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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 149 171
Rank change year-on-year +72 +22 -61
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,724 915 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 2.31% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.49% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 602 1,196
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,350 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £78,810 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +12.59% -6.67%
75th Percentile £91,188 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £109,500 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £78,810 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.83% +12.59% -6.67%

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 60,860 36,708 78,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.03% 92.57% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42,836 20,086 56,665
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +28 837 £87,500 -2.78% 216
North of England +66 329 £67,500 -3.57% 101
South East +50 205 £70,000 -9.68% 137
North West +75 198 £72,500 - 59
South West +18 133 £75,000 +7.14% 56
Midlands +36 117 £72,500 +11.54% 41
Yorkshire -5 85 £65,576 -6.32% 21
West Midlands +17 67 £80,000 +23.08% 28
East of England +9 51 £60,100 -7.54% 19
East Midlands +6 50 £67,500 +3.85% 13
North East -9 46 £55,000 -14.06% 21
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 49 (2.84%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (2.15%) Apache
3 35 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (1.33%) Confluence
6 13 (0.75%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.64%) IIS
8 8 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.29%) CMS
10 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.17%) WordPress
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.058%) nginx
13 1 (0.058%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.058%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (0.93%) PlantUML
2 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.23%) Weka
4 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.058%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.058%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.058%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.058%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.058%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.058%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,005 (58.29%) AWS
2 933 (54.12%) Azure
3 318 (18.45%) GitHub
4 308 (17.87%) Serverless
5 296 (17.17%) GCP
6 287 (16.65%) Azure DevOps
7 261 (15.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 199 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
9 167 (9.69%) Amazon S3
10 165 (9.57%) AWS Lambda
11 143 (8.29%) PaaS
12 121 (7.02%) Amazon EC2
13 114 (6.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 114 (6.61%) Entra ID
14 111 (6.44%) IaaS
15 110 (6.38%) Amazon EKS
16 106 (6.15%) SaaS
17 104 (6.03%) Azure AKS
18 92 (5.34%) Azure Monitor
19 90 (5.22%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 171 (9.92%) Firewall
2 96 (5.57%) DNS
3 91 (5.28%) VPN
4 73 (4.23%) Broadband
5 62 (3.60%) Network Security
5 62 (3.60%) TCP/IP
6 49 (2.84%) WAN
7 40 (2.32%) BGP
8 31 (1.80%) DHCP
8 31 (1.80%) VLAN
9 27 (1.57%) LAN
10 23 (1.33%) HTTP
11 21 (1.22%) OSPF
12 20 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
13 19 (1.10%) SD-WAN
14 16 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (0.93%) VXLAN
15 12 (0.70%) DSL
16 10 (0.58%) IPv4
17 9 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.48%) NoSQL
1 129 (7.48%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
3 83 (4.81%) MongoDB
4 65 (3.77%) DynamoDB
5 62 (3.60%) SQL Server
6 53 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 49 (2.84%) Data Lake
8 48 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
9 41 (2.38%) Metadata
10 31 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (1.39%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.39%) MySQL
11 24 (1.39%) Power BI
12 21 (1.22%) Delta Lake
12 21 (1.22%) RDBMS
13 20 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (1.16%) Redis
14 19 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
14 19 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 246 (14.27%) GitLab
2 222 (12.88%) Jenkins
3 217 (12.59%) Git
4 36 (2.09%) JIRA
5 35 (2.03%) CircleCI
5 35 (2.03%) Cucumber
6 33 (1.91%) Bitbucket
7 24 (1.39%) TeamCity
8 20 (1.16%) Jaeger
9 13 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 13 (0.75%) SonarQube
10 11 (0.64%) Selenium
11 10 (0.58%) Maven
11 10 (0.58%) MLflow
12 9 (0.52%) Vite
13 8 (0.46%) JMeter
13 8 (0.46%) NUnit
14 7 (0.41%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 412 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 331 (19.20%) Finance
3 127 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (6.09%) Public Sector
5 99 (5.74%) Banking
6 71 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.36%) Retail
8 51 (2.96%) Law
9 43 (2.49%) Games
10 41 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 28 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.51%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 16 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (0.87%) Advertising
15 15 (0.87%) Billing
15 15 (0.87%) Legal
16 12 (0.70%) Marketing
17 10 (0.58%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 394 (22.85%) Senior
2 290 (16.82%) DevOps Engineer
3 266 (15.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 233 (13.52%) Lead
5 184 (10.67%) Platform Engineer
6 179 (10.38%) Azure Engineer
7 167 (9.69%) Architect
8 147 (8.53%) Developer
9 127 (7.37%) AWS Engineer
10 106 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 94 (5.45%) Data Engineer
12 92 (5.34%) Software Engineer
13 84 (4.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 83 (4.81%) Security Engineer
15 77 (4.47%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 67 (3.89%) Principal Engineer
17 60 (3.48%) Senior Developer
17 60 (3.48%) Senior DevOps
17 60 (3.48%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 55 (3.19%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (7.60%) React
2 123 (7.13%) Kafka
3 117 (6.79%) .NET
4 107 (6.21%) REST
5 101 (5.86%) Node.js
6 96 (5.57%) RESTful
7 81 (4.70%) YAML
8 79 (4.58%) Spring
9 74 (4.29%) Elastic Stack
10 72 (4.18%) Spring Boot
11 63 (3.65%) ARM Templates
12 60 (3.48%) PySpark
13 55 (3.19%) AWS CDK
14 50 (2.90%) OAuth
15 46 (2.67%) RabbitMQ
16 40 (2.32%) Next.js
17 37 (2.15%) JSON
18 35 (2.03%) ASP.NET
18 35 (2.03%) OpenTelemetry
19 34 (1.97%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 462 (26.80%) Cloud Native
2 154 (8.93%) Distributed Systems
3 99 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 80 (4.64%) Public Cloud
5 65 (3.77%) Data Centre
6 58 (3.36%) Security Posture
7 53 (3.07%) Product Ownership
8 52 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
9 49 (2.84%) Onboarding
10 48 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
11 33 (1.91%) Low-Code
12 31 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
13 27 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
13 27 (1.57%) PKI
14 25 (1.45%) Blockchain
15 23 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
15 23 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
15 23 (1.33%) Web3
16 21 (1.22%) e-Learning
16 21 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 328 (19.03%) Linux
2 170 (9.86%) Windows
3 83 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.61%) Ubuntu
5 42 (2.44%) Unix
6 36 (2.09%) CentOS
7 28 (1.62%) VMS
8 26 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.64%) Android
10 10 (0.58%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.41%) Debian
13 5 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.058%) Rocky
15 1 (0.058%) SUSE
15 1 (0.058%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,202 (69.72%) CI/CD
2 977 (56.67%) DevOps
3 470 (27.26%) Agile
4 466 (27.03%) Containerisation
5 447 (25.93%) Observability
6 379 (21.98%) Platform Engineering
7 359 (20.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 350 (20.30%) AI
9 346 (20.07%) Mentoring
10 297 (17.23%) Test Automation
11 279 (16.18%) Software Engineering
12 278 (16.13%) Microservices
13 255 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
14 236 (13.69%) Cloud Security
15 228 (13.23%) Technical Leadership
16 209 (12.12%) Analytics
16 209 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 183 (10.61%) Roadmaps
18 179 (10.38%) DevSecOps
18 179 (10.38%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 783 (45.42%) Python
2 320 (18.56%) Bash
3 286 (16.59%) PowerShell
4 281 (16.30%) SQL
5 218 (12.65%) Java
6 181 (10.50%) Go
7 163 (9.45%) Bicep
8 152 (8.82%) TypeScript
9 145 (8.41%) JavaScript
10 130 (7.54%) C#
11 32 (1.86%) Rust
12 25 (1.45%) Scala
13 23 (1.33%) C++
14 20 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 19 (1.10%) Groovy
15 19 (1.10%) PHP
16 10 (0.58%) C
16 10 (0.58%) Ruby
17 9 (0.52%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.46%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 336 (19.49%) Security Cleared
2 224 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 151 (8.76%) Degree
4 126 (7.31%) AWS Certification
5 101 (5.86%) Azure Certification
6 96 (5.57%) DV Cleared
7 61 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 42 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 34 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
11 27 (1.57%) OSCP
12 20 (1.16%) CCNP
12 20 (1.16%) CISSP
13 15 (0.87%) CCNA
13 15 (0.87%) DBS Check
13 15 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 13 (0.75%) RHCSA
15 9 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (0.52%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.47%) QA
2 72 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.36%) GDPR
4 49 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.55%) SOC 2
6 32 (1.86%) NIST
7 30 (1.74%) PCI DSS
8 26 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 14 (0.81%) WCAG
10 10 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.52%) GRC
11 9 (0.52%) NCSC
12 7 (0.41%) SLA
13 5 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
16 1 (0.058%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 459 (26.62%) Docker
2 115 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 102 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (2.26%) vSphere
5 38 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.22%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.10%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.46%) Squid
11 7 (0.41%) iptables
12 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.29%) KVM
14 4 (0.23%) Firmware
15 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,209 (70.13%) Terraform
2 673 (39.04%) Kubernetes
3 368 (21.35%) Ansible
4 208 (12.06%) Grafana
5 202 (11.72%) Prometheus
6 69 (4.00%) Argo
7 38 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 37 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
9 36 (2.09%) Puppet
10 27 (1.57%) Progress Chef
11 25 (1.45%) Kustomize
12 23 (1.33%) Packer
13 20 (1.16%) Istio
14 18 (1.04%) Nagios
15 17 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 15 (0.87%) ZABBIX
17 14 (0.81%) vCenter Server
18 12 (0.70%) Cilium
19 11 (0.64%) Proxmox
20 10 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 334 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 138 (8.00%) VMware
3 94 (5.45%) Google
4 72 (4.18%) Red Hat
5 71 (4.12%) Databricks
6 57 (3.31%) Splunk
7 56 (3.25%) Cisco
8 47 (2.73%) Palo Alto
9 30 (1.74%) Oracle
10 28 (1.62%) OpenAI
11 27 (1.57%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.51%) Zscaler
13 20 (1.16%) Dynatrace
14 15 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
15 13 (0.75%) Salesforce
16 12 (0.70%) CheckPoint
16 12 (0.70%) F5
17 11 (0.64%) Atlassian
17 11 (0.64%) ServiceNow
18 10 (0.58%) SolarWinds