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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 25 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 -28
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 401 192 195
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.23% 8.20% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.83% 9.22% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 276 123 130
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,375
25th Percentile £54,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.31% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,770 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £87,500
North West median annual salary £66,750 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.69% +4.00% -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 5,869 2,082 3,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.50% 88.90% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,373 1,191 1,553
10th Percentile £32,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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
Stockport +7 10 £72,500 - 6
Altrincham +14 9 £65,000 - 9
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 9 £51,000 -
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 - 4
Oldham +2 3 £54,250 -16.54%
Bolton -1 2 £53,750 - 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 13 (3.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 11 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.24%) Confluence
4 5 (1.25%) CMS
4 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.00%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.75%) nginx
6 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.25%) Kentico
7 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 198 (49.38%) AWS
2 165 (41.15%) Azure
3 87 (21.70%) GitHub
4 55 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (12.97%) GCP
6 47 (11.72%) Serverless
7 37 (9.23%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (6.98%) Power Platform
9 23 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (5.49%) Amazon S3
11 19 (4.74%) SaaS
12 18 (4.49%) Power Automate
13 17 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (3.24%) PowerApps
17 12 (2.99%) Snowflake
18 11 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 11 (2.74%) Entra ID
19 10 (2.49%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.99%) Firewall
2 11 (2.74%) DNS
2 11 (2.74%) Network Security
3 6 (1.50%) BIG-IP
3 6 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (1.25%) SAN
5 3 (0.75%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) CTI
6 2 (0.50%) DHCP
6 2 (0.50%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.23%) MongoDB
2 20 (4.99%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.74%) NoSQL
4 16 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (3.74%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.24%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.75%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.75%) Power BI
8 6 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.50%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.25%) Chroma
9 5 (1.25%) Pinecone
9 5 (1.25%) Redis
10 4 (1.00%) MySQL
11 3 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 67 (16.71%) Git
2 51 (12.72%) GitLab
3 40 (9.98%) Jenkins
4 22 (5.49%) JIRA
5 17 (4.24%) Maven
6 16 (3.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 13 (3.24%) JUnit
7 13 (3.24%) Spock
8 12 (2.99%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.00%) Selenium
9 8 (2.00%) Storybook
10 7 (1.75%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.75%) Snyk
11 6 (1.50%) Postman
12 5 (1.25%) Claude Code
13 4 (1.00%) fastlane
13 4 (1.00%) IntelliJ
13 4 (1.00%) REST Assured
13 4 (1.00%) Vagrant
13 4 (1.00%) Vite
General
1 100 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.47%) Finance
3 27 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.49%) Publishing
5 21 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (5.24%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.24%) Marketing
7 10 (2.49%) Retail
8 7 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.25%) Banking
9 5 (1.25%) iGaming
9 5 (1.25%) Law
10 4 (1.00%) Games
11 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.50%) Local Government
13 1 (0.25%) Back Office
13 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 153 (38.15%) Senior
2 87 (21.70%) Developer
3 80 (19.95%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (12.22%) Lead
5 44 (10.97%) Senior Developer
6 41 (10.22%) Software Engineer
7 35 (8.73%) Platform Engineer
8 29 (7.23%) Senior DevOps
9 28 (6.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 27 (6.73%) Cloud Engineer
11 26 (6.48%) Architect
12 23 (5.74%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 22 (5.49%) Automation Engineer
13 22 (5.49%) Principal Engineer
14 21 (5.24%) Data Engineer
15 19 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (4.74%) Senior Automation Engineer
16 16 (3.99%) Cloud Architect
17 15 (3.74%) Applications Engineer
17 15 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (36.16%) Terraform
2 75 (18.70%) Spring
3 71 (17.71%) React
4 61 (15.21%) Spring Boot
5 56 (13.97%) Node.js
6 44 (10.97%) .NET
7 43 (10.72%) AngularJS
8 34 (8.48%) REST
9 31 (7.73%) CSS
10 30 (7.48%) HTML
11 27 (6.73%) Kafka
12 20 (4.99%) Vue
13 19 (4.74%) FastAPI
14 13 (3.24%) .NET Core
15 12 (2.99%) PySpark
16 11 (2.74%) LangChain
17 10 (2.49%) Flask
17 10 (2.49%) GraphQL
17 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Graph
17 10 (2.49%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 84 (20.95%) Cloud Native
2 38 (9.48%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.74%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.99%) Private Cloud
5 15 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.99%) AI Agents
6 12 (2.99%) Media Streaming
6 12 (2.99%) Podcast
6 12 (2.99%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (2.24%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.75%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.25%) Culture of Ownership
12 5 (1.25%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.25%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.73%) Linux
2 9 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (1.50%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.50%) CentOS
3 6 (1.50%) Unix
4 5 (1.25%) Android
4 5 (1.25%) VMS
5 4 (1.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (64.34%) DevOps
2 164 (40.90%) Infrastructure as Code
3 162 (40.40%) Agile
4 141 (35.16%) AI
5 103 (25.69%) Microservices
6 100 (24.94%) Software Engineering
7 98 (24.44%) Mentoring
8 97 (24.19%) Containerisation
9 96 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 92 (22.94%) Observability
11 91 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (22.69%) Test Automation
12 85 (21.20%) Platform Engineering
13 62 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 56 (13.97%) Technical Leadership
15 49 (12.22%) Code Quality
16 45 (11.22%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 44 (10.97%) Event-Driven
18 43 (10.72%) Collaborative Culture
18 43 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (39.65%) Python
2 113 (28.18%) Java
3 93 (23.19%) TypeScript
4 80 (19.95%) SQL
5 71 (17.71%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.22%) C#
7 45 (11.22%) Bash
8 28 (6.98%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.99%) Go
10 11 (2.74%) Bicep
11 10 (2.49%) Kotlin
12 8 (2.00%) Groovy
13 6 (1.50%) Swift
14 5 (1.25%) ActionScript
14 5 (1.25%) Rust
15 4 (1.00%) Apex Code
15 4 (1.00%) Scala
16 3 (0.75%) SOQL
16 3 (0.75%) SOSL
17 2 (0.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 95 (23.69%) Security Cleared
2 57 (14.21%) DV Cleared
3 46 (11.47%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.74%) Degree
5 9 (2.24%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (1.25%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.50%) CCNA
9 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.50%) MCSE
9 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.48%) QA
2 18 (4.49%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.00%) WCAG
5 7 (1.75%) GRC
6 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.50%) GDPR
7 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 135 (33.67%) Docker
2 14 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.75%) Ceph
6 2 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (33.67%) Kubernetes
2 53 (13.22%) Ansible
3 18 (4.49%) Grafana
3 18 (4.49%) Prometheus
4 11 (2.74%) Argo
5 7 (1.75%) Istio
5 7 (1.75%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.50%) Podman
7 4 (1.00%) linkerd
7 4 (1.00%) Packer
8 3 (0.75%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.75%) Puppet
8 3 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.25%) Opsview
Vendors
1 56 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.49%) Splunk
3 20 (4.99%) Google
4 14 (3.49%) Databricks
5 13 (3.24%) Adobe
5 13 (3.24%) AppDynamics
6 10 (2.49%) VMware
7 8 (2.00%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.75%) Tenable
9 6 (1.50%) F5
9 6 (1.50%) Mistral
9 6 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.25%) YouTube
11 4 (1.00%) Oracle
12 3 (0.75%) Dell
12 3 (0.75%) New Relic
12 3 (0.75%) Thales