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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 132 153
Rank change year-on-year +24 +21 -51
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,204 892 1,443
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.81% 2.34% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.50% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 836 647 1,185
10th Percentile £47,125 £47,300 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £112,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -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 51,670 35,658 65,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.78% 93.55% 87.00%
Number of salaries quoted 32,008 20,224 50,768
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +34 601 £85,000 -5.56% 290
North of England -13 217 £65,000 -2.54% 168
South East +2 135 £70,000 -3.45% 134
North West -9 100 £72,500 +0.35% 86
South West -6 89 £62,500 -10.71% 87
Yorkshire -7 88 £62,500 +19.05% 55
Midlands -4 71 £67,500 +3.85% 41
East of England +5 35 £65,000 -10.34% 41
West Midlands -13 35 £66,500 -5.00% 35
East Midlands -19 34 £67,500 +3.85% 5
North East -11 29 £48,445 -15.75% 27
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 49 (4.07%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.99%) Apache
3 24 (1.99%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.33%) IIS
6 12 (1.00%) Confluence
7 10 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.25%) CMS
9 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.17%) Appian
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.083%) Camunda
11 1 (0.083%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.083%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.33%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.33%) Weka
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.083%) Maya
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.083%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.083%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 766 (63.62%) AWS
2 655 (54.40%) Azure
3 273 (22.67%) GCP
4 266 (22.09%) GitHub
5 241 (20.02%) Azure DevOps
6 232 (19.27%) Serverless
7 213 (17.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 185 (15.37%) GitHub Actions
9 139 (11.54%) AWS Lambda
10 125 (10.38%) Amazon S3
11 102 (8.47%) SaaS
12 101 (8.39%) PaaS
13 94 (7.81%) Amazon EKS
14 91 (7.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 86 (7.14%) Datadog
15 86 (7.14%) Entra ID
16 73 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
17 70 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
18 67 (5.56%) IaaS
19 63 (5.23%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 154 (12.79%) Firewall
2 79 (6.56%) DNS
3 69 (5.73%) VPN
4 64 (5.32%) TCP/IP
5 37 (3.07%) Broadband
5 37 (3.07%) WAN
6 36 (2.99%) Network Security
7 28 (2.33%) DHCP
8 19 (1.58%) HTTP
9 17 (1.41%) BGP
9 17 (1.41%) VLAN
10 15 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (1.25%) Internet
10 15 (1.25%) LAN
11 13 (1.08%) DSL
12 11 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.58%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.50%) Wireless
15 5 (0.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (8.80%) NoSQL
2 88 (7.31%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (6.48%) Amazon RDS
4 56 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 54 (4.49%) DynamoDB
6 41 (3.41%) MongoDB
7 38 (3.16%) Data Lake
7 38 (3.16%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.24%) MySQL
9 26 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (1.99%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.99%) Redis
12 22 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.74%) Power BI
14 19 (1.58%) Metadata
14 19 (1.58%) RDBMS
15 15 (1.25%) Delta Lake
16 14 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 189 (15.70%) Jenkins
2 162 (13.46%) GitLab
3 158 (13.12%) Git
4 32 (2.66%) CircleCI
5 30 (2.49%) Bitbucket
6 27 (2.24%) JIRA
7 26 (2.16%) Selenium
8 24 (1.99%) Robot Framework
9 21 (1.74%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.41%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.41%) Snyk
11 14 (1.16%) MLflow
12 12 (1.00%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.91%) JMeter
14 8 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.66%) Locust
14 8 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.66%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.66%) Storybook
14 8 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 339 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 263 (21.84%) Finance
3 126 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.64%) Banking
5 72 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 64 (5.32%) Law
7 59 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (4.73%) Telecoms
9 54 (4.49%) Retail
10 32 (2.66%) Financial Institution
11 24 (1.99%) Marketing
12 21 (1.74%) Games
13 20 (1.66%) Back Office
13 20 (1.66%) Billing
13 20 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.50%) Advertising
15 16 (1.33%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.08%) Electronics
17 11 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 260 (21.59%) Senior
2 194 (16.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 185 (15.37%) Cloud Engineer
4 154 (12.79%) Lead
5 111 (9.22%) Platform Engineer
6 109 (9.05%) Developer
7 108 (8.97%) Architect
8 104 (8.64%) Azure Engineer
9 91 (7.56%) AWS Engineer
10 90 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 63 (5.23%) Software Engineer
12 57 (4.73%) Data Engineer
13 53 (4.40%) Security Engineer
14 50 (4.15%) Senior DevOps
15 43 (3.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 42 (3.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 41 (3.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 36 (2.99%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 35 (2.91%) Lead DevOps
20 34 (2.82%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (9.63%) React
2 81 (6.73%) Node.js
3 80 (6.64%) .NET
4 73 (6.06%) Elastic Stack
5 71 (5.90%) RESTful
6 70 (5.81%) Kafka
7 63 (5.23%) AWS CDK
8 58 (4.82%) Spring
9 55 (4.57%) REST
10 53 (4.40%) Spring Boot
11 48 (3.99%) YAML
12 38 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
13 37 (3.07%) Django
14 35 (2.91%) ARM Templates
15 34 (2.82%) CSS
15 34 (2.82%) FastAPI
16 30 (2.49%) .NET Core
17 29 (2.41%) HTML
18 28 (2.33%) OAuth
19 27 (2.24%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 283 (23.50%) Cloud Native
2 75 (6.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (4.73%) Security Posture
4 49 (4.07%) Public Cloud
5 46 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (3.41%) Data Centre
7 39 (3.24%) Product Ownership
8 32 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (2.49%) Onboarding
10 28 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
12 22 (1.83%) Management Information System
13 18 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
13 18 (1.50%) Hedge funds
14 17 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (1.33%) Blockchain
15 16 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
15 16 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
16 15 (1.25%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 276 (22.92%) Linux
2 138 (11.46%) Windows
3 68 (5.65%) Unix
4 51 (4.24%) Windows Server
5 31 (2.57%) VMS
6 26 (2.16%) Ubuntu
7 19 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (1.50%) CentOS
9 11 (0.91%) Android
10 10 (0.83%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.66%) Debian
12 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.33%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.33%) SUSE
14 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.083%) Rocky
15 1 (0.083%) Solaris
15 1 (0.083%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 821 (68.19%) CI/CD
2 750 (62.29%) DevOps
3 347 (28.82%) Agile
4 346 (28.74%) Containerisation
5 286 (23.75%) Observability
6 266 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 229 (19.02%) Mentoring
8 228 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
9 195 (16.20%) Platform Engineering
10 184 (15.28%) AI
11 181 (15.03%) Software Engineering
12 180 (14.95%) Test Automation
13 172 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 169 (14.04%) Cloud Security
15 167 (13.87%) Microservices
16 147 (12.21%) DevSecOps
17 144 (11.96%) Analytics
18 142 (11.79%) Incident Response
19 140 (11.63%) High Availability
20 126 (10.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 552 (45.85%) Python
2 245 (20.35%) Bash
3 190 (15.78%) PowerShell
4 189 (15.70%) SQL
5 159 (13.21%) Java
6 141 (11.71%) Go
7 110 (9.14%) JavaScript
8 105 (8.72%) Bicep
9 93 (7.72%) TypeScript
10 60 (4.98%) C#
11 19 (1.58%) Rust
12 18 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.33%) C++
13 16 (1.33%) Scala
14 10 (0.83%) C
15 9 (0.75%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.66%) Ruby
17 7 (0.58%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.42%) PHP
18 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 210 (17.44%) Security Cleared
2 120 (9.97%) SC Cleared
3 112 (9.30%) Degree
4 97 (8.06%) DV Cleared
5 96 (7.97%) AWS Certification
6 62 (5.15%) Azure Certification
7 48 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.41%) CISSP
9 28 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 28 (2.33%) OSCP
10 27 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.25%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (0.91%) CCSK
12 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.91%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.66%) CCNP
16 7 (0.58%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.82%) QA
2 55 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (4.49%) GDPR
4 50 (4.15%) SOC 2
5 43 (3.57%) Data Quality
6 40 (3.32%) PCI DSS
7 39 (3.24%) NIST
8 24 (1.99%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.83%) WCAG
11 9 (0.75%) SLA
12 7 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.50%) GRC
13 6 (0.50%) NCSC
14 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.33%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 397 (32.97%) Docker
2 76 (6.31%) Active Directory
3 58 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.83%) vSphere
6 18 (1.50%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.33%) VMware NSX
8 12 (1.00%) Firmware
9 6 (0.50%) KVM
10 4 (0.33%) iptables
10 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.25%) vCloud
12 2 (0.17%) GPFS
12 2 (0.17%) Lustre
12 2 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.083%) QEMU
13 1 (0.083%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 845 (70.18%) Terraform
2 488 (40.53%) Kubernetes
3 302 (25.08%) Ansible
4 181 (15.03%) Prometheus
5 172 (14.29%) Grafana
6 45 (3.74%) Argo
7 33 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.91%) Puppet
9 22 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.58%) Kustomize
11 14 (1.16%) Rancher
12 13 (1.08%) Nagios
12 13 (1.08%) Progress Chef
13 12 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 11 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
15 10 (0.83%) SCCM
16 9 (0.75%) AWS Copilot
17 7 (0.58%) Istio
17 7 (0.58%) Proxmox
17 7 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 191 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.05%) Google
3 93 (7.72%) VMware
4 46 (3.82%) Databricks
5 44 (3.65%) Red Hat
6 43 (3.57%) Cisco
6 43 (3.57%) Splunk
7 39 (3.24%) Palo Alto
8 21 (1.74%) Zscaler
9 17 (1.41%) Black Duck
9 17 (1.41%) Coverity
9 17 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
10 16 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.33%) Juniper
11 13 (1.08%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.00%) OpenAI
12 12 (1.00%) Oracle
12 12 (1.00%) SAP
13 11 (0.91%) New Relic