Deployment Automation Contracts

Deployment Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Deployment Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 329 344
Rank change year-on-year +32 +15 -9
Contract jobs citing Deployment Automation 289 418 676
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.73% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.82% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 259 493
10th Percentile £410 £413 £438
25th Percentile £505 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £745 £790 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £65.30 -
25th Percentile £23.80 £65.75 £57.50
Median hourly rate £45.41 £68.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.71% +14.17% +30.43%
75th Percentile £68.08 £74.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.98 £79.55 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.26 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Deployment Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deployment Automation.

Daily rate trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deployment Automation.

Hourly rate trend for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Deployment Automation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Deployment Automation in the UK

Deployment Automation
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +3 236 £575 -8.00% 94
UK excluding London +41 126 £575 - 68
London +13 114 £675 +8.00% 32
Work from Home +25 85 £543 -13.23% 48
South East +34 52 £575 -9.80% 21
South West +15 30 £700 +16.67% 15
North of England +15 17 £510 -7.27% 12
Scotland +48 16 £450 -13.46% 5
North West +18 11 £510 -2.86% 8
Midlands +14 9 £359 -15.47% 11
Yorkshire 0 6 £475 -15.56% 3
East Midlands +10 5 £356 -16.24% 1
West Midlands +19 4 £675 +17.39% 10
East of England -1 2 £550 -33.33% 3

Deployment Automation
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 31 (10.73%) Confluence
2 10 (3.46%) Apache Spark
3 9 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.42%) IBM HTTP Server
4 7 (2.42%) WebSphere
4 7 (2.42%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (2.42%) WebSphere Portal
5 5 (1.73%) Apache
5 5 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.73%) JBoss
5 5 (1.73%) WordPress
6 3 (1.04%) CMS
6 3 (1.04%) Drupal
6 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.69%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.69%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.69%) IIS
8 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) Endur
3 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 97 (33.56%) Azure
2 92 (31.83%) AWS
3 44 (15.22%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (14.53%) GCP
5 33 (11.42%) Serverless
6 31 (10.73%) IaaS
7 30 (10.38%) GitHub
7 30 (10.38%) PaaS
8 28 (9.69%) SaaS
9 17 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
9 17 (5.88%) Power Platform
10 16 (5.54%) OpenShift
11 15 (5.19%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (4.84%) Power Automate
12 14 (4.84%) PowerApps
13 13 (4.50%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (4.50%) Amazon S3
13 13 (4.50%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.30%) Firewall
2 20 (6.92%) DNS
3 8 (2.77%) NAS
3 8 (2.77%) SAN
4 7 (2.42%) DHCP
4 7 (2.42%) HTTP
5 6 (2.08%) Internet
5 6 (2.08%) Kerberos
5 6 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.08%) VLAN
6 5 (1.73%) FTP
6 5 (1.73%) Wireless
7 4 (1.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.38%) VPN
8 3 (1.04%) SSL
8 3 (1.04%) WAN
9 2 (0.69%) Extranet
9 2 (0.69%) LAN
9 2 (0.69%) Network Security
9 2 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.84%) Big Data
3 13 (4.50%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.42%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.42%) OLTP
7 7 (2.42%) Power BI
8 5 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.73%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.38%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.04%) MySQL
10 3 (1.04%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 83 (28.72%) Jenkins
2 76 (26.30%) Git
3 47 (16.26%) JIRA
4 29 (10.03%) Bitbucket
5 28 (9.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 18 (6.23%) SonarQube
7 16 (5.54%) TeamCity
8 13 (4.50%) Visual Studio
9 10 (3.46%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (2.42%) GitLab
10 7 (2.42%) Maven
10 7 (2.42%) Visual Studio Team System
11 6 (2.08%) Gradle
11 6 (2.08%) Selenium
12 5 (1.73%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.73%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (1.73%) IBM UrbanCode
13 4 (1.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (1.38%) Mocha
14 3 (1.04%) webpack
General
1 71 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.30%) Finance
3 32 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.61%) Banking
5 18 (6.23%) Aerospace
6 16 (5.54%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.77%) Retail
9 7 (2.42%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.73%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.38%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Back Office
12 2 (0.69%) Electronics
12 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.69%) Marketing
12 2 (0.69%) Publishing
12 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.35%) German Language
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (26.30%) Developer
2 48 (16.61%) Architect
3 30 (10.38%) Senior
4 24 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (6.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (6.57%) Build Engineer
6 19 (6.57%) Windows Build Engineer
6 19 (6.57%) Windows Engineer
7 17 (5.88%) Security Architect
8 15 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.84%) Lead
10 12 (4.15%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.46%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (3.11%) .NET Developer
12 9 (3.11%) C# Developer
12 9 (3.11%) Cloud Security Architect
12 9 (3.11%) Full Stack Developer
13 8 (2.77%) Senior Security Architect
13 8 (2.77%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (23.53%) .NET
2 33 (11.42%) .NET Core
3 24 (8.30%) React
4 21 (7.27%) ARM Templates
5 18 (6.23%) SailPoint
6 16 (5.54%) ASP.NET
7 15 (5.19%) Web Services
7 15 (5.19%) XML
8 14 (4.84%) JSON
9 13 (4.50%) .NET Framework
9 13 (4.50%) CSS
10 10 (3.46%) Azure Blueprints
10 10 (3.46%) HTML
10 10 (3.46%) Kafka
11 9 (3.11%) Node.js
11 9 (3.11%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
12 8 (2.77%) Middleware
13 7 (2.42%) J2EE
13 7 (2.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.19%) Mobile App
1 15 (5.19%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.50%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.15%) IoT
4 11 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.42%) Clustering
5 7 (2.42%) Replication
6 6 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.73%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.73%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.38%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.38%) PKI
8 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.04%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.04%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.45%) Linux
2 57 (19.72%) Windows
3 34 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.30%) Windows 10
4 24 (8.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 23 (7.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (6.57%) Windows NT
6 19 (6.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (5.54%) Unix
9 6 (2.08%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (2.08%) Solaris
10 2 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.69%) CentOS
11 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (41.87%) CI/CD
2 120 (41.52%) DevOps
3 78 (26.99%) Continuous Integration
4 75 (25.95%) Test Automation
5 60 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (17.99%) Agile
7 50 (17.30%) Containerisation
8 44 (15.22%) Application Security
9 39 (13.49%) Infrastructure as Code
10 38 (13.15%) Migration
11 35 (12.11%) Release Management
11 35 (12.11%) Task Automation
12 34 (11.76%) ITIL
13 33 (11.42%) Software Engineering
14 32 (11.07%) Infrastructure Automation
14 32 (11.07%) OO
15 30 (10.38%) Cloud Security
15 30 (10.38%) Configuration Management
15 30 (10.38%) Microservices
16 29 (10.03%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 82 (28.37%) Python
2 72 (24.91%) PowerShell
3 55 (19.03%) C#
4 43 (14.88%) Java
5 33 (11.42%) SQL
6 24 (8.30%) Bash
7 23 (7.96%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.84%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.46%) Ruby
10 8 (2.77%) C++
10 8 (2.77%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.42%) Groovy
11 7 (2.42%) Perl
12 5 (1.73%) Go
13 3 (1.04%) Bicep
13 3 (1.04%) PHP
14 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.35%) C
15 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 98 (33.91%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.88%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.96%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.81%) Degree
5 10 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.38%) MCSE
9 4 (1.38%) MCTS
9 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.35%) CEH
11 1 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.35%) CISSP
11 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.76%) QA
2 12 (4.15%) NIST
3 10 (3.46%) NCSC
4 7 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.08%) GDPR
5 6 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.08%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (14.19%) Active Directory
1 41 (14.19%) Docker
2 21 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.57%) Firmware
4 4 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.04%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.69%) vCloud
6 2 (0.69%) vSphere
7 1 (0.35%) KVM
7 1 (0.35%) Postfix
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 80 (27.68%) Ansible
2 71 (24.57%) Terraform
3 61 (21.11%) Kubernetes
4 26 (9.00%) SCCM
5 24 (8.30%) WSUS
6 23 (7.96%) PowerCLI
7 19 (6.57%) Sysprep
8 8 (2.77%) Progress Chef
8 8 (2.77%) Puppet
9 7 (2.42%) Grafana
10 6 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (2.08%) Kibana
10 6 (2.08%) Netcool
10 6 (2.08%) Tivoli
10 6 (2.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.38%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.69%) Autotask
12 2 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 69 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.73%) HP
3 30 (10.38%) Dell
4 28 (9.69%) ServiceNow
5 24 (8.30%) CyberArk
6 23 (7.96%) Atlassian
6 23 (7.96%) VMware
7 18 (6.23%) BeyondTrust
8 13 (4.50%) Cisco
8 13 (4.50%) IBM
9 12 (4.15%) Splunk
10 11 (3.81%) Oracle
11 9 (3.11%) Google
12 8 (2.77%) EMC
12 8 (2.77%) Salesforce
13 7 (2.42%) F5
14 6 (2.08%) Isilon
14 6 (2.08%) Qualys
14 6 (2.08%) SAP
14 6 (2.08%) Serena