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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 27 43
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 -27
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 406 212 218
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.08% 8.44% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.21% 9.21% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 301 135 176
10th Percentile £49,000 £49,250 £43,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,875 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,875
North West median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -7.14%

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 4,944 2,302 3,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.03% 91.60% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,889 1,339 2,460
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,000
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%

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 4 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 4 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 +16 12 £66,250 - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne +3 9 £51,000 - 2
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 -
Stockport +4 4 £75,000 - 7
Bolton +15 2 £53,750 - 4
Oldham +6 2 £54,250 -
Salford -20 1 £74,301 +7.09% 4
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 15 (3.69%) Confluence
2 13 (3.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 11 (2.71%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.74%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.49%) CICS
7 2 (0.49%) CMS
7 2 (0.49%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.49%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
8 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
1 194 (47.78%) AWS
2 189 (46.55%) Azure
3 76 (18.72%) GitHub
4 69 (17.00%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (14.53%) Serverless
6 58 (14.29%) GCP
7 36 (8.87%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (6.65%) SaaS
9 26 (6.40%) Power Platform
10 19 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (4.43%) Amazon S3
11 18 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (3.69%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (3.45%) Power Automate
15 12 (2.96%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (2.71%) dbt
17 10 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (2.46%) PowerApps
17 10 (2.46%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.46%) Firewall
2 6 (1.48%) SAN
3 5 (1.23%) Network Security
4 4 (0.99%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) DNS
5 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.40%) MongoDB
2 25 (6.16%) NoSQL
3 23 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.94%) Relational Database
4 16 (3.94%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.22%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.97%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.72%) MySQL
7 7 (1.72%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.48%) Power BI
9 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.23%) Redis
10 4 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
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 (16.01%) Git
2 38 (9.36%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.37%) GitLab
4 25 (6.16%) JIRA
5 16 (3.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (3.45%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.45%) Maven
7 13 (3.20%) Postman
8 12 (2.96%) Snyk
9 11 (2.71%) JUnit
9 11 (2.71%) Spock
10 8 (1.97%) Storybook
11 7 (1.72%) fastlane
12 5 (1.23%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.99%) Selenium
13 4 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.99%) Vite
14 3 (0.74%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.74%) Eclipse
15 2 (0.49%) Terragrunt
General
1 85 (20.94%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.00%) Finance
3 30 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.68%) Banking
6 18 (4.43%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.46%) Marketing
7 10 (2.46%) Publishing
8 9 (2.22%) Retail
9 7 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.72%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.23%) Games
11 4 (0.99%) Advertising
12 3 (0.74%) Law
12 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.49%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 165 (40.64%) Senior
2 107 (26.35%) Developer
3 60 (14.78%) Senior Developer
4 57 (14.04%) DevOps Engineer
5 48 (11.82%) Lead
6 44 (10.84%) Software Engineer
7 41 (10.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (7.64%) Architect
9 28 (6.90%) Java Developer
10 26 (6.40%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (5.17%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (4.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 19 (4.68%) Automation Engineer
13 19 (4.68%) Senior Automation Engineer
14 18 (4.43%) Cloud Architect
14 18 (4.43%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 18 (4.43%) Senior Platform Engineer
15 17 (4.19%) Applications Engineer
15 17 (4.19%) Data Engineer
15 17 (4.19%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (14.78%) .NET
2 58 (14.29%) React
3 55 (13.55%) Spring
4 52 (12.81%) Node.js
5 46 (11.33%) AngularJS
6 43 (10.59%) Spring Boot
7 34 (8.37%) CSS
7 34 (8.37%) HTML
8 27 (6.65%) REST
9 24 (5.91%) Vue
10 22 (5.42%) RESTful
11 19 (4.68%) FastAPI
12 14 (3.45%) Kafka
13 10 (2.46%) .NET Core
13 10 (2.46%) Entity Framework
13 10 (2.46%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
14 9 (2.22%) JWT
14 9 (2.22%) PySpark
14 9 (2.22%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 84 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 40 (9.85%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.94%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.96%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.71%) AI Agents
6 11 (2.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.71%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.99%) Replication
12 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.74%) Social Media
13 2 (0.49%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.14%) Linux
2 14 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.22%) Android
4 5 (1.23%) Windows
5 4 (0.99%) Unix
6 3 (0.74%) CentOS
6 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.74%) VMS
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (62.07%) DevOps
2 165 (40.64%) Agile
3 146 (35.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 133 (32.76%) AI
5 96 (23.65%) Microservices
6 93 (22.91%) Software Engineering
7 90 (22.17%) Mentoring
8 87 (21.43%) Test Automation
9 86 (21.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (20.94%) Containerisation
11 82 (20.20%) Platform Engineering
12 79 (19.46%) Observability
13 74 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
14 66 (16.26%) TDD
15 65 (16.01%) Full-Stack Development
16 56 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
17 55 (13.55%) Scrum
18 51 (12.56%) Collaborative Culture
19 47 (11.58%) SDLC
20 46 (11.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 135 (33.25%) Python
2 95 (23.40%) Java
3 78 (19.21%) SQL
4 69 (17.00%) JavaScript
5 67 (16.50%) TypeScript
6 61 (15.02%) C#
7 35 (8.62%) Bash
8 29 (7.14%) PowerShell
9 14 (3.45%) Swift
10 12 (2.96%) Go
10 12 (2.96%) Kotlin
11 11 (2.71%) Bicep
12 6 (1.48%) Groovy
13 4 (0.99%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.99%) PHP
13 4 (0.99%) Scala
14 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.74%) SOQL
14 3 (0.74%) SOSL
15 2 (0.49%) C++
Qualifications
1 59 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 31 (7.64%) DV Cleared
3 29 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.19%) Degree
5 9 (2.22%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.97%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.91%) QA
2 13 (3.20%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.20%) GRC
3 8 (1.97%) WCAG
4 6 (1.48%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 114 (28.08%) Docker
2 18 (4.43%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.74%) Ceph
6 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 141 (34.73%) Terraform
2 117 (28.82%) Kubernetes
3 43 (10.59%) Ansible
4 19 (4.68%) Grafana
4 19 (4.68%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.22%) Argo
6 8 (1.97%) Istio
7 4 (0.99%) linkerd
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.74%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.74%) Podman
8 3 (0.74%) Puppet
9 1 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.25%) Packer
Vendors
1 50 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.17%) Google
3 20 (4.93%) Splunk
4 13 (3.20%) Adobe
4 13 (3.20%) Databricks
4 13 (3.20%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.96%) CrowdStrike
5 12 (2.96%) Palo Alto
5 12 (2.96%) Tenable
6 11 (2.71%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.46%) VMware
8 6 (1.48%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.48%) Oracle
9 3 (0.74%) Dell
9 3 (0.74%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.74%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.74%) Pega
9 3 (0.74%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.49%) Apple
10 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow