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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 24 39
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 -6
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 211 172 239
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.88% 8.41% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.64% 8.82% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 169 142 213
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,528 £84,919
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -

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 3,180 1,951 3,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.61% 95.36% 87.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,155 1,251 3,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -10 4 £73,801 +6.48% 3
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 8 (3.79%) Confluence
2 4 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.42%) GeoServer
3 3 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.95%) CICS
4 2 (0.95%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.47%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.47%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (48.34%) Azure
2 95 (45.02%) AWS
3 38 (18.01%) GCP
4 33 (15.64%) Serverless
5 22 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (10.43%) GitHub
6 18 (8.53%) Azure AKS
7 16 (7.58%) SaaS
8 12 (5.69%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (5.21%) Azure Functions
9 11 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (5.21%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (4.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (4.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (4.27%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.84%) dbt
12 6 (2.84%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.37%) Firewall
1 5 (2.37%) HTTP
2 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.42%) VPN
3 2 (0.95%) Network Security
3 2 (0.95%) SAN
4 1 (0.47%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.47%) LTE
4 1 (0.47%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (18.48%) NoSQL
2 23 (10.90%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (9.48%) MongoDB
4 14 (6.64%) MySQL
5 7 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.32%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.90%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.42%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.42%) GIS
8 3 (1.42%) QGIS
8 3 (1.42%) Redis
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.95%) Big Data
9 2 (0.95%) DB2
9 2 (0.95%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.95%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 36 (17.06%) Git
2 18 (8.53%) JIRA
3 17 (8.06%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.21%) GitLab
5 3 (1.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.42%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.42%) Eclipse
5 3 (1.42%) fastlane
5 3 (1.42%) IntelliJ
5 3 (1.42%) JUnit
5 3 (1.42%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.42%) Postman
6 2 (0.95%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.95%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.95%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.47%) GDB
7 1 (0.47%) Protractor
7 1 (0.47%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 50 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.74%) Finance
3 15 (7.11%) Banking
4 8 (3.79%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.37%) Games
6 5 (2.37%) Retail Banking
7 4 (1.90%) Advertising
7 4 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.42%) French Language
8 3 (1.42%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.42%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (1.42%) Retail
8 3 (1.42%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.95%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.95%) Legal
9 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.95%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (37.44%) Senior
2 65 (30.81%) Developer
3 49 (23.22%) Software Engineer
4 31 (14.69%) Senior Developer
5 25 (11.85%) Java Developer
5 25 (11.85%) Lead
6 20 (9.48%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (7.11%) .NET Developer
8 14 (6.64%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.69%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (5.21%) Lead Software Engineer
11 11 (5.21%) Python Engineer
11 11 (5.21%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.74%) .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 9 (4.27%) Architect
13 9 (4.27%) Senior .NET Developer
13 9 (4.27%) Senior Java Developer
14 8 (3.79%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (29.86%) .NET
2 40 (18.96%) RESTful
3 38 (18.01%) React
4 29 (13.74%) CSS
4 29 (13.74%) HTML
5 25 (11.85%) REST
5 25 (11.85%) Spring
5 25 (11.85%) Spring Boot
6 21 (9.95%) AngularJS
7 20 (9.48%) Node.js
8 16 (7.58%) .NET Framework
9 15 (7.11%) .NET Core
10 12 (5.69%) Django
11 11 (5.21%) Vue
12 8 (3.79%) FastAPI
13 7 (3.32%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (3.32%) CSS3
13 7 (3.32%) HTML5
13 7 (3.32%) Kafka
14 6 (2.84%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.33%) Cloud Native
2 22 (10.43%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.69%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.21%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.32%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.37%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.37%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.95%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.95%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.95%) IoT
11 2 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.53%) Linux
2 11 (5.21%) Apple iOS
3 8 (3.79%) Windows
4 7 (3.32%) Android
5 3 (1.42%) Unix
5 3 (1.42%) VMS
6 2 (0.95%) Debian
6 2 (0.95%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (54.50%) DevOps
2 113 (53.55%) Agile
3 75 (35.55%) Software Engineering
4 67 (31.75%) Microservices
5 60 (28.44%) TDD
6 58 (27.49%) Containerisation
7 52 (24.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 46 (21.80%) Scrum
9 42 (19.91%) Clean Code
10 39 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (17.54%) AI
12 36 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (16.59%) Mentoring
14 31 (14.69%) Test Automation
15 30 (14.22%) Full-Stack Development
16 28 (13.27%) Platform Engineering
17 26 (12.32%) Roadmaps
18 24 (11.37%) Collaborative Culture
19 21 (9.95%) Observability
20 19 (9.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.12%) C#
2 51 (24.17%) Java
3 47 (22.27%) SQL
4 44 (20.85%) JavaScript
4 44 (20.85%) Python
5 32 (15.17%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.79%) Go
6 8 (3.79%) Swift
7 5 (2.37%) Bicep
7 5 (2.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.90%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.90%) PHP
9 3 (1.42%) Erlang
9 3 (1.42%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.95%) Scala
11 1 (0.47%) C++
11 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.64%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.21%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.74%) Degree
4 7 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.32%) QA
2 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.95%) GDPR
4 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.47%) NIST
4 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 59 (27.96%) Docker
2 5 (2.37%) VMware NSX
2 5 (2.37%) vSphere
3 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 66 (31.28%) Kubernetes
2 60 (28.44%) Terraform
3 20 (9.48%) Ansible
4 3 (1.42%) Rancher
5 2 (0.95%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.95%) Packer
5 2 (0.95%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.47%) Grafana
6 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.79%) Google
2 8 (3.79%) VMware
3 7 (3.32%) Oracle
4 4 (1.90%) Pega
4 4 (1.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.42%) Software AG
5 3 (1.42%) webMethods
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe
6 1 (0.47%) Databricks
6 1 (0.47%) F5
6 1 (0.47%) HP
6 1 (0.47%) SAP
6 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.47%) WSO2