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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 30 45
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 -26
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 353 198 272
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.69% 8.65% 4.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.88% 9.11% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 262 127 223
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,875 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +16.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,375 £97,528 £87,500
North West median annual salary £69,305 £69,384 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.11% +11.01% -10.00%

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 4,481 2,174 4,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.23% 94.93% 82.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,549 1,238 3,617
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £68,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,475 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 4 £51,000 -
Bolton +14 1 £35,000 - 1
Salford -21 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 13 (3.68%) Confluence
2 9 (2.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.85%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.57%) CICS
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.57%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.28%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 178 (50.42%) AWS
2 167 (47.31%) Azure
3 69 (19.55%) GitHub
4 62 (17.56%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (17.28%) Serverless
6 54 (15.30%) GCP
7 31 (8.78%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (7.65%) SaaS
9 17 (4.82%) Amazon S3
9 17 (4.82%) Power Platform
10 15 (4.25%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (3.97%) Azure AKS
12 13 (3.68%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (2.83%) Pulumi
15 9 (2.55%) Azure Functions
15 9 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.12%) Firewall
2 6 (1.70%) Network Security
2 6 (1.70%) VPN
3 4 (1.13%) SAN
4 2 (0.57%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.28%) LTE
5 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.93%) NoSQL
2 24 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.52%) MongoDB
4 13 (3.68%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.55%) MySQL
6 7 (1.98%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.98%) RDBMS
6 7 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.70%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.70%) Power BI
8 5 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.85%) GIS
9 3 (0.85%) Pinecone
9 3 (0.85%) QGIS
9 3 (0.85%) Redis
10 2 (0.57%) Db2
10 2 (0.57%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 51 (14.45%) Git
2 35 (9.92%) Jenkins
3 27 (7.65%) GitLab
4 23 (6.52%) JIRA
5 12 (3.40%) Postman
5 12 (3.40%) Snyk
6 11 (3.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (2.83%) Bitbucket
8 8 (2.27%) Maven
9 6 (1.70%) fastlane
9 6 (1.70%) JUnit
9 6 (1.70%) Spock
10 4 (1.13%) Selenium
10 4 (1.13%) Storybook
10 4 (1.13%) Vite
11 3 (0.85%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.85%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.57%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.57%) Vagrant
12 2 (0.57%) XCUITest
General
1 67 (18.98%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.73%) Finance
3 24 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (5.38%) Banking
5 16 (4.53%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.83%) Marketing
7 7 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.98%) Retail Banking
8 6 (1.70%) Retail
9 5 (1.42%) Advertising
9 5 (1.42%) Games
10 4 (1.13%) Publishing
11 3 (0.85%) French Language
11 3 (0.85%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.85%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (40.79%) Senior
2 97 (27.48%) Developer
3 52 (14.73%) Senior Developer
4 51 (14.45%) Software Engineer
5 43 (12.18%) Cloud Engineer
6 39 (11.05%) Lead
7 32 (9.07%) Java Developer
8 29 (8.22%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (7.37%) Architect
10 20 (5.67%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (5.10%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 18 (5.10%) Senior Java Developer
12 17 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (4.82%) GCP Engineer
13 15 (4.25%) .NET Developer
13 15 (4.25%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
14 13 (3.68%) Applications Engineer
14 13 (3.68%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.98%) .NET
2 60 (17.00%) React
3 45 (12.75%) Node.js
4 39 (11.05%) Spring
5 32 (9.07%) AngularJS
5 32 (9.07%) Spring Boot
6 29 (8.22%) REST
7 28 (7.93%) CSS
7 28 (7.93%) HTML
8 26 (7.37%) RESTful
9 25 (7.08%) Vue
10 20 (5.67%) FastAPI
11 14 (3.97%) Kafka
12 10 (2.83%) .NET Core
12 10 (2.83%) Django
12 10 (2.83%) JWT
12 10 (2.83%) OAuth
13 9 (2.55%) .NET Framework
13 9 (2.55%) LangChain
13 9 (2.55%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 79 (22.38%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.78%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.67%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.53%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.25%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.97%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.83%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.55%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.70%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.42%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.57%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.67%) Linux
2 14 (3.97%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.83%) Android
4 6 (1.70%) Windows
5 2 (0.57%) Debian
5 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.28%) CentOS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (57.79%) DevOps
2 153 (43.34%) Agile
3 120 (33.99%) Infrastructure as Code
4 108 (30.59%) AI
5 86 (24.36%) Microservices
5 86 (24.36%) Software Engineering
6 83 (23.51%) Mentoring
7 72 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (19.83%) Containerisation
9 67 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (18.98%) TDD
9 67 (18.98%) Test Automation
10 65 (18.41%) Observability
11 63 (17.85%) Platform Engineering
12 55 (15.58%) Full-Stack Development
13 54 (15.30%) Scrum
14 44 (12.46%) SDLC
14 44 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
15 43 (12.18%) Clean Code
16 39 (11.05%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 109 (30.88%) Python
2 72 (20.40%) Java
2 72 (20.40%) SQL
3 60 (17.00%) C#
4 58 (16.43%) JavaScript
5 57 (16.15%) TypeScript
6 29 (8.22%) Bash
7 26 (7.37%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.12%) Swift
9 10 (2.83%) Kotlin
10 9 (2.55%) Bicep
11 8 (2.27%) Go
12 5 (1.42%) PHP
12 5 (1.42%) Scala
13 4 (1.13%) Groovy
14 3 (0.85%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.85%) SOQL
14 3 (0.85%) SOSL
15 2 (0.57%) C
Qualifications
1 36 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.08%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.53%) Degree
4 10 (2.83%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.13%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.82%) QA
2 13 (3.68%) GRC
3 6 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.70%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.13%) WCAG
5 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.57%) GDPR
6 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (25.21%) Docker
2 19 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.13%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 130 (36.83%) Terraform
2 102 (28.90%) Kubernetes
3 27 (7.65%) Ansible
4 14 (3.97%) Grafana
5 12 (3.40%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.70%) Argo
7 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.13%) Istio
8 4 (1.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.85%) linkerd
10 2 (0.57%) Packer
10 2 (0.57%) Puppet
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 41 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.25%) Google
3 12 (3.40%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.40%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.40%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.40%) Splunk
3 12 (3.40%) Tenable
4 11 (3.12%) Databricks
5 9 (2.55%) Adobe
5 9 (2.55%) VMware
6 6 (1.70%) AppDynamics
6 6 (1.70%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.42%) Oracle
8 3 (0.85%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.85%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.85%) Pega
9 1 (0.28%) F5
9 1 (0.28%) HP
9 1 (0.28%) ServiceNow