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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 459 558
Rank change year-on-year +49 +99 -15
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 445 229 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.46% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.61% 1.43% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 301 180 212
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,450 -
25th Percentile £53,000 £59,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £101,250 £84,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% -

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 27,660 15,995 26,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.50% 31.95% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 18,481 10,994 18,466
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
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 £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 24 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 24 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 +57 382 £65,000 -10.34% 140
UK excluding London +56 259 £65,000 +0.78% 101
London -15 140 £77,500 - 66
Work from Home +5 132 £65,000 -10.34% 85
North of England +53 115 £65,000 -2.62% 38
South East +8 55 £61,250 -5.77% 29
Yorkshire +18 54 £65,000 -5.11% 16
North West +17 41 £65,500 +0.77% 19
Midlands -21 31 £65,000 -3.70% 9
Wales -40 25 £60,000 +2.13% 3
South West -57 22 £61,250 +2.08% 18
North East -39 20 £55,000 -4.35% 4
East Midlands -10 16 £65,000 +20.37% 1
West Midlands -13 15 £63,750 -8.93% 8
Scotland +3 6 £62,500 -21.88% 2
East of England -29 5 £75,000 +11.11% 1

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 (3.15%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.70%) Confluence
3 11 (2.47%) Apache
4 6 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.90%) CICS
6 4 (0.90%) CMS
7 3 (0.67%) IIS
8 2 (0.45%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.45%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) Drupal
9 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 445 (100.00%) GitHub
2 287 (64.49%) AWS
3 252 (56.63%) Azure
4 129 (28.99%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (20.45%) Serverless
6 87 (19.55%) GCP
7 84 (18.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (16.40%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (13.26%) Amazon ECS
9 59 (13.26%) Amazon S3
10 51 (11.46%) Datadog
11 48 (10.79%) Amazon EC2
12 37 (8.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 30 (6.74%) Azure Monitor
14 27 (6.07%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (6.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 27 (6.07%) Azure Key Vault
15 23 (5.17%) AWS Step Functions
16 22 (4.94%) Power Platform
17 19 (4.27%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.39%) Firewall
2 18 (4.04%) VPN
3 13 (2.92%) DMARC
4 12 (2.70%) DNS
4 12 (2.70%) Network Security
5 5 (1.12%) HTTP
5 5 (1.12%) SAN
6 4 (0.90%) SSH
6 4 (0.90%) SSL
6 4 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.67%) BGP
7 3 (0.67%) DSL
7 3 (0.67%) WAN
8 2 (0.45%) VLAN
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
9 1 (0.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.13%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (8.99%) DynamoDB
3 35 (7.87%) SQL Server
4 34 (7.64%) Relational Database
5 33 (7.42%) Amazon RDS
6 29 (6.52%) NoSQL
7 19 (4.27%) Amazon Athena
8 18 (4.04%) MySQL
9 17 (3.82%) Delta Lake
10 15 (3.37%) Power BI
11 13 (2.92%) Redis
12 12 (2.70%) MongoDB
13 10 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.80%) Tableau
15 7 (1.57%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.57%) Data Vault
16 6 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
18 4 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
18 4 (0.90%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 169 (37.98%) Jenkins
2 100 (22.47%) Git
3 66 (14.83%) GitLab
4 33 (7.42%) JIRA
5 26 (5.84%) Cypress.io
6 17 (3.82%) Crashlytics
7 15 (3.37%) Postman
8 14 (3.15%) Selenium
9 12 (2.70%) XCTest
10 11 (2.47%) JUnit
11 10 (2.25%) Gradle
11 10 (2.25%) TeamCity
12 8 (1.80%) fastlane
12 8 (1.80%) NUnit
12 8 (1.80%) REST Assured
13 7 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (1.35%) Android Studio
14 6 (1.35%) Appium
14 6 (1.35%) Gatling
14 6 (1.35%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 74 (16.63%) Finance
3 53 (11.91%) Public Sector
4 42 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.27%) Banking
7 17 (3.82%) Retail
8 12 (2.70%) Law
9 11 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.02%) Marketing
11 6 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.90%) Automotive
12 4 (0.90%) Games
13 3 (0.67%) Digital Healthcare
13 3 (0.67%) Legal
13 3 (0.67%) Local Government
13 3 (0.67%) Military
13 3 (0.67%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.45%) Advertising
14 2 (0.45%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (26.74%) Senior
2 111 (24.94%) Developer
3 70 (15.73%) Platform Engineer
4 57 (12.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 54 (12.13%) Lead
6 35 (7.87%) Cloud Engineer
7 34 (7.64%) Senior Developer
8 31 (6.97%) Software Engineer
9 27 (6.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 26 (5.84%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (5.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 26 (5.84%) Data Engineer
10 26 (5.84%) Java Developer
11 25 (5.62%) Architect
11 25 (5.62%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 20 (4.49%) Security Engineer
13 19 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
13 19 (4.27%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (4.04%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.82%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (51.46%) Terraform
2 105 (23.60%) Node.js
3 82 (18.43%) React
4 67 (15.06%) .NET
5 64 (14.38%) Spring Boot
6 56 (12.58%) Spring
7 55 (12.36%) RESTful
8 53 (11.91%) CSS
9 49 (11.01%) REST
10 40 (8.99%) AngularJS
11 34 (7.64%) HTML
11 34 (7.64%) OAuth
12 31 (6.97%) Jest
13 29 (6.52%) OAuth2
14 28 (6.29%) Playwright
15 25 (5.62%) YAML
16 23 (5.17%) Web Services
17 22 (4.94%) Ruby on Rails
18 21 (4.72%) GraphQL
18 21 (4.72%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 126 (28.31%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.29%) Mobile App
3 27 (6.07%) Product Ownership
4 26 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.94%) Onboarding
6 21 (4.72%) Mainframe
7 18 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.92%) Blog
9 13 (2.92%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (2.70%) Private Cloud
10 12 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.47%) PKI
11 11 (2.47%) Public Cloud
12 9 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (1.80%) Digital Wallet
14 7 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.35%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 77 (17.30%) Linux
2 21 (4.72%) Windows
3 20 (4.49%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.15%) Android
5 9 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.12%) Unix
7 3 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.45%) AIX
8 2 (0.45%) Debian
8 2 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.45%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (95.06%) CI/CD
2 281 (63.15%) DevOps
3 229 (51.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 145 (32.58%) Containerisation
5 129 (28.99%) Agile
6 115 (25.84%) Observability
7 107 (24.04%) Software Engineering
8 102 (22.92%) Platform Engineering
8 102 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (22.70%) AI
10 94 (21.12%) Test Automation
11 90 (20.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (17.75%) Analytics
13 77 (17.30%) Mentoring
14 74 (16.63%) Microservices
15 68 (15.28%) Clean Code
16 67 (15.06%) Full-Stack Development
17 59 (13.26%) Cloud Security
18 49 (11.01%) RBAC
19 48 (10.79%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 181 (40.67%) Python
2 104 (23.37%) Java
3 99 (22.25%) TypeScript
4 74 (16.63%) Bash
4 74 (16.63%) JavaScript
5 72 (16.18%) SQL
6 62 (13.93%) PowerShell
7 45 (10.11%) Kotlin
8 34 (7.64%) C#
9 33 (7.42%) Go
10 25 (5.62%) Bicep
11 24 (5.39%) Ruby
12 19 (4.27%) Groovy
13 17 (3.82%) Scala
14 16 (3.60%) Swift
15 15 (3.37%) COBOL
16 13 (2.92%) PHP
17 9 (2.02%) JCL
17 9 (2.02%) Rust
18 6 (1.35%) Dart
Qualifications
1 76 (17.08%) Security Cleared
2 54 (12.13%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.46%) Degree
4 33 (7.42%) AWS Certification
5 30 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (5.84%) Azure Certification
7 18 (4.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.02%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.57%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.12%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.12%) OSCP
12 4 (0.90%) CISSP
12 4 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.67%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.79%) QA
2 36 (8.09%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.62%) WCAG
4 18 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.92%) SOC 2
6 12 (2.70%) Data Quality
7 9 (2.02%) GRC
8 7 (1.57%) NCSC
9 6 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (1.12%) GDPR
10 5 (1.12%) NIST
11 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.90%) SLA
12 2 (0.45%) IFRS
12 2 (0.45%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 173 (38.88%) Docker
2 15 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 170 (38.20%) Kubernetes
2 59 (13.26%) Grafana
3 46 (10.34%) Ansible
3 46 (10.34%) Prometheus
4 24 (5.39%) Progress Chef
5 15 (3.37%) Argo
6 12 (2.70%) Packer
7 10 (2.25%) Cilium
8 4 (0.90%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.67%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.67%) Puppet
10 2 (0.45%) Bugsnag
10 2 (0.45%) logstash
11 1 (0.22%) Consul
11 1 (0.22%) Istio
11 1 (0.22%) linkerd
11 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (12.13%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.39%) Databricks
3 23 (5.17%) VMware
4 21 (4.72%) Google
5 17 (3.82%) Dynatrace
6 16 (3.60%) OneLogin
7 14 (3.15%) New Relic
8 13 (2.92%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.92%) SendGrid
9 11 (2.47%) Amplitude
9 11 (2.47%) Braze
9 11 (2.47%) Splunk
10 8 (1.80%) Oracle
11 6 (1.35%) Cisco
11 6 (1.35%) EMC
11 6 (1.35%) F5
11 6 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.35%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.12%) Broadcom