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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 469 555
Rank change year-on-year +135 +86 +106
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 379 233 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.47% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.72% 1.27% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 284 169 192
10th Percentile £49,350 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £68,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -14.61% +6.18%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £117,137
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year - -5.45% -1.00%

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 22,045 18,360 28,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.35% 36.97% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,922 10,955 23,591
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,231 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 11 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 11 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 +81 288 £72,500 +6.62% 180
UK excluding London +51 184 £65,000 - 127
Work from Home +127 176 £70,000 +5.66% 139
London +95 136 £80,000 -11.11% 82
North of England +9 58 £60,000 -11.76% 44
Scotland +25 37 £90,000 +50.00% 7
South West -1 37 £75,000 +15.38% 16
South East -10 32 £75,000 +15.38% 39
Yorkshire -20 32 £60,000 +21.21% 21
North West +29 18 £65,000 -23.53% 22
Midlands -4 12 £60,000 -7.69% 14
North East -1 8 £48,750 -23.53% 1
West Midlands -7 7 £60,000 -7.69% 11
East Midlands -10 5 £72,500 +83.54% 4
East of England +18 4 £65,000 -38.10% 4
Wales -8 2 £63,248 -2.70% 1
Northern Ireland -18 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 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.11%) Confluence
3 4 (1.06%) Apache
3 4 (1.06%) Appian
4 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.53%) IIS
5 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.79%) Shopify
2 1 (0.26%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 379 (100.00%) GitHub
2 243 (64.12%) Azure
3 198 (52.24%) AWS
4 159 (41.95%) Azure DevOps
5 98 (25.86%) GCP
6 82 (21.64%) Serverless
7 65 (17.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 64 (16.89%) Datadog
9 56 (14.78%) AWS Lambda
10 54 (14.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 46 (12.14%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (12.14%) Entra ID
12 44 (11.61%) Azure Monitor
13 42 (11.08%) Amazon S3
14 38 (10.03%) Azure AKS
15 30 (7.92%) AWS Step Functions
15 30 (7.92%) SaaS
16 21 (5.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 21 (5.54%) PaaS
17 20 (5.28%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.76%) Firewall
2 19 (5.01%) VPN
3 15 (3.96%) DNS
3 15 (3.96%) HTTP
4 12 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.17%) WAN
5 10 (2.64%) Network Security
6 8 (2.11%) DSL
7 4 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.79%) RTP
8 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.79%) VoIP
8 3 (0.79%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.35%) NoSQL
2 39 (10.29%) SQL Server
3 23 (6.07%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.01%) BigQuery
4 19 (5.01%) DynamoDB
5 14 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (2.64%) Flink
7 9 (2.37%) MySQL
8 8 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.11%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.85%) Pinecone
10 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.06%) Metadata
11 4 (1.06%) Weaviate
12 3 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 156 (41.16%) Jenkins
2 77 (20.32%) Git
3 52 (13.72%) GitLab
4 13 (3.43%) JIRA
5 11 (2.90%) CircleCI
6 10 (2.64%) TeamCity
7 9 (2.37%) Bitbucket
7 9 (2.37%) Subversion
8 5 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.32%) NUnit
9 4 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.79%) JMeter
10 3 (0.79%) Selenium
11 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.53%) JUnit
11 2 (0.53%) MSTest
11 2 (0.53%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.53%) TestNG
General
1 119 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 117 (30.87%) Finance
3 36 (9.50%) Telecoms
4 23 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.54%) Banking
6 20 (5.28%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.22%) Law
8 14 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.69%) Retail
9 12 (3.17%) Front Office
10 11 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.58%) Back Office
11 6 (1.58%) Electronics
11 6 (1.58%) Marketing
12 5 (1.32%) Advertising
13 4 (1.06%) Billing
13 4 (1.06%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (23.48%) Senior
2 86 (22.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (18.21%) Developer
4 49 (12.93%) Lead
5 42 (11.08%) Cloud Engineer
6 40 (10.55%) Platform Engineer
7 32 (8.44%) .NET Developer
8 26 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
9 24 (6.33%) Security Engineer
10 21 (5.54%) AWS Engineer
11 20 (5.28%) Senior DevOps
12 19 (5.01%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 18 (4.75%) Applications Engineer
13 18 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 15 (3.96%) AWS DevOps
14 15 (3.96%) Azure Developer
14 15 (3.96%) GCP Engineer
15 14 (3.69%) AWS Developer
15 14 (3.69%) GCP DevOps
15 14 (3.69%) GCP DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (19.00%) .NET
2 69 (18.21%) React
3 57 (15.04%) RESTful
4 44 (11.61%) Node.js
5 35 (9.23%) OAuth
6 26 (6.86%) ADO
6 26 (6.86%) AWS CDK
7 25 (6.60%) .NET Core
7 25 (6.60%) YAML
8 24 (6.33%) Elastic Stack
9 22 (5.80%) ASP.NET
9 22 (5.80%) HTML
10 21 (5.54%) CSS
10 21 (5.54%) OAuth2
11 20 (5.28%) REST
12 19 (5.01%) JSON
13 17 (4.49%) .NET Framework
13 17 (4.49%) Blazor
13 17 (4.49%) Kafka
13 17 (4.49%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 86 (22.69%) Cloud Native
2 26 (6.86%) Product Ownership
3 24 (6.33%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.58%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.58%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.32%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.32%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.06%) Blog
9 4 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.06%) Hackathon
10 3 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.79%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.53%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 54 (14.25%) Linux
2 18 (4.75%) VMS
2 18 (4.75%) Windows
3 5 (1.32%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.32%) Unix
4 3 (0.79%) SUSE
4 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (91.82%) CI/CD
2 291 (76.78%) DevOps
3 205 (54.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 154 (40.63%) Containerisation
5 116 (30.61%) Agile
5 116 (30.61%) Observability
6 107 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (27.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (20.84%) Test Automation
9 69 (18.21%) Incident Response
10 63 (16.62%) Cloud Security
11 62 (16.36%) AI
12 60 (15.83%) Platform Engineering
13 57 (15.04%) RBAC
13 57 (15.04%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 54 (14.25%) DevSecOps
15 53 (13.98%) Analytics
15 53 (13.98%) Deployment Automation
16 52 (13.72%) Microservices
17 51 (13.46%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 198 (52.24%) Python
2 114 (30.08%) Bash
3 81 (21.37%) SQL
4 74 (19.53%) PowerShell
5 65 (17.15%) TypeScript
6 64 (16.89%) JavaScript
7 50 (13.19%) Bicep
8 46 (12.14%) Go
9 32 (8.44%) Java
10 30 (7.92%) C#
11 12 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (2.64%) Rust
13 6 (1.58%) C++
13 6 (1.58%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.32%) T-SQL
15 4 (1.06%) Ruby
16 3 (0.79%) C
17 2 (0.53%) PHP
17 2 (0.53%) VB
18 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (14.25%) Degree
2 40 (10.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (10.03%) AWS Certification
4 37 (9.76%) Security Cleared
5 29 (7.65%) SC Cleared
6 22 (5.80%) Azure Certification
7 19 (5.01%) CISSP
8 18 (4.75%) CREST Certified
8 18 (4.75%) SANS
9 16 (4.22%) Master's Degree
10 11 (2.90%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (2.37%) OSCP
12 5 (1.32%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.26%) CCNA
14 1 (0.26%) CCSP
14 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.82%) QA
2 39 (10.29%) GDPR
3 35 (9.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (5.54%) SOC 2
5 18 (4.75%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.32%) GRC
10 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.06%) SLA
11 3 (0.79%) NIST
12 2 (0.53%) ECSS
13 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 170 (44.85%) Docker
2 44 (11.61%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.79%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.79%) vSphere
6 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 230 (60.69%) Terraform
2 185 (48.81%) Kubernetes
3 85 (22.43%) Grafana
4 78 (20.58%) Prometheus
5 70 (18.47%) Ansible
6 28 (7.39%) Argo
7 9 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.32%) Cilium
8 5 (1.32%) Proxmox
9 4 (1.06%) logstash
10 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.79%) Rancher
11 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.26%) Icinga
11 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.26%) Nagios
11 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.33%) Google
3 17 (4.49%) VMware
4 14 (3.69%) Ab Initio
5 12 (3.17%) Palo Alto
5 12 (3.17%) Zscaler
6 8 (2.11%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.85%) OpenAI
7 7 (1.85%) Splunk
8 6 (1.58%) LogicMonitor
8 6 (1.58%) SAP
9 5 (1.32%) Databricks
9 5 (1.32%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.79%) BT
10 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.79%) Mitel
11 2 (0.53%) Pega
12 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow