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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 28 42
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 -25
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 379 214 269
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.99% 8.64% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.17% 9.28% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 281 137 218
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £45,875
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £63,891
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +9.56% -8.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £88,625
North West median annual salary £69,305 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +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 4,639 2,306 4,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.30% 93.13% 83.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,678 1,330 3,382
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,159
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.46% -8.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,777 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £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 10 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 10 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 - 1
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 -
Ashton-under-Lyne +2 5 £51,000 - 2
Bolton +14 1 £35,000 - 2
Stockport +2 1 £75,000 - 1
Salford -19 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 (3.96%) Confluence
2 9 (2.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.79%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.53%) CICS
7 2 (0.53%) CMS
7 2 (0.53%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.53%) 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 (48.28%) AWS
2 179 (47.23%) Azure
3 73 (19.26%) GitHub
4 65 (17.15%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (16.62%) Serverless
6 54 (14.25%) GCP
7 32 (8.44%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (7.39%) SaaS
9 20 (5.28%) Power Platform
10 19 (5.01%) Amazon S3
11 17 (4.49%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (4.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (3.43%) Azure AKS
15 12 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (2.64%) Pulumi
17 9 (2.37%) Azure Functions
17 9 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.17%) Firewall
2 6 (1.58%) Network Security
2 6 (1.58%) SAN
3 5 (1.32%) VPN
4 2 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.26%) LTE
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.12%) NoSQL
2 26 (6.86%) MongoDB
3 25 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.43%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.64%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.37%) MySQL
7 8 (2.11%) DynamoDB
7 8 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.85%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.58%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.58%) Power BI
10 5 (1.32%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.06%) Redis
12 3 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.79%) GIS
12 3 (0.79%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.79%) QGIS
13 2 (0.53%) Db2
13 2 (0.53%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 54 (14.25%) Git
2 35 (9.23%) Jenkins
3 31 (8.18%) GitLab
4 25 (6.60%) JIRA
5 16 (4.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (3.43%) Postman
7 12 (3.17%) Bitbucket
7 12 (3.17%) Snyk
8 9 (2.37%) Maven
9 8 (2.11%) JUnit
9 8 (2.11%) Spock
10 7 (1.85%) fastlane
11 4 (1.06%) IntelliJ
11 4 (1.06%) Selenium
11 4 (1.06%) Storybook
11 4 (1.06%) Vite
12 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.53%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.53%) Vagrant
General
1 76 (20.05%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.83%) Finance
3 25 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (5.28%) Banking
5 18 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.75%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.64%) Marketing
7 8 (2.11%) Retail
8 7 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.85%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.32%) Advertising
9 5 (1.32%) Games
10 4 (1.06%) Publishing
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
1 155 (40.90%) Senior
2 96 (25.33%) Developer
3 53 (13.98%) Senior Developer
4 48 (12.66%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (12.66%) Software Engineer
5 44 (11.61%) Lead
6 43 (11.35%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (7.92%) Java Developer
8 29 (7.65%) Architect
9 22 (5.80%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (4.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 18 (4.75%) Senior Java Developer
11 17 (4.49%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (4.22%) .NET Developer
12 16 (4.22%) Applications Engineer
12 16 (4.22%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (3.96%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (3.96%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (16.89%) .NET
2 59 (15.57%) React
3 51 (13.46%) Spring
4 48 (12.66%) Node.js
5 42 (11.08%) Spring Boot
6 37 (9.76%) AngularJS
7 30 (7.92%) CSS
7 30 (7.92%) HTML
8 26 (6.86%) REST
8 26 (6.86%) RESTful
8 26 (6.86%) Vue
9 21 (5.54%) FastAPI
10 14 (3.69%) Kafka
11 11 (2.90%) Django
12 10 (2.64%) .NET Core
12 10 (2.64%) Flask
13 9 (2.37%) JWT
13 9 (2.37%) LangChain
13 9 (2.37%) OAuth
13 9 (2.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 85 (22.43%) Cloud Native
2 33 (8.71%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.28%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.22%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.69%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.90%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.37%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.11%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.58%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
13 3 (0.79%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.53%) Mainframe
14 2 (0.53%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.33%) Linux
2 15 (3.96%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.64%) Android
4 6 (1.58%) Windows
5 3 (0.79%) CentOS
5 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Debian
6 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.53%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (60.16%) DevOps
2 157 (41.42%) Agile
3 137 (36.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 115 (30.34%) AI
5 92 (24.27%) Microservices
6 86 (22.69%) Software Engineering
7 84 (22.16%) Mentoring
8 81 (21.37%) Containerisation
9 76 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (19.79%) Test Automation
11 74 (19.53%) Platform Engineering
12 70 (18.47%) Observability
12 70 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
13 68 (17.94%) TDD
14 61 (16.09%) Full-Stack Development
15 54 (14.25%) Scrum
16 48 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
17 47 (12.40%) Collaborative Culture
18 43 (11.35%) Decision-Making
19 42 (11.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 126 (33.25%) Python
2 84 (22.16%) Java
3 77 (20.32%) SQL
4 60 (15.83%) TypeScript
5 59 (15.57%) JavaScript
6 58 (15.30%) C#
7 31 (8.18%) Bash
8 28 (7.39%) PowerShell
9 12 (3.17%) Swift
10 11 (2.90%) Bicep
11 10 (2.64%) Go
11 10 (2.64%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.32%) Groovy
12 5 (1.32%) PHP
13 4 (1.06%) Scala
14 3 (0.79%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.79%) SOQL
14 3 (0.79%) SOSL
15 2 (0.53%) C
Qualifications
1 50 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.12%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.33%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.28%) Degree
5 9 (2.37%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.28%) QA
2 13 (3.43%) GRC
3 6 (1.58%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.58%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.06%) WCAG
5 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 101 (26.65%) Docker
2 19 (5.01%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 138 (36.41%) Terraform
2 113 (29.82%) Kubernetes
3 38 (10.03%) Ansible
4 15 (3.96%) Grafana
5 13 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.58%) Argo
7 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.06%) Istio
8 4 (1.06%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.79%) linkerd
10 2 (0.53%) Packer
10 2 (0.53%) Puppet
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.26%) Rancher
Vendors
1 44 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.22%) Google
2 16 (4.22%) Splunk
3 14 (3.69%) Databricks
4 12 (3.17%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (3.17%) Palo Alto
4 12 (3.17%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.17%) Tenable
5 11 (2.90%) VMware
6 9 (2.37%) Adobe
7 8 (2.11%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.58%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.32%) Oracle
10 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.79%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.79%) Pega
11 1 (0.26%) F5
11 1 (0.26%) HP
11 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow