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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 417 508
Rank change year-on-year +22 +91 -15
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 506 255 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.52% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.91% 1.64% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 336 203 202
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,550 £48,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -18.37%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.31%

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 26,560 15,509 22,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.36% 31.52% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 18,455 10,439 13,959
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +52 442 £70,000 -1.75% 616
UK excluding London -20 273 £65,000 - 259
London +4 180 £80,000 +3.23% 372
Work from Home -24 142 £72,500 +1.75% 380
North of England +32 126 £65,000 -4.41% 76
South East -16 61 £65,000 -13.33% 69
Yorkshire +13 60 £70,000 +2.19% 27
North West +2 40 £65,500 +0.77% 35
Midlands -21 35 £67,500 +25.00% 23
West Midlands -29 27 £70,000 +3.70% 14
North East -39 26 £58,750 -14.55% 14
Wales -50 24 £60,000 +2.13% 10
South West -73 19 £65,000 +15.56% 28
East Midlands -21 8 £65,000 +22.07% 9
Scotland 0 4 £65,000 -18.75% 19
East of England -48 4 £69,500 +4.91% 19

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 12 (2.37%) Apache
2 10 (1.98%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.98%) Confluence
3 8 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.38%) CICS
5 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.79%) CMS
7 3 (0.59%) IIS
8 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 506 (100.00%) GitHub
2 313 (61.86%) AWS
3 273 (53.95%) Azure
4 129 (25.49%) Azure DevOps
5 104 (20.55%) GCP
6 93 (18.38%) Serverless
7 89 (17.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (14.43%) AWS Lambda
9 70 (13.83%) Amazon ECS
10 68 (13.44%) Amazon S3
11 51 (10.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (10.08%) Datadog
12 44 (8.70%) Amazon EC2
13 40 (7.91%) Azure Monitor
14 37 (7.31%) Azure Key Vault
15 36 (7.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 33 (6.52%) Azure AKS
17 32 (6.32%) Amazon EKS
18 23 (4.55%) SaaS
19 20 (3.95%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.34%) VPN
2 24 (4.74%) Firewall
3 15 (2.96%) DMARC
4 12 (2.37%) DNS
5 9 (1.78%) Network Security
6 5 (0.99%) HTTP
6 5 (0.99%) SAN
7 4 (0.79%) SSH
7 4 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.59%) BGP
8 3 (0.59%) WAN
9 2 (0.40%) SSL
9 2 (0.40%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.40%) VLAN
10 1 (0.20%) DHCP
10 1 (0.20%) Internet
10 1 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (15.42%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (8.89%) DynamoDB
3 44 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 32 (6.32%) NoSQL
5 30 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
6 28 (5.53%) SQL Server
7 24 (4.74%) MongoDB
8 22 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (3.75%) Redis
10 17 (3.36%) MySQL
11 14 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (2.57%) Delta Lake
13 10 (1.98%) Power BI
14 8 (1.58%) BigQuery
15 7 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (1.38%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (1.38%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.38%) Db2
16 6 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 202 (39.92%) Jenkins
2 101 (19.96%) Git
3 93 (18.38%) GitLab
4 33 (6.52%) JIRA
5 32 (6.32%) Cypress.io
6 24 (4.74%) Postman
7 19 (3.75%) Selenium
8 13 (2.57%) TeamCity
9 12 (2.37%) Gatling
9 12 (2.37%) JUnit
9 12 (2.37%) REST Assured
10 11 (2.17%) JMeter
11 9 (1.78%) Crashlytics
11 9 (1.78%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.78%) Gradle
11 9 (1.78%) Newman
12 8 (1.58%) NUnit
12 8 (1.58%) Zephyr
13 7 (1.38%) Claude Code
14 6 (1.19%) fastlane
General
1 183 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.18%) Finance
3 75 (14.82%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.55%) Banking
7 18 (3.56%) Retail
8 11 (2.17%) Law
8 11 (2.17%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.78%) Marketing
10 5 (0.99%) Legal
11 4 (0.79%) Automotive
11 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Games
12 3 (0.59%) Local Government
12 3 (0.59%) Military
13 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 140 (27.67%) Senior
2 118 (23.32%) Developer
3 74 (14.62%) Platform Engineer
4 72 (14.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 66 (13.04%) Lead
6 37 (7.31%) Software Engineer
7 36 (7.11%) Senior Developer
8 33 (6.52%) Cloud Engineer
8 33 (6.52%) Java Developer
9 31 (6.13%) Full-Stack Developer
10 27 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (5.34%) Data Engineer
10 27 (5.34%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.74%) Architect
11 24 (4.74%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.35%) Consultant
12 22 (4.35%) Software Developer
13 21 (4.15%) Senior Data Engineer
14 19 (3.75%) Automation Engineer
14 19 (3.75%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (51.78%) Terraform
2 118 (23.32%) Node.js
3 85 (16.80%) Spring Boot
4 84 (16.60%) React
5 77 (15.22%) Spring
6 74 (14.62%) .NET
7 69 (13.64%) REST
8 67 (13.24%) RESTful
9 52 (10.28%) CSS
10 42 (8.30%) AngularJS
11 37 (7.31%) HTML
12 36 (7.11%) Playwright
13 34 (6.72%) GraphQL
14 32 (6.32%) OAuth
14 32 (6.32%) OAuth2
15 30 (5.93%) Jest
16 26 (5.14%) Ruby on Rails
16 26 (5.14%) YAML
17 25 (4.94%) Kafka
18 24 (4.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 144 (28.46%) Cloud Native
2 43 (8.50%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (5.93%) Mainframe
4 29 (5.73%) Product Ownership
5 23 (4.55%) Legacy Applications
6 22 (4.35%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (3.16%) Blog
11 15 (2.96%) Mobile App
11 15 (2.96%) Private Cloud
11 15 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (2.77%) AI Agents
12 14 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (2.37%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.78%) Digital Wallet
14 9 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (1.78%) PKI
15 7 (1.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 81 (16.01%) Linux
2 15 (2.96%) Windows
3 12 (2.37%) Android
4 11 (2.17%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.58%) Unix
6 5 (0.99%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.59%) AIX
8 3 (0.59%) Debian
8 3 (0.59%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (95.65%) CI/CD
2 319 (63.04%) DevOps
3 257 (50.79%) Infrastructure as Code
4 175 (34.58%) Containerisation
5 150 (29.64%) Agile
6 146 (28.85%) AI
7 145 (28.66%) Observability
8 131 (25.89%) Software Engineering
9 127 (25.10%) Test Automation
10 118 (23.32%) Platform Engineering
11 115 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
12 107 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (18.97%) Mentoring
14 91 (17.98%) Microservices
15 79 (15.61%) Analytics
16 74 (14.62%) Technical Leadership
17 72 (14.23%) Clean Code
18 70 (13.83%) Full-Stack Development
19 67 (13.24%) Cloud Security
20 64 (12.65%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 217 (42.89%) Python
2 138 (27.27%) Java
3 116 (22.92%) TypeScript
4 99 (19.57%) SQL
5 86 (17.00%) Bash
5 86 (17.00%) JavaScript
6 62 (12.25%) PowerShell
7 46 (9.09%) Go
8 42 (8.30%) Kotlin
9 35 (6.92%) C#
10 32 (6.32%) Bicep
11 28 (5.53%) Ruby
12 24 (4.74%) COBOL
13 20 (3.95%) Groovy
14 18 (3.56%) JCL
15 13 (2.57%) Scala
16 12 (2.37%) PHP
17 8 (1.58%) Rust
17 8 (1.58%) Swift
18 7 (1.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (17.59%) Security Cleared
2 68 (13.44%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.49%) Degree
4 35 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (6.52%) AWS Certification
6 26 (5.14%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.99%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.79%) CISSP
13 4 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.59%) OCP
14 3 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (12.45%) QA
2 38 (7.51%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.74%) WCAG
4 17 (3.36%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.78%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.58%) GDPR
8 7 (1.38%) GRC
9 6 (1.19%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (1.19%) NCSC
10 5 (0.99%) NIST
11 4 (0.79%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.59%) SLA
13 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.40%) IFRS
13 2 (0.40%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.40%) PERC
13 2 (0.40%) Solvency II
System Software
1 216 (42.69%) Docker
2 11 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.99%) Firmware
5 4 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 200 (39.53%) Kubernetes
2 79 (15.61%) Grafana
3 58 (11.46%) Prometheus
4 50 (9.88%) Ansible
5 29 (5.73%) Argo
6 23 (4.55%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.58%) Cilium
7 8 (1.58%) Proxmox
8 7 (1.38%) logstash
9 6 (1.19%) Packer
10 5 (0.99%) Istio
11 2 (0.40%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.40%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.20%) linkerd
12 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.94%) Databricks
2 25 (4.94%) Google
3 24 (4.74%) VMware
4 17 (3.36%) OneLogin
4 17 (3.36%) Splunk
5 15 (2.96%) New Relic
5 15 (2.96%) SendGrid
6 13 (2.57%) Dynatrace
7 11 (2.17%) Broadcom
8 9 (1.78%) Oracle
9 8 (1.58%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.19%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.79%) Amplitude
11 4 (0.79%) Braze
12 3 (0.59%) NVIDIA
13 2 (0.40%) EMC
13 2 (0.40%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.40%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.40%) Veeam