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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 191 197
Rank change year-on-year +35 +6 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 712 424 1,003
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.09% 1.56% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.71% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 509 314 767
10th Percentile £46,446 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,778 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.15% -5.33%

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 46,900 24,868 56,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 72.02% 91.29% 83.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,805 13,812 40,837
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,170 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +1 262 £67,249 -0.74% 131
South East +6 145 £70,000 -6.67% 122
North West +2 139 £72,000 -0.69% 68
South West -4 106 £65,000 -9.71% 62
Yorkshire -27 92 £65,000 +8.33% 28
Midlands +11 88 £69,000 -1.43% 29
Scotland -14 46 £60,000 -17.53% 18
East Midlands -17 43 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -19 43 £70,000 - 23
East of England +7 40 £60,100 -10.96% 26
North East -19 31 £48,445 -15.01% 35
Wales -13 22 £60,000 -5.14% 5
Northern Ireland -34 6 £95,000 - 9
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 12 (1.69%) Apache
1 12 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (1.69%) IIS
2 11 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.70%) CMS
3 5 (0.70%) Confluence
4 4 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 422 (59.27%) AWS
2 401 (56.32%) Azure
3 183 (25.70%) Azure DevOps
4 162 (22.75%) GitHub
5 143 (20.08%) Serverless
6 128 (17.98%) GitHub Actions
7 127 (17.84%) GCP
8 101 (14.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 82 (11.52%) AWS Lambda
10 71 (9.97%) Amazon S3
11 67 (9.41%) Amazon EKS
12 55 (7.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 49 (6.88%) PaaS
14 44 (6.18%) Amazon EC2
15 40 (5.62%) Entra ID
16 39 (5.48%) Amazon ECS
17 38 (5.34%) Azure Monitor
18 35 (4.92%) Datadog
18 35 (4.92%) IaaS
19 34 (4.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (14.33%) Firewall
2 54 (7.58%) DNS
3 41 (5.76%) TCP/IP
4 30 (4.21%) VPN
5 23 (3.23%) Network Security
6 20 (2.81%) HTTP
7 19 (2.67%) DHCP
8 14 (1.97%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (1.97%) WAN
9 11 (1.54%) BGP
9 11 (1.54%) LAN
9 11 (1.54%) VLAN
10 10 (1.40%) Broadband
11 7 (0.98%) Internet
11 7 (0.98%) SAN
12 5 (0.70%) AMQP
12 5 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.70%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.70%) WebEx
13 4 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (6.46%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (5.20%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.78%) DynamoDB
5 31 (4.35%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.51%) MongoDB
7 13 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.69%) Spark SQL
9 11 (1.54%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.40%) Metadata
10 10 (1.40%) MySQL
11 9 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.26%) Big Data
12 8 (1.12%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.12%) InfluxDB
12 8 (1.12%) Redis
12 8 (1.12%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 112 (15.73%) Git
2 98 (13.76%) Jenkins
3 80 (11.24%) GitLab
4 18 (2.53%) JIRA
5 15 (2.11%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.54%) Cucumber
6 11 (1.54%) Selenium
7 9 (1.26%) Robot Framework
8 8 (1.12%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.98%) CircleCI
9 7 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.98%) Subversion
10 6 (0.84%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.84%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.84%) NUnit
11 5 (0.70%) JMeter
11 5 (0.70%) TestRail
12 4 (0.56%) MLflow
12 4 (0.56%) Snyk
General
1 180 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 105 (14.75%) Finance
3 62 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.76%) Telecoms
6 30 (4.21%) Law
7 28 (3.93%) Retail
8 26 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.53%) Banking
10 16 (2.25%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.25%) Billing
10 16 (2.25%) Games
11 14 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.83%) Marketing
13 12 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.12%) Advertising
16 7 (0.98%) Electronics
17 5 (0.70%) Legal
18 4 (0.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 162 (22.75%) Senior
2 135 (18.96%) DevOps Engineer
3 126 (17.70%) Lead
4 95 (13.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 85 (11.94%) Azure Engineer
6 72 (10.11%) Developer
7 53 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (6.88%) Platform Engineer
9 42 (5.90%) Architect
9 42 (5.90%) Software Engineer
10 32 (4.49%) Data Engineer
11 31 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 31 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
12 30 (4.21%) AWS Engineer
13 26 (3.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.65%) Lead DevOps
14 23 (3.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 22 (3.09%) Lead Developer
15 22 (3.09%) Team Leader
16 19 (2.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (12.22%) React
2 74 (10.39%) Node.js
3 58 (8.15%) .NET
4 52 (7.30%) REST
5 46 (6.46%) RESTful
6 45 (6.32%) AWS CDK
7 42 (5.90%) YAML
8 38 (5.34%) ARM Templates
9 36 (5.06%) Elastic Stack
10 31 (4.35%) OAuth
11 25 (3.51%) ASP.NET
12 24 (3.37%) Spring
13 23 (3.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 21 (2.95%) Django
14 21 (2.95%) JSON
14 21 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
15 18 (2.53%) .NET Core
15 18 (2.53%) AngularJS
15 18 (2.53%) GraphQL
15 18 (2.53%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 135 (18.96%) Cloud Native
2 43 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (4.78%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.95%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (2.39%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.97%) Legacy Applications
11 13 (1.83%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.69%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.69%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.54%) Replication
14 10 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.40%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.26%) Private Cloud
16 8 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 151 (21.21%) Linux
2 68 (9.55%) Windows
3 30 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.81%) Unix
5 17 (2.39%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.69%) CentOS
7 9 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.26%) VMS
8 7 (0.98%) Debian
9 5 (0.70%) Android
9 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (73.17%) CI/CD
2 477 (66.99%) DevOps
3 244 (34.27%) Agile
4 203 (28.51%) Containerisation
5 201 (28.23%) Observability
6 173 (24.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 162 (22.75%) Mentoring
8 158 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
9 137 (19.24%) Test Automation
10 131 (18.40%) Platform Engineering
11 110 (15.45%) Microservices
12 108 (15.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 99 (13.90%) Software Engineering
14 98 (13.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 87 (12.22%) AI
16 83 (11.66%) Deployment Automation
17 81 (11.38%) Incident Response
18 74 (10.39%) DevSecOps
19 71 (9.97%) Cloud Security
20 64 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 309 (43.40%) Python
2 155 (21.77%) Bash
3 149 (20.93%) PowerShell
4 121 (16.99%) SQL
5 80 (11.24%) TypeScript
6 76 (10.67%) Java
7 74 (10.39%) Bicep
8 66 (9.27%) JavaScript
9 56 (7.87%) Go
10 48 (6.74%) C#
11 13 (1.83%) C
12 10 (1.40%) Groovy
13 9 (1.26%) C++
14 7 (0.98%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.56%) Perl
17 4 (0.56%) Ruby
18 3 (0.42%) Rust
18 3 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 124 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 75 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.02%) Degree
4 49 (6.88%) DV Cleared
5 36 (5.06%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.21%) Azure Certification
7 23 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
8 13 (1.83%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.84%) CISSP
12 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.42%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.92%) QA
2 27 (3.79%) GDPR
3 21 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.40%) NIST
7 9 (1.26%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.26%) WCAG
8 6 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.56%) NCSC
10 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.42%) GRC
10 3 (0.42%) SLA
11 2 (0.28%) IFRS
11 2 (0.28%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 205 (28.79%) Docker
2 39 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.49%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.11%) vSphere
6 9 (1.26%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.98%) iptables
8 5 (0.70%) Firmware
8 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 491 (68.96%) Terraform
2 252 (35.39%) Kubernetes
3 156 (21.91%) Ansible
4 106 (14.89%) Grafana
5 84 (11.80%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.09%) Puppet
7 18 (2.53%) Argo
8 14 (1.97%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.54%) Rancher
10 9 (1.26%) Nagios
11 8 (1.12%) Packer
11 8 (1.12%) Proxmox
11 8 (1.12%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.98%) yum
13 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.70%) Istio
14 5 (0.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 133 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.58%) VMware
3 33 (4.63%) Google
4 31 (4.35%) Red Hat
5 30 (4.21%) Cisco
6 25 (3.51%) Databricks
7 24 (3.37%) Splunk
8 16 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
9 15 (2.11%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.97%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.12%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.12%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.12%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.98%) Juniper
13 6 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.84%) Dell
13 6 (0.84%) F5
13 6 (0.84%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.84%) NetApp
13 6 (0.84%) SolarWinds