Software Deployment Job Trends

Software Deployment
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 598 741
Rank change year-on-year +1 +143 +79
Permanent jobs citing Software Deployment 118 49 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 52 36 128
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £92,319 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.13% +67.85% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,313 £98,474 £63,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £115,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% +19.05% +10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Software Deployment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,106 40,605 82,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43,167 22,159 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Deployment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Deployment
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Deployment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Deployment over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
UK excluding London +3 91 £52,500 -16.00% 16
Work from Home +87 82 £52,500 -44.52% 1
England -1 79 £52,500 -12.50% 12
Scotland +20 34 - -
South East - 28 £52,500 - 4
London -19 23 £65,000 -35.00%
South West -46 16 - -
North of England -31 7 £33,250 +10.83% 3
North West +2 4 £36,500 +21.67% 3
East of England - 4 £30,394 - 1
Yorkshire -52 3 £30,000 -23.81%
Wales -29 2 - - 4

Software Deployment
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 12 (10.17%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) Jupyter
Applications
1 51 (43.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.54%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 76 (64.41%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (40.68%) Entra ID
3 24 (20.34%) Azure
4 9 (7.63%) OneDrive
5 8 (6.78%) AWS
6 4 (3.39%) IaaS
6 4 (3.39%) PaaS
7 2 (1.69%) GCP
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.69%) SaaS
7 2 (1.69%) Serverless
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.85%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.85%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.85%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.32%) VPN
2 9 (7.63%) DNS
2 9 (7.63%) Firewall
3 8 (6.78%) LAN
3 8 (6.78%) WAN
4 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.54%) DHCP
6 2 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.85%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.85%) Network Security
7 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.85%) SMTP
7 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.69%) Big Data
1 2 (1.69%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
2 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.85%) Spark SQL
2 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 93 (78.81%) Social Skills
2 50 (42.37%) Back Office
3 9 (7.63%) Finance
4 5 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.54%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.85%) Billing
7 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 60 (50.85%) Support Engineer
2 50 (42.37%) Desktop Engineer
2 50 (42.37%) Desktop Support
2 50 (42.37%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 48 (40.68%) Site Engineer
4 23 (19.49%) Infrastructure Support
5 20 (16.95%) Infrastructure Manager
5 20 (16.95%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 20 (16.95%) Support Manager
6 10 (8.47%) IT Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) Analyst
7 8 (6.78%) IT Support
8 7 (5.93%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Senior
10 5 (4.24%) Software Asset Manager
10 5 (4.24%) Software Manager
11 4 (3.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 3 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
12 3 (2.54%) Service Desk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.85%) JWT
2 1 (0.85%) Node.js
2 1 (0.85%) OAuth
2 1 (0.85%) PySpark
2 1 (0.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.39%) Management Information System
1 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (1.69%) Cyberattack
2 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
3 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 95 (80.51%) Windows
2 80 (67.80%) Windows 10
3 11 (9.32%) Apple iOS
4 10 (8.47%) Mac OS
5 9 (7.63%) Linux
6 7 (5.93%) Android
7 6 (5.08%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.85%) CentOS
9 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (61.86%) Patch Management
2 60 (50.85%) ITIL
3 59 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 55 (46.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (45.76%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (43.22%) Analytics
7 50 (42.37%) Customer Acquisition
7 50 (42.37%) Customer Experience
7 50 (42.37%) Ticket Management
8 25 (21.19%) ITSM
9 24 (20.34%) Security Operations
10 23 (19.49%) Emotional Intelligence
10 23 (19.49%) Infrastructure Monitoring
11 16 (13.56%) People Management
12 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (8.47%) Application Packaging
13 10 (8.47%) Mobile Device Management
14 9 (7.63%) Task Automation
15 7 (5.93%) Agile
15 7 (5.93%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.71%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.63%) Python
3 6 (5.08%) Bash
3 6 (5.08%) SQL
4 5 (4.24%) Java
5 3 (2.54%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.69%) Scala
7 1 (0.85%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (45.76%) Degree
1 54 (45.76%) SC Cleared
1 54 (45.76%) Security Cleared
2 50 (42.37%) CTC Cleared
3 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (42.37%) SLA
2 3 (2.54%) GDPR
2 3 (2.54%) QA
3 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.69%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.78%) BitLocker
3 7 (5.93%) Docker
4 5 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.85%) vSphere
7 1 (0.85%) XenApp
7 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (28.81%) SCCM
2 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.39%) Ansible
3 4 (3.39%) Terraform
4 3 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.54%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.54%) Puppet
5 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 52 (44.07%) Cisco
3 24 (20.34%) ServiceNow
4 23 (19.49%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.39%) Apple
5 4 (3.39%) Citrix
5 4 (3.39%) VMware
6 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.85%) Commvault
7 1 (0.85%) Dell
7 1 (0.85%) Draytek
7 1 (0.85%) Google
7 1 (0.85%) iManage
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.85%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.85%) SYSPRO
7 1 (0.85%) Veeam
7 1 (0.85%) Yealink
7 1 (0.85%) Zscaler