CI/CD Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CI/CD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 48 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 1,503 1,690 2,411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.49% 4.72% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 5.30% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 1,031 1,558
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,244
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,125 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,725 31,892 32,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.25% 89.15% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 19,447 14,332 24,508
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CI/CD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
North of England +7 490 £67,500 +0.75% 468
South East -22 308 £67,500 +3.85% 674
North West +11 236 £67,500 +3.85% 228
Scotland +21 219 £73,801 +13.54% 92
Yorkshire +13 212 £68,000 +0.74% 181
Midlands -15 183 £65,000 - 268
South West -15 181 £60,000 -11.11% 266
West Midlands -13 128 £63,500 -3.79% 116
East of England -15 63 £65,000 +4.00% 262
Wales +7 60 £57,500 -11.54% 97
East Midlands +1 53 £67,000 +3.08% 147
North East +4 44 £62,500 -3.85% 60
Northern Ireland -8 13 £95,000 +37.07% 55
CI/CD
UK

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (1.73%) Apache
1 26 (1.73%) Confluence
2 20 (1.33%) CMS
3 18 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 17 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.06%) OpenStack
6 10 (0.67%) IIS
7 7 (0.47%) Headless CMS
7 7 (0.47%) nginx
8 5 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.20%) Appian
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.13%) CICS
10 2 (0.13%) JBoss
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.13%) WordPress
11 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.067%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.13%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.067%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (2.46%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.93%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.067%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 872 (58.02%) Azure
2 643 (42.78%) AWS
3 392 (26.08%) Azure DevOps
4 330 (21.96%) GitHub
5 217 (14.44%) Serverless
6 176 (11.71%) GCP
7 145 (9.65%) GitHub Actions
8 130 (8.65%) SaaS
9 124 (8.25%) Amazon S3
10 116 (7.72%) AWS Lambda
11 115 (7.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 98 (6.52%) Amazon ECS
13 95 (6.32%) Power Platform
14 80 (5.32%) dbt
15 75 (4.99%) GitHub Copilot
16 72 (4.79%) Azure Data Factory
17 69 (4.59%) Amazon EKS
18 68 (4.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 64 (4.26%) Snowflake
20 61 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.39%) Firewall
2 43 (2.86%) DNS
3 28 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.66%) HTTP
5 24 (1.60%) VPN
6 15 (1.00%) Broadband
7 11 (0.73%) WAN
8 9 (0.60%) LAN
9 8 (0.53%) Network Security
10 7 (0.47%) AMQP
10 7 (0.47%) DHCP
10 7 (0.47%) SSL
11 5 (0.33%) BGP
11 5 (0.33%) SSH
12 4 (0.27%) FTP
12 4 (0.27%) IMAP
12 4 (0.27%) Internet
12 4 (0.27%) MPLS
12 4 (0.27%) OpenLDAP
12 4 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 114 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (6.12%) NoSQL
4 84 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
5 64 (4.26%) DynamoDB
6 59 (3.93%) Relational Database
7 54 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
8 51 (3.39%) Power BI
9 45 (2.99%) MySQL
10 44 (2.93%) MongoDB
11 37 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (1.73%) Metadata
12 26 (1.73%) Redis
13 25 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 24 (1.60%) Data Lake
15 19 (1.26%) Tableau
16 16 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (1.06%) RDBMS
16 16 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
17 15 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 243 (16.17%) Git
2 239 (15.90%) Jenkins
3 137 (9.12%) GitLab
4 96 (6.39%) JIRA
5 65 (4.32%) Selenium
6 48 (3.19%) Cypress.io
7 43 (2.86%) SonarQube
8 40 (2.66%) JUnit
9 37 (2.46%) Oracle Forms
10 28 (1.86%) Cucumber
11 27 (1.80%) JMeter
12 22 (1.46%) Snyk
13 21 (1.40%) Maven
13 21 (1.40%) Robot Framework
14 19 (1.26%) Bitbucket
15 17 (1.13%) Mockito
15 17 (1.13%) Postman
16 14 (0.93%) TeamCity
17 13 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
18 12 (0.80%) REST Assured
General
1 393 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 344 (22.89%) Finance
3 119 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 55 (3.66%) Marketing
6 49 (3.26%) Law
7 46 (3.06%) Retail
8 41 (2.73%) Games
9 40 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.26%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.26%) Automotive
10 19 (1.26%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.13%) Electronics
11 17 (1.13%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (0.93%) Banking
13 14 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 14 (0.93%) Legal
14 12 (0.80%) Advertising
14 12 (0.80%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 375 (24.95%) Senior
2 340 (22.62%) Developer
3 220 (14.64%) Lead
4 157 (10.45%) Software Engineer
5 117 (7.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 106 (7.05%) Cloud Engineer
7 87 (5.79%) Azure Engineer
8 79 (5.26%) .NET Developer
9 77 (5.12%) Senior Developer
10 74 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 74 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
10 74 (4.92%) Java Developer
11 69 (4.59%) Architect
12 62 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
13 54 (3.59%) Software Developer
14 52 (3.46%) Applications Engineer
14 52 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
15 41 (2.73%) Senior Data Engineer
16 37 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 33 (2.20%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (20.29%) .NET
2 243 (16.17%) React
3 183 (12.18%) RESTful
4 163 (10.84%) REST
5 106 (7.05%) Spring
6 104 (6.92%) AngularJS
7 103 (6.85%) Node.js
8 100 (6.65%) Spring Boot
9 94 (6.25%) HTML
10 88 (5.85%) CSS
11 87 (5.79%) .NET Core
12 80 (5.32%) SOAP
13 63 (4.19%) .NET Framework
14 61 (4.06%) JSON
15 56 (3.73%) OAuth
15 56 (3.73%) Vue
16 53 (3.53%) ASP.NET
16 53 (3.53%) Django
17 50 (3.33%) Kafka
18 46 (3.06%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 291 (19.36%) Cloud Native
2 105 (6.99%) Product Ownership
3 80 (5.32%) Enterprise Software
4 79 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.40%) Mobile App
7 35 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.93%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 24 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
11 23 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (1.26%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.26%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 12 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.73%) AI Agents
16 11 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (0.67%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 149 (9.91%) Linux
2 92 (6.12%) Windows
3 27 (1.80%) Unix
4 24 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.40%) Android
5 21 (1.40%) VMS
6 19 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.33%) Debian
9 4 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.13%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,000 (66.53%) DevOps
2 748 (49.77%) Agile
3 414 (27.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 354 (23.55%) Test Automation
5 334 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 332 (22.09%) Software Engineering
7 329 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 321 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
9 298 (19.83%) Containerisation
10 263 (17.50%) Microservices
11 239 (15.90%) Coaching
12 227 (15.10%) AI
13 222 (14.77%) Observability
14 180 (11.98%) Clean Code
15 179 (11.91%) Full-Stack Development
16 171 (11.38%) Scrum
17 161 (10.71%) Asset Management
17 161 (10.71%) Data Modelling
18 129 (8.58%) Migration
18 129 (8.58%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 489 (32.53%) Python
2 387 (25.75%) SQL
3 286 (19.03%) Java
3 286 (19.03%) JavaScript
4 278 (18.50%) C#
5 216 (14.37%) TypeScript
6 131 (8.72%) PowerShell
7 114 (7.58%) Bash
8 73 (4.86%) Bicep
9 60 (3.99%) Shell Script
10 53 (3.53%) Apex Code
11 42 (2.79%) Go
12 40 (2.66%) PL/SQL
13 24 (1.60%) C++
14 22 (1.46%) Groovy
15 21 (1.40%) PHP
16 18 (1.20%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.13%) C
18 15 (1.00%) SOQL
18 15 (1.00%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 167 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 98 (6.52%) Degree
3 94 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 66 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.93%) AWS Certification
6 52 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 29 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.33%) ISTQB
9 18 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
10 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.40%) CISSP
16 5 (0.33%) CRISC
16 5 (0.33%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (11.71%) QA
2 62 (4.13%) Accessibility
3 43 (2.86%) GDPR
4 39 (2.59%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.06%) NIST
7 15 (1.00%) WCAG
8 9 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.40%) NCSC
9 6 (0.40%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.27%) ECSS
11 4 (0.27%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) IEC 61508
11 4 (0.27%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.067%) HL7
14 1 (0.067%) JSP 440
System Software
1 408 (27.15%) Docker
2 43 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.00%) Firmware
4 14 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.60%) vSphere
7 8 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.33%) Squid
10 4 (0.27%) DFS Replication
10 4 (0.27%) Dovecot
10 4 (0.27%) Postfix
10 4 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.20%) KVM
11 3 (0.20%) QEMU
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.13%) iptables
12 2 (0.13%) RACF
12 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 468 (31.14%) Terraform
2 362 (24.09%) Kubernetes
3 139 (9.25%) Ansible
4 120 (7.98%) Grafana
5 87 (5.79%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
7 25 (1.66%) Kibana
8 16 (1.06%) HP Fortify
9 15 (1.00%) Argo
10 12 (0.80%) Progress Chef
10 12 (0.80%) Puppet
11 10 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
12 7 (0.47%) Control-M
12 7 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
13 6 (0.40%) Nessus
13 6 (0.40%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.27%) logstash
15 3 (0.20%) Istio
15 3 (0.20%) Nagios
15 3 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 217 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.66%) Oracle
3 69 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 54 (3.59%) Google
5 51 (3.39%) Splunk
6 48 (3.19%) Databricks
7 25 (1.66%) SAP
8 23 (1.53%) Okta
8 23 (1.53%) VMware
9 18 (1.20%) Ab Initio
9 18 (1.20%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.20%) Coverity
10 15 (1.00%) Dynatrace
11 13 (0.86%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.67%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.67%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.60%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.60%) SolarWinds
13 9 (0.60%) Telerik
14 8 (0.53%) IBM