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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 128 84
Rank change year-on-year 0 -44 +15
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 961 1,244 1,551
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.04% 2.17% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.52% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 721 781 1,242
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £51,025
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £71,991 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -4.01% -
75th Percentile £90,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.71% -4.01% -

All Process and 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 39,619 49,328 42,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.01% 86.14% 93.62%
Number of salaries quoted 24,754 25,663 32,651
10th Percentile £28,325 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 +8 437 £85,000 -5.56% 264
North of England +1 190 £70,000 +16.67% 130
South East +20 121 £78,000 +20.00% 232
North West +17 84 £66,500 +2.31% 73
Yorkshire -7 81 £70,000 +27.27% 42
Midlands +32 72 £65,000 +0.17% 59
South West -45 62 £62,500 -10.71% 85
West Midlands +24 46 £65,500 -1.87% 27
East of England +29 30 £66,500 -8.28% 33
North East +1 25 £70,079 +40.16% 16
East Midlands +29 24 £65,000 +54.76% 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 45 (4.68%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (3.43%) Apache
3 22 (2.29%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.98%) Confluence
5 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.83%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.73%) nginx
8 6 (0.62%) Appian
9 5 (0.52%) IIS
10 4 (0.42%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.21%) Traefik
12 1 (0.10%) CMS
12 1 (0.10%) SAS
12 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.21%) Sketch
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.10%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 601 (62.54%) Azure
2 598 (62.23%) AWS
3 216 (22.48%) GCP
4 207 (21.54%) GitHub
5 196 (20.40%) Azure DevOps
6 142 (14.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 138 (14.36%) Serverless
8 123 (12.80%) GitHub Actions
9 99 (10.30%) SaaS
10 91 (9.47%) Amazon S3
11 89 (9.26%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (8.12%) PaaS
13 60 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
14 59 (6.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 56 (5.83%) Amazon EC2
16 53 (5.52%) Amazon ECS
17 52 (5.41%) Entra ID
18 50 (5.20%) IaaS
19 47 (4.89%) Amazon EKS
20 42 (4.37%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 111 (11.55%) Firewall
2 70 (7.28%) DNS
3 64 (6.66%) VPN
4 53 (5.52%) WAN
5 45 (4.68%) TCP/IP
6 40 (4.16%) Network Security
7 38 (3.95%) LAN
8 27 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (2.60%) DHCP
10 16 (1.66%) SD-WAN
11 13 (1.35%) BGP
11 13 (1.35%) VLAN
12 12 (1.25%) VoIP
13 11 (1.14%) Internet
13 11 (1.14%) Wireless
14 10 (1.04%) SAN
15 7 (0.73%) OSPF
15 7 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 7 (0.73%) Wireshark
16 6 (0.62%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (4.99%) NoSQL
3 47 (4.89%) SQL Server
4 44 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
5 40 (4.16%) DynamoDB
6 34 (3.54%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (2.29%) BigQuery
9 21 (2.19%) MongoDB
10 20 (2.08%) Big Data
10 20 (2.08%) MySQL
10 20 (2.08%) Redis
11 15 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.46%) Power BI
13 13 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
14 12 (1.25%) Relational Database
15 11 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
17 8 (0.83%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 155 (16.13%) Jenkins
2 134 (13.94%) Git
3 107 (11.13%) GitLab
4 39 (4.06%) JIRA
5 27 (2.81%) Selenium
6 22 (2.29%) Robot Framework
7 18 (1.87%) Snyk
8 17 (1.77%) TeamCity
9 15 (1.56%) Bitbucket
9 15 (1.56%) MLflow
9 15 (1.56%) SonarQube
10 14 (1.46%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.35%) Cucumber
12 12 (1.25%) Artifactory
13 10 (1.04%) JMeter
14 9 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
17 5 (0.52%) git-flow
17 5 (0.52%) Locust
General
1 278 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 222 (23.10%) Finance
3 96 (9.99%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (8.53%) Law
5 72 (7.49%) Banking
6 56 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.37%) Retail
8 40 (4.16%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.54%) Telecoms
10 27 (2.81%) Financial Institution
10 27 (2.81%) Legal
11 25 (2.60%) Marketing
12 24 (2.50%) Games
13 17 (1.77%) Advertising
14 14 (1.46%) Back Office
14 14 (1.46%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.14%) Billing
16 11 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.94%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 194 (20.19%) Senior
2 142 (14.78%) DevOps Engineer
3 126 (13.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 118 (12.28%) Lead
5 107 (11.13%) Architect
6 91 (9.47%) Developer
7 90 (9.37%) Platform Engineer
8 66 (6.87%) Azure Engineer
9 56 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (5.10%) Software Engineer
11 44 (4.58%) AWS Engineer
12 39 (4.06%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.54%) Cloud Architect
14 31 (3.23%) Security Engineer
14 31 (3.23%) Senior DevOps
15 30 (3.12%) Lead DevOps
16 29 (3.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 28 (2.91%) Support Engineer
18 25 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
19 23 (2.39%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (9.57%) .NET
2 84 (8.74%) React
3 51 (5.31%) Kafka
4 44 (4.58%) RESTful
5 43 (4.47%) ARM Templates
5 43 (4.47%) Elastic Stack
6 42 (4.37%) YAML
7 40 (4.16%) Node.js
8 37 (3.85%) Django
9 33 (3.43%) Spring
10 30 (3.12%) REST
11 29 (3.02%) .NET Core
11 29 (3.02%) Spring Boot
12 25 (2.60%) CSS
12 25 (2.60%) FastAPI
12 25 (2.60%) Flask
13 24 (2.50%) HTML
14 20 (2.08%) AWS CDK
15 19 (1.98%) .NET Framework
15 19 (1.98%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 245 (25.49%) Cloud Native
2 76 (7.91%) Public Cloud
3 68 (7.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (5.52%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (3.23%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.71%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.50%) Security Posture
10 23 (2.39%) Product Ownership
11 19 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.87%) Private Cloud
13 17 (1.77%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.66%) Distributed Architecture
15 15 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (1.46%) Low-Code
17 13 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
17 13 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (1.35%) PKI
18 10 (1.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 200 (20.81%) Linux
2 119 (12.38%) Windows
3 44 (4.58%) Windows Server
4 36 (3.75%) Unix
5 21 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (2.08%) Ubuntu
7 19 (1.98%) VMS
8 14 (1.46%) Debian
9 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.52%) CentOS
11 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.31%) AIX
12 3 (0.31%) Android
12 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.31%) Solaris
12 3 (0.31%) SUSE
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 661 (68.78%) CI/CD
2 623 (64.83%) DevOps
3 309 (32.15%) Agile
4 257 (26.74%) Containerisation
5 211 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
6 195 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 163 (16.96%) Observability
8 157 (16.34%) Mentoring
9 150 (15.61%) Software Engineering
10 143 (14.88%) Platform Engineering
11 135 (14.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 129 (13.42%) AI
13 124 (12.90%) Cloud Security
14 112 (11.65%) Microservices
15 108 (11.24%) Test Automation
16 103 (10.72%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 97 (10.09%) DevSecOps
18 95 (9.89%) Analytics
19 87 (9.05%) Incident Response
20 84 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 417 (43.39%) Python
2 181 (18.83%) PowerShell
3 168 (17.48%) Bash
4 150 (15.61%) SQL
5 107 (11.13%) Bicep
6 90 (9.37%) Java
7 75 (7.80%) C#
8 73 (7.60%) JavaScript
9 68 (7.08%) Go
10 64 (6.66%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.87%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.04%) C++
13 9 (0.94%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.52%) Ruby
15 5 (0.52%) Scala
16 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.31%) C
17 3 (0.31%) Perl
18 2 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 156 (16.23%) Security Cleared
2 99 (10.30%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.74%) Azure Certification
4 82 (8.53%) Degree
5 81 (8.43%) AWS Certification
6 73 (7.60%) DV Cleared
7 38 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 26 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.29%) CCNP
10 22 (2.29%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.87%) CISSP
12 11 (1.14%) OSCP
13 10 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.73%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.73%) PMP
15 6 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.62%) CCNA
16 5 (0.52%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (4.99%) GDPR
3 40 (4.16%) QA
4 36 (3.75%) NIST
5 22 (2.29%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.29%) SOC 2
6 20 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.25%) SLA
8 10 (1.04%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.62%) GRC
10 5 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.52%) WCAG
11 4 (0.42%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.21%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.21%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 313 (32.57%) Docker
2 62 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 62 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (2.29%) Hyper-V
5 19 (1.98%) vSphere
6 13 (1.35%) NFS
7 11 (1.14%) Firmware
8 9 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.73%) vCloud
11 6 (0.62%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.52%) KVM
12 5 (0.52%) XenApp
12 5 (0.52%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.31%) zsh
14 2 (0.21%) GPFS
14 2 (0.21%) Lustre
14 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.21%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 657 (68.37%) Terraform
2 390 (40.58%) Kubernetes
3 261 (27.16%) Ansible
4 111 (11.55%) Grafana
5 107 (11.13%) Prometheus
6 28 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (2.08%) SCCM
8 19 (1.98%) Argo
9 14 (1.46%) Docker Swarm
10 13 (1.35%) Puppet
11 11 (1.14%) Rancher
11 11 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (1.04%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.94%) SCOM
14 6 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.52%) MaaS360
15 5 (0.52%) ZABBIX
16 4 (0.42%) FortiGate
16 4 (0.42%) Rundeck
16 4 (0.42%) vRealize
Vendors
1 210 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 92 (9.57%) VMware
3 68 (7.08%) Google
4 49 (5.10%) Cisco
5 40 (4.16%) Databricks
6 39 (4.06%) Splunk
7 38 (3.95%) Red Hat
8 23 (2.39%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.87%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.87%) Oracle
10 17 (1.77%) Coverity
11 15 (1.56%) SolarWinds
12 12 (1.25%) Commvault
13 10 (1.04%) Juniper
13 10 (1.04%) New Relic
14 9 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.94%) SAP
14 9 (0.94%) Zscaler
15 8 (0.83%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.83%) Citrix