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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 31 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -13
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 268 199 260
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.76% 8.82% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.64% 9.22% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 194 132 222
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,269 £54,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +16.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,528 £87,500
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -10.00%

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 4,038 2,159 4,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.67% 95.66% 85.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,957 1,274 3,443
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,075 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,010 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,804
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +10 13 £67,500 +28.57% 3
Salford -20 1 £74,301 +7.09% 8
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 (3.36%) Confluence
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.12%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.75%) CICS
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 138 (51.49%) Azure
2 123 (45.90%) AWS
3 49 (18.28%) Serverless
4 48 (17.91%) GitHub
5 43 (16.04%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (15.67%) GCP
7 19 (7.09%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (7.09%) SaaS
8 16 (5.97%) Azure AKS
9 11 (4.10%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (4.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (4.10%) Azure Functions
9 11 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (3.73%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.61%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (2.61%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 7 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.36%) Firewall
2 5 (1.87%) VPN
3 4 (1.49%) Network Security
4 3 (1.12%) HTTP
4 3 (1.12%) SAN
5 1 (0.37%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.37%) DNS
5 1 (0.37%) LTE
5 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.82%) NoSQL
2 19 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (6.34%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.10%) MySQL
5 6 (2.24%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.87%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.87%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.12%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.12%) GIS
8 3 (1.12%) QGIS
9 2 (0.75%) Big Data
9 2 (0.75%) DB2
9 2 (0.75%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.75%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.75%) Power BI
10 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (16.42%) Git
2 22 (8.21%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.09%) GitLab
3 19 (7.09%) JIRA
4 12 (4.48%) Snyk
5 8 (2.99%) Postman
6 7 (2.61%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.61%) JUnit
7 5 (1.87%) Maven
8 4 (1.49%) Spock
9 3 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.12%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.12%) fastlane
9 3 (1.12%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.75%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.75%) Vite
10 2 (0.75%) XCUITest
11 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.37%) Storybook
General
1 47 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.18%) Finance
3 22 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (6.34%) Banking
5 13 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.61%) Retail Banking
8 6 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.87%) Advertising
10 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.12%) French Language
11 3 (1.12%) Games
11 3 (1.12%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.12%) Marketing
11 3 (1.12%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.12%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 117 (43.66%) Senior
2 81 (30.22%) Developer
3 46 (17.16%) Senior Developer
4 45 (16.79%) Software Engineer
5 34 (12.69%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (11.57%) Java Developer
7 24 (8.96%) Lead
8 23 (8.58%) Architect
9 18 (6.72%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (5.97%) .NET Developer
10 16 (5.97%) Senior Java Developer
11 14 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (5.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.85%) Software Developer
13 12 (4.48%) Cloud Architect
13 12 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (4.48%) Security Architect
13 12 (4.48%) Senior Architect
13 12 (4.48%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.64%) .NET
2 46 (17.16%) React
3 33 (12.31%) Spring
4 30 (11.19%) Node.js
5 29 (10.82%) RESTful
6 28 (10.45%) Spring Boot
7 27 (10.07%) REST
8 25 (9.33%) CSS
8 25 (9.33%) HTML
9 24 (8.96%) AngularJS
10 11 (4.10%) Kafka
11 10 (3.73%) .NET Framework
11 10 (3.73%) Django
11 10 (3.73%) FastAPI
12 9 (3.36%) .NET Core
12 9 (3.36%) Vue
13 7 (2.61%) JWT
13 7 (2.61%) OAuth
13 7 (2.61%) PySpark
14 6 (2.24%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.04%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (7.09%) Data Centre
4 17 (6.34%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.85%) Mobile App
5 13 (4.85%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.61%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.49%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.75%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.75%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.85%) Linux
2 11 (4.10%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.99%) Android
4 5 (1.87%) Windows
5 2 (0.75%) Debian
5 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (56.34%) DevOps
2 131 (48.88%) Agile
3 90 (33.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 68 (25.37%) AI
5 67 (25.00%) Microservices
6 65 (24.25%) Software Engineering
7 63 (23.51%) TDD
8 60 (22.39%) Mentoring
9 55 (20.52%) Containerisation
10 54 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (18.66%) Scrum
12 46 (17.16%) Test Automation
13 45 (16.79%) Platform Engineering
14 42 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
15 37 (13.81%) Full-Stack Development
16 35 (13.06%) SDLC
17 34 (12.69%) Clean Code
17 34 (12.69%) Observability
18 29 (10.82%) Collaborative Culture
19 26 (9.70%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 72 (26.87%) Python
2 59 (22.01%) Java
3 55 (20.52%) SQL
4 47 (17.54%) C#
5 44 (16.42%) JavaScript
6 40 (14.93%) TypeScript
7 17 (6.34%) PowerShell
8 16 (5.97%) Bash
9 8 (2.99%) Swift
10 7 (2.61%) Bicep
11 6 (2.24%) Go
12 5 (1.87%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.49%) Groovy
13 4 (1.49%) PHP
14 3 (1.12%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.12%) SOQL
14 3 (1.12%) SOSL
15 2 (0.75%) C
15 2 (0.75%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (8.58%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.34%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.73%) Degree
4 7 (2.61%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.85%) GRC
2 6 (2.24%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.24%) QA
3 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (24.25%) Docker
2 16 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.12%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (37.69%) Terraform
2 73 (27.24%) Kubernetes
3 24 (8.96%) Ansible
4 5 (1.87%) Grafana
5 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.12%) Rancher
7 2 (0.75%) Packer
7 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.37%) Istio
Vendors
1 25 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.48%) CrowdStrike
2 12 (4.48%) Palo Alto
2 12 (4.48%) Salesforce
2 12 (4.48%) Tenable
3 10 (3.73%) Google
4 9 (3.36%) Databricks
5 7 (2.61%) VMware
6 5 (1.87%) Adobe
7 4 (1.49%) AppDynamics
7 4 (1.49%) Oracle
7 4 (1.49%) Splunk
8 3 (1.12%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (1.12%) Pega
9 2 (0.75%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.37%) F5
10 1 (0.37%) HP