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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 152 162
Rank change year-on-year +58 +10 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,521 867 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.86% 2.20% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.36% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 614 1,201
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,598 £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 £112,500 £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 60,234 36,782 71,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.77% 93.38% 84.92%
Number of salaries quoted 39,612 20,312 53,799
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 £73,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,684 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +8.52% -9.84%

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 17 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 17 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 +34 770 £87,500 -2.78% 259
North of England +35 277 £67,249 -3.93% 166
South East +37 168 £70,000 -6.67% 134
North West +54 157 £71,500 -1.38% 85
South West -3 106 £68,400 -4.99% 71
Midlands +22 103 £68,000 -2.86% 34
Yorkshire -22 86 £65,576 +0.89% 44
West Midlands -9 53 £70,079 +0.11% 20
East Midlands +1 48 £67,500 +3.85% 14
East of England -3 41 £60,100 -7.54% 27
North East -14 34 £49,222 -18.30% 37
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 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
2 32 (2.10%) Apache
3 26 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.31%) Confluence
6 15 (0.99%) IIS
7 12 (0.79%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.33%) CMS
9 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.066%) Camunda
12 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.066%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.066%) nginx
12 1 (0.066%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (0.66%) 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 (0.066%) Maya
5 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.066%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 897 (58.97%) AWS
2 832 (54.70%) Azure
3 291 (19.13%) GitHub
4 284 (18.67%) Serverless
5 282 (18.54%) GCP
6 266 (17.49%) Azure DevOps
7 239 (15.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 201 (13.21%) GitHub Actions
9 157 (10.32%) AWS Lambda
10 140 (9.20%) Amazon S3
11 114 (7.50%) PaaS
12 109 (7.17%) Entra ID
13 105 (6.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 104 (6.84%) Amazon EKS
15 96 (6.31%) Amazon EC2
15 96 (6.31%) Datadog
16 90 (5.92%) IaaS
17 89 (5.85%) SaaS
18 83 (5.46%) Azure AKS
19 81 (5.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 172 (11.31%) Firewall
2 95 (6.25%) DNS
3 73 (4.80%) VPN
4 64 (4.21%) TCP/IP
5 54 (3.55%) Broadband
6 47 (3.09%) WAN
7 46 (3.02%) Network Security
8 36 (2.37%) DHCP
9 32 (2.10%) BGP
10 26 (1.71%) LAN
11 22 (1.45%) HTTP
12 18 (1.18%) VLAN
13 17 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (1.12%) SD-WAN
14 16 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
15 14 (0.92%) OSPF
16 13 (0.85%) DSL
17 10 (0.66%) Internet
17 10 (0.66%) VXLAN
18 8 (0.53%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (7.96%) NoSQL
2 105 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (5.39%) Amazon RDS
4 71 (4.67%) MongoDB
5 66 (4.34%) DynamoDB
6 63 (4.14%) SQL Server
7 47 (3.09%) Data Lake
7 47 (3.09%) Relational Database
8 40 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
10 28 (1.84%) Metadata
11 27 (1.78%) BigQuery
12 22 (1.45%) MySQL
13 21 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.38%) Power BI
14 19 (1.25%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.18%) RDBMS
16 17 (1.12%) Spark SQL
17 15 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
17 15 (0.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 219 (14.40%) GitLab
2 215 (14.14%) Jenkins
3 202 (13.28%) Git
4 37 (2.43%) CircleCI
5 36 (2.37%) Bitbucket
6 33 (2.17%) JIRA
7 27 (1.78%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.31%) Jaeger
9 14 (0.92%) Selenium
9 14 (0.92%) SonarQube
10 13 (0.85%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 11 (0.72%) MLflow
13 9 (0.59%) Maven
13 9 (0.59%) Subversion
14 8 (0.53%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.53%) Storybook
15 7 (0.46%) JMeter
15 7 (0.46%) Vite
16 6 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 377 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 300 (19.72%) Finance
3 109 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 92 (6.05%) Banking
6 59 (3.88%) Retail
7 57 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (3.29%) Telecoms
9 48 (3.16%) Law
10 36 (2.37%) Games
11 28 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.51%) Aerospace
13 19 (1.25%) Billing
13 19 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.25%) Marketing
14 17 (1.12%) Advertising
15 16 (1.05%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.85%) Electronics
17 12 (0.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 350 (23.01%) Senior
2 242 (15.91%) DevOps Engineer
3 235 (15.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 205 (13.48%) Lead
5 154 (10.12%) Azure Engineer
6 152 (9.99%) Platform Engineer
7 134 (8.81%) Architect
8 131 (8.61%) Developer
9 113 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
10 111 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 88 (5.79%) Data Engineer
12 82 (5.39%) Software Engineer
13 74 (4.87%) Security Engineer
14 65 (4.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 62 (4.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 59 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
17 52 (3.42%) Principal Engineer
18 50 (3.29%) Senior Platform Engineer
19 49 (3.22%) Senior DevOps Engineer
20 47 (3.09%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (8.15%) React
2 107 (7.03%) .NET
2 107 (7.03%) Kafka
3 100 (6.57%) Node.js
4 93 (6.11%) RESTful
5 90 (5.92%) REST
6 70 (4.60%) YAML
7 67 (4.40%) Elastic Stack
7 67 (4.40%) Spring
8 62 (4.08%) AWS CDK
9 60 (3.94%) Spring Boot
10 52 (3.42%) ARM Templates
11 49 (3.22%) PySpark
12 46 (3.02%) OAuth
13 44 (2.89%) RabbitMQ
14 38 (2.50%) ASP.NET
15 36 (2.37%) ASP.NET Core
16 31 (2.04%) JSON
16 31 (2.04%) Next.js
17 29 (1.91%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 363 (23.87%) Cloud Native
2 115 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (5.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (4.40%) Public Cloud
5 55 (3.62%) Data Centre
6 53 (3.48%) Security Posture
7 49 (3.22%) Product Ownership
8 46 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.37%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
11 29 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.84%) Low-Code
13 25 (1.64%) Blockchain
14 23 (1.51%) Web3
15 22 (1.45%) PKI
16 21 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
17 20 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
17 20 (1.31%) Management Information System
18 19 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 317 (20.84%) Linux
2 158 (10.39%) Windows
3 74 (4.87%) Windows Server
4 51 (3.35%) Unix
5 39 (2.56%) Ubuntu
6 29 (1.91%) CentOS
7 27 (1.78%) VMS
8 24 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.72%) Android
10 10 (0.66%) 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 (0.066%) Rocky
15 1 (0.066%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,039 (68.31%) CI/CD
2 893 (58.71%) DevOps
3 411 (27.02%) Containerisation
4 409 (26.89%) Agile
5 386 (25.38%) Observability
6 323 (21.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 298 (19.59%) Platform Engineering
8 294 (19.33%) Mentoring
9 276 (18.15%) AI
10 272 (17.88%) Test Automation
11 238 (15.65%) Microservices
12 229 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
13 227 (14.92%) Software Engineering
14 207 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 206 (13.54%) Cloud Security
16 184 (12.10%) Analytics
17 174 (11.44%) High Availability
18 171 (11.24%) Technical Leadership
19 165 (10.85%) DevSecOps
20 141 (9.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 698 (45.89%) Python
2 295 (19.40%) Bash
3 250 (16.44%) PowerShell
4 245 (16.11%) SQL
5 197 (12.95%) Java
6 169 (11.11%) Go
7 132 (8.68%) JavaScript
8 129 (8.48%) TypeScript
9 125 (8.22%) Bicep
10 104 (6.84%) C#
11 29 (1.91%) Rust
12 22 (1.45%) C++
12 22 (1.45%) Scala
13 17 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.85%) C
14 13 (0.85%) Groovy
14 13 (0.85%) PHP
15 9 (0.59%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.53%) Ruby
17 7 (0.46%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 275 (18.08%) Security Cleared
2 177 (11.64%) SC Cleared
3 148 (9.73%) Degree
4 119 (7.82%) AWS Certification
5 85 (5.59%) DV Cleared
6 84 (5.52%) Azure Certification
7 60 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.97%) OSCP
11 27 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (1.71%) CISSP
13 15 (0.99%) CCNP
13 15 (0.99%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.85%) CCNA
14 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 12 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
16 10 (0.66%) CCSK
16 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (4.60%) QA
2 58 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 56 (3.68%) GDPR
4 48 (3.16%) SOC 2
5 47 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (2.30%) NIST
7 30 (1.97%) PCI DSS
8 23 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.66%) WCAG
10 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.46%) NCSC
12 6 (0.39%) GRC
13 5 (0.33%) SLA
14 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS
15 2 (0.13%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 423 (27.81%) Docker
2 103 (6.77%) Active Directory
3 80 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (1.91%) vSphere
6 20 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.25%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.46%) Firmware
8 7 (0.46%) iptables
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 2 (0.13%) GPFS
12 2 (0.13%) Lustre
12 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.066%) vCloud
13 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,063 (69.89%) Terraform
2 611 (40.17%) Kubernetes
3 341 (22.42%) Ansible
4 195 (12.82%) Grafana
5 193 (12.69%) Prometheus
6 54 (3.55%) Argo
7 37 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
9 34 (2.24%) Puppet
10 22 (1.45%) Kustomize
11 21 (1.38%) Progress Chef
12 17 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (1.12%) Nagios
13 16 (1.05%) Rancher
14 14 (0.92%) Istio
14 14 (0.92%) Packer
15 10 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
15 10 (0.66%) vCenter Server
15 10 (0.66%) ZABBIX
16 8 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 281 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 113 (7.43%) VMware
3 97 (6.38%) Google
4 72 (4.73%) Databricks
5 65 (4.27%) Red Hat
6 54 (3.55%) Cisco
7 48 (3.16%) Splunk
8 47 (3.09%) Palo Alto
9 25 (1.64%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.38%) OpenAI
10 21 (1.38%) Salesforce
11 20 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
12 19 (1.25%) Dynatrace
12 19 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 18 (1.18%) Oracle
14 12 (0.79%) F5
14 12 (0.79%) Juniper
15 11 (0.72%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.72%) CheckPoint
15 11 (0.72%) SAP