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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 159 150
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 605 588 970
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.29% 1.80% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.99% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 427 355 767
10th Percentile £45,750 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £93,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £74,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +2.76% -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 36,177 29,600 43,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.12% 90.56% 86.81%
Number of salaries quoted 21,089 13,401 32,975
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 £80,030 £83,750 £77,757
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 11 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 11 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 -11 208 £65,500 +3.15% 109
South East +9 120 £75,000 +11.11% 126
Yorkshire -12 93 £62,500 +13.64% 35
North West -2 86 £70,539 +4.50% 64
South West -18 82 £62,500 -13.18% 64
Scotland +1 75 £71,940 +1.32% 21
Midlands +10 61 £65,250 +0.38% 29
West Midlands -9 33 £60,000 -11.11% 25
East of England +23 29 £71,250 -1.72% 10
North East -4 29 £55,000 +12.82% 10
East Midlands +4 26 £67,500 +3.85% 5
Wales +19 23 £61,496 +31.62% 8
Northern Ireland -18 9 £95,000 +11.76% 4
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 22 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.98%) Apache
4 9 (1.49%) IIS
5 8 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.32%) Confluence
6 3 (0.50%) Appian
6 3 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 392 (64.79%) Azure
2 361 (59.67%) AWS
3 186 (30.74%) Azure DevOps
4 144 (23.80%) GitHub
5 122 (20.17%) Serverless
6 118 (19.50%) GCP
7 104 (17.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 103 (17.02%) GitHub Actions
9 77 (12.73%) AWS Lambda
10 65 (10.74%) Entra ID
11 60 (9.92%) Amazon S3
12 58 (9.59%) PaaS
13 52 (8.60%) SaaS
14 47 (7.77%) Amazon EKS
14 47 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
15 45 (7.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 44 (7.27%) Azure Monitor
16 44 (7.27%) dbt
17 43 (7.11%) Amazon ECS
18 36 (5.95%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (12.40%) Firewall
2 52 (8.60%) DNS
3 38 (6.28%) TCP/IP
3 38 (6.28%) VPN
4 17 (2.81%) DHCP
4 17 (2.81%) WAN
5 16 (2.64%) Network Security
6 13 (2.15%) HTTP
7 10 (1.65%) LAN
8 9 (1.49%) BGP
9 8 (1.32%) Internet
9 8 (1.32%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.32%) VLAN
9 8 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.16%) SAN
11 5 (0.83%) AMQP
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.66%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.66%) VoIP
12 4 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (7.44%) Amazon RDS
3 36 (5.95%) NoSQL
4 33 (5.45%) DynamoDB
5 31 (5.12%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.97%) Redis
7 19 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (2.64%) MongoDB
9 15 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.48%) MySQL
10 9 (1.49%) Big Data
11 7 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.99%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.83%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.83%) Cloudera CDH
13 5 (0.83%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.66%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.66%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 78 (12.89%) Jenkins
2 76 (12.56%) Git
3 48 (7.93%) GitLab
4 22 (3.64%) Selenium
5 21 (3.47%) Robot Framework
6 18 (2.98%) Snyk
7 15 (2.48%) JIRA
8 11 (1.82%) CircleCI
9 10 (1.65%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.32%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.16%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.99%) git-flow
12 6 (0.99%) JMeter
12 6 (0.99%) Locust
12 6 (0.99%) Subversion
13 5 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.83%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.66%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.66%) MLflow
General
1 178 (29.42%) Social Skills
2 126 (20.83%) Finance
3 52 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (5.62%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.12%) Law
6 30 (4.96%) Telecoms
7 20 (3.31%) Retail
8 17 (2.81%) Billing
9 13 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.82%) Marketing
12 10 (1.65%) Games
12 10 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.32%) Banking
13 8 (1.32%) Legal
14 7 (1.16%) Advertising
14 7 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 150 (24.79%) Senior
2 85 (14.05%) Cloud Engineer
3 82 (13.55%) DevOps Engineer
4 73 (12.07%) Lead
5 70 (11.57%) Developer
6 62 (10.25%) Azure Engineer
7 52 (8.60%) Platform Engineer
8 36 (5.95%) Architect
9 35 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (5.45%) Software Engineer
11 20 (3.31%) AWS Engineer
11 20 (3.31%) Senior DevOps
12 19 (3.14%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (2.98%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 17 (2.81%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 17 (2.81%) Python Developer
15 16 (2.64%) .NET Developer
15 16 (2.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 15 (2.48%) Operations Engineer
17 14 (2.31%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (14.55%) React
2 54 (8.93%) .NET
3 52 (8.60%) Node.js
4 47 (7.77%) RESTful
5 35 (5.79%) Django
6 29 (4.79%) AWS CDK
6 29 (4.79%) REST
6 29 (4.79%) YAML
7 27 (4.46%) OAuth
8 25 (4.13%) Elastic Stack
9 24 (3.97%) ARM Templates
10 23 (3.80%) Vue
11 22 (3.64%) CSS
11 22 (3.64%) GraphQL
12 21 (3.47%) HTML
13 20 (3.31%) AngularJS
14 19 (3.14%) .NET Core
14 19 (3.14%) ASP.NET
14 19 (3.14%) FastAPI
14 19 (3.14%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 128 (21.16%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (4.13%) Security Posture
4 20 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.81%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
8 14 (2.31%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.82%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.83%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.83%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.66%) Client/Server
14 4 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 126 (20.83%) Linux
2 51 (8.43%) Windows
3 23 (3.80%) Unix
4 16 (2.64%) VMS
5 15 (2.48%) Ubuntu
5 15 (2.48%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.98%) Debian
7 8 (1.32%) CentOS
8 7 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.66%) Android
9 4 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (71.90%) DevOps
2 431 (71.24%) CI/CD
3 230 (38.02%) Agile
4 146 (24.13%) Containerisation
5 143 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 135 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 123 (20.33%) Observability
8 121 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 95 (15.70%) Platform Engineering
10 88 (14.55%) Coaching
10 88 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 88 (14.55%) Test Automation
11 86 (14.21%) Software Engineering
12 73 (12.07%) Microservices
13 71 (11.74%) AI
13 71 (11.74%) DevSecOps
14 70 (11.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 69 (11.40%) Roadmaps
16 67 (11.07%) Cloud Security
17 65 (10.74%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 254 (41.98%) Python
2 132 (21.82%) PowerShell
3 117 (19.34%) Bash
4 91 (15.04%) SQL
5 82 (13.55%) Bicep
6 70 (11.57%) TypeScript
7 61 (10.08%) Java
7 61 (10.08%) JavaScript
8 52 (8.60%) C#
9 46 (7.60%) Go
10 9 (1.49%) C
11 7 (1.16%) C++
12 5 (0.83%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.50%) Scala
15 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.33%) VB
15 2 (0.33%) XAML
16 1 (0.17%) Perl
16 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 101 (16.69%) Security Cleared
2 60 (9.92%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.77%) DV Cleared
4 40 (6.61%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.96%) Azure Certification
6 28 (4.63%) Degree
7 14 (2.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.82%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (1.49%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.16%) CCNP
13 6 (0.99%) CISSP
14 5 (0.83%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.66%) PMP
15 4 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.46%) QA
2 24 (3.97%) GDPR
2 24 (3.97%) NIST
3 21 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.32%) WCAG
6 7 (1.16%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.50%) NCSC
9 2 (0.33%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 188 (31.07%) Docker
2 27 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.13%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.98%) vSphere
6 10 (1.65%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.16%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.83%) Firmware
9 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.33%) iptables
10 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.17%) HDFS
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
11 1 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 433 (71.57%) Terraform
2 191 (31.57%) Kubernetes
3 135 (22.31%) Ansible
4 72 (11.90%) Grafana
5 60 (9.92%) Prometheus
6 23 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (2.64%) Argo
8 12 (1.98%) Puppet
9 10 (1.65%) AWS Copilot
10 9 (1.49%) Rancher
11 7 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.99%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.99%) yum
13 5 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.83%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.83%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.66%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.66%) Nagios
14 4 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 120 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.60%) VMware
3 41 (6.78%) Google
4 19 (3.14%) Cisco
5 18 (2.98%) Black Duck
5 18 (2.98%) Coverity
6 15 (2.48%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (2.48%) Splunk
7 14 (2.31%) Ab Initio
7 14 (2.31%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.98%) Databricks
9 11 (1.82%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.49%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.16%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.99%) Dell
12 6 (0.99%) SaltStack
12 6 (0.99%) SAP
13 5 (0.83%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.83%) Meraki