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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 29 39
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -24
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 407 209 222
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.77% 8.37% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.68% 9.23% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 302 129 171
10th Percentile £48,775 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,746 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £91,250
North West median annual salary £69,014 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +6.18% +1.56% -8.57%

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 5,299 2,264 3,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.12% 90.63% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,138 1,316 2,270
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £41,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +14 11 £65,000 -
Ashton-under-Lyne +3 9 £51,000 - 1
Stockport +8 6 £72,500 - 3
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 -
Oldham +5 3 £54,250 -16.54%
Bolton +15 2 £53,750 - 2
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 13 (3.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 13 (3.19%) Confluence
2 11 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.74%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.49%) CICS
5 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 2 (0.49%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.49%) nginx
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.25%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 197 (48.40%) AWS
2 187 (45.95%) Azure
3 80 (19.66%) GitHub
4 71 (17.44%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (14.50%) GCP
6 58 (14.25%) Serverless
7 39 (9.58%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (6.63%) Power Platform
8 27 (6.63%) SaaS
9 20 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (4.42%) Amazon S3
11 17 (4.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (3.69%) Power Automate
13 13 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (2.95%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (2.95%) Snowflake
15 10 (2.46%) dbt
15 10 (2.46%) npm
15 10 (2.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.21%) Firewall
2 5 (1.23%) Network Security
2 5 (1.23%) SAN
3 4 (0.98%) VPN
4 2 (0.49%) DNS
4 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.14%) MongoDB
2 24 (5.90%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.93%) SQL Server
5 15 (3.69%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.97%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.97%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.72%) MySQL
7 7 (1.72%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.47%) Power BI
9 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.98%) Redis
11 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.74%) GIS
11 3 (0.74%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.74%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 65 (15.97%) Git
2 39 (9.58%) Jenkins
3 36 (8.85%) GitLab
4 23 (5.65%) JIRA
5 16 (3.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (3.44%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.44%) Maven
7 13 (3.19%) Postman
8 12 (2.95%) Snyk
9 11 (2.70%) JUnit
9 11 (2.70%) Spock
10 8 (1.97%) Storybook
11 6 (1.47%) fastlane
12 5 (1.23%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.23%) Selenium
13 4 (0.98%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.98%) Vite
14 3 (0.74%) Eclipse
15 2 (0.49%) Terragrunt
General
1 85 (20.88%) Social Skills
2 65 (15.97%) Finance
3 29 (7.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.16%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.93%) Banking
7 10 (2.46%) Marketing
7 10 (2.46%) Publishing
8 9 (2.21%) Retail
9 7 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.72%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.23%) Games
10 5 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.98%) Advertising
12 3 (0.74%) Law
12 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.49%) iGaming
13 2 (0.49%) Local Government
13 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 163 (40.05%) Senior
2 106 (26.04%) Developer
3 61 (14.99%) DevOps Engineer
4 56 (13.76%) Senior Developer
5 49 (12.04%) Lead
6 41 (10.07%) Software Engineer
7 40 (9.83%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (7.62%) Architect
9 28 (6.88%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (6.63%) Java Developer
11 22 (5.41%) Senior DevOps
12 21 (5.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 20 (4.91%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 19 (4.67%) Automation Engineer
14 19 (4.67%) Cloud Architect
14 19 (4.67%) Data Engineer
14 19 (4.67%) Principal Engineer
14 19 (4.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
15 18 (4.42%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 17 (4.18%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (36.12%) Terraform
2 60 (14.74%) Spring
3 59 (14.50%) .NET
4 58 (14.25%) React
5 57 (14.00%) Node.js
6 47 (11.55%) Spring Boot
7 46 (11.30%) AngularJS
8 35 (8.60%) CSS
9 34 (8.35%) HTML
10 29 (7.13%) REST
11 23 (5.65%) Vue
12 21 (5.16%) RESTful
13 17 (4.18%) FastAPI
14 16 (3.93%) Kafka
15 10 (2.46%) .NET Core
15 10 (2.46%) Entity Framework
15 10 (2.46%) GraphQL
15 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
16 9 (2.21%) ASP.NET
16 9 (2.21%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 84 (20.64%) Cloud Native
2 43 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.18%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.70%) AI Agents
6 11 (2.70%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.46%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.21%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.98%) Replication
10 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.74%) Social Media
12 2 (0.49%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.37%) Linux
2 10 (2.46%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.47%) Android
4 4 (0.98%) CentOS
4 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.98%) Unix
4 4 (0.98%) Windows
5 3 (0.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (62.90%) DevOps
2 164 (40.29%) Agile
3 151 (37.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 130 (31.94%) AI
5 100 (24.57%) Microservices
6 95 (23.34%) Software Engineering
7 89 (21.87%) Mentoring
7 89 (21.87%) Test Automation
8 87 (21.38%) Containerisation
9 85 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 84 (20.64%) Observability
10 84 (20.64%) Platform Engineering
11 76 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
12 70 (17.20%) Full-Stack Development
13 58 (14.25%) TDD
14 57 (14.00%) Technical Leadership
15 50 (12.29%) Collaborative Culture
15 50 (12.29%) Scrum
16 45 (11.06%) Decision-Making
17 43 (10.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 140 (34.40%) Python
2 100 (24.57%) Java
3 81 (19.90%) SQL
4 76 (18.67%) JavaScript
5 69 (16.95%) TypeScript
6 59 (14.50%) C#
7 39 (9.58%) Bash
8 28 (6.88%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.46%) Bicep
9 10 (2.46%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.46%) Swift
10 9 (2.21%) Go
11 6 (1.47%) Groovy
12 4 (0.98%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.98%) Scala
13 3 (0.74%) C++
13 3 (0.74%) PHP
13 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.74%) SOQL
13 3 (0.74%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 70 (17.20%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 35 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.93%) Degree
5 8 (1.97%) AWS Certification
5 8 (1.97%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.39%) QA
2 13 (3.19%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.19%) GRC
3 8 (1.97%) WCAG
4 6 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 120 (29.48%) Docker
2 18 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.98%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.74%) Ceph
6 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 123 (30.22%) Kubernetes
2 46 (11.30%) Ansible
3 19 (4.67%) Grafana
3 19 (4.67%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.46%) Argo
5 8 (1.97%) Istio
6 4 (0.98%) linkerd
7 3 (0.74%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.74%) Podman
7 3 (0.74%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.74%) Puppet
8 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.41%) Google
3 20 (4.91%) Splunk
4 13 (3.19%) Adobe
4 13 (3.19%) Databricks
5 12 (2.95%) CrowdStrike
5 12 (2.95%) Palo Alto
5 12 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.95%) Tenable
6 11 (2.70%) AppDynamics
7 9 (2.21%) VMware
8 6 (1.47%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.23%) Oracle
10 3 (0.74%) Dell
10 3 (0.74%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.74%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.74%) Pega
10 3 (0.74%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.49%) New Relic
11 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow