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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 467 621
Rank change year-on-year +59 +154 -43
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 424 218 279
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.44% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.57% 1.37% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 318 168 225
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,100 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 27,025 15,903 33,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.36% 32.37% 33.04%
Number of salaries quoted 17,563 11,080 25,330
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,250
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% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,364
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.21% -6.61%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +67 366 £65,500 -12.67% 152
UK excluding London +53 241 £65,000 - 85
London -9 138 £80,000 - 82
Work from Home +39 135 £65,000 -10.34% 76
North of England +46 100 £65,000 -5.11% 40
South East +31 56 £62,500 -20.63% 29
Yorkshire +5 47 £65,000 -5.11% 9
North West +26 37 £65,500 -12.67% 24
Midlands -8 29 £65,000 -1.89% 8
South West -46 24 £65,000 +4.00% 2
East Midlands -16 22 £72,500 +34.26% 2
Wales -43 19 £60,000 - 3
North East -43 16 £47,250 -17.83% 7
West Midlands -37 7 £65,000 -3.70% 6
Scotland +8 6 £85,000 +31.78% 3
East of England -10 6 £77,575 +19.35% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £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 (2.36%) Apache
1 10 (2.36%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.42%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) IIS
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.47%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.47%) nginx
5 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.47%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 424 (100.00%) GitHub
2 261 (61.56%) AWS
3 240 (56.60%) Azure
4 137 (32.31%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (20.99%) GCP
6 88 (20.75%) Serverless
7 72 (16.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 66 (15.57%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (12.97%) Amazon S3
10 49 (11.56%) Datadog
11 46 (10.85%) Amazon EC2
12 43 (10.14%) Amazon ECS
13 39 (9.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 33 (7.78%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (6.84%) Azure Monitor
16 26 (6.13%) AWS Step Functions
17 22 (5.19%) Azure Key Vault
18 21 (4.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 21 (4.95%) Firebase
19 20 (4.72%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.61%) Firewall
2 23 (5.42%) VPN
3 20 (4.72%) DNS
4 17 (4.01%) HTTP
4 17 (4.01%) Network Security
5 13 (3.07%) DMARC
6 12 (2.83%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.12%) DSL
8 5 (1.18%) SAN
8 5 (1.18%) WAN
9 4 (0.94%) SSH
9 4 (0.94%) SSL
10 3 (0.71%) RTP
10 3 (0.71%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.71%) VoIP
10 3 (0.71%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.47%) BGP
11 2 (0.47%) VLAN
12 1 (0.24%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 32 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (6.13%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (5.90%) DynamoDB
4 25 (5.90%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.48%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.77%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (3.54%) Delta Lake
7 15 (3.54%) MySQL
8 10 (2.36%) Power BI
9 7 (1.65%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.65%) Redis
10 6 (1.42%) Tableau
11 5 (1.18%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.18%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.94%) Big Data
12 4 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 161 (37.97%) Jenkins
2 85 (20.05%) Git
3 70 (16.51%) GitLab
4 28 (6.60%) JIRA
5 20 (4.72%) Crashlytics
6 15 (3.54%) Cypress.io
6 15 (3.54%) XCTest
7 14 (3.30%) TeamCity
8 12 (2.83%) Postman
9 11 (2.59%) Selenium
10 8 (1.89%) fastlane
10 8 (1.89%) Gradle
10 8 (1.89%) REST Assured
11 7 (1.65%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (1.42%) Android Studio
12 6 (1.42%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.42%) Gatling
12 6 (1.42%) Storybook
12 6 (1.42%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.18%) JUnit
General
1 125 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.03%) Finance
3 39 (9.20%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (5.66%) Retail
7 17 (4.01%) Banking
8 12 (2.83%) Law
8 12 (2.83%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Advertising
11 4 (0.94%) Automotive
12 3 (0.71%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.71%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.47%) Games
13 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (25.00%) Senior
2 100 (23.58%) Developer
3 74 (17.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 61 (14.39%) Platform Engineer
5 55 (12.97%) Lead
6 44 (10.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (7.55%) Senior Developer
8 30 (7.08%) Azure Engineer
9 28 (6.60%) Security Engineer
10 27 (6.37%) Architect
11 26 (6.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 22 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
13 21 (4.95%) Data Engineer
13 21 (4.95%) Full-Stack Developer
13 21 (4.95%) Java Developer
13 21 (4.95%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 20 (4.72%) Automation Engineer
15 17 (4.01%) Senior DevOps
16 16 (3.77%) .NET Developer
16 16 (3.77%) Cloud Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (18.63%) Node.js
2 61 (14.39%) React
3 49 (11.56%) CSS
4 45 (10.61%) .NET
5 42 (9.91%) RESTful
6 38 (8.96%) REST
6 38 (8.96%) Spring Boot
7 37 (8.73%) OAuth
8 33 (7.78%) HTML
9 30 (7.08%) Spring
10 28 (6.60%) YAML
11 25 (5.90%) AngularJS
11 25 (5.90%) OAuth2
12 20 (4.72%) Elastic Stack
12 20 (4.72%) Playwright
13 19 (4.48%) Web Services
14 18 (4.25%) AWS CDK
15 17 (4.01%) Vue
16 16 (3.77%) Tailwind CSS
17 15 (3.54%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 112 (26.42%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.08%) Mobile App
3 24 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (5.42%) Product Ownership
5 19 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.77%) Private Cloud
6 16 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.54%) PKI
8 14 (3.30%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (2.36%) Mainframe
12 9 (2.12%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.42%) Blog
13 6 (1.42%) CMDB
13 6 (1.42%) Digital Wallet
13 6 (1.42%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.94%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 70 (16.51%) Linux
2 20 (4.72%) Apple iOS
2 20 (4.72%) Windows
3 11 (2.59%) Android
4 9 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.18%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.94%) Unix
6 4 (0.94%) VMS
7 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.47%) Debian
9 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (93.16%) CI/CD
2 273 (64.39%) DevOps
3 224 (52.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 155 (36.56%) Containerisation
5 123 (29.01%) Agile
6 97 (22.88%) Observability
7 96 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 93 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
9 88 (20.75%) Platform Engineering
10 84 (19.81%) AI
11 83 (19.58%) Test Automation
12 76 (17.92%) Mentoring
13 75 (17.69%) Software Engineering
14 72 (16.98%) Cloud Security
15 67 (15.80%) Analytics
16 62 (14.62%) Microservices
17 61 (14.39%) DevSecOps
18 58 (13.68%) Clean Code
18 58 (13.68%) Full-Stack Development
19 52 (12.26%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 192 (45.28%) Python
2 91 (21.46%) Bash
3 76 (17.92%) TypeScript
4 73 (17.22%) Java
4 73 (17.22%) PowerShell
5 65 (15.33%) SQL
6 63 (14.86%) JavaScript
7 44 (10.38%) Go
8 40 (9.43%) Kotlin
9 31 (7.31%) C#
10 26 (6.13%) Bicep
11 16 (3.77%) Ruby
11 16 (3.77%) Swift
12 15 (3.54%) Groovy
13 13 (3.07%) Scala
14 11 (2.59%) Rust
15 10 (2.36%) PHP
16 7 (1.65%) Dart
17 6 (1.42%) COBOL
18 5 (1.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 53 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.79%) Degree
3 39 (9.20%) AWS Certification
4 33 (7.78%) SC Cleared
5 23 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (5.19%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.83%) OSCP
9 11 (2.59%) CISSP
9 11 (2.59%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.42%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.42%) SANS
11 6 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.18%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.25%) QA
2 32 (7.55%) Accessibility
3 31 (7.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (5.19%) SOC 2
5 18 (4.25%) WCAG
6 13 (3.07%) GRC
7 11 (2.59%) Data Quality
8 9 (2.12%) GDPR
9 7 (1.65%) NCSC
9 7 (1.65%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.42%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.71%) NIST
13 2 (0.47%) IFRS
13 2 (0.47%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.47%) SLA
13 2 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 147 (34.67%) Docker
2 21 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.71%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.47%) Firmware
6 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 229 (54.01%) Terraform
2 163 (38.44%) Kubernetes
3 66 (15.57%) Grafana
4 65 (15.33%) Ansible
5 55 (12.97%) Prometheus
6 18 (4.25%) Progress Chef
7 16 (3.77%) Argo
8 13 (3.07%) Cilium
9 9 (2.12%) Packer
10 8 (1.89%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.94%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.71%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.71%) Puppet
13 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.24%) Consul
14 1 (0.24%) Istio
14 1 (0.24%) Kibana
14 1 (0.24%) linkerd
14 1 (0.24%) logstash
14 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.90%) VMware
3 18 (4.25%) Dynatrace
4 16 (3.77%) Databricks
4 16 (3.77%) Google
5 14 (3.30%) Amplitude
5 14 (3.30%) Braze
6 13 (3.07%) SendGrid
7 11 (2.59%) New Relic
7 11 (2.59%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.36%) OneLogin
9 9 (2.12%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.42%) Cisco
10 6 (1.42%) EMC
10 6 (1.42%) F5
10 6 (1.42%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.94%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.71%) Tenable
12 3 (0.71%) Zscaler