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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 80 56
Rank change year-on-year +33 -24 -18
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 213 143 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.84% 3.75% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 4.14% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 141 63 84
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,750 £90,000 £98,500
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 5,339 3,450 3,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.06% 90.50% 83.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,804 1,465 1,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £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 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,250 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,924 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.42% -11.05% -

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 3 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 3 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 91 £60,000 -7.69% 101
Berkshire +2 69 £81,250 +14.04% 132
Buckinghamshire +7 53 £65,000 -13.33% 56
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 (1.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (1.41%) CMS
1 3 (1.41%) Confluence
1 3 (1.41%) OpenStack
1 3 (1.41%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.47%) JBoss
3 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.88%) Simulink
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 108 (50.70%) Azure
2 101 (47.42%) AWS
3 33 (15.49%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.21%) GitHub
5 24 (11.27%) Power Platform
6 23 (10.80%) Serverless
7 22 (10.33%) GCP
8 20 (9.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 20 (9.39%) SaaS
9 18 (8.45%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (7.98%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (6.57%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (6.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (5.16%) OpenShift
14 9 (4.23%) Amazon S3
14 9 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (4.23%) GitHub Copilot
15 8 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.82%) MQTT
2 5 (2.35%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.35%) Internet
3 4 (1.88%) DNS
3 4 (1.88%) Firewall
3 4 (1.88%) Wireless
4 2 (0.94%) DHCP
4 2 (0.94%) HTTP
4 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.94%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) NGN
5 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.47%) SNMP
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.08%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (10.33%) Relational Database
4 21 (9.86%) SQL Server
5 18 (8.45%) Power BI
6 16 (7.51%) MongoDB
6 16 (7.51%) NoSQL
7 13 (6.10%) DynamoDB
8 12 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (4.69%) Metadata
9 10 (4.69%) Star Schema
10 9 (4.23%) Amazon QuickSight
10 9 (4.23%) Snowflake Schema
11 8 (3.76%) MySQL
12 6 (2.82%) Airbyte
12 6 (2.82%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.88%) Redis
14 3 (1.41%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.94%) Big Data
16 1 (0.47%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 50 (23.47%) Git
2 21 (9.86%) Jenkins
3 13 (6.10%) GitLab
4 10 (4.69%) JIRA
4 10 (4.69%) JUnit
5 9 (4.23%) JMeter
6 8 (3.76%) Mockito
7 4 (1.88%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.88%) Eclipse RCP
7 4 (1.88%) IntelliJ
7 4 (1.88%) PetaLinux
7 4 (1.88%) Yeoman
8 3 (1.41%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.41%) Mocha
8 3 (1.41%) Selenium
9 2 (0.94%) Maven
9 2 (0.94%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.94%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.47%) MLflow
10 1 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 47 (22.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.68%) Finance
3 15 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.63%) Manufacturing
4 12 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.76%) Advertising
6 6 (2.82%) Retail
7 5 (2.35%) Marketing
8 4 (1.88%) Legal
9 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.94%) Games
9 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.47%) Electronics
10 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (22.07%) Senior
2 38 (17.84%) Developer
3 34 (15.96%) Software Engineer
4 22 (10.33%) Lead
5 20 (9.39%) Architect
6 18 (8.45%) .NET Developer
6 18 (8.45%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (7.51%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (7.51%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.69%) Consultant
8 10 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (4.69%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 10 (4.69%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.69%) Java Engineer
9 9 (4.23%) Embedded Engineer
9 9 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.76%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.76%) DevOps Consultant
10 8 (3.76%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (22.54%) .NET
2 47 (22.07%) Terraform
3 33 (15.49%) React
4 30 (14.08%) HTML
4 30 (14.08%) REST
5 22 (10.33%) CSS
6 20 (9.39%) ASP.NET
7 19 (8.92%) Spring Boot
8 18 (8.45%) ASP.NET Core
9 16 (7.51%) JSON
9 16 (7.51%) Spring
10 15 (7.04%) Node.js
11 14 (6.57%) .NET Core
11 14 (6.57%) XML
12 12 (5.63%) jQuery
13 11 (5.16%) AngularJS
13 11 (5.16%) Entity Framework
13 11 (5.16%) Hibernate
14 10 (4.69%) Web Services
15 9 (4.23%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.37%) Cloud Native
2 25 (11.74%) Product Ownership
3 24 (11.27%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (8.92%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (8.92%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (6.10%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (4.69%) Life Science
7 7 (3.29%) IoT
7 7 (3.29%) Robotics
8 6 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.35%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.88%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.88%) FPGA
10 4 (1.88%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.88%) Verilog
10 4 (1.88%) VHDL
11 3 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.15%) Linux
2 15 (7.04%) Windows
3 4 (1.88%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.41%) Debian
4 3 (1.41%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (1.41%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.94%) Rocky
6 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (53.05%) DevOps
2 94 (44.13%) Agile
3 65 (30.52%) Software Engineering
4 58 (27.23%) Infrastructure as Code
5 54 (25.35%) AI
6 47 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (21.60%) Test Automation
8 45 (21.13%) Full-Stack Development
9 38 (17.84%) Computer Science
10 36 (16.90%) Containerisation
11 32 (15.02%) Machine Learning
11 32 (15.02%) Mentoring
11 32 (15.02%) Microservices
12 31 (14.55%) Analytics
12 31 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (13.62%) Data Modelling
14 28 (13.15%) Observability
15 25 (11.74%) Code Quality
15 25 (11.74%) TDD
16 24 (11.27%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 87 (40.85%) Python
2 56 (26.29%) C#
3 55 (25.82%) SQL
4 37 (17.37%) Java
5 34 (15.96%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.92%) TypeScript
7 17 (7.98%) Bash
7 17 (7.98%) C++
8 15 (7.04%) C
9 13 (6.10%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.76%) Go
10 8 (3.76%) Rust
11 5 (2.35%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.88%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.88%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.88%) SOQL
13 2 (0.94%) Bicep
13 2 (0.94%) Groovy
14 1 (0.47%) Haskell
14 1 (0.47%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 46 (21.60%) Degree
2 29 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (10.80%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.63%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.29%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.82%) ICAEW
7 6 (2.82%) PhD
8 5 (2.35%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.94%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
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 (10.80%) Data Quality
1 23 (10.80%) QA
2 10 (4.69%) GDPR
3 9 (4.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.88%) ECSS
6 3 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.41%) MISRA
6 3 (1.41%) WCAG
7 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.94%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.47%) IASME
8 1 (0.47%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 59 (27.70%) Docker
2 6 (2.82%) Firmware
3 3 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.94%) Lustre
4 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.94%) vSphere
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (27.70%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.10%) Grafana
3 11 (5.16%) Prometheus
4 10 (4.69%) Argo
5 9 (4.23%) Ansible
6 8 (3.76%) Kibana
7 6 (2.82%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.88%) Istio
9 2 (0.94%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.23%) Dynatrace
2 9 (4.23%) Informatica
2 9 (4.23%) Splunk
2 9 (4.23%) Talend
3 7 (3.29%) Facebook
3 7 (3.29%) Red Hat
3 7 (3.29%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.29%) YouTube
4 6 (2.82%) Databricks
4 6 (2.82%) New Relic
5 4 (1.88%) Sage
5 4 (1.88%) VMware
5 4 (1.88%) Xilinx
6 3 (1.41%) Adobe
6 3 (1.41%) Google
6 3 (1.41%) NVIDIA
6 3 (1.41%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.41%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.47%) Thales