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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 131 157
Rank change year-on-year +23 +26 -55
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,241 872 1,449
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.81% 2.40% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.57% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 854 652 1,200
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,325 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,125 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -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 53,090 33,986 67,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.23% 93.60% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 33,080 20,170 51,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +40 615 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -12 229 £67,500 - 159
South East +2 143 £70,000 -3.45% 123
North West -16 106 £73,801 +1.79% 84
South West -12 94 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -21 92 £65,000 +13.04% 47
Midlands -9 73 £67,500 +3.85% 47
East Midlands -20 36 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -15 35 £65,500 -6.43% 41
East of England -5 34 £62,500 -13.79% 35
North East -13 31 £48,445 -15.75% 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 44 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.66%) Apache
3 23 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.21%) Confluence
5 15 (1.21%) IIS
6 10 (0.81%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.24%) CMS
7 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.081%) Appian
9 1 (0.081%) Camunda
9 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.32%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.32%) Weka
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.081%) Maya
3 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.081%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.081%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 786 (63.34%) AWS
2 682 (54.96%) Azure
3 280 (22.56%) GCP
4 270 (21.76%) GitHub
5 244 (19.66%) Azure DevOps
6 239 (19.26%) Serverless
7 212 (17.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 188 (15.15%) GitHub Actions
9 139 (11.20%) AWS Lambda
10 125 (10.07%) Amazon S3
11 103 (8.30%) SaaS
12 99 (7.98%) PaaS
13 95 (7.66%) Amazon EKS
14 94 (7.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 90 (7.25%) Datadog
16 88 (7.09%) Entra ID
17 72 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
18 70 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
19 65 (5.24%) Amazon ECS
19 65 (5.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 159 (12.81%) Firewall
2 81 (6.53%) DNS
3 69 (5.56%) VPN
4 67 (5.40%) TCP/IP
5 40 (3.22%) WAN
6 38 (3.06%) Broadband
7 36 (2.90%) Network Security
8 25 (2.01%) DHCP
9 20 (1.61%) HTTP
10 19 (1.53%) BGP
10 19 (1.53%) LAN
11 17 (1.37%) VLAN
12 16 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (1.05%) DSL
13 13 (1.05%) Internet
14 10 (0.81%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
16 8 (0.64%) Wireless
17 5 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.70%) NoSQL
2 89 (7.17%) PostgreSQL
3 79 (6.37%) Amazon RDS
4 57 (4.59%) SQL Server
5 55 (4.43%) DynamoDB
6 42 (3.38%) MongoDB
7 40 (3.22%) Relational Database
8 38 (3.06%) Data Lake
9 28 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 28 (2.26%) MySQL
10 25 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (2.01%) Redis
11 21 (1.69%) BigQuery
11 21 (1.69%) Power BI
12 19 (1.53%) Metadata
12 19 (1.53%) RDBMS
13 15 (1.21%) Delta Lake
14 13 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 190 (15.31%) Jenkins
2 166 (13.38%) Git
2 166 (13.38%) GitLab
3 32 (2.58%) CircleCI
4 30 (2.42%) Bitbucket
4 30 (2.42%) JIRA
5 26 (2.10%) Selenium
6 23 (1.85%) Robot Framework
7 21 (1.69%) Jaeger
8 19 (1.53%) Cucumber
9 16 (1.29%) Snyk
10 13 (1.05%) JMeter
10 13 (1.05%) MLflow
10 13 (1.05%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 9 (0.73%) Locust
12 8 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
12 8 (0.64%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.64%) Storybook
12 8 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 346 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 271 (21.84%) Finance
3 124 (9.99%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (7.57%) Banking
5 73 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 63 (5.08%) Law
7 60 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (4.83%) Telecoms
8 55 (4.43%) Retail
9 31 (2.50%) Financial Institution
10 25 (2.01%) Marketing
11 23 (1.85%) Games
11 23 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.77%) Billing
13 20 (1.61%) Back Office
14 19 (1.53%) Advertising
15 17 (1.37%) Aerospace
16 14 (1.13%) Electronics
17 13 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 268 (21.60%) Senior
2 201 (16.20%) DevOps Engineer
3 189 (15.23%) Cloud Engineer
4 163 (13.13%) Lead
5 115 (9.27%) Developer
6 112 (9.02%) Azure Engineer
6 112 (9.02%) Platform Engineer
7 105 (8.46%) Architect
8 94 (7.57%) AWS Engineer
9 92 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 65 (5.24%) Software Engineer
11 58 (4.67%) Data Engineer
12 53 (4.27%) Security Engineer
13 50 (4.03%) Senior DevOps
14 44 (3.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 43 (3.46%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 42 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 37 (2.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 37 (2.98%) Python Engineer
18 36 (2.90%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (9.51%) React
2 84 (6.77%) .NET
3 83 (6.69%) Node.js
4 72 (5.80%) RESTful
5 71 (5.72%) Kafka
6 70 (5.64%) Elastic Stack
7 63 (5.08%) REST
8 62 (5.00%) AWS CDK
9 58 (4.67%) Spring
10 52 (4.19%) Spring Boot
11 49 (3.95%) YAML
12 39 (3.14%) Django
13 38 (3.06%) ARM Templates
13 38 (3.06%) RabbitMQ
14 37 (2.98%) CSS
15 36 (2.90%) FastAPI
16 32 (2.58%) HTML
16 32 (2.58%) OAuth
17 30 (2.42%) .NET Core
18 27 (2.18%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 287 (23.13%) Cloud Native
2 75 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (4.59%) Security Posture
4 54 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (4.27%) Public Cloud
6 42 (3.38%) Data Centre
6 42 (3.38%) Product Ownership
7 31 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
11 23 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
13 18 (1.45%) Hedge funds
14 17 (1.37%) Blockchain
14 17 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
15 16 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
15 16 (1.29%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 285 (22.97%) Linux
2 143 (11.52%) Windows
3 68 (5.48%) Unix
4 51 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 30 (2.42%) VMS
6 28 (2.26%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (1.61%) CentOS
9 11 (0.89%) Android
10 10 (0.81%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.64%) Debian
12 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.32%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.32%) SUSE
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.081%) Rocky
15 1 (0.081%) Solaris
15 1 (0.081%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 839 (67.61%) CI/CD
2 762 (61.40%) DevOps
3 354 (28.53%) Agile
3 354 (28.53%) Containerisation
4 302 (24.34%) Observability
5 276 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 234 (18.86%) Mentoring
7 233 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
8 201 (16.20%) Platform Engineering
9 194 (15.63%) Test Automation
10 190 (15.31%) AI
11 185 (14.91%) Software Engineering
12 177 (14.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 170 (13.70%) Cloud Security
14 167 (13.46%) Microservices
15 150 (12.09%) DevSecOps
16 145 (11.68%) Analytics
17 142 (11.44%) High Availability
18 141 (11.36%) Incident Response
19 126 (10.15%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 569 (45.85%) Python
2 253 (20.39%) Bash
3 198 (15.95%) PowerShell
4 197 (15.87%) SQL
5 161 (12.97%) Java
6 144 (11.60%) Go
7 116 (9.35%) JavaScript
8 111 (8.94%) Bicep
9 98 (7.90%) TypeScript
10 64 (5.16%) C#
11 19 (1.53%) Rust
12 18 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.37%) C++
14 16 (1.29%) Scala
15 11 (0.89%) C
16 9 (0.73%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.64%) Ruby
18 7 (0.56%) Apex Code
19 5 (0.40%) PHP
19 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 216 (17.41%) Security Cleared
2 128 (10.31%) SC Cleared
3 118 (9.51%) Degree
4 100 (8.06%) AWS Certification
5 95 (7.66%) DV Cleared
6 64 (5.16%) Azure Certification
7 52 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (2.26%) CISSP
8 28 (2.26%) OSCP
9 27 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
11 14 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.89%) CCSK
12 11 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (0.81%) CCNP
13 10 (0.81%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.56%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.00%) QA
2 55 (4.43%) GDPR
2 55 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (4.19%) SOC 2
4 44 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 40 (3.22%) PCI DSS
6 39 (3.14%) NIST
7 26 (2.10%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.97%) WCAG
9 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.81%) SLA
11 7 (0.56%) NCSC
12 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.48%) GRC
13 4 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.32%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.16%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 403 (32.47%) Docker
2 77 (6.20%) Active Directory
3 60 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.93%) vSphere
6 20 (1.61%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.29%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.81%) Firmware
9 6 (0.48%) KVM
10 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.32%) iptables
12 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) GPFS
13 2 (0.16%) Lustre
13 2 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.16%) vCloud
13 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.081%) QEMU
14 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 871 (70.19%) Terraform
2 494 (39.81%) Kubernetes
3 308 (24.82%) Ansible
4 179 (14.42%) Prometheus
5 178 (14.34%) Grafana
6 46 (3.71%) Argo
7 33 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (1.85%) Puppet
9 22 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.53%) Kustomize
11 14 (1.13%) Nagios
11 14 (1.13%) Rancher
12 13 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.05%) Progress Chef
13 11 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
14 9 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
15 8 (0.64%) Istio
15 8 (0.64%) SCCM
16 7 (0.56%) Proxmox
16 7 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 200 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.54%) Google
3 94 (7.57%) VMware
4 48 (3.87%) Red Hat
5 47 (3.79%) Cisco
5 47 (3.79%) Databricks
6 44 (3.55%) Splunk
7 40 (3.22%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.61%) Zscaler
9 17 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.29%) Black Duck
10 16 (1.29%) Coverity
10 16 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
10 16 (1.29%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.21%) Juniper
12 14 (1.13%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.05%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.05%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.97%) Oracle
14 12 (0.97%) SAP