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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 124 128
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 -29
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,063 1,081 1,528
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.84% 2.38% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.59% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 758 664 1,276
10th Percentile £46,446 £47,725 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +3.10% -3.33%
75th Percentile £91,184 £93,778 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £73,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.07% +1.72% -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 46,032 41,765 58,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.83% 92.04% 88.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27,930 20,347 46,131
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,333
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +16 517 £85,000 -5.56% 282
North of England -15 206 £65,000 +1.56% 114
South East +6 119 £75,000 +7.14% 149
Yorkshire -14 92 £62,500 +13.64% 36
North West -7 85 £70,000 +3.70% 68
South West -18 78 £62,500 -13.18% 83
Midlands +6 60 £65,250 -0.38% 39
West Midlands 0 33 £60,000 -12.73% 27
East of England +28 29 £71,250 -1.72% 29
North East -3 29 £55,000 +12.82% 10
East Midlands +1 25 £67,500 +3.85% 13
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 50 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (3.48%) Apache
3 21 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.32%) Confluence
6 11 (1.03%) IIS
6 11 (1.03%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.28%) Appian
8 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.094%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.38%) Weka
2 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.094%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.094%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.094%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.094%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 680 (63.97%) AWS
2 600 (56.44%) Azure
3 241 (22.67%) GitHub
4 240 (22.58%) Azure DevOps
4 240 (22.58%) GCP
5 191 (17.97%) Serverless
6 183 (17.22%) AWS CloudFormation
7 163 (15.33%) GitHub Actions
8 124 (11.67%) AWS Lambda
9 107 (10.07%) Amazon S3
10 101 (9.50%) SaaS
11 93 (8.75%) PaaS
12 84 (7.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 82 (7.71%) Entra ID
14 78 (7.34%) Amazon EKS
15 67 (6.30%) IaaS
16 63 (5.93%) Datadog
17 60 (5.64%) Amazon EC2
18 58 (5.46%) Azure Monitor
18 58 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 132 (12.42%) Firewall
2 76 (7.15%) VPN
3 73 (6.87%) DNS
4 49 (4.61%) TCP/IP
5 40 (3.76%) WAN
6 30 (2.82%) DHCP
7 27 (2.54%) Broadband
7 27 (2.54%) Network Security
8 20 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (1.69%) BGP
10 17 (1.60%) VLAN
11 16 (1.51%) Internet
12 15 (1.41%) LAN
13 13 (1.22%) HTTP
14 12 (1.13%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.75%) DSL
16 7 (0.66%) SAN
17 6 (0.56%) OSPF
17 6 (0.56%) VoIP
17 6 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (8.65%) NoSQL
2 71 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
3 64 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
4 52 (4.89%) SQL Server
5 48 (4.52%) DynamoDB
6 38 (3.57%) Data Lake
7 34 (3.20%) MongoDB
8 28 (2.63%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.54%) BigQuery
10 26 (2.45%) MySQL
11 22 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 21 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
13 19 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (1.79%) RDBMS
13 19 (1.79%) Redis
14 16 (1.51%) Big Data
15 15 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (1.41%) Metadata
15 15 (1.41%) Power BI
16 13 (1.22%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 184 (17.31%) Jenkins
2 140 (13.17%) Git
3 123 (11.57%) GitLab
4 28 (2.63%) JIRA
5 25 (2.35%) Selenium
6 24 (2.26%) Robot Framework
7 23 (2.16%) CircleCI
8 22 (2.07%) Bitbucket
9 21 (1.98%) Jaeger
10 18 (1.69%) Snyk
11 17 (1.60%) MLflow
12 14 (1.32%) TeamCity
13 13 (1.22%) Cucumber
14 11 (1.03%) SonarQube
15 8 (0.75%) Artifactory
15 8 (0.75%) JMeter
16 7 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.66%) Subversion
16 7 (0.66%) Vite
17 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 302 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 234 (22.01%) Finance
3 100 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.87%) Banking
5 62 (5.83%) Law
6 59 (5.55%) Public Sector
7 48 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (4.23%) Retail
8 45 (4.23%) Telecoms
9 33 (3.10%) Financial Institution
10 23 (2.16%) Billing
11 20 (1.88%) Games
11 20 (1.88%) Marketing
12 19 (1.79%) Back Office
13 18 (1.69%) Legal
13 18 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.41%) Advertising
15 14 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.22%) Aerospace
17 11 (1.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 209 (19.66%) Senior
2 179 (16.84%) Cloud Engineer
3 165 (15.52%) DevOps Engineer
4 123 (11.57%) Lead
5 105 (9.88%) Developer
5 105 (9.88%) Platform Engineer
6 100 (9.41%) Azure Engineer
7 96 (9.03%) Architect
8 79 (7.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 77 (7.24%) AWS Engineer
10 52 (4.89%) Software Engineer
11 46 (4.33%) Data Engineer
12 43 (4.05%) Security Engineer
13 40 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
14 34 (3.20%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 34 (3.20%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 34 (3.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 31 (2.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 30 (2.82%) GCP Engineer
16 30 (2.82%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (10.16%) React
2 81 (7.62%) .NET
3 70 (6.59%) Node.js
4 67 (6.30%) RESTful
5 62 (5.83%) Elastic Stack
6 57 (5.36%) Kafka
7 48 (4.52%) AWS CDK
8 45 (4.23%) Spring
9 41 (3.86%) Spring Boot
9 41 (3.86%) YAML
10 40 (3.76%) REST
11 32 (3.01%) ARM Templates
11 32 (3.01%) FastAPI
12 31 (2.92%) .NET Core
12 31 (2.92%) Django
13 29 (2.73%) CSS
14 28 (2.63%) HTML
15 25 (2.35%) OpenTelemetry
16 23 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
17 20 (1.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 258 (24.27%) Cloud Native
2 69 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.36%) Public Cloud
4 48 (4.52%) Data Centre
5 44 (4.14%) Security Posture
6 40 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
7 33 (3.10%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.26%) Product Ownership
11 22 (2.07%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.41%) Hedge funds
13 15 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (1.32%) Blog
15 13 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (1.22%) Data Structures
16 12 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
16 12 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 233 (21.92%) Linux
2 108 (10.16%) Windows
3 58 (5.46%) Unix
4 36 (3.39%) Windows Server
5 32 (3.01%) VMS
6 25 (2.35%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.32%) Debian
7 14 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.03%) CentOS
9 6 (0.56%) Android
9 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.28%) SUSE
13 2 (0.19%) Solaris
13 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.094%) AIX
14 1 (0.094%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (68.02%) CI/CD
2 668 (62.84%) DevOps
3 305 (28.69%) Agile
4 299 (28.13%) Containerisation
5 215 (20.23%) Observability
6 212 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
7 211 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 179 (16.84%) Mentoring
9 166 (15.62%) Platform Engineering
10 165 (15.52%) AI
11 158 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 151 (14.21%) Cloud Security
12 151 (14.21%) Software Engineering
13 136 (12.79%) Microservices
14 130 (12.23%) Test Automation
15 128 (12.04%) Analytics
16 126 (11.85%) DevSecOps
16 126 (11.85%) High Availability
17 106 (9.97%) Incident Response
18 105 (9.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 476 (44.78%) Python
2 208 (19.57%) Bash
3 170 (15.99%) PowerShell
4 163 (15.33%) SQL
5 131 (12.32%) Java
6 118 (11.10%) Go
7 112 (10.54%) Bicep
8 108 (10.16%) JavaScript
9 90 (8.47%) TypeScript
10 68 (6.40%) C#
11 16 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.41%) Scala
13 14 (1.32%) C++
13 14 (1.32%) Rust
14 9 (0.85%) C
15 8 (0.75%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.66%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.47%) Ruby
18 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 179 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 105 (9.88%) SC Cleared
3 102 (9.60%) AWS Certification
4 98 (9.22%) Degree
5 78 (7.34%) DV Cleared
6 67 (6.30%) Azure Certification
7 41 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (2.54%) CISSP
10 26 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.69%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.69%) OSCP
12 14 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.94%) CCNP
15 9 (0.85%) CCSK
15 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.66%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 7 (0.66%) CISM
16 7 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (4.52%) GDPR
3 40 (3.76%) SOC 2
4 38 (3.57%) NIST
5 37 (3.48%) QA
6 36 (3.39%) Data Quality
7 33 (3.10%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.88%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.85%) SLA
12 7 (0.66%) WCAG
13 6 (0.56%) GRC
14 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.47%) NCSC
15 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.19%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.19%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.19%) NIST 800
17 1 (0.094%) HIPAA
System Software
1 351 (33.02%) Docker
2 79 (7.43%) Active Directory
3 54 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.88%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.41%) vSphere
7 13 (1.22%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.03%) Firmware
9 6 (0.56%) KVM
9 6 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.38%) NFS
10 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.28%) vCloud
12 2 (0.19%) GPFS
12 2 (0.19%) iptables
12 2 (0.19%) Lustre
12 2 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.19%) XenApp
12 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 758 (71.31%) Terraform
2 423 (39.79%) Kubernetes
3 280 (26.34%) Ansible
4 156 (14.68%) Prometheus
5 139 (13.08%) Grafana
6 43 (4.05%) Argo
7 27 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.98%) Puppet
9 20 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.79%) Kustomize
11 16 (1.51%) Rancher
12 12 (1.13%) Progress Chef
12 12 (1.13%) SCCM
13 9 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.56%) AWS Copilot
14 6 (0.56%) Istio
14 6 (0.56%) SCOM
14 6 (0.56%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 184 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 99 (9.31%) Google
3 86 (8.09%) VMware
4 41 (3.86%) Databricks
5 37 (3.48%) Cisco
6 33 (3.10%) Palo Alto
6 33 (3.10%) Splunk
7 30 (2.82%) Red Hat
8 23 (2.16%) Zscaler
9 18 (1.69%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.69%) Coverity
10 15 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
11 14 (1.32%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.22%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.13%) Oracle
13 12 (1.13%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.03%) Juniper
14 11 (1.03%) New Relic
14 11 (1.03%) SAP
15 10 (0.94%) CyberArk