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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 219 200
Rank change year-on-year +95 -19 -72
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,008 455 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.44% 1.39% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.56% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 757 319 785
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,587 £45,200
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%

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 49,434 29,098 60,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.40% 89.19% 80.05%
Number of salaries quoted 34,795 15,390 42,107
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,722 £32,951 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +81 361 £67,500 -3.57% 137
South East +53 220 £70,000 -9.68% 168
North West +75 219 £72,500 - 81
South West +31 165 £75,000 +3.45% 106
Midlands +38 125 £75,000 +15.38% 59
Yorkshire +7 91 £65,576 -6.32% 36
West Midlands +15 72 £80,000 +23.08% 40
East Midlands +11 53 £67,500 +3.85% 19
East of England +5 52 £60,100 -7.54% 16
North East -1 51 £55,000 -14.06% 22
Wales -23 38 £70,000 +24.44% 11
Scotland +14 37 £62,500 -16.39% 31
Northern Ireland -34 16 £84,401 +95.86% 20
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 28 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.08%) Apache
3 20 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.69%) Confluence
5 9 (0.89%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.79%) IIS
7 5 (0.50%) CMS
8 4 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.30%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.099%) Documentum
11 1 (0.099%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 561 (55.65%) AWS
2 547 (54.27%) Azure
3 214 (21.23%) GitHub
4 198 (19.64%) Azure DevOps
5 182 (18.06%) Serverless
6 157 (15.58%) GCP
7 141 (13.99%) GitHub Actions
8 125 (12.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 99 (9.82%) Amazon S3
10 92 (9.13%) AWS Lambda
11 91 (9.03%) PaaS
12 77 (7.64%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (6.94%) Amazon EC2
14 63 (6.25%) Azure AKS
15 62 (6.15%) IaaS
16 60 (5.95%) Amazon ECS
17 59 (5.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 54 (5.36%) Entra ID
19 53 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
19 53 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (11.21%) Firewall
2 60 (5.95%) DNS
3 59 (5.85%) VPN
4 38 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 31 (3.08%) Network Security
5 31 (3.08%) WAN
6 24 (2.38%) LAN
7 22 (2.18%) DHCP
8 18 (1.79%) BGP
8 18 (1.79%) VLAN
9 17 (1.69%) HTTP
10 16 (1.59%) Broadband
11 13 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (1.09%) SAN
13 8 (0.79%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
15 6 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.60%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.60%) MQTT
15 6 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (4.86%) Amazon RDS
3 44 (4.37%) NoSQL
4 42 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 38 (3.77%) DynamoDB
6 35 (3.47%) SQL Server
7 34 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (2.38%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.79%) MySQL
10 17 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (1.59%) Redis
12 14 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.39%) Metadata
13 13 (1.29%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.29%) Spark SQL
14 11 (1.09%) Big Data
15 10 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.79%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.69%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 157 (15.58%) Git
2 127 (12.60%) GitLab
3 126 (12.50%) Jenkins
4 29 (2.88%) JIRA
5 15 (1.49%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.39%) Cucumber
6 14 (1.39%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 8 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.79%) NUnit
8 8 (0.79%) Selenium
9 7 (0.69%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.69%) JMeter
9 7 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.69%) Subversion
10 6 (0.60%) MSI
10 6 (0.60%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.60%) TestRail
11 4 (0.40%) Jasmine
11 4 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 258 (25.60%) Social Skills
2 133 (13.19%) Finance
3 98 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 70 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (4.96%) Law
7 32 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 26 (2.58%) Retail
9 25 (2.48%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.18%) Banking
10 22 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.79%) Games
12 17 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.79%) Billing
15 8 (0.79%) Marketing
16 7 (0.69%) Advertising
16 7 (0.69%) Legal
17 5 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 213 (21.13%) Senior
2 211 (20.93%) DevOps Engineer
3 164 (16.27%) Lead
4 124 (12.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 98 (9.72%) Azure Engineer
6 97 (9.62%) Developer
7 95 (9.42%) Platform Engineer
8 85 (8.43%) Architect
9 71 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 67 (6.65%) Software Engineer
11 46 (4.56%) Senior DevOps
12 45 (4.46%) AWS Engineer
13 43 (4.27%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 41 (4.07%) Data Engineer
15 38 (3.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 37 (3.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 37 (3.67%) Senior Platform Engineer
17 35 (3.47%) Technical Leader
18 31 (3.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 31 (3.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (10.71%) React
2 96 (9.52%) Node.js
3 84 (8.33%) REST
4 81 (8.04%) .NET
5 55 (5.46%) ARM Templates
6 52 (5.16%) Spring
6 52 (5.16%) Spring Boot
7 50 (4.96%) RESTful
8 49 (4.86%) AWS CDK
9 46 (4.56%) YAML
10 45 (4.46%) Kafka
11 42 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
12 35 (3.47%) AngularJS
13 33 (3.27%) PySpark
14 29 (2.88%) ASP.NET
14 29 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
15 28 (2.78%) Next.js
15 28 (2.78%) Vue
16 27 (2.68%) ASP.NET Core
17 23 (2.28%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 234 (23.21%) Cloud Native
2 74 (7.34%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (6.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 52 (5.16%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.47%) Public Cloud
6 34 (3.37%) Onboarding
7 32 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (2.78%) Security Posture
9 27 (2.68%) Data Centre
10 26 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.69%) Private Cloud
14 15 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.49%) Replication
15 14 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
16 13 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
17 12 (1.19%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 198 (19.64%) Linux
2 107 (10.62%) Windows
3 51 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.17%) Ubuntu
5 30 (2.98%) CentOS
6 21 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (1.88%) VMS
8 17 (1.69%) Unix
9 8 (0.79%) Debian
9 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.30%) Android
11 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.099%) AIX
12 1 (0.099%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.099%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 748 (74.21%) CI/CD
2 618 (61.31%) DevOps
3 348 (34.52%) Agile
4 310 (30.75%) Observability
5 308 (30.56%) Containerisation
6 250 (24.80%) Platform Engineering
7 239 (23.71%) Mentoring
8 232 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 201 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
10 197 (19.54%) AI
11 179 (17.76%) Microservices
12 175 (17.36%) Test Automation
13 164 (16.27%) Software Engineering
14 152 (15.08%) Technical Leadership
15 141 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 136 (13.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 123 (12.20%) Cloud Security
18 117 (11.61%) DevSecOps
19 102 (10.12%) Analytics
20 96 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 421 (41.77%) Python
2 209 (20.73%) Bash
3 186 (18.45%) PowerShell
4 146 (14.48%) SQL
5 124 (12.30%) Java
6 123 (12.20%) TypeScript
7 117 (11.61%) Bicep
8 99 (9.82%) JavaScript
9 75 (7.44%) C#
10 61 (6.05%) Go
11 19 (1.88%) Groovy
11 19 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 18 (1.79%) Ruby
13 12 (1.19%) PHP
14 9 (0.89%) Rust
15 8 (0.79%) C++
16 7 (0.69%) C
16 7 (0.69%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.50%) COBOL
17 5 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 242 (24.01%) Security Cleared
2 151 (14.98%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 74 (7.34%) Degree
5 58 (5.75%) Azure Certification
6 38 (3.77%) AWS Certification
7 34 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (1.29%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.69%) CCNA
13 7 (0.69%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.60%) ICAEW
14 6 (0.60%) RHCSA
15 5 (0.50%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (0.40%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.15%) QA
2 29 (2.88%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.79%) WCAG
5 17 (1.69%) GDPR
5 17 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.49%) GRC
7 14 (1.39%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.29%) NCSC
9 12 (1.19%) NIST
9 12 (1.19%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (0.50%) SLA
11 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.20%) IFRS
11 2 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.20%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.099%) GxP
System Software
1 291 (28.87%) Docker
2 71 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (6.35%) Active Directory
4 35 (3.47%) vSphere
5 21 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.19%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.69%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.69%) iptables
9 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.50%) Firmware
11 4 (0.40%) Squid
12 1 (0.099%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 717 (71.13%) Terraform
2 390 (38.69%) Kubernetes
3 220 (21.83%) Ansible
4 124 (12.30%) Grafana
5 96 (9.52%) Prometheus
6 36 (3.57%) Puppet
7 29 (2.88%) Argo
8 24 (2.38%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.49%) vCenter Server
10 14 (1.39%) Packer
11 13 (1.29%) Nagios
12 12 (1.19%) Istio
13 11 (1.09%) Proxmox
14 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (0.99%) Rancher
14 10 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (0.89%) Kibana
15 9 (0.89%) Podman
16 7 (0.69%) logstash
16 7 (0.69%) yum
Vendors
1 198 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 88 (8.73%) VMware
3 50 (4.96%) Red Hat
4 41 (4.07%) Google
5 40 (3.97%) Splunk
6 32 (3.17%) Cisco
7 31 (3.08%) Databricks
8 21 (2.08%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.39%) Oracle
10 13 (1.29%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.19%) F5
11 12 (1.19%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (0.99%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.89%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.69%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.69%) NetApp
14 7 (0.69%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.69%) Salesforce
15 6 (0.60%) Juniper