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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 28 42
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 -25
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 381 210 259
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.97% 8.44% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.14% 9.11% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 284 132 208
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £47,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £91,250
North West median annual salary £68,403 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.34% +8.00% -10.71%

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 4,678 2,305 4,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.31% 92.64% 82.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,709 1,329 3,191
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £78,957 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,800 £87,550 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 13 £67,500 -
Ashton-under-Lyne +3 7 £51,000 - 1
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 -
Bolton +16 2 £53,750 - 4
Stockport +3 2 £75,000 - 6
Salford -18 1 £74,301 +7.09% 8
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 (3.94%) Confluence
2 10 (2.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.79%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.52%) CICS
7 2 (0.52%) CMS
7 2 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.26%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 183 (48.03%) AWS
2 180 (47.24%) Azure
3 72 (18.90%) GitHub
4 65 (17.06%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (15.49%) Serverless
6 52 (13.65%) GCP
7 33 (8.66%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (6.82%) SaaS
9 22 (5.77%) Power Platform
10 18 (4.72%) Amazon S3
10 18 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (4.46%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (3.67%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (3.15%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (2.62%) Power Automate
16 10 (2.62%) Pulumi
17 8 (2.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.89%) Firewall
2 6 (1.57%) SAN
3 5 (1.31%) Network Security
4 4 (1.05%) VPN
5 2 (0.52%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.26%) LTE
6 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.82%) NoSQL
2 24 (6.30%) MongoDB
2 24 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.67%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.89%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.10%) MySQL
6 7 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.84%) DynamoDB
6 7 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.84%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.57%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.57%) Power BI
8 5 (1.31%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.31%) Redis
9 3 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.79%) GIS
9 3 (0.79%) Pinecone
9 3 (0.79%) QGIS
10 2 (0.52%) Db2
10 2 (0.52%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 54 (14.17%) Git
2 33 (8.66%) Jenkins
3 31 (8.14%) GitLab
4 26 (6.82%) JIRA
5 16 (4.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (3.41%) Postman
7 12 (3.15%) Snyk
8 11 (2.89%) Bitbucket
9 10 (2.62%) Maven
10 9 (2.36%) JUnit
10 9 (2.36%) Spock
11 7 (1.84%) fastlane
12 5 (1.31%) Storybook
13 4 (1.05%) IntelliJ
13 4 (1.05%) Selenium
13 4 (1.05%) Vite
14 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
15 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
15 2 (0.52%) Vagrant
15 2 (0.52%) XCUITest
General
1 77 (20.21%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.27%) Finance
3 26 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (5.25%) Banking
5 18 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.62%) Marketing
7 9 (2.36%) Retail
8 7 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.84%) Retail Banking
9 6 (1.57%) Publishing
10 5 (1.31%) Advertising
10 5 (1.31%) Games
11 3 (0.79%) French Language
11 3 (0.79%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.79%) Law
11 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.79%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 156 (40.94%) Senior
2 99 (25.98%) Developer
3 56 (14.70%) Senior Developer
4 50 (13.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 47 (12.34%) Software Engineer
6 45 (11.81%) Lead
7 42 (11.02%) Cloud Engineer
8 30 (7.87%) Architect
8 30 (7.87%) Java Developer
9 22 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (4.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (4.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 18 (4.72%) Senior Java Developer
11 17 (4.46%) Cloud Architect
11 17 (4.46%) Senior DevOps
12 16 (4.20%) Applications Engineer
12 16 (4.20%) Automation Engineer
12 16 (4.20%) Senior Automation Engineer
12 16 (4.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (15.75%) .NET
2 58 (15.22%) React
3 52 (13.65%) Spring
4 49 (12.86%) Node.js
5 42 (11.02%) Spring Boot
6 39 (10.24%) AngularJS
7 33 (8.66%) CSS
7 33 (8.66%) HTML
8 26 (6.82%) Vue
9 25 (6.56%) RESTful
10 23 (6.04%) REST
11 20 (5.25%) FastAPI
12 14 (3.67%) Kafka
13 10 (2.62%) Django
13 10 (2.62%) Flask
14 9 (2.36%) .NET Core
14 9 (2.36%) JWT
14 9 (2.36%) LangChain
14 9 (2.36%) OAuth
14 9 (2.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 86 (22.57%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.45%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.99%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.20%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.15%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.89%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.36%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.52%) Culture of Ownership
13 2 (0.52%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.30%) Linux
2 16 (4.20%) Apple iOS
3 11 (2.89%) Android
4 5 (1.31%) Windows
5 3 (0.79%) CentOS
5 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.52%) Debian
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) Unix
6 2 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (60.63%) DevOps
2 156 (40.94%) Agile
3 134 (35.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 120 (31.50%) AI
5 93 (24.41%) Microservices
6 87 (22.83%) Software Engineering
7 86 (22.57%) Mentoring
8 81 (21.26%) Containerisation
9 78 (20.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (20.47%) Test Automation
10 75 (19.69%) Platform Engineering
11 72 (18.90%) Observability
12 71 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
13 65 (17.06%) TDD
14 64 (16.80%) Full-Stack Development
15 55 (14.44%) Scrum
16 51 (13.39%) Technical Leadership
17 46 (12.07%) Collaborative Culture
18 44 (11.55%) Clean Code
18 44 (11.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 125 (32.81%) Python
2 86 (22.57%) Java
3 77 (20.21%) SQL
4 63 (16.54%) JavaScript
4 63 (16.54%) TypeScript
5 56 (14.70%) C#
6 32 (8.40%) Bash
7 29 (7.61%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.41%) Swift
9 11 (2.89%) Bicep
9 11 (2.89%) Kotlin
10 10 (2.62%) Go
11 5 (1.31%) Groovy
11 5 (1.31%) PHP
12 4 (1.05%) Scala
13 3 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.79%) SOQL
13 3 (0.79%) SOSL
14 2 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 51 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.09%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.56%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.25%) Degree
5 9 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.10%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.25%) QA
2 13 (3.41%) GRC
3 7 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.57%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.31%) WCAG
6 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.52%) GDPR
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (25.98%) Docker
2 18 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.05%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 133 (34.91%) Terraform
2 110 (28.87%) Kubernetes
3 36 (9.45%) Ansible
4 17 (4.46%) Grafana
5 14 (3.67%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.57%) Argo
7 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.05%) Istio
8 4 (1.05%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.79%) linkerd
10 2 (0.52%) Packer
10 2 (0.52%) Puppet
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 46 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.72%) Splunk
3 17 (4.46%) Google
4 14 (3.67%) Databricks
5 12 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
5 12 (3.15%) Palo Alto
5 12 (3.15%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.15%) Tenable
6 10 (2.62%) Adobe
6 10 (2.62%) VMware
7 9 (2.36%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.57%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.31%) Oracle
10 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.79%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.79%) Pega
11 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.26%) Apple
12 1 (0.26%) F5
12 1 (0.26%) HP