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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 138 162
Rank change year-on-year +32 +24 -56
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,366 853 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 2.28% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.45% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 925 620 1,204
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,677 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £114,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 58,933 34,823 70,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.34% 92.97% 85.77%
Number of salaries quoted 37,117 20,713 53,660
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +44 682 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -3 260 £67,500 -0.74% 138
South East +4 144 £71,250 -5.00% 136
North West +7 133 £72,500 - 78
South West -9 104 £65,000 -9.71% 73
Yorkshire -13 98 £65,000 +8.33% 24
Midlands +3 83 £67,500 -3.57% 41
East Midlands -15 43 £67,750 +4.23% 9
East of England -13 39 £61,300 -9.19% 49
West Midlands -20 38 £67,500 -3.57% 32
North East -27 29 £48,445 -15.01% 36
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 43 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.42%) Apache
3 24 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.17%) Confluence
5 16 (1.17%) IIS
6 10 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.29%) CMS
8 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.073%) Camunda
10 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.073%) nginx
10 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.29%) Weka
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Maya
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 835 (61.13%) AWS
2 746 (54.61%) Azure
3 281 (20.57%) GitHub
4 277 (20.28%) GCP
5 265 (19.40%) Serverless
6 256 (18.74%) Azure DevOps
7 221 (16.18%) AWS CloudFormation
8 198 (14.49%) GitHub Actions
9 148 (10.83%) AWS Lambda
10 131 (9.59%) Amazon S3
11 105 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
12 104 (7.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 101 (7.39%) Entra ID
14 97 (7.10%) PaaS
15 93 (6.81%) Datadog
16 85 (6.22%) SaaS
17 83 (6.08%) Amazon EC2
18 77 (5.64%) IaaS
19 72 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
20 71 (5.20%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 167 (12.23%) Firewall
2 88 (6.44%) DNS
3 74 (5.42%) VPN
4 65 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 48 (3.51%) WAN
6 38 (2.78%) Broadband
6 38 (2.78%) Network Security
7 33 (2.42%) DHCP
8 28 (2.05%) LAN
9 26 (1.90%) HTTP
10 22 (1.61%) BGP
11 16 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (1.10%) VLAN
13 14 (1.02%) SD-WAN
14 13 (0.95%) DSL
15 12 (0.88%) Internet
16 11 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
16 11 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.59%) Wireless
18 6 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (8.42%) NoSQL
2 92 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (5.71%) Amazon RDS
4 63 (4.61%) DynamoDB
5 61 (4.47%) SQL Server
6 47 (3.44%) MongoDB
7 43 (3.15%) Relational Database
8 38 (2.78%) Data Lake
9 33 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 31 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
11 26 (1.90%) MySQL
12 24 (1.76%) BigQuery
13 22 (1.61%) Metadata
13 22 (1.61%) Power BI
14 19 (1.39%) RDBMS
15 18 (1.32%) Delta Lake
16 17 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
18 13 (0.95%) Redis
19 12 (0.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 203 (14.86%) Jenkins
2 190 (13.91%) GitLab
3 185 (13.54%) Git
4 36 (2.64%) Bitbucket
5 34 (2.49%) JIRA
6 33 (2.42%) CircleCI
7 21 (1.54%) Cucumber
7 21 (1.54%) Jaeger
8 18 (1.32%) Selenium
9 13 (0.95%) MLflow
9 13 (0.95%) SonarQube
10 12 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 12 (0.88%) Robot Framework
11 11 (0.81%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.73%) Subversion
13 9 (0.66%) Vite
14 8 (0.59%) JMeter
14 8 (0.59%) Storybook
15 7 (0.51%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 367 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 284 (20.79%) Finance
3 117 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (6.15%) Banking
4 84 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 57 (4.17%) Retail
6 56 (4.10%) Telecoms
7 55 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (3.95%) Law
9 24 (1.76%) Manufacturing
10 22 (1.61%) Marketing
11 21 (1.54%) Advertising
11 21 (1.54%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.54%) Billing
11 21 (1.54%) Games
12 17 (1.24%) Financial Institution
13 16 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.10%) Electronics
15 14 (1.02%) Back Office
15 14 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 300 (21.96%) Senior
2 222 (16.25%) DevOps Engineer
3 219 (16.03%) Cloud Engineer
4 187 (13.69%) Lead
5 132 (9.66%) Azure Engineer
6 124 (9.08%) Developer
7 116 (8.49%) Platform Engineer
8 114 (8.35%) Architect
9 107 (7.83%) AWS Engineer
10 106 (7.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 73 (5.34%) Software Engineer
12 69 (5.05%) Data Engineer
13 67 (4.90%) Security Engineer
14 57 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
15 55 (4.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 47 (3.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 47 (3.44%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 47 (3.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 42 (3.07%) Python Engineer
18 38 (2.78%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (9.44%) React
2 95 (6.95%) Node.js
3 90 (6.59%) .NET
4 84 (6.15%) Kafka
5 79 (5.78%) RESTful
6 77 (5.64%) REST
7 72 (5.27%) Elastic Stack
8 65 (4.76%) AWS CDK
9 63 (4.61%) Spring
10 59 (4.32%) YAML
11 55 (4.03%) Spring Boot
12 50 (3.66%) ARM Templates
13 44 (3.22%) OAuth
14 43 (3.15%) RabbitMQ
15 37 (2.71%) PySpark
16 36 (2.64%) FastAPI
17 32 (2.34%) Next.js
18 30 (2.20%) .NET Core
18 30 (2.20%) OpenTelemetry
19 29 (2.12%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 317 (23.21%) Cloud Native
2 85 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 71 (5.20%) Distributed Systems
4 55 (4.03%) Public Cloud
5 54 (3.95%) Security Posture
6 48 (3.51%) Product Ownership
7 40 (2.93%) Data Centre
7 40 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
8 31 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 30 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.68%) Blockchain
10 23 (1.68%) Management Information System
11 21 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.46%) Web3
13 19 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
14 18 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
14 18 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.32%) Hedge funds
14 18 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 289 (21.16%) Linux
2 147 (10.76%) Windows
3 64 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 54 (3.95%) Unix
5 33 (2.42%) Ubuntu
6 29 (2.12%) VMS
7 24 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 23 (1.68%) CentOS
9 13 (0.95%) Android
10 12 (0.88%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.51%) Debian
12 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.29%) SUSE
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.073%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.073%) Rocky
15 1 (0.073%) Solaris
15 1 (0.073%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 914 (66.91%) CI/CD
2 831 (60.83%) DevOps
3 400 (29.28%) Containerisation
4 371 (27.16%) Agile
5 335 (24.52%) Observability
6 289 (21.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 261 (19.11%) Mentoring
8 239 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
9 233 (17.06%) Platform Engineering
10 219 (16.03%) Test Automation
11 215 (15.74%) AI
12 207 (15.15%) Microservices
13 199 (14.57%) Software Engineering
14 195 (14.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 186 (13.62%) Cloud Security
16 165 (12.08%) Analytics
17 158 (11.57%) High Availability
18 152 (11.13%) DevSecOps
19 145 (10.61%) Technical Leadership
20 139 (10.18%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 625 (45.75%) Python
2 274 (20.06%) Bash
3 226 (16.54%) PowerShell
3 226 (16.54%) SQL
4 177 (12.96%) Java
5 153 (11.20%) Go
6 125 (9.15%) Bicep
7 122 (8.93%) JavaScript
8 118 (8.64%) TypeScript
9 79 (5.78%) C#
10 22 (1.61%) Rust
11 21 (1.54%) C++
12 20 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
13 19 (1.39%) Scala
14 13 (0.95%) C
15 10 (0.73%) Groovy
16 9 (0.66%) Ruby
17 8 (0.59%) PHP
17 8 (0.59%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 230 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 143 (10.47%) SC Cleared
3 136 (9.96%) Degree
4 111 (8.13%) AWS Certification
5 84 (6.15%) DV Cleared
6 75 (5.49%) Azure Certification
7 58 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 28 (2.05%) CISSP
9 28 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.05%) OSCP
10 22 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
12 13 (0.95%) CCNP
12 13 (0.95%) DBS Check
12 13 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 11 (0.81%) CCNA
14 11 (0.81%) CCSK
15 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (4.54%) QA
2 55 (4.03%) GDPR
3 51 (3.73%) Data Quality
4 48 (3.51%) SOC 2
5 47 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (2.78%) NIST
7 33 (2.42%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.76%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.66%) WCAG
11 6 (0.44%) GRC
11 6 (0.44%) NCSC
12 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.37%) SLA
13 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.073%) IFRS
14 1 (0.073%) MiFID
System Software
1 420 (30.75%) Docker
2 96 (7.03%) Active Directory
3 71 (5.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.83%) vSphere
6 19 (1.39%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.32%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.66%) Firmware
9 6 (0.44%) iptables
10 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
12 3 (0.22%) Squid
12 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.15%) GPFS
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
13 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.073%) vCloud
14 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 951 (69.62%) Terraform
2 560 (41.00%) Kubernetes
3 320 (23.43%) Ansible
4 186 (13.62%) Prometheus
5 185 (13.54%) Grafana
6 55 (4.03%) Argo
7 34 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
9 26 (1.90%) Puppet
10 23 (1.68%) Kustomize
11 18 (1.32%) Progress Chef
12 17 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (1.24%) Rancher
13 14 (1.02%) Istio
13 14 (1.02%) Nagios
14 11 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
14 11 (0.81%) Packer
15 8 (0.59%) logstash
15 8 (0.59%) Proxmox
15 8 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 241 (17.64%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.83%) VMware
3 97 (7.10%) Google
4 59 (4.32%) Red Hat
5 57 (4.17%) Databricks
6 51 (3.73%) Cisco
7 45 (3.29%) Splunk
8 38 (2.78%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.61%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
11 20 (1.46%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.32%) Dynatrace
12 18 (1.32%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.17%) Oracle
14 14 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 14 (1.02%) Juniper
15 13 (0.95%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.88%) SolarWinds
17 10 (0.73%) CyberArk
17 10 (0.73%) SAP