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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 123 131
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 -32
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,131 1,076 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.88% 2.45% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.64% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 800 681 1,247
10th Percentile £46,446 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £112,500
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 47,788 40,729 58,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.33% 92.55% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29,331 20,236 46,053
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,984 £46,250 £40,058
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,875 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 19 February 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 February 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 +19 554 £85,000 -5.56% 237
North of England -17 215 £67,500 +5.47% 121
South East +5 125 £75,000 +9.09% 132
Yorkshire -13 93 £62,500 +13.64% 42
North West -19 92 £71,500 +5.93% 64
South West -13 85 £62,500 -13.18% 54
Midlands 0 66 £65,250 +0.38% 39
West Midlands -6 35 £65,000 -7.14% 29
East of England +24 31 £65,000 -10.34% 9
North East -3 30 £49,222 -11.71% 15
East Midlands +1 29 £67,500 +3.85% 10
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 52 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.36%) Apache
3 23 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.24%) Confluence
6 13 (1.15%) IIS
7 11 (0.97%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
9 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.18%) CMS
10 2 (0.18%) nginx
10 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.088%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Weka
2 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.088%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.088%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.088%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.088%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 719 (63.57%) AWS
2 630 (55.70%) Azure
3 251 (22.19%) GCP
3 251 (22.19%) GitHub
4 245 (21.66%) Azure DevOps
5 204 (18.04%) Serverless
6 197 (17.42%) AWS CloudFormation
7 172 (15.21%) GitHub Actions
8 130 (11.49%) AWS Lambda
9 115 (10.17%) Amazon S3
10 105 (9.28%) SaaS
11 103 (9.11%) PaaS
12 90 (7.96%) Entra ID
13 89 (7.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 85 (7.52%) Amazon EKS
15 70 (6.19%) IaaS
16 67 (5.92%) Amazon EC2
17 66 (5.84%) Datadog
18 64 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
19 62 (5.48%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 141 (12.47%) Firewall
2 78 (6.90%) VPN
3 76 (6.72%) DNS
4 56 (4.95%) TCP/IP
5 43 (3.80%) WAN
6 31 (2.74%) Broadband
7 30 (2.65%) DHCP
7 30 (2.65%) Network Security
8 19 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (1.59%) BGP
9 18 (1.59%) VLAN
10 16 (1.41%) Internet
10 16 (1.41%) LAN
11 15 (1.33%) HTTP
12 11 (0.97%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.80%) DSL
14 8 (0.71%) SAN
15 7 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
16 6 (0.53%) OSPF
16 6 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.22%) NoSQL
2 73 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
3 69 (6.10%) Amazon RDS
4 51 (4.51%) SQL Server
5 49 (4.33%) DynamoDB
6 37 (3.27%) Data Lake
7 33 (2.92%) MongoDB
8 31 (2.74%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.39%) MySQL
10 25 (2.21%) BigQuery
11 24 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
13 22 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.95%) Redis
14 19 (1.68%) Metadata
14 19 (1.68%) RDBMS
15 17 (1.50%) Power BI
16 16 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (1.41%) Big Data
17 13 (1.15%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 184 (16.27%) Jenkins
2 147 (13.00%) Git
3 134 (11.85%) GitLab
4 29 (2.56%) JIRA
5 25 (2.21%) CircleCI
5 25 (2.21%) Selenium
6 24 (2.12%) Robot Framework
7 22 (1.95%) Bitbucket
8 21 (1.86%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.59%) Snyk
10 17 (1.50%) MLflow
11 14 (1.24%) Cucumber
12 13 (1.15%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.97%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.71%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.71%) JMeter
14 8 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.71%) Subversion
15 7 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (0.53%) Storybook
General
1 324 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 249 (22.02%) Finance
3 114 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.98%) Banking
5 67 (5.92%) Law
5 67 (5.92%) Public Sector
6 53 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (4.33%) Retail
8 48 (4.24%) Telecoms
9 35 (3.09%) Financial Institution
10 23 (2.03%) Billing
11 21 (1.86%) Back Office
11 21 (1.86%) Marketing
12 20 (1.77%) Games
13 18 (1.59%) Legal
13 18 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.41%) Advertising
14 16 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.24%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 228 (20.16%) Senior
2 189 (16.71%) Cloud Engineer
3 175 (15.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 135 (11.94%) Lead
5 113 (9.99%) Platform Engineer
6 108 (9.55%) Developer
7 105 (9.28%) Azure Engineer
8 100 (8.84%) Architect
9 87 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 82 (7.25%) AWS Engineer
11 55 (4.86%) Software Engineer
12 49 (4.33%) Data Engineer
13 47 (4.16%) Security Engineer
14 42 (3.71%) Senior DevOps
15 37 (3.27%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 35 (3.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 35 (3.09%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 33 (2.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 31 (2.74%) GCP Engineer
19 30 (2.65%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (9.81%) React
2 81 (7.16%) .NET
3 71 (6.28%) Node.js
4 68 (6.01%) RESTful
5 65 (5.75%) Elastic Stack
6 61 (5.39%) Kafka
7 54 (4.77%) AWS CDK
8 47 (4.16%) Spring
9 43 (3.80%) Spring Boot
10 41 (3.63%) YAML
11 40 (3.54%) REST
12 35 (3.09%) ARM Templates
13 34 (3.01%) Django
14 31 (2.74%) CSS
14 31 (2.74%) FastAPI
15 30 (2.65%) .NET Core
16 28 (2.48%) HTML
17 26 (2.30%) RabbitMQ
18 25 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
19 22 (1.95%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 269 (23.78%) Cloud Native
2 75 (6.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.04%) Public Cloud
4 50 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 48 (4.24%) Security Posture
6 43 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (3.09%) Onboarding
8 33 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (2.39%) Management Information System
11 26 (2.30%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.50%) Hedge funds
13 17 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.33%) Blog
15 14 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
16 13 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (1.15%) Data Structures
16 13 (1.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 249 (22.02%) Linux
2 114 (10.08%) Windows
3 64 (5.66%) Unix
4 41 (3.63%) Windows Server
5 32 (2.83%) VMS
6 27 (2.39%) Ubuntu
7 19 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (1.24%) CentOS
8 14 (1.24%) Debian
9 9 (0.80%) Android
9 9 (0.80%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.27%) SUSE
13 2 (0.18%) Solaris
13 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.088%) Rocky
14 1 (0.088%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (67.64%) CI/CD
2 709 (62.69%) DevOps
3 325 (28.74%) Agile
4 319 (28.21%) Containerisation
5 239 (21.13%) Observability
6 223 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 223 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
7 200 (17.68%) Mentoring
8 177 (15.65%) AI
8 177 (15.65%) Platform Engineering
9 168 (14.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 159 (14.06%) Software Engineering
11 157 (13.88%) Cloud Security
12 143 (12.64%) Microservices
13 137 (12.11%) Test Automation
14 136 (12.02%) Analytics
15 130 (11.49%) DevSecOps
16 128 (11.32%) High Availability
17 115 (10.17%) Incident Response
18 113 (9.99%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 505 (44.65%) Python
2 219 (19.36%) Bash
3 178 (15.74%) PowerShell
4 170 (15.03%) SQL
5 143 (12.64%) Java
6 125 (11.05%) Go
7 111 (9.81%) Bicep
8 109 (9.64%) JavaScript
9 93 (8.22%) TypeScript
10 68 (6.01%) C#
11 16 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 16 (1.41%) Scala
12 15 (1.33%) Rust
13 14 (1.24%) C++
14 9 (0.80%) C
15 8 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.62%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.53%) Ruby
18 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 199 (17.60%) Security Cleared
2 118 (10.43%) SC Cleared
3 103 (9.11%) AWS Certification
4 101 (8.93%) Degree
5 86 (7.60%) DV Cleared
6 68 (6.01%) Azure Certification
7 42 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (2.56%) CISSP
10 26 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.77%) OSCP
12 16 (1.41%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
14 11 (0.97%) CCSK
15 10 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (0.71%) CCNP
18 7 (0.62%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
18 7 (0.62%) CISM
18 7 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (4.33%) GDPR
3 43 (3.80%) SOC 2
4 40 (3.54%) QA
5 38 (3.36%) NIST
6 37 (3.27%) Data Quality
7 34 (3.01%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.77%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.80%) SLA
11 7 (0.62%) WCAG
12 6 (0.53%) GRC
13 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.44%) NCSC
14 4 (0.35%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
System Software
1 368 (32.54%) Docker
2 82 (7.25%) Active Directory
3 60 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.86%) Hyper-V
6 17 (1.50%) vSphere
7 14 (1.24%) VMware NSX
8 13 (1.15%) Firmware
9 6 (0.53%) KVM
9 6 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.35%) NFS
10 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.27%) iptables
11 3 (0.27%) vCloud
12 2 (0.18%) GPFS
12 2 (0.18%) Lustre
12 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.18%) XenApp
12 2 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 802 (70.91%) Terraform
2 447 (39.52%) Kubernetes
3 297 (26.26%) Ansible
4 163 (14.41%) Prometheus
5 149 (13.17%) Grafana
6 46 (4.07%) Argo
7 31 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 24 (2.12%) Puppet
9 20 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.68%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.50%) Rancher
12 14 (1.24%) Progress Chef
13 12 (1.06%) SCCM
14 11 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
15 10 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.80%) AWS Copilot
17 8 (0.71%) Nagios
18 7 (0.62%) Istio
19 6 (0.53%) linkerd
19 6 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 192 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.20%) Google
3 94 (8.31%) VMware
4 42 (3.71%) Databricks
5 39 (3.45%) Cisco
6 38 (3.36%) Red Hat
7 36 (3.18%) Splunk
8 35 (3.09%) Palo Alto
9 23 (2.03%) Zscaler
10 18 (1.59%) Black Duck
10 18 (1.59%) Coverity
11 15 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
11 15 (1.33%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.15%) Atlassian
12 13 (1.15%) Oracle
13 12 (1.06%) Juniper
14 11 (0.97%) New Relic
14 11 (0.97%) SAP
14 11 (0.97%) SolarWinds
15 10 (0.88%) CyberArk