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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 132 150
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,183 929 1,457
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 2.37% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.53% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 830 663 1,197
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,400 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £113,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 50,827 36,748 64,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.13% 93.68% 87.29%
Number of salaries quoted 31,403 20,173 50,460
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £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 £75,000
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% -11.31%

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 12 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 12 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 +33 589 £85,000 -5.56% 287
North of England -11 217 £65,000 - 156
South East +3 133 £70,000 -0.71% 132
North West -9 94 £72,000 +2.86% 80
Yorkshire -14 91 £62,500 +19.05% 53
South West -12 85 £62,500 -10.71% 92
Midlands -5 69 £67,500 +3.85% 40
East of England +15 34 £62,500 -13.79% 26
West Midlands -8 34 £67,500 -3.57% 32
East Midlands -11 33 £67,500 +3.85% 8
North East -8 32 £48,445 -13.10% 23
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 (4.14%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.21%) Apache
3 27 (2.28%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.18%) IIS
6 12 (1.01%) Confluence
7 10 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.25%) CMS
9 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.17%) Appian
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.085%) Camunda
11 1 (0.085%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.085%) nginx
11 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.085%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.34%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.34%) Weka
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.085%) Maya
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.085%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.085%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.085%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 746 (63.06%) AWS
2 644 (54.44%) Azure
3 266 (22.49%) GCP
4 265 (22.40%) GitHub
5 235 (19.86%) Azure DevOps
6 229 (19.36%) Serverless
7 206 (17.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 185 (15.64%) GitHub Actions
9 141 (11.92%) AWS Lambda
10 124 (10.48%) Amazon S3
11 107 (9.04%) PaaS
12 102 (8.62%) SaaS
13 92 (7.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 91 (7.69%) Entra ID
15 90 (7.61%) Amazon EKS
16 80 (6.76%) Datadog
17 73 (6.17%) IaaS
18 70 (5.92%) Amazon EC2
18 70 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
19 61 (5.16%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (12.60%) Firewall
2 82 (6.93%) DNS
3 74 (6.26%) VPN
4 64 (5.41%) TCP/IP
5 37 (3.13%) WAN
6 32 (2.70%) Broadband
7 30 (2.54%) DHCP
7 30 (2.54%) Network Security
8 19 (1.61%) HTTP
9 17 (1.44%) VLAN
10 16 (1.35%) BGP
11 15 (1.27%) Internet
12 14 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (1.10%) DSL
13 13 (1.10%) LAN
14 7 (0.59%) SAN
14 7 (0.59%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.42%) AMQP
15 5 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (8.54%) NoSQL
2 81 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (6.26%) Amazon RDS
4 55 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 54 (4.56%) DynamoDB
6 41 (3.47%) Data Lake
7 37 (3.13%) MongoDB
7 37 (3.13%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
8 27 (2.28%) MySQL
9 25 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (2.03%) BigQuery
10 24 (2.03%) Redis
11 23 (1.94%) Power BI
12 21 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (1.69%) Metadata
14 19 (1.61%) RDBMS
15 17 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (1.35%) Delta Lake
17 13 (1.10%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 191 (16.15%) Jenkins
2 158 (13.36%) GitLab
3 155 (13.10%) Git
4 30 (2.54%) CircleCI
5 29 (2.45%) Bitbucket
6 28 (2.37%) JIRA
7 26 (2.20%) Selenium
8 24 (2.03%) Robot Framework
9 22 (1.86%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.44%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.44%) Snyk
11 15 (1.27%) MLflow
12 14 (1.18%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.93%) JMeter
14 10 (0.85%) SonarQube
15 8 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 8 (0.68%) Locust
15 8 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.68%) Storybook
15 8 (0.68%) Subversion
General
1 339 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 261 (22.06%) Finance
3 124 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (7.52%) Banking
5 74 (6.26%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.49%) Law
7 58 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (4.73%) Telecoms
9 53 (4.48%) Retail
10 33 (2.79%) Financial Institution
11 23 (1.94%) Marketing
12 21 (1.78%) Billing
13 20 (1.69%) Back Office
14 18 (1.52%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.35%) Advertising
15 16 (1.35%) Games
16 15 (1.27%) Aerospace
17 14 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (1.01%) Electronics
19 10 (0.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 249 (21.05%) Senior
2 191 (16.15%) DevOps Engineer
3 187 (15.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 150 (12.68%) Lead
5 111 (9.38%) Platform Engineer
6 108 (9.13%) Developer
7 105 (8.88%) Azure Engineer
8 104 (8.79%) Architect
9 92 (7.78%) AWS Engineer
10 90 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 61 (5.16%) Software Engineer
12 56 (4.73%) Data Engineer
13 52 (4.40%) Security Engineer
14 47 (3.97%) Senior DevOps
15 41 (3.47%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 40 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 38 (3.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 34 (2.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 34 (2.87%) Lead DevOps
19 33 (2.79%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (9.64%) React
2 77 (6.51%) .NET
2 77 (6.51%) Node.js
3 72 (6.09%) Elastic Stack
4 69 (5.83%) Kafka
4 69 (5.83%) RESTful
5 63 (5.33%) AWS CDK
6 54 (4.56%) Spring
7 49 (4.14%) Spring Boot
8 47 (3.97%) REST
9 46 (3.89%) YAML
10 36 (3.04%) Django
11 35 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
12 34 (2.87%) FastAPI
13 33 (2.79%) ARM Templates
13 33 (2.79%) CSS
14 28 (2.37%) .NET Core
14 28 (2.37%) HTML
15 26 (2.20%) OAuth
16 25 (2.11%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 279 (23.58%) Cloud Native
2 79 (6.68%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (4.73%) Security Posture
4 50 (4.23%) Public Cloud
5 43 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 35 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.70%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
12 21 (1.78%) Management Information System
13 18 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.44%) Cloud Security Posture
14 17 (1.44%) Hedge funds
15 16 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
16 15 (1.27%) Blog
17 14 (1.18%) Data Structures
17 14 (1.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 261 (22.06%) Linux
2 134 (11.33%) Windows
3 68 (5.75%) Unix
4 51 (4.31%) Windows Server
5 31 (2.62%) VMS
6 25 (2.11%) Ubuntu
7 18 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.44%) CentOS
9 11 (0.93%) Android
10 10 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.68%) Debian
12 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.25%) SUSE
15 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.085%) Rocky
16 1 (0.085%) Solaris
16 1 (0.085%) Windows 10
16 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (68.47%) CI/CD
2 740 (62.55%) DevOps
3 341 (28.83%) Agile
4 336 (28.40%) Containerisation
5 279 (23.58%) Observability
6 255 (21.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 230 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
8 221 (18.68%) Mentoring
9 187 (15.81%) Platform Engineering
10 178 (15.05%) AI
11 171 (14.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 170 (14.37%) Software Engineering
13 168 (14.20%) Cloud Security
14 162 (13.69%) Test Automation
15 159 (13.44%) Microservices
16 146 (12.34%) Analytics
17 139 (11.75%) DevSecOps
18 138 (11.67%) Incident Response
19 134 (11.33%) High Availability
20 125 (10.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 541 (45.73%) Python
2 237 (20.03%) Bash
3 189 (15.98%) SQL
4 187 (15.81%) PowerShell
5 156 (13.19%) Java
6 135 (11.41%) Go
7 110 (9.30%) Bicep
8 108 (9.13%) JavaScript
9 93 (7.86%) TypeScript
10 60 (5.07%) C#
11 19 (1.61%) Rust
12 17 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.35%) C++
13 16 (1.35%) Scala
14 10 (0.85%) C
15 9 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.59%) Ruby
17 6 (0.51%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 213 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 124 (10.48%) SC Cleared
3 110 (9.30%) Degree
4 98 (8.28%) AWS Certification
5 94 (7.95%) DV Cleared
6 65 (5.49%) Azure Certification
7 47 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (2.37%) CISSP
11 27 (2.28%) OSCP
12 15 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
13 11 (0.93%) CCSK
13 11 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.59%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 7 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.51%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (4.40%) GDPR
3 50 (4.23%) QA
4 47 (3.97%) SOC 2
5 46 (3.89%) Data Quality
6 41 (3.47%) NIST
7 39 (3.30%) PCI DSS
8 24 (2.03%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.85%) SLA
10 10 (0.85%) WCAG
11 7 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.51%) GRC
12 6 (0.51%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.34%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.085%) HIPAA
System Software
1 393 (33.22%) Docker
2 82 (6.93%) Active Directory
3 61 (5.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.94%) Hyper-V
6 20 (1.69%) vSphere
7 15 (1.27%) VMware NSX
8 12 (1.01%) Firmware
9 6 (0.51%) KVM
10 4 (0.34%) iptables
10 4 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.25%) vCloud
11 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.17%) GPFS
12 2 (0.17%) Lustre
12 2 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.085%) QEMU
13 1 (0.085%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 834 (70.50%) Terraform
2 478 (40.41%) Kubernetes
3 303 (25.61%) Ansible
4 180 (15.22%) Prometheus
5 171 (14.45%) Grafana
6 45 (3.80%) Argo
7 33 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 24 (2.03%) Puppet
9 20 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.61%) Kustomize
11 14 (1.18%) Rancher
12 13 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.10%) Nagios
12 13 (1.10%) Progress Chef
13 12 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
14 11 (0.93%) SCCM
15 9 (0.76%) AWS Copilot
16 7 (0.59%) Istio
16 7 (0.59%) Proxmox
16 7 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 194 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.21%) Google
3 97 (8.20%) VMware
4 45 (3.80%) Databricks
5 43 (3.63%) Red Hat
6 41 (3.47%) Splunk
7 40 (3.38%) Cisco
8 34 (2.87%) Palo Alto
9 21 (1.78%) Zscaler
10 17 (1.44%) Black Duck
10 17 (1.44%) Coverity
11 15 (1.27%) Juniper
11 15 (1.27%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.18%) Atlassian
12 14 (1.18%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (1.01%) Oracle
14 11 (0.93%) New Relic
14 11 (0.93%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.93%) SAP