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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 56 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 -18
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 149 176 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.90% 4.45% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 5.06% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 74 88 127
10th Percentile £44,500 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,938 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,125 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% +4.81% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £66,250 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.92% - -

All Process and 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 3,185 3,478 3,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.38% 87.96% 93.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,709 2,163
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.00% -0.43%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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
Berkshire -5 83 £62,500 -4.21% 110
Buckinghamshire +34 46 £75,000 -14.77% 47
Oxfordshire +11 20 £71,250 -5.00% 54
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 5 (3.36%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (53.02%) AWS
2 64 (42.95%) Azure
3 31 (20.81%) Serverless
4 25 (16.78%) GCP
5 24 (16.11%) Amazon ECS
6 23 (15.44%) Amazon EKS
7 22 (14.77%) GitHub
8 20 (13.42%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (12.75%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (10.07%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (8.72%) SaaS
12 11 (7.38%) Amazon S3
13 10 (6.71%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (6.04%) Power Platform
15 7 (4.70%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (4.03%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (4.03%) Azure Key Vault
16 6 (4.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.34%) SpaceWire
2 1 (0.67%) DNS
2 1 (0.67%) Firewall
2 1 (0.67%) LAN
2 1 (0.67%) VPN
2 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (18.79%) PostgreSQL
1 28 (18.79%) Relational Database
2 18 (12.08%) RDBMS
3 13 (8.72%) MySQL
4 10 (6.71%) SQL Server
5 9 (6.04%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (5.37%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.36%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.36%) Power BI
8 4 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.68%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.34%) Metadata
9 2 (1.34%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.67%) Airbyte
10 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.67%) Looker
10 1 (0.67%) QGIS
10 1 (0.67%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.67%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 49 (32.89%) Git
2 37 (24.83%) Jenkins
3 19 (12.75%) JUnit
4 18 (12.08%) JMeter
4 18 (12.08%) Mockito
5 6 (4.03%) GitLab
6 5 (3.36%) git-flow
6 5 (3.36%) Selenium
7 3 (2.01%) JIRA
7 3 (2.01%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.34%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.34%) Postman
9 1 (0.67%) Appium
9 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.67%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.67%) MLflow
9 1 (0.67%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.67%) Testinfra
General
1 51 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.78%) Public Sector
3 22 (14.77%) Law
4 18 (12.08%) Marketing
5 9 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.04%) Finance
6 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.01%) Games
8 3 (2.01%) Retail
9 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Automotive
10 1 (0.67%) Aviation
10 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.67%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (43.62%) Developer
2 45 (30.20%) Full-Stack Developer
3 37 (24.83%) Senior
4 32 (21.48%) Lead
5 25 (16.78%) Java Developer
6 20 (13.42%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 20 (13.42%) Senior Developer
7 19 (12.75%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (10.07%) Mid-Level Java Developer
9 14 (9.40%) Full-Stack Web Developer
9 14 (9.40%) Senior Web Developer
9 14 (9.40%) Web Developer
10 12 (8.05%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (5.37%) Software Engineer
12 7 (4.70%) Quality Engineer
12 7 (4.70%) Team Leader
13 5 (3.36%) .NET Developer
13 5 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
13 5 (3.36%) Operations Team Leader
14 4 (2.68%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (24.83%) HTML
2 33 (22.15%) REST
3 30 (20.13%) React
4 27 (18.12%) Spring Boot
5 26 (17.45%) Spring
6 25 (16.78%) Node.js
7 22 (14.77%) Web Services
8 21 (14.09%) CSS
9 19 (12.75%) .NET
9 19 (12.75%) JSON
10 18 (12.08%) ActiveMQ
10 18 (12.08%) Apache Camel
10 18 (12.08%) Hibernate
10 18 (12.08%) jQuery
10 18 (12.08%) RESTful
10 18 (12.08%) WireMock
10 18 (12.08%) XML
11 12 (8.05%) Kafka
12 9 (6.04%) Middleware
13 6 (4.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.11%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (10.74%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.71%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.03%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.01%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.01%) Sports Betting
5 3 (2.01%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.34%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.67%) Clustering
7 1 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.67%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.67%) Life Science
7 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.67%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.37%) Linux
2 6 (4.03%) VMS
3 3 (2.01%) Windows
4 2 (1.34%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (56.38%) Agile
2 80 (53.69%) DevOps
3 56 (37.58%) Full-Stack Development
4 45 (30.20%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (23.49%) Microservices
6 34 (22.82%) Containerisation
7 32 (21.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (19.46%) TDD
8 29 (19.46%) Test Automation
9 27 (18.12%) SDLC
10 20 (13.42%) BDD
10 20 (13.42%) Workflow
11 18 (12.08%) Process Management
12 17 (11.41%) AI
12 17 (11.41%) Software Engineering
13 16 (10.74%) User Experience
14 15 (10.07%) Observability
14 15 (10.07%) Platform Engineering
14 15 (10.07%) Scrum
14 15 (10.07%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 55 (36.91%) JavaScript
2 50 (33.56%) Python
3 38 (25.50%) Java
4 20 (13.42%) Shell Script
4 20 (13.42%) TypeScript
5 17 (11.41%) C#
6 16 (10.74%) SQL
7 13 (8.72%) Bash
8 12 (8.05%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.70%) C++
10 5 (3.36%) Apex Code
11 3 (2.01%) Go
12 2 (1.34%) ABAP
12 2 (1.34%) C
12 2 (1.34%) Ruby
12 2 (1.34%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.67%) Bicep
13 1 (0.67%) PHP
13 1 (0.67%) R
13 1 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.05%) Degree
3 8 (5.37%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.67%) CCNP
6 1 (0.67%) CISA
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.67%) CISM
6 1 (0.67%) CISSP
6 1 (0.67%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.67%) MCSE
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (19.46%) QA
2 9 (6.04%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.36%) GDPR
4 4 (2.68%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.68%) ECSS
4 4 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.67%) NIST
5 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (44.30%) Docker
2 6 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.01%) vCloud
4 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (41.61%) Kubernetes
2 33 (22.15%) Terraform
3 18 (12.08%) Kibana
4 6 (4.03%) Ansible
5 3 (2.01%) Argo
5 3 (2.01%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (2.01%) Grafana
5 3 (2.01%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.67%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.67%) Packer
7 1 (0.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.08%) Dynatrace
2 18 (12.08%) Splunk
3 5 (3.36%) Salesforce
3 5 (3.36%) VMware
4 4 (2.68%) MuleSoft
4 4 (2.68%) Telerik
5 3 (2.01%) Databricks
5 3 (2.01%) Oracle
6 2 (1.34%) Google
6 2 (1.34%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.34%) SAP
6 2 (1.34%) Workday
7 1 (0.67%) Cisco
7 1 (0.67%) Informatica
7 1 (0.67%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.67%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.67%) Sitecore