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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 144 160
Rank change year-on-year +44 +16 -54
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,426 835 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.78% 2.21% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.37% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 956 601 1,208
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.15% -5.33%

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 59,858 35,198 71,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.86% 93.05% 85.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37,901 20,543 53,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +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 1 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 1 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 +45 725 £87,500 -2.78% 276
North of England +3 264 £67,500 -0.74% 139
South East +13 147 £70,000 -6.67% 146
North West +8 141 £74,651 +2.97% 65
South West -16 104 £65,000 -9.71% 78
Yorkshire -27 92 £65,000 +7.92% 37
Midlands +5 90 £69,000 -1.43% 38
East Midlands -12 44 £67,500 +3.85% 11
West Midlands -17 44 £70,000 - 27
East of England +4 42 £60,100 -10.96% 36
North East -15 31 £48,445 -19.59% 37
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 43 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (2.17%) Apache
3 26 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.05%) Confluence
5 15 (1.05%) IIS
6 10 (0.70%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.35%) CMS
8 4 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.070%) Camunda
11 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.070%) nginx
11 1 (0.070%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.56%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.28%) Weka
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.070%) Maya
5 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 862 (60.45%) AWS
2 785 (55.05%) Azure
3 284 (19.92%) GCP
4 283 (19.85%) GitHub
5 261 (18.30%) Serverless
6 259 (18.16%) Azure DevOps
7 230 (16.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 201 (14.10%) GitHub Actions
9 145 (10.17%) AWS Lambda
10 130 (9.12%) Amazon S3
11 105 (7.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 105 (7.36%) Amazon EKS
12 104 (7.29%) Entra ID
13 102 (7.15%) PaaS
14 96 (6.73%) Datadog
15 86 (6.03%) Amazon EC2
16 85 (5.96%) SaaS
17 81 (5.68%) IaaS
18 75 (5.26%) Azure AKS
18 75 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 166 (11.64%) Firewall
2 90 (6.31%) DNS
3 76 (5.33%) VPN
4 66 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 48 (3.37%) WAN
6 47 (3.30%) Broadband
7 42 (2.95%) Network Security
8 35 (2.45%) DHCP
9 27 (1.89%) LAN
10 26 (1.82%) HTTP
11 24 (1.68%) BGP
12 16 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (1.12%) VLAN
13 15 (1.05%) SD-WAN
14 13 (0.91%) DSL
15 12 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
16 11 (0.77%) Internet
17 10 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
18 7 (0.49%) SAN
18 7 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (8.35%) NoSQL
2 97 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (5.75%) Amazon RDS
4 63 (4.42%) DynamoDB
5 61 (4.28%) SQL Server
6 52 (3.65%) MongoDB
7 45 (3.16%) Data Lake
8 43 (3.02%) Relational Database
9 36 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
11 29 (2.03%) Metadata
12 26 (1.82%) MySQL
13 25 (1.75%) BigQuery
14 22 (1.54%) Power BI
15 19 (1.33%) Delta Lake
15 19 (1.33%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
18 14 (0.98%) Big Data
19 13 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 212 (14.87%) Jenkins
2 201 (14.10%) GitLab
3 181 (12.69%) Git
4 38 (2.66%) Bitbucket
5 35 (2.45%) CircleCI
6 33 (2.31%) JIRA
7 23 (1.61%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.47%) Jaeger
9 16 (1.12%) Selenium
10 13 (0.91%) MLflow
10 13 (0.91%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.84%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.70%) Robot Framework
12 10 (0.70%) Subversion
13 9 (0.63%) Vite
14 8 (0.56%) JMeter
14 8 (0.56%) Maven
14 8 (0.56%) Storybook
15 7 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 370 (25.95%) Social Skills
2 297 (20.83%) Finance
3 113 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (6.10%) Banking
4 87 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 58 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (4.07%) Retail
6 56 (3.93%) Telecoms
7 55 (3.86%) Law
8 26 (1.82%) Games
9 25 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 22 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 22 (1.54%) Marketing
11 21 (1.47%) Advertising
12 20 (1.40%) Billing
13 17 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (1.12%) Electronics
15 15 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.98%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 315 (22.09%) Senior
2 235 (16.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 230 (16.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 202 (14.17%) Lead
5 139 (9.75%) Azure Engineer
6 129 (9.05%) Platform Engineer
7 126 (8.84%) Developer
8 124 (8.70%) Architect
9 110 (7.71%) AWS Engineer
10 108 (7.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 79 (5.54%) Data Engineer
12 71 (4.98%) Security Engineer
12 71 (4.98%) Software Engineer
13 60 (4.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 58 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
15 51 (3.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 48 (3.37%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 48 (3.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 43 (3.02%) Python Engineer
18 40 (2.81%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (8.70%) React
2 96 (6.73%) Node.js
3 92 (6.45%) .NET
4 91 (6.38%) Kafka
5 84 (5.89%) RESTful
6 81 (5.68%) REST
7 72 (5.05%) Elastic Stack
8 63 (4.42%) AWS CDK
9 62 (4.35%) Spring
10 59 (4.14%) YAML
11 55 (3.86%) Spring Boot
12 49 (3.44%) ARM Templates
13 45 (3.16%) OAuth
14 44 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
15 41 (2.88%) PySpark
16 32 (2.24%) Next.js
17 31 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
18 30 (2.10%) FastAPI
19 28 (1.96%) .NET Core
20 27 (1.89%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 340 (23.84%) Cloud Native
2 89 (6.24%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 60 (4.21%) Public Cloud
5 56 (3.93%) Security Posture
6 49 (3.44%) Product Ownership
7 44 (3.09%) Data Centre
8 42 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.68%) Blockchain
13 23 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
14 22 (1.54%) Management Information System
14 22 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (1.54%) Web3
15 19 (1.33%) Cloud Security Posture
15 19 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.26%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 297 (20.83%) Linux
2 148 (10.38%) Windows
3 64 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 52 (3.65%) Unix
5 33 (2.31%) Ubuntu
6 27 (1.89%) VMS
7 25 (1.75%) CentOS
7 25 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (0.77%) Android
9 10 (0.70%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.49%) Debian
11 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.28%) SUSE
13 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) Rocky
14 1 (0.070%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 959 (67.25%) CI/CD
2 855 (59.96%) DevOps
3 409 (28.68%) Containerisation
4 375 (26.30%) Agile
5 358 (25.11%) Observability
6 301 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 267 (18.72%) Mentoring
8 260 (18.23%) Platform Engineering
9 237 (16.62%) Test Automation
10 236 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
11 233 (16.34%) AI
12 217 (15.22%) Microservices
13 205 (14.38%) Software Engineering
14 197 (13.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 194 (13.60%) Cloud Security
16 176 (12.34%) Analytics
17 164 (11.50%) High Availability
18 161 (11.29%) DevSecOps
19 153 (10.73%) Technical Leadership
20 141 (9.89%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 658 (46.14%) Python
2 290 (20.34%) Bash
3 236 (16.55%) SQL
4 233 (16.34%) PowerShell
5 186 (13.04%) Java
6 160 (11.22%) Go
7 127 (8.91%) Bicep
8 119 (8.35%) JavaScript
9 117 (8.20%) TypeScript
10 89 (6.24%) C#
11 24 (1.68%) Rust
12 21 (1.47%) C++
12 21 (1.47%) Scala
13 20 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.91%) C
15 11 (0.77%) Groovy
16 8 (0.56%) PHP
16 8 (0.56%) Ruby
16 8 (0.56%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 245 (17.18%) Security Cleared
2 157 (11.01%) SC Cleared
3 142 (9.96%) Degree
4 112 (7.85%) AWS Certification
5 83 (5.82%) DV Cleared
6 79 (5.54%) Azure Certification
7 59 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (2.03%) OSCP
11 27 (1.89%) CISSP
12 23 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
13 14 (0.98%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.91%) CCNP
15 12 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 12 (0.84%) CCNA
15 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.77%) CCSK
17 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.77%) QA
2 59 (4.14%) Data Quality
3 57 (4.00%) GDPR
4 49 (3.44%) SOC 2
5 45 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (2.52%) NIST
7 33 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.75%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.70%) WCAG
10 7 (0.49%) NCSC
11 6 (0.42%) GRC
12 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.28%) SLA
14 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.14%) IFRS
14 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 427 (29.94%) Docker
2 99 (6.94%) Active Directory
3 76 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.82%) vSphere
6 19 (1.33%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.26%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.56%) Firmware
9 7 (0.49%) iptables
10 5 (0.35%) KVM
10 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.28%) Squid
12 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.14%) GPFS
13 2 (0.14%) Lustre
13 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.070%) vCloud
14 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 993 (69.64%) Terraform
2 585 (41.02%) Kubernetes
3 324 (22.72%) Ansible
4 193 (13.53%) Grafana
5 192 (13.46%) Prometheus
6 56 (3.93%) Argo
7 33 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.03%) Puppet
9 23 (1.61%) Kustomize
10 19 (1.33%) Progress Chef
11 18 (1.26%) Rancher
12 17 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 15 (1.05%) Nagios
14 14 (0.98%) Istio
15 12 (0.84%) Packer
16 10 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
17 8 (0.56%) logstash
17 8 (0.56%) vCenter Server
17 8 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 254 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 112 (7.85%) VMware
3 99 (6.94%) Google
4 65 (4.56%) Databricks
5 60 (4.21%) Red Hat
6 50 (3.51%) Cisco
7 46 (3.23%) Splunk
8 39 (2.73%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.61%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (1.47%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.26%) Dynatrace
12 18 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.12%) Oracle
14 14 (0.98%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.98%) SAP
15 13 (0.91%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.91%) Juniper
16 11 (0.77%) SolarWinds
17 10 (0.70%) CyberArk