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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 68 60
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 -25
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 214 160 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.07% 4.12% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 4.60% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 148 63 101
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,938 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% - -

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 4,887 3,478 3,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.08% 89.45% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,484 1,472 2,225
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,150
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.93% -3.36%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +19 83 £57,500 -11.54% 67
Buckinghamshire +14 70 £65,000 -10.34% 24
Berkshire -7 61 £77,500 - 84
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%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (0.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
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 5 (2.34%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 116 (54.21%) Azure
2 107 (50.00%) AWS
3 30 (14.02%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.15%) Serverless
5 24 (11.21%) GitHub
6 20 (9.35%) GCP
6 20 (9.35%) Power Platform
7 19 (8.88%) SaaS
8 17 (7.94%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (7.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 15 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (7.01%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (6.54%) Amazon ECS
10 14 (6.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (6.54%) OpenShift
11 12 (5.61%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (5.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (5.14%) Amazon S3
13 9 (4.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (3.74%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.21%) Firewall
2 5 (2.34%) DNS
2 5 (2.34%) Internet
2 5 (2.34%) MQTT
3 4 (1.87%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.40%) DHCP
4 3 (1.40%) Wireless
5 2 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.93%) HTTP
5 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.93%) VPN
6 1 (0.47%) NGN
6 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.47%) SNMP
6 1 (0.47%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) WAN
6 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.68%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (10.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (9.35%) SQL Server
4 17 (7.94%) Relational Database
5 14 (6.54%) MongoDB
5 14 (6.54%) Power BI
6 11 (5.14%) NoSQL
7 9 (4.21%) DynamoDB
8 8 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.74%) Metadata
9 7 (3.27%) Amazon QuickSight
9 7 (3.27%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (3.27%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.80%) Airbyte
10 6 (2.80%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.80%) MySQL
11 5 (2.34%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.87%) Redis
13 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
14 1 (0.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 49 (22.90%) Git
2 27 (12.62%) Jenkins
3 22 (10.28%) GitLab
4 13 (6.07%) JIRA
5 9 (4.21%) JUnit
6 7 (3.27%) JMeter
6 7 (3.27%) Mockito
6 7 (3.27%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.34%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.87%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.87%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.87%) Eclipse RCP
8 4 (1.87%) Yeoman
9 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.40%) PetaLinux
9 3 (1.40%) Polyspace
9 3 (1.40%) Postman
9 3 (1.40%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.40%) VectorCAST
10 2 (0.93%) Terragrunt
General
1 53 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.75%) Finance
3 17 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.54%) Manufacturing
5 13 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.27%) Advertising
6 7 (3.27%) Games
7 6 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.34%) Marketing
8 5 (2.34%) Retail
9 4 (1.87%) Legal
10 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (19.63%) Senior
2 36 (16.82%) Developer
3 32 (14.95%) Software Engineer
4 24 (11.21%) Lead
5 20 (9.35%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (8.88%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (8.41%) .NET Developer
7 18 (8.41%) Architect
8 17 (7.94%) Data Engineer
9 13 (6.07%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (5.61%) Java Developer
11 11 (5.14%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (5.14%) Consultant
11 11 (5.14%) Java Engineer
12 10 (4.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 8 (3.74%) DevOps Consultant
13 8 (3.74%) Embedded Engineer
13 8 (3.74%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (3.74%) Microsoft Engineer
13 8 (3.74%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (25.23%) Terraform
2 46 (21.50%) .NET
3 32 (14.95%) REST
4 29 (13.55%) HTML
5 28 (13.08%) React
6 22 (10.28%) CSS
6 22 (10.28%) JSON
7 21 (9.81%) ASP.NET
8 18 (8.41%) ASP.NET Core
8 18 (8.41%) Spring Boot
9 15 (7.01%) .NET Core
9 15 (7.01%) Spring
10 14 (6.54%) Node.js
11 13 (6.07%) AngularJS
11 13 (6.07%) XML
12 12 (5.61%) Entity Framework
13 11 (5.14%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (5.14%) YAML
14 10 (4.67%) jQuery
14 10 (4.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.36%) Cloud Native
2 27 (12.62%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (10.75%) Product Ownership
4 16 (7.48%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (7.48%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (5.61%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (5.14%) Life Science
7 9 (4.21%) Robotics
8 8 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.27%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (2.80%) IoT
10 6 (2.80%) Public Cloud
11 5 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.87%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.40%) FPGA
13 3 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
13 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.55%) Linux
2 9 (4.21%) Windows
3 3 (1.40%) Debian
3 3 (1.40%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.40%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (1.40%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.93%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.47%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (58.41%) DevOps
2 104 (48.60%) Agile
3 65 (30.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 60 (28.04%) Software Engineering
5 56 (26.17%) AI
6 54 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (24.30%) Test Automation
8 44 (20.56%) Containerisation
9 39 (18.22%) Full-Stack Development
10 35 (16.36%) Microservices
11 33 (15.42%) Computer Science
11 33 (15.42%) Machine Learning
12 32 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (14.02%) Mentoring
13 30 (14.02%) Observability
14 29 (13.55%) Analytics
15 28 (13.08%) TDD
16 27 (12.62%) Data Modelling
17 24 (11.21%) Code Quality
17 24 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (40.19%) Python
2 54 (25.23%) C#
3 51 (23.83%) SQL
4 33 (15.42%) Java
5 28 (13.08%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.88%) TypeScript
7 16 (7.48%) Bash
8 13 (6.07%) C++
9 11 (5.14%) C
10 9 (4.21%) Shell Script
11 7 (3.27%) Groovy
12 6 (2.80%) Go
12 6 (2.80%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.40%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.40%) Perl
13 3 (1.40%) Rust
14 2 (0.93%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.93%) Bicep
14 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.93%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 41 (19.16%) Degree
2 28 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 27 (12.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (11.21%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.14%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.80%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.80%) ICAEW
7 5 (2.34%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.87%) PhD
9 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.89%) QA
2 18 (8.41%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.74%) GDPR
4 7 (3.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.40%) ECSS
6 3 (1.40%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.40%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.40%) WCAG
7 2 (0.93%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 60 (28.04%) Docker
2 4 (1.87%) Firmware
3 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.93%) Lustre
5 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (28.97%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.01%) Ansible
3 13 (6.07%) Grafana
4 12 (5.61%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.67%) Argo
6 9 (4.21%) Kibana
7 6 (2.80%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.87%) Istio
8 4 (1.87%) Packer
9 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 50 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.67%) Red Hat
3 8 (3.74%) Splunk
4 7 (3.27%) Dynatrace
4 7 (3.27%) Facebook
4 7 (3.27%) IBM
4 7 (3.27%) Informatica
4 7 (3.27%) Talend
4 7 (3.27%) YouTube
5 6 (2.80%) AppDynamics
5 6 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.34%) Cisco
6 5 (2.34%) New Relic
7 4 (1.87%) VMware
8 3 (1.40%) Adobe
8 3 (1.40%) Databricks
8 3 (1.40%) Google
8 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.40%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.40%) Xilinx