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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 132 151
Rank change year-on-year +24 +19 -48
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,294 865 1,479
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.81% 2.37% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.54% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 886 637 1,210
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 £75,780 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.03% +4.52% -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 54,669 34,077 68,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.51% 93.17% 86.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34,477 20,466 52,607
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 £78,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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 4 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 4 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 +39 638 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -16 251 £70,000 +3.70% 159
South East +4 148 £70,000 -6.67% 123
North West -9 123 £73,801 +1.79% 84
South West -3 97 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -13 95 £65,000 +8.33% 47
Midlands -15 78 £67,500 +3.85% 47
East Midlands -14 39 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -16 37 £65,500 -6.43% 41
East of England -6 34 £62,500 -10.71% 35
North East -4 33 £48,445 -15.75% 28
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 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.16%) IIS
6 14 (1.08%) Confluence
7 9 (0.70%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.077%) Appian
10 1 (0.077%) Camunda
10 1 (0.077%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.077%) Sitecore CMS
10 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%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.077%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.077%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 819 (63.29%) AWS
2 703 (54.33%) Azure
3 289 (22.33%) GCP
4 279 (21.56%) GitHub
5 251 (19.40%) Serverless
6 247 (19.09%) Azure DevOps
7 221 (17.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 193 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
9 146 (11.28%) AWS Lambda
10 133 (10.28%) Amazon S3
11 106 (8.19%) Amazon EKS
12 100 (7.73%) PaaS
13 99 (7.65%) SaaS
14 98 (7.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 95 (7.34%) Datadog
16 94 (7.26%) Entra ID
17 81 (6.26%) Amazon EC2
18 69 (5.33%) Amazon ECS
18 69 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
19 65 (5.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 164 (12.67%) Firewall
2 84 (6.49%) DNS
3 72 (5.56%) VPN
4 70 (5.41%) TCP/IP
5 42 (3.25%) WAN
6 38 (2.94%) Broadband
7 37 (2.86%) Network Security
8 27 (2.09%) DHCP
9 22 (1.70%) HTTP
9 22 (1.70%) LAN
10 20 (1.55%) BGP
11 17 (1.31%) VLAN
12 16 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (1.00%) DSL
14 12 (0.93%) Internet
14 12 (0.93%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
16 8 (0.62%) Wireless
17 6 (0.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.58%) NoSQL
2 93 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
3 83 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
4 60 (4.64%) SQL Server
5 57 (4.40%) DynamoDB
6 43 (3.32%) MongoDB
7 41 (3.17%) Relational Database
8 39 (3.01%) Data Lake
9 31 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 29 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
11 26 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
11 26 (2.01%) MySQL
12 25 (1.93%) Redis
13 24 (1.85%) BigQuery
14 21 (1.62%) Power BI
15 20 (1.55%) Metadata
16 19 (1.47%) RDBMS
17 17 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
18 15 (1.16%) Delta Lake
19 12 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 201 (15.53%) Jenkins
2 179 (13.83%) GitLab
3 175 (13.52%) Git
4 33 (2.55%) JIRA
5 32 (2.47%) Bitbucket
5 32 (2.47%) CircleCI
6 26 (2.01%) Selenium
7 24 (1.85%) Cucumber
8 22 (1.70%) Robot Framework
9 21 (1.62%) Jaeger
10 14 (1.08%) Snyk
10 14 (1.08%) SonarQube
10 14 (1.08%) TeamCity
11 13 (1.00%) JMeter
11 13 (1.00%) MLflow
12 10 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 9 (0.70%) Locust
13 9 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.62%) Storybook
14 8 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 357 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 277 (21.41%) Finance
3 121 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.57%) Banking
5 75 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 63 (4.87%) Law
6 63 (4.87%) Retail
7 62 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 60 (4.64%) Telecoms
9 30 (2.32%) Financial Institution
10 24 (1.85%) Manufacturing
10 24 (1.85%) Marketing
11 22 (1.70%) Billing
11 22 (1.70%) Games
12 21 (1.62%) Back Office
13 19 (1.47%) Advertising
13 19 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 15 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.08%) Electronics
16 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 280 (21.64%) Senior
2 213 (16.46%) DevOps Engineer
3 200 (15.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 173 (13.37%) Lead
5 121 (9.35%) Developer
6 116 (8.96%) Azure Engineer
7 113 (8.73%) Platform Engineer
8 104 (8.04%) Architect
9 103 (7.96%) AWS Engineer
10 96 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 67 (5.18%) Software Engineer
12 64 (4.95%) Data Engineer
13 60 (4.64%) Security Engineer
14 53 (4.10%) Senior DevOps
15 47 (3.63%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 46 (3.55%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 44 (3.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 40 (3.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 40 (3.09%) Python Engineer
19 39 (3.01%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (9.35%) React
2 88 (6.80%) .NET
3 85 (6.57%) Node.js
4 78 (6.03%) RESTful
5 76 (5.87%) Kafka
6 74 (5.72%) Elastic Stack
7 73 (5.64%) REST
8 62 (4.79%) Spring
9 61 (4.71%) AWS CDK
10 54 (4.17%) Spring Boot
11 53 (4.10%) YAML
12 42 (3.25%) ARM Templates
12 42 (3.25%) Django
12 42 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
13 38 (2.94%) FastAPI
14 37 (2.86%) CSS
15 35 (2.70%) OAuth
16 33 (2.55%) HTML
17 31 (2.40%) PySpark
18 30 (2.32%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 298 (23.03%) Cloud Native
2 80 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (4.95%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (4.48%) Security Posture
5 53 (4.10%) Public Cloud
6 45 (3.48%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.40%) Product Ownership
8 32 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (2.32%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
12 23 (1.78%) Management Information System
13 21 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.47%) 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
1 294 (22.72%) Linux
2 144 (11.13%) Windows
3 67 (5.18%) Unix
4 54 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 32 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 29 (2.24%) VMS
7 22 (1.70%) CentOS
7 22 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.00%) Android
9 12 (0.93%) 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
1 870 (67.23%) CI/CD
2 789 (60.97%) DevOps
3 366 (28.28%) Containerisation
4 365 (28.21%) Agile
5 315 (24.34%) Observability
6 284 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 239 (18.47%) Mentoring
8 237 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
9 205 (15.84%) Platform Engineering
10 204 (15.77%) Test Automation
11 197 (15.22%) AI
12 190 (14.68%) Software Engineering
13 182 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 178 (13.76%) Cloud Security
15 177 (13.68%) Microservices
16 150 (11.59%) DevSecOps
17 149 (11.51%) Analytics
18 144 (11.13%) High Availability
19 142 (10.97%) Incident Response
20 128 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 601 (46.45%) Python
2 259 (20.02%) Bash
3 214 (16.54%) SQL
4 207 (16.00%) PowerShell
5 171 (13.21%) Java
6 148 (11.44%) Go
7 120 (9.27%) JavaScript
8 118 (9.12%) Bicep
9 103 (7.96%) TypeScript
10 68 (5.26%) C#
11 19 (1.47%) Rust
12 18 (1.39%) C++
12 18 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.31%) 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 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 138 (10.66%) SC Cleared
3 122 (9.43%) Degree
4 105 (8.11%) AWS Certification
5 96 (7.42%) DV Cleared
6 69 (5.33%) Azure Certification
7 52 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.24%) OSCP
9 28 (2.16%) CISSP
10 27 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 11 (0.85%) CCSK
15 10 (0.77%) CCNP
15 10 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.10%) QA
2 55 (4.25%) GDPR
3 54 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (4.17%) 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 (0.70%) 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
1 417 (32.23%) Docker
2 82 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 63 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.78%) vSphere
6 19 (1.47%) Hyper-V
7 15 (1.16%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.70%) Firmware
9 6 (0.46%) KVM
10 5 (0.39%) iptables
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%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 920 (71.10%) Terraform
2 524 (40.49%) Kubernetes
3 319 (24.65%) Ansible
4 182 (14.06%) Grafana
4 182 (14.06%) Prometheus
5 47 (3.63%) Argo
6 32 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 26 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (1.70%) Puppet
9 19 (1.47%) Kustomize
10 15 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (1.08%) Nagios
11 14 (1.08%) Rancher
12 13 (1.00%) Progress Chef
13 11 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
14 10 (0.77%) Istio
15 9 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
16 8 (0.62%) Proxmox
16 8 (0.62%) vCenter Server
17 7 (0.54%) logstash
Vendors
1 213 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.19%) Google
3 100 (7.73%) VMware
4 51 (3.94%) Red Hat
5 50 (3.86%) Databricks
6 48 (3.71%) Cisco
7 44 (3.40%) 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%) Black Duck
13 14 (1.08%) Coverity
13 14 (1.08%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.08%) Juniper
14 13 (1.00%) Oracle
15 12 (0.93%) SAP