CI/CD Job Trends in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring CI/CD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 78 60
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 -18
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 215 141 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.85% 3.69% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 4.09% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 142 59 83
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,625 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.17% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,125 £90,750 £99,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,364 3,451 3,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.14% 90.25% 83.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,809 1,474 1,867
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,375 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CI/CD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CI/CD in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Oxfordshire +22 92 £60,000 -7.69% 79
Berkshire +8 73 £82,500 +22.22% 122
Buckinghamshire +8 50 £65,000 -13.33% 38
CI/CD
South East

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (1.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (1.40%) CMS
1 3 (1.40%) Confluence
1 3 (1.40%) OpenStack
1 3 (1.40%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.47%) JBoss
3 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.79%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.86%) Simulink
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 106 (49.30%) Azure
2 100 (46.51%) AWS
3 33 (15.35%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.09%) GitHub
5 24 (11.16%) Power Platform
6 23 (10.70%) GCP
7 22 (10.23%) Serverless
8 21 (9.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 20 (9.30%) SaaS
10 17 (7.91%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (7.91%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (6.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (6.51%) OpenShift
12 13 (6.05%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (5.12%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (4.19%) Amazon S3
14 9 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (4.19%) GitHub Copilot
15 8 (3.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (3.72%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.79%) MQTT
2 5 (2.33%) DNS
2 5 (2.33%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.33%) Firewall
2 5 (2.33%) Internet
3 4 (1.86%) Wireless
4 3 (1.40%) DHCP
4 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.93%) HTTP
6 1 (0.47%) NGN
6 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.47%) SNMP
6 1 (0.47%) SSH
6 1 (0.47%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) WAN
6 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.88%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 23 (10.70%) SQL Server
3 21 (9.77%) Relational Database
4 18 (8.37%) Power BI
5 17 (7.91%) NoSQL
6 16 (7.44%) MongoDB
7 13 (6.05%) DynamoDB
8 12 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (4.65%) Metadata
9 10 (4.65%) Star Schema
10 9 (4.19%) Amazon QuickSight
10 9 (4.19%) MySQL
10 9 (4.19%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (2.79%) Airbyte
12 5 (2.33%) RDBMS
12 5 (2.33%) Redis
13 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.93%) Big Data
15 1 (0.47%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (23.72%) Git
2 20 (9.30%) Jenkins
3 13 (6.05%) GitLab
4 10 (4.65%) JIRA
5 9 (4.19%) JUnit
6 8 (3.72%) JMeter
7 7 (3.26%) Mockito
8 4 (1.86%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.86%) Eclipse RCP
8 4 (1.86%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.86%) PetaLinux
8 4 (1.86%) Yeoman
9 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.40%) Mocha
9 3 (1.40%) Selenium
10 2 (0.93%) Maven
10 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.93%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.47%) MLflow
11 1 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 47 (21.86%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.56%) Finance
3 15 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.58%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.12%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.72%) Advertising
7 6 (2.79%) Retail
8 5 (2.33%) Marketing
9 4 (1.86%) Legal
10 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.47%) Electronics
11 1 (0.47%) Games
11 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.47%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (23.26%) Senior
2 39 (18.14%) Developer
3 35 (16.28%) Software Engineer
4 25 (11.63%) Lead
5 20 (9.30%) Architect
6 19 (8.84%) .NET Developer
7 18 (8.37%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (7.44%) Data Engineer
9 14 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (4.65%) Consultant
10 10 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.65%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 10 (4.65%) Java Engineer
10 10 (4.65%) Senior Developer
11 9 (4.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.19%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.72%) DevOps Consultant
12 8 (3.72%) Embedded Engineer
12 8 (3.72%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (23.26%) .NET
2 47 (21.86%) Terraform
3 35 (16.28%) React
4 31 (14.42%) REST
5 30 (13.95%) HTML
6 23 (10.70%) CSS
7 21 (9.77%) ASP.NET
8 19 (8.84%) ASP.NET Core
9 18 (8.37%) Spring Boot
10 16 (7.44%) Node.js
11 15 (6.98%) JSON
11 15 (6.98%) Spring
12 14 (6.51%) .NET Core
13 13 (6.05%) XML
14 12 (5.58%) Entity Framework
14 12 (5.58%) jQuery
15 11 (5.12%) AngularJS
16 10 (4.65%) Hibernate
17 9 (4.19%) Web Services
18 8 (3.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.60%) Cloud Native
2 24 (11.16%) Product Ownership
3 23 (10.70%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (8.84%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (8.84%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (5.58%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (4.65%) Life Science
7 7 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.26%) IoT
7 7 (3.26%) Robotics
8 6 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.86%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.86%) FPGA
10 4 (1.86%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.86%) Verilog
10 4 (1.86%) VHDL
11 3 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.49%) Linux
2 16 (7.44%) Windows
3 4 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.40%) Debian
4 3 (1.40%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (1.40%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.93%) Rocky
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (52.09%) DevOps
2 93 (43.26%) Agile
3 65 (30.23%) Software Engineering
4 61 (28.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 53 (24.65%) AI
6 47 (21.86%) Full-Stack Development
7 46 (21.40%) Test Automation
8 44 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (17.67%) Computer Science
10 35 (16.28%) Containerisation
11 33 (15.35%) Analytics
12 32 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (14.88%) Machine Learning
12 32 (14.88%) Mentoring
12 32 (14.88%) Microservices
13 30 (13.95%) Observability
14 28 (13.02%) Data Modelling
15 26 (12.09%) Platform Engineering
16 25 (11.63%) Code Quality
17 24 (11.16%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 86 (40.00%) Python
2 57 (26.51%) C#
2 57 (26.51%) SQL
3 36 (16.74%) Java
4 35 (16.28%) JavaScript
5 20 (9.30%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.91%) Bash
6 17 (7.91%) C++
7 15 (6.98%) C
8 12 (5.58%) Shell Script
9 9 (4.19%) Go
10 8 (3.72%) Rust
11 6 (2.79%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.86%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.86%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.86%) SOQL
13 3 (1.40%) Bicep
14 2 (0.93%) Groovy
15 1 (0.47%) Haskell
15 1 (0.47%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 46 (21.40%) Degree
2 33 (15.35%) Security Cleared
3 26 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 24 (11.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (5.58%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.26%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.79%) ICAEW
7 6 (2.79%) PhD
8 5 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.40%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.47%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.70%) Data Quality
2 22 (10.23%) QA
3 10 (4.65%) GDPR
4 9 (4.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.86%) ECSS
7 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.40%) MISRA
7 3 (1.40%) WCAG
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) IASME
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 58 (26.98%) Docker
2 5 (2.33%) Firmware
3 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.93%) Lustre
4 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.93%) vSphere
5 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (28.37%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.98%) Grafana
3 13 (6.05%) Prometheus
4 12 (5.58%) Argo
5 10 (4.65%) Ansible
6 8 (3.72%) Kustomize
7 7 (3.26%) Kibana
8 6 (2.79%) Istio
9 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.65%) Red Hat
3 9 (4.19%) Informatica
3 9 (4.19%) Talend
4 8 (3.72%) Dynatrace
4 8 (3.72%) Splunk
5 7 (3.26%) Facebook
5 7 (3.26%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.26%) YouTube
6 6 (2.79%) Databricks
6 6 (2.79%) New Relic
7 4 (1.86%) Google
7 4 (1.86%) Sage
7 4 (1.86%) VMware
7 4 (1.86%) Xilinx
8 3 (1.40%) Adobe
8 3 (1.40%) NVIDIA
8 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.40%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.47%) CrowdStrike