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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 31 40
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -18
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 311 199 268
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.21% 9.04% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 9.44% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 233 126 226
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £52,240
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +16.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
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 4,311 2,108 4,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.15% 95.73% 84.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,188 1,191 3,492
10th Percentile £32,845 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £81,250
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 31 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 31 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 +13 13 £67,500 -
Cheadle - 2 £63,750 -
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 1 £51,000 - 2
Salford -20 1 £74,301 +7.09% 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 10 (3.22%) Confluence
2 8 (2.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.96%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.64%) CICS
6 2 (0.64%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.32%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 155 (49.84%) Azure
2 150 (48.23%) AWS
3 58 (18.65%) GitHub
4 55 (17.68%) Serverless
5 53 (17.04%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (16.40%) GCP
7 25 (8.04%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (7.72%) SaaS
9 15 (4.82%) Azure AKS
10 12 (3.86%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.86%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.89%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.89%) Pulumi
14 8 (2.57%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.54%) Firewall
2 6 (1.93%) Network Security
2 6 (1.93%) VPN
3 4 (1.29%) SAN
4 2 (0.64%) DNS
5 1 (0.32%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.32%) HTTP
5 1 (0.32%) LTE
5 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.36%) NoSQL
2 21 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.79%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.89%) MySQL
5 8 (2.57%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.25%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.93%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.61%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.29%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.29%) Power BI
10 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.96%) GIS
10 3 (0.96%) QGIS
10 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.64%) DB2
11 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.64%) Hazelcast
11 2 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (14.47%) Git
2 29 (9.32%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.07%) GitLab
4 21 (6.75%) JIRA
5 12 (3.86%) Snyk
6 9 (2.89%) Postman
7 7 (2.25%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.25%) Maven
8 5 (1.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (1.61%) JUnit
9 4 (1.29%) fastlane
9 4 (1.29%) Spock
10 3 (0.96%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.96%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.96%) Storybook
11 2 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.64%) Selenium
11 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.64%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.64%) Vite
General
1 61 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.18%) Finance
3 24 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.47%) Banking
6 14 (4.50%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.25%) Marketing
7 7 (2.25%) Retail Banking
8 6 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.61%) Advertising
10 3 (0.96%) French Language
10 3 (0.96%) Games
10 3 (0.96%) Italian Language
10 3 (0.96%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (0.96%) Publishing
10 3 (0.96%) Retail
10 3 (0.96%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (42.77%) Senior
2 88 (28.30%) Developer
3 48 (15.43%) Senior Developer
3 48 (15.43%) Software Engineer
4 41 (13.18%) Cloud Engineer
5 34 (10.93%) Lead
6 30 (9.65%) Java Developer
7 24 (7.72%) Architect
7 24 (7.72%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
9 17 (5.47%) .NET Developer
9 17 (5.47%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 16 (5.14%) Senior Java Developer
11 15 (4.82%) GCP Engineer
12 14 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (4.50%) Software Developer
13 13 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.18%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (4.18%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (20.90%) .NET
2 51 (16.40%) React
3 36 (11.58%) Node.js
4 33 (10.61%) Spring
5 28 (9.00%) RESTful
5 28 (9.00%) Spring Boot
6 27 (8.68%) CSS
6 27 (8.68%) HTML
6 27 (8.68%) REST
7 25 (8.04%) AngularJS
8 18 (5.79%) Vue
9 13 (4.18%) FastAPI
10 10 (3.22%) .NET Core
10 10 (3.22%) .NET Framework
10 10 (3.22%) Django
10 10 (3.22%) JWT
10 10 (3.22%) Kafka
10 10 (3.22%) OAuth
11 8 (2.57%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 61 (19.61%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.43%) Data Centre
4 16 (5.14%) Mobile App
4 16 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.89%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.25%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.93%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.29%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.96%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.64%) Culture of Ownership
13 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.64%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.47%) Linux
2 12 (3.86%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.22%) Android
4 6 (1.93%) Windows
5 2 (0.64%) Debian
5 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.64%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) CentOS
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (57.23%) DevOps
2 137 (44.05%) Agile
3 111 (35.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 84 (27.01%) AI
5 75 (24.12%) Microservices
6 73 (23.47%) Mentoring
7 72 (23.15%) Software Engineering
8 67 (21.54%) TDD
9 64 (20.58%) Containerisation
10 62 (19.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (17.68%) Platform Engineering
11 55 (17.68%) Test Automation
12 53 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
13 51 (16.40%) Scrum
14 46 (14.79%) Observability
15 43 (13.83%) Full-Stack Development
16 40 (12.86%) SDLC
17 38 (12.22%) Clean Code
18 34 (10.93%) Technical Leadership
19 31 (9.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 90 (28.94%) Python
2 64 (20.58%) Java
3 60 (19.29%) SQL
4 54 (17.36%) C#
5 49 (15.76%) JavaScript
6 45 (14.47%) TypeScript
7 23 (7.40%) PowerShell
8 22 (7.07%) Bash
9 9 (2.89%) Bicep
9 9 (2.89%) Swift
10 8 (2.57%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.25%) Go
12 5 (1.61%) PHP
13 4 (1.29%) Groovy
14 3 (0.96%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.96%) Scala
14 3 (0.96%) SOQL
14 3 (0.96%) SOSL
15 2 (0.64%) C
Qualifications
1 30 (9.65%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.43%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.86%) Degree
4 9 (2.89%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.57%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.18%) GRC
2 11 (3.54%) QA
3 6 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.96%) WCAG
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 78 (25.08%) Docker
2 19 (6.11%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.29%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 121 (38.91%) Terraform
2 90 (28.94%) Kubernetes
3 27 (8.68%) Ansible
4 9 (2.89%) Grafana
5 8 (2.57%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.96%) Argo
7 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.64%) Istio
8 2 (0.64%) Packer
8 2 (0.64%) Rancher
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.32%) linkerd
9 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (9.97%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.50%) Google
3 12 (3.86%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.86%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.86%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.86%) Tenable
4 11 (3.54%) VMware
5 9 (2.89%) Adobe
5 9 (2.89%) Databricks
6 5 (1.61%) Oracle
6 5 (1.61%) Splunk
7 4 (1.29%) AppDynamics
8 3 (0.96%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.96%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.96%) Pega
9 1 (0.32%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.32%) F5
9 1 (0.32%) HP
9 1 (0.32%) ServiceNow