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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 26 38
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 -12
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 206 169 233
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.09% 7.78% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.84% 8.12% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 169 138 209
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,813 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,308 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +10.89% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,688 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,528 £84,919
North West median annual salary £70,000 £69,384 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.89% +11.01% -

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 3,010 2,081 3,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.41% 95.85% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,988 1,257 3,159
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -3 7 £67,500 +28.57% 3
Salford -6 4 £73,801 +6.48% 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 6 (2.91%) Confluence
2 4 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.97%) CICS
4 2 (0.97%) CMS
4 2 (0.97%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.49%) Apache
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.49%) nginx
5 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.49%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (48.54%) Azure
2 92 (44.66%) AWS
3 39 (18.93%) GCP
4 33 (16.02%) Serverless
5 22 (10.68%) GitHub
6 20 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (8.74%) Azure AKS
7 18 (8.74%) SaaS
8 12 (5.83%) Azure Functions
8 12 (5.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (5.34%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (5.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (5.34%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (4.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (3.40%) Amazon S3
12 7 (3.40%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.43%) Firewall
1 5 (2.43%) HTTP
2 3 (1.46%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.46%) VPN
3 2 (0.97%) Network Security
3 2 (0.97%) SAN
4 1 (0.49%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.49%) LTE
4 1 (0.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (18.45%) NoSQL
2 22 (10.68%) MongoDB
2 22 (10.68%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (6.31%) MySQL
4 9 (4.37%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.91%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.94%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.46%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.46%) Redis
9 2 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.97%) Big Data
9 2 (0.97%) DB2
9 2 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.97%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.97%) Power BI
9 2 (0.97%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 33 (16.02%) Git
2 16 (7.77%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.80%) JIRA
4 10 (4.85%) GitLab
5 3 (1.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.46%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.46%) Eclipse
5 3 (1.46%) fastlane
5 3 (1.46%) IntelliJ
5 3 (1.46%) JUnit
5 3 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.97%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.97%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.49%) GDB
7 1 (0.49%) Locust
7 1 (0.49%) Postman
7 1 (0.49%) Protractor
7 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
General
1 50 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.62%) Finance
3 12 (5.83%) Banking
4 7 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (3.40%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.43%) Games
6 4 (1.94%) Retail
7 3 (1.46%) French Language
7 3 (1.46%) Italian Language
7 3 (1.46%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (1.46%) Retail Banking
7 3 (1.46%) Spanish Language
8 2 (0.97%) Advertising
8 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.97%) Legal
8 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.97%) Marketing
8 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 76 (36.89%) Senior
2 62 (30.10%) Developer
3 46 (22.33%) Software Engineer
4 29 (14.08%) Senior Developer
5 27 (13.11%) Lead
6 23 (11.17%) Java Developer
7 18 (8.74%) Senior Software Engineer
8 17 (8.25%) .NET Developer
9 11 (5.34%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (5.34%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (5.34%) Lead Software Engineer
9 11 (5.34%) Python Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) .NET Software Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (4.85%) Senior .NET Developer
10 10 (4.85%) Software Developer
11 9 (4.37%) Architect
11 9 (4.37%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (3.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 7 (3.40%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (31.55%) .NET
2 39 (18.93%) RESTful
3 38 (18.45%) React
4 27 (13.11%) CSS
4 27 (13.11%) HTML
5 25 (12.14%) REST
6 24 (11.65%) Spring
6 24 (11.65%) Spring Boot
7 19 (9.22%) AngularJS
7 19 (9.22%) Node.js
8 17 (8.25%) .NET Core
8 17 (8.25%) .NET Framework
9 12 (5.83%) Django
10 9 (4.37%) ASP.NET Web API
10 9 (4.37%) Vue
11 8 (3.88%) FastAPI
11 8 (3.88%) Kafka
12 7 (3.40%) CSS3
12 7 (3.40%) HTML5
13 6 (2.91%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 46 (22.33%) Cloud Native
2 22 (10.68%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.83%) Mobile App
4 11 (5.34%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.40%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (2.43%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.43%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.97%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.97%) IoT
9 2 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.97%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.25%) Linux
2 10 (4.85%) Apple iOS
3 8 (3.88%) Windows
4 6 (2.91%) Android
5 3 (1.46%) Unix
5 3 (1.46%) VMS
6 2 (0.97%) Debian
6 2 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (53.88%) Agile
2 110 (53.40%) DevOps
3 76 (36.89%) Software Engineering
4 68 (33.01%) Microservices
5 61 (29.61%) Containerisation
6 59 (28.64%) TDD
7 52 (25.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 44 (21.36%) Clean Code
8 44 (21.36%) Scrum
9 40 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (18.45%) AI
11 34 (16.50%) Mentoring
11 34 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (14.08%) Test Automation
13 27 (13.11%) Full-Stack Development
14 24 (11.65%) Platform Engineering
14 24 (11.65%) Roadmaps
15 21 (10.19%) Collaborative Culture
15 21 (10.19%) User Experience
16 20 (9.71%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (28.16%) C#
2 50 (24.27%) Java
3 46 (22.33%) SQL
4 42 (20.39%) Python
5 41 (19.90%) JavaScript
6 34 (16.50%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.88%) Go
8 7 (3.40%) Swift
9 6 (2.91%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.43%) Bicep
11 4 (1.94%) PHP
12 3 (1.46%) Erlang
12 3 (1.46%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.97%) Scala
14 1 (0.49%) C++
14 1 (0.49%) Rust
14 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (6.31%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.85%) Degree
2 10 (4.85%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.94%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.91%) QA
2 4 (1.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.97%) GDPR
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) NIST
4 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 59 (28.64%) Docker
2 5 (2.43%) VMware NSX
2 5 (2.43%) vSphere
3 4 (1.94%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 66 (32.04%) Kubernetes
2 54 (26.21%) Terraform
3 19 (9.22%) Ansible
4 3 (1.46%) Rancher
5 2 (0.97%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.97%) Packer
5 2 (0.97%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.49%) Grafana
6 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (7.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.88%) VMware
3 7 (3.40%) Google
3 7 (3.40%) Oracle
4 4 (1.94%) Pega
5 3 (1.46%) Software AG
5 3 (1.46%) webMethods
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe
6 1 (0.49%) Databricks
6 1 (0.49%) F5
6 1 (0.49%) Foundry
6 1 (0.49%) HP
6 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.49%) SAP
6 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.49%) WSO2