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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 429 506
Rank change year-on-year +27 +77 -7
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 511 257 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.53% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.92% 1.66% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 337 204 203
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,575 £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 26,594 15,526 22,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.32% 31.75% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 18,450 10,465 13,869
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +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 16 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 16 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 +52 446 £70,000 -3.45% 546
UK excluding London +5 276 £65,000 - 241
London +2 181 £80,000 +3.23% 317
Work from Home -16 144 £72,500 +1.75% 291
North of England +33 126 £65,000 -4.41% 73
South East -18 61 £65,000 -13.33% 66
Yorkshire +13 60 £70,000 +2.19% 27
North West 0 40 £65,500 +0.77% 32
Midlands -21 38 £70,000 +29.63% 20
West Midlands -26 29 £70,000 +3.70% 13
North East -47 26 £58,750 -14.55% 14
Wales -60 24 £60,000 +2.13% 10
South West -70 18 £61,250 +2.08% 29
East Midlands -30 9 £67,500 +26.76% 7
East of England -50 5 £69,500 +4.91% 14
Scotland -10 4 £65,000 -18.75% 14

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 (2.35%) Apache
2 10 (1.96%) Confluence
3 9 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.57%) CICS
5 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.78%) CMS
7 3 (0.59%) IIS
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.39%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 511 (100.00%) GitHub
2 313 (61.25%) AWS
3 276 (54.01%) Azure
4 130 (25.44%) Azure DevOps
5 104 (20.35%) GCP
6 94 (18.40%) Serverless
7 90 (17.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
9 70 (13.70%) Amazon ECS
10 68 (13.31%) Amazon S3
11 52 (10.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 52 (10.18%) Datadog
12 44 (8.61%) Amazon EC2
13 41 (8.02%) Azure Monitor
14 37 (7.24%) Azure Key Vault
15 36 (7.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 34 (6.65%) Azure AKS
17 32 (6.26%) Amazon EKS
18 24 (4.70%) SaaS
19 20 (3.91%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.28%) VPN
2 24 (4.70%) Firewall
3 15 (2.94%) DMARC
4 12 (2.35%) DNS
5 8 (1.57%) Network Security
6 5 (0.98%) HTTP
6 5 (0.98%) SAN
6 5 (0.98%) SSH
7 4 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.59%) BGP
8 3 (0.59%) WAN
9 2 (0.39%) SSL
9 2 (0.39%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.39%) VLAN
10 1 (0.20%) DHCP
10 1 (0.20%) Internet
10 1 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (15.66%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (9.00%) Relational Database
3 45 (8.81%) DynamoDB
4 32 (6.26%) NoSQL
5 30 (5.87%) Amazon RDS
6 29 (5.68%) SQL Server
7 25 (4.89%) MongoDB
8 22 (4.31%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (3.72%) Redis
10 17 (3.33%) MySQL
11 14 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (2.35%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.96%) Power BI
15 9 (1.76%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.57%) Db2
17 7 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
17 7 (1.37%) Apache Iceberg
17 7 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
18 6 (1.17%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 205 (40.12%) Jenkins
2 103 (20.16%) Git
3 95 (18.59%) GitLab
4 33 (6.46%) JIRA
5 32 (6.26%) Cypress.io
6 24 (4.70%) Postman
7 19 (3.72%) Selenium
8 12 (2.35%) Gatling
8 12 (2.35%) JUnit
8 12 (2.35%) REST Assured
8 12 (2.35%) TeamCity
9 11 (2.15%) JMeter
10 9 (1.76%) Crashlytics
10 9 (1.76%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.76%) Gradle
10 9 (1.76%) Newman
11 8 (1.57%) NUnit
11 8 (1.57%) Zephyr
12 7 (1.37%) Claude Code
13 6 (1.17%) Appium
General
1 183 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.59%) Finance
3 76 (14.87%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.31%) Banking
7 17 (3.33%) Retail
8 11 (2.15%) Law
8 11 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.76%) Marketing
10 5 (0.98%) Legal
11 4 (0.78%) Automotive
11 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Games
12 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Local Government
12 3 (0.59%) Military
13 2 (0.39%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 140 (27.40%) Senior
2 119 (23.29%) Developer
3 73 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 73 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
4 67 (13.11%) Lead
5 39 (7.63%) Software Engineer
6 36 (7.05%) Senior Developer
7 33 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
7 33 (6.46%) Java Developer
8 31 (6.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (5.28%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (5.09%) Data Engineer
10 26 (5.09%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.70%) Consultant
12 23 (4.50%) Architect
12 23 (4.50%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.91%) Applications Consultant
13 20 (3.91%) Mainframe Consultant
13 20 (3.91%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (51.47%) Terraform
2 118 (23.09%) Node.js
3 87 (17.03%) Spring Boot
4 84 (16.44%) React
5 79 (15.46%) Spring
6 77 (15.07%) .NET
7 69 (13.50%) REST
8 68 (13.31%) RESTful
9 52 (10.18%) CSS
10 42 (8.22%) AngularJS
11 37 (7.24%) HTML
11 37 (7.24%) Playwright
12 34 (6.65%) GraphQL
13 32 (6.26%) OAuth
13 32 (6.26%) OAuth2
14 30 (5.87%) Jest
15 26 (5.09%) Ruby on Rails
15 26 (5.09%) YAML
16 25 (4.89%) Kafka
17 24 (4.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 145 (28.38%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.61%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (6.26%) Mainframe
4 29 (5.68%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.89%) Legacy Applications
6 23 (4.50%) Onboarding
7 21 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (3.13%) Blog
11 15 (2.94%) AI Agents
11 15 (2.94%) Mobile App
11 15 (2.94%) Private Cloud
11 15 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (2.35%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.76%) Digital Wallet
14 9 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (1.76%) PKI
15 7 (1.37%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 82 (16.05%) Linux
2 15 (2.94%) Windows
3 12 (2.35%) Android
4 11 (2.15%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.57%) Unix
6 5 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.59%) AIX
8 3 (0.59%) Debian
8 3 (0.59%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (95.69%) CI/CD
2 322 (63.01%) DevOps
3 258 (50.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 179 (35.03%) Containerisation
5 151 (29.55%) Agile
6 147 (28.77%) Observability
7 146 (28.57%) AI
8 133 (26.03%) Software Engineering
9 129 (25.24%) Test Automation
10 119 (23.29%) Platform Engineering
11 116 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
12 109 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (18.79%) Mentoring
14 91 (17.81%) Microservices
15 79 (15.46%) Analytics
16 76 (14.87%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (13.89%) Clean Code
18 70 (13.70%) Full-Stack Development
19 66 (12.92%) Cloud Security
20 64 (12.52%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 218 (42.66%) Python
2 140 (27.40%) Java
3 116 (22.70%) TypeScript
4 99 (19.37%) SQL
5 86 (16.83%) Bash
5 86 (16.83%) JavaScript
6 63 (12.33%) PowerShell
7 46 (9.00%) Go
8 42 (8.22%) Kotlin
9 36 (7.05%) C#
10 33 (6.46%) Bicep
11 28 (5.48%) Ruby
12 26 (5.09%) COBOL
13 20 (3.91%) Groovy
13 20 (3.91%) JCL
14 13 (2.54%) Scala
15 12 (2.35%) PHP
16 8 (1.57%) Rust
16 8 (1.57%) Swift
17 7 (1.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 68 (13.31%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.59%) Degree
4 36 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (6.26%) AWS Certification
6 26 (5.09%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (2.15%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.98%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.78%) CISSP
13 4 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.78%) OCP
13 4 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.39%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (12.52%) QA
2 38 (7.44%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.70%) WCAG
4 17 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.57%) SOC 2
7 7 (1.37%) GDPR
8 6 (1.17%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (1.17%) GRC
8 6 (1.17%) NCSC
9 5 (0.98%) NIST
10 4 (0.78%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.59%) SLA
12 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.39%) PERC
13 1 (0.20%) IFRS
13 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 219 (42.86%) Docker
2 11 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.98%) Firmware
5 4 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 202 (39.53%) Kubernetes
2 80 (15.66%) Grafana
3 60 (11.74%) Prometheus
4 50 (9.78%) Ansible
5 30 (5.87%) Argo
6 23 (4.50%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.57%) Proxmox
8 7 (1.37%) Cilium
8 7 (1.37%) logstash
9 6 (1.17%) Packer
10 5 (0.98%) Istio
11 2 (0.39%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.39%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.20%) linkerd
12 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 54 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.09%) Google
3 25 (4.89%) Databricks
4 24 (4.70%) VMware
5 17 (3.33%) OneLogin
5 17 (3.33%) Splunk
6 15 (2.94%) New Relic
6 15 (2.94%) SendGrid
7 13 (2.54%) Dynatrace
8 12 (2.35%) Broadcom
9 9 (1.76%) Oracle
10 8 (1.57%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.37%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.78%) Amplitude
12 4 (0.78%) Braze
13 3 (0.59%) NVIDIA
14 2 (0.39%) EMC
14 2 (0.39%) Palo Alto
14 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.39%) Veeam