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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 218 199
Rank change year-on-year +69 -19 -62
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 805 413 996
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.46% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.59% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 602 280 783
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,200 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,875 £55,000 £54,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £79,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,753 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 47,684 26,044 58,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.02% 92.00% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 30,950 12,805 41,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%

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 26 May 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 26 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
North of England +57 302 £67,374 -3.75% 148
South East +49 181 £70,000 -6.67% 122
North West +57 175 £74,301 +2.48% 80
South West -12 110 £72,500 +3.57% 67
Midlands +20 108 £68,000 -2.86% 34
Yorkshire -14 90 £65,576 -1.39% 32
West Midlands -13 58 £72,500 +3.57% 21
East Midlands +3 50 £67,500 +3.85% 13
Scotland +8 44 £60,000 -20.38% 20
East of England -4 43 £60,100 -7.54% 24
North East -12 37 £55,000 -16.69% 36
Wales -23 16 £57,500 -4.17% 11
Northern Ireland -36 4 £95,000 - 8
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 17 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (1.86%) Apache
2 15 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.49%) IIS
5 11 (1.37%) Confluence
6 5 (0.62%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 475 (59.01%) AWS
2 437 (54.29%) Azure
3 173 (21.49%) Azure DevOps
4 165 (20.50%) GitHub
5 154 (19.13%) Serverless
6 131 (16.27%) GCP
7 123 (15.28%) GitHub Actions
8 104 (12.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 86 (10.68%) Amazon S3
10 84 (10.43%) AWS Lambda
11 69 (8.57%) Amazon EKS
12 61 (7.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 60 (7.45%) Amazon EC2
14 59 (7.33%) PaaS
15 49 (6.09%) Amazon ECS
16 44 (5.47%) Entra ID
17 43 (5.34%) SaaS
18 42 (5.22%) Azure AKS
19 40 (4.97%) Azure Monitor
19 40 (4.97%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (13.29%) Firewall
2 59 (7.33%) DNS
3 39 (4.84%) TCP/IP
4 29 (3.60%) VPN
5 24 (2.98%) Network Security
6 22 (2.73%) DHCP
7 16 (1.99%) BGP
7 16 (1.99%) HTTP
8 15 (1.86%) Cisco ASA
9 14 (1.74%) Broadband
9 14 (1.74%) VLAN
10 12 (1.49%) WAN
11 9 (1.12%) LAN
11 9 (1.12%) SAN
12 7 (0.87%) Internet
13 6 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.75%) OSPF
13 6 (0.75%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.75%) WebEx
14 5 (0.62%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (4.84%) DynamoDB
4 38 (4.72%) NoSQL
5 34 (4.22%) SQL Server
6 33 (4.10%) MongoDB
7 22 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (2.11%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.74%) Spark SQL
11 13 (1.61%) Metadata
12 11 (1.37%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 11 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.24%) Big Data
14 8 (0.99%) MySQL
14 8 (0.99%) Redis
15 7 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.87%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 131 (16.27%) Git
2 102 (12.67%) Jenkins
3 100 (12.42%) GitLab
4 20 (2.48%) JIRA
5 16 (1.99%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.49%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.49%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.12%) Selenium
8 7 (0.87%) CircleCI
8 7 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.87%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.87%) Subversion
9 6 (0.75%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.75%) JMeter
9 6 (0.75%) NUnit
10 5 (0.62%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.50%) Locust
11 4 (0.50%) TestRail
11 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 196 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 107 (13.29%) Finance
3 66 (8.20%) Public Sector
4 60 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (4.60%) Telecoms
6 29 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.23%) Retail
8 23 (2.86%) Law
8 23 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.73%) Banking
10 18 (2.24%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.99%) Games
12 14 (1.74%) Billing
12 14 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.61%) Marketing
14 11 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.12%) Advertising
16 6 (0.75%) Electronics
17 5 (0.62%) Legal
17 5 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 181 (22.48%) Senior
2 150 (18.63%) DevOps Engineer
3 135 (16.77%) Lead
4 111 (13.79%) Cloud Engineer
5 92 (11.43%) Azure Engineer
6 75 (9.32%) Developer
7 67 (8.32%) Platform Engineer
8 62 (7.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 56 (6.96%) Software Engineer
10 46 (5.71%) Architect
11 41 (5.09%) AWS Engineer
12 37 (4.60%) Data Engineer
12 37 (4.60%) Senior DevOps
13 36 (4.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 31 (3.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 29 (3.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 26 (3.23%) Technical Leader
17 25 (3.11%) DevSecOps Engineer
18 24 (2.98%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 24 (2.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (11.06%) React
2 79 (9.81%) Node.js
3 72 (8.94%) .NET
4 63 (7.83%) REST
5 48 (5.96%) AWS CDK
6 45 (5.59%) YAML
7 43 (5.34%) RESTful
8 38 (4.72%) ARM Templates
9 34 (4.22%) Elastic Stack
10 32 (3.98%) ASP.NET
10 32 (3.98%) Kafka
11 30 (3.73%) ASP.NET Core
11 30 (3.73%) Spring
12 29 (3.60%) OAuth
13 25 (3.11%) PySpark
14 24 (2.98%) Spring Boot
15 23 (2.86%) AngularJS
16 20 (2.48%) RabbitMQ
17 18 (2.24%) CSS
17 18 (2.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 155 (19.25%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 48 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (5.22%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.11%) Public Cloud
6 21 (2.61%) Data Centre
7 18 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (2.24%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.86%) Legacy Applications
8 15 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.74%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.61%) Replication
11 12 (1.49%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (1.24%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 179 (22.24%) Linux
2 85 (10.56%) Windows
3 47 (5.84%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.35%) Ubuntu
5 20 (2.48%) Unix
6 18 (2.24%) CentOS
7 12 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.12%) VMS
9 7 (0.87%) Debian
9 7 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.62%) Android
10 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (74.04%) CI/CD
2 506 (62.86%) DevOps
3 275 (34.16%) Agile
4 236 (29.32%) Observability
5 227 (28.20%) Containerisation
6 188 (23.35%) Mentoring
7 179 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 169 (20.99%) Platform Engineering
9 162 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
10 152 (18.88%) Test Automation
11 132 (16.40%) Microservices
12 129 (16.02%) AI
13 120 (14.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 118 (14.66%) Software Engineering
15 109 (13.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 94 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
17 83 (10.31%) DevSecOps
18 82 (10.19%) Deployment Automation
19 81 (10.06%) Cloud Security
20 75 (9.32%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 353 (43.85%) Python
2 179 (22.24%) Bash
3 162 (20.12%) PowerShell
4 119 (14.78%) SQL
5 101 (12.55%) TypeScript
6 88 (10.93%) Java
7 79 (9.81%) JavaScript
8 68 (8.45%) Bicep
9 58 (7.20%) C#
10 56 (6.96%) Go
11 14 (1.74%) Groovy
12 13 (1.61%) C
13 9 (1.12%) C++
13 9 (1.12%) Rust
14 8 (0.99%) PHP
15 6 (0.75%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.62%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.50%) Perl
17 4 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 160 (19.88%) Security Cleared
2 101 (12.55%) SC Cleared
3 68 (8.45%) Degree
4 54 (6.71%) DV Cleared
5 39 (4.84%) AWS Certification
6 35 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.74%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.75%) ICAEW
13 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.62%) OSCP
14 4 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.50%) CISSP
14 4 (0.50%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.59%) QA
2 23 (2.86%) GDPR
3 21 (2.61%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.24%) WCAG
7 9 (1.12%) NIST
7 9 (1.12%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.37%) NCSC
9 3 (0.37%) SLA
10 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 230 (28.57%) Docker
2 50 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (4.84%) Active Directory
4 21 (2.61%) vSphere
5 18 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.61%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.87%) iptables
8 6 (0.75%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.50%) Firmware
10 3 (0.37%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 568 (70.56%) Terraform
2 292 (36.27%) Kubernetes
3 188 (23.35%) Ansible
4 115 (14.29%) Grafana
5 91 (11.30%) Prometheus
6 29 (3.60%) Puppet
7 21 (2.61%) Argo
8 19 (2.36%) Progress Chef
9 13 (1.61%) Nagios
10 12 (1.49%) vCenter Server
11 11 (1.37%) Packer
11 11 (1.37%) Rancher
12 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
13 9 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.99%) Podman
14 8 (0.99%) Proxmox
15 7 (0.87%) Istio
15 7 (0.87%) yum
16 6 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
17 5 (0.62%) Kibana
Vendors
1 144 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.07%) VMware
3 41 (5.09%) Red Hat
4 32 (3.98%) Google
5 31 (3.85%) Cisco
6 30 (3.73%) Databricks
7 29 (3.60%) Splunk
8 20 (2.48%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
9 13 (1.61%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.24%) F5
11 9 (1.12%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.12%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.87%) Juniper
12 7 (0.87%) NetApp
12 7 (0.87%) Oracle
13 6 (0.75%) Dell
13 6 (0.75%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.75%) Tenable