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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 125 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 -18 -9
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 939 1,104 1,435
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 2.30% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 2.53% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 697 690 1,176
10th Percentile £47,617 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 42,425 43,642 44,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.74% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,405 21,401 34,519
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 January 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 January 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 +11 439 £81,500 -9.44% 269
North of England -11 192 £70,000 +12.00% 181
South East +7 107 £75,000 +15.38% 267
Yorkshire -12 88 £70,000 +33.33% 77
North West +9 79 £70,000 +3.70% 75
South West -19 68 £62,500 -13.18% 116
Midlands +12 60 £67,000 +1.52% 88
West Midlands +3 38 £65,250 -3.33% 33
East of England +24 26 £75,000 +3.45% 93
North East -3 25 £67,539 +35.08% 30
East Midlands +3 20 £67,500 +3.85% 52
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 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (3.30%) Apache
3 17 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 17 (1.81%) Confluence
4 16 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.85%) IIS
6 7 (0.75%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.43%) Appian
8 3 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 587 (62.51%) AWS
2 558 (59.42%) Azure
3 225 (23.96%) Azure DevOps
4 222 (23.64%) GitHub
5 199 (21.19%) GCP
6 165 (17.57%) Serverless
7 149 (15.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 140 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
9 112 (11.93%) AWS Lambda
10 100 (10.65%) Amazon S3
11 90 (9.58%) SaaS
12 75 (7.99%) PaaS
13 73 (7.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 58 (6.18%) Amazon EC2
15 56 (5.96%) Amazon EKS
15 56 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
16 55 (5.86%) Entra ID
17 54 (5.75%) Amazon ECS
17 54 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
18 48 (5.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 110 (11.71%) Firewall
2 65 (6.92%) DNS
3 64 (6.82%) VPN
4 50 (5.32%) WAN
5 45 (4.79%) TCP/IP
6 29 (3.09%) LAN
7 28 (2.98%) Network Security
8 27 (2.88%) DHCP
9 25 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.70%) Broadband
11 15 (1.60%) Internet
12 14 (1.49%) BGP
12 14 (1.49%) SD-WAN
13 12 (1.28%) VLAN
14 11 (1.17%) VoIP
15 9 (0.96%) Wireless
16 8 (0.85%) SAN
17 7 (0.75%) OSPF
17 7 (0.75%) Unified Communications
18 6 (0.64%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.14%) NoSQL
2 62 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
4 45 (4.79%) SQL Server
5 42 (4.47%) DynamoDB
6 37 (3.94%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.09%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.77%) BigQuery
9 22 (2.34%) MySQL
9 22 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 21 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
11 18 (1.92%) Redis
12 17 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (1.49%) Power BI
16 13 (1.38%) RDBMS
17 12 (1.28%) Big Data
18 11 (1.17%) Delta Lake
19 9 (0.96%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 162 (17.25%) Jenkins
2 141 (15.02%) Git
3 105 (11.18%) GitLab
4 30 (3.19%) JIRA
5 25 (2.66%) Selenium
6 23 (2.45%) Robot Framework
7 19 (2.02%) Snyk
8 18 (1.92%) MLflow
9 17 (1.81%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.60%) Jaeger
11 13 (1.38%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.28%) CircleCI
13 11 (1.17%) SonarQube
14 10 (1.06%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.75%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.75%) JMeter
16 6 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
17 5 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 5 (0.53%) git-flow
17 5 (0.53%) Vite
General
1 270 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 202 (21.51%) Finance
3 84 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (6.07%) Banking
5 52 (5.54%) Law
6 45 (4.79%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 35 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (3.41%) Retail
10 27 (2.88%) Financial Institution
11 24 (2.56%) Games
12 20 (2.13%) Billing
13 18 (1.92%) Legal
13 18 (1.92%) Marketing
14 17 (1.81%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.49%) Advertising
16 13 (1.38%) Back Office
17 12 (1.28%) Electronics
18 11 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (1.06%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 180 (19.17%) Senior
2 156 (16.61%) DevOps Engineer
3 145 (15.44%) Cloud Engineer
4 112 (11.93%) Lead
5 99 (10.54%) Developer
6 92 (9.80%) Platform Engineer
7 88 (9.37%) Architect
8 82 (8.73%) Azure Engineer
9 60 (6.39%) AWS Engineer
10 55 (5.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 38 (4.05%) Data Engineer
11 38 (4.05%) Software Engineer
12 36 (3.83%) Senior DevOps
13 34 (3.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 33 (3.51%) Lead DevOps
15 32 (3.41%) Security Engineer
16 28 (2.98%) Support Engineer
17 26 (2.77%) GCP Engineer
18 25 (2.66%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 25 (2.66%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (10.12%) React
2 78 (8.31%) .NET
3 54 (5.75%) Node.js
4 52 (5.54%) RESTful
5 50 (5.32%) Elastic Stack
6 43 (4.58%) Kafka
7 40 (4.26%) ARM Templates
8 38 (4.05%) YAML
9 37 (3.94%) AWS CDK
10 32 (3.41%) .NET Core
10 32 (3.41%) Spring
11 30 (3.19%) Django
12 29 (3.09%) REST
13 28 (2.98%) FastAPI
13 28 (2.98%) Spring Boot
14 26 (2.77%) CSS
15 25 (2.66%) HTML
16 20 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
17 19 (2.02%) RabbitMQ
18 18 (1.92%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 225 (23.96%) Cloud Native
2 65 (6.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 49 (5.22%) Data Centre
4 48 (5.11%) Public Cloud
5 33 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 29 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 22 (2.34%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.28%) Hedge funds
12 12 (1.28%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.17%) Distributed Architecture
14 10 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (1.06%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 212 (22.58%) Linux
2 105 (11.18%) Windows
3 50 (5.32%) Unix
4 36 (3.83%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.34%) VMS
6 21 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.38%) Debian
9 7 (0.75%) CentOS
10 5 (0.53%) Android
10 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.32%) SUSE
13 2 (0.21%) Solaris
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.11%) AIX
14 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 635 (67.63%) CI/CD
2 621 (66.13%) DevOps
3 276 (29.39%) Agile
4 258 (27.48%) Containerisation
5 184 (19.60%) Observability
5 184 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
6 183 (19.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 155 (16.51%) Mentoring
8 144 (15.34%) Platform Engineering
9 130 (13.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 129 (13.74%) Cloud Security
11 126 (13.42%) AI
12 121 (12.89%) Software Engineering
13 113 (12.03%) Analytics
14 107 (11.40%) Microservices
15 106 (11.29%) DevSecOps
16 103 (10.97%) High Availability
16 103 (10.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 98 (10.44%) Incident Response
17 98 (10.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 400 (42.60%) Python
2 168 (17.89%) Bash
3 154 (16.40%) PowerShell
4 142 (15.12%) SQL
5 115 (12.25%) Bicep
6 95 (10.12%) Java
7 85 (9.05%) JavaScript
8 78 (8.31%) Go
8 78 (8.31%) TypeScript
9 64 (6.82%) C#
10 13 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (1.17%) Scala
12 10 (1.06%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.96%) C++
14 8 (0.85%) C
15 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.53%) Rust
16 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.32%) Ruby
18 2 (0.21%) XAML
Qualifications
1 153 (16.29%) Security Cleared
2 95 (10.12%) SC Cleared
3 89 (9.48%) AWS Certification
4 80 (8.52%) Degree
5 76 (8.09%) DV Cleared
6 69 (7.35%) Azure Certification
7 32 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.34%) CISSP
11 21 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (2.02%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.92%) CCNP
14 13 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
14 13 (1.38%) OSCP
15 7 (0.75%) CISM
15 7 (0.75%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.75%) PMP
16 6 (0.64%) CCSK
16 6 (0.64%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (4.58%) GDPR
3 34 (3.62%) NIST
4 30 (3.19%) QA
5 28 (2.98%) Data Quality
5 28 (2.98%) SOC 2
6 20 (2.13%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.60%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.96%) SLA
11 6 (0.64%) GRC
12 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.53%) NCSC
12 5 (0.53%) WCAG
13 4 (0.43%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.21%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 328 (34.93%) Docker
2 62 (6.60%) Active Directory
3 54 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.92%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.70%) vSphere
7 11 (1.17%) Firmware
7 11 (1.17%) NFS
8 8 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.64%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.53%) KVM
11 5 (0.53%) vCloud
12 4 (0.43%) XenApp
12 4 (0.43%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.21%) GPFS
13 2 (0.21%) Lustre
13 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.11%) iptables
14 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 678 (72.20%) Terraform
2 382 (40.68%) Kubernetes
3 261 (27.80%) Ansible
4 129 (13.74%) Prometheus
5 115 (12.25%) Grafana
6 32 (3.41%) Argo
7 25 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (1.92%) SCCM
9 13 (1.38%) Kustomize
9 13 (1.38%) Rancher
10 12 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
11 10 (1.06%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.06%) Puppet
11 10 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.96%) SCOM
13 6 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.43%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.43%) logstash
14 4 (0.43%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 182 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 84 (8.95%) VMware
3 81 (8.63%) Google
4 47 (5.01%) Cisco
5 37 (3.94%) Databricks
6 32 (3.41%) Splunk
7 31 (3.30%) Red Hat
8 28 (2.98%) Palo Alto
9 19 (2.02%) Black Duck
9 19 (2.02%) Coverity
10 18 (1.92%) Zscaler
11 14 (1.49%) Oracle
12 12 (1.28%) SAP
13 11 (1.17%) Atlassian
13 11 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (1.17%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.06%) Commvault
14 10 (1.06%) Juniper
14 10 (1.06%) New Relic
14 10 (1.06%) SolarWinds