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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 29 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -15
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 301 193 264
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.15% 9.05% 5.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.15% 9.44% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 224 121 226
10th Percentile £50,375 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,500 £52,240
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +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 4,208 2,045 4,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.97% 95.87% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,097 1,143 3,461
10th Percentile £32,835 £30,750 £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 £76,840 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £82,000
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 27 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 27 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 +12 13 £67,500 - 3
Salford -21 1 £74,301 +7.09% 5
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 - 1
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 (3.32%) Confluence
2 8 (2.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.00%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.66%) CICS
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 151 (50.17%) Azure
2 145 (48.17%) AWS
3 58 (19.27%) GitHub
4 51 (16.94%) Serverless
5 49 (16.28%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (16.28%) GCP
6 25 (8.31%) GitHub Actions
7 22 (7.31%) SaaS
8 16 (5.32%) Azure AKS
9 12 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.99%) Azure Functions
10 11 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (3.65%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (2.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 9 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.66%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.65%) Firewall
2 6 (1.99%) VPN
3 5 (1.66%) Network Security
4 4 (1.33%) SAN
5 2 (0.66%) DNS
5 2 (0.66%) HTTP
6 1 (0.33%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.33%) LTE
6 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.97%) NoSQL
2 20 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (5.65%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.99%) MySQL
5 7 (2.33%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.99%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.99%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.66%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.66%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.00%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.00%) GIS
8 3 (1.00%) QGIS
9 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.66%) Big Data
9 2 (0.66%) DB2
9 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.66%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.66%) Power BI
9 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (15.28%) Git
2 29 (9.63%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.64%) GitLab
4 21 (6.98%) JIRA
5 12 (3.99%) Snyk
6 9 (2.99%) Postman
7 7 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.33%) Maven
8 6 (1.99%) JUnit
9 4 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.33%) fastlane
9 4 (1.33%) Spock
10 3 (1.00%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.00%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.00%) Storybook
11 2 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.66%) Selenium
11 2 (0.66%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.66%) Vite
11 2 (0.66%) XCUITest
General
1 59 (19.60%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.62%) Finance
3 24 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.65%) Banking
5 14 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.33%) Retail Banking
7 6 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (1.99%) Marketing
8 5 (1.66%) Advertising
9 3 (1.00%) French Language
9 3 (1.00%) Games
9 3 (1.00%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.00%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (1.00%) Publishing
9 3 (1.00%) Retail
9 3 (1.00%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.66%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (42.86%) Senior
2 87 (28.90%) Developer
3 47 (15.61%) Senior Developer
3 47 (15.61%) Software Engineer
4 41 (13.62%) Cloud Engineer
5 32 (10.63%) Lead
6 31 (10.30%) Java Developer
7 23 (7.64%) Architect
8 22 (7.31%) DevOps Engineer
9 21 (6.98%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.65%) Senior Java Developer
11 16 (5.32%) .NET Developer
11 16 (5.32%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (4.65%) GCP Engineer
12 14 (4.65%) Software Developer
13 13 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.32%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (20.93%) .NET
2 49 (16.28%) React
3 34 (11.30%) Node.js
3 34 (11.30%) Spring
4 30 (9.97%) RESTful
5 29 (9.63%) Spring Boot
6 27 (8.97%) CSS
6 27 (8.97%) HTML
7 26 (8.64%) AngularJS
8 25 (8.31%) REST
9 14 (4.65%) Vue
10 11 (3.65%) FastAPI
11 10 (3.32%) .NET Framework
11 10 (3.32%) Kafka
12 9 (2.99%) .NET Core
12 9 (2.99%) Django
12 9 (2.99%) JWT
12 9 (2.99%) OAuth
13 7 (2.33%) ARM Templates
13 7 (2.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 54 (17.94%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.64%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.64%) Data Centre
4 16 (5.32%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.98%) Mobile App
5 15 (4.98%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.66%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.66%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.66%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.33%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.00%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.00%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.00%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.66%) Culture of Ownership
12 2 (0.66%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.98%) Linux
2 12 (3.99%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.32%) Android
4 5 (1.66%) Windows
5 2 (0.66%) Debian
5 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Unix
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (56.15%) DevOps
2 137 (45.51%) Agile
3 106 (35.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 80 (26.58%) AI
5 74 (24.58%) Microservices
6 70 (23.26%) Mentoring
7 69 (22.92%) Software Engineering
8 66 (21.93%) TDD
9 64 (21.26%) Containerisation
10 60 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (17.94%) Test Automation
12 53 (17.61%) Platform Engineering
13 52 (17.28%) Scrum
14 50 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
15 43 (14.29%) Observability
16 41 (13.62%) Full-Stack Development
17 39 (12.96%) SDLC
18 36 (11.96%) Clean Code
19 32 (10.63%) Decision-Making
19 32 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 86 (28.57%) Python
2 65 (21.59%) Java
3 59 (19.60%) SQL
4 50 (16.61%) JavaScript
5 49 (16.28%) C#
6 44 (14.62%) TypeScript
7 22 (7.31%) PowerShell
8 21 (6.98%) Bash
9 9 (2.99%) Bicep
9 9 (2.99%) Swift
10 8 (2.66%) Go
10 8 (2.66%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.33%) Groovy
11 4 (1.33%) PHP
12 3 (1.00%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.00%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.00%) Scala
12 3 (1.00%) SOQL
12 3 (1.00%) SOSL
13 2 (0.66%) C
Qualifications
1 29 (9.63%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.64%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.65%) Degree
4 8 (2.66%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.66%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.00%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.00%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.32%) GRC
2 10 (3.32%) QA
3 6 (1.99%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.00%) WCAG
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 76 (25.25%) Docker
2 19 (6.31%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 118 (39.20%) Terraform
2 87 (28.90%) Kubernetes
3 27 (8.97%) Ansible
4 9 (2.99%) Grafana
5 8 (2.66%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.00%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.00%) Rancher
8 2 (0.66%) Argo
8 2 (0.66%) Istio
8 2 (0.66%) Packer
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.33%) linkerd
9 1 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.32%) Google
3 12 (3.99%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.99%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.99%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.99%) Tenable
4 11 (3.65%) VMware
5 9 (2.99%) Adobe
5 9 (2.99%) Databricks
6 5 (1.66%) Oracle
6 5 (1.66%) Splunk
7 4 (1.33%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.00%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (1.00%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.00%) Pega
9 1 (0.33%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.33%) F5
9 1 (0.33%) HP