Software Deployment
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Deployment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Deployment over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 832 902
Rank change year-on-year +84 +70 -186
Permanent jobs citing Software Deployment 146 158 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 131 134 155
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £26,989
25th Percentile £36,125 £42,813 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,438 £71,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £84,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% +9.20% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Deployment is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Deployment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Deployment.

Salary trend for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Deployment over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Top 15 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 25 April 2024. 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 +108 138 £55,000 +4.76% 31
UK excluding London +30 111 £52,500 +10.53% 24
Work from Home +89 64 £56,500 +7.62% 13
London +100 34 £63,750 +10.87% 9
North of England +54 31 £52,500 +7.69% 7
Midlands +24 28 £55,000 +7.32% 5
South East +17 27 £34,500 -27.37% 4
West Midlands +33 22 £55,000 +54.47% 3
Yorkshire +96 17 £52,500 -8.70% 2
North West +16 14 £56,250 +56.25% 5
South West -22 10 £80,000 +77.78% 2
East of England +31 8 £37,500 -16.67% 2
East Midlands -13 6 £46,750 -10.95% 2
Scotland -63 5 £21,897 -60.19%
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 4

Software Deployment
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 26 (17.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (14.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (18.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 74 (50.68%) Azure
2 51 (34.93%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (19.18%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (16.44%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.53%) AWS
6 7 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.79%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.74%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.05%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.05%) GCP
8 3 (2.05%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.05%) SaaS
9 2 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.37%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.37%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.37%) Serverless
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.96%) LAN
2 14 (9.59%) Firewall
3 11 (7.53%) DNS
4 10 (6.85%) Network Security
4 10 (6.85%) TCP/IP
5 9 (6.16%) VPN
6 7 (4.79%) DHCP
6 7 (4.79%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (4.79%) WAN
7 6 (4.11%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (4.11%) NetScaler
7 6 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (3.42%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.42%) VoIP
9 4 (2.74%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (2.74%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (2.74%) VLAN
10 3 (2.05%) SAN
11 2 (1.37%) EIGRP
11 2 (1.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.79%) Power BI
3 5 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.05%) Big Data
4 3 (2.05%) Hadoop
4 3 (2.05%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.05%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) AdminStudio
1 4 (2.74%) InstallShield
1 4 (2.74%) MSI
2 2 (1.37%) Hudson
3 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (42.47%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.86%) Finance
3 20 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.85%) Law
6 9 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Retail
9 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.37%) Banking
10 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.37%) Legal
10 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.37%) Marketing
10 2 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (22.60%) Support Engineer
2 21 (14.38%) Desktop Support
2 21 (14.38%) IT Support
3 19 (13.01%) Project Manager
3 19 (13.01%) Senior
4 18 (12.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 18 (12.33%) IT Engineer
5 16 (10.96%) Analyst
6 14 (9.59%) Desktop Engineer
6 14 (9.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (8.22%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 11 (7.53%) IT Technician
10 10 (6.85%) Software Manager
10 10 (6.85%) Software Project Manager
11 9 (6.16%) Chief Technology Officer
11 9 (6.16%) Technical Manager
11 9 (6.16%) Technical Project Manager
12 8 (5.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 8 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.01%) .NET
1 19 (13.01%) RESTful
1 19 (13.01%) SOAP
2 5 (3.42%) HTML
3 4 (2.74%) React
4 3 (2.05%) Loki
5 2 (1.37%) LAMP
5 2 (1.37%) Laravel
5 2 (1.37%) Node.js
5 2 (1.37%) REST
5 2 (1.37%) V-Ray
5 2 (1.37%) Web Services
6 1 (0.68%) Ajax
6 1 (0.68%) HTML5
6 1 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.68%) SVG
6 1 (0.68%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.01%) Virtual Team
2 13 (8.90%) PKI
3 12 (8.22%) Product Ownership
4 11 (7.53%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.74%) Hedge funds
6 4 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.74%) Replication
6 4 (2.74%) Shadow IT
7 3 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.37%) IoT
8 2 (1.37%) PACS
9 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (49.32%) Windows
2 28 (19.18%) Windows 10
3 26 (17.81%) Windows Server
4 18 (12.33%) Windows 7
5 8 (5.48%) Linux
6 3 (2.05%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.37%) Unix
8 1 (0.68%) Android
8 1 (0.68%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (32.88%) DevOps
2 43 (29.45%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (26.03%) Agile
4 37 (25.34%) ITIL
5 35 (23.97%) Customer Service
6 34 (23.29%) Customer Requirements
7 31 (21.23%) Project Delivery
8 26 (17.81%) Project Management
9 23 (15.75%) Software Testing
10 22 (15.07%) Computer Science
10 22 (15.07%) Software Engineering
11 21 (14.38%) Change Management
12 19 (13.01%) Agile Project Management
12 19 (13.01%) Presales
12 19 (13.01%) SDLC
12 19 (13.01%) Technical Architecture
12 19 (13.01%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (12.33%) Roadmaps
14 13 (8.90%) Change Control
14 13 (8.90%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.29%) PowerShell
2 23 (15.75%) JavaScript
3 16 (10.96%) C#
4 12 (8.22%) Python
4 12 (8.22%) SQL
5 6 (4.11%) Java
6 5 (3.42%) VB
7 4 (2.74%) Bash
7 4 (2.74%) Perl
7 4 (2.74%) Ruby
8 3 (2.05%) Go
8 3 (2.05%) Scala
9 2 (1.37%) PHP
10 1 (0.68%) C++
10 1 (0.68%) Rust
10 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 33 (22.60%) Degree
3 29 (19.86%) SC Cleared
4 19 (13.01%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.11%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.74%) CCIE
7 4 (2.74%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.05%) CCNA
8 3 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.05%) QA
1 3 (2.05%) SLA
2 2 (1.37%) DICOM
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 60 (41.10%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (10.96%) Hyper-V
3 16 (10.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (8.22%) Docker
4 12 (8.22%) Firmware
5 7 (4.79%) XenApp
6 6 (4.11%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (4.11%) XenDesktop
7 4 (2.74%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.37%) pfSense
8 2 (1.37%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.68%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (19.86%) SCCM
2 17 (11.64%) Kubernetes
3 13 (8.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (6.85%) Terraform
5 7 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.74%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (2.74%) Stealthwatch
6 4 (2.74%) WSUS
7 3 (2.05%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.05%) Grafana
7 3 (2.05%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.37%) Ansible
8 2 (1.37%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.37%) Packer
9 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.68%) WMI
Vendors
1 75 (51.37%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.12%) VMware
3 14 (9.59%) HP
4 9 (6.16%) Cisco
4 9 (6.16%) Citrix
4 9 (6.16%) Veeam
5 8 (5.48%) Oracle
6 6 (4.11%) Commvault
6 6 (4.11%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.42%) Acronis
7 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.74%) Autodesk
8 4 (2.74%) Dell
8 4 (2.74%) Google
8 4 (2.74%) Splunk
9 3 (2.05%) Meraki
10 2 (1.37%) Aruba
10 2 (1.37%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.37%) Sophos
10 2 (1.37%) Veritas