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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 156 165
Rank change year-on-year +60 +9 -61
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,530 868 1,482
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.86% 2.20% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.36% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 615 1,203
10th Percentile £49,125 £49,600 £48,750
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 £89,375
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,700 £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 60,581 36,790 71,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 93.38% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 39,954 20,282 53,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £73,700
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -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 20 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 20 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 +37 770 £87,500 -2.78% 350
North of England +44 283 £67,249 -3.93% 164
South East +41 170 £70,000 -8.20% 173
North West +54 160 £72,000 -0.69% 84
South West -15 108 £69,200 -3.88% 87
Midlands +24 107 £69,000 -1.43% 38
Yorkshire -14 88 £65,576 +0.89% 44
West Midlands -9 56 £72,500 +3.57% 22
East Midlands +4 49 £67,500 +3.85% 16
East of England +1 41 £60,100 -7.54% 50
North East -14 35 £50,000 -17.01% 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 45 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
2 32 (2.09%) Apache
3 27 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (1.24%) Confluence
6 15 (0.98%) IIS
7 12 (0.78%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.33%) CMS
9 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.065%) Camunda
12 1 (0.065%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.065%) nginx
12 1 (0.065%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.065%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.72%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.26%) Weka
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.065%) Maya
5 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.065%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.065%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 903 (59.02%) AWS
2 834 (54.51%) Azure
3 294 (19.22%) GitHub
4 287 (18.76%) Serverless
5 283 (18.50%) GCP
6 266 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
7 243 (15.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 200 (13.07%) GitHub Actions
9 160 (10.46%) AWS Lambda
10 144 (9.41%) Amazon S3
11 114 (7.45%) PaaS
12 108 (7.06%) Entra ID
13 105 (6.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 104 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
15 99 (6.47%) Amazon EC2
16 93 (6.08%) Datadog
17 92 (6.01%) SaaS
18 90 (5.88%) IaaS
19 85 (5.56%) Azure AKS
20 80 (5.23%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 168 (10.98%) Firewall
2 94 (6.14%) DNS
3 72 (4.71%) VPN
4 64 (4.18%) TCP/IP
5 58 (3.79%) Broadband
6 47 (3.07%) Network Security
7 46 (3.01%) WAN
8 36 (2.35%) DHCP
9 32 (2.09%) BGP
10 26 (1.70%) LAN
11 22 (1.44%) HTTP
12 18 (1.18%) SD-WAN
12 18 (1.18%) VLAN
13 17 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (1.11%) Software-Defined Networking
14 14 (0.92%) OSPF
15 13 (0.85%) DSL
16 10 (0.65%) VXLAN
17 9 (0.59%) Internet
18 8 (0.52%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (7.84%) NoSQL
2 106 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
4 71 (4.64%) MongoDB
5 68 (4.44%) DynamoDB
6 62 (4.05%) SQL Server
7 48 (3.14%) Data Lake
8 47 (3.07%) Relational Database
9 38 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 31 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (2.03%) Metadata
11 26 (1.70%) BigQuery
12 21 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (1.37%) MySQL
13 19 (1.24%) Power BI
14 18 (1.18%) Delta Lake
14 18 (1.18%) RDBMS
15 16 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.05%) Spark SQL
16 15 (0.98%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 218 (14.25%) GitLab
2 213 (13.92%) Jenkins
3 203 (13.27%) Git
4 37 (2.42%) CircleCI
5 35 (2.29%) Bitbucket
6 31 (2.03%) JIRA
7 27 (1.76%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.31%) Jaeger
9 14 (0.92%) Selenium
9 14 (0.92%) SonarQube
10 13 (0.85%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 10 (0.65%) MLflow
13 9 (0.59%) Maven
13 9 (0.59%) Subversion
14 8 (0.52%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.52%) Storybook
15 7 (0.46%) JMeter
15 7 (0.46%) Vite
16 6 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 382 (24.97%) Social Skills
2 295 (19.28%) Finance
3 109 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (6.21%) Public Sector
5 91 (5.95%) Banking
6 58 (3.79%) Retail
7 57 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (3.07%) Telecoms
9 46 (3.01%) Law
10 36 (2.35%) Games
11 28 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 18 (1.18%) Billing
13 18 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.18%) Marketing
14 17 (1.11%) Advertising
15 16 (1.05%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.78%) Electronics
16 12 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 345 (22.55%) Senior
2 249 (16.27%) DevOps Engineer
3 239 (15.62%) Cloud Engineer
4 209 (13.66%) Lead
5 154 (10.07%) Azure Engineer
6 151 (9.87%) Platform Engineer
7 140 (9.15%) Architect
8 133 (8.69%) Developer
9 113 (7.39%) AWS Engineer
10 110 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 85 (5.56%) Data Engineer
12 83 (5.42%) Software Engineer
13 74 (4.84%) Security Engineer
14 67 (4.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 62 (4.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 59 (3.86%) Senior DevOps
17 53 (3.46%) Principal Engineer
18 49 (3.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 49 (3.20%) Senior Platform Engineer
19 47 (3.07%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (8.30%) React
2 108 (7.06%) .NET
3 107 (6.99%) Kafka
4 101 (6.60%) Node.js
5 92 (6.01%) RESTful
6 91 (5.95%) REST
7 72 (4.71%) YAML
8 67 (4.38%) Spring
9 66 (4.31%) Elastic Stack
10 63 (4.12%) AWS CDK
11 60 (3.92%) Spring Boot
12 53 (3.46%) ARM Templates
13 50 (3.27%) PySpark
14 47 (3.07%) OAuth
15 44 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (2.48%) ASP.NET
17 36 (2.35%) ASP.NET Core
18 32 (2.09%) JSON
19 31 (2.03%) Next.js
20 29 (1.90%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 365 (23.86%) Cloud Native
2 118 (7.71%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (5.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (4.31%) Public Cloud
5 55 (3.59%) Data Centre
6 50 (3.27%) Security Posture
7 49 (3.20%) Product Ownership
8 46 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (2.29%) Video\Live Streaming
10 34 (2.22%) Onboarding
11 28 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
12 27 (1.76%) Low-Code
13 25 (1.63%) Blockchain
14 23 (1.50%) Web3
15 22 (1.44%) PKI
16 21 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
16 21 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
17 20 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
18 19 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (1.24%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 315 (20.59%) Linux
2 155 (10.13%) Windows
3 75 (4.90%) Windows Server
4 49 (3.20%) Unix
5 40 (2.61%) Ubuntu
6 29 (1.90%) CentOS
7 26 (1.70%) VMS
8 24 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.72%) Android
10 10 (0.65%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.46%) Debian
11 7 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.20%) SUSE
14 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.065%) Rocky
15 1 (0.065%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,051 (68.69%) CI/CD
2 896 (58.56%) DevOps
3 412 (26.93%) Containerisation
4 408 (26.67%) Agile
5 386 (25.23%) Observability
6 316 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 305 (19.93%) Platform Engineering
8 301 (19.67%) Mentoring
9 281 (18.37%) AI
10 272 (17.78%) Test Automation
11 240 (15.69%) Microservices
12 232 (15.16%) Software Engineering
13 227 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
14 206 (13.46%) Cloud Security
15 204 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 185 (12.09%) Technical Leadership
17 179 (11.70%) Analytics
18 173 (11.31%) High Availability
19 165 (10.78%) DevSecOps
20 146 (9.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 702 (45.88%) Python
2 290 (18.95%) Bash
3 249 (16.27%) PowerShell
4 242 (15.82%) SQL
5 197 (12.88%) Java
6 167 (10.92%) Go
7 134 (8.76%) JavaScript
7 134 (8.76%) TypeScript
8 125 (8.17%) Bicep
9 105 (6.86%) C#
10 29 (1.90%) Rust
11 22 (1.44%) C++
11 22 (1.44%) Scala
12 16 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.98%) Groovy
14 14 (0.92%) PHP
15 13 (0.85%) C
16 9 (0.59%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.52%) Ruby
18 7 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 280 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 183 (11.96%) SC Cleared
3 144 (9.41%) Degree
4 121 (7.91%) AWS Certification
5 85 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 84 (5.49%) DV Cleared
7 57 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (1.83%) OSCP
11 22 (1.44%) CISSP
12 16 (1.05%) CCNP
13 15 (0.98%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.85%) CCNA
14 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 12 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
16 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 10 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.71%) QA
2 59 (3.86%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.46%) GDPR
4 47 (3.07%) SOC 2
5 46 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (2.16%) NIST
7 29 (1.90%) PCI DSS
8 23 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.72%) WCAG
10 8 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.39%) GRC
12 5 (0.33%) NCSC
12 5 (0.33%) SLA
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.13%) IFRS
14 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.065%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 428 (27.97%) Docker
2 102 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 80 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (1.96%) vSphere
6 20 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 17 (1.11%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.46%) iptables
9 6 (0.39%) Firmware
9 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.39%) Squid
9 6 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.26%) KVM
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,068 (69.80%) Terraform
2 608 (39.74%) Kubernetes
3 339 (22.16%) Ansible
4 193 (12.61%) Grafana
5 190 (12.42%) Prometheus
6 54 (3.53%) Argo
7 37 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 34 (2.22%) Puppet
8 34 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (1.50%) Progress Chef
10 22 (1.44%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.11%) Nagios
12 16 (1.05%) Rancher
13 15 (0.98%) Istio
14 14 (0.92%) Packer
15 10 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
15 10 (0.65%) vCenter Server
15 10 (0.65%) ZABBIX
16 8 (0.52%) logstash
Vendors
1 280 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 115 (7.52%) VMware
3 95 (6.21%) Google
4 70 (4.58%) Databricks
5 65 (4.25%) Red Hat
6 55 (3.59%) Cisco
7 46 (3.01%) Palo Alto
8 45 (2.94%) Splunk
9 24 (1.57%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.44%) OpenAI
11 21 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 20 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
12 20 (1.31%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.24%) Dynatrace
14 18 (1.18%) Oracle
15 12 (0.78%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.78%) F5
16 11 (0.72%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.72%) Juniper
17 10 (0.65%) SolarWinds