Infrastructure as Code Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 162 152
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 615 595 971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.28% 1.83% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.02% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 439 357 767
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,196 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £66,350 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +2.08% -2.67%
75th Percentile £79,520 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £73,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.07% +1.72% -3.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,740 29,497 43,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 76.72% 90.85% 86.88%
Number of salaries quoted 21,596 13,281 33,362
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Infrastructure as Code job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Infrastructure as Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as Code
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
North of England -17 215 £67,500 +7.14% 111
South East +8 123 £75,000 +7.14% 140
Yorkshire -18 93 £62,500 +13.64% 38
North West -13 91 £71,000 +5.19% 58
South West -17 82 £62,500 -13.18% 61
Scotland -8 71 £70,079 -0.60% 22
Midlands +5 63 £65,500 +0.77% 37
West Midlands -4 34 £62,500 -3.85% 29
East of England +30 31 £65,000 -10.34% 9
North East +1 31 £50,000 -9.09% 15
East Midlands +6 27 £67,500 +3.85% 8
Wales +12 22 £61,248 +31.08% 7
Northern Ireland -19 10 £95,000 +11.76% 3
Infrastructure as Code
UK

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.95%) Apache
4 9 (1.46%) IIS
5 8 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.30%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.14%) Confluence
7 3 (0.49%) Appian
7 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 394 (64.07%) Azure
2 374 (60.81%) AWS
3 183 (29.76%) Azure DevOps
4 147 (23.90%) GitHub
5 124 (20.16%) Serverless
6 122 (19.84%) GCP
7 109 (17.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 107 (17.40%) GitHub Actions
9 77 (12.52%) AWS Lambda
10 63 (10.24%) Entra ID
11 62 (10.08%) PaaS
12 60 (9.76%) Amazon S3
13 52 (8.46%) SaaS
14 50 (8.13%) Amazon EKS
15 49 (7.97%) Amazon ECS
16 48 (7.80%) dbt
17 47 (7.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 45 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
19 42 (6.83%) Azure Monitor
20 36 (5.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (13.01%) Firewall
2 54 (8.78%) DNS
3 45 (7.32%) TCP/IP
4 37 (6.02%) VPN
5 17 (2.76%) DHCP
5 17 (2.76%) Network Security
6 16 (2.60%) WAN
7 15 (2.44%) HTTP
8 9 (1.46%) BGP
8 9 (1.46%) LAN
9 8 (1.30%) Internet
9 8 (1.30%) VLAN
10 7 (1.14%) SAN
10 7 (1.14%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.81%) AMQP
11 5 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.65%) Broadband
12 4 (0.65%) Wireless
13 3 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.94%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (8.13%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (5.69%) NoSQL
4 32 (5.20%) DynamoDB
5 31 (5.04%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.55%) Redis
7 23 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (2.60%) MongoDB
9 15 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.44%) MySQL
10 9 (1.46%) Big Data
11 7 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.98%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.98%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.98%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.81%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.81%) Cloudera CDH
13 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.65%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 80 (13.01%) Jenkins
2 75 (12.20%) Git
3 51 (8.29%) GitLab
4 22 (3.58%) Selenium
5 21 (3.41%) Robot Framework
6 18 (2.93%) Snyk
7 14 (2.28%) JIRA
8 11 (1.79%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.79%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.14%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.14%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.98%) git-flow
10 6 (0.98%) JMeter
10 6 (0.98%) Locust
10 6 (0.98%) Subversion
11 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.65%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.65%) MLflow
General
1 178 (28.94%) Social Skills
2 122 (19.84%) Finance
3 53 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.18%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.37%) Law
6 32 (5.20%) Telecoms
7 21 (3.41%) Retail
8 17 (2.76%) Billing
9 14 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.95%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.79%) Marketing
13 10 (1.63%) Games
14 8 (1.30%) Banking
14 8 (1.30%) Legal
15 7 (1.14%) Advertising
15 7 (1.14%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 156 (25.37%) Senior
2 87 (14.15%) DevOps Engineer
3 85 (13.82%) Cloud Engineer
4 77 (12.52%) Lead
5 71 (11.54%) Developer
6 63 (10.24%) Azure Engineer
7 55 (8.94%) Platform Engineer
8 36 (5.85%) Architect
8 36 (5.85%) Software Engineer
9 34 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (3.58%) Senior DevOps
11 21 (3.41%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (3.41%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 19 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (2.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 17 (2.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 17 (2.76%) Python Developer
14 16 (2.60%) .NET Developer
15 15 (2.44%) Operations Engineer
15 15 (2.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (14.63%) React
2 54 (8.78%) .NET
3 53 (8.62%) Node.js
4 47 (7.64%) RESTful
5 39 (6.34%) Django
6 29 (4.72%) AWS CDK
6 29 (4.72%) REST
6 29 (4.72%) YAML
7 27 (4.39%) Elastic Stack
7 27 (4.39%) OAuth
8 24 (3.90%) ARM Templates
9 23 (3.74%) Vue
10 22 (3.58%) CSS
10 22 (3.58%) GraphQL
11 21 (3.41%) HTML
12 20 (3.25%) AngularJS
12 20 (3.25%) Spring
13 19 (3.09%) ASP.NET
13 19 (3.09%) FastAPI
13 19 (3.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 129 (20.98%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.90%) Security Posture
5 21 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 20 (3.25%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 14 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.79%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.79%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.98%) Private Cloud
14 6 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
16 4 (0.65%) Client/Server
16 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 133 (21.63%) Linux
2 52 (8.46%) Windows
3 28 (4.55%) Unix
4 15 (2.44%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.44%) VMS
4 15 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.95%) Debian
6 8 (1.30%) CentOS
7 7 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.65%) Android
8 4 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (71.87%) DevOps
2 440 (71.54%) CI/CD
3 238 (38.70%) Agile
4 155 (25.20%) Containerisation
5 143 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
6 136 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (20.98%) Observability
8 127 (20.65%) Mentoring
9 97 (15.77%) Platform Engineering
10 90 (14.63%) Coaching
11 89 (14.47%) Software Engineering
11 89 (14.47%) Test Automation
12 86 (13.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 77 (12.52%) Microservices
14 73 (11.87%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 71 (11.54%) AI
15 71 (11.54%) DevSecOps
16 69 (11.22%) Roadmaps
17 67 (10.89%) Cloud Security
18 65 (10.57%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 256 (41.63%) Python
2 129 (20.98%) PowerShell
3 116 (18.86%) Bash
4 89 (14.47%) SQL
5 80 (13.01%) Bicep
6 72 (11.71%) TypeScript
7 67 (10.89%) Java
8 61 (9.92%) JavaScript
9 50 (8.13%) C#
10 48 (7.80%) Go
11 9 (1.46%) C
12 7 (1.14%) C++
13 6 (0.98%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.49%) Scala
16 2 (0.33%) Ruby
16 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.33%) VB
17 1 (0.16%) Perl
17 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 110 (17.89%) Security Cleared
2 67 (10.89%) SC Cleared
3 48 (7.80%) DV Cleared
4 41 (6.67%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.88%) Degree
6 29 (4.72%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.79%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.14%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.98%) CCNP
12 6 (0.98%) CISSP
13 4 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.55%) QA
2 24 (3.90%) GDPR
3 22 (3.58%) NIST
4 20 (3.25%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.30%) WCAG
7 7 (1.14%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.81%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.49%) NCSC
10 2 (0.33%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 191 (31.06%) Docker
2 27 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.95%) vSphere
6 10 (1.63%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.14%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.81%) Firmware
9 3 (0.49%) iptables
9 3 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.16%) HDFS
11 1 (0.16%) KVM
11 1 (0.16%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 437 (71.06%) Terraform
2 190 (30.89%) Kubernetes
3 139 (22.60%) Ansible
4 74 (12.03%) Grafana
5 62 (10.08%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (2.44%) Argo
8 14 (2.28%) AWS Copilot
9 13 (2.11%) Puppet
10 9 (1.46%) Rancher
11 7 (1.14%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.98%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.98%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.98%) yum
13 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.65%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.65%) Nagios
14 4 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 120 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.64%) VMware
3 44 (7.15%) Google
4 19 (3.09%) Cisco
5 18 (2.93%) Black Duck
5 18 (2.93%) Coverity
6 15 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (2.44%) Splunk
7 14 (2.28%) Ab Initio
7 14 (2.28%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.95%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.79%) Databricks
10 10 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.46%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.14%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.98%) Dell
13 6 (0.98%) SaltStack
13 6 (0.98%) SAP
14 5 (0.81%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.81%) Meraki