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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 128 84
Rank change year-on-year 0 -44 +16
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 982 1,279 1,563
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.09% 2.14% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 2.50% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 733 798 1,244
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £51,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £57,948
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £71,991 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -4.01% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,496 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.67% -

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 39,784 51,149 42,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.80% 85.43% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 24,863 26,668 32,820
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,750 £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% - -2.44%
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 28 November 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 28 November 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 +18 460 £82,500 -8.33% 254
North of England -10 192 £70,000 +16.67% 80
South East +27 121 £78,500 +25.60% 199
North West +11 84 £65,250 +0.38% 50
Yorkshire +4 83 £70,000 +27.27% 19
Midlands +31 69 £65,000 -1.52% 43
South West -49 60 £62,500 -10.71% 76
West Midlands +23 47 £65,000 -4.41% 20
East of England +32 30 £66,500 -8.28% 18
North East +1 25 £70,079 +40.16% 11
East Midlands +23 20 £65,000 +54.76% 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 48 (4.89%) Apache Airflow
2 34 (3.46%) Apache
3 24 (2.44%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.04%) Confluence
5 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.92%) nginx
6 9 (0.92%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.61%) Appian
8 4 (0.41%) IIS
8 4 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.31%) Traefik
10 1 (0.10%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) SAS
10 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
1 3 (0.31%) Sketch
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.10%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 610 (62.12%) AWS
2 604 (61.51%) Azure
3 220 (22.40%) GCP
4 206 (20.98%) GitHub
5 196 (19.96%) Azure DevOps
6 143 (14.56%) AWS CloudFormation
7 140 (14.26%) Serverless
8 121 (12.32%) GitHub Actions
9 102 (10.39%) SaaS
10 90 (9.16%) Amazon S3
10 90 (9.16%) AWS Lambda
11 78 (7.94%) PaaS
12 59 (6.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 59 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
13 57 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
14 54 (5.50%) Amazon ECS
15 52 (5.30%) Amazon EKS
15 52 (5.30%) Entra ID
16 49 (4.99%) IaaS
17 42 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 109 (11.10%) Firewall
2 73 (7.43%) DNS
3 64 (6.52%) VPN
4 59 (6.01%) WAN
5 46 (4.68%) TCP/IP
6 43 (4.38%) LAN
7 41 (4.18%) Network Security
8 27 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (2.65%) DHCP
10 17 (1.73%) SD-WAN
11 14 (1.43%) BGP
12 13 (1.32%) VLAN
13 12 (1.22%) VoIP
14 11 (1.12%) Internet
14 11 (1.12%) SAN
14 11 (1.12%) Wireless
15 8 (0.81%) OSPF
16 7 (0.71%) Kerberos
16 7 (0.71%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (4.89%) NoSQL
4 45 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
5 40 (4.07%) DynamoDB
6 34 (3.46%) Data Lake
7 25 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (2.34%) Big Data
9 22 (2.24%) BigQuery
9 22 (2.24%) MongoDB
10 21 (2.14%) MySQL
11 20 (2.04%) Redis
12 15 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (1.53%) Power BI
13 13 (1.32%) Relational Database
14 11 (1.12%) Apache Iceberg
15 10 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 156 (15.89%) Jenkins
2 136 (13.85%) Git
3 110 (11.20%) GitLab
4 42 (4.28%) JIRA
5 26 (2.65%) Selenium
6 22 (2.24%) Robot Framework
7 18 (1.83%) Snyk
7 18 (1.83%) TeamCity
8 17 (1.73%) Bitbucket
9 16 (1.63%) SonarQube
10 15 (1.53%) MLflow
11 13 (1.32%) Artifactory
11 13 (1.32%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.32%) Cucumber
12 10 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.92%) JMeter
14 8 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
15 7 (0.71%) Spinnaker
16 5 (0.51%) git-flow
General
1 281 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 239 (24.34%) Finance
3 101 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (9.78%) Law
5 79 (8.04%) Banking
6 74 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.28%) Retail
8 41 (4.18%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.46%) Telecoms
10 33 (3.36%) Marketing
11 29 (2.95%) Legal
12 27 (2.75%) Financial Institution
13 22 (2.24%) Games
14 17 (1.73%) Advertising
15 15 (1.53%) Back Office
16 14 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.12%) Billing
18 11 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.92%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 195 (19.86%) Senior
2 145 (14.77%) DevOps Engineer
3 130 (13.24%) Lead
4 128 (13.03%) Cloud Engineer
5 106 (10.79%) Architect
6 94 (9.57%) Developer
7 89 (9.06%) Platform Engineer
8 67 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
9 57 (5.80%) Software Engineer
10 53 (5.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 45 (4.58%) AWS Engineer
12 44 (4.48%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.46%) Cloud Architect
14 33 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
15 32 (3.26%) Security Engineer
16 31 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 30 (3.05%) Lead DevOps
18 28 (2.85%) Support Engineer
19 25 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
19 25 (2.55%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (9.27%) .NET
2 85 (8.66%) React
3 56 (5.70%) Kafka
4 45 (4.58%) RESTful
5 44 (4.48%) Elastic Stack
6 43 (4.38%) ARM Templates
7 41 (4.18%) YAML
8 39 (3.97%) Django
8 39 (3.97%) Node.js
9 35 (3.56%) Spring
10 32 (3.26%) REST
11 31 (3.16%) Spring Boot
12 29 (2.95%) .NET Core
13 27 (2.75%) CSS
13 27 (2.75%) Flask
14 26 (2.65%) HTML
15 25 (2.55%) FastAPI
16 21 (2.14%) Vue
17 20 (2.04%) .NET Framework
17 20 (2.04%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 251 (25.56%) Cloud Native
2 81 (8.25%) Public Cloud
3 73 (7.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 54 (5.50%) Data Centre
5 39 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.65%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.44%) Product Ownership
10 22 (2.24%) Security Posture
11 20 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
12 19 (1.93%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.93%) Private Cloud
13 17 (1.73%) Distributed Architecture
14 15 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
14 15 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (1.32%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.32%) PKI
16 12 (1.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 198 (20.16%) Linux
2 115 (11.71%) Windows
3 43 (4.38%) Windows Server
4 35 (3.56%) Unix
5 22 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (2.04%) Ubuntu
7 16 (1.63%) VMS
8 15 (1.53%) Debian
9 7 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.51%) CentOS
11 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.31%) AIX
12 3 (0.31%) Android
12 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.31%) Solaris
13 2 (0.20%) SUSE
13 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (68.53%) CI/CD
2 629 (64.05%) DevOps
3 311 (31.67%) Agile
4 263 (26.78%) Containerisation
5 217 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 165 (16.80%) Software Engineering
8 164 (16.70%) Observability
9 163 (16.60%) Mentoring
10 144 (14.66%) Platform Engineering
11 132 (13.44%) AI
12 130 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 117 (11.91%) Cloud Security
14 114 (11.61%) Microservices
14 114 (11.61%) Test Automation
15 104 (10.59%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 94 (9.57%) Analytics
17 89 (9.06%) DevSecOps
17 89 (9.06%) Roadmaps
18 87 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 435 (44.30%) Python
2 178 (18.13%) PowerShell
3 167 (17.01%) Bash
4 155 (15.78%) SQL
5 104 (10.59%) Bicep
6 93 (9.47%) Java
7 77 (7.84%) JavaScript
8 76 (7.74%) C#
9 74 (7.54%) Go
10 63 (6.42%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.93%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.02%) C++
12 10 (1.02%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.51%) Ruby
14 5 (0.51%) Scala
15 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.31%) Perl
16 3 (0.31%) Rust
17 2 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 156 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 101 (10.29%) SC Cleared
3 89 (9.06%) Azure Certification
3 89 (9.06%) Degree
4 84 (8.55%) AWS Certification
5 71 (7.23%) DV Cleared
6 45 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.34%) CCNP
10 23 (2.34%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.63%) CISSP
12 10 (1.02%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (0.92%) OSCP
14 8 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.71%) CCNA
15 7 (0.71%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.71%) PMP
16 5 (0.51%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (4.99%) GDPR
3 38 (3.87%) QA
4 36 (3.67%) NIST
5 23 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 22 (2.24%) SOC 2
7 20 (2.04%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (1.22%) SLA
9 10 (1.02%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.61%) GRC
11 5 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.51%) NCSC
11 5 (0.51%) WCAG
12 4 (0.41%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.20%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 314 (31.98%) Docker
2 64 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (6.31%) Active Directory
4 24 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (2.24%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.93%) vSphere
7 13 (1.32%) NFS
8 11 (1.12%) Firmware
9 9 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.71%) vCloud
12 5 (0.51%) KVM
12 5 (0.51%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.51%) XenApp
12 5 (0.51%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.41%) zsh
14 2 (0.20%) GPFS
14 2 (0.20%) Lustre
14 2 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 673 (68.53%) Terraform
2 397 (40.43%) Kubernetes
3 268 (27.29%) Ansible
4 111 (11.30%) Grafana
5 106 (10.79%) Prometheus
6 28 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (2.04%) SCCM
8 15 (1.53%) Argo
9 14 (1.43%) Docker Swarm
9 14 (1.43%) Puppet
10 11 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (1.02%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.02%) SCOM
12 9 (0.92%) Rancher
13 6 (0.61%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.51%) MaaS360
14 5 (0.51%) ZABBIX
15 4 (0.41%) Control-M
15 4 (0.41%) Rundeck
15 4 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 213 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 92 (9.37%) VMware
3 75 (7.64%) Google
4 56 (5.70%) Cisco
5 42 (4.28%) Databricks
6 41 (4.18%) Splunk
7 38 (3.87%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.95%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.83%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.83%) Oracle
9 18 (1.83%) SolarWinds
10 17 (1.73%) Coverity
11 13 (1.32%) Commvault
12 10 (1.02%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.02%) Juniper
13 9 (0.92%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.92%) New Relic
13 9 (0.92%) SAP
13 9 (0.92%) Zscaler
14 8 (0.81%) CrowdStrike