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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 21 40
Rank change year-on-year -18 +19 -5
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 227 177 243
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.87% 8.85% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.61% 9.29% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 174 145 217
10th Percentile £50,375 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £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 3,432 1,905 4,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.70% 95.20% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,339 1,248 3,273
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 £90,500 £89,125 £82,500
North West median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -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 8 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 8 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 -13 4 £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 8 (3.52%) Confluence
2 4 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.32%) GeoServer
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%) OpenStack
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
1 111 (48.90%) Azure
2 104 (45.81%) AWS
3 41 (18.06%) GCP
4 40 (17.62%) Serverless
5 29 (12.78%) GitHub
6 27 (11.89%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (8.37%) Azure AKS
8 18 (7.93%) SaaS
9 14 (6.17%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (5.73%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (5.73%) Azure Functions
10 13 (5.73%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (4.41%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (4.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (4.41%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (3.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (2.64%) dbt
14 6 (2.64%) Entra ID
15 5 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.20%) Firewall
1 5 (2.20%) HTTP
2 3 (1.32%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.32%) VPN
3 2 (0.88%) Network Security
3 2 (0.88%) SAN
4 1 (0.44%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.44%) LTE
4 1 (0.44%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.62%) NoSQL
2 25 (11.01%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.93%) MongoDB
4 14 (6.17%) MySQL
5 6 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.20%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.76%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.32%) GIS
8 3 (1.32%) QGIS
8 3 (1.32%) Redis
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.88%) Big Data
9 2 (0.88%) DB2
9 2 (0.88%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 39 (17.18%) Git
2 20 (8.81%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.93%) JIRA
4 12 (5.29%) GitLab
5 6 (2.64%) Postman
6 4 (1.76%) 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%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.32%) Snyk
8 2 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.88%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.88%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.44%) Locust
9 1 (0.44%) Protractor
9 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 48 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.42%) Finance
3 16 (7.05%) Banking
4 10 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.96%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.64%) Retail Banking
8 5 (2.20%) Advertising
8 5 (2.20%) Games
9 4 (1.76%) Retail
10 3 (1.32%) French Language
10 3 (1.32%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.32%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.32%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.88%) Legal
11 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 86 (37.89%) Senior
2 66 (29.07%) Developer
3 52 (22.91%) Software Engineer
4 32 (14.10%) Senior Developer
5 26 (11.45%) Java Developer
5 26 (11.45%) Lead
6 22 (9.69%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (8.81%) Cloud Engineer
8 15 (6.61%) .NET Developer
9 14 (6.17%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (5.73%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (5.29%) Python Engineer
12 11 (4.85%) Architect
12 11 (4.85%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (4.85%) Lead Software Engineer
13 10 (4.41%) .NET Software Engineer
14 9 (3.96%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
14 9 (3.96%) Senior Java Developer
14 9 (3.96%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (26.43%) .NET
2 40 (17.62%) RESTful
3 38 (16.74%) React
4 27 (11.89%) CSS
4 27 (11.89%) HTML
4 27 (11.89%) Spring
5 26 (11.45%) REST
5 26 (11.45%) Spring Boot
6 22 (9.69%) AngularJS
7 21 (9.25%) Node.js
8 15 (6.61%) .NET Framework
9 13 (5.73%) .NET Core
9 13 (5.73%) Django
10 11 (4.85%) Vue
11 9 (3.96%) FastAPI
12 7 (3.08%) Kafka
13 6 (2.64%) ARM Templates
14 5 (2.20%) CSS3
14 5 (2.20%) JWT
14 5 (2.20%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.70%) Cloud Native
2 24 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (6.17%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.29%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.52%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.08%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.76%) 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%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.88%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.05%) Linux
2 11 (4.85%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.08%) Android
4 6 (2.64%) Windows
5 3 (1.32%) Unix
6 2 (0.88%) Debian
6 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (55.51%) DevOps
2 120 (52.86%) Agile
3 78 (34.36%) Software Engineering
4 66 (29.07%) Microservices
5 63 (27.75%) TDD
6 62 (27.31%) Infrastructure as Code
7 60 (26.43%) Containerisation
8 45 (19.82%) Scrum
9 44 (19.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (18.94%) AI
11 42 (18.50%) Clean Code
12 41 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (17.18%) Mentoring
14 35 (15.42%) Test Automation
15 31 (13.66%) Platform Engineering
16 29 (12.78%) Full-Stack Development
17 27 (11.89%) Collaborative Culture
17 27 (11.89%) Roadmaps
18 26 (11.45%) Observability
19 21 (9.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.35%) Java
2 51 (22.47%) Python
3 50 (22.03%) C#
3 50 (22.03%) SQL
4 42 (18.50%) JavaScript
5 32 (14.10%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.41%) PowerShell
7 8 (3.52%) Go
7 8 (3.52%) Swift
8 6 (2.64%) Bicep
9 4 (1.76%) Bash
9 4 (1.76%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.76%) PHP
10 3 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.88%) Scala
12 1 (0.44%) C++
12 1 (0.44%) Erlang
12 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (7.49%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.17%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.41%) Degree
4 7 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.52%) QA
2 4 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.32%) GRC
4 2 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (28.19%) Docker
2 7 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.76%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.76%) vSphere
4 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 75 (33.04%) Kubernetes
2 71 (31.28%) Terraform
3 23 (10.13%) Ansible
4 3 (1.32%) Grafana
4 3 (1.32%) Rancher
5 2 (0.88%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.88%) Packer
5 2 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.44%) Istio
6 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.41%) Google
3 7 (3.08%) Oracle
3 7 (3.08%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.08%) VMware
4 4 (1.76%) Pega
5 3 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.32%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.32%) Software AG
5 3 (1.32%) Tenable
5 3 (1.32%) webMethods
6 2 (0.88%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe
7 1 (0.44%) Databricks
7 1 (0.44%) F5
7 1 (0.44%) HP
7 1 (0.44%) SAP
7 1 (0.44%) WSO2