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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 22 38
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 -2
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 228 178 247
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.82% 8.92% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.55% 9.36% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 173 145 219
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 3,479 1,901 4,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.51% 95.29% 86.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,373 1,242 3,303
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,932 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 11 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 11 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 -4 8 £68,750 +30.95% 2
Salford -12 3 £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 9 (3.95%) Confluence
2 4 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.32%) GeoServer
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.88%) CICS
4 2 (0.88%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.44%) nginx
5 1 (0.44%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (50.00%) Azure
2 104 (45.61%) AWS
3 42 (18.42%) Serverless
4 41 (17.98%) GCP
5 30 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (13.16%) GitHub
6 20 (8.77%) SaaS
7 19 (8.33%) Azure AKS
8 15 (6.58%) Azure Functions
8 15 (6.58%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (6.58%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (4.82%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (3.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 6 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.19%) Firewall
1 5 (2.19%) HTTP
2 3 (1.32%) VPN
3 2 (0.88%) Network Security
3 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.44%) LTE
4 1 (0.44%) SAN
4 1 (0.44%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (17.98%) NoSQL
2 24 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (8.33%) MongoDB
4 14 (6.14%) MySQL
5 5 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.75%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (1.32%) GIS
7 3 (1.32%) QGIS
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.88%) Big Data
8 2 (0.88%) DB2
8 2 (0.88%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
8 2 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (16.67%) Git
2 19 (8.33%) JIRA
3 18 (7.89%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.82%) GitLab
5 7 (3.07%) Postman
6 5 (2.19%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.32%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.32%) fastlane
7 3 (1.32%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.32%) JUnit
7 3 (1.32%) Snyk
8 2 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.88%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.88%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.44%) GDB
9 1 (0.44%) Protractor
9 1 (0.44%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.47%) Finance
3 16 (7.02%) Banking
4 11 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.07%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.63%) Retail Banking
7 5 (2.19%) Advertising
8 4 (1.75%) Retail
9 3 (1.32%) French Language
9 3 (1.32%) Games
9 3 (1.32%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.32%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (1.32%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.88%) Legal
10 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (37.28%) Senior
2 66 (28.95%) Developer
3 52 (22.81%) Software Engineer
4 33 (14.47%) Senior Developer
5 25 (10.96%) Lead
6 24 (10.53%) Java Developer
7 21 (9.21%) Cloud Engineer
7 21 (9.21%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (7.02%) .NET Developer
9 14 (6.14%) Python Engineer
10 13 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (4.39%) .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (4.39%) Architect
12 10 (4.39%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (3.95%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (3.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 9 (3.95%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (3.95%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (27.19%) .NET
2 42 (18.42%) React
3 38 (16.67%) RESTful
4 27 (11.84%) CSS
4 27 (11.84%) HTML
5 26 (11.40%) REST
6 25 (10.96%) Spring
7 24 (10.53%) Spring Boot
8 21 (9.21%) Node.js
9 20 (8.77%) AngularJS
10 15 (6.58%) .NET Framework
11 14 (6.14%) Django
12 12 (5.26%) .NET Core
12 12 (5.26%) Vue
13 11 (4.82%) FastAPI
14 7 (3.07%) ARM Templates
14 7 (3.07%) Kafka
15 6 (2.63%) Celery
15 6 (2.63%) Flask
16 5 (2.19%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.49%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.96%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 14 (6.14%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.07%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.19%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.75%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.88%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.88%) IoT
11 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.88%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.58%) Linux
2 11 (4.82%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.07%) Android
4 6 (2.63%) Windows
5 2 (0.88%) Debian
5 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.88%) Unix
5 2 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (56.14%) DevOps
2 119 (52.19%) Agile
3 79 (34.65%) Software Engineering
4 65 (28.51%) TDD
5 64 (28.07%) Microservices
6 62 (27.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 61 (26.75%) Containerisation
8 49 (21.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (20.61%) AI
10 42 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (18.42%) Scrum
11 40 (17.54%) Clean Code
12 38 (16.67%) Mentoring
13 35 (15.35%) Test Automation
14 31 (13.60%) Platform Engineering
15 30 (13.16%) Observability
16 28 (12.28%) Roadmaps
17 27 (11.84%) Collaborative Culture
17 27 (11.84%) Full-Stack Development
18 22 (9.65%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.25%) Python
2 52 (22.81%) C#
2 52 (22.81%) SQL
3 48 (21.05%) Java
4 40 (17.54%) JavaScript
5 34 (14.91%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.39%) PowerShell
7 8 (3.51%) Go
7 8 (3.51%) Swift
8 5 (2.19%) Bash
8 5 (2.19%) Bicep
9 4 (1.75%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.75%) PHP
10 3 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.88%) Scala
12 1 (0.44%) C++
12 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.14%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.82%) Degree
4 8 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.07%) QA
2 4 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.75%) GRC
3 2 (0.88%) GDPR
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) NIST
4 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (28.95%) Docker
2 7 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.75%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.75%) vSphere
4 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 78 (34.21%) Kubernetes
2 72 (31.58%) Terraform
3 21 (9.21%) Ansible
4 5 (2.19%) Grafana
5 4 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.32%) Rancher
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.88%) Packer
7 2 (0.88%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.44%) Istio
8 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (8.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.95%) Google
3 8 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.07%) Oracle
5 6 (2.63%) VMware
6 3 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.32%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.32%) Pega
6 3 (1.32%) Software AG
6 3 (1.32%) Tenable
6 3 (1.32%) webMethods
7 2 (0.88%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) Databricks
8 1 (0.44%) F5
8 1 (0.44%) HP