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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 459 641
Rank change year-on-year +70 +182 -28
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 403 194 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.46% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.48% 1.36% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 290 152 198
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,375 £44,625
25th Percentile £53,750 £59,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +11.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.41% +8.80% -10.00%

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 27,210 14,221 34,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.27% 33.46% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15,565 9,782 26,784
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +75 351 £70,400 -6.13% 141
UK excluding London +58 208 £65,000 -4.41% 84
London +33 156 £80,000 -3.03% 73
Work from Home +70 142 £65,000 -10.34% 74
North of England +38 92 £62,500 -8.09% 35
Yorkshire -3 46 £63,750 -6.25% 12
South East +7 38 £60,000 -14.29% 21
North West +6 30 £65,500 -12.67% 16
South West -49 27 £75,000 +22.45% 13
Midlands -24 22 £65,000 -10.34% 4
East Midlands -17 18 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Scotland +10 17 £85,000 +36.00% 3
North East -27 16 £47,500 -17.39% 7
East of England -22 6 £77,575 +1.74% 3
Wales -41 4 £63,250 +5.42%
West Midlands -46 4 £62,500 -15.25% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £62,500 - 5

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 11 (2.73%) Apache
2 10 (2.48%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.74%) Confluence
4 5 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.99%) IIS
6 2 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.50%) nginx
6 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.50%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.25%) Appian
7 1 (0.25%) Drupal
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 403 (100.00%) GitHub
2 239 (59.31%) AWS
3 235 (58.31%) Azure
4 147 (36.48%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (23.08%) Serverless
6 87 (21.59%) GCP
7 68 (16.87%) AWS Lambda
8 64 (15.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 59 (14.64%) Datadog
10 53 (13.15%) Amazon S3
11 44 (10.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 38 (9.43%) AWS Step Functions
13 37 (9.18%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (7.44%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (6.95%) Amazon ECS
15 28 (6.95%) Azure Monitor
16 27 (6.70%) Entra ID
17 24 (5.96%) Azure AKS
18 18 (4.47%) Azure Key Vault
18 18 (4.47%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 48 (11.91%) Firewall
2 21 (5.21%) VPN
3 19 (4.71%) DNS
3 19 (4.71%) HTTP
4 17 (4.22%) Network Security
5 15 (3.72%) TCP/IP
6 13 (3.23%) DSL
7 10 (2.48%) WAN
8 7 (1.74%) DMARC
9 4 (0.99%) SSL
10 3 (0.74%) RTP
10 3 (0.74%) SAN
10 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.74%) VoIP
10 3 (0.74%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.25%) BGP
11 1 (0.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 31 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 26 (6.45%) DynamoDB
3 26 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (3.47%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (3.23%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.98%) MySQL
8 11 (2.73%) BigQuery
9 10 (2.48%) Delta Lake
10 7 (1.74%) Power BI
11 6 (1.49%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.49%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.24%) Flink
12 5 (1.24%) Metadata
13 4 (0.99%) Big Data
13 4 (0.99%) Redis
13 4 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 141 (34.99%) Jenkins
2 81 (20.10%) Git
3 54 (13.40%) GitLab
4 20 (4.96%) JIRA
5 17 (4.22%) Crashlytics
6 15 (3.72%) TeamCity
7 14 (3.47%) XCTest
8 8 (1.99%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.74%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (1.49%) fastlane
10 6 (1.49%) Storybook
11 4 (0.99%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.99%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.99%) Gradle
11 4 (0.99%) Postman
11 4 (0.99%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.99%) Subversion
12 3 (0.74%) Maven
General
1 127 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.11%) Finance
3 28 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.96%) Retail
5 21 (5.21%) Banking
5 21 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.47%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.72%) Law
8 11 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.73%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.24%) Advertising
10 5 (1.24%) Front Office
11 4 (0.99%) Automotive
12 3 (0.74%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.74%) Military
12 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.50%) Digital Healthcare
13 2 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 102 (25.31%) Senior
2 94 (23.33%) Developer
3 79 (19.60%) DevOps Engineer
4 47 (11.66%) Platform Engineer
5 46 (11.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 45 (11.17%) Lead
7 35 (8.68%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (6.45%) .NET Developer
9 24 (5.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 24 (5.96%) Security Engineer
9 24 (5.96%) Senior Developer
10 23 (5.71%) Architect
11 22 (5.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 21 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
13 19 (4.71%) Data Engineer
14 17 (4.22%) AWS Developer
14 17 (4.22%) Senior DevOps
15 16 (3.97%) Automation Engineer
15 16 (3.97%) Java Developer
15 16 (3.97%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (15.14%) React
2 59 (14.64%) Node.js
3 53 (13.15%) .NET
4 42 (10.42%) CSS
5 41 (10.17%) OAuth
6 35 (8.68%) RESTful
7 30 (7.44%) REST
8 28 (6.95%) HTML
9 26 (6.45%) AWS CDK
10 22 (5.46%) OAuth2
11 21 (5.21%) .NET Core
11 21 (5.21%) ASP.NET
11 21 (5.21%) YAML
12 19 (4.71%) Elastic Stack
13 18 (4.47%) AngularJS
14 17 (4.22%) SAML
15 16 (3.97%) ASP.NET Core
16 14 (3.47%) .NET Framework
16 14 (3.47%) ADO
16 14 (3.47%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 91 (22.58%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.70%) Mobile App
3 26 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 20 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.22%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.72%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.47%) Private Cloud
9 13 (3.23%) PKI
10 11 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.23%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.49%) CMDB
13 6 (1.49%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.74%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
15 2 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (13.90%) Linux
2 19 (4.71%) Apple iOS
3 14 (3.47%) Windows
4 10 (2.48%) VMS
5 9 (2.23%) Android
5 9 (2.23%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.50%) Debian
9 1 (0.25%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (93.30%) CI/CD
2 270 (67.00%) DevOps
3 221 (54.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (34.74%) Containerisation
5 112 (27.79%) Agile
6 106 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (25.06%) Observability
8 96 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
9 79 (19.60%) Test Automation
10 70 (17.37%) Analytics
11 69 (17.12%) AI
11 69 (17.12%) Cloud Security
12 67 (16.63%) Platform Engineering
13 65 (16.13%) DevSecOps
14 61 (15.14%) Mentoring
15 60 (14.89%) Incident Response
16 59 (14.64%) Deployment Automation
17 57 (14.14%) Software Engineering
18 50 (12.41%) Full-Stack Development
19 48 (11.91%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 187 (46.40%) Python
2 94 (23.33%) Bash
3 81 (20.10%) SQL
4 76 (18.86%) TypeScript
5 69 (17.12%) PowerShell
6 59 (14.64%) JavaScript
7 52 (12.90%) Go
8 39 (9.68%) Java
9 33 (8.19%) Kotlin
10 30 (7.44%) C#
11 22 (5.46%) Bicep
12 15 (3.72%) Rust
12 15 (3.72%) Swift
13 10 (2.48%) Groovy
14 9 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (1.99%) Scala
16 7 (1.74%) Dart
17 6 (1.49%) PHP
18 5 (1.24%) C++
18 5 (1.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (13.15%) Degree
2 36 (8.93%) AWS Certification
3 34 (8.44%) Security Cleared
4 25 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.21%) SC Cleared
6 20 (4.96%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.97%) OSCP
8 11 (2.73%) CISSP
9 8 (1.99%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (1.99%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.99%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.99%) SANS
10 6 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.74%) CCSP
13 3 (0.74%) CISM
13 3 (0.74%) GCIA
13 3 (0.74%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 33 (8.19%) QA
2 27 (6.70%) SOC 2
3 20 (4.96%) GDPR
4 16 (3.97%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.98%) GRC
6 11 (2.73%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.74%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.24%) WCAG
9 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.99%) NIST
10 3 (0.74%) SLA
11 2 (0.50%) IFRS
11 2 (0.50%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.50%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 144 (35.73%) Docker
2 31 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.74%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 236 (58.56%) Terraform
2 153 (37.97%) Kubernetes
3 71 (17.62%) Ansible
4 69 (17.12%) Grafana
5 58 (14.39%) Prometheus
6 15 (3.72%) Argo
7 13 (3.23%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.98%) Cilium
9 9 (2.23%) Packer
10 8 (1.99%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.99%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.74%) logstash
12 3 (0.74%) Puppet
13 2 (0.50%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.25%) Consul
14 1 (0.25%) Kibana
14 1 (0.25%) Rancher
14 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 59 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.46%) VMware
3 17 (4.22%) Google
4 15 (3.72%) Dynatrace
4 15 (3.72%) Palo Alto
5 13 (3.23%) Amplitude
5 13 (3.23%) Braze
6 11 (2.73%) Databricks
6 11 (2.73%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.23%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.23%) Zscaler
8 7 (1.74%) SendGrid
9 6 (1.49%) Cisco
9 6 (1.49%) EMC
9 6 (1.49%) F5
9 6 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.24%) Ab Initio
11 3 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.74%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.74%) New Relic