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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 136 160
Rank change year-on-year +28 +24 -56
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,368 849 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 2.27% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.44% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 928 619 1,206
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 59,005 34,747 71,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.29% 92.96% 85.73%
Number of salaries quoted 37,172 20,692 53,693
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 24 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 24 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 +44 688 £86,250 -4.17% 266
North of England -6 257 £67,249 -0.74% 135
South East +1 143 £70,000 -6.67% 134
North West -2 133 £72,500 - 72
South West -15 104 £65,000 -9.71% 69
Yorkshire -24 95 £65,000 +8.33% 26
Midlands -2 83 £67,750 -3.21% 41
East Midlands -26 42 £67,750 +4.23% 11
West Midlands -11 39 £68,750 -1.79% 30
East of England -15 39 £61,300 -9.19% 42
North East -18 29 £48,445 -15.01% 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 43 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.41%) Apache
3 24 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.17%) Confluence
5 16 (1.17%) IIS
6 10 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.29%) CMS
8 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.073%) Camunda
10 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.073%) nginx
10 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.29%) Weka
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Maya
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 833 (60.89%) AWS
2 752 (54.97%) Azure
3 277 (20.25%) GCP
3 277 (20.25%) GitHub
4 261 (19.08%) Serverless
5 257 (18.79%) Azure DevOps
6 221 (16.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 198 (14.47%) GitHub Actions
8 147 (10.75%) AWS Lambda
9 129 (9.43%) Amazon S3
10 105 (7.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 105 (7.68%) Amazon EKS
11 101 (7.38%) Entra ID
12 98 (7.16%) PaaS
13 93 (6.80%) Datadog
14 85 (6.21%) SaaS
15 82 (5.99%) Amazon EC2
16 77 (5.63%) IaaS
17 72 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
18 71 (5.19%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 168 (12.28%) Firewall
2 89 (6.51%) DNS
3 74 (5.41%) VPN
4 65 (4.75%) TCP/IP
5 47 (3.44%) WAN
6 38 (2.78%) Broadband
6 38 (2.78%) Network Security
7 34 (2.49%) DHCP
8 27 (1.97%) LAN
9 26 (1.90%) HTTP
10 22 (1.61%) BGP
11 16 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (1.10%) VLAN
13 14 (1.02%) SD-WAN
14 13 (0.95%) DSL
15 12 (0.88%) Internet
16 11 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
16 11 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
17 7 (0.51%) Wireless
18 6 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (8.48%) NoSQL
2 92 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (5.70%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (4.53%) DynamoDB
5 61 (4.46%) SQL Server
6 46 (3.36%) MongoDB
7 43 (3.14%) Relational Database
8 39 (2.85%) Data Lake
9 34 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
11 25 (1.83%) MySQL
12 24 (1.75%) BigQuery
13 22 (1.61%) Metadata
13 22 (1.61%) Power BI
14 19 (1.39%) RDBMS
15 18 (1.32%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.95%) Redis
18 12 (0.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 203 (14.84%) Jenkins
2 192 (14.04%) GitLab
3 186 (13.60%) Git
4 36 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 34 (2.49%) JIRA
6 33 (2.41%) CircleCI
7 22 (1.61%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.54%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.32%) Selenium
10 13 (0.95%) MLflow
10 13 (0.95%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.88%) Robot Framework
12 11 (0.80%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.73%) Subversion
14 9 (0.66%) Vite
15 8 (0.58%) JMeter
15 8 (0.58%) Storybook
16 7 (0.51%) Artifactory
16 7 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 365 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 286 (20.91%) Finance
3 115 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (6.29%) Banking
5 83 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 57 (4.17%) Retail
7 56 (4.09%) Telecoms
8 55 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 54 (3.95%) Law
10 24 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.61%) Marketing
12 21 (1.54%) Advertising
12 21 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.54%) Billing
12 21 (1.54%) Games
13 18 (1.32%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.10%) Electronics
16 14 (1.02%) Back Office
16 14 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 299 (21.86%) Senior
2 223 (16.30%) DevOps Engineer
3 220 (16.08%) Cloud Engineer
4 187 (13.67%) Lead
5 133 (9.72%) Azure Engineer
6 121 (8.85%) Developer
7 117 (8.55%) Platform Engineer
8 114 (8.33%) Architect
9 108 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 107 (7.82%) AWS Engineer
11 73 (5.34%) Software Engineer
12 70 (5.12%) Data Engineer
13 67 (4.90%) Security Engineer
14 56 (4.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 56 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
15 47 (3.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 47 (3.44%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 46 (3.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 42 (3.07%) Python Engineer
18 38 (2.78%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (9.21%) React
2 95 (6.94%) Node.js
3 89 (6.51%) .NET
4 84 (6.14%) Kafka
5 80 (5.85%) RESTful
6 78 (5.70%) REST
7 72 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
8 64 (4.68%) AWS CDK
8 64 (4.68%) Spring
9 59 (4.31%) YAML
10 56 (4.09%) Spring Boot
11 50 (3.65%) ARM Templates
12 44 (3.22%) OAuth
13 41 (3.00%) RabbitMQ
14 37 (2.70%) PySpark
15 33 (2.41%) FastAPI
16 32 (2.34%) Next.js
17 30 (2.19%) .NET Core
17 30 (2.19%) OpenTelemetry
18 26 (1.90%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 318 (23.25%) Cloud Native
2 85 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 72 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 56 (4.09%) Public Cloud
5 54 (3.95%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.44%) Product Ownership
7 41 (3.00%) Data Centre
8 40 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (2.27%) Onboarding
10 30 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.68%) Blockchain
11 23 (1.68%) Management Information System
12 21 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.46%) Web3
14 19 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
15 18 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
15 18 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (1.32%) Hedge funds
15 18 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 290 (21.20%) Linux
2 147 (10.75%) Windows
3 65 (4.75%) Windows Server
4 54 (3.95%) Unix
5 33 (2.41%) Ubuntu
6 28 (2.05%) VMS
7 24 (1.75%) CentOS
7 24 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.95%) Android
9 12 (0.88%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.51%) Debian
11 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.29%) SUSE
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.073%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.073%) Rocky
14 1 (0.073%) Solaris
14 1 (0.073%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 915 (66.89%) CI/CD
2 831 (60.75%) DevOps
3 400 (29.24%) Containerisation
4 369 (26.97%) Agile
5 337 (24.63%) Observability
6 289 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 258 (18.86%) Mentoring
8 238 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
9 234 (17.11%) Platform Engineering
10 220 (16.08%) Test Automation
11 216 (15.79%) AI
12 207 (15.13%) Microservices
13 199 (14.55%) Software Engineering
14 195 (14.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 185 (13.52%) Cloud Security
16 165 (12.06%) Analytics
17 158 (11.55%) High Availability
18 152 (11.11%) DevSecOps
19 146 (10.67%) Technical Leadership
20 140 (10.23%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 625 (45.69%) Python
2 275 (20.10%) Bash
3 228 (16.67%) SQL
4 226 (16.52%) PowerShell
5 178 (13.01%) Java
6 153 (11.18%) Go
7 127 (9.28%) Bicep
8 119 (8.70%) JavaScript
9 117 (8.55%) TypeScript
10 79 (5.77%) C#
11 22 (1.61%) Rust
12 21 (1.54%) C++
13 20 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 19 (1.39%) Scala
15 13 (0.95%) C
16 10 (0.73%) Groovy
17 9 (0.66%) Ruby
18 8 (0.58%) PHP
18 8 (0.58%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 230 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 143 (10.45%) SC Cleared
3 136 (9.94%) Degree
4 112 (8.19%) AWS Certification
5 84 (6.14%) DV Cleared
6 76 (5.56%) Azure Certification
7 58 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (2.05%) CISSP
10 28 (2.05%) OSCP
11 22 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (0.95%) CCNP
13 13 (0.95%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 11 (0.80%) CCNA
15 11 (0.80%) CCSK
16 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (4.53%) QA
2 55 (4.02%) GDPR
3 52 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 48 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (3.51%) SOC 2
5 38 (2.78%) NIST
6 33 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 24 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.66%) WCAG
10 7 (0.51%) NCSC
11 6 (0.44%) GRC
12 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.37%) SLA
13 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.073%) Basel III
14 1 (0.073%) MiFID
System Software
1 418 (30.56%) Docker
2 96 (7.02%) Active Directory
3 71 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.75%) vSphere
6 18 (1.32%) Hyper-V
7 17 (1.24%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.66%) Firmware
9 6 (0.44%) iptables
10 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
12 3 (0.22%) Squid
12 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.15%) GPFS
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
13 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.073%) vCloud
14 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 950 (69.44%) Terraform
2 562 (41.08%) Kubernetes
3 320 (23.39%) Ansible
4 187 (13.67%) Grafana
5 186 (13.60%) Prometheus
6 55 (4.02%) Argo
7 34 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
9 26 (1.90%) Puppet
10 23 (1.68%) Kustomize
11 18 (1.32%) Progress Chef
12 17 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (1.24%) Rancher
13 15 (1.10%) Nagios
14 14 (1.02%) Istio
15 11 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
15 11 (0.80%) Packer
16 8 (0.58%) logstash
16 8 (0.58%) Proxmox
16 8 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 242 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.82%) VMware
3 96 (7.02%) Google
4 60 (4.39%) Red Hat
5 57 (4.17%) Databricks
6 52 (3.80%) Cisco
7 46 (3.36%) Splunk
8 39 (2.85%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.61%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
11 20 (1.46%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.32%) Dynatrace
12 18 (1.32%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.17%) Oracle
14 14 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 14 (1.02%) Juniper
15 13 (0.95%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.88%) SolarWinds
17 10 (0.73%) CyberArk
17 10 (0.73%) SAP