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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 133 153
Rank change year-on-year +25 +20 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,332 862 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 2.36% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.53% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 900 633 1,209
10th Percentile £47,617 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,419 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,988 £96,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -3.33%

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 56,409 34,008 69,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.20% 93.07% 85.98%
Number of salaries quoted 35,591 20,482 53,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,227 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 10 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 10 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 +41 661 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -19 258 £68,750 +1.85% 159
South East +13 149 £70,000 -6.67% 123
North West -9 128 £74,051 +2.14% 84
South West -15 100 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -15 97 £65,288 +13.54% 47
Midlands -11 82 £67,500 -3.57% 47
East Midlands -20 42 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -12 38 £66,500 -5.00% 41
North East -11 33 £48,445 -15.01% 28
East of England -21 33 £62,500 -10.71% 35
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 46 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 34 (2.55%) Apache
3 25 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.20%) IIS
6 15 (1.13%) Confluence
7 10 (0.75%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.075%) Appian
10 1 (0.075%) Camunda
10 1 (0.075%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.38%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.30%) Weka
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.075%) Maya
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.075%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.075%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.075%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.075%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 833 (62.54%) AWS
2 725 (54.43%) Azure
3 292 (21.92%) GCP
4 279 (20.95%) GitHub
5 262 (19.67%) Serverless
6 252 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
7 227 (17.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 193 (14.49%) GitHub Actions
9 149 (11.19%) AWS Lambda
10 133 (9.98%) Amazon S3
11 110 (8.26%) Amazon EKS
12 101 (7.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 100 (7.51%) PaaS
14 98 (7.36%) SaaS
15 97 (7.28%) Entra ID
16 96 (7.21%) Datadog
17 82 (6.16%) Amazon EC2
18 71 (5.33%) IaaS
19 70 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
20 66 (4.95%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (12.76%) Firewall
2 84 (6.31%) DNS
3 74 (5.56%) VPN
4 69 (5.18%) TCP/IP
5 43 (3.23%) WAN
6 38 (2.85%) Broadband
6 38 (2.85%) Network Security
7 30 (2.25%) DHCP
8 23 (1.73%) LAN
9 22 (1.65%) HTTP
10 21 (1.58%) BGP
11 17 (1.28%) VLAN
12 16 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (0.98%) DSL
14 12 (0.90%) Internet
14 12 (0.90%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
15 9 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.60%) Wireless
17 6 (0.45%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (8.48%) NoSQL
2 91 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (6.08%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 59 (4.43%) DynamoDB
6 44 (3.30%) MongoDB
7 41 (3.08%) Relational Database
8 40 (3.00%) Data Lake
9 32 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
11 27 (2.03%) MySQL
12 24 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
13 23 (1.73%) BigQuery
14 22 (1.65%) Power BI
15 21 (1.58%) Redis
16 20 (1.50%) Metadata
17 19 (1.43%) RDBMS
18 17 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
18 17 (1.28%) Delta Lake
19 12 (0.90%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 201 (15.09%) Jenkins
2 182 (13.66%) GitLab
3 180 (13.51%) Git
4 34 (2.55%) Bitbucket
5 33 (2.48%) JIRA
6 32 (2.40%) CircleCI
7 24 (1.80%) Cucumber
7 24 (1.80%) Selenium
8 21 (1.58%) Jaeger
9 19 (1.43%) Robot Framework
10 14 (1.05%) MLflow
10 14 (1.05%) SonarQube
10 14 (1.05%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.98%) JMeter
12 12 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 11 (0.83%) Snyk
14 10 (0.75%) Subversion
15 9 (0.68%) Locust
16 8 (0.60%) Storybook
17 7 (0.53%) Vite
General
1 364 (27.33%) Social Skills
2 283 (21.25%) Finance
3 120 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.36%) Banking
5 79 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 64 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (4.80%) Retail
7 62 (4.65%) Law
8 58 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 30 (2.25%) Financial Institution
10 24 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.65%) Aerospace
11 22 (1.65%) Back Office
11 22 (1.65%) Billing
11 22 (1.65%) Games
11 22 (1.65%) Marketing
12 19 (1.43%) Advertising
13 15 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (0.98%) Electronics
15 12 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 291 (21.85%) Senior
2 219 (16.44%) DevOps Engineer
3 209 (15.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 180 (13.51%) Lead
5 124 (9.31%) Azure Engineer
6 121 (9.08%) Developer
7 113 (8.48%) Platform Engineer
8 108 (8.11%) Architect
9 104 (7.81%) AWS Engineer
10 103 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 68 (5.11%) Software Engineer
12 65 (4.88%) Data Engineer
13 60 (4.50%) Security Engineer
14 56 (4.20%) Senior DevOps
15 51 (3.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 47 (3.53%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.45%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 44 (3.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 41 (3.08%) Python Engineer
20 40 (3.00%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (9.38%) React
2 90 (6.76%) Node.js
3 89 (6.68%) .NET
4 78 (5.86%) Kafka
4 78 (5.86%) RESTful
5 75 (5.63%) Elastic Stack
5 75 (5.63%) REST
6 63 (4.73%) Spring
7 61 (4.58%) AWS CDK
8 56 (4.20%) YAML
9 55 (4.13%) Spring Boot
10 45 (3.38%) ARM Templates
11 42 (3.15%) RabbitMQ
12 39 (2.93%) Django
12 39 (2.93%) OAuth
13 38 (2.85%) FastAPI
14 36 (2.70%) CSS
15 34 (2.55%) PySpark
16 32 (2.40%) HTML
17 30 (2.25%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 309 (23.20%) Cloud Native
2 86 (6.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (5.18%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (4.28%) Security Posture
5 56 (4.20%) Public Cloud
6 45 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.30%) Product Ownership
8 34 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (2.25%) Onboarding
10 28 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.80%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.58%) Blockchain
15 20 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
16 19 (1.43%) Web3
17 18 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
17 18 (1.35%) Hedge funds
18 17 (1.28%) Data Structures
18 17 (1.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 300 (22.52%) Linux
2 151 (11.34%) Windows
3 63 (4.73%) Unix
4 60 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 35 (2.63%) Ubuntu
6 29 (2.18%) VMS
7 25 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (1.80%) CentOS
9 13 (0.98%) Android
10 12 (0.90%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.68%) Debian
12 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.30%) SUSE
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.075%) Rocky
15 1 (0.075%) Solaris
15 1 (0.075%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 892 (66.97%) CI/CD
2 812 (60.96%) DevOps
3 382 (28.68%) Containerisation
4 370 (27.78%) Agile
5 327 (24.55%) Observability
6 290 (21.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 248 (18.62%) Mentoring
8 243 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
9 214 (16.07%) Platform Engineering
10 210 (15.77%) Test Automation
11 203 (15.24%) AI
12 196 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 190 (14.26%) Software Engineering
14 188 (14.11%) Microservices
15 185 (13.89%) Cloud Security
16 157 (11.79%) Analytics
17 152 (11.41%) High Availability
18 149 (11.19%) DevSecOps
19 141 (10.59%) Incident Response
20 134 (10.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 617 (46.32%) Python
2 264 (19.82%) Bash
3 223 (16.74%) SQL
4 216 (16.22%) PowerShell
5 181 (13.59%) Java
6 153 (11.49%) Go
7 123 (9.23%) JavaScript
8 121 (9.08%) Bicep
9 106 (7.96%) TypeScript
10 69 (5.18%) C#
11 21 (1.58%) C++
12 20 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
12 20 (1.50%) Rust
13 17 (1.28%) Scala
14 11 (0.83%) C
14 11 (0.83%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.68%) Ruby
16 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.53%) Perl
17 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 232 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 139 (10.44%) SC Cleared
3 127 (9.53%) Degree
4 107 (8.03%) AWS Certification
5 94 (7.06%) DV Cleared
6 73 (5.48%) Azure Certification
7 56 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.25%) OSCP
9 28 (2.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (2.03%) CISSP
10 27 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
11 16 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.90%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 11 (0.83%) CCNP
13 11 (0.83%) CCSK
13 11 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.60%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.95%) QA
2 56 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (4.13%) GDPR
4 54 (4.05%) SOC 2
5 48 (3.60%) Data Quality
6 41 (3.08%) NIST
6 41 (3.08%) PCI DSS
7 25 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.83%) WCAG
9 8 (0.60%) SLA
10 7 (0.53%) GRC
11 6 (0.45%) NCSC
12 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.30%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 424 (31.83%) Docker
2 88 (6.61%) Active Directory
3 67 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.80%) vSphere
6 19 (1.43%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.20%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.68%) Firmware
9 7 (0.53%) KVM
10 6 (0.45%) iptables
11 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.15%) GPFS
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
13 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.075%) QEMU
14 1 (0.075%) Squid
14 1 (0.075%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 948 (71.17%) Terraform
2 547 (41.07%) Kubernetes
3 328 (24.62%) Ansible
4 187 (14.04%) Grafana
5 183 (13.74%) Prometheus
6 51 (3.83%) Argo
7 34 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 27 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.88%) Puppet
10 19 (1.43%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.28%) Rancher
12 16 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 14 (1.05%) Nagios
14 13 (0.98%) Progress Chef
15 11 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
16 10 (0.75%) Istio
17 8 (0.60%) Packer
17 8 (0.60%) Proxmox
17 8 (0.60%) vCenter Server
18 7 (0.53%) logstash
Vendors
1 225 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 105 (7.88%) Google
3 103 (7.73%) VMware
4 54 (4.05%) Red Hat
5 53 (3.98%) Databricks
6 48 (3.60%) Cisco
7 45 (3.38%) Splunk
8 40 (3.00%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.73%) Zscaler
10 19 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
11 18 (1.35%) Salesforce
12 16 (1.20%) Dynatrace
12 16 (1.20%) OpenAI
13 14 (1.05%) Atlassian
13 14 (1.05%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.05%) Juniper
13 14 (1.05%) Oracle
14 11 (0.83%) Black Duck
14 11 (0.83%) Coverity
14 11 (0.83%) New Relic