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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 129 116
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 -22
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,013 1,101 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.86% 2.30% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.52% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 737 682 1,196
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £74,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +2.76% -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 43,923 43,618 49,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.63% 91.16% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 26,498 21,317 38,753
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,400 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +12 481 £83,438 -7.29% 282
North of England -8 204 £70,000 +12.00% 239
South East +12 108 £75,000 +15.38% 347
Yorkshire -12 91 £69,000 +28.37% 106
North West +8 87 £70,039 +0.06% 100
South West -8 81 £63,225 -12.18% 190
Midlands +8 58 £67,000 +0.37% 145
West Midlands +7 35 £65,000 -7.14% 48
East of England +23 28 £75,000 +3.45% 136
North East -2 26 £65,000 +33.33% 34
East Midlands +7 21 £67,750 +4.23% 90
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 (4.54%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (3.55%) Apache
3 21 (2.07%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.58%) Confluence
6 9 (0.89%) IIS
6 9 (0.89%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.30%) Appian
7 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.20%) nginx
9 1 (0.099%) CMS
9 1 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.099%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.39%) Weka
2 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.099%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.099%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 637 (62.88%) AWS
2 579 (57.16%) Azure
3 235 (23.20%) GitHub
4 230 (22.70%) Azure DevOps
5 221 (21.82%) GCP
6 180 (17.77%) Serverless
7 169 (16.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 151 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
9 122 (12.04%) AWS Lambda
10 104 (10.27%) Amazon S3
11 90 (8.88%) SaaS
12 79 (7.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 78 (7.70%) PaaS
14 66 (6.52%) Amazon EKS
15 64 (6.32%) Entra ID
16 62 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
17 59 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
18 58 (5.73%) Azure Monitor
19 57 (5.63%) Amazon ECS
20 54 (5.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 120 (11.85%) Firewall
2 70 (6.91%) DNS
3 68 (6.71%) VPN
4 46 (4.54%) TCP/IP
4 46 (4.54%) WAN
5 29 (2.86%) DHCP
5 29 (2.86%) Network Security
6 24 (2.37%) LAN
7 23 (2.27%) Broadband
7 23 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (1.58%) BGP
8 16 (1.58%) Internet
9 13 (1.28%) SD-WAN
9 13 (1.28%) VLAN
10 9 (0.89%) SAN
10 9 (0.89%) VoIP
11 8 (0.79%) AMQP
11 8 (0.79%) Wireless
12 7 (0.69%) HTTP
12 7 (0.69%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.29%) NoSQL
2 67 (6.61%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
4 47 (4.64%) DynamoDB
4 47 (4.64%) SQL Server
5 41 (4.05%) Data Lake
6 35 (3.46%) MongoDB
7 29 (2.86%) Relational Database
8 28 (2.76%) BigQuery
9 25 (2.47%) MySQL
10 21 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
12 19 (1.88%) RDBMS
13 18 (1.78%) Redis
14 17 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.58%) Big Data
15 16 (1.58%) Power BI
16 13 (1.28%) Delta Lake
17 11 (1.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 175 (17.28%) Jenkins
2 147 (14.51%) Git
3 111 (10.96%) GitLab
4 29 (2.86%) JIRA
5 25 (2.47%) Selenium
6 24 (2.37%) Robot Framework
7 21 (2.07%) Bitbucket
7 21 (2.07%) Jaeger
8 18 (1.78%) Snyk
9 17 (1.68%) MLflow
10 16 (1.58%) CircleCI
11 14 (1.38%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.09%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.89%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.79%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.79%) JMeter
15 7 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.69%) Subversion
15 7 (0.69%) Vite
16 5 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 290 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 219 (21.62%) Finance
3 87 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (6.02%) Banking
5 53 (5.23%) Law
6 50 (4.94%) Public Sector
7 41 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 36 (3.55%) Retail
9 28 (2.76%) Financial Institution
10 24 (2.37%) Games
11 20 (1.97%) Marketing
12 19 (1.88%) Billing
12 19 (1.88%) Legal
13 17 (1.68%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.38%) Back Office
15 13 (1.28%) Advertising
16 12 (1.18%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.18%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 201 (19.84%) Senior
2 161 (15.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 157 (15.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 123 (12.14%) Lead
5 104 (10.27%) Developer
5 104 (10.27%) Platform Engineer
6 94 (9.28%) Architect
7 86 (8.49%) Azure Engineer
8 62 (6.12%) AWS Engineer
9 61 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 47 (4.64%) Software Engineer
11 45 (4.44%) Data Engineer
12 38 (3.75%) Senior DevOps
13 37 (3.65%) Security Engineer
14 35 (3.46%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 33 (3.26%) Lead DevOps
16 30 (2.96%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 29 (2.86%) GCP Engineer
18 28 (2.76%) Operations Engineer
19 27 (2.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (10.37%) React
2 82 (8.09%) .NET
3 64 (6.32%) Node.js
4 61 (6.02%) RESTful
5 60 (5.92%) Elastic Stack
6 48 (4.74%) Kafka
7 45 (4.44%) AWS CDK
8 39 (3.85%) Spring
9 36 (3.55%) REST
9 36 (3.55%) YAML
10 35 (3.46%) ARM Templates
11 34 (3.36%) Spring Boot
12 31 (3.06%) Django
12 31 (3.06%) FastAPI
13 30 (2.96%) .NET Core
14 28 (2.76%) CSS
15 27 (2.67%) HTML
16 26 (2.57%) OpenTelemetry
17 24 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
18 19 (1.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 246 (24.28%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (5.13%) Public Cloud
4 50 (4.94%) Data Centre
5 38 (3.75%) Security Posture
6 31 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.07%) Product Ownership
10 17 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.28%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.28%) Hedge funds
12 13 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.18%) Distributed Architecture
13 12 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (1.18%) Private Cloud
14 11 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 238 (23.49%) Linux
2 110 (10.86%) Windows
3 56 (5.53%) Unix
4 39 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 26 (2.57%) VMS
6 25 (2.47%) Ubuntu
7 19 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.48%) Debian
9 11 (1.09%) CentOS
10 6 (0.59%) Android
10 6 (0.59%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.30%) SUSE
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.20%) Solaris
13 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.099%) Rocky
14 1 (0.099%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (67.72%) CI/CD
2 655 (64.66%) DevOps
3 299 (29.52%) Agile
4 285 (28.13%) Containerisation
5 203 (20.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 203 (20.04%) Observability
6 200 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (16.78%) Mentoring
8 160 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
9 141 (13.92%) Cloud Security
10 139 (13.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 138 (13.62%) AI
11 138 (13.62%) Software Engineering
12 127 (12.54%) Microservices
13 122 (12.04%) Analytics
14 118 (11.65%) High Availability
15 113 (11.15%) DevSecOps
16 111 (10.96%) Test Automation
17 108 (10.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 104 (10.27%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 445 (43.93%) Python
2 190 (18.76%) Bash
3 166 (16.39%) PowerShell
4 156 (15.40%) SQL
5 118 (11.65%) Java
6 115 (11.35%) Bicep
7 103 (10.17%) JavaScript
8 100 (9.87%) Go
9 88 (8.69%) TypeScript
10 68 (6.71%) C#
11 14 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (1.38%) Scala
12 11 (1.09%) C++
12 11 (1.09%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.89%) C
14 8 (0.79%) Rust
15 6 (0.59%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.30%) Ruby
18 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 178 (17.57%) Security Cleared
2 104 (10.27%) SC Cleared
3 99 (9.77%) AWS Certification
4 85 (8.39%) Degree
5 84 (8.29%) DV Cleared
6 68 (6.71%) Azure Certification
7 36 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (2.37%) CISSP
9 24 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (1.88%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.58%) CCNP
12 15 (1.48%) OSCP
13 14 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.69%) CCSK
14 7 (0.69%) CISM
15 6 (0.59%) MCP
15 6 (0.59%) PhD
15 6 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (4.24%) GDPR
3 37 (3.65%) NIST
4 33 (3.26%) Data Quality
4 33 (3.26%) QA
5 30 (2.96%) SOC 2
6 22 (2.17%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.68%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.89%) SLA
11 6 (0.59%) GRC
12 5 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.49%) NCSC
12 5 (0.49%) WCAG
13 4 (0.39%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.20%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 354 (34.95%) Docker
2 70 (6.91%) Active Directory
3 59 (5.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.97%) Hyper-V
6 17 (1.68%) vSphere
7 13 (1.28%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.09%) Firmware
9 9 (0.89%) NFS
10 8 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.59%) KVM
13 4 (0.39%) vCloud
14 3 (0.30%) XenApp
14 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.20%) GPFS
15 2 (0.20%) iptables
15 2 (0.20%) Lustre
15 2 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.099%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 733 (72.36%) Terraform
2 420 (41.46%) Kubernetes
3 283 (27.94%) Ansible
4 150 (14.81%) Prometheus
5 130 (12.83%) Grafana
6 42 (4.15%) Argo
7 26 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.97%) Puppet
9 19 (1.88%) Kustomize
10 17 (1.68%) Rancher
11 16 (1.58%) SCCM
12 14 (1.38%) Progress Chef
13 12 (1.18%) Docker Swarm
14 11 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (0.89%) SCOM
16 7 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 7 (0.69%) ZABBIX
17 6 (0.59%) AWS Copilot
18 5 (0.49%) Nagios
18 5 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 186 (18.36%) Microsoft
2 96 (9.48%) Google
3 93 (9.18%) VMware
4 45 (4.44%) Cisco
5 41 (4.05%) Databricks
6 35 (3.46%) Splunk
7 33 (3.26%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.86%) Palo Alto
9 19 (1.88%) Zscaler
10 18 (1.78%) Black Duck
10 18 (1.78%) Coverity
11 16 (1.58%) Oracle
12 13 (1.28%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (1.18%) Salesforce
13 12 (1.18%) SAP
13 12 (1.18%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.09%) Juniper
15 10 (0.99%) New Relic
16 9 (0.89%) OpenAI