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

6 months to
21 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 388 210 247
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.01% 8.42% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.19% 9.10% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 290 132 199
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £47,250
25th Percentile £59,063 £56,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,750 £69,692 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% +7.22% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £79,600
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £91,500
North West median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year - +5.47% -8.57%

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 4,738 2,308 4,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.40% 92.58% 82.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,746 1,329 2,990
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £78,905 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 21 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 21 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 +15 13 £67,500 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne +3 7 £51,000 - 1
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 -
Stockport +3 3 £75,000 - 3
Bolton +15 2 £53,750 -
Oldham +9 1 £54,250 - 1
Salford -16 1 £74,301 +7.09% 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 15 (3.87%) Confluence
2 12 (3.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 9 (2.32%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.77%) 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
1 186 (47.94%) AWS
2 180 (46.39%) Azure
3 73 (18.81%) GitHub
4 66 (17.01%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (15.21%) Serverless
6 52 (13.40%) GCP
7 33 (8.51%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (6.70%) SaaS
9 23 (5.93%) Power Platform
10 18 (4.64%) Amazon S3
10 18 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (2.84%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.84%) Power Automate
15 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (2.58%) Pulumi
16 9 (2.32%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.84%) Firewall
2 6 (1.55%) SAN
3 5 (1.29%) Network Security
4 4 (1.03%) 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 25 (6.44%) NoSQL
2 24 (6.19%) MongoDB
3 23 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.61%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.09%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.06%) MySQL
7 7 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.80%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.80%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.80%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.55%) Power BI
9 5 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.29%) Redis
10 3 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.77%) GIS
10 3 (0.77%) Pinecone
10 3 (0.77%) QGIS
11 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.52%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 55 (14.18%) Git
2 34 (8.76%) Jenkins
3 31 (7.99%) GitLab
4 26 (6.70%) JIRA
5 16 (4.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (3.35%) Postman
7 12 (3.09%) Bitbucket
7 12 (3.09%) Maven
7 12 (3.09%) Snyk
8 9 (2.32%) JUnit
8 9 (2.32%) Spock
9 7 (1.80%) fastlane
9 7 (1.80%) Storybook
10 4 (1.03%) IntelliJ
10 4 (1.03%) Selenium
10 4 (1.03%) Vite
11 3 (0.77%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.52%) XCUITest
General
1 79 (20.36%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.24%) Finance
3 28 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (5.15%) Banking
5 19 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.64%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.58%) Marketing
8 9 (2.32%) Retail
9 8 (2.06%) Publishing
10 7 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.80%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.29%) Advertising
11 5 (1.29%) Games
12 3 (0.77%) Law
12 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.52%) French Language
13 2 (0.52%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.52%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 156 (40.21%) Senior
2 101 (26.03%) Developer
3 56 (14.43%) Senior Developer
4 53 (13.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 46 (11.86%) Lead
5 46 (11.86%) Software Engineer
6 42 (10.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (7.73%) Architect
8 29 (7.47%) Java Developer
9 23 (5.93%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (4.64%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (4.64%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 18 (4.64%) Senior DevOps
11 17 (4.38%) Applications Engineer
11 17 (4.38%) Automation Engineer
11 17 (4.38%) Cloud Architect
11 17 (4.38%) Senior Automation Engineer
11 17 (4.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.38%) Senior Java Developer
12 16 (4.12%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (15.46%) .NET
2 58 (14.95%) React
3 52 (13.40%) Spring
4 51 (13.14%) Node.js
5 42 (10.82%) AngularJS
5 42 (10.82%) Spring Boot
6 34 (8.76%) CSS
6 34 (8.76%) HTML
7 25 (6.44%) Vue
8 23 (5.93%) REST
8 23 (5.93%) RESTful
9 19 (4.90%) FastAPI
10 14 (3.61%) Kafka
11 9 (2.32%) .NET Core
11 9 (2.32%) Flask
11 9 (2.32%) GraphQL
11 9 (2.32%) JWT
11 9 (2.32%) LangChain
11 9 (2.32%) OAuth
11 9 (2.32%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 86 (22.16%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.28%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.64%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.87%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.09%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.84%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.32%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (2.32%) Private Cloud
10 8 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.77%) Management Information System
15 2 (0.52%) Algorithms
15 2 (0.52%) Mainframe
15 2 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.70%) Linux
2 15 (3.87%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.58%) Android
4 5 (1.29%) Windows
5 3 (0.77%) CentOS
5 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.77%) Unix
6 2 (0.52%) Debian
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (60.82%) DevOps
2 156 (40.21%) Agile
3 138 (35.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 122 (31.44%) AI
5 94 (24.23%) Microservices
6 90 (23.20%) Mentoring
6 90 (23.20%) Software Engineering
7 82 (21.13%) Containerisation
8 80 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 80 (20.62%) Test Automation
9 79 (20.36%) Platform Engineering
10 73 (18.81%) Observability
11 70 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
12 66 (17.01%) TDD
13 64 (16.49%) Full-Stack Development
14 54 (13.92%) Scrum
15 53 (13.66%) Technical Leadership
16 47 (12.11%) Collaborative Culture
17 45 (11.60%) Decision-Making
17 45 (11.60%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 128 (32.99%) Python
2 88 (22.68%) Java
3 76 (19.59%) SQL
4 65 (16.75%) JavaScript
4 65 (16.75%) TypeScript
5 57 (14.69%) C#
6 33 (8.51%) Bash
7 29 (7.47%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.35%) Swift
9 11 (2.84%) Bicep
9 11 (2.84%) Go
9 11 (2.84%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.29%) Groovy
10 5 (1.29%) PHP
11 4 (1.03%) Scala
12 3 (0.77%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.77%) SOQL
12 3 (0.77%) SOSL
13 2 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 53 (13.66%) Security Cleared
2 27 (6.96%) DV Cleared
2 27 (6.96%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.64%) Degree
4 9 (2.32%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.06%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.29%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.29%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.41%) QA
2 13 (3.35%) GRC
3 10 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.80%) WCAG
5 6 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.52%) GDPR
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 101 (26.03%) Docker
2 18 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.03%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 136 (35.05%) Terraform
2 111 (28.61%) Kubernetes
3 38 (9.79%) Ansible
4 18 (4.64%) Grafana
5 15 (3.87%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.55%) Argo
7 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.03%) Istio
8 4 (1.03%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.77%) linkerd
10 2 (0.52%) Packer
10 2 (0.52%) Puppet
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 48 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.64%) Google
2 18 (4.64%) Splunk
3 14 (3.61%) Databricks
4 12 (3.09%) Adobe
4 12 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (3.09%) Palo Alto
4 12 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.09%) Tenable
5 10 (2.58%) VMware
6 9 (2.32%) AppDynamics
7 6 (1.55%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.29%) Oracle
9 3 (0.77%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.77%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.77%) Pega
10 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.26%) Apple
11 1 (0.26%) F5
11 1 (0.26%) HP