CI/CD Job Trends in the East Midlands

CI/CD
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring CI/CD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 95
Rank change year-on-year +1 +31 -42
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 124 82 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.38% 3.70% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 4.33% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 78 33 75
10th Percentile £46,750 £43,000 £43,421
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £77,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

CI/CD 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 in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,710 1,894 3,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.28% 85.35% 77.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 1,029 2,570
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,850 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CI/CD
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CI/CD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CI/CD in the East Midlands

CI/CD
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Leicestershire +7 70 £67,500 +3.85% 12
Nottinghamshire -11 19 £54,000 -6.09% 13
Lincolnshire -11 13 £50,000 -0.87% 4
Derbyshire -11 9 £52,500 -19.23% 6
Northamptonshire -17 6 £70,000 +115.38% 8
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 8 (6.45%) IIS
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 73 (58.87%) Azure
2 55 (44.35%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (42.74%) AWS
4 26 (20.97%) GitHub
5 23 (18.55%) Serverless
6 22 (17.74%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (11.29%) Firebase
7 14 (11.29%) Stripe
7 14 (11.29%) TestFlight
8 13 (10.48%) GCP
9 8 (6.45%) npm
9 8 (6.45%) NuGet
9 8 (6.45%) SonarCloud
10 7 (5.65%) Azure AKS
11 6 (4.84%) Amazon S3
11 6 (4.84%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (4.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (4.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (4.03%) AWS Step Functions
12 5 (4.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
1 10 (8.06%) Wireless
2 6 (4.84%) MQTT
2 6 (4.84%) ZigBee
3 4 (3.23%) Bluetooth
4 3 (2.42%) Firewall
5 2 (1.61%) Broadband
5 2 (1.61%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (1.61%) VLAN
5 2 (1.61%) VPN
6 1 (0.81%) DHCP
6 1 (0.81%) DNS
6 1 (0.81%) LTE
6 1 (0.81%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (12.10%) MongoDB
3 9 (7.26%) NoSQL
3 9 (7.26%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.45%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (4.03%) DynamoDB
5 5 (4.03%) NonStop SQL
6 4 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.42%) MySQL
8 2 (1.61%) Metadata
8 2 (1.61%) Redis
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.81%) Apache Hudi
9 1 (0.81%) Apache Iceberg
9 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (19.35%) Git
2 14 (11.29%) Crashlytics
2 14 (11.29%) XCTest
3 11 (8.87%) XCUITest
4 8 (6.45%) Jenkins
5 7 (5.65%) GitLab
6 6 (4.84%) GDB
7 4 (3.23%) Robot Framework
8 2 (1.61%) JIRA
9 1 (0.81%) NUnit
9 1 (0.81%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.26%) Finance
3 8 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.23%) Law
4 4 (3.23%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.42%) Marketing
5 3 (2.42%) Retail
6 2 (1.61%) Electronics
7 1 (0.81%) Games
7 1 (0.81%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (28.23%) Senior
2 28 (22.58%) Developer
3 26 (20.97%) Lead
4 25 (20.16%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (14.52%) Software Engineer
6 17 (13.71%) .NET Developer
7 14 (11.29%) Mobile Engineer
8 13 (10.48%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (10.48%) Senior DevOps
8 13 (10.48%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 11 (8.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 10 (8.06%) Embedded Engineer
11 7 (5.65%) QA Engineer
11 7 (5.65%) Senior QA Engineer
12 6 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (4.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 6 (4.84%) Lead DevOps
12 6 (4.84%) Senior Developer
13 5 (4.03%) Architect
14 4 (3.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (29.03%) .NET
2 25 (20.16%) ASP.NET
2 25 (20.16%) ASP.NET Core
3 20 (16.13%) .NET Core
3 20 (16.13%) Node.js
4 19 (15.32%) CSS
4 19 (15.32%) HTML
5 18 (14.52%) SwiftUI
6 17 (13.71%) React
7 16 (12.90%) Entity Framework
8 14 (11.29%) UIKit
9 10 (8.06%) Yocto
10 9 (7.26%) .NET Framework
11 8 (6.45%) REST
11 8 (6.45%) YAML
12 7 (5.65%) RESTful
13 5 (4.03%) LINQ
13 5 (4.03%) RabbitMQ
14 4 (3.23%) pytest
14 4 (3.23%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 19 (15.32%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (8.87%) IoT
4 10 (8.06%) Device Driver
4 10 (8.06%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (4.84%) ARM Cortex
7 5 (4.03%) Cloud Native
8 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.42%) Digital TV
9 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.61%) PKI
10 2 (1.61%) SCADA
10 2 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.81%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.81%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.81%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.16%) Apple iOS
2 22 (17.74%) Linux
3 12 (9.68%) Windows
4 7 (5.65%) Android
5 6 (4.84%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (54.84%) DevOps
2 46 (37.10%) Test Automation
3 44 (35.48%) Agile
4 36 (29.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (24.19%) Software Engineering
6 29 (23.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (22.58%) Observability
8 24 (19.35%) Mentoring
9 23 (18.55%) Clean Code
10 22 (17.74%) Full-Stack Development
11 18 (14.52%) User Experience
12 17 (13.71%) Analytics
12 17 (13.71%) Deployment Automation
12 17 (13.71%) iOS Development
13 16 (12.90%) AI
13 16 (12.90%) Code Quality
14 15 (12.10%) Coaching
14 15 (12.10%) Containerisation
14 15 (12.10%) Process Improvement
14 15 (12.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 38 (30.65%) C#
2 27 (21.77%) Python
3 23 (18.55%) SQL
4 18 (14.52%) Swift
5 16 (12.90%) Bash
6 14 (11.29%) Kotlin
6 14 (11.29%) PowerShell
7 12 (9.68%) C++
8 11 (8.87%) TypeScript
9 10 (8.06%) C
10 9 (7.26%) JavaScript
11 5 (4.03%) Bicep
12 4 (3.23%) Embedded C
13 3 (2.42%) Java
14 2 (1.61%) PHP
14 2 (1.61%) R
15 1 (0.81%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (6.45%) Degree
2 6 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (4.84%) Master's Degree
2 6 (4.84%) SC Cleared
2 6 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.61%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.61%) CISSP
4 2 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.81%) CCNA
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.90%) QA
2 10 (8.06%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.84%) JTAG
4 2 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.81%) GDPR
5 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (22.58%) Docker
2 3 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.61%) Firmware
3 2 (1.61%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (27.42%) Terraform
2 24 (19.35%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.84%) Grafana
4 3 (2.42%) Ansible
4 3 (2.42%) Istio
4 3 (2.42%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.81%) Argo
5 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.29%) Amplitude
2 14 (11.29%) Braze
3 8 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.23%) Apple
5 3 (2.42%) VMware
6 2 (1.61%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.61%) Google
6 2 (1.61%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.81%) Perforce
7 1 (0.81%) SolarWinds