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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 473 560
Rank change year-on-year +140 +87 +104
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 366 240 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.46% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.71% 1.26% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 274 175 190
10th Percentile £51,250 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,688 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £68,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% -14.61% +6.18%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,875 £100,000 £117,262
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +0.80%

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 21,358 18,979 27,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.47% 36.59% 39.08%
Number of salaries quoted 11,580 11,101 23,038
10th Percentile £28,745 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,619 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,711
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,499
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% -6.37%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +90 275 £71,250 +4.78% 200
Work from Home +113 173 £71,250 +9.62% 119
UK excluding London +35 173 £65,000 - 139
London +104 132 £80,000 -7.25% 88
North of England +9 54 £60,000 -11.76% 47
Scotland +32 36 £90,000 +50.00% 5
South West +11 36 £72,500 +11.54% 21
South East 0 29 £75,000 +15.38% 41
Yorkshire -15 29 £60,000 +21.21% 23
North West +34 18 £65,000 -23.53% 23
Midlands -5 10 £60,000 -7.69% 14
West Midlands +10 7 £60,000 -7.69% 10
North East +4 7 £50,000 -21.57% 1
East of England +24 4 £65,000 -38.10% 7
East Midlands -5 3 £70,000 +77.22% 4
Wales -11 2 £63,248 -2.70% 2
Northern Ireland -15 2 £62,500 - 2

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 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.19%) Confluence
3 4 (1.09%) Apache
3 4 (1.09%) Appian
4 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.82%) IIS
5 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.27%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.82%) Shopify
2 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 366 (100.00%) GitHub
2 235 (64.21%) Azure
3 186 (50.82%) AWS
4 156 (42.62%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (24.59%) GCP
6 81 (22.13%) Serverless
7 62 (16.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 61 (16.67%) Datadog
9 55 (15.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 55 (15.03%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (12.57%) Entra ID
11 45 (12.30%) Amazon EKS
11 45 (12.30%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (11.20%) Amazon S3
13 38 (10.38%) Azure AKS
14 30 (8.20%) SaaS
15 28 (7.65%) AWS Step Functions
16 21 (5.74%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (5.46%) Cloud Run
17 20 (5.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.74%) Firewall
2 19 (5.19%) VPN
3 14 (3.83%) DNS
4 12 (3.28%) HTTP
4 12 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.28%) WAN
5 8 (2.19%) Network Security
6 6 (1.64%) DSL
7 4 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.55%) RTP
8 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.55%) VoIP
8 2 (0.55%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.75%) NoSQL
2 40 (10.93%) SQL Server
3 23 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (6.01%) DynamoDB
5 20 (5.46%) BigQuery
6 14 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.73%) Flink
8 8 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.19%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.19%) MySQL
9 7 (1.91%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.64%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.09%) Metadata
11 4 (1.09%) Weaviate
12 3 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 147 (40.16%) Jenkins
2 78 (21.31%) Git
3 46 (12.57%) GitLab
4 13 (3.55%) JIRA
5 10 (2.73%) CircleCI
6 9 (2.46%) Bitbucket
6 9 (2.46%) TeamCity
7 8 (2.19%) Subversion
8 5 (1.37%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.37%) NUnit
9 3 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.82%) JMeter
9 3 (0.82%) Selenium
10 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.55%) JUnit
10 2 (0.55%) MSTest
10 2 (0.55%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.55%) TestNG
General
1 119 (32.51%) Finance
2 117 (31.97%) Social Skills
3 34 (9.29%) Telecoms
4 20 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.46%) Banking
4 20 (5.46%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.83%) Law
5 14 (3.83%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.28%) Front Office
6 12 (3.28%) Retail
7 11 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.91%) Back Office
9 6 (1.64%) Electronics
9 6 (1.64%) Marketing
10 4 (1.09%) Advertising
10 4 (1.09%) Billing
10 4 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (23.77%) Senior
2 84 (22.95%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (18.85%) Developer
4 47 (12.84%) Lead
5 40 (10.93%) Cloud Engineer
5 40 (10.93%) Platform Engineer
6 32 (8.74%) .NET Developer
7 26 (7.10%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (5.74%) Security Engineer
8 21 (5.74%) Senior DevOps
9 20 (5.46%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (4.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 18 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 16 (4.37%) Applications Engineer
11 16 (4.37%) GCP Engineer
12 15 (4.10%) Azure Developer
12 15 (4.10%) GCP DevOps
12 15 (4.10%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.83%) AWS Developer
13 14 (3.83%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (19.95%) .NET
2 70 (19.13%) React
3 57 (15.57%) RESTful
4 43 (11.75%) Node.js
5 33 (9.02%) OAuth
6 27 (7.38%) YAML
7 26 (7.10%) ADO
7 26 (7.10%) AWS CDK
8 25 (6.83%) .NET Core
9 23 (6.28%) Elastic Stack
10 22 (6.01%) ASP.NET
11 21 (5.74%) HTML
12 20 (5.46%) CSS
12 20 (5.46%) OAuth2
13 19 (5.19%) JSON
13 19 (5.19%) REST
14 17 (4.64%) .NET Framework
14 17 (4.64%) Blazor
14 17 (4.64%) Kafka
14 17 (4.64%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 83 (22.68%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.10%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.83%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.73%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.64%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.37%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.37%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.09%) Blog
8 4 (1.09%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.09%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.82%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.55%) Derivative
10 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 51 (13.93%) Linux
2 19 (5.19%) VMS
2 19 (5.19%) Windows
3 5 (1.37%) Unix
4 4 (1.09%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.82%) SUSE
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (92.08%) CI/CD
2 285 (77.87%) DevOps
3 198 (54.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 149 (40.71%) Containerisation
5 114 (31.15%) Agile
6 112 (30.60%) Observability
7 104 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (28.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (20.22%) Test Automation
10 64 (17.49%) Incident Response
11 60 (16.39%) Platform Engineering
12 57 (15.57%) AI
12 57 (15.57%) Cloud Security
12 57 (15.57%) RBAC
13 53 (14.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 52 (14.21%) Analytics
14 52 (14.21%) Deployment Automation
14 52 (14.21%) Microservices
15 50 (13.66%) Full-Stack Development
16 49 (13.39%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 186 (50.82%) Python
2 109 (29.78%) Bash
3 83 (22.68%) SQL
4 73 (19.95%) PowerShell
5 65 (17.76%) TypeScript
6 61 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 52 (14.21%) Bicep
8 39 (10.66%) Go
9 33 (9.02%) Java
10 32 (8.74%) C#
11 12 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.91%) Rust
13 5 (1.37%) C++
13 5 (1.37%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.37%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.09%) Ruby
15 2 (0.55%) C
15 2 (0.55%) PHP
15 2 (0.55%) VB
16 1 (0.27%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 51 (13.93%) Degree
2 41 (11.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (10.38%) AWS Certification
4 36 (9.84%) Security Cleared
5 29 (7.92%) SC Cleared
6 23 (6.28%) Azure Certification
7 16 (4.37%) CISSP
7 16 (4.37%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.37%) Master's Degree
7 16 (4.37%) SANS
8 11 (3.01%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (1.64%) OSCP
10 4 (1.09%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.27%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.20%) QA
2 40 (10.93%) GDPR
3 31 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (4.92%) SOC 2
5 17 (4.64%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (1.91%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.09%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.09%) GRC
8 4 (1.09%) SLA
9 2 (0.55%) ECSS
9 2 (0.55%) NIST
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 169 (46.17%) Docker
2 44 (12.02%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.82%) vSphere
6 2 (0.55%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 222 (60.66%) Terraform
2 181 (49.45%) Kubernetes
3 80 (21.86%) Grafana
4 76 (20.77%) Prometheus
5 65 (17.76%) Ansible
6 25 (6.83%) Argo
7 9 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.09%) Cilium
8 4 (1.09%) logstash
8 4 (1.09%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.09%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.82%) Rancher
10 1 (0.27%) Icinga
10 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.27%) Nagios
10 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 71 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.83%) Google
3 15 (4.10%) VMware
4 14 (3.83%) Ab Initio
5 12 (3.28%) Palo Alto
5 12 (3.28%) Zscaler
6 8 (2.19%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.91%) OpenAI
7 7 (1.91%) Splunk
8 6 (1.64%) SAP
9 5 (1.37%) Databricks
9 5 (1.37%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.09%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.82%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.55%) BT
12 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.55%) Mitel
12 2 (0.55%) Pega
12 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow