CI/CD pipelines jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, CI/CD pipelines appears in 2,901 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning CI/CD pipelines, with demand share down 1.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
2,901
Demand vs prior month
down 1.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 21.9% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
London

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Frequently asked questions about CI/CD pipelines

+Is CI/CD pipelines in demand in 2026?

Yes. CI/CD pipelines appears in 2,901 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning CI/CD pipelines (21.9% of all postings mentioning CI/CD pipelines).

+What jobs require CI/CD pipelines?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning CI/CD pipelines are Azure DevOps Engineer (27.6% of that role’s postings mention CI/CD pipelines), Head of Information Security (20.8% of that role’s postings mention CI/CD pipelines), Azure Cloud Engineer (20.7% of that role’s postings mention CI/CD pipelines).

+What skills are commonly paired with CI/CD pipelines?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), CI/CD pipelines most often appears alongside Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform.

+Where is CI/CD pipelines most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring CI/CD pipelines are London, Bengaluru, Pune, San Francisco, New York City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after CI/CD pipelines?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring CI/CD pipelines — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around CI/CD pipelines

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before CI/CD pipelines

Before CI/CD pipelinespython → CI/CD pipelines: 103 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → CI/CD pipelines: 85 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → CI/CD pipelines: 84 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → CI/CD pipelines: 81 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → CI/CD pipelines: 74 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → CI/CD pipelines: 73 observed employer moves with this skill pairRESTful APIs → CI/CD pipelines: 56 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → CI/CD pipelines: 55 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CDpipelinespython: 103 movespython103 movesJenkins: 85 movesJenkins85 movesAWS: 84 movesAWS84 movesJava: 81 movesJava81 movesdocker: 74 movesdocker74 movesterraform: 73 movesterraform73 movesRESTful APIs: 56 movesRESTful APIs56 moveskubernetes: 55 moveskubernetes55 moves

Skills after CI/CD pipelines

After CI/CD pipelinesCI/CD pipelines → kubernetes: 81 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → python: 72 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → terraform: 67 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → docker: 65 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → AWS: 62 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → Jenkins: 44 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → S3: 43 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD pipelines → Ansible: 40 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CDpipelineskubernetes: 81 moveskubernetes81 movespython: 72 movespython72 movesterraform: 67 movesterraform67 movesdocker: 65 movesdocker65 movesAWS: 62 movesAWS62 movesJenkins: 44 movesJenkins44 movesS3: 43 movesS343 movesAnsible: 40 movesAnsible40 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python103
Before: Jenkins85
Before: AWS84
Before: Java81
Before: docker74
Before: terraform73
Before: RESTful APIs56
Before: kubernetes55
After: kubernetes81
After: python72
After: terraform67
After: docker65
After: AWS62
After: Jenkins44
After: S343
After: Ansible40

Roles most likely to require CI/CD pipelines

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Azure DevOps Engineer827.6%
Head of Information Security520.8%
Azure Cloud Engineer1220.7%
Cloud Security Analyst420.0%
Platform Engineering Director315.0%
Vulnerability Research Engineer315.0%
Quality Test Engineer414.3%
DevOps Developer313.0%
DevSecOps Engineer4313.0%
Cloud Security Architect612.5%

Roles with the most CI/CD pipelines postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer63421.9%
DevOps Engineer2508.6%
Security Engineer732.5%
Site Reliability Engineer702.4%
Platform Engineer612.1%
Data Engineer541.9%
Cloud Engineer471.6%
DevSecOps Engineer431.5%
Application Security Engineer411.4%
Engineering Manager411.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring CI/CD pipelines

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring CI/CD pipelines
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cisco55
Wise32
CLERA21
Accenture Federal Services20
Capco20
Barclays19
Northrop Grumman19
Bosch19
Grab19
General Dynamics Information Technology19

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for CI/CD pipelines

NamePostingsShare
London822.8%
Bengaluru732.5%
Pune572.0%
San Francisco471.6%
New York City451.6%
Hyderabad421.4%
Austin371.3%
Washington341.2%
Toronto321.1%

Skills commonly paired with CI/CD pipelines

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning CI/CD pipelines by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s CI/CD pipelines postings by all CI/CD pipelines postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 1.3% to 1.3%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index