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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 470 569
Rank change year-on-year +57 +99 -32
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 441 227 248
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.45% 0.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.58% 1.41% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 301 179 207
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,400 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.39% -0.38% -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 27,922 16,046 26,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.07% 31.98% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 18,476 11,093 18,730
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,770 £32,074
25th Percentile £43,847 £40,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +69 379 £65,000 -13.33% 306
UK excluding London +59 258 £65,000 +0.39% 169
London -27 140 £77,500 - 179
Work from Home -5 130 £65,000 -10.34% 175
North of England +35 112 £65,000 -2.62% 64
South East 0 56 £62,500 -3.85% 44
Yorkshire +12 52 £65,000 -5.11% 20
North West +15 40 £65,500 +0.77% 34
Midlands -8 32 £65,000 -1.89% 16
Wales -47 25 £60,000 - 5
South West -64 22 £58,750 -2.08% 17
North East -46 20 £47,500 -17.39% 10
East Midlands -5 18 £67,500 +25.00% 5
West Midlands -14 14 £63,750 -5.56% 11
Scotland -2 6 £62,500 -21.88% 10
East of England -21 5 £75,000 +11.11% 8

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 14 (3.17%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.72%) Confluence
3 10 (2.27%) Apache
4 5 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.91%) CICS
6 3 (0.68%) CMS
6 3 (0.68%) IIS
7 2 (0.45%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.45%) nginx
7 2 (0.45%) WordPress
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 441 (100.00%) GitHub
2 282 (63.95%) AWS
3 254 (57.60%) Azure
4 134 (30.39%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (20.63%) Serverless
6 88 (19.95%) GCP
7 81 (18.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 72 (16.33%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (12.93%) Amazon ECS
10 55 (12.47%) Amazon S3
11 51 (11.56%) Datadog
12 47 (10.66%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (7.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 29 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
15 26 (5.90%) Azure Key Vault
16 24 (5.44%) Amazon EKS
16 24 (5.44%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 22 (4.99%) AWS Step Functions
17 22 (4.99%) Power Platform
18 20 (4.54%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.67%) Firewall
2 16 (3.63%) VPN
3 13 (2.95%) DMARC
4 12 (2.72%) DNS
4 12 (2.72%) Network Security
5 7 (1.59%) HTTP
6 5 (1.13%) SAN
6 5 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.91%) DSL
7 4 (0.91%) SSH
7 4 (0.91%) SSL
8 3 (0.68%) BGP
8 3 (0.68%) WAN
9 2 (0.45%) VLAN
10 1 (0.23%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (11.34%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (8.16%) DynamoDB
2 36 (8.16%) SQL Server
3 32 (7.26%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (7.03%) Relational Database
5 27 (6.12%) NoSQL
6 17 (3.85%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (3.85%) Delta Lake
6 17 (3.85%) MySQL
7 15 (3.40%) Power BI
8 13 (2.95%) Redis
9 9 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.04%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.81%) Tableau
11 7 (1.59%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.59%) Data Vault
12 5 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.91%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 169 (38.32%) Jenkins
2 98 (22.22%) Git
3 69 (15.65%) GitLab
4 33 (7.48%) JIRA
5 26 (5.90%) Cypress.io
6 18 (4.08%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.40%) Postman
8 14 (3.17%) Selenium
9 13 (2.95%) XCTest
10 11 (2.49%) TeamCity
11 10 (2.27%) JUnit
12 9 (2.04%) Gradle
13 8 (1.81%) fastlane
13 8 (1.81%) NUnit
13 8 (1.81%) REST Assured
14 7 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (1.36%) Android Studio
15 6 (1.36%) Appium
15 6 (1.36%) Gatling
15 6 (1.36%) Zephyr
General
1 143 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 69 (15.65%) Finance
3 53 (12.02%) Public Sector
4 40 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.85%) Banking
7 16 (3.63%) Retail
8 14 (3.17%) Law
9 10 (2.27%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.04%) Marketing
11 6 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.91%) Automotive
14 3 (0.68%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (0.68%) Games
14 3 (0.68%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.68%) Legal
14 3 (0.68%) Military
15 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 116 (26.30%) Senior
2 110 (24.94%) Developer
3 67 (15.19%) Platform Engineer
4 62 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 57 (12.93%) Lead
6 36 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (7.94%) Senior Developer
8 28 (6.35%) Software Engineer
9 27 (6.12%) Azure Engineer
9 27 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
10 26 (5.90%) Architect
10 26 (5.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 24 (5.44%) Data Engineer
11 24 (5.44%) Java Developer
11 24 (5.44%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 19 (4.31%) AWS Engineer
12 19 (4.31%) Security Engineer
13 18 (4.08%) Software Developer
14 17 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
14 17 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (22.45%) Node.js
2 83 (18.82%) React
3 68 (15.42%) .NET
4 61 (13.83%) Spring Boot
5 53 (12.02%) CSS
5 53 (12.02%) RESTful
5 53 (12.02%) Spring
6 48 (10.88%) REST
7 38 (8.62%) AngularJS
8 35 (7.94%) HTML
8 35 (7.94%) OAuth
9 29 (6.58%) Jest
10 28 (6.35%) OAuth2
11 27 (6.12%) Playwright
12 25 (5.67%) YAML
13 22 (4.99%) Ruby on Rails
13 22 (4.99%) Web Services
14 20 (4.54%) .NET Framework
14 20 (4.54%) GraphQL
14 20 (4.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 125 (28.34%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.58%) Mobile App
3 27 (6.12%) Product Ownership
4 25 (5.67%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 20 (4.54%) Mainframe
7 19 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.95%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (2.72%) Blog
10 12 (2.72%) PKI
10 12 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.49%) Private Cloud
11 11 (2.49%) Public Cloud
12 10 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.81%) Digital Wallet
13 8 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (1.36%) CMDB
14 6 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (16.55%) Linux
2 21 (4.76%) Apple iOS
2 21 (4.76%) Windows
3 14 (3.17%) Android
4 9 (2.04%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.13%) Unix
6 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.45%) AIX
8 1 (0.23%) Debian
8 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (94.78%) CI/CD
2 280 (63.49%) DevOps
3 227 (51.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 145 (32.88%) Containerisation
5 130 (29.48%) Agile
6 111 (25.17%) Observability
7 102 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (22.90%) Software Engineering
9 99 (22.45%) Platform Engineering
10 96 (21.77%) AI
11 95 (21.54%) Test Automation
12 92 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (17.91%) Mentoring
14 76 (17.23%) Analytics
15 73 (16.55%) Microservices
16 70 (15.87%) Full-Stack Development
17 67 (15.19%) Clean Code
18 59 (13.38%) Cloud Security
19 49 (11.11%) DevSecOps
20 48 (10.88%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 179 (40.59%) Python
2 100 (22.68%) Java
3 97 (22.00%) TypeScript
4 76 (17.23%) JavaScript
5 75 (17.01%) Bash
6 69 (15.65%) SQL
7 63 (14.29%) PowerShell
8 44 (9.98%) Kotlin
9 35 (7.94%) C#
10 33 (7.48%) Go
11 25 (5.67%) Bicep
12 24 (5.44%) Ruby
13 18 (4.08%) Groovy
14 17 (3.85%) Swift
15 15 (3.40%) Scala
16 14 (3.17%) COBOL
16 14 (3.17%) PHP
17 8 (1.81%) JCL
17 8 (1.81%) Rust
18 6 (1.36%) Dart
Qualifications
1 73 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.79%) SC Cleared
3 50 (11.34%) Degree
4 32 (7.26%) AWS Certification
5 28 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (5.44%) Azure Certification
7 18 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.36%) OSCP
10 6 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.13%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.91%) CISSP
12 4 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.68%) OCP
13 3 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.43%) QA
2 35 (7.94%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.67%) WCAG
4 18 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.95%) SOC 2
6 11 (2.49%) Data Quality
7 9 (2.04%) GRC
8 7 (1.59%) NCSC
9 6 (1.36%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (1.13%) GDPR
10 5 (1.13%) NIST
11 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.68%) SLA
13 2 (0.45%) IFRS
13 2 (0.45%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 167 (37.87%) Docker
2 15 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 225 (51.02%) Terraform
2 167 (37.87%) Kubernetes
3 59 (13.38%) Grafana
4 48 (10.88%) Prometheus
5 47 (10.66%) Ansible
6 23 (5.22%) Progress Chef
7 15 (3.40%) Argo
8 12 (2.72%) Packer
9 10 (2.27%) Cilium
10 3 (0.68%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.68%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.68%) Puppet
11 2 (0.45%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.45%) logstash
11 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.23%) Consul
12 1 (0.23%) Istio
12 1 (0.23%) Kibana
12 1 (0.23%) linkerd
12 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 52 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.44%) Databricks
3 21 (4.76%) VMware
4 20 (4.54%) Google
5 19 (4.31%) Dynatrace
6 16 (3.63%) OneLogin
7 15 (3.40%) New Relic
7 15 (3.40%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.95%) SendGrid
9 12 (2.72%) Amplitude
9 12 (2.72%) Braze
10 10 (2.27%) Splunk
11 7 (1.59%) Oracle
12 6 (1.36%) Cisco
12 6 (1.36%) EMC
12 6 (1.36%) F5
12 6 (1.36%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.36%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.13%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.91%) Broadcom