CI/CD Job Trends in Manchester

CI/CD
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring CI/CD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 21 41
Rank change year-on-year -18 +20 -7
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 233 177 253
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.64% 8.61% 5.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.34% 9.03% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 168 143 223
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £86,984
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,677 1,961 4,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.26% 95.43% 86.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,513 1,261 3,368
10th Percentile £30,050 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,822 £82,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +9.59% -9.09%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CI/CD job vacancy trend in Manchester

CI/CD
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CI/CD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for CI/CD in Manchester

CI/CD
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
Altrincham -3 8 £68,750 +30.95% 2
Salford -14 3 £73,801 +6.37% 5
CI/CD
North West

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 9 (3.86%) Confluence
2 4 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.29%) GeoServer
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.86%) CICS
4 2 (0.86%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (50.21%) Azure
2 106 (45.49%) AWS
3 43 (18.45%) Serverless
4 39 (16.74%) GCP
5 33 (14.16%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (13.73%) GitHub
7 20 (8.58%) Azure AKS
8 17 (7.30%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (7.30%) SaaS
9 13 (5.58%) Azure Functions
9 13 (5.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (4.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (4.29%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (3.00%) Entra ID
13 7 (3.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.15%) Firewall
2 4 (1.72%) HTTP
3 3 (1.29%) VPN
4 2 (0.86%) Network Security
4 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.43%) LTE
5 1 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.17%) NoSQL
2 22 (9.44%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (7.30%) MongoDB
4 14 (6.01%) MySQL
5 5 (2.15%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.29%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (1.29%) GIS
7 3 (1.29%) QGIS
8 2 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.86%) Big Data
8 2 (0.86%) DB2
8 2 (0.86%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.86%) Hazelcast
8 2 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (16.74%) Git
2 20 (8.58%) JIRA
3 18 (7.73%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.72%) GitLab
5 8 (3.43%) Postman
6 6 (2.58%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.58%) Snyk
7 3 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.29%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.29%) fastlane
7 3 (1.29%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.29%) JUnit
8 2 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.86%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.86%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.43%) Locust
9 1 (0.43%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.43%) Selenium
9 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (19.74%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.59%) Finance
3 17 (7.30%) Banking
4 15 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.43%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.00%) Retail Banking
7 6 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.15%) Advertising
9 4 (1.72%) Retail
10 3 (1.29%) French Language
10 3 (1.29%) Games
10 3 (1.29%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.29%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.29%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.86%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.86%) Legal
11 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 92 (39.48%) Senior
2 65 (27.90%) Developer
3 54 (23.18%) Software Engineer
4 35 (15.02%) Senior Developer
5 25 (10.73%) Lead
6 23 (9.87%) Cloud Engineer
6 23 (9.87%) Java Developer
6 23 (9.87%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (6.44%) .NET Developer
8 14 (6.01%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.58%) Architect
10 12 (5.15%) Python Engineer
11 11 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.72%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (4.29%) .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (4.29%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (4.29%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (3.86%) Azure Developer
13 9 (3.86%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 9 (3.86%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (26.61%) .NET
2 42 (18.03%) React
3 36 (15.45%) RESTful
4 26 (11.16%) Spring
5 25 (10.73%) CSS
5 25 (10.73%) HTML
5 25 (10.73%) Spring Boot
6 24 (10.30%) REST
7 23 (9.87%) Node.js
8 19 (8.15%) AngularJS
9 15 (6.44%) .NET Framework
10 12 (5.15%) .NET Core
10 12 (5.15%) Django
11 11 (4.72%) Vue
12 9 (3.86%) FastAPI
13 7 (3.00%) ARM Templates
13 7 (3.00%) Kafka
14 5 (2.15%) Hibernate
14 5 (2.15%) OAuth
14 5 (2.15%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.46%) Cloud Native
2 26 (11.16%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (6.44%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.15%) Mobile App
5 11 (4.72%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.86%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.00%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.15%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.15%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.29%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.86%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.86%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.86%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.86%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.44%) Linux
2 11 (4.72%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.00%) Android
4 6 (2.58%) Windows
5 2 (0.86%) Debian
5 2 (0.86%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.86%) Unix
5 2 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (57.94%) DevOps
2 117 (50.21%) Agile
3 79 (33.91%) Software Engineering
4 67 (28.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (28.33%) Microservices
6 64 (27.47%) Containerisation
7 61 (26.18%) TDD
8 50 (21.46%) AI
9 48 (20.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (18.45%) Scrum
11 41 (17.60%) Mentoring
12 40 (17.17%) Clean Code
13 37 (15.88%) Test Automation
14 34 (14.59%) Observability
15 33 (14.16%) Platform Engineering
16 29 (12.45%) Roadmaps
17 26 (11.16%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (11.16%) Full-Stack Development
18 24 (10.30%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 55 (23.61%) Python
2 53 (22.75%) SQL
3 52 (22.32%) C#
4 48 (20.60%) Java
5 38 (16.31%) JavaScript
6 33 (14.16%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.15%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.43%) Bash
8 8 (3.43%) Go
8 8 (3.43%) Swift
9 6 (2.58%) Bicep
10 4 (1.72%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.72%) PHP
11 3 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.86%) Scala
13 1 (0.43%) C
13 1 (0.43%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (6.87%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.15%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.29%) Degree
4 7 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.58%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.29%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.00%) GRC
2 5 (2.15%) QA
3 4 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.86%) GDPR
5 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (28.33%) Docker
2 11 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.72%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.72%) vSphere
4 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 77 (33.05%) Kubernetes
2 76 (32.62%) Terraform
3 22 (9.44%) Ansible
4 5 (2.15%) Grafana
5 4 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.29%) Rancher
7 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.86%) Packer
7 2 (0.86%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.43%) Istio
8 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (9.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.86%) Google
2 9 (3.86%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.00%) Oracle
4 6 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (2.58%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.58%) Tenable
4 6 (2.58%) VMware
5 3 (1.29%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (1.29%) Pega
5 3 (1.29%) Software AG
5 3 (1.29%) webMethods
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe
6 1 (0.43%) Databricks
6 1 (0.43%) F5
6 1 (0.43%) HP