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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 142 160
Rank change year-on-year +36 +18 -55
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,373 845 1,473
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.73% 2.23% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.40% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 928 616 1,188
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.15% -5.33%

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 59,680 35,184 71,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.01% 93.01% 85.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37,727 20,624 53,592
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +46 693 £87,500 -2.78% 283
North of England +2 257 £67,249 -0.74% 164
South East -6 142 £70,000 -6.67% 152
North West +7 134 £72,500 - 89
South West -7 105 £65,000 -9.71% 92
Yorkshire -29 92 £65,000 +8.33% 36
Midlands +5 86 £68,000 -2.86% 55
West Midlands -10 42 £70,000 - 36
East Midlands -12 42 £67,500 +3.85% 19
East of England +1 40 £60,100 -10.96% 35
North East -22 31 £48,445 -15.01% 39
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 43 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
2 32 (2.33%) Apache
3 26 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.17%) Confluence
6 15 (1.09%) IIS
7 10 (0.73%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.29%) CMS
9 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.073%) Camunda
11 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.073%) nginx
11 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.29%) Weka
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Maya
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 830 (60.45%) AWS
2 755 (54.99%) Azure
3 279 (20.32%) GCP
4 278 (20.25%) GitHub
5 256 (18.65%) Azure DevOps
5 256 (18.65%) Serverless
6 222 (16.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 197 (14.35%) GitHub Actions
8 144 (10.49%) AWS Lambda
9 129 (9.40%) Amazon S3
10 104 (7.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 104 (7.57%) Amazon EKS
11 100 (7.28%) Entra ID
12 97 (7.06%) PaaS
13 94 (6.85%) Datadog
14 84 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
15 83 (6.05%) SaaS
16 75 (5.46%) IaaS
17 72 (5.24%) Azure AKS
17 72 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 168 (12.24%) Firewall
2 88 (6.41%) DNS
3 74 (5.39%) VPN
4 66 (4.81%) TCP/IP
5 48 (3.50%) WAN
6 41 (2.99%) Network Security
7 38 (2.77%) Broadband
8 33 (2.40%) DHCP
9 27 (1.97%) LAN
10 26 (1.89%) HTTP
11 24 (1.75%) BGP
12 17 (1.24%) VLAN
13 16 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (1.09%) SD-WAN
15 13 (0.95%) DSL
16 12 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
17 11 (0.80%) Internet
18 10 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
19 7 (0.51%) Wireless
20 6 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (8.45%) NoSQL
2 90 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
3 80 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
4 61 (4.44%) DynamoDB
5 58 (4.22%) SQL Server
6 46 (3.35%) MongoDB
7 42 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 41 (2.99%) Data Lake
9 35 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 31 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
11 26 (1.89%) MySQL
12 25 (1.82%) BigQuery
13 24 (1.75%) Metadata
14 22 (1.60%) Power BI
15 19 (1.38%) Delta Lake
15 19 (1.38%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
18 14 (1.02%) Big Data
19 13 (0.95%) Redis
Development Applications
1 206 (15.00%) Jenkins
2 194 (14.13%) GitLab
3 182 (13.26%) Git
4 37 (2.69%) Bitbucket
5 34 (2.48%) CircleCI
5 34 (2.48%) JIRA
6 22 (1.60%) Cucumber
7 21 (1.53%) Jaeger
8 17 (1.24%) Selenium
9 14 (1.02%) MLflow
10 13 (0.95%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.87%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.80%) Robot Framework
13 10 (0.73%) Subversion
14 9 (0.66%) Vite
15 8 (0.58%) JMeter
15 8 (0.58%) Storybook
16 7 (0.51%) Maven
16 7 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 361 (26.29%) Social Skills
2 285 (20.76%) Finance
3 113 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (6.26%) Banking
5 83 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 58 (4.22%) Retail
7 57 (4.15%) Telecoms
8 56 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (4.01%) Law
10 25 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.60%) Aerospace
11 22 (1.60%) Marketing
12 21 (1.53%) Advertising
12 21 (1.53%) Games
13 20 (1.46%) Billing
14 17 (1.24%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.17%) Electronics
16 15 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.02%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 300 (21.85%) Senior
2 230 (16.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 221 (16.10%) Cloud Engineer
4 192 (13.98%) Lead
5 136 (9.91%) Azure Engineer
6 120 (8.74%) Architect
7 119 (8.67%) Platform Engineer
8 118 (8.59%) Developer
9 107 (7.79%) AWS Engineer
10 104 (7.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 72 (5.24%) Data Engineer
12 70 (5.10%) Software Engineer
13 67 (4.88%) Security Engineer
14 59 (4.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 57 (4.15%) Senior DevOps
16 48 (3.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 47 (3.42%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 47 (3.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 42 (3.06%) Python Engineer
19 39 (2.84%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (8.89%) React
2 95 (6.92%) Node.js
3 88 (6.41%) .NET
4 86 (6.26%) Kafka
5 78 (5.68%) REST
6 77 (5.61%) RESTful
7 72 (5.24%) Elastic Stack
8 62 (4.52%) AWS CDK
8 62 (4.52%) Spring
9 60 (4.37%) YAML
10 55 (4.01%) Spring Boot
11 49 (3.57%) ARM Templates
12 44 (3.20%) OAuth
13 42 (3.06%) RabbitMQ
14 39 (2.84%) PySpark
15 31 (2.26%) FastAPI
15 31 (2.26%) Next.js
16 30 (2.18%) OpenTelemetry
17 28 (2.04%) .NET Core
18 25 (1.82%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 317 (23.09%) Cloud Native
2 85 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 74 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (4.22%) Public Cloud
5 54 (3.93%) Security Posture
6 48 (3.50%) Product Ownership
7 42 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 41 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.75%) Blockchain
12 23 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.68%) Management Information System
13 21 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.53%) Web3
14 19 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
15 18 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (1.31%) Hedge funds
15 18 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
15 18 (1.31%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 294 (21.41%) Linux
2 148 (10.78%) Windows
3 65 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 54 (3.93%) Unix
5 33 (2.40%) Ubuntu
6 27 (1.97%) VMS
7 24 (1.75%) CentOS
7 24 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (0.80%) Android
9 10 (0.73%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.51%) Debian
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.29%) SUSE
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.073%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.073%) Rocky
14 1 (0.073%) Solaris
14 1 (0.073%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 918 (66.86%) CI/CD
2 836 (60.89%) DevOps
3 403 (29.35%) Containerisation
4 366 (26.66%) Agile
5 341 (24.84%) Observability
6 289 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 258 (18.79%) Mentoring
8 239 (17.41%) Platform Engineering
9 234 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
10 221 (16.10%) AI
11 220 (16.02%) Test Automation
12 208 (15.15%) Microservices
13 196 (14.28%) Software Engineering
14 192 (13.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 187 (13.62%) Cloud Security
16 168 (12.24%) Analytics
17 162 (11.80%) High Availability
18 153 (11.14%) DevSecOps
19 150 (10.92%) Technical Leadership
20 141 (10.27%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 629 (45.81%) Python
2 280 (20.39%) Bash
3 228 (16.61%) SQL
4 225 (16.39%) PowerShell
5 177 (12.89%) Java
6 155 (11.29%) Go
7 124 (9.03%) Bicep
8 120 (8.74%) JavaScript
9 115 (8.38%) TypeScript
10 82 (5.97%) C#
11 22 (1.60%) C++
11 22 (1.60%) Rust
12 20 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
13 19 (1.38%) Scala
14 13 (0.95%) C
15 10 (0.73%) Groovy
16 9 (0.66%) Ruby
17 8 (0.58%) PHP
17 8 (0.58%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 236 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 148 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 137 (9.98%) Degree
4 112 (8.16%) AWS Certification
5 83 (6.05%) DV Cleared
6 77 (5.61%) Azure Certification
7 57 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.11%) OSCP
10 28 (2.04%) CISSP
11 23 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.02%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.02%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.95%) CCNP
13 13 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 12 (0.87%) CCNA
15 11 (0.80%) CCSK
16 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (4.52%) QA
2 56 (4.08%) GDPR
3 54 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 48 (3.50%) SOC 2
5 47 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (2.69%) NIST
7 33 (2.40%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.75%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.66%) WCAG
11 7 (0.51%) NCSC
12 6 (0.44%) GRC
13 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.36%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.15%) IFRS
14 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 415 (30.23%) Docker
2 96 (6.99%) Active Directory
3 73 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.82%) vSphere
6 18 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.58%) Firmware
8 7 (0.51%) iptables
9 5 (0.36%) KVM
9 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.29%) Squid
11 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.15%) GPFS
12 2 (0.15%) Lustre
12 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.073%) vCloud
13 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 955 (69.56%) Terraform
2 570 (41.51%) Kubernetes
3 321 (23.38%) Ansible
4 189 (13.77%) Grafana
5 188 (13.69%) Prometheus
6 55 (4.01%) Argo
7 33 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (1.97%) Puppet
10 23 (1.68%) Kustomize
11 18 (1.31%) Progress Chef
11 18 (1.31%) Rancher
12 17 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 15 (1.09%) Nagios
14 13 (0.95%) Istio
15 12 (0.87%) Packer
16 10 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
17 8 (0.58%) logstash
17 8 (0.58%) vCenter Server
17 8 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 243 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 109 (7.94%) VMware
3 97 (7.06%) Google
4 61 (4.44%) Databricks
4 61 (4.44%) Red Hat
5 50 (3.64%) Cisco
6 47 (3.42%) Splunk
7 39 (2.84%) Palo Alto
8 23 (1.68%) Zscaler
9 22 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
10 21 (1.53%) OpenAI
11 18 (1.31%) Dynatrace
11 18 (1.31%) Salesforce
12 17 (1.24%) Oracle
13 14 (1.02%) Atlassian
13 14 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.95%) Juniper
15 11 (0.80%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.73%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.73%) SAP