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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 826 931
Rank change year-on-year +68 +105 -196
Permanent jobs citing Software Deployment 144 146 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 129 127 148
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,000 £27,710
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,875 £70,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £84,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% +9.20% +8.75%

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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +104 136 £55,000 +4.76% 43
UK excluding London +27 108 £52,500 +10.53% 31
Work from Home +70 63 £55,500 +5.71% 12
London +87 35 £65,000 +18.18% 15
North of England +66 29 £52,500 -4.55% 6
Midlands +8 29 £55,000 +4.76% 7
South East -4 26 £36,000 -24.21% 5
West Midlands +29 23 £55,000 +54.47% 6
Yorkshire +97 16 £51,250 -10.87% 1
North West +19 13 £55,000 +71.88% 4
South West -23 10 £80,000 +68.42% 7
East of England +22 7 £37,500 -16.67% 3
East Midlands -15 6 £46,750 -10.95% 1
Scotland -68 5 £21,897 -60.19% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3

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 28 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (15.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.08%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.69%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (18.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Endur
1 1 (0.69%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 70 (48.61%) Azure
2 51 (35.42%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (18.06%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (15.28%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.64%) AWS
6 7 (4.86%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.86%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.78%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.08%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.08%) GCP
8 3 (2.08%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.08%) SaaS
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.39%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.39%) Serverless
10 1 (0.69%) IaaS
10 1 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.42%) Firewall
2 14 (9.72%) LAN
3 10 (6.94%) DNS
3 10 (6.94%) Network Security
3 10 (6.94%) TCP/IP
4 8 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (5.56%) VPN
5 7 (4.86%) DHCP
5 7 (4.86%) WAN
6 6 (4.17%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (4.17%) NetScaler
6 6 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.47%) SD-WAN
7 5 (3.47%) VoIP
8 4 (2.78%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (2.78%) VLAN
9 2 (1.39%) HSRP
9 2 (1.39%) iSCSI
9 2 (1.39%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.86%) Power BI
3 5 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.08%) Big Data
4 3 (2.08%) Hadoop
4 3 (2.08%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.08%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.08%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.39%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) AdminStudio
1 4 (2.78%) InstallShield
1 4 (2.78%) MSI
2 2 (1.39%) Hudson
3 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.69%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (42.36%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.14%) Finance
3 19 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (8.33%) Law
6 9 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.08%) Retail
9 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.39%) Banking
10 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Legal
10 2 (1.39%) Marketing
10 2 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.69%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 32 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 22 (15.28%) IT Support
3 20 (13.89%) Senior
4 19 (13.19%) Desktop Support
5 18 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (12.50%) IT Engineer
6 17 (11.81%) Analyst
6 17 (11.81%) Project Manager
7 13 (9.03%) Desktop Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (7.64%) IT Technician
9 10 (6.94%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
10 9 (6.25%) Chief Technology Officer
10 9 (6.25%) Software Manager
10 9 (6.25%) Software Project Manager
11 8 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.56%) Technical Manager
11 8 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.81%) .NET
1 17 (11.81%) RESTful
1 17 (11.81%) SOAP
2 5 (3.47%) HTML
3 4 (2.78%) React
4 3 (2.08%) Loki
5 2 (1.39%) LAMP
5 2 (1.39%) Laravel
5 2 (1.39%) Node.js
5 2 (1.39%) REST
5 2 (1.39%) V-Ray
5 2 (1.39%) Web Services
6 1 (0.69%) Ajax
6 1 (0.69%) HTML5
6 1 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.69%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.69%) SVG
6 1 (0.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.81%) Virtual Team
2 13 (9.03%) PKI
3 12 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 8 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.78%) Hedge funds
6 4 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.78%) Replication
6 4 (2.78%) Shadow IT
7 3 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.39%) IoT
8 2 (1.39%) PACS
9 1 (0.69%) CMDB
9 1 (0.69%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.69%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (50.00%) Windows
2 27 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 25 (17.36%) Windows Server
4 16 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 9 (6.25%) Linux
6 3 (2.08%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.39%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.69%) Android
8 1 (0.69%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.94%) DevOps
2 42 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (25.00%) Agile
4 34 (23.61%) ITIL
5 33 (22.92%) Customer Service
6 30 (20.83%) Customer Requirements
7 29 (20.14%) Project Delivery
8 24 (16.67%) Project Management
9 22 (15.28%) Change Management
10 21 (14.58%) Software Testing
11 20 (13.89%) Computer Science
11 20 (13.89%) Software Engineering
12 18 (12.50%) Roadmaps
13 17 (11.81%) Agile Project Management
13 17 (11.81%) Presales
13 17 (11.81%) SDLC
13 17 (11.81%) Technical Architecture
13 17 (11.81%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (9.72%) Configuration Management
15 13 (9.03%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 33 (22.92%) PowerShell
2 21 (14.58%) JavaScript
3 16 (11.11%) C#
4 14 (9.72%) SQL
5 12 (8.33%) Python
6 6 (4.17%) Java
7 5 (3.47%) VB
8 4 (2.78%) Bash
8 4 (2.78%) Perl
8 4 (2.78%) Ruby
9 3 (2.08%) Go
9 3 (2.08%) Scala
10 2 (1.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.69%) C++
11 1 (0.69%) Rust
11 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 32 (22.22%) Degree
3 27 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 17 (11.81%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.78%) CCIE
8 4 (2.78%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.08%) CCNA
9 3 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.08%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.78%) QA
2 3 (2.08%) SLA
3 2 (1.39%) DICOM
4 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (40.97%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 16 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (8.33%) Docker
5 10 (6.94%) Firmware
6 7 (4.86%) XenApp
7 6 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (4.17%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.78%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (1.39%) pfSense
9 2 (1.39%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (20.14%) SCCM
2 17 (11.81%) Kubernetes
3 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (6.94%) Terraform
5 7 (4.86%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.78%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (2.78%) Stealthwatch
6 4 (2.78%) WSUS
7 3 (2.08%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.08%) Grafana
7 3 (2.08%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.39%) Ansible
8 2 (1.39%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.39%) Packer
9 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.69%) Nessus
9 1 (0.69%) WMI
Vendors
1 75 (52.08%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.36%) VMware
3 12 (8.33%) HP
4 10 (6.94%) Citrix
5 9 (6.25%) Cisco
5 9 (6.25%) Veeam
6 8 (5.56%) Oracle
7 6 (4.17%) Commvault
7 6 (4.17%) Fortinet
8 5 (3.47%) Acronis
8 5 (3.47%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.78%) Autodesk
9 4 (2.78%) Dell
9 4 (2.78%) Google
9 4 (2.78%) Splunk
10 3 (2.08%) Meraki
11 2 (1.39%) Aruba
11 2 (1.39%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.39%) Sophos
11 2 (1.39%) Veritas