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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 468 488
Rank change year-on-year +119 +20 +178
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 335 249 222
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.64% 1.27% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 250 188 176
10th Percentile £50,750 £48,250 £52,750
25th Percentile £60,063 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £66,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -17.12% +9.84%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £100,625
90th Percentile £110,125 £99,125 £143,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - -7.90% +0.82%

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 20,457 19,576 21,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.44% 36.11% 40.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,164 11,507 17,729
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,264 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% +5.44% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 +68 250 £71,250 +5.56% 295
Work from Home +129 172 £72,500 +11.54% 214
UK excluding London +38 157 £65,000 - 263
London +94 124 £77,500 -8.82% 75
North of England +11 44 £64,000 +8.94% 51
Scotland +33 36 £90,000 +56.52% 9
South West +17 30 £71,250 +9.62% 31
South East -14 24 £75,000 +15.38% 90
Yorkshire -31 24 £60,000 +21.21% 21
North West +32 16 £65,000 -24.64% 20
Midlands +4 13 £60,000 -7.69% 26
West Midlands +8 10 £60,000 -7.69% 11
East of England +36 7 £65,000 -18.75% 40
North East +8 4 £62,500 -13.79% 10
East Midlands +3 3 £60,000 +51.90% 15
Wales -5 3 £61,496 -5.39% 15

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 9 (2.69%) Confluence
2 8 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.19%) Appian
3 4 (1.19%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.90%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 335 (100.00%) GitHub
2 225 (67.16%) Azure
3 163 (48.66%) AWS
4 155 (46.27%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (23.58%) GCP
6 69 (20.60%) Serverless
7 59 (17.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 53 (15.82%) Datadog
9 46 (13.73%) AWS Lambda
10 45 (13.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 44 (13.13%) Azure Monitor
12 39 (11.64%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (11.64%) Entra ID
13 36 (10.75%) Amazon S3
13 36 (10.75%) Azure AKS
14 34 (10.15%) SaaS
15 22 (6.57%) AWS Step Functions
16 20 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (5.67%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (5.67%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.37%) Firewall
2 12 (3.58%) VPN
3 9 (2.69%) Network Security
4 8 (2.39%) DNS
4 8 (2.39%) WAN
5 6 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.19%) HTTP
6 4 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.60%) DSL
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.24%) NoSQL
2 40 (11.94%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.16%) BigQuery
4 22 (6.57%) DynamoDB
5 20 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.99%) Flink
8 9 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.09%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.79%) Power BI
10 6 (1.79%) Tableau
11 5 (1.49%) Looker
11 5 (1.49%) Metadata
11 5 (1.49%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.19%) Weaviate
13 3 (0.90%) Redis
13 3 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 124 (37.01%) Jenkins
2 78 (23.28%) Git
3 40 (11.94%) GitLab
4 14 (4.18%) JIRA
5 10 (2.99%) TeamCity
6 9 (2.69%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.39%) Subversion
8 7 (2.09%) CircleCI
8 7 (2.09%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.49%) Selenium
10 4 (1.19%) JMeter
10 4 (1.19%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.90%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.90%) JUnit
11 3 (0.90%) NUnit
11 3 (0.90%) Postman
12 2 (0.60%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.60%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.60%) TestNG
General
1 113 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 111 (33.13%) Finance
3 27 (8.06%) Telecoms
4 22 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.97%) Banking
5 20 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.18%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.88%) Retail
8 12 (3.58%) Front Office
9 11 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.99%) Marketing
11 9 (2.69%) Law
12 8 (2.39%) Back Office
13 6 (1.79%) Electronics
14 4 (1.19%) Billing
14 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 76 (22.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 72 (21.49%) Senior
3 56 (16.72%) Developer
4 47 (14.03%) Lead
5 37 (11.04%) Platform Engineer
6 35 (10.45%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (8.96%) .NET Developer
8 22 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 17 (5.07%) AWS Engineer
10 17 (5.07%) Senior DevOps
11 16 (4.78%) GCP Engineer
11 16 (4.78%) Security Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
12 14 (4.18%) Azure Developer
12 14 (4.18%) Development Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) GCP DevOps
12 14 (4.18%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.18%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (20.90%) .NET
2 63 (18.81%) React
3 56 (16.72%) RESTful
4 35 (10.45%) Node.js
5 25 (7.46%) OAuth
6 23 (6.87%) YAML
7 22 (6.57%) .NET Core
7 22 (6.57%) ADO
8 21 (6.27%) AWS CDK
9 20 (5.97%) ASP.NET
10 19 (5.67%) ARM Templates
10 19 (5.67%) JSON
11 17 (5.07%) .NET Framework
11 17 (5.07%) Blazor
11 17 (5.07%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (5.07%) Kafka
12 16 (4.78%) OAuth2
12 16 (4.78%) REST
13 15 (4.48%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 14 (4.18%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 73 (21.79%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.87%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.37%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.79%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.19%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.19%) Blog
8 4 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.19%) Hackathon
9 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.60%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.60%) Derivative
10 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.84%) Linux
2 19 (5.67%) Windows
3 15 (4.48%) VMS
4 5 (1.49%) Unix
5 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.90%) SUSE
7 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (91.04%) CI/CD
2 269 (80.30%) DevOps
3 174 (51.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 131 (39.10%) Containerisation
5 101 (30.15%) Agile
6 96 (28.66%) Problem-Solving
7 95 (28.36%) Observability
8 85 (25.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 72 (21.49%) Test Automation
10 56 (16.72%) Platform Engineering
11 55 (16.42%) AI
11 55 (16.42%) Incident Response
12 54 (16.12%) RBAC
13 52 (15.52%) Analytics
13 52 (15.52%) Deployment Automation
13 52 (15.52%) Microservices
14 49 (14.63%) Cloud Security
15 48 (14.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 47 (14.03%) Software Engineering
17 45 (13.43%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 171 (51.04%) Python
2 95 (28.36%) Bash
3 80 (23.88%) SQL
4 70 (20.90%) PowerShell
5 60 (17.91%) Bicep
6 53 (15.82%) JavaScript
6 53 (15.82%) TypeScript
7 32 (9.55%) Java
8 30 (8.96%) C#
9 26 (7.76%) Go
10 8 (2.39%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.19%) Ruby
11 4 (1.19%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.90%) C++
12 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.60%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.60%) Rust
13 2 (0.60%) Swift
14 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 47 (14.03%) Degree
2 40 (11.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (10.45%) Security Cleared
4 33 (9.85%) AWS Certification
5 30 (8.96%) SC Cleared
6 27 (8.06%) Azure Certification
7 17 (5.07%) Master's Degree
8 12 (3.58%) CISSP
8 12 (3.58%) CREST Certified
8 12 (3.58%) SANS
9 11 (3.28%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.90%) CCNA
11 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.60%) OSCP
12 2 (0.60%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.24%) QA
2 37 (11.04%) GDPR
3 26 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.18%) Accessibility
4 14 (4.18%) SOC 2
5 8 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.19%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.19%) GRC
7 4 (1.19%) SLA
8 2 (0.60%) ECSS
8 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 156 (46.57%) Docker
2 39 (11.64%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 204 (60.90%) Terraform
2 167 (49.85%) Kubernetes
3 65 (19.40%) Grafana
3 65 (19.40%) Prometheus
4 48 (14.33%) Ansible
5 24 (7.16%) Argo
6 9 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.19%) Cilium
7 4 (1.19%) logstash
7 4 (1.19%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.90%) Rancher
9 2 (0.60%) Control-M
10 1 (0.30%) Icinga
10 1 (0.30%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.30%) Nagios
10 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.36%) Google
3 14 (4.18%) Ab Initio
4 12 (3.58%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.58%) VMware
5 11 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.39%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.39%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.39%) Zscaler
7 6 (1.79%) Databricks
7 6 (1.79%) LogicMonitor
7 6 (1.79%) SAP
7 6 (1.79%) Splunk
8 5 (1.49%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.49%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.19%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.19%) Talend
9 4 (1.19%) Zoho
10 3 (0.90%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.90%) Dynatrace