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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 133 156
Rank change year-on-year +25 +23 -53
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,338 862 1,479
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.79% 2.35% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.52% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 904 630 1,199
10th Percentile £48,150 £47,450 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,596 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £91,053 £96,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 56,888 34,178 69,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.94% 93.12% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 35,854 20,456 53,153
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 April 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 +40 667 £85,000 -5.56% 278
North of England -14 258 £67,500 - 159
South East +3 147 £72,500 -3.33% 123
North West -12 130 £74,051 +2.14% 84
South West -8 102 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -17 94 £65,000 +8.33% 47
Midlands -3 82 £67,500 -3.57% 47
East Midlands -13 42 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -10 38 £66,500 -5.00% 41
North East -11 34 £48,445 -15.01% 28
East of England -8 33 £62,500 -9.09% 35
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 45 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.47%) Apache
3 25 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.20%) IIS
6 15 (1.12%) Confluence
7 10 (0.75%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.075%) Camunda
10 1 (0.075%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.30%) Weka
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.075%) Maya
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.075%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.075%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.075%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.075%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 832 (62.18%) AWS
2 730 (54.56%) Azure
3 293 (21.90%) GCP
4 281 (21.00%) GitHub
5 257 (19.21%) Serverless
6 253 (18.91%) Azure DevOps
7 227 (16.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 196 (14.65%) GitHub Actions
9 148 (11.06%) AWS Lambda
10 131 (9.79%) Amazon S3
11 109 (8.15%) Amazon EKS
12 101 (7.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 100 (7.47%) PaaS
14 98 (7.32%) SaaS
15 97 (7.25%) Datadog
15 97 (7.25%) Entra ID
16 81 (6.05%) Amazon EC2
17 71 (5.31%) IaaS
18 70 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
19 65 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (12.71%) Firewall
2 84 (6.28%) DNS
3 74 (5.53%) VPN
4 69 (5.16%) TCP/IP
5 43 (3.21%) WAN
6 39 (2.91%) Network Security
7 38 (2.84%) Broadband
8 30 (2.24%) DHCP
9 23 (1.72%) LAN
10 22 (1.64%) HTTP
11 21 (1.57%) BGP
12 17 (1.27%) VLAN
13 16 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (0.97%) DSL
15 12 (0.90%) Internet
15 12 (0.90%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
16 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.60%) Wireless
18 6 (0.45%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (8.52%) NoSQL
2 91 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 59 (4.41%) DynamoDB
6 45 (3.36%) MongoDB
7 40 (2.99%) Data Lake
7 40 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 32 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 30 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
10 27 (2.02%) MySQL
11 24 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
12 23 (1.72%) BigQuery
13 22 (1.64%) Power BI
14 21 (1.57%) Redis
15 20 (1.49%) Metadata
16 19 (1.42%) RDBMS
17 17 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (1.27%) Delta Lake
18 12 (0.90%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 202 (15.10%) Jenkins
2 185 (13.83%) GitLab
3 180 (13.45%) Git
4 34 (2.54%) Bitbucket
5 33 (2.47%) JIRA
6 32 (2.39%) CircleCI
7 24 (1.79%) Cucumber
8 22 (1.64%) Selenium
9 21 (1.57%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.27%) Robot Framework
11 15 (1.12%) TeamCity
12 14 (1.05%) SonarQube
13 13 (0.97%) JMeter
13 13 (0.97%) MLflow
14 12 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 10 (0.75%) Subversion
16 9 (0.67%) Locust
16 9 (0.67%) Snyk
17 8 (0.60%) Storybook
17 8 (0.60%) Vite
General
1 365 (27.28%) Social Skills
2 285 (21.30%) Finance
3 120 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (7.40%) Banking
5 79 (5.90%) Public Sector
6 66 (4.93%) Retail
7 64 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (4.63%) Law
9 58 (4.33%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.24%) Financial Institution
11 23 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.64%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.64%) Back Office
12 22 (1.64%) Billing
12 22 (1.64%) Games
12 22 (1.64%) Marketing
13 19 (1.42%) Advertising
14 15 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.97%) Electronics
16 12 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 293 (21.90%) Senior
2 219 (16.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 211 (15.77%) Cloud Engineer
4 184 (13.75%) Lead
5 124 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
6 118 (8.82%) Developer
7 114 (8.52%) Platform Engineer
8 108 (8.07%) Architect
9 105 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 104 (7.77%) AWS Engineer
11 70 (5.23%) Software Engineer
12 66 (4.93%) Data Engineer
13 61 (4.56%) Security Engineer
14 56 (4.19%) Senior DevOps
15 51 (3.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 47 (3.51%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 47 (3.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 44 (3.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 41 (3.06%) Python Engineer
19 40 (2.99%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (9.27%) React
2 91 (6.80%) .NET
3 89 (6.65%) Node.js
4 79 (5.90%) RESTful
5 77 (5.75%) Kafka
6 74 (5.53%) Elastic Stack
6 74 (5.53%) REST
7 63 (4.71%) Spring
8 61 (4.56%) AWS CDK
9 57 (4.26%) YAML
10 55 (4.11%) Spring Boot
11 47 (3.51%) ARM Templates
12 42 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
13 39 (2.91%) OAuth
14 36 (2.69%) Django
14 36 (2.69%) FastAPI
15 34 (2.54%) PySpark
16 33 (2.47%) CSS
17 30 (2.24%) .NET Core
18 29 (2.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 312 (23.32%) Cloud Native
2 86 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (4.26%) Security Posture
5 56 (4.19%) Public Cloud
6 46 (3.44%) Data Centre
6 46 (3.44%) Product Ownership
7 34 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (2.24%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (1.79%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.57%) Blockchain
14 20 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
15 19 (1.42%) Web3
16 18 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
16 18 (1.35%) Hedge funds
17 17 (1.27%) Mobile App
17 17 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 300 (22.42%) Linux
2 152 (11.36%) Windows
3 63 (4.71%) Unix
4 60 (4.48%) Windows Server
5 35 (2.62%) Ubuntu
6 29 (2.17%) VMS
7 25 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (1.79%) CentOS
9 13 (0.97%) Android
10 12 (0.90%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.67%) Debian
12 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.30%) SUSE
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.075%) Rocky
15 1 (0.075%) Solaris
15 1 (0.075%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 897 (67.04%) CI/CD
2 816 (60.99%) DevOps
3 386 (28.85%) Containerisation
4 370 (27.65%) Agile
5 331 (24.74%) Observability
6 291 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 249 (18.61%) Mentoring
8 242 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
9 216 (16.14%) Platform Engineering
10 208 (15.55%) Test Automation
11 206 (15.40%) AI
12 198 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 194 (14.50%) Software Engineering
14 189 (14.13%) Microservices
15 187 (13.98%) Cloud Security
16 158 (11.81%) Analytics
17 152 (11.36%) High Availability
18 149 (11.14%) DevSecOps
19 143 (10.69%) Incident Response
20 134 (10.01%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 617 (46.11%) Python
2 268 (20.03%) Bash
3 221 (16.52%) SQL
4 220 (16.44%) PowerShell
5 181 (13.53%) Java
6 154 (11.51%) Go
7 122 (9.12%) Bicep
8 121 (9.04%) JavaScript
9 107 (8.00%) TypeScript
10 71 (5.31%) C#
11 21 (1.57%) C++
11 21 (1.57%) Rust
12 20 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.27%) Scala
14 12 (0.90%) C
15 11 (0.82%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.67%) Ruby
17 7 (0.52%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.52%) Perl
18 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 233 (17.41%) Security Cleared
2 141 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 126 (9.42%) Degree
4 108 (8.07%) AWS Certification
5 92 (6.88%) DV Cleared
6 73 (5.46%) Azure Certification
7 56 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.24%) OSCP
9 28 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (2.02%) CISSP
10 27 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
11 16 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (0.82%) CCNP
12 11 (0.82%) CCSK
12 11 (0.82%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.82%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.60%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.93%) QA
2 57 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (4.11%) GDPR
3 55 (4.11%) SOC 2
4 48 (3.59%) Data Quality
5 41 (3.06%) NIST
5 41 (3.06%) PCI DSS
6 26 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.90%) WCAG
8 11 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.60%) GRC
9 8 (0.60%) SLA
10 6 (0.45%) NCSC
11 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.30%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 424 (31.69%) Docker
2 88 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 67 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.79%) vSphere
6 19 (1.42%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.20%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.67%) Firmware
9 7 (0.52%) KVM
10 6 (0.45%) iptables
11 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.15%) GPFS
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
13 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.075%) QEMU
14 1 (0.075%) Squid
14 1 (0.075%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 950 (71.00%) Terraform
2 553 (41.33%) Kubernetes
3 326 (24.36%) Ansible
4 188 (14.05%) Grafana
5 184 (13.75%) Prometheus
6 51 (3.81%) Argo
7 34 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 27 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.87%) Puppet
10 19 (1.42%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.27%) Rancher
12 16 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 14 (1.05%) Nagios
14 13 (0.97%) Progress Chef
15 11 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
16 10 (0.75%) Istio
17 8 (0.60%) Cilium
17 8 (0.60%) Packer
17 8 (0.60%) Proxmox
17 8 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 227 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 105 (7.85%) Google
3 103 (7.70%) VMware
4 54 (4.04%) Red Hat
5 53 (3.96%) Databricks
6 48 (3.59%) Cisco
7 45 (3.36%) Splunk
8 40 (2.99%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.72%) Zscaler
10 19 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
11 18 (1.35%) Salesforce
12 17 (1.27%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.20%) Dynatrace
14 14 (1.05%) Atlassian
14 14 (1.05%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.05%) Juniper
14 14 (1.05%) Oracle
15 11 (0.82%) New Relic
16 10 (0.75%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.75%) SolarWinds