Infrastructure as Code Job Trends in England

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 156 163
Rank change year-on-year +65 +7 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,566 843 1,494
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.89% 2.21% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 2.37% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 578 1,211
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +9.81% -5.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure as Code 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,049 35,595 71,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 93.44% 84.69%
Number of salaries quoted 40,362 18,985 53,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,367
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -9.84%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Infrastructure as Code job vacancy trend in England

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Infrastructure as Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure as Code in England

Infrastructure as Code
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure as Code within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
London +38 783 £87,500 -2.78% 315
North of England +41 294 £67,374 -3.75% 176
South East +36 178 £70,000 -6.67% 140
North West +49 168 £72,500 - 92
South West -7 110 £70,450 +0.64% 79
Midlands +26 107 £67,750 -3.21% 31
Yorkshire -7 88 £65,576 -0.27% 43
West Midlands -6 57 £71,289 +1.84% 21
East Midlands +3 50 £67,500 +3.85% 10
East of England +10 42 £60,100 -7.54% 26
North East -11 38 £55,000 -16.69% 41
Infrastructure as Code
UK

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 47 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
2 34 (2.17%) Apache
3 29 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (1.34%) Confluence
6 15 (0.96%) IIS
7 13 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.32%) CMS
9 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.064%) Camunda
12 1 (0.064%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.064%) nginx
12 1 (0.064%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.70%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.26%) Weka
3 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.064%) Maya
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.064%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.064%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 925 (59.07%) AWS
2 851 (54.34%) Azure
3 298 (19.03%) GitHub
4 292 (18.65%) Serverless
5 287 (18.33%) GCP
6 270 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
7 248 (15.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 201 (12.84%) GitHub Actions
9 163 (10.41%) AWS Lambda
10 150 (9.58%) Amazon S3
11 117 (7.47%) PaaS
12 112 (7.15%) Entra ID
13 108 (6.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 106 (6.77%) Amazon EC2
15 105 (6.70%) Amazon EKS
16 95 (6.07%) SaaS
17 94 (6.00%) Datadog
18 93 (5.94%) IaaS
19 87 (5.56%) Azure AKS
20 84 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 169 (10.79%) Firewall
2 97 (6.19%) DNS
3 76 (4.85%) VPN
4 64 (4.09%) TCP/IP
5 58 (3.70%) Broadband
6 51 (3.26%) Network Security
7 47 (3.00%) WAN
8 37 (2.36%) DHCP
9 33 (2.11%) BGP
10 26 (1.66%) LAN
11 22 (1.40%) HTTP
12 20 (1.28%) VLAN
13 18 (1.15%) SD-WAN
13 18 (1.15%) Software-Defined Networking
14 17 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (0.96%) OSPF
16 13 (0.83%) DSL
17 11 (0.70%) VXLAN
18 9 (0.57%) Internet
18 9 (0.57%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.85%) NoSQL
2 109 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (5.36%) Amazon RDS
4 71 (4.53%) MongoDB
5 70 (4.47%) DynamoDB
6 63 (4.02%) SQL Server
7 49 (3.13%) Data Lake
7 49 (3.13%) Relational Database
8 40 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (1.98%) Metadata
10 25 (1.60%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.40%) MySQL
12 21 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (1.28%) Power BI
14 18 (1.15%) Delta Lake
14 18 (1.15%) RDBMS
15 16 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.02%) Big Data
15 16 (1.02%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 229 (14.62%) GitLab
2 218 (13.92%) Jenkins
3 209 (13.35%) Git
4 37 (2.36%) Bitbucket
4 37 (2.36%) CircleCI
5 33 (2.11%) JIRA
6 30 (1.92%) Cucumber
7 20 (1.28%) Jaeger
8 16 (1.02%) TeamCity
9 14 (0.89%) Selenium
9 14 (0.89%) SonarQube
10 11 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 10 (0.64%) MLflow
12 9 (0.57%) Maven
12 9 (0.57%) Subversion
13 8 (0.51%) JMeter
13 8 (0.51%) Robot Framework
13 8 (0.51%) Storybook
14 7 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.45%) Vite
General
1 391 (24.97%) Social Skills
2 305 (19.48%) Finance
3 113 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (6.26%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.19%) Banking
6 60 (3.83%) Retail
7 57 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (3.00%) Law
8 47 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 36 (2.30%) Games
10 30 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (1.15%) Marketing
13 17 (1.09%) Advertising
13 17 (1.09%) Billing
13 17 (1.09%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (0.77%) Back Office
14 12 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 348 (22.22%) Senior
2 252 (16.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 248 (15.84%) Cloud Engineer
4 213 (13.60%) Lead
5 160 (10.22%) Azure Engineer
6 157 (10.03%) Platform Engineer
7 138 (8.81%) Architect
8 135 (8.62%) Developer
9 117 (7.47%) AWS Engineer
10 112 (7.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 87 (5.56%) Software Engineer
12 86 (5.49%) Data Engineer
13 75 (4.79%) Security Engineer
14 69 (4.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 68 (4.34%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 60 (3.83%) Senior DevOps
17 55 (3.51%) Principal Engineer
18 50 (3.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 50 (3.19%) Senior Platform Engineer
19 48 (3.07%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (8.17%) React
2 111 (7.09%) Kafka
3 109 (6.96%) .NET
4 104 (6.64%) Node.js
5 94 (6.00%) REST
6 92 (5.87%) RESTful
7 76 (4.85%) YAML
8 70 (4.47%) Spring
9 67 (4.28%) Elastic Stack
10 63 (4.02%) Spring Boot
11 62 (3.96%) AWS CDK
12 53 (3.38%) ARM Templates
13 52 (3.32%) PySpark
14 49 (3.13%) OAuth
15 44 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (2.43%) ASP.NET
17 36 (2.30%) ASP.NET Core
18 34 (2.17%) JSON
19 31 (1.98%) Next.js
20 30 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 379 (24.20%) Cloud Native
2 123 (7.85%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 69 (4.41%) Public Cloud
5 58 (3.70%) Data Centre
6 49 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 49 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 47 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (2.23%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.23%) Video\Live Streaming
9 28 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (1.72%) Low-Code
11 25 (1.60%) Blockchain
12 24 (1.53%) PKI
13 23 (1.47%) Web3
14 22 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
15 21 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
15 21 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
17 19 (1.21%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 320 (20.43%) Linux
2 159 (10.15%) Windows
3 80 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 48 (3.07%) Unix
5 42 (2.68%) Ubuntu
6 31 (1.98%) CentOS
7 26 (1.66%) VMS
8 25 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.70%) Android
10 10 (0.64%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.45%) Debian
13 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.13%) SUSE
15 1 (0.064%) Rocky
15 1 (0.064%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,079 (68.90%) CI/CD
2 910 (58.11%) DevOps
3 425 (27.14%) Containerisation
4 419 (26.76%) Agile
5 393 (25.10%) Observability
6 319 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 319 (20.37%) Platform Engineering
7 310 (19.80%) Mentoring
8 289 (18.45%) AI
9 278 (17.75%) Test Automation
10 251 (16.03%) Microservices
11 240 (15.33%) Software Engineering
12 232 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
13 211 (13.47%) Cloud Security
14 208 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 190 (12.13%) Technical Leadership
16 185 (11.81%) Analytics
17 175 (11.17%) High Availability
18 170 (10.86%) DevSecOps
19 150 (9.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 715 (45.66%) Python
2 298 (19.03%) Bash
3 262 (16.73%) PowerShell
4 250 (15.96%) SQL
5 205 (13.09%) Java
6 170 (10.86%) Go
7 137 (8.75%) TypeScript
8 135 (8.62%) JavaScript
9 127 (8.11%) Bicep
10 109 (6.96%) C#
11 30 (1.92%) Rust
12 22 (1.40%) C++
12 22 (1.40%) Scala
13 15 (0.96%) Groovy
13 15 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.96%) PHP
14 13 (0.83%) C
15 9 (0.57%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.51%) Ruby
17 7 (0.45%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 283 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 188 (12.01%) SC Cleared
3 150 (9.58%) Degree
4 125 (7.98%) AWS Certification
5 87 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 83 (5.30%) DV Cleared
7 61 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (1.85%) OSCP
12 22 (1.40%) CISSP
13 17 (1.09%) CCNP
14 15 (0.96%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.89%) CCNA
15 14 (0.89%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
17 11 (0.70%) RHCSA
18 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.85%) QA
2 60 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 55 (3.51%) GDPR
4 49 (3.13%) SOC 2
5 48 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (2.04%) NIST
7 30 (1.92%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.60%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.70%) WCAG
10 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.51%) GRC
11 5 (0.32%) SLA
12 4 (0.26%) NCSC
12 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.13%) IFRS
14 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.064%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 437 (27.91%) Docker
2 106 (6.77%) Active Directory
3 84 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (2.04%) vSphere
6 21 (1.34%) VMware NSX
7 17 (1.09%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.45%) iptables
8 7 (0.45%) Squid
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.38%) Firmware
9 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.26%) KVM
11 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,095 (69.92%) Terraform
2 622 (39.72%) Kubernetes
3 348 (22.22%) Ansible
4 198 (12.64%) Grafana
5 194 (12.39%) Prometheus
6 58 (3.70%) Argo
7 38 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (2.23%) Puppet
8 35 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (1.53%) Progress Chef
10 22 (1.40%) Kustomize
11 18 (1.15%) Nagios
12 17 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 16 (1.02%) Istio
13 16 (1.02%) Packer
14 15 (0.96%) Rancher
15 11 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
15 11 (0.70%) vCenter Server
15 11 (0.70%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.64%) Cilium
Vendors
1 286 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.60%) VMware
3 96 (6.13%) Google
4 70 (4.47%) Databricks
5 67 (4.28%) Red Hat
6 55 (3.51%) Cisco
7 50 (3.19%) Splunk
8 47 (3.00%) Palo Alto
9 25 (1.60%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.40%) OpenAI
10 22 (1.40%) Oracle
11 21 (1.34%) Dynatrace
11 21 (1.34%) Fortinet
11 21 (1.34%) Salesforce
12 19 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (0.77%) CheckPoint
13 12 (0.77%) F5
14 11 (0.70%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.70%) Juniper
15 10 (0.64%) SAP