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CI/CD: Market Demand & Career Impact (2026)

Live data on CI/CD demand across 6 categories, salary ranges and which companies are hiring.

Updated Apr 24, 20262 min read

1,571

Active Listings

5

Companies Hiring

6

Categories

Demand by Category

Number of active listings mentioning this skill

Top Roles Hiring

Roles most commonly requiring this skill

Full Stack Developer269
DevOps Engineer214
Data Engineer40
Backend Engineer30
Security Engineer30

Top Companies Hiring

Companies with the most active listings for this skill

Commonly Paired With

Skills most frequently appearing alongside this one

Seniority Distribution

Experience levels most in demand for this skill

Salary Signal

Approximate salary range for roles requiring this skill

$65k25th
$100kMedian
$144k75th
$65k$144k

Updated April 24, 2026 · Based on 1,571 job listings · Primary category signal: DevOps & Infrastructure (19.5%)

Demand by Role Category

CategoryDemand %Trend (30d)Listings
DevOps & Infrastructure19.5%↓ 25.1pp628
Security5.5%↓ 10.6pp72
Software Engineering4.9%↓ 3.7pp408
AI & Machine Learning3.0%↑ 0.2pp67
Data & Analytics2.0%↓ 2.6pp108
Product & Design0.2%↓ 1.6pp4

Who's Asking for CI/CD?

Top roles: Full Stack Developer (269), DevOps Engineer (214), Data Engineer (40), Backend Engineer (30), Security Engineer (30)

Top companies: Recruiting From Scratch (30), JABIL CIRCUIT, INC (30), anthropic (20), cloudflare (20), mongodb (17)

Seniority breakdown: mid: 50.1% · senior: 48.9% · entry: 1.0%

Commonly Paired With

Skills that appear alongside CI/CD most frequently:

  • AWS — 43.8% co-occurrence
  • Docker — 32.7% co-occurrence
  • Python — 28.2% co-occurrence
  • Kubernetes — 28.2% co-occurrence
  • Scala — 26.9% co-occurrence
  • Git — 26.8% co-occurrence
  • Terraform — 26.8% co-occurrence
  • Azure — 24.8% co-occurrence

Salary Signal

Compensation signal for CI/CD: median $100,000, typical middle range $65,000 - $143,681 and highest observed listing at $300,000.

Based on 439 listings with published compensation.

Trend

Over the past month, CI/CD declined to 19.5% demand (-25.1 percentage points), which may reflect stack consolidation in DevOps & Infrastructure teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

How in demand is CI/CD right now?

From 1,571 live postings, CI/CD shows 19.5% demand in DevOps & Infrastructure and a -25.1 percentage points 30-day change. The negative move indicates softer demand than the prior month.

What salary can I expect if I know CI/CD?

In listings that disclose pay, CI/CD roles center around a $100,000 median (439 samples), with most offers between $65,000 and $143,681.

What skills pair well with CI/CD?

The most common companions to CI/CD are AWS, Docker and Python. Hiring teams frequently bundle these skills in the same role scope, so learning them together usually improves interview fit.


Data sourced from 1,571 active job listings via Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby. Updated weekly. About our data & methodology.

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About this data

Demand and salary figures are sourced from job listings indexed via the Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby APIs. Aggregates are refreshed weekly and represent directional market signals, not a full census of all open roles.

1,571 indexed listingsLast updated April 24, 2026

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