GitHub Actions Jobs

GitHub Actions
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GitHub Actions skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GitHub Actions over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 665 627
Rank change year-on-year +149 -38 -118
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 196 255 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.25% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.30% 0.71% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 155 200 222
10th Percentile £51,250 £44,875 £53,750
25th Percentile £59,250 £50,000 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -18.75% +23.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £101,500 £96,250 £117,236
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,000 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +4.62% -6.40% +20.78%

All Cloud 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 15,066 35,825 42,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.47% 34.91% 43.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,925 26,875 27,585
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £34,723
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,900 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% +4.76%

GitHub Actions
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitHub Actions as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitHub Actions in the UK

GitHub Actions
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitHub Actions.

Salary trend for GitHub Actions in the UK

GitHub Actions
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub Actions over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 2025. 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 +130 182 £75,000 +15.38% 345
London +126 102 £82,500 +10.00% 190
Work from Home +101 91 £72,500 +11.54% 258
UK excluding London +129 85 £68,000 +4.62% 171
North of England +6 26 £68,000 +4.62% 83
South West +113 19 £60,000 -11.11% 20
South East +97 17 £70,000 - 23
Midlands +43 15 £72,500 +20.83% 8
West Midlands +44 14 £73,750 +22.92% 7
North West -10 12 £75,000 +15.38% 55
Yorkshire +32 9 £68,000 - 24
Wales - 7 £60,000 - 7
Scotland +126 5 £62,500 -33.96% 7
North East - 5 £57,500 - 4
East of England +33 2 £76,250 +17.31% 14
East Midlands +30 1 £60,000 +29.73% 1

GitHub Actions
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.57%) Confluence
1 7 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.55%) CMS
3 3 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.53%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.02%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.02%) WordPress
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
5 1 (0.51%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 196 (100.00%) GitHub
2 117 (59.69%) Azure
3 93 (47.45%) AWS
4 81 (41.33%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (20.92%) Serverless
6 25 (12.76%) GCP
7 24 (12.24%) SaaS
8 21 (10.71%) PaaS
9 19 (9.69%) Amazon ECS
9 19 (9.69%) Amazon S3
10 18 (9.18%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (8.16%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (7.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (6.63%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (6.63%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (6.63%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (6.63%) npm
14 12 (6.12%) Datadog
14 12 (6.12%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.12%) VPN
2 5 (2.55%) MQTT
2 5 (2.55%) SMS
3 3 (1.53%) DNS
4 2 (1.02%) Firewall
4 2 (1.02%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) HbbTV
5 1 (0.51%) HTTP
5 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.78%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (11.22%) MySQL
3 14 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (7.14%) MongoDB
4 12 (6.12%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (5.61%) NoSQL
6 10 (5.10%) Power BI
7 9 (4.59%) DynamoDB
8 6 (3.06%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 6 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 6 (3.06%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.53%) Couchbase
9 3 (1.53%) Redis
10 2 (1.02%) Big Data
11 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 40 (20.41%) Git
2 36 (18.37%) Jenkins
3 22 (11.22%) SonarQube
4 16 (8.16%) GitLab
5 15 (7.65%) JIRA
6 12 (6.12%) Gradle
7 11 (5.61%) CircleCI
8 7 (3.57%) Postman
9 5 (2.55%) Maven
9 5 (2.55%) Selenium
9 5 (2.55%) TeamCity
9 5 (2.55%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.04%) Artifactory
10 4 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (1.53%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (1.53%) webpack
12 2 (1.02%) Babel
12 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
General
1 63 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.86%) Finance
3 23 (11.73%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.14%) Games
5 12 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.08%) Automotive
7 6 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.55%) Retail
9 4 (2.04%) Banking
9 4 (2.04%) Front Office
9 4 (2.04%) Law
9 4 (2.04%) Marketing
9 4 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.51%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.51%) Back Office
10 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (28.06%) Senior
2 54 (27.55%) DevOps Engineer
3 51 (26.02%) Developer
4 37 (18.88%) Lead
5 28 (14.29%) Software Engineer
6 19 (9.69%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (9.69%) Senior Developer
7 14 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) Lead Developer
10 9 (4.59%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (4.59%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) Data Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) Senior DevOps
11 8 (4.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.57%) iOS Android Developer
12 7 (3.57%) Lead Android Developer
12 7 (3.57%) Lead iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (27.04%) React
2 32 (16.33%) .NET
3 29 (14.80%) RESTful
4 25 (12.76%) Node.js
5 20 (10.20%) GraphQL
6 19 (9.69%) AngularJS
7 15 (7.65%) Kafka
8 12 (6.12%) CSS
8 12 (6.12%) HTML
8 12 (6.12%) REST
9 11 (5.61%) .NET Core
10 10 (5.10%) RabbitMQ
11 9 (4.59%) Django
11 9 (4.59%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (4.59%) JSON
11 9 (4.59%) Spring
12 7 (3.57%) FastAPI
12 7 (3.57%) React Native
12 7 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 7 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (22.45%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (6.63%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (6.12%) Mobile Games
5 10 (5.10%) Mobile App
6 9 (4.59%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.59%) Product Ownership
7 8 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (4.08%) Public Cloud
8 6 (3.06%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.55%) Client/Server
10 4 (2.04%) Life Science
10 4 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.53%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
12 2 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (1.02%) NHS
12 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.29%) Linux
2 7 (3.57%) Android
2 7 (3.57%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.06%) Windows
4 5 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.04%) VMS
6 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (82.65%) CI/CD
2 127 (64.80%) DevOps
3 92 (46.94%) Agile
4 86 (43.88%) Software Engineering
5 62 (31.63%) Containerisation
6 61 (31.12%) Infrastructure as Code
7 46 (23.47%) Test Automation
8 44 (22.45%) Mentoring
9 42 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (17.86%) Migration
11 33 (16.84%) Release Management
12 31 (15.82%) Observability
13 29 (14.80%) Microservices
14 28 (14.29%) DevSecOps
14 28 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 28 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
15 24 (12.24%) Deployment Automation
16 21 (10.71%) Computer Science
16 21 (10.71%) Data Engineering
17 20 (10.20%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 78 (39.80%) Python
2 42 (21.43%) SQL
3 41 (20.92%) TypeScript
4 39 (19.90%) JavaScript
5 38 (19.39%) Java
6 31 (15.82%) C#
7 27 (13.78%) PowerShell
8 21 (10.71%) Bash
9 13 (6.63%) Go
10 10 (5.10%) Kotlin
11 7 (3.57%) Objective-C
11 7 (3.57%) Swift
12 6 (3.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (1.53%) Bicep
14 3 (1.53%) Ruby
14 3 (1.53%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.51%) Groovy
15 1 (0.51%) PHP
15 1 (0.51%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.37%) Degree
2 19 (9.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (8.67%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.10%) Azure Certification
4 10 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.08%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.08%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.22%) QA
2 14 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.59%) Data Quality
4 8 (4.08%) PCI DSS
5 7 (3.57%) GDPR
6 6 (3.06%) NCSC
7 5 (2.55%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.53%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 80 (40.82%) Docker
2 13 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.04%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 92 (46.94%) Terraform
2 83 (42.35%) Kubernetes
3 31 (15.82%) Prometheus
4 23 (11.73%) Ansible
5 20 (10.20%) Grafana
6 11 (5.61%) Argo
7 9 (4.59%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.04%) Packer
9 3 (1.53%) Puppet
10 2 (1.02%) Consul
11 1 (0.51%) Automic
11 1 (0.51%) Rancher
11 1 (0.51%) Salt
Vendors
1 33 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.67%) Databricks
3 14 (7.14%) Google
4 13 (6.63%) VMware
5 12 (6.12%) New Relic
6 9 (4.59%) Citrix
7 5 (2.55%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.53%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.02%) Pega
9 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.51%) Foundry
10 1 (0.51%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.51%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.51%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.51%) Palantir
10 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.51%) Splunk