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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 461 566
Rank change year-on-year +49 +105 -28
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 433 225 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.45% 0.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 1.41% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 294 176 207
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,000 £59,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +13.46% -13.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,125 £100,625 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.39% -0.38% -1.45%

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 27,830 15,929 26,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.17% 31.91% 31.95%
Number of salaries quoted 18,357 11,011 19,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +69 374 £65,500 -12.67% 363
UK excluding London +53 251 £65,000 +0.39% 163
London -26 139 £77,500 - 234
Work from Home +12 128 £65,000 -10.34% 168
North of England +43 110 £65,000 -2.62% 61
South East +8 53 £61,250 -5.77% 41
Yorkshire +7 52 £65,000 -5.11% 21
North West +25 39 £65,500 +0.77% 30
Midlands -7 33 £65,000 -1.89% 16
Wales -48 22 £60,000 - 8
South West -51 22 £58,750 -2.08% 14
East Midlands -10 19 £67,500 +25.00% 3
North East -45 19 £47,500 -17.39% 10
West Midlands -22 14 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Scotland +1 6 £62,500 -21.88% 12
East of England -21 5 £75,000 +11.11% 8

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 (3.23%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.31%) Apache
2 10 (2.31%) Confluence
3 5 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.69%) CICS
4 3 (0.69%) CMS
4 3 (0.69%) IIS
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.46%) nginx
5 2 (0.46%) WordPress
6 1 (0.23%) Drupal
6 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.46%) Magento
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 433 (100.00%) GitHub
2 277 (63.97%) AWS
3 250 (57.74%) Azure
4 132 (30.48%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (20.09%) GCP
5 87 (20.09%) Serverless
6 81 (18.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 68 (15.70%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (12.93%) Amazon ECS
9 55 (12.70%) Amazon S3
10 52 (12.01%) Datadog
11 47 (10.85%) Amazon EC2
12 34 (7.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (6.47%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (5.77%) Azure Key Vault
15 24 (5.54%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 23 (5.31%) AWS Step Functions
17 22 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (5.08%) Power Platform
18 21 (4.85%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.54%) Firewall
2 14 (3.23%) VPN
3 13 (3.00%) DMARC
4 12 (2.77%) DNS
4 12 (2.77%) Network Security
5 7 (1.62%) HTTP
6 5 (1.15%) DSL
6 5 (1.15%) SAN
6 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.92%) SSH
7 4 (0.92%) SSL
8 3 (0.69%) BGP
8 3 (0.69%) WAN
9 2 (0.46%) VLAN
10 1 (0.23%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (8.31%) DynamoDB
2 36 (8.31%) SQL Server
3 32 (7.39%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (7.16%) Relational Database
5 27 (6.24%) NoSQL
6 17 (3.93%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (3.93%) Delta Lake
7 16 (3.70%) MySQL
8 15 (3.46%) Power BI
9 13 (3.00%) Redis
10 9 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.85%) Tableau
12 7 (1.62%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.62%) Data Vault
12 7 (1.62%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.92%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 164 (37.88%) Jenkins
2 95 (21.94%) Git
3 69 (15.94%) GitLab
4 31 (7.16%) JIRA
5 23 (5.31%) Cypress.io
6 19 (4.39%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.46%) Postman
8 14 (3.23%) Selenium
8 14 (3.23%) XCTest
9 11 (2.54%) TeamCity
10 10 (2.31%) JUnit
11 9 (2.08%) Gradle
12 8 (1.85%) fastlane
12 8 (1.85%) NUnit
12 8 (1.85%) REST Assured
13 7 (1.62%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (1.39%) Android Studio
14 6 (1.39%) Gatling
14 6 (1.39%) Storybook
14 6 (1.39%) Zephyr
General
1 140 (32.33%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.47%) Finance
3 48 (11.09%) Public Sector
4 38 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.70%) Banking
7 15 (3.46%) Retail
8 14 (3.23%) Law
9 10 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.08%) Marketing
11 6 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.92%) Automotive
14 3 (0.69%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (0.69%) Games
14 3 (0.69%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.69%) Legal
14 3 (0.69%) Military
15 2 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 113 (26.10%) Senior
2 108 (24.94%) Developer
3 66 (15.24%) Platform Engineer
4 63 (14.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 57 (13.16%) Lead
6 36 (8.31%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (8.08%) Senior Developer
8 27 (6.24%) Full-Stack Developer
9 26 (6.00%) Architect
9 26 (6.00%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (6.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 25 (5.77%) Software Engineer
11 24 (5.54%) Java Developer
12 23 (5.31%) Data Engineer
12 23 (5.31%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 19 (4.39%) AWS Engineer
13 19 (4.39%) Security Engineer
14 18 (4.16%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.93%) Automation Engineer
16 16 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (22.63%) Node.js
2 79 (18.24%) React
3 67 (15.47%) .NET
4 56 (12.93%) Spring Boot
5 51 (11.78%) CSS
6 49 (11.32%) RESTful
7 48 (11.09%) REST
7 48 (11.09%) Spring
8 38 (8.78%) AngularJS
9 35 (8.08%) OAuth
10 33 (7.62%) HTML
11 27 (6.24%) OAuth2
12 25 (5.77%) Jest
12 25 (5.77%) YAML
13 24 (5.54%) Playwright
14 22 (5.08%) Web Services
15 20 (4.62%) .NET Framework
15 20 (4.62%) GraphQL
15 20 (4.62%) Tailwind CSS
15 20 (4.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 123 (28.41%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.93%) Mobile App
3 25 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (5.54%) Product Ownership
5 20 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.16%) Mainframe
7 17 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.77%) PKI
10 11 (2.54%) Blog
10 11 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (2.54%) Public Cloud
11 10 (2.31%) Private Cloud
12 9 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.62%) Digital Wallet
14 7 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.39%) CMDB
15 6 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 69 (15.94%) Linux
2 22 (5.08%) Apple iOS
3 20 (4.62%) Windows
4 14 (3.23%) Android
5 9 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.15%) Unix
7 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) AIX
8 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (94.69%) CI/CD
2 275 (63.51%) DevOps
3 224 (51.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 144 (33.26%) Containerisation
5 127 (29.33%) Agile
6 109 (25.17%) Observability
7 100 (23.09%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (22.17%) Platform Engineering
8 96 (22.17%) Software Engineering
9 94 (21.71%) AI
10 93 (21.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (21.02%) Test Automation
12 79 (18.24%) Mentoring
13 74 (17.09%) Analytics
14 70 (16.17%) Full-Stack Development
14 70 (16.17%) Microservices
15 65 (15.01%) Clean Code
16 57 (13.16%) Cloud Security
17 49 (11.32%) DevSecOps
18 47 (10.85%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 173 (39.95%) Python
2 95 (21.94%) Java
3 93 (21.48%) TypeScript
4 73 (16.86%) JavaScript
5 70 (16.17%) Bash
6 68 (15.70%) SQL
7 62 (14.32%) PowerShell
8 45 (10.39%) Kotlin
9 35 (8.08%) C#
10 33 (7.62%) Go
11 24 (5.54%) Bicep
12 21 (4.85%) Ruby
13 18 (4.16%) Groovy
13 18 (4.16%) Swift
14 15 (3.46%) Scala
15 13 (3.00%) COBOL
15 13 (3.00%) PHP
16 8 (1.85%) Rust
17 7 (1.62%) JCL
18 6 (1.39%) Dart
Qualifications
1 68 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.55%) Degree
3 48 (11.09%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.16%) AWS Certification
5 27 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (5.31%) Azure Certification
7 18 (4.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.08%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.62%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.62%) OSCP
10 6 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.15%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.92%) CISSP
12 4 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.69%) OCP
13 3 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.70%) QA
2 31 (7.16%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.08%) WCAG
4 18 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.00%) SOC 2
6 11 (2.54%) Data Quality
7 9 (2.08%) GRC
8 7 (1.62%) NCSC
9 6 (1.39%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (1.15%) GDPR
10 5 (1.15%) NIST
11 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.69%) SLA
13 2 (0.46%) IFRS
13 2 (0.46%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.46%) Solvency II
System Software
1 166 (38.34%) Docker
2 14 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.46%) Firmware
5 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 221 (51.04%) Terraform
2 164 (37.88%) Kubernetes
3 58 (13.39%) Grafana
4 48 (11.09%) Prometheus
5 45 (10.39%) Ansible
6 23 (5.31%) Progress Chef
7 15 (3.46%) Argo
8 12 (2.77%) Packer
9 10 (2.31%) Cilium
10 3 (0.69%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.69%) Puppet
11 2 (0.46%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.46%) logstash
11 2 (0.46%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.23%) Consul
12 1 (0.23%) Istio
12 1 (0.23%) Kibana
12 1 (0.23%) linkerd
12 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.54%) Databricks
3 20 (4.62%) Dynatrace
3 20 (4.62%) VMware
4 19 (4.39%) Google
5 16 (3.70%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.46%) New Relic
7 13 (3.00%) Amplitude
7 13 (3.00%) Braze
7 13 (3.00%) OneLogin
7 13 (3.00%) SendGrid
8 9 (2.08%) Splunk
9 6 (1.39%) Cisco
9 6 (1.39%) EMC
9 6 (1.39%) F5
9 6 (1.39%) Oracle
9 6 (1.39%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.15%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.92%) Broadcom