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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 456 558
Rank change year-on-year +41 +102 -30
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 456 231 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.46% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.66% 1.45% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 310 182 213
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,525 £47,650
25th Percentile £53,813 £59,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -14.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,125 £101,125 £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 27,511 15,930 25,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.04% 31.86% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 18,545 10,882 17,592
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,875
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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +50 391 £65,500 -9.66% 470
UK excluding London +55 260 £65,000 - 227
London -17 147 £77,500 - 307
Work from Home +15 136 £66,250 -8.62% 267
North of England +44 113 £65,000 -5.11% 79
South East -1 56 £61,250 -18.33% 45
Yorkshire +3 51 £65,000 -5.11% 24
North West +16 42 £65,500 +0.77% 47
Midlands -24 33 £65,000 +1.96% 24
Wales -49 25 £60,000 +2.13% 8
South West -61 22 £61,250 +2.08% 24
North East -43 20 £55,000 -4.35% 10
West Midlands -17 17 £65,000 -3.70% 17
East Midlands -7 16 £65,000 +20.37% 7
Scotland -8 6 £62,500 -21.88% 17
East of England -22 5 £75,000 +11.11% 13

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 (3.07%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.63%) Apache
3 11 (2.41%) Confluence
4 7 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.88%) CICS
6 4 (0.88%) CMS
7 3 (0.66%) IIS
8 2 (0.44%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.44%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) Drupal
9 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 456 (100.00%) GitHub
2 294 (64.47%) AWS
3 255 (55.92%) Azure
4 128 (28.07%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (19.52%) GCP
6 87 (19.08%) Serverless
7 83 (18.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 69 (15.13%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (12.94%) Amazon S3
10 57 (12.50%) Amazon ECS
11 49 (10.75%) Amazon EC2
11 49 (10.75%) Datadog
12 37 (8.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 32 (7.02%) Azure Monitor
14 29 (6.36%) Azure Key Vault
15 28 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
16 27 (5.92%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 21 (4.61%) Azure AKS
17 21 (4.61%) Power Platform
18 19 (4.17%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.70%) Firewall
2 20 (4.39%) VPN
3 13 (2.85%) DMARC
4 12 (2.63%) DNS
4 12 (2.63%) Network Security
5 5 (1.10%) HTTP
5 5 (1.10%) SAN
6 4 (0.88%) SSH
6 4 (0.88%) SSL
6 4 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.66%) BGP
7 3 (0.66%) WAN
8 2 (0.44%) VLAN
9 1 (0.22%) DSL
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
9 1 (0.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.84%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (8.55%) DynamoDB
3 35 (7.68%) Relational Database
4 33 (7.24%) Amazon RDS
4 33 (7.24%) SQL Server
5 28 (6.14%) NoSQL
6 19 (4.17%) Amazon Athena
7 18 (3.95%) MySQL
8 17 (3.73%) Delta Lake
9 14 (3.07%) Power BI
10 13 (2.85%) MongoDB
10 13 (2.85%) Redis
11 12 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.75%) Tableau
13 7 (1.54%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.54%) Data Vault
14 6 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
15 5 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
16 4 (0.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 176 (38.60%) Jenkins
2 98 (21.49%) Git
3 70 (15.35%) GitLab
4 33 (7.24%) JIRA
5 30 (6.58%) Cypress.io
6 20 (4.39%) Postman
7 18 (3.95%) Selenium
8 17 (3.73%) Crashlytics
9 13 (2.85%) REST Assured
10 12 (2.63%) XCTest
11 11 (2.41%) JUnit
12 10 (2.19%) Gatling
12 10 (2.19%) Gradle
12 10 (2.19%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.97%) Newman
14 8 (1.75%) fastlane
14 8 (1.75%) NUnit
15 7 (1.54%) JMeter
15 7 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (1.54%) Zephyr
General
1 153 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 76 (16.67%) Finance
3 54 (11.84%) Public Sector
4 42 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.26%) Banking
7 19 (4.17%) Retail
8 12 (2.63%) Law
9 11 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.97%) Marketing
11 6 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Automotive
12 4 (0.88%) Games
13 3 (0.66%) Digital Healthcare
13 3 (0.66%) Legal
13 3 (0.66%) Local Government
13 3 (0.66%) Military
13 3 (0.66%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 121 (26.54%) Senior
2 108 (23.68%) Developer
3 71 (15.57%) Platform Engineer
4 61 (13.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 58 (12.72%) Lead
6 35 (7.68%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (6.80%) Senior Developer
7 31 (6.80%) Software Engineer
8 28 (6.14%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
9 27 (5.92%) Data Engineer
10 26 (5.70%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 25 (5.48%) Architect
11 25 (5.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 25 (5.48%) Java Developer
12 21 (4.61%) Senior Data Engineer
13 20 (4.39%) Security Engineer
14 19 (4.17%) Automation Engineer
15 18 (3.95%) AWS Engineer
15 18 (3.95%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (52.19%) Terraform
2 106 (23.25%) Node.js
3 82 (17.98%) React
4 67 (14.69%) .NET
5 65 (14.25%) Spring Boot
6 57 (12.50%) Spring
7 55 (12.06%) RESTful
8 54 (11.84%) CSS
9 52 (11.40%) REST
10 39 (8.55%) AngularJS
11 35 (7.68%) HTML
12 32 (7.02%) OAuth
12 32 (7.02%) Playwright
13 31 (6.80%) Jest
14 29 (6.36%) OAuth2
15 24 (5.26%) YAML
16 23 (5.04%) Web Services
17 22 (4.82%) Ruby on Rails
18 21 (4.61%) GraphQL
18 21 (4.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 127 (27.85%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.14%) Mobile App
3 27 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 26 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.82%) Mainframe
6 21 (4.61%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (3.07%) Private Cloud
10 13 (2.85%) Blog
10 13 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
10 13 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
12 11 (2.41%) PKI
13 10 (2.19%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (1.75%) Digital Wallet
16 7 (1.54%) AI Agents
17 6 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (17.54%) Linux
2 21 (4.61%) Windows
3 19 (4.17%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.07%) Android
5 9 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.10%) Unix
7 3 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.44%) AIX
8 2 (0.44%) Debian
8 2 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (95.18%) CI/CD
2 285 (62.50%) DevOps
3 234 (51.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 146 (32.02%) Containerisation
5 129 (28.29%) Agile
6 121 (26.54%) Observability
7 111 (24.34%) AI
7 111 (24.34%) Software Engineering
8 105 (23.03%) Platform Engineering
8 105 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (22.15%) Test Automation
10 92 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (18.42%) Analytics
12 82 (17.98%) Mentoring
13 74 (16.23%) Microservices
14 70 (15.35%) Clean Code
15 66 (14.47%) Full-Stack Development
16 61 (13.38%) Cloud Security
17 49 (10.75%) RBAC
18 48 (10.53%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 186 (40.79%) Python
2 110 (24.12%) Java
3 99 (21.71%) TypeScript
4 78 (17.11%) Bash
5 74 (16.23%) JavaScript
6 70 (15.35%) SQL
7 63 (13.82%) PowerShell
8 44 (9.65%) Kotlin
9 40 (8.77%) Go
10 33 (7.24%) C#
11 27 (5.92%) Bicep
12 24 (5.26%) Ruby
13 19 (4.17%) Groovy
14 17 (3.73%) Scala
15 16 (3.51%) COBOL
16 15 (3.29%) Swift
17 13 (2.85%) PHP
18 10 (2.19%) JCL
19 9 (1.97%) Rust
20 6 (1.32%) Dart
Qualifications
1 77 (16.89%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.18%) Degree
4 35 (7.68%) AWS Certification
5 32 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (5.70%) Azure Certification
7 18 (3.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.54%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.10%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.88%) CISSP
12 4 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.66%) OCP
13 3 (0.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.84%) QA
2 36 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.48%) WCAG
4 19 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (3.07%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.85%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.97%) GRC
8 7 (1.54%) NCSC
9 6 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (1.10%) GDPR
10 5 (1.10%) NIST
11 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.88%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.88%) SLA
12 2 (0.44%) IFRS
12 2 (0.44%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 175 (38.38%) Docker
2 15 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.66%) Firmware
6 2 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 175 (38.38%) Kubernetes
2 60 (13.16%) Grafana
3 49 (10.75%) Ansible
4 47 (10.31%) Prometheus
5 25 (5.48%) Progress Chef
6 15 (3.29%) Argo
7 12 (2.63%) Packer
8 10 (2.19%) Cilium
9 6 (1.32%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.66%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.66%) Puppet
11 2 (0.44%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.44%) Istio
11 2 (0.44%) logstash
11 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.22%) Consul
12 1 (0.22%) linkerd
12 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 59 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.70%) VMware
3 24 (5.26%) Databricks
4 22 (4.82%) Google
5 16 (3.51%) Dynatrace
5 16 (3.51%) OneLogin
6 14 (3.07%) New Relic
7 13 (2.85%) SendGrid
8 12 (2.63%) Red Hat
9 11 (2.41%) Amplitude
9 11 (2.41%) Braze
9 11 (2.41%) Splunk
10 8 (1.75%) Oracle
11 6 (1.32%) Broadcom
11 6 (1.32%) Cisco
11 6 (1.32%) EMC
11 6 (1.32%) F5
11 6 (1.32%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.32%) ServiceNow