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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 76 55
Rank change year-on-year +31 -21 -19
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 216 163 189
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.01% 4.13% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 4.59% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 146 66 98
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,313 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.97% +9.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,438 £80,938
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £92,000
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 5,045 3,555 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.34% 89.98% 81.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,591 1,482 2,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
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 £55,000
% 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 12 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 12 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 +20 84 £57,500 -11.54% 56
Buckinghamshire +12 69 £65,000 -11.86% 20
Berkshire -8 63 £80,000 +4.92% 86
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 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (1.39%) CMS
1 3 (1.39%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (0.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.46%) JBoss
3 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.39%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 114 (52.78%) Azure
2 108 (50.00%) AWS
3 30 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (12.50%) Serverless
5 25 (11.57%) GitHub
6 21 (9.72%) SaaS
7 20 (9.26%) GCP
7 20 (9.26%) Power Platform
8 18 (8.33%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (7.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 16 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (6.94%) Amazon ECS
11 15 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (6.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (5.56%) OpenShift
14 11 (5.09%) Amazon S3
14 11 (5.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (4.17%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.24%) Firewall
2 5 (2.31%) DNS
2 5 (2.31%) Internet
2 5 (2.31%) MQTT
3 4 (1.85%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.39%) DHCP
4 3 (1.39%) Wireless
5 2 (0.93%) HTTP
5 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.93%) VPN
6 1 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.46%) NGN
6 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.46%) SNMP
6 1 (0.46%) VLAN
6 1 (0.46%) WAN
6 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (12.04%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (10.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (8.80%) SQL Server
4 18 (8.33%) Relational Database
5 14 (6.48%) MongoDB
5 14 (6.48%) Power BI
6 11 (5.09%) NoSQL
7 9 (4.17%) DynamoDB
8 8 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.70%) Metadata
9 7 (3.24%) Amazon QuickSight
9 7 (3.24%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (3.24%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.78%) Airbyte
10 6 (2.78%) MySQL
10 6 (2.78%) RDBMS
11 5 (2.31%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.85%) Redis
13 1 (0.46%) Big Data
13 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 50 (23.15%) Git
2 28 (12.96%) Jenkins
3 20 (9.26%) GitLab
4 14 (6.48%) JIRA
5 10 (4.63%) JUnit
6 8 (3.70%) JMeter
6 8 (3.70%) Mockito
7 7 (3.24%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.31%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.85%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.85%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.85%) Eclipse RCP
9 4 (1.85%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.85%) Yeoman
10 3 (1.39%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.39%) PetaLinux
10 3 (1.39%) Polyspace
10 3 (1.39%) Postman
10 3 (1.39%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.39%) VectorCAST
General
1 53 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.57%) Finance
3 15 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.48%) Manufacturing
4 14 (6.48%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.24%) Advertising
6 6 (2.78%) Games
6 6 (2.78%) Retail
7 5 (2.31%) Marketing
8 4 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.85%) Legal
8 4 (1.85%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.46%) Automotive
9 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 42 (19.44%) Senior
2 37 (17.13%) Developer
3 34 (15.74%) Software Engineer
4 24 (11.11%) Lead
5 19 (8.80%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (8.80%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (8.33%) .NET Developer
6 18 (8.33%) Architect
7 16 (7.41%) Data Engineer
8 14 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (6.02%) Java Developer
10 11 (5.09%) AWS Engineer
10 11 (5.09%) Consultant
10 11 (5.09%) Java Engineer
11 10 (4.63%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 9 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
13 8 (3.70%) DevOps Consultant
13 8 (3.70%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (3.70%) Python Engineer
13 8 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (25.46%) Terraform
2 45 (20.83%) .NET
3 34 (15.74%) REST
4 30 (13.89%) HTML
5 28 (12.96%) React
6 22 (10.19%) CSS
7 21 (9.72%) JSON
8 20 (9.26%) ASP.NET
9 19 (8.80%) Spring Boot
10 18 (8.33%) ASP.NET Core
11 16 (7.41%) Spring
12 15 (6.94%) .NET Core
13 14 (6.48%) AngularJS
13 14 (6.48%) Node.js
14 13 (6.02%) XML
15 11 (5.09%) Entity Framework
15 11 (5.09%) jQuery
15 11 (5.09%) RabbitMQ
16 10 (4.63%) Hibernate
16 10 (4.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.96%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (10.65%) Product Ownership
4 17 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (7.87%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (5.09%) Life Science
7 9 (4.17%) Robotics
8 7 (3.24%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.78%) IoT
9 6 (2.78%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.85%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.39%) FPGA
12 3 (1.39%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.39%) VHDL
12 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.96%) Linux
2 9 (4.17%) Windows
3 3 (1.39%) Debian
3 3 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.39%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (1.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Rocky
4 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (57.41%) DevOps
2 105 (48.61%) Agile
3 65 (30.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 63 (29.17%) Software Engineering
5 58 (26.85%) AI
6 53 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (24.54%) Test Automation
7 42 (19.44%) Containerisation
8 40 (18.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 35 (16.20%) Computer Science
9 35 (16.20%) Microservices
10 33 (15.28%) Machine Learning
11 32 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (13.89%) Mentoring
12 30 (13.89%) Observability
13 29 (13.43%) TDD
14 28 (12.96%) Analytics
15 27 (12.50%) Data Modelling
16 26 (12.04%) Code Quality
17 25 (11.57%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (39.81%) Python
2 55 (25.46%) C#
3 49 (22.69%) SQL
4 36 (16.67%) Java
5 30 (13.89%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.80%) TypeScript
7 17 (7.87%) Bash
8 14 (6.48%) C++
9 12 (5.56%) C
10 11 (5.09%) Shell Script
11 7 (3.24%) Groovy
12 6 (2.78%) Go
12 6 (2.78%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.85%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.85%) Rust
13 4 (1.85%) SOQL
14 3 (1.39%) MATLAB
14 3 (1.39%) Perl
15 2 (0.93%) Bicep
15 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (19.91%) Degree
2 29 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 27 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (11.57%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.78%) ICAEW
6 6 (2.78%) PhD
7 5 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.74%) QA
2 18 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.70%) GDPR
4 7 (3.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.39%) ECSS
6 3 (1.39%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.39%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.39%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.39%) WCAG
7 2 (0.93%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.46%) MISRA
8 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 61 (28.24%) Docker
2 4 (1.85%) Firmware
3 3 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.93%) Lustre
5 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (29.17%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.94%) Ansible
3 13 (6.02%) Grafana
4 12 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.63%) Argo
5 10 (4.63%) Kibana
6 6 (2.78%) Kustomize
7 4 (1.85%) Istio
7 4 (1.85%) Packer
8 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.46%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 49 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.63%) Splunk
3 8 (3.70%) Dynatrace
3 8 (3.70%) Red Hat
3 8 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.24%) Facebook
4 7 (3.24%) IBM
4 7 (3.24%) Informatica
4 7 (3.24%) Talend
4 7 (3.24%) YouTube
5 6 (2.78%) AppDynamics
5 6 (2.78%) New Relic
6 4 (1.85%) Sage
6 4 (1.85%) VMware
7 3 (1.39%) Adobe
7 3 (1.39%) Cisco
7 3 (1.39%) Google
7 3 (1.39%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.39%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.39%) Xilinx