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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 55 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 -46
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 198 172 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.20% 4.78% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 5.27% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 141 68 131
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,813 £76,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £88,250 £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 4,411 3,262 5,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.33% 90.71% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,068 1,397 3,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,175
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £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 17 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 17 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 +10 78 £65,000 -8.45% 11
Oxfordshire +17 61 £57,500 -11.54% 22
Berkshire -19 59 £62,500 -16.67% 35
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 (2.02%) CMS
1 4 (2.02%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (1.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.51%) JBoss
4 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (51.52%) Azure
2 99 (50.00%) AWS
3 28 (14.14%) Serverless
4 21 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
5 17 (8.59%) OpenShift
5 17 (8.59%) SaaS
6 16 (8.08%) Amazon EKS
6 16 (8.08%) Power Platform
7 14 (7.07%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (6.57%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (6.57%) GitHub
9 12 (6.06%) Amazon S3
9 12 (6.06%) GCP
10 11 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (3.54%) Apigee
12 7 (3.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.58%) Firewall
2 5 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (2.53%) DNS
2 5 (2.53%) Internet
2 5 (2.53%) MQTT
3 3 (1.52%) DHCP
3 3 (1.52%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.52%) Wireless
4 2 (1.01%) HTTP
4 2 (1.01%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.59%) Relational Database
3 15 (7.58%) SQL Server
4 13 (6.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.55%) Data Lake
6 7 (3.54%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.54%) Power BI
7 6 (3.03%) Airbyte
7 6 (3.03%) MySQL
7 6 (3.03%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.53%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.52%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.01%) Redis
11 1 (0.51%) GIS
11 1 (0.51%) Metadata
11 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (0.51%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 39 (19.70%) Git
2 25 (12.63%) Jenkins
3 24 (12.12%) GitLab
4 12 (6.06%) JIRA
5 9 (4.55%) JUnit
6 7 (3.54%) JMeter
6 7 (3.54%) Mockito
6 7 (3.54%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.53%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.53%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.53%) Yeoman
8 4 (2.02%) Artifactory
8 4 (2.02%) Eclipse
8 4 (2.02%) Eclipse RCP
8 4 (2.02%) Postman
8 4 (2.02%) Selenium
8 4 (2.02%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.52%) PetaLinux
9 3 (1.52%) Polyspace
9 3 (1.52%) VectorCAST
General
1 56 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.61%) Finance
4 16 (8.08%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.05%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.55%) Games
8 7 (3.54%) Advertising
9 5 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.02%) Marketing
11 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.01%) Law
12 2 (1.01%) Retail
13 1 (0.51%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.51%) Automotive
13 1 (0.51%) Aviation
13 1 (0.51%) Military
13 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (19.70%) Developer
2 29 (14.65%) Software Engineer
3 26 (13.13%) Lead
4 21 (10.61%) Data Engineer
5 19 (9.60%) Architect
5 19 (9.60%) Senior
6 18 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (7.58%) .NET Developer
7 15 (7.58%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (6.06%) Java Developer
8 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) Lead Software Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) Network Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (5.05%) Telecoms Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Consultant
10 9 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.21%) .NET
2 35 (17.68%) REST
3 28 (14.14%) JSON
4 24 (12.12%) HTML
5 18 (9.09%) CSS
6 17 (8.59%) ASP.NET
6 17 (8.59%) React
6 17 (8.59%) YAML
7 16 (8.08%) .NET Core
7 16 (8.08%) Spring Boot
7 16 (8.08%) XML
8 14 (7.07%) ASP.NET Core
9 13 (6.57%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.57%) Spring
10 11 (5.56%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (5.56%) RESTful
11 10 (5.05%) Jinja
12 9 (4.55%) Entity Framework
12 9 (4.55%) Node.js
12 9 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.70%) Cloud Native
2 26 (13.13%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (7.58%) Product Ownership
4 12 (6.06%) Life Science
5 11 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (4.04%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.54%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (3.03%) Low-Code
10 4 (2.02%) FPGA
10 4 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (2.02%) IoT
10 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.52%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.52%) Verilog
11 3 (1.52%) VHDL
11 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.62%) Linux
2 6 (3.03%) Unix
3 3 (1.52%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.01%) VxWorks
4 2 (1.01%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (58.59%) DevOps
2 99 (50.00%) Agile
3 63 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (28.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 50 (25.25%) Software Engineering
6 49 (24.75%) AI
7 47 (23.74%) Test Automation
8 46 (23.23%) Containerisation
9 39 (19.70%) Microservices
10 33 (16.67%) Machine Learning
11 31 (15.66%) Full-Stack Development
12 30 (15.15%) Analytics
13 27 (13.64%) TDD
14 25 (12.63%) Data Modelling
14 25 (12.63%) Mentoring
15 24 (12.12%) Data Governance
15 24 (12.12%) Data Pipeline
16 22 (11.11%) Integration Testing
17 21 (10.61%) Design Patterns
18 20 (10.10%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 81 (40.91%) Python
2 47 (23.74%) C#
3 43 (21.72%) SQL
4 34 (17.17%) JavaScript
5 32 (16.16%) Java
6 13 (6.57%) C++
6 13 (6.57%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.56%) Bash
7 11 (5.56%) C
7 11 (5.56%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.54%) Groovy
9 3 (1.52%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.52%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.52%) Perl
9 3 (1.52%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.52%) Rust
10 2 (1.01%) Go
10 2 (1.01%) PHP
10 2 (1.01%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.01%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (15.66%) Degree
2 24 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 22 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (10.10%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.05%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.54%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.03%) ICAEW
8 4 (2.02%) PhD
9 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.64%) QA
2 11 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.53%) ECSS
5 4 (2.02%) WCAG
6 3 (1.52%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.52%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.52%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.01%) Def Stans
7 2 (1.01%) GDPR
8 1 (0.51%) MISRA
8 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (26.77%) Docker
2 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.52%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 50 (25.25%) Kubernetes
2 42 (21.21%) Terraform
3 14 (7.07%) Ansible
4 9 (4.55%) Kibana
5 7 (3.54%) Grafana
5 7 (3.54%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.03%) Argo
7 4 (2.02%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.02%) Packer
8 3 (1.52%) Istio
9 2 (1.01%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.51%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.07%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.05%) Cisco
4 8 (4.04%) Splunk
5 7 (3.54%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.54%) Facebook
5 7 (3.54%) IBM
5 7 (3.54%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.54%) YouTube
6 6 (3.03%) AppDynamics
7 5 (2.53%) Databricks
7 5 (2.53%) F5
7 5 (2.53%) Juniper
7 5 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.02%) New Relic
8 4 (2.02%) Sitecore
9 3 (1.52%) Adobe
9 3 (1.52%) Google
9 3 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.52%) Xilinx