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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 153 167
Rank change year-on-year +62 +14 -62
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,638 867 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.97% 2.24% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.40% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,124 584 1,198
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £48,600
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,588 £78,155 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.65% -6.67%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £105,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%

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 61,553 36,113 73,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.02% 93.35% 83.76%
Number of salaries quoted 41,006 19,403 54,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +8.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +30 808 £87,500 -2.78% 271
North of England +49 316 £67,500 -3.57% 138
South East +48 188 £70,000 -6.67% 122
North West +59 186 £74,651 +2.97% 75
South West +2 113 £72,500 +0.71% 59
Midlands +34 112 £68,000 -2.86% 42
Yorkshire -13 89 £65,576 -3.57% 30
West Midlands +1 61 £72,500 +3.57% 30
East Midlands +17 51 £67,500 +3.85% 12
East of England +11 49 £60,100 -7.54% 25
North East -11 41 £55,000 -15.38% 33
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 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.20%) Apache
3 33 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.22%) Confluence
6 14 (0.85%) IIS
7 13 (0.79%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.43%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.31%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.061%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.061%) nginx
13 1 (0.061%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (0.73%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.24%) Weka
3 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.061%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.061%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.061%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.061%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 966 (58.97%) AWS
2 882 (53.85%) Azure
3 304 (18.56%) GitHub
4 302 (18.44%) Serverless
5 294 (17.95%) GCP
6 274 (16.73%) Azure DevOps
7 256 (15.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 199 (12.15%) GitHub Actions
9 169 (10.32%) AWS Lambda
10 162 (9.89%) Amazon S3
11 125 (7.63%) PaaS
12 114 (6.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 114 (6.96%) Amazon EC2
13 112 (6.84%) Entra ID
14 110 (6.72%) Amazon EKS
15 103 (6.29%) SaaS
16 100 (6.11%) IaaS
17 95 (5.80%) Azure AKS
18 92 (5.62%) Datadog
19 87 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 167 (10.20%) Firewall
2 96 (5.86%) DNS
3 77 (4.70%) VPN
4 65 (3.97%) TCP/IP
5 63 (3.85%) Broadband
6 53 (3.24%) Network Security
7 46 (2.81%) WAN
8 35 (2.14%) BGP
9 34 (2.08%) DHCP
10 26 (1.59%) LAN
11 24 (1.47%) VLAN
12 23 (1.40%) HTTP
13 17 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (1.04%) OSPF
13 17 (1.04%) SD-WAN
13 17 (1.04%) Software-Defined Networking
14 13 (0.79%) DSL
14 13 (0.79%) VXLAN
15 9 (0.55%) IPv4
15 9 (0.55%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (7.81%) NoSQL
2 114 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.37%) Amazon RDS
4 73 (4.46%) MongoDB
5 69 (4.21%) DynamoDB
6 62 (3.79%) SQL Server
7 52 (3.17%) Data Lake
8 51 (3.11%) Relational Database
9 40 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 36 (2.20%) Metadata
11 31 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.40%) BigQuery
13 22 (1.34%) MySQL
14 20 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (1.22%) Power BI
15 19 (1.16%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.10%) Big Data
16 18 (1.10%) Delta Lake
17 17 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
18 16 (0.98%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 237 (14.47%) GitLab
2 217 (13.25%) Jenkins
3 213 (13.00%) Git
4 37 (2.26%) CircleCI
5 35 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 33 (2.01%) Cucumber
7 32 (1.95%) JIRA
8 20 (1.22%) Jaeger
9 17 (1.04%) TeamCity
10 13 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 13 (0.79%) Selenium
10 13 (0.79%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.55%) Maven
11 9 (0.55%) MLflow
12 8 (0.49%) JMeter
12 8 (0.49%) Robot Framework
12 8 (0.49%) Storybook
12 8 (0.49%) Subversion
13 7 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 402 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 319 (19.47%) Finance
3 123 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.04%) Banking
6 60 (3.66%) Retail
7 57 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (2.81%) Law
8 46 (2.81%) Telecoms
9 34 (2.08%) Games
10 30 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.40%) Aerospace
12 19 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.10%) Advertising
13 18 (1.10%) Billing
13 18 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.04%) Marketing
15 16 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.79%) Legal
17 12 (0.73%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 371 (22.65%) Senior
2 272 (16.61%) DevOps Engineer
3 261 (15.93%) Cloud Engineer
4 224 (13.68%) Lead
5 165 (10.07%) Azure Engineer
6 162 (9.89%) Platform Engineer
7 145 (8.85%) Architect
8 141 (8.61%) Developer
9 126 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
10 109 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 92 (5.62%) Software Engineer
12 90 (5.49%) Data Engineer
13 81 (4.95%) Security Engineer
14 74 (4.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 69 (4.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 64 (3.91%) Senior DevOps
17 62 (3.79%) Principal Engineer
18 54 (3.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 53 (3.24%) Senior Platform Engineer
20 51 (3.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (8.18%) React
2 117 (7.14%) Kafka
3 115 (7.02%) .NET
4 110 (6.72%) Node.js
5 101 (6.17%) REST
6 91 (5.56%) RESTful
7 79 (4.82%) Spring
7 79 (4.82%) YAML
8 71 (4.33%) Spring Boot
9 66 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
10 62 (3.79%) AWS CDK
11 56 (3.42%) PySpark
12 55 (3.36%) ARM Templates
13 52 (3.17%) OAuth
14 44 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
15 38 (2.32%) ASP.NET
16 37 (2.26%) JSON
17 36 (2.20%) ASP.NET Core
18 33 (2.01%) Next.js
19 30 (1.83%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 403 (24.60%) Cloud Native
2 136 (8.30%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (4.33%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 51 (3.11%) Security Posture
7 50 (3.05%) Product Ownership
8 48 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (2.38%) Video\Live Streaming
10 38 (2.32%) Onboarding
11 27 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 26 (1.59%) Low-Code
13 25 (1.53%) Blockchain
13 25 (1.53%) PKI
14 23 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
14 23 (1.40%) Web3
15 21 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
15 21 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
16 20 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
17 19 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 323 (19.72%) Linux
2 157 (9.58%) Windows
3 79 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 46 (2.81%) Unix
5 43 (2.63%) Ubuntu
6 33 (2.01%) CentOS
7 26 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (1.47%) VMS
9 11 (0.67%) Android
10 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.43%) Debian
11 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.061%) Rocky
14 1 (0.061%) SUSE
14 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,137 (69.41%) CI/CD
2 948 (57.88%) DevOps
3 447 (27.29%) Containerisation
4 435 (26.56%) Agile
5 408 (24.91%) Observability
6 339 (20.70%) Platform Engineering
7 330 (20.15%) Mentoring
8 326 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 312 (19.05%) AI
10 287 (17.52%) Test Automation
11 265 (16.18%) Microservices
12 252 (15.38%) Software Engineering
13 240 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
14 223 (13.61%) Cloud Security
15 205 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 205 (12.52%) Technical Leadership
16 194 (11.84%) Analytics
17 178 (10.87%) High Availability
18 177 (10.81%) DevSecOps
19 161 (9.83%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 742 (45.30%) Python
2 308 (18.80%) Bash
3 273 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 265 (16.18%) SQL
5 212 (12.94%) Java
6 170 (10.38%) Go
7 147 (8.97%) TypeScript
8 142 (8.67%) JavaScript
9 135 (8.24%) Bicep
10 116 (7.08%) C#
11 30 (1.83%) Rust
12 22 (1.34%) C++
12 22 (1.34%) Scala
13 17 (1.04%) PHP
14 15 (0.92%) Groovy
15 14 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (0.79%) C
17 9 (0.55%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.49%) Ruby
19 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 308 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 205 (12.52%) SC Cleared
3 150 (9.16%) Degree
4 126 (7.69%) AWS Certification
5 93 (5.68%) DV Cleared
6 89 (5.43%) Azure Certification
7 60 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (1.77%) OSCP
12 23 (1.40%) CISSP
13 17 (1.04%) CCNP
14 15 (0.92%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.85%) CCNA
15 14 (0.85%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (0.67%) RHCSA
18 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 9 (0.55%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.58%) QA
2 66 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 54 (3.30%) GDPR
4 47 (2.87%) SOC 2
5 46 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (2.08%) NIST
7 30 (1.83%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.53%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.67%) WCAG
10 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.49%) GRC
11 6 (0.37%) SLA
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
12 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 448 (27.35%) Docker
2 105 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 87 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (1.95%) vSphere
6 22 (1.34%) VMware NSX
7 18 (1.10%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.43%) iptables
8 7 (0.43%) Squid
8 7 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.24%) Firmware
10 4 (0.24%) KVM
11 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,143 (69.78%) Terraform
2 643 (39.26%) Kubernetes
3 356 (21.73%) Ansible
4 199 (12.15%) Grafana
5 193 (11.78%) Prometheus
6 58 (3.54%) Argo
7 37 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
9 35 (2.14%) Puppet
10 23 (1.40%) Progress Chef
11 22 (1.34%) Kustomize
12 18 (1.10%) Nagios
13 17 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (1.04%) Packer
14 16 (0.98%) Istio
15 12 (0.73%) Rancher
15 12 (0.73%) vCenter Server
15 12 (0.73%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.61%) Cilium
17 9 (0.55%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 302 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.39%) VMware
3 97 (5.92%) Google
4 70 (4.27%) Databricks
5 68 (4.15%) Red Hat
6 53 (3.24%) Cisco
7 50 (3.05%) Splunk
8 45 (2.75%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.71%) Oracle
10 25 (1.53%) Zscaler
11 23 (1.40%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.34%) OpenAI
13 20 (1.22%) Salesforce
14 18 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
14 18 (1.10%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.73%) Atlassian
15 12 (0.73%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.73%) F5
16 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
16 10 (0.61%) SolarWinds