%) OAuth2
12 20 (4.80%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (4.56%) AWS CDK
14 18 (4.32%) Web Services
15 17 (4.08%) Playwright
16 16 (3.84%) Vue
17 15 (3.60%) UIKit
18 14 (3.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 112 (26.86%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.19%) Mobile App
3 23 (5.52%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.28%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.60%) Private Cloud
7 14 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.36%) PKI
8 12 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.40%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.68%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.44%) Blog
12 6 (1.44%) CMDB
12 6 (1.44%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.20%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.96%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 62 (14.87%) Linux
2 20 (4.80%) Apple iOS
3 19 (4.56%) Windows
4 11 (2.64%) Android
5 10 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.44%) VMS
7 5 (1.20%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.48%) Debian
10 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (93.29%) CI/CD
2 266 (63.79%) DevOps
3 227 (54.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 151 (36.21%) Containerisation
5 118 (28.30%) Agile
6 100 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 97 (23.26%) Observability
8 87 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (19.66%) Test Automation
10 81 (19.42%) Platform Engineering
11 75 (17.99%) AI
12 74 (17.75%) Mentoring
13 72 (17.27%) Cloud Security
13 72 (17.27%) Software Engineering
14 70 (16.79%) Analytics
15 59 (14.15%) DevSecOps
16 57 (13.67%) Incident Response
16 57 (13.67%) Microservices
17 56 (13.43%) Clean Code
18 55 (13.19%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 192 (46.04%) Python
2 91 (21.82%) Bash
3 76 (18.23%) TypeScript
4 73 (17.51%) PowerShell
5 68 (16.31%) SQL
6 66 (15.83%) Java
7 61 (14.63%) JavaScript
8 48 (11.51%) Go
9 39 (9.35%) Kotlin
10 32 (7.67%) C#
11 24 (5.76%) Bicep
12 16 (3.84%) Swift
13 15 (3.60%) Groovy
14 13 (3.12%) Rust
15 12 (2.88%) Ruby
15 12 (2.88%) Scala
16 8 (1.92%) PHP
17 7 (1.68%) Dart
18 6 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
19 5 (1.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (12.71%) Degree
2 52 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.15%) AWS Certification
3 34 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (4.80%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.36%) OSCP
7 13 (3.12%) CISSP
8 9 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.92%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.92%) SANS
10 7 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.72%) CCSP
13 3 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.15%) QA
2 33 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (7.19%) Accessibility
4 24 (5.76%) SOC 2
5 14 (3.36%) WCAG
6 13 (3.12%) GRC
7 12 (2.88%) GDPR
8 11 (2.64%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.68%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.20%) NCSC
12 4 (0.96%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.72%) NIST
14 2 (0.48%) IFRS
14 2 (0.48%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.48%) SLA
14 2 (0.48%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 146 (35.01%) Docker
2 24 (5.76%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 231 (55.40%) Terraform
2 161 (38.61%) Kubernetes
3 67 (16.07%) Ansible
4 65 (15.59%) Grafana
5 54 (12.95%) Prometheus
6 18 (4.32%) Progress Chef
7 13 (3.12%) Argo
7 13 (3.12%) Cilium
8 9 (2.16%) Packer
9 8 (1.92%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.96%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.72%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.72%) Puppet
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.24%) Consul
13 1 (0.24%) Istio
13 1 (0.24%) Kibana
13 1 (0.24%) linkerd
13 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.76%) VMware
3 18 (4.32%) Dynatrace
4 17 (4.08%) Google
5 14 (3.36%) Amplitude
5 14 (3.36%) Braze
5 14 (3.36%) Databricks
6 13 (3.12%) SendGrid
7 11 (2.64%) Palo Alto
7 11 (2.64%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.68%) New Relic
8 7 (1.68%) OneLogin
9 6 (1.44%) Cisco
9 6 (1.44%) EMC
9 6 (1.44%) F5
9 6 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.20%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.96%) Splunk
12 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.72%) Varonis