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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 131 154
Rank change year-on-year +18 +23 -54
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,243 865 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.77% 2.36% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.53% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 856 641 1,209
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,500 £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 £90,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,875 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,360 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.48% +3.94% -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 53,786 34,133 67,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.78% 93.22% 86.35%
Number of salaries quoted 33,742 20,386 52,114
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,762 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,163 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 31 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 31 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 +33 618 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -16 234 £67,500 - 159
South East +7 142 £70,000 -5.08% 123
North West -16 109 £72,500 - 84
Yorkshire -8 94 £65,000 +18.18% 47
South West -15 93 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Midlands -5 73 £67,500 +3.85% 47
East Midlands -19 36 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -15 35 £65,500 -6.43% 41
East of England -11 33 £62,500 -12.28% 35
North East -3 31 £48,445 -15.75% 28
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 44 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.65%) Apache
3 23 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.21%) Confluence
5 15 (1.21%) IIS
6 9 (0.72%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.24%) CMS
7 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.080%) Appian
9 1 (0.080%) Camunda
9 1 (0.080%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.080%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.080%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.32%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.32%) Weka
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.080%) Maya
3 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.080%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.080%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 790 (63.56%) AWS
2 681 (54.79%) Azure
3 279 (22.45%) GCP
4 267 (21.48%) GitHub
5 244 (19.63%) Azure DevOps
6 237 (19.07%) Serverless
7 211 (16.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 186 (14.96%) GitHub Actions
9 136 (10.94%) AWS Lambda
10 123 (9.90%) Amazon S3
11 100 (8.05%) SaaS
12 98 (7.88%) PaaS
13 97 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
14 93 (7.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 91 (7.32%) Datadog
16 87 (7.00%) Entra ID
17 71 (5.71%) Amazon EC2
18 70 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
19 64 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
20 63 (5.07%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 159 (12.79%) Firewall
2 82 (6.60%) DNS
3 69 (5.55%) VPN
4 68 (5.47%) TCP/IP
5 40 (3.22%) WAN
6 38 (3.06%) Broadband
7 36 (2.90%) Network Security
8 25 (2.01%) DHCP
9 20 (1.61%) HTTP
10 19 (1.53%) BGP
10 19 (1.53%) LAN
11 17 (1.37%) VLAN
12 16 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (1.05%) DSL
13 13 (1.05%) Internet
14 10 (0.80%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
16 8 (0.64%) Wireless
17 5 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.69%) NoSQL
2 89 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (6.28%) Amazon RDS
4 57 (4.59%) SQL Server
5 54 (4.34%) DynamoDB
6 42 (3.38%) MongoDB
7 40 (3.22%) Relational Database
8 38 (3.06%) Data Lake
9 27 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (2.17%) MySQL
10 26 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
11 25 (2.01%) Redis
12 21 (1.69%) BigQuery
12 21 (1.69%) Power BI
13 19 (1.53%) Metadata
13 19 (1.53%) RDBMS
14 15 (1.21%) Delta Lake
15 13 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 189 (15.21%) Jenkins
2 168 (13.52%) GitLab
3 165 (13.27%) Git
4 32 (2.57%) CircleCI
5 30 (2.41%) Bitbucket
5 30 (2.41%) JIRA
6 27 (2.17%) Selenium
7 23 (1.85%) Robot Framework
8 21 (1.69%) Jaeger
9 19 (1.53%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.29%) Snyk
11 13 (1.05%) JMeter
11 13 (1.05%) MLflow
11 13 (1.05%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 9 (0.72%) Locust
14 8 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.64%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.64%) Storybook
14 8 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 347 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 270 (21.72%) Finance
3 123 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (7.48%) Banking
5 71 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 63 (5.07%) Law
7 60 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (4.83%) Telecoms
8 55 (4.42%) Retail
9 31 (2.49%) Financial Institution
10 25 (2.01%) Marketing
11 24 (1.93%) Games
12 23 (1.85%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.77%) Billing
14 20 (1.61%) Back Office
15 19 (1.53%) Advertising
16 17 (1.37%) Aerospace
17 14 (1.13%) Electronics
18 13 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 266 (21.40%) Senior
2 205 (16.49%) DevOps Engineer
3 191 (15.37%) Cloud Engineer
4 163 (13.11%) Lead
5 114 (9.17%) Developer
6 113 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
7 110 (8.85%) Platform Engineer
8 105 (8.45%) Architect
9 98 (7.88%) AWS Engineer
10 91 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 65 (5.23%) Software Engineer
12 59 (4.75%) Data Engineer
13 54 (4.34%) Security Engineer
14 50 (4.02%) Senior DevOps
15 44 (3.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.46%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 42 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 39 (3.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 37 (2.98%) AWS DevOps
19 37 (2.98%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (9.57%) React
2 84 (6.76%) .NET
3 83 (6.68%) Node.js
4 72 (5.79%) RESTful
5 71 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
5 71 (5.71%) Kafka
6 64 (5.15%) REST
7 61 (4.91%) AWS CDK
8 59 (4.75%) Spring
9 53 (4.26%) Spring Boot
10 49 (3.94%) YAML
11 39 (3.14%) ARM Templates
11 39 (3.14%) Django
12 37 (2.98%) RabbitMQ
13 36 (2.90%) CSS
13 36 (2.90%) FastAPI
14 32 (2.57%) HTML
14 32 (2.57%) OAuth
15 30 (2.41%) .NET Core
16 28 (2.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 284 (22.85%) Cloud Native
2 77 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (4.51%) Security Posture
4 54 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (4.34%) Public Cloud
5 42 (3.38%) Data Centre
6 41 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 31 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
11 23 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 20 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.45%) Blockchain
13 18 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
13 18 (1.45%) Hedge funds
14 17 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
14 17 (1.37%) Web3
15 16 (1.29%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 284 (22.85%) Linux
2 144 (11.58%) Windows
3 68 (5.47%) Unix
4 53 (4.26%) Windows Server
5 30 (2.41%) VMS
6 29 (2.33%) Ubuntu
7 22 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (1.69%) CentOS
9 11 (0.88%) Android
10 10 (0.80%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.64%) Debian
12 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.32%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.32%) SUSE
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.080%) Rocky
15 1 (0.080%) Solaris
15 1 (0.080%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (67.66%) CI/CD
2 765 (61.54%) DevOps
3 353 (28.40%) Agile
4 351 (28.24%) Containerisation
5 304 (24.46%) Observability
6 277 (22.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 236 (18.99%) Mentoring
8 231 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
9 201 (16.17%) Platform Engineering
10 194 (15.61%) Test Automation
11 190 (15.29%) AI
12 183 (14.72%) Software Engineering
13 175 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 173 (13.92%) Cloud Security
15 166 (13.35%) Microservices
16 151 (12.15%) DevSecOps
17 144 (11.58%) Analytics
18 141 (11.34%) High Availability
19 140 (11.26%) Incident Response
20 125 (10.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 573 (46.10%) Python
2 253 (20.35%) Bash
3 199 (16.01%) SQL
4 198 (15.93%) PowerShell
5 162 (13.03%) Java
6 144 (11.58%) Go
7 116 (9.33%) JavaScript
8 111 (8.93%) Bicep
9 98 (7.88%) TypeScript
10 64 (5.15%) C#
11 19 (1.53%) Rust
12 18 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.37%) C++
14 16 (1.29%) Scala
15 11 (0.88%) C
16 9 (0.72%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.64%) Ruby
18 7 (0.56%) Apex Code
19 5 (0.40%) PHP
19 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 216 (17.38%) Security Cleared
2 128 (10.30%) SC Cleared
3 121 (9.73%) Degree
4 99 (7.96%) AWS Certification
5 95 (7.64%) DV Cleared
6 65 (5.23%) Azure Certification
7 53 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.25%) CISSP
8 28 (2.25%) OSCP
9 27 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
11 14 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.88%) CCSK
12 11 (0.88%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (0.80%) CCNP
13 10 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.56%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.91%) QA
2 56 (4.51%) GDPR
3 55 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (4.26%) SOC 2
5 44 (3.54%) Data Quality
6 40 (3.22%) PCI DSS
7 39 (3.14%) NIST
8 26 (2.09%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.97%) WCAG
10 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.72%) SLA
12 7 (0.56%) NCSC
13 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.48%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.32%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.16%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 402 (32.34%) Docker
2 79 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 61 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.93%) vSphere
6 19 (1.53%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.29%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.80%) Firmware
9 6 (0.48%) KVM
10 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.32%) iptables
12 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) GPFS
13 2 (0.16%) Lustre
13 2 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.080%) QEMU
14 1 (0.080%) vCloud
14 1 (0.080%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 874 (70.31%) Terraform
2 494 (39.74%) Kubernetes
3 310 (24.94%) Ansible
4 178 (14.32%) Prometheus
5 177 (14.24%) Grafana
6 48 (3.86%) Argo
7 33 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
9 22 (1.77%) Puppet
10 19 (1.53%) Kustomize
11 14 (1.13%) Nagios
11 14 (1.13%) Rancher
12 13 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.05%) Progress Chef
13 11 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
14 9 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
15 8 (0.64%) Istio
15 8 (0.64%) SCCM
16 7 (0.56%) Proxmox
16 7 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 199 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.53%) Google
3 95 (7.64%) VMware
4 48 (3.86%) Databricks
4 48 (3.86%) Red Hat
5 47 (3.78%) Cisco
6 44 (3.54%) Splunk
7 41 (3.30%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.61%) Zscaler
9 17 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.29%) Black Duck
10 16 (1.29%) Coverity
10 16 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
10 16 (1.29%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.21%) Juniper
12 14 (1.13%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.05%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.05%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.97%) SAP
15 11 (0.88%) Oracle