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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 144 161
Rank change year-on-year +50 +17 -57
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,498 860 1,505
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.85% 2.20% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.35% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 616 1,207
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,375 £49,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +9.81% -5.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 60,165 36,570 71,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.33% 93.39% 85.20%
Number of salaries quoted 38,947 20,678 53,805
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,338 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 May 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 May 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 +37 761 £85,000 -5.56% 277
North of England +12 273 £67,374 -3.75% 159
South East +25 162 £70,000 -6.67% 135
North West +41 153 £74,301 +2.48% 75
South West -13 105 £66,250 -7.97% 72
Midlands +32 100 £70,000 - 40
Yorkshire -32 86 £65,288 +2.41% 46
West Midlands -5 54 £70,000 - 25
East Midlands +2 44 £67,750 +4.23% 15
East of England +17 42 £60,100 -10.96% 24
North East -18 34 £48,445 -19.59% 38
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 47 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (2.07%) Apache
3 26 (1.74%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.20%) Confluence
6 15 (1.00%) IIS
7 12 (0.80%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.33%) CMS
9 4 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.067%) Camunda
12 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.067%) nginx
12 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.60%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.27%) Weka
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.067%) Maya
5 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.067%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 896 (59.81%) AWS
2 828 (55.27%) Azure
3 290 (19.36%) GCP
3 290 (19.36%) GitHub
4 273 (18.22%) Serverless
5 268 (17.89%) Azure DevOps
6 235 (15.69%) AWS CloudFormation
7 201 (13.42%) GitHub Actions
8 150 (10.01%) AWS Lambda
9 134 (8.95%) Amazon S3
10 108 (7.21%) Entra ID
10 108 (7.21%) PaaS
11 104 (6.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 102 (6.81%) Amazon EKS
13 94 (6.28%) Datadog
14 90 (6.01%) Amazon EC2
15 88 (5.87%) SaaS
16 86 (5.74%) IaaS
17 84 (5.61%) Azure AKS
18 79 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 170 (11.35%) Firewall
2 92 (6.14%) DNS
3 75 (5.01%) VPN
4 66 (4.41%) TCP/IP
5 54 (3.60%) Broadband
6 48 (3.20%) WAN
7 44 (2.94%) Network Security
8 36 (2.40%) DHCP
9 27 (1.80%) LAN
10 26 (1.74%) HTTP
11 25 (1.67%) BGP
12 17 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (1.13%) SD-WAN
12 17 (1.13%) VLAN
13 15 (1.00%) Software-Defined Networking
14 13 (0.87%) DSL
15 11 (0.73%) Internet
16 8 (0.53%) OSPF
16 8 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.14%) NoSQL
2 109 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (5.47%) Amazon RDS
4 68 (4.54%) MongoDB
5 63 (4.21%) SQL Server
6 61 (4.07%) DynamoDB
7 49 (3.27%) Data Lake
8 47 (3.14%) Relational Database
9 39 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 32 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
11 30 (2.00%) Metadata
12 27 (1.80%) BigQuery
13 25 (1.67%) MySQL
14 22 (1.47%) Power BI
15 20 (1.34%) Delta Lake
15 20 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (1.20%) RDBMS
17 16 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
18 15 (1.00%) Spark SQL
19 14 (0.93%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 218 (14.55%) Jenkins
2 213 (14.22%) GitLab
3 197 (13.15%) Git
4 36 (2.40%) Bitbucket
4 36 (2.40%) CircleCI
5 35 (2.34%) JIRA
6 26 (1.74%) Cucumber
7 20 (1.34%) Jaeger
8 16 (1.07%) Selenium
9 14 (0.93%) SonarQube
10 12 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 12 (0.80%) MLflow
11 11 (0.73%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.67%) Subversion
13 9 (0.60%) Maven
13 9 (0.60%) Robot Framework
13 9 (0.60%) Vite
14 8 (0.53%) Storybook
15 7 (0.47%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 377 (25.17%) Social Skills
2 297 (19.83%) Finance
3 110 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (6.07%) Public Sector
5 87 (5.81%) Banking
6 57 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 55 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (3.67%) Retail
8 51 (3.40%) Law
9 36 (2.40%) Games
10 28 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.47%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.40%) Marketing
13 20 (1.34%) Billing
14 19 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.20%) Advertising
16 17 (1.13%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.00%) Electronics
17 15 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (0.80%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 337 (22.50%) Senior
2 243 (16.22%) DevOps Engineer
3 236 (15.75%) Cloud Engineer
4 203 (13.55%) Lead
5 155 (10.35%) Azure Engineer
6 147 (9.81%) Platform Engineer
7 133 (8.88%) Architect
8 131 (8.74%) Developer
9 113 (7.54%) AWS Engineer
10 111 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 85 (5.67%) Data Engineer
12 75 (5.01%) Software Engineer
13 72 (4.81%) Security Engineer
14 65 (4.34%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 60 (4.01%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 58 (3.87%) Senior DevOps
17 48 (3.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 46 (3.07%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 46 (3.07%) Python Engineer
18 46 (3.07%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.21%) React
2 104 (6.94%) Kafka
3 101 (6.74%) .NET
4 95 (6.34%) Node.js
5 92 (6.14%) RESTful
6 85 (5.67%) REST
7 71 (4.74%) Elastic Stack
8 66 (4.41%) Spring
9 65 (4.34%) YAML
10 63 (4.21%) AWS CDK
11 59 (3.94%) Spring Boot
12 52 (3.47%) ARM Templates
13 48 (3.20%) PySpark
14 46 (3.07%) OAuth
15 43 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
16 33 (2.20%) ASP.NET
17 32 (2.14%) Next.js
18 31 (2.07%) ASP.NET Core
19 29 (1.94%) OpenTelemetry
20 28 (1.87%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 357 (23.83%) Cloud Native
2 107 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (4.41%) Public Cloud
5 55 (3.67%) Security Posture
6 49 (3.27%) Data Centre
6 49 (3.27%) Product Ownership
7 45 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (2.20%) Onboarding
9 32 (2.14%) Video\Live Streaming
10 30 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
11 28 (1.87%) Low-Code
12 24 (1.60%) Blockchain
13 23 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.47%) Web3
15 21 (1.40%) Management Information System
15 21 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (1.20%) Hedge funds
17 18 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 312 (20.83%) Linux
2 156 (10.41%) Windows
3 70 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 52 (3.47%) Unix
5 34 (2.27%) Ubuntu
6 29 (1.94%) VMS
7 25 (1.67%) CentOS
7 25 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (0.73%) Android
9 10 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.40%) Debian
10 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.27%) SUSE
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.067%) Rocky
14 1 (0.067%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,020 (68.09%) CI/CD
2 885 (59.08%) DevOps
3 416 (27.77%) Containerisation
4 394 (26.30%) Agile
5 379 (25.30%) Observability
6 321 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 285 (19.03%) Platform Engineering
8 277 (18.49%) Mentoring
9 265 (17.69%) AI
10 262 (17.49%) Test Automation
11 233 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
12 226 (15.09%) Microservices
13 217 (14.49%) Software Engineering
14 205 (13.68%) Cloud Security
15 200 (13.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 182 (12.15%) Analytics
17 171 (11.42%) High Availability
18 166 (11.08%) DevSecOps
19 163 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
20 142 (9.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 696 (46.46%) Python
2 298 (19.89%) Bash
3 249 (16.62%) PowerShell
4 242 (16.15%) SQL
5 193 (12.88%) Java
6 166 (11.08%) Go
7 129 (8.61%) Bicep
8 126 (8.41%) JavaScript
9 124 (8.28%) TypeScript
10 99 (6.61%) C#
11 27 (1.80%) Rust
12 23 (1.54%) Scala
13 22 (1.47%) C++
14 19 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (0.87%) C
15 13 (0.87%) Groovy
16 10 (0.67%) PHP
17 8 (0.53%) Ruby
18 7 (0.47%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 267 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 171 (11.42%) SC Cleared
3 146 (9.75%) Degree
4 115 (7.68%) AWS Certification
5 86 (5.74%) DV Cleared
6 85 (5.67%) Azure Certification
7 61 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.94%) OSCP
11 27 (1.80%) CISSP
12 26 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.00%) CCNP
14 14 (0.93%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
15 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 12 (0.80%) CCNA
17 11 (0.73%) CCSK
18 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (4.67%) QA
2 61 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.81%) GDPR
4 47 (3.14%) SOC 2
5 44 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (2.27%) NIST
7 30 (2.00%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.67%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.67%) WCAG
10 9 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.47%) NCSC
12 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.27%) GRC
12 4 (0.27%) SLA
13 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS
13 2 (0.13%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 432 (28.84%) Docker
2 103 (6.88%) Active Directory
3 78 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (1.87%) vSphere
6 19 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.27%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.53%) Firmware
8 7 (0.47%) iptables
9 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.33%) Squid
11 4 (0.27%) KVM
12 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.13%) GPFS
13 2 (0.13%) Lustre
13 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.067%) vCloud
14 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,043 (69.63%) Terraform
2 604 (40.32%) Kubernetes
3 343 (22.90%) Ansible
4 200 (13.35%) Grafana
5 196 (13.08%) Prometheus
6 54 (3.60%) Argo
7 36 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 34 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (2.14%) Puppet
10 22 (1.47%) Kustomize
11 21 (1.40%) Progress Chef
12 18 (1.20%) Rancher
13 17 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (1.07%) Nagios
15 14 (0.93%) Istio
16 13 (0.87%) Packer
17 11 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
18 9 (0.60%) vCenter Server
18 9 (0.60%) ZABBIX
19 8 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 274 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 117 (7.81%) VMware
3 97 (6.48%) Google
4 71 (4.74%) Databricks
5 63 (4.21%) Red Hat
6 54 (3.60%) Cisco
7 47 (3.14%) Splunk
8 43 (2.87%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.60%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.47%) OpenAI
11 21 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
12 20 (1.34%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.20%) Dynatrace
13 18 (1.20%) Fortinet
14 16 (1.07%) Oracle
15 13 (0.87%) Juniper
15 13 (0.87%) SAP
16 12 (0.80%) Atlassian
17 11 (0.73%) CheckPoint
18 10 (0.67%) SolarWinds