CI/CD Jobs with Work from Home Options

CI/CD
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for CI/CD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CI/CD over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 22 19
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 1,965 3,900 9,702
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.72% 9.81% 13.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 10.21% 13.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,645 2,916 4,566
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

CI/CD 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

CI/CD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CI/CD trend for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CI/CD.

CI/CD salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

CI/CD salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 47 (2.39%) Apache
2 37 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 34 (1.73%) Confluence
4 33 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 30 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.53%) OpenStack
6 26 (1.32%) nginx
7 23 (1.17%) CMS
8 22 (1.12%) IIS
9 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
10 14 (0.71%) Umbraco
11 10 (0.51%) WordPress
12 3 (0.15%) Drupal
12 3 (0.15%) Moodle
13 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.051%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.051%) JBoss
14 1 (0.051%) Mule
14 1 (0.051%) SAS
14 1 (0.051%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.25%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.15%) Sketch
3 3 (0.15%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.051%) Blender
4 1 (0.051%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.051%) Notion
Business Applications
1 37 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.20%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.10%) Shopify
4 2 (0.10%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1,004 (51.09%) Azure
2 867 (44.12%) AWS
3 414 (21.07%) Azure DevOps
4 215 (10.94%) Serverless
5 197 (10.03%) GCP
6 192 (9.77%) SaaS
7 156 (7.94%) GitHub
8 126 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
9 104 (5.29%) Power Platform
10 80 (4.07%) Amazon S3
11 75 (3.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 74 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
13 70 (3.56%) PaaS
14 69 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
14 69 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
15 66 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
16 62 (3.16%) Snowflake
17 55 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
18 54 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
19 53 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 85 (4.33%) Firewall
2 71 (3.61%) DNS
3 44 (2.24%) WAN
4 28 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 28 (1.42%) VPN
5 26 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 24 (1.22%) DHCP
7 23 (1.17%) HTTP
8 17 (0.87%) Network Security
9 16 (0.81%) Internet
10 14 (0.71%) LAN
11 9 (0.46%) SNMP
11 9 (0.46%) tcpdump
12 8 (0.41%) MQTT
12 8 (0.41%) NGFW
12 8 (0.41%) WLAN
13 7 (0.36%) HTTPS
14 6 (0.31%) SSL
15 5 (0.25%) AMQP
15 5 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (10.33%) SQL Server
2 149 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (4.38%) NoSQL
4 81 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 78 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
6 77 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
7 75 (3.82%) MySQL
8 70 (3.56%) DynamoDB
9 67 (3.41%) Data Lake
9 67 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
10 53 (2.70%) Power BI
11 50 (2.54%) MongoDB
12 38 (1.93%) Redis
13 36 (1.83%) BigQuery
14 35 (1.78%) Star Schema
15 29 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
16 27 (1.37%) Big Data
17 26 (1.32%) RDBMS
18 21 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
19 18 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 330 (16.79%) Git
1 330 (16.79%) Jenkins
2 216 (10.99%) GitLab
3 145 (7.38%) JIRA
4 85 (4.33%) Selenium
5 79 (4.02%) Postman
6 77 (3.92%) Cucumber
7 57 (2.90%) TeamCity
8 52 (2.65%) Visual Studio
9 41 (2.09%) Bitbucket
10 33 (1.68%) JUnit
11 29 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
12 28 (1.42%) Cypress.io
13 24 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
14 22 (1.12%) JMeter
15 19 (0.97%) SpecFlow
16 17 (0.87%) CircleCI
17 15 (0.76%) REST Assured
18 13 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
18 13 (0.66%) TestNG
General
1 453 (23.05%) Social Skills
2 334 (17.00%) Finance
3 124 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (5.55%) Banking
5 97 (4.94%) Retail
6 85 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 79 (4.02%) Public Sector
8 64 (3.26%) Law
9 57 (2.90%) Aerospace
10 43 (2.19%) Marketing
11 28 (1.42%) Games
11 28 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.27%) Legal
12 25 (1.27%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.02%) Tech for Good
15 18 (0.92%) Health Technology
16 16 (0.81%) Police
17 15 (0.76%) Back Office
18 11 (0.56%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 540 (27.48%) Developer
2 470 (23.92%) Senior
3 351 (17.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 290 (14.76%) Lead
5 189 (9.62%) Senior Developer
6 188 (9.57%) Software Engineer
7 133 (6.77%) Data Engineer
8 118 (6.01%) AWS Engineer
9 117 (5.95%) Full Stack Developer
10 113 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
11 106 (5.39%) Architect
12 98 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
13 85 (4.33%) .NET Developer
14 84 (4.27%) Software Developer
15 61 (3.10%) AWS DevOps
15 61 (3.10%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 56 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 56 (2.85%) Senior Software Engineer
17 55 (2.80%) Platform Engineer
18 53 (2.70%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (19.08%) .NET
2 230 (11.70%) React
3 183 (9.31%) REST
4 163 (8.30%) Node.js
5 145 (7.38%) RESTful
6 124 (6.31%) CSS
7 121 (6.16%) AngularJS
7 121 (6.16%) Web Services
8 116 (5.90%) Kafka
9 111 (5.65%) HTML
10 105 (5.34%) .NET Framework
11 101 (5.14%) .NET Core
12 92 (4.68%) GraphQL
13 87 (4.43%) Django
14 75 (3.82%) Spring
15 72 (3.66%) RabbitMQ
16 71 (3.61%) JSON
17 66 (3.36%) ASP.NET
18 58 (2.95%) ARM Templates
19 48 (2.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.14%) Product Ownership
2 93 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
3 87 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
4 78 (3.97%) Cloud Native
5 68 (3.46%) Data Structures
6 56 (2.85%) Public Cloud
7 49 (2.49%) Management Information System
8 47 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (2.34%) Private Cloud
10 44 (2.24%) Data Centre
11 41 (2.09%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.98%) IoT
13 38 (1.93%) Client/Server
14 36 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 30 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
15 30 (1.53%) Mobile App
16 26 (1.32%) Algorithms
16 26 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
17 21 (1.07%) Blog
17 21 (1.07%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 317 (16.13%) Linux
2 183 (9.31%) Windows
3 52 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.17%) Unix
6 20 (1.02%) Android
7 18 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.56%) VMS
9 10 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
9 10 (0.51%) Solaris
10 5 (0.25%) CentOS
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.051%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,182 (60.15%) DevOps
2 929 (47.28%) Agile
3 529 (26.92%) Software Engineering
4 398 (20.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 364 (18.52%) Continuous Integration
6 353 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
7 333 (16.95%) Microservices
8 310 (15.78%) TDD
9 309 (15.73%) Scrum
10 273 (13.89%) Test Automation
11 270 (13.74%) Containerisation
12 259 (13.18%) Full Stack Development
13 208 (10.59%) Continuous Deployment
14 203 (10.33%) Analytics
15 199 (10.13%) Mentoring
16 181 (9.21%) SDLC
17 175 (8.91%) Continuous Delivery
18 166 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
19 163 (8.30%) Roadmaps
20 154 (7.84%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 546 (27.79%) Python
2 454 (23.10%) C#
3 385 (19.59%) SQL
4 376 (19.13%) Java
5 321 (16.34%) JavaScript
6 194 (9.87%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.35%) PowerShell
8 125 (6.36%) Bash
9 116 (5.90%) Go
10 51 (2.60%) PHP
11 43 (2.19%) C
12 41 (2.09%) Bicep
13 39 (1.98%) Scala
14 37 (1.88%) C++
15 33 (1.68%) Perl
16 30 (1.53%) T-SQL
17 28 (1.42%) Shell Script
18 27 (1.37%) Groovy
19 25 (1.27%) Ruby
20 18 (0.92%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 301 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 198 (10.08%) Degree
3 187 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 105 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 80 (4.07%) DV Cleared
6 75 (3.82%) Azure Certification
7 71 (3.61%) AWS Certification
8 67 (3.41%) DBS Check
9 37 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 33 (1.68%) Master's Degree
11 28 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (1.42%) CISM
11 28 (1.42%) CISSP
12 27 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (1.37%) CCSK
12 27 (1.37%) CCSP
12 27 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 18 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 18 (0.92%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (8.80%) QA
2 61 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 50 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.63%) NIST
5 13 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.41%) GDPR
7 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.31%) WCAG
8 5 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.25%) NCSC
9 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.15%) PSD2
10 3 (0.15%) SLA
10 3 (0.15%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.10%) EMIR
11 2 (0.10%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.10%) MiFID
12 1 (0.051%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.051%) SEPA
System Software
1 615 (31.30%) Docker
2 61 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 51 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
4 30 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (0.97%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.41%) vSphere
8 3 (0.15%) Firmware
9 1 (0.051%) Ceph
9 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.051%) KVM
9 1 (0.051%) Varnish
9 1 (0.051%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 603 (30.69%) Kubernetes
2 537 (27.33%) Terraform
3 228 (11.60%) Ansible
4 66 (3.36%) Grafana
5 62 (3.16%) Puppet
6 32 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 29 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (1.32%) Docker Swarm
9 24 (1.22%) Progress Chef
9 24 (1.22%) SCCM
10 21 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (0.87%) Kibana
11 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
11 17 (0.87%) SCOM
11 17 (0.87%) WSUS
12 15 (0.76%) Packer
13 11 (0.56%) Nagios
14 10 (0.51%) HAProxy
14 10 (0.51%) vCenter Server
14 10 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 370 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.05%) Oracle
3 58 (2.95%) Google
4 56 (2.85%) Databricks
5 27 (1.37%) VMware
6 20 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 17 (0.87%) Atlassian
7 17 (0.87%) Splunk
8 16 (0.81%) Xamarin
9 13 (0.66%) Red Hat
9 13 (0.66%) Teradata
9 13 (0.66%) WSO2
10 10 (0.51%) Remedy
10 10 (0.51%) SAP
10 10 (0.51%) Serena
11 9 (0.46%) Cisco
11 9 (0.46%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.41%) Citrix
12 8 (0.41%) Meraki
12 8 (0.41%) MuleSoft