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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 221 187
Rank change year-on-year +106 -34 -62
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,106 458 943
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 1.35% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.53% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 814 320 741
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
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 £83,750 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,900 £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 51,174 29,903 53,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.47% 88.15% 79.55%
Number of salaries quoted 36,037 16,128 36,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £27,873
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,243 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 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 22 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 +88 374 £70,000 - 195
South East +54 230 £67,500 -12.90% 142
North West +86 226 £72,500 +3.57% 108
South West +30 178 £75,000 - 81
Midlands +39 132 £77,500 +19.23% 57
Yorkshire -5 90 £68,750 -1.79% 57
West Midlands +19 79 £80,000 +23.08% 39
North East -2 58 £55,000 -18.52% 30
Northern Ireland -17 57 £73,801 +71.27% 16
East Midlands +10 53 £67,500 +3.85% 18
Wales -12 53 £70,539 +22.68% 17
East of England +14 51 £62,500 - 14
Scotland +19 40 £67,500 -6.57% 38
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 27 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.08%) Apache
4 21 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.54%) Confluence
6 10 (0.90%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.63%) IIS
8 5 (0.45%) CMS
9 4 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.090%) Documentum
12 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 611 (55.24%) Azure
2 573 (51.81%) AWS
3 211 (19.08%) GitHub
4 202 (18.26%) Azure DevOps
5 176 (15.91%) Serverless
6 171 (15.46%) GCP
7 133 (12.03%) GitHub Actions
8 129 (11.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 98 (8.86%) Amazon S3
10 90 (8.14%) AWS Lambda
10 90 (8.14%) PaaS
11 74 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
12 73 (6.60%) Amazon EC2
13 70 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
14 66 (5.97%) Amazon ECS
15 65 (5.88%) Azure AKS
16 64 (5.79%) Cloud Computing
17 62 (5.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 60 (5.42%) SaaS
19 57 (5.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (9.58%) Firewall
2 76 (6.87%) WAN
3 68 (6.15%) LAN
4 61 (5.52%) VPN
5 59 (5.33%) DNS
6 37 (3.35%) TCP/IP
7 35 (3.16%) Network Security
8 20 (1.81%) DHCP
9 17 (1.54%) BGP
9 17 (1.54%) VLAN
10 16 (1.45%) Broadband
10 16 (1.45%) HTTP
11 11 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.90%) SAN
13 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
15 7 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
16 6 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (0.54%) MQTT
16 6 (0.54%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (4.70%) Amazon RDS
3 46 (4.16%) NoSQL
4 41 (3.71%) MongoDB
5 37 (3.35%) SQL Server
6 36 (3.25%) DynamoDB
7 35 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (2.62%) Relational Database
9 23 (2.08%) MySQL
10 19 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.54%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.54%) Redis
12 16 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.45%) Metadata
13 13 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.08%) Spark SQL
15 11 (0.99%) Big Data
16 10 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.72%) BigQuery
17 8 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 168 (15.19%) Git
2 135 (12.21%) GitLab
3 123 (11.12%) Jenkins
4 29 (2.62%) JIRA
5 15 (1.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (1.27%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.08%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.72%) NUnit
9 8 (0.72%) Selenium
10 7 (0.63%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.63%) JMeter
10 7 (0.63%) MSI
11 6 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.54%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.54%) Subversion
11 6 (0.54%) Terragrunt
11 6 (0.54%) TestRail
12 5 (0.45%) Claude Code
General
1 314 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 186 (16.82%) Finance
3 108 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 74 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (5.97%) Law
6 65 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (2.53%) Retail
9 27 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 23 (2.08%) Aerospace
11 22 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.81%) Banking
13 16 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (1.45%) Games
14 10 (0.90%) Advertising
14 10 (0.90%) Marketing
15 8 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.63%) Legal
17 6 (0.54%) Billing
18 5 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 244 (22.06%) DevOps Engineer
2 215 (19.44%) Senior
3 184 (16.64%) Lead
4 138 (12.48%) Architect
5 130 (11.75%) Cloud Engineer
6 106 (9.58%) Platform Engineer
7 103 (9.31%) Developer
8 102 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
9 73 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 66 (5.97%) Software Engineer
11 58 (5.24%) Systems Architect
12 50 (4.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 50 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
13 49 (4.43%) Data Engineer
14 48 (4.34%) AWS Engineer
15 44 (3.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 41 (3.71%) Senior Platform Engineer
17 39 (3.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 36 (3.25%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 36 (3.25%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (9.76%) React
2 90 (8.14%) Node.js
3 86 (7.78%) REST
4 82 (7.41%) .NET
5 66 (5.97%) Spring Boot
6 63 (5.70%) Spring
7 57 (5.15%) ARM Templates
8 51 (4.61%) Kafka
9 50 (4.52%) AWS CDK
9 50 (4.52%) RESTful
10 47 (4.25%) YAML
11 39 (3.53%) Elastic Stack
12 37 (3.35%) PySpark
13 34 (3.07%) AngularJS
14 29 (2.62%) Next.js
14 29 (2.62%) Vue
15 28 (2.53%) ASP.NET
15 28 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
16 26 (2.35%) ASP.NET Core
17 24 (2.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 255 (23.06%) Cloud Native
2 82 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (6.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (4.79%) Product Ownership
5 37 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 35 (3.16%) Public Cloud
7 31 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.35%) Security Posture
10 25 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (2.17%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
13 18 (1.63%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.54%) Private Cloud
15 16 (1.45%) Replication
16 15 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
17 14 (1.27%) Virtual Team
18 13 (1.18%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 205 (18.54%) Linux
2 108 (9.76%) Windows
3 49 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.89%) CentOS
5 29 (2.62%) Ubuntu
6 23 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (1.72%) Unix
8 17 (1.54%) VMS
9 6 (0.54%) Debian
9 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.18%) Android
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.090%) AIX
12 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.090%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (72.24%) CI/CD
2 658 (59.49%) DevOps
3 380 (34.36%) Containerisation
4 363 (32.82%) Agile
5 326 (29.48%) Observability
6 275 (24.86%) Platform Engineering
7 255 (23.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 247 (22.33%) Mentoring
9 215 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
10 206 (18.63%) AI
11 188 (17.00%) Software Engineering
12 186 (16.82%) Microservices
13 177 (16.00%) Test Automation
14 174 (15.73%) Technical Leadership
15 154 (13.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 148 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 139 (12.57%) Roadmaps
18 129 (11.66%) Cloud Security
19 124 (11.21%) DevSecOps
20 108 (9.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 438 (39.60%) Python
2 209 (18.90%) Bash
3 181 (16.37%) PowerShell
4 154 (13.92%) SQL
5 138 (12.48%) Java
6 126 (11.39%) Bicep
7 120 (10.85%) TypeScript
8 97 (8.77%) JavaScript
9 77 (6.96%) C#
10 64 (5.79%) Go
11 21 (1.90%) Ruby
12 19 (1.72%) Groovy
12 19 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.36%) PHP
14 9 (0.81%) Rust
15 8 (0.72%) C++
15 8 (0.72%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.54%) COBOL
17 5 (0.45%) C
17 5 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 274 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 165 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 110 (9.95%) DV Cleared
4 79 (7.14%) Degree
5 56 (5.06%) Azure Certification
6 35 (3.16%) AWS Certification
6 35 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.63%) CCNA
12 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.54%) ICAEW
13 6 (0.54%) RHCSA
14 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.36%) PhD
15 4 (0.36%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.79%) QA
2 59 (5.33%) GRC
3 35 (3.16%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.90%) WCAG
6 18 (1.63%) GDPR
7 17 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.54%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.36%) NCSC
9 12 (1.08%) NIST
9 12 (1.08%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.45%) SLA
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.18%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.090%) GxP
System Software
1 321 (29.02%) Docker
2 69 (6.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (5.79%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.89%) vSphere
5 18 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.81%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.54%) iptables
9 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.45%) Firmware
11 4 (0.36%) Squid
12 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 760 (68.72%) Terraform
2 422 (38.16%) Kubernetes
3 229 (20.71%) Ansible
4 125 (11.30%) Grafana
5 99 (8.95%) Prometheus
6 34 (3.07%) Puppet
7 33 (2.98%) Argo
8 24 (2.17%) Progress Chef
9 17 (1.54%) Istio
10 16 (1.45%) Packer
11 13 (1.18%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.08%) Nagios
13 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (0.81%) Kibana
15 9 (0.81%) Podman
15 9 (0.81%) Proxmox
16 8 (0.72%) Kustomize
16 8 (0.72%) Rancher
17 7 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 251 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.50%) VMware
3 58 (5.24%) Google
4 48 (4.34%) Red Hat
5 40 (3.62%) Splunk
6 34 (3.07%) Databricks
7 29 (2.62%) Cisco
8 21 (1.90%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.36%) Oracle
10 13 (1.18%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.08%) F5
11 12 (1.08%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (0.90%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.90%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.72%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.63%) IBM
14 7 (0.63%) NetApp
14 7 (0.63%) Salesforce