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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 62 64
Rank change year-on-year +23 +2 -29
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 216 164 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.19% 4.43% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.93% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 148 66 112
10th Percentile £46,250 £49,625 £45,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% +8.46% -10.34%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,438 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £86,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 4,776 3,329 4,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.64% 89.95% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,340 1,442 2,599
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,397 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +17 79 £64,250 -9.51% 32
Oxfordshire +17 72 £57,500 -11.54% 68
Berkshire -7 65 £75,000 -3.23% 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 (1.39%) 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
1 115 (53.24%) Azure
2 111 (51.39%) AWS
3 27 (12.50%) Serverless
4 24 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (9.72%) GitHub
5 21 (9.72%) SaaS
6 20 (9.26%) GCP
7 17 (7.87%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (7.87%) OpenShift
8 16 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (6.94%) Power Platform
10 14 (6.48%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 12 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (5.09%) Amazon S3
14 9 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (3.70%) Azure AI
15 8 (3.70%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.02%) Firewall
2 5 (2.31%) DNS
2 5 (2.31%) Internet
2 5 (2.31%) MQTT
3 4 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.39%) DHCP
4 3 (1.39%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.39%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.39%) Wireless
5 2 (0.93%) HTTP
5 2 (0.93%) VPN
6 1 (0.46%) Modbus
6 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.57%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 17 (7.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 9 (4.17%) Data Lake
5 9 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.17%) Power BI
6 8 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.78%) Airbyte
7 6 (2.78%) MySQL
8 5 (2.31%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.31%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.85%) Redis
10 3 (1.39%) Metadata
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.93%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (18.06%) Git
2 27 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 24 (11.11%) GitLab
4 12 (5.56%) JIRA
5 9 (4.17%) JUnit
6 7 (3.24%) JMeter
6 7 (3.24%) Mockito
6 7 (3.24%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.31%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.31%) Yeoman
8 4 (1.85%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.85%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.85%) Eclipse RCP
8 4 (1.85%) Postman
8 4 (1.85%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.39%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.39%) PetaLinux
9 3 (1.39%) Polyspace
9 3 (1.39%) VectorCAST
10 2 (0.93%) Terragrunt
General
1 60 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.65%) Finance
3 21 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.94%) Manufacturing
5 14 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.70%) Games
8 7 (3.24%) Advertising
9 5 (2.31%) Marketing
9 5 (2.31%) Retail
10 4 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.85%) Legal
11 3 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.46%) Automotive
12 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 34 (15.74%) Developer
1 34 (15.74%) Senior
2 32 (14.81%) Software Engineer
3 26 (12.04%) Lead
4 20 (9.26%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.80%) Architect
6 18 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (7.87%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (6.94%) .NET Developer
9 13 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (5.56%) Java Developer
10 12 (5.56%) Microsoft Engineer
11 11 (5.09%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (5.09%) Consultant
12 10 (4.63%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 10 (4.63%) Java Engineer
12 10 (4.63%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (3.70%) DevOps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (21.76%) .NET
2 34 (15.74%) REST
3 26 (12.04%) HTML
3 26 (12.04%) JSON
3 26 (12.04%) React
4 19 (8.80%) CSS
5 18 (8.33%) ASP.NET
5 18 (8.33%) Spring Boot
6 16 (7.41%) .NET Core
7 15 (6.94%) ASP.NET Core
7 15 (6.94%) Spring
7 15 (6.94%) XML
7 15 (6.94%) YAML
8 14 (6.48%) AngularJS
9 12 (5.56%) Node.js
10 11 (5.09%) RabbitMQ
11 10 (4.63%) RESTful
12 9 (4.17%) Entity Framework
12 9 (4.17%) Hibernate
12 9 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.98%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.96%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.56%) Life Science
5 11 (5.09%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (5.09%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (5.09%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.24%) IoT
7 7 (3.24%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (3.24%) Robotics
8 6 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.31%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.85%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.85%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.39%) FPGA
11 3 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.39%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.43%) Linux
2 5 (2.31%) Unix
3 4 (1.85%) Windows
4 3 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.46%) Debian
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.46%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.46%) Rocky
5 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (58.80%) DevOps
2 101 (46.76%) Agile
3 68 (31.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 60 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (26.85%) AI
5 58 (26.85%) Software Engineering
6 51 (23.61%) Test Automation
7 49 (22.69%) Containerisation
8 38 (17.59%) Microservices
9 35 (16.20%) Full-Stack Development
9 35 (16.20%) Machine Learning
10 33 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (14.81%) Mentoring
12 31 (14.35%) Analytics
13 29 (13.43%) TDD
14 28 (12.96%) Observability
15 27 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
16 26 (12.04%) Data Modelling
17 25 (11.57%) Computer Science
17 25 (11.57%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (39.81%) Python
2 49 (22.69%) C#
2 49 (22.69%) SQL
3 33 (15.28%) Java
4 27 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 19 (8.80%) TypeScript
6 14 (6.48%) Bash
7 12 (5.56%) C++
8 10 (4.63%) C
8 10 (4.63%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.24%) Groovy
10 6 (2.78%) Go
10 6 (2.78%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.39%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.39%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.39%) Perl
11 3 (1.39%) Rust
12 2 (0.93%) Bicep
12 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.93%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 33 (15.28%) Degree
2 28 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 24 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.63%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.24%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.78%) ICAEW
7 5 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (1.39%) PhD
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.81%) QA
2 13 (6.02%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.39%) ECSS
4 3 (1.39%) GDPR
4 3 (1.39%) IEC 61508
4 3 (1.39%) ISO 26262
4 3 (1.39%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.39%) WCAG
5 2 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.93%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 60 (27.78%) Docker
2 3 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.39%) Firmware
2 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.93%) Lustre
4 1 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (28.70%) Kubernetes
2 57 (26.39%) Terraform
3 15 (6.94%) Ansible
4 12 (5.56%) Grafana
5 11 (5.09%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.17%) Argo
6 9 (4.17%) Kibana
7 5 (2.31%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.85%) Packer
9 3 (1.39%) Istio
10 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.46%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 48 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.02%) Red Hat
3 9 (4.17%) Cisco
4 8 (3.70%) Splunk
5 7 (3.24%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.24%) Facebook
5 7 (3.24%) IBM
5 7 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.24%) YouTube
6 6 (2.78%) AppDynamics
7 5 (2.31%) Databricks
7 5 (2.31%) New Relic
8 4 (1.85%) F5
8 4 (1.85%) Juniper
8 4 (1.85%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.85%) VMware
9 3 (1.39%) Adobe
9 3 (1.39%) Google
9 3 (1.39%) Sitecore
9 3 (1.39%) Xilinx