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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 30 43
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 -24
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 342 195 282
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.57% 8.59% 4.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 9.02% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 252 124 232
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,875
25th Percentile £60,188 £57,188 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,750 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +16.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,528 £87,500
North West median annual salary £69,310 £69,384 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.11% +11.01% -10.36%

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 4,424 2,162 4,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.03% 95.20% 82.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,501 1,230 3,674
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,159
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.46% -8.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,000 £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 20 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 20 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 +15 13 £67,500 - 1
Cheadle - 6 £63,750 -
Ashton-under-Lyne +3 4 £51,000 - 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 13 (3.80%) Confluence
2 9 (2.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.58%) CICS
6 2 (0.58%) CMS
6 2 (0.58%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.58%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 172 (50.29%) AWS
2 163 (47.66%) Azure
3 68 (19.88%) GitHub
4 61 (17.84%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (17.25%) Serverless
6 52 (15.20%) GCP
7 30 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (7.60%) SaaS
9 16 (4.68%) Amazon S3
9 16 (4.68%) Power Platform
10 14 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (4.09%) Azure AKS
11 13 (3.80%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (2.92%) Pulumi
14 9 (2.63%) Azure Functions
14 9 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.22%) Firewall
2 6 (1.75%) Network Security
2 6 (1.75%) VPN
3 4 (1.17%) SAN
4 2 (0.58%) DNS
5 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) LTE
5 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.48%) NoSQL
2 22 (6.43%) MongoDB
2 22 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.51%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.34%) MySQL
5 7 (2.05%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.75%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.75%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.75%) Power BI
7 5 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.46%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.88%) GIS
8 3 (0.88%) Pinecone
8 3 (0.88%) QGIS
9 2 (0.58%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.58%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (14.33%) Git
2 34 (9.94%) Jenkins
3 27 (7.89%) GitLab
4 24 (7.02%) JIRA
5 12 (3.51%) Snyk
6 11 (3.22%) Postman
7 10 (2.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (2.63%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.34%) Maven
10 7 (2.05%) JUnit
11 6 (1.75%) fastlane
11 6 (1.75%) Spock
12 4 (1.17%) Storybook
12 4 (1.17%) Vite
13 3 (0.88%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.88%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.88%) Selenium
14 2 (0.58%) Claude Code
14 2 (0.58%) Vagrant
14 2 (0.58%) XCUITest
General
1 65 (19.01%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.20%) Finance
3 24 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (5.56%) Banking
5 18 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.63%) Marketing
8 7 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.05%) Retail Banking
9 6 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Advertising
10 5 (1.46%) Retail
11 4 (1.17%) Games
11 4 (1.17%) Publishing
12 3 (0.88%) French Language
12 3 (0.88%) Italian Language
12 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.88%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (0.88%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.58%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 139 (40.64%) Senior
2 95 (27.78%) Developer
3 51 (14.91%) Senior Developer
4 50 (14.62%) Software Engineer
5 43 (12.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 38 (11.11%) Lead
7 31 (9.06%) Java Developer
8 27 (7.89%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (7.60%) Architect
10 20 (5.85%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (5.26%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 17 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (4.97%) Senior Java Developer
13 16 (4.68%) GCP Engineer
14 15 (4.39%) .NET Developer
14 15 (4.39%) AWS Engineer
14 15 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
16 13 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
16 13 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (19.01%) .NET
2 59 (17.25%) React
3 44 (12.87%) Node.js
4 39 (11.40%) Spring
5 32 (9.36%) AngularJS
5 32 (9.36%) Spring Boot
6 29 (8.48%) CSS
6 29 (8.48%) HTML
6 29 (8.48%) REST
7 26 (7.60%) RESTful
8 24 (7.02%) Vue
9 20 (5.85%) FastAPI
10 11 (3.22%) Kafka
11 10 (2.92%) .NET Core
11 10 (2.92%) Django
11 10 (2.92%) JWT
11 10 (2.92%) OAuth
12 9 (2.63%) .NET Framework
12 9 (2.63%) Flask
12 9 (2.63%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 76 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.06%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.85%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.97%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.39%) Onboarding
6 14 (4.09%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.63%) AI Agents
8 9 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.75%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.88%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.58%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.58%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.97%) Linux
2 14 (4.09%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.92%) Android
4 5 (1.46%) Windows
5 2 (0.58%) Debian
5 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) CentOS
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (58.19%) DevOps
2 151 (44.15%) Agile
3 119 (34.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 106 (30.99%) AI
5 85 (24.85%) Microservices
6 82 (23.98%) Software Engineering
7 77 (22.51%) Mentoring
8 68 (19.88%) Containerisation
9 67 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (19.59%) TDD
10 64 (18.71%) Observability
11 63 (18.42%) Test Automation
12 61 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
13 59 (17.25%) Platform Engineering
14 55 (16.08%) Full-Stack Development
14 55 (16.08%) Scrum
15 43 (12.57%) SDLC
15 43 (12.57%) Technical Leadership
16 41 (11.99%) Clean Code
17 37 (10.82%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 105 (30.70%) Python
2 71 (20.76%) Java
3 67 (19.59%) SQL
4 58 (16.96%) C#
4 58 (16.96%) JavaScript
5 57 (16.67%) TypeScript
6 26 (7.60%) Bash
7 24 (7.02%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.22%) Swift
9 9 (2.63%) Bicep
9 9 (2.63%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.34%) Go
11 5 (1.46%) PHP
12 4 (1.17%) Groovy
12 4 (1.17%) Scala
13 3 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.88%) SOQL
13 3 (0.88%) SOSL
14 2 (0.58%) C
Qualifications
1 36 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.31%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.39%) Degree
4 10 (2.92%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (0.88%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.80%) GRC
1 13 (3.80%) QA
2 6 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.17%) WCAG
4 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.58%) GDPR
5 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (25.15%) Docker
2 19 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.17%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 128 (37.43%) Terraform
2 97 (28.36%) Kubernetes
3 26 (7.60%) Ansible
4 12 (3.51%) Grafana
5 11 (3.22%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.46%) Argo
6 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.17%) Istio
7 4 (1.17%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.88%) linkerd
9 2 (0.58%) Packer
9 2 (0.58%) Puppet
10 1 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.29%) Rancher
Vendors
1 40 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.39%) Google
3 12 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.51%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.51%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.51%) Tenable
4 11 (3.22%) Splunk
5 10 (2.92%) Databricks
6 9 (2.63%) Adobe
6 9 (2.63%) VMware
7 6 (1.75%) AppDynamics
7 6 (1.75%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.17%) Oracle
9 3 (0.88%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.88%) Pega
10 2 (0.58%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.29%) F5
11 1 (0.29%) HP
11 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow