CI/CD Job Trends in the West Midlands

CI/CD
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring CI/CD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 58 91
Rank change year-on-year +3 +33 -35
Permanent jobs citing CI/CD 192 141 209
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.40% 4.22% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 4.92% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 149 95 178
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £39,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £95,375
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,504 2,867 6,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.94% 85.89% 80.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,121 1,801 4,382
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,975
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

CI/CD
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CI/CD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CI/CD in the West Midlands

CI/CD
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham +8 90 £65,000 +8.33% 31
Shropshire -8 26 £56,000 -6.67% 9
Worcestershire -1 18 £55,000 -15.38% 9
Coventry -9 14 £87,500 +32.08% 3
Herefordshire -12 11 £100,000 - 4
Wolverhampton - 8 £66,000 - 1
Warwickshire -14 7 £62,500 -10.71% 2
Staffordshire -23 6 £58,750 -9.62% 8
Solihull +2 2 £70,000 +27.27% 4
Halesowen - 2 £44,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 - 6
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (2.08%) Confluence
2 3 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.04%) Apache
3 2 (1.04%) Documentum
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.04%) SAS
3 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.52%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (48.44%) Azure
2 64 (33.33%) AWS
3 24 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (11.46%) Serverless
5 17 (8.85%) SaaS
6 15 (7.81%) GitHub
7 14 (7.29%) Power Platform
8 12 (6.25%) GCP
9 9 (4.69%) Amazon S3
10 8 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (4.17%) Azure AKS
10 8 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (4.17%) Power Automate
11 7 (3.65%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (2.60%) Azure AI
13 5 (2.60%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (2.08%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.65%) VPN
2 5 (2.60%) Network Security
3 4 (2.08%) DNS
4 2 (1.04%) Firewall
4 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 12 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (5.21%) Power BI
3 10 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.60%) Metadata
5 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.08%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.08%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.56%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.56%) Redis
7 3 (1.56%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.04%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.04%) MySQL
8 2 (1.04%) TimescaleDB
9 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 26 (13.54%) Git
2 16 (8.33%) GitLab
3 14 (7.29%) Cucumber
4 13 (6.77%) Selenium
5 12 (6.25%) Jenkins
6 11 (5.73%) JUnit
7 10 (5.21%) Gatling
7 10 (5.21%) Maven
7 10 (5.21%) Snyk
8 9 (4.69%) JIRA
8 9 (4.69%) Mockito
9 8 (4.17%) JMeter
9 8 (4.17%) Postman
10 7 (3.65%) Cypress.io
11 6 (3.13%) Zephyr
12 5 (2.60%) LoadRunner
12 5 (2.60%) REST Assured
12 5 (2.60%) SonarQube
12 5 (2.60%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (2.08%) Burp Suite
General
1 35 (18.23%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.10%) Finance
3 26 (13.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.29%) Advertising
6 8 (4.17%) Banking
7 7 (3.65%) Marketing
8 5 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.56%) Automotive
9 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.56%) Law
9 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Billing
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (25.52%) Senior
2 46 (23.96%) Developer
3 34 (17.71%) Lead
4 21 (10.94%) Architect
5 13 (6.77%) .NET Developer
5 13 (6.77%) Cloud Architect
5 13 (6.77%) Data Engineer
5 13 (6.77%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (6.77%) Senior Architect
6 11 (5.73%) Security Architect
6 11 (5.73%) Senior Security Architect
6 11 (5.73%) Software Engineer
7 10 (5.21%) Cloud Security Architect
7 10 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (5.21%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 7 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.65%) Principal Engineer
8 7 (3.65%) QA Engineer
8 7 (3.65%) Quality Engineer
9 6 (3.13%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (16.15%) .NET
2 25 (13.02%) React
3 23 (11.98%) REST
4 19 (9.90%) Playwright
5 18 (9.38%) CSS
5 18 (9.38%) HTML
5 18 (9.38%) Spring
6 17 (8.85%) ASP.NET
6 17 (8.85%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (6.77%) .NET Core
8 11 (5.73%) Kafka
9 10 (5.21%) Entity Framework
10 9 (4.69%) .NET Framework
11 8 (4.17%) Node.js
11 8 (4.17%) RESTful
12 7 (3.65%) Blazor
12 7 (3.65%) PySpark
12 7 (3.65%) Spring Boot
13 5 (2.60%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (2.60%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.58%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.81%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.73%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.65%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.56%) IoT
9 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.42%) Linux
2 11 (5.73%) Windows
3 5 (2.60%) Unix
4 4 (2.08%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (48.96%) DevOps
2 81 (42.19%) Agile
3 58 (30.21%) Mentoring
4 57 (29.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (26.56%) Test Automation
6 46 (23.96%) AI
6 46 (23.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (18.75%) Microservices
8 34 (17.71%) SDLC
9 32 (16.67%) Analytics
10 31 (16.15%) Technical Leadership
11 29 (15.10%) Containerisation
11 29 (15.10%) Scrum
12 26 (13.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 26 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (13.02%) Cloud Security
14 24 (12.50%) Observability
15 22 (11.46%) Security Testing
15 22 (11.46%) Validation
16 21 (10.94%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (30.21%) SQL
2 45 (23.44%) Java
3 44 (22.92%) JavaScript
3 44 (22.92%) Python
4 29 (15.10%) C#
5 22 (11.46%) TypeScript
6 12 (6.25%) Bash
7 10 (5.21%) Bicep
8 9 (4.69%) PL/SQL
9 8 (4.17%) PowerShell
10 6 (3.13%) C++
10 6 (3.13%) PHP
11 5 (2.60%) Go
12 3 (1.56%) C
12 3 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.56%) Rust
12 3 (1.56%) T-SQL
13 2 (1.04%) Scala
14 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (17.71%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.90%) Degree
4 12 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.73%) Master's Degree
6 8 (4.17%) ISEB
6 8 (4.17%) ISTQB
7 6 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.56%) CITP
11 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.46%) QA
2 16 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.21%) GRC
4 9 (4.69%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.60%) GDPR
6 4 (2.08%) WCAG
7 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.52%) GxP
8 1 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (18.75%) Docker
2 10 (5.21%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (22.92%) Kubernetes
2 37 (19.27%) Terraform
3 9 (4.69%) Grafana
4 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.08%) Ansible
5 4 (2.08%) Argo
5 4 (2.08%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.04%) Nagios
Vendors
1 47 (24.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.25%) Databricks
2 12 (6.25%) Facebook
3 11 (5.73%) Oracle
4 10 (5.21%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (5.21%) Palo Alto
4 10 (5.21%) Tenable
5 6 (3.13%) Google
6 5 (2.60%) YouTube
7 4 (2.08%) Pega
7 4 (2.08%) Veracode
7 4 (2.08%) VMware
8 3 (1.56%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.56%) SAP
8 3 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.04%) Informatica
9 2 (1.04%) Instagram
9 2 (1.04%) OpenText
9 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.04%) TikTok