CI/CD Job Trends in the North of England

CI/CD
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring CI/CD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 44 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 485 421 595
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.50% 4.63% 6.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 5.10% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 377 280 516
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,975 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,026 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £86,875
England median annual salary £73,250 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.03% - -3.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the North of England

CI/CD
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CI/CD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CI/CD in the North of England

CI/CD
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North West +11 235 £67,500 +3.85% 218
Yorkshire +13 210 £68,000 +3.03% 184
North East +8 42 £62,500 -3.85% 65
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.68%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.47%) CMS
2 12 (2.47%) OpenStack
3 10 (2.06%) Apache
4 7 (1.44%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.03%) Confluence
6 4 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.62%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.62%) nginx
7 3 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.41%) IIS
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 14 (2.89%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 263 (54.23%) AWS
2 243 (50.10%) Azure
3 104 (21.44%) Serverless
4 76 (15.67%) GCP
5 75 (15.46%) GitHub
6 70 (14.43%) Amazon S3
7 68 (14.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 59 (12.16%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (10.10%) Amazon ECS
9 49 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (8.87%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (8.04%) AWS Step Functions
11 39 (8.04%) SaaS
12 33 (6.80%) Amazon SQS
13 31 (6.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 26 (5.36%) Amazon EKS
15 21 (4.33%) Amazon ECR
16 17 (3.51%) Apigee
17 16 (3.30%) PaaS
18 15 (3.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.09%) Firewall
2 13 (2.68%) HTTP
3 12 (2.47%) DNS
4 10 (2.06%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.24%) VPN
6 4 (0.82%) Network Security
7 3 (0.62%) DHCP
7 3 (0.62%) SAN
7 3 (0.62%) SSL
7 3 (0.62%) WAN
8 2 (0.41%) AMQP
9 1 (0.21%) BGP
9 1 (0.21%) DAB
9 1 (0.21%) LAN
9 1 (0.21%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (13.40%) NoSQL
2 53 (10.93%) DynamoDB
3 45 (9.28%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (8.66%) SQL Server
5 25 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (4.74%) MongoDB
7 18 (3.71%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.89%) MySQL
9 10 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (2.06%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.44%) Big Data
10 7 (1.44%) Metadata
10 7 (1.44%) Redis
11 6 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.24%) Power BI
12 5 (1.03%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 73 (15.05%) Jenkins
2 66 (13.61%) Git
3 54 (11.13%) GitLab
4 24 (4.95%) Cypress.io
5 21 (4.33%) SonarQube
6 17 (3.51%) Maven
7 16 (3.30%) JIRA
8 6 (1.24%) JUnit
9 5 (1.03%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.03%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.82%) Selenium
10 4 (0.82%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.62%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.62%) JMeter
12 2 (0.41%) Appium
12 2 (0.41%) Postman
12 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 115 (23.71%) Social Skills
2 49 (10.10%) Finance
3 33 (6.80%) Retail
4 22 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (3.51%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.30%) Marketing
7 13 (2.68%) Law
8 11 (2.27%) Games
8 11 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.65%) Tech for Good
10 7 (1.44%) Banking
10 7 (1.44%) Electronics
10 7 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.24%) Legal
12 5 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.21%) Advertising
15 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 146 (30.10%) Developer
2 133 (27.42%) Senior
3 77 (15.88%) Lead
4 58 (11.96%) Software Engineer
5 44 (9.07%) Java Developer
6 43 (8.87%) .NET Developer
7 39 (8.04%) Senior Developer
8 38 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 37 (7.63%) Data Engineer
10 27 (5.57%) Senior Software Engineer
11 25 (5.15%) Senior Data Engineer
12 24 (4.95%) Engineering Manager
13 22 (4.54%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
15 16 (3.30%) Architect
15 16 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (3.30%) Python Developer
16 15 (3.09%) Platform Engineer
16 15 (3.09%) Software Developer
17 14 (2.89%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (23.92%) .NET
2 108 (22.27%) React
3 72 (14.85%) RESTful
4 58 (11.96%) Node.js
5 56 (11.55%) CSS
6 53 (10.93%) HTML
7 50 (10.31%) AngularJS
7 50 (10.31%) REST
8 48 (9.90%) Spring Boot
9 41 (8.45%) Spring
10 35 (7.22%) .NET Core
11 31 (6.39%) Django
12 29 (5.98%) Vue
13 25 (5.15%) FastAPI
14 24 (4.95%) .NET Framework
14 24 (4.95%) ASP.NET
14 24 (4.95%) Jest
15 23 (4.74%) Flask
16 21 (4.33%) Elastic Stack
16 21 (4.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 100 (20.62%) Cloud Native
2 40 (8.25%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.33%) Mobile App
4 14 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.89%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.47%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.65%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.44%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.03%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.84%) Linux
2 22 (4.54%) Windows
3 9 (1.86%) Unix
4 7 (1.44%) Android
4 7 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.24%) VMS
5 6 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.62%) Debian
6 3 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (60.00%) DevOps
2 237 (48.87%) Agile
3 151 (31.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 132 (27.22%) Mentoring
5 118 (24.33%) Software Engineering
6 116 (23.92%) Containerisation
6 116 (23.92%) Microservices
7 99 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (20.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (12.58%) TDD
10 57 (11.75%) Observability
11 56 (11.55%) Clean Code
11 56 (11.55%) Full-Stack Development
11 56 (11.55%) Test Automation
12 53 (10.93%) Scrum
13 51 (10.52%) AI
14 42 (8.66%) Platform Engineering
14 42 (8.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 39 (8.04%) Roadmaps
16 38 (7.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 136 (28.04%) Python
2 131 (27.01%) SQL
3 109 (22.47%) Java
4 105 (21.65%) JavaScript
5 97 (20.00%) C#
6 94 (19.38%) TypeScript
7 43 (8.87%) Bash
8 25 (5.15%) PowerShell
9 17 (3.51%) Groovy
10 15 (3.09%) Bicep
11 14 (2.89%) Go
12 9 (1.86%) PHP
13 5 (1.03%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.03%) Scala
14 4 (0.82%) XAML
15 3 (0.62%) Erlang
15 3 (0.62%) Rust
16 2 (0.41%) R
16 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.21%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 33 (6.80%) AWS Certification
2 28 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.74%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.71%) Degree
5 16 (3.30%) AWS Certified Developer
5 16 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.62%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) CISM
12 1 (0.21%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.66%) QA
2 13 (2.68%) GDPR
3 12 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.24%) NIST
6 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.62%) GRC
7 3 (0.62%) WCAG
8 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 174 (35.88%) Docker
2 7 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.44%) vSphere
3 6 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.62%) KVM
5 3 (0.62%) QEMU
5 3 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) HDFS
6 1 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 140 (28.87%) Terraform
2 119 (24.54%) Kubernetes
3 52 (10.72%) Ansible
4 41 (8.45%) Grafana
5 32 (6.60%) Prometheus
6 16 (3.30%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.82%) Puppet
8 3 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.41%) Argo
9 2 (0.41%) Control-M
9 2 (0.41%) Rancher
10 1 (0.21%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.21%) Kibana
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.21%) Nagios
10 1 (0.21%) Podman
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.92%) Google
3 17 (3.51%) SAP
4 15 (3.09%) Databricks
5 10 (2.06%) VMware
6 8 (1.65%) Oracle
7 7 (1.44%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.44%) Splunk
8 4 (0.82%) AppDynamics
8 4 (0.82%) Foundry
9 3 (0.62%) Adobe
9 3 (0.62%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.62%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.62%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.62%) Software AG
9 3 (0.62%) webMethods
10 2 (0.41%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.41%) BMC
10 2 (0.41%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.41%) Palo Alto