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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 130 160
Rank change year-on-year +22 +30 -56
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,296 861 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.79% 2.35% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.52% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 886 634 1,202
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £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 £96,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,875 £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 55,362 34,133 68,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.33% 93.17% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 34,854 20,495 52,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £99,116 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 6 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 6 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 +37 638 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -15 252 £70,000 +3.70% 159
South East +6 149 £70,000 -6.67% 123
North West -6 123 £73,801 +1.79% 84
South West -17 97 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -18 95 £65,000 +8.33% 47
Midlands -1 78 £67,500 +3.85% 47
East Midlands -16 39 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -11 37 £65,500 -6.43% 41
North East -8 34 £48,445 -15.75% 28
East of England -12 34 £62,500 -10.71% 35
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 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.55%) Apache
3 23 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.16%) Confluence
5 15 (1.16%) IIS
6 9 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.15%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.077%) Appian
9 1 (0.077%) Camunda
9 1 (0.077%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.077%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.31%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.31%) Weka
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.077%) Maya
3 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.077%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.077%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.077%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.077%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 820 (63.27%) AWS
2 704 (54.32%) Azure
3 289 (22.30%) GCP
4 279 (21.53%) GitHub
5 251 (19.37%) Serverless
6 246 (18.98%) Azure DevOps
7 220 (16.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 194 (14.97%) GitHub Actions
9 145 (11.19%) AWS Lambda
10 133 (10.26%) Amazon S3
11 105 (8.10%) Amazon EKS
12 100 (7.72%) PaaS
13 99 (7.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 98 (7.56%) SaaS
15 94 (7.25%) Datadog
15 94 (7.25%) Entra ID
16 81 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
17 68 (5.25%) Amazon ECS
17 68 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
18 65 (5.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 165 (12.73%) Firewall
2 83 (6.40%) DNS
3 72 (5.56%) VPN
4 70 (5.40%) TCP/IP
5 42 (3.24%) WAN
6 38 (2.93%) Broadband
7 37 (2.85%) Network Security
8 27 (2.08%) DHCP
9 22 (1.70%) HTTP
9 22 (1.70%) LAN
10 20 (1.54%) BGP
11 17 (1.31%) VLAN
12 16 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (1.00%) DSL
14 12 (0.93%) Internet
14 12 (0.93%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
15 9 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.62%) Wireless
17 5 (0.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.56%) NoSQL
2 94 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (6.48%) Amazon RDS
4 60 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 57 (4.40%) DynamoDB
6 43 (3.32%) MongoDB
7 41 (3.16%) Relational Database
8 39 (3.01%) Data Lake
9 32 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 29 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
11 27 (2.08%) MySQL
12 26 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (1.93%) Redis
14 24 (1.85%) BigQuery
15 21 (1.62%) Power BI
16 20 (1.54%) Metadata
17 19 (1.47%) RDBMS
18 17 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
19 15 (1.16%) Delta Lake
20 12 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 202 (15.59%) Jenkins
2 179 (13.81%) GitLab
3 174 (13.43%) Git
4 33 (2.55%) JIRA
5 32 (2.47%) Bitbucket
5 32 (2.47%) CircleCI
6 25 (1.93%) Selenium
7 24 (1.85%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.62%) Jaeger
8 21 (1.62%) Robot Framework
9 14 (1.08%) SonarQube
9 14 (1.08%) TeamCity
10 13 (1.00%) JMeter
10 13 (1.00%) MLflow
10 13 (1.00%) Snyk
11 10 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 9 (0.69%) Locust
13 8 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.62%) Storybook
13 8 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 354 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 277 (21.37%) Finance
3 120 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.56%) Banking
5 77 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 64 (4.94%) Law
7 63 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (4.78%) Retail
9 60 (4.63%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.31%) Financial Institution
11 26 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.85%) Marketing
13 23 (1.77%) Games
14 22 (1.70%) Billing
15 21 (1.62%) Back Office
16 20 (1.54%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.47%) Advertising
18 15 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.16%) Electronics
19 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 280 (21.60%) Senior
2 213 (16.44%) DevOps Engineer
3 202 (15.59%) Cloud Engineer
4 174 (13.43%) Lead
5 121 (9.34%) Developer
6 116 (8.95%) Azure Engineer
7 113 (8.72%) Platform Engineer
8 105 (8.10%) Architect
9 104 (8.02%) AWS Engineer
10 96 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 67 (5.17%) Software Engineer
12 64 (4.94%) Data Engineer
13 59 (4.55%) Security Engineer
14 53 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
15 47 (3.63%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 46 (3.55%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 44 (3.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 41 (3.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 40 (3.09%) AWS DevOps
19 40 (3.09%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (9.34%) React
2 88 (6.79%) .NET
3 85 (6.56%) Node.js
4 77 (5.94%) RESTful
5 76 (5.86%) Kafka
6 74 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
7 73 (5.63%) REST
8 62 (4.78%) Spring
9 61 (4.71%) AWS CDK
10 54 (4.17%) Spring Boot
11 53 (4.09%) YAML
12 42 (3.24%) Django
12 42 (3.24%) RabbitMQ
13 41 (3.16%) ARM Templates
14 38 (2.93%) FastAPI
15 37 (2.85%) CSS
16 35 (2.70%) OAuth
17 33 (2.55%) HTML
18 31 (2.39%) PySpark
19 30 (2.31%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 298 (22.99%) Cloud Native
2 81 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (4.40%) Security Posture
5 53 (4.09%) Public Cloud
6 45 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.40%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (2.31%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
12 23 (1.77%) Management Information System
13 21 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.54%) Blockchain
15 18 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
15 18 (1.39%) Hedge funds
15 18 (1.39%) Web3
16 17 (1.31%) Data Structures
16 17 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 295 (22.76%) Linux
2 144 (11.11%) Windows
3 67 (5.17%) Unix
4 55 (4.24%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.55%) Ubuntu
6 29 (2.24%) VMS
7 22 (1.70%) CentOS
7 22 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.93%) Android
9 11 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.62%) Debian
11 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.31%) SUSE
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.077%) Rocky
14 1 (0.077%) Solaris
14 1 (0.077%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (67.36%) CI/CD
2 791 (61.03%) DevOps
3 368 (28.40%) Containerisation
4 364 (28.09%) Agile
5 313 (24.15%) Observability
6 284 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 238 (18.36%) Mentoring
8 237 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
9 206 (15.90%) Platform Engineering
10 203 (15.66%) Test Automation
11 197 (15.20%) AI
12 190 (14.66%) Software Engineering
13 183 (14.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 179 (13.81%) Cloud Security
15 177 (13.66%) Microservices
16 150 (11.57%) DevSecOps
17 149 (11.50%) Analytics
18 142 (10.96%) High Availability
18 142 (10.96%) Incident Response
19 127 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 601 (46.37%) Python
2 262 (20.22%) Bash
3 215 (16.59%) SQL
4 208 (16.05%) PowerShell
5 171 (13.19%) Java
6 148 (11.42%) Go
7 120 (9.26%) JavaScript
8 116 (8.95%) Bicep
9 103 (7.95%) TypeScript
10 68 (5.25%) C#
11 19 (1.47%) Rust
12 18 (1.39%) C++
12 18 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.23%) Scala
14 11 (0.85%) C
15 10 (0.77%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.62%) Ruby
17 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.54%) Perl
18 6 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 230 (17.75%) Security Cleared
2 138 (10.65%) SC Cleared
3 121 (9.34%) Degree
4 106 (8.18%) AWS Certification
5 95 (7.33%) DV Cleared
6 68 (5.25%) Azure Certification
7 52 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.24%) OSCP
9 27 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (2.08%) CISSP
9 27 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
10 15 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (0.85%) CCSK
13 10 (0.77%) CCNP
13 10 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.54%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.09%) QA
2 54 (4.17%) GDPR
3 53 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (4.09%) SOC 2
4 47 (3.63%) Data Quality
5 40 (3.09%) NIST
5 40 (3.09%) PCI DSS
6 25 (1.93%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.85%) WCAG
8 9 (0.69%) SLA
9 7 (0.54%) GRC
10 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.46%) NCSC
11 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.31%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 421 (32.48%) Docker
2 83 (6.40%) Active Directory
3 64 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.85%) vSphere
6 19 (1.47%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.23%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.69%) Firmware
9 6 (0.46%) iptables
9 6 (0.46%) KVM
10 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.15%) GPFS
11 2 (0.15%) Lustre
11 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.077%) QEMU
12 1 (0.077%) Squid
12 1 (0.077%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 921 (71.06%) Terraform
2 525 (40.51%) Kubernetes
3 318 (24.54%) Ansible
4 183 (14.12%) Grafana
5 182 (14.04%) Prometheus
6 47 (3.63%) Argo
7 32 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 26 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
9 22 (1.70%) Puppet
10 19 (1.47%) Kustomize
11 15 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (1.08%) Nagios
12 14 (1.08%) Rancher
13 13 (1.00%) Progress Chef
14 11 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
15 10 (0.77%) Istio
16 9 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
17 8 (0.62%) Proxmox
17 8 (0.62%) vCenter Server
18 7 (0.54%) Packer
Vendors
1 215 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.18%) Google
3 100 (7.72%) VMware
4 52 (4.01%) Red Hat
5 50 (3.86%) Databricks
6 48 (3.70%) Cisco
7 45 (3.47%) Splunk
8 40 (3.09%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.70%) Zscaler
10 18 (1.39%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
12 15 (1.16%) Atlassian
12 15 (1.16%) Dynatrace
12 15 (1.16%) OpenAI
13 14 (1.08%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.08%) Juniper
13 14 (1.08%) Oracle
14 13 (1.00%) Black Duck
14 13 (1.00%) Coverity
15 12 (0.93%) SAP