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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 457 530
Rank change year-on-year +43 +73 +8
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 465 234 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.47% 0.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.68% 1.49% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 311 185 217
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,750 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 27,734 15,741 24,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.43% 31.69% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 18,772 10,635 16,170
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,649 £102,500
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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +44 398 £65,500 -12.67% 315
UK excluding London +36 264 £65,000 - 164
London -21 149 £77,500 - 200
Work from Home -2 136 £70,000 -3.45% 168
North of England +53 117 £65,000 -2.26% 53
South East -5 57 £60,000 -20.00% 56
Yorkshire -2 55 £65,000 -5.11% 19
North West +14 44 £65,500 +0.77% 24
Midlands -25 33 £65,000 +7.00% 10
Wales -52 24 £60,000 +2.13% 6
South West -65 22 £61,250 +2.08% 14
West Midlands -21 19 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -41 18 £57,500 - 10
East Midlands -21 14 £65,000 +22.07% 2
Scotland +1 6 £62,500 -21.88% 12
East of England -30 5 £75,000 +9.09% 6

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 (3.01%) Apache
1 14 (3.01%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.37%) Confluence
3 9 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.86%) CICS
5 4 (0.86%) CMS
6 3 (0.65%) IIS
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.43%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 465 (100.00%) GitHub
2 298 (64.09%) AWS
3 258 (55.48%) Azure
4 128 (27.53%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (19.57%) GCP
6 89 (19.14%) Serverless
7 82 (17.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 71 (15.27%) AWS Lambda
9 64 (13.76%) Amazon S3
10 59 (12.69%) Amazon ECS
11 51 (10.97%) Amazon EC2
12 47 (10.11%) Datadog
13 42 (9.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (7.31%) Azure Monitor
15 30 (6.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 30 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
16 28 (6.02%) Amazon EKS
17 24 (5.16%) Azure AKS
18 21 (4.52%) Power Platform
19 20 (4.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.95%) Firewall
2 20 (4.30%) VPN
3 13 (2.80%) DMARC
4 12 (2.58%) Network Security
5 10 (2.15%) DNS
6 5 (1.08%) SAN
7 4 (0.86%) HTTP
7 4 (0.86%) SSH
7 4 (0.86%) SSL
8 3 (0.65%) BGP
8 3 (0.65%) WAN
9 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.43%) VLAN
10 1 (0.22%) LTE
10 1 (0.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (11.83%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (8.60%) DynamoDB
3 38 (8.17%) Relational Database
4 33 (7.10%) Amazon RDS
4 33 (7.10%) SQL Server
5 28 (6.02%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.52%) Amazon Athena
7 18 (3.87%) MySQL
8 17 (3.66%) Delta Lake
9 14 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (3.01%) Power BI
10 13 (2.80%) MongoDB
10 13 (2.80%) Redis
11 8 (1.72%) Tableau
12 7 (1.51%) Apache Iceberg
12 7 (1.51%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.51%) Data Vault
13 6 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.86%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 179 (38.49%) Jenkins
2 96 (20.65%) Git
3 72 (15.48%) GitLab
4 36 (7.74%) JIRA
5 33 (7.10%) Cypress.io
6 23 (4.95%) Postman
7 18 (3.87%) Selenium
8 15 (3.23%) Crashlytics
9 13 (2.80%) REST Assured
10 11 (2.37%) JUnit
11 10 (2.15%) Gatling
11 10 (2.15%) Gradle
11 10 (2.15%) JMeter
11 10 (2.15%) TeamCity
11 10 (2.15%) XCTest
12 9 (1.94%) Newman
13 8 (1.72%) fastlane
13 8 (1.72%) NUnit
14 7 (1.51%) Zephyr
15 6 (1.29%) Appium
General
1 158 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 80 (17.20%) Finance
3 56 (12.04%) Public Sector
4 43 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.38%) Banking
7 19 (4.09%) Retail
8 11 (2.37%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.15%) Law
10 9 (1.94%) Marketing
11 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.86%) Automotive
12 4 (0.86%) Games
13 3 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
13 3 (0.65%) Legal
13 3 (0.65%) Local Government
13 3 (0.65%) Military
14 2 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 126 (27.10%) Senior
2 109 (23.44%) Developer
3 70 (15.05%) Platform Engineer
4 60 (12.90%) Lead
5 59 (12.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 37 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (6.67%) Senior Developer
7 31 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 29 (6.24%) Data Engineer
8 29 (6.24%) Full-Stack Developer
9 26 (5.59%) Architect
9 26 (5.59%) Java Developer
9 26 (5.59%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 25 (5.38%) Azure Engineer
11 24 (5.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 23 (4.95%) Senior Data Engineer
13 21 (4.52%) Security Engineer
14 20 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (4.09%) Automation Engineer
16 18 (3.87%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (52.04%) Terraform
2 107 (23.01%) Node.js
3 82 (17.63%) React
4 69 (14.84%) .NET
5 68 (14.62%) Spring Boot
6 60 (12.90%) Spring
7 57 (12.26%) RESTful
8 54 (11.61%) CSS
8 54 (11.61%) REST
9 40 (8.60%) AngularJS
10 35 (7.53%) HTML
11 34 (7.31%) Playwright
12 30 (6.45%) Jest
12 30 (6.45%) OAuth
13 29 (6.24%) OAuth2
14 24 (5.16%) Ruby on Rails
14 24 (5.16%) YAML
15 23 (4.95%) Web Services
16 22 (4.73%) GraphQL
16 22 (4.73%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 129 (27.74%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (5.59%) Mobile App
4 24 (5.16%) Mainframe
5 22 (4.73%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
8 14 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
8 14 (3.01%) Private Cloud
9 13 (2.80%) Blog
9 13 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.37%) PKI
11 10 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (2.15%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.72%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.72%) Digital Wallet
13 7 (1.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (17.20%) Linux
2 20 (4.30%) Windows
3 17 (3.66%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.01%) Android
5 8 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.29%) Unix
7 3 (0.65%) Debian
7 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.65%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.43%) AIX
8 2 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.22%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (95.48%) CI/CD
2 290 (62.37%) DevOps
3 237 (50.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 148 (31.83%) Containerisation
5 133 (28.60%) Agile
6 123 (26.45%) Observability
7 118 (25.38%) AI
8 114 (24.52%) Software Engineering
9 107 (23.01%) Platform Engineering
9 107 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (22.58%) Test Automation
11 88 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (18.71%) Analytics
13 83 (17.85%) Mentoring
14 75 (16.13%) Microservices
15 68 (14.62%) Clean Code
16 66 (14.19%) Cloud Security
17 65 (13.98%) Full-Stack Development
18 50 (10.75%) RBAC
18 50 (10.75%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 191 (41.08%) Python
2 113 (24.30%) Java
3 103 (22.15%) TypeScript
4 78 (16.77%) SQL
5 77 (16.56%) Bash
5 77 (16.56%) JavaScript
6 63 (13.55%) PowerShell
7 43 (9.25%) Kotlin
8 39 (8.39%) Go
9 33 (7.10%) C#
10 28 (6.02%) Bicep
11 26 (5.59%) Ruby
12 19 (4.09%) Groovy
13 18 (3.87%) COBOL
14 17 (3.66%) Scala
15 13 (2.80%) PHP
15 13 (2.80%) Swift
16 12 (2.58%) JCL
17 8 (1.72%) Rust
18 6 (1.29%) Dart
Qualifications
1 77 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.61%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.97%) Degree
4 35 (7.53%) AWS Certification
5 34 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (5.38%) Azure Certification
7 18 (3.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.51%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.08%) CISSP
11 5 (1.08%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.65%) OCP
13 3 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.26%) QA
2 37 (7.96%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.38%) WCAG
4 20 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (3.66%) Data Quality
6 14 (3.01%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.94%) GRC
8 7 (1.51%) NCSC
9 6 (1.29%) GDPR
9 6 (1.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (1.08%) NIST
11 4 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.86%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.86%) SLA
12 2 (0.43%) IFRS
12 2 (0.43%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.43%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.22%) PERC
System Software
1 179 (38.49%) Docker
2 14 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.65%) Firmware
6 2 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 174 (37.42%) Kubernetes
2 57 (12.26%) Grafana
3 45 (9.68%) Ansible
3 45 (9.68%) Prometheus
4 24 (5.16%) Progress Chef
5 16 (3.44%) Argo
6 11 (2.37%) Packer
7 10 (2.15%) Cilium
8 6 (1.29%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.86%) Istio
10 3 (0.65%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.43%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.43%) logstash
11 2 (0.43%) Puppet
11 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.22%) Consul
12 1 (0.22%) linkerd
12 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 61 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.38%) VMware
3 24 (5.16%) Databricks
3 24 (5.16%) Google
4 16 (3.44%) OneLogin
5 15 (3.23%) New Relic
6 14 (3.01%) Dynatrace
7 13 (2.80%) SendGrid
8 12 (2.58%) Splunk
9 10 (2.15%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.94%) Amplitude
10 9 (1.94%) Braze
11 8 (1.72%) Broadcom
11 8 (1.72%) Oracle
12 6 (1.29%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.08%) Cisco
13 5 (1.08%) EMC
13 5 (1.08%) F5
13 5 (1.08%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.08%) ServiceNow