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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 62 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 -49
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 193 158 203
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.19% 4.47% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.88% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 138 68 137
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% +17.08% -20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,813 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,375 £88,250 £86,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% -5.19%

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 4,347 3,237 5,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.78% 91.62% 82.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,009 1,342 3,901
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,888 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,840 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 July 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 July 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
Buckinghamshire +15 80 £67,250 -5.28% 21
Berkshire -11 60 £62,500 -16.67% 58
Oxfordshire +12 53 £57,500 -11.54% 33
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 4 (2.07%) CMS
1 4 (2.07%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (1.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.04%) Confluence
3 2 (1.04%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.52%) JBoss
4 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.55%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 104 (53.89%) Azure
2 94 (48.70%) AWS
3 27 (13.99%) Serverless
4 24 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (10.88%) Power Platform
6 16 (8.29%) Amazon EKS
6 16 (8.29%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (8.29%) SaaS
7 15 (7.77%) OpenShift
8 13 (6.74%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (6.74%) Amazon ECS
9 12 (6.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (5.70%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.70%) GCP
11 10 (5.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (5.18%) GitHub
12 8 (4.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (3.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (3.11%) dbt
14 6 (3.11%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.29%) Firewall
2 6 (3.11%) DNS
3 5 (2.59%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (2.59%) MQTT
4 4 (2.07%) Internet
5 3 (1.55%) DHCP
5 3 (1.55%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.55%) Wireless
6 2 (1.04%) HTTP
6 2 (1.04%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.52%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.33%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.81%) Relational Database
3 15 (7.77%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.66%) Data Lake
6 7 (3.63%) Power BI
7 6 (3.11%) Airbyte
7 6 (3.11%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.11%) MySQL
7 6 (3.11%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.59%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.04%) Redis
11 1 (0.52%) Metadata
11 1 (0.52%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.52%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 37 (19.17%) Git
2 23 (11.92%) GitLab
2 23 (11.92%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.70%) JIRA
4 9 (4.66%) JUnit
5 7 (3.63%) JMeter
5 7 (3.63%) Mockito
6 6 (3.11%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.59%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.59%) Yeoman
8 4 (2.07%) Artifactory
8 4 (2.07%) Cypress.io
8 4 (2.07%) Postman
8 4 (2.07%) Selenium
8 4 (2.07%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.55%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.55%) Eclipse RCP
9 3 (1.55%) PetaLinux
9 3 (1.55%) Polyspace
9 3 (1.55%) VectorCAST
General
1 52 (26.94%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.54%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.47%) Finance
4 15 (7.77%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.70%) Games
7 10 (5.18%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.11%) Advertising
9 5 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.07%) Law
10 4 (2.07%) Marketing
11 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.04%) Retail
13 1 (0.52%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.52%) Automotive
13 1 (0.52%) Aviation
13 1 (0.52%) Military
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (20.21%) Developer
2 30 (15.54%) Lead
3 28 (14.51%) Software Engineer
4 22 (11.40%) Data Engineer
5 19 (9.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (9.33%) Architect
7 16 (8.29%) Senior
8 15 (7.77%) Automation Engineer
9 13 (6.74%) .NET Developer
10 12 (6.22%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (6.22%) Microsoft Engineer
11 11 (5.70%) Java Developer
11 11 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (5.18%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (5.18%) Network Engineer
12 10 (5.18%) Telecoms Engineer
13 9 (4.66%) Consultant
13 9 (4.66%) Java Engineer
13 9 (4.66%) Power Platform Developer
14 8 (4.15%) DevOps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.73%) .NET
2 34 (17.62%) REST
3 28 (14.51%) JSON
4 22 (11.40%) HTML
5 17 (8.81%) YAML
6 16 (8.29%) CSS
6 16 (8.29%) XML
7 15 (7.77%) ASP.NET
7 15 (7.77%) React
7 15 (7.77%) Spring Boot
8 14 (7.25%) .NET Core
9 13 (6.74%) Spring
10 12 (6.22%) ASP.NET Core
10 12 (6.22%) RESTful
11 11 (5.70%) AngularJS
11 11 (5.70%) RabbitMQ
12 10 (5.18%) Jinja
13 9 (4.66%) Hibernate
13 9 (4.66%) Web Services
14 8 (4.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.24%) Cloud Native
2 27 (13.99%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (6.74%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.70%) Life Science
4 11 (5.70%) Low-Code
5 10 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (4.15%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (3.11%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (3.11%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (2.07%) FPGA
10 4 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (2.07%) IoT
10 4 (2.07%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.55%) Verilog
11 3 (1.55%) VHDL
11 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.92%) Linux
2 6 (3.11%) Unix
3 3 (1.55%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.04%) VxWorks
4 2 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (61.14%) DevOps
2 95 (49.22%) Agile
3 65 (33.68%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (29.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (24.87%) Software Engineering
6 46 (23.83%) AI
6 46 (23.83%) Containerisation
7 45 (23.32%) Test Automation
8 37 (19.17%) Microservices
9 30 (15.54%) Machine Learning
10 29 (15.03%) Analytics
11 28 (14.51%) Data Governance
11 28 (14.51%) Full-Stack Development
12 27 (13.99%) TDD
13 25 (12.95%) Data Modelling
13 25 (12.95%) Data Pipeline
14 23 (11.92%) Deployment Automation
14 23 (11.92%) Mentoring
15 21 (10.88%) Integration Testing
16 20 (10.36%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 81 (41.97%) Python
2 48 (24.87%) C#
3 42 (21.76%) SQL
4 37 (19.17%) JavaScript
5 31 (16.06%) Java
6 12 (6.22%) C++
6 12 (6.22%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.70%) Shell Script
8 10 (5.18%) Bash
9 9 (4.66%) C
10 6 (3.11%) Groovy
11 3 (1.55%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.55%) Perl
11 3 (1.55%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.55%) Rust
12 2 (1.04%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.04%) PHP
12 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.04%) R
13 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 28 (14.51%) Degree
2 24 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 19 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.15%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.11%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.11%) ICAEW
6 4 (2.07%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.07%) PhD
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.47%) QA
2 11 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.63%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.59%) ECSS
5 4 (2.07%) WCAG
6 3 (1.55%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.55%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.04%) Def Stans
7 2 (1.04%) GDPR
8 1 (0.52%) MISRA
8 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (25.39%) Docker
2 3 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.55%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 47 (24.35%) Kubernetes
2 37 (19.17%) Terraform
3 14 (7.25%) Ansible
4 9 (4.66%) Kibana
5 7 (3.63%) Grafana
5 7 (3.63%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.59%) Argo
7 4 (2.07%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.07%) Packer
8 3 (1.55%) Istio
9 1 (0.52%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.52%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 45 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.25%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.18%) Cisco
4 8 (4.15%) Splunk
5 7 (3.63%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.63%) IBM
6 6 (3.11%) AppDynamics
6 6 (3.11%) Databricks
6 6 (3.11%) Facebook
6 6 (3.11%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.11%) YouTube
7 5 (2.59%) F5
7 5 (2.59%) Juniper
7 5 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.07%) Sitecore
9 3 (1.55%) Adobe
9 3 (1.55%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.55%) VMware
9 3 (1.55%) Xilinx
10 2 (1.04%) New Relic