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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 214 151
Rank change year-on-year +110 -63 -50
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,357 465 909
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.59% 1.36% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.57% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 908 330 597
10th Percentile £47,371 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,239 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.04%

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 59,900 29,645 43,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.30% 86.63% 78.74%
Number of salaries quoted 42,201 16,057 23,312
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +93 481 £70,000 - 457
North West +92 264 £72,500 +11.54% 265
South East +48 247 £67,500 -20.59% 288
South West +47 240 £75,000 - 252
Midlands +33 153 £75,000 +15.83% 184
North East +22 112 £59,000 -18.62% 67
Yorkshire +1 108 £73,750 +5.36% 125
West Midlands +2 94 £85,000 +36.55% 105
Wales -6 77 £70,000 +21.74% 42
Northern Ireland -29 62 £71,991 +67.07% 63
East Midlands +8 59 £67,500 +3.85% 79
East of England -14 56 £65,000 - 111
Scotland +21 53 £72,500 +3.57% 200
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 43 (3.17%) Apache Spark
2 38 (2.80%) Apache
3 33 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.47%) Confluence
6 14 (1.03%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.59%) IIS
8 6 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.37%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.29%) CMS
10 4 (0.29%) nginx
11 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.074%) Documentum
12 1 (0.074%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.074%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.15%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 748 (55.12%) Azure
2 722 (53.21%) AWS
3 247 (18.20%) GCP
4 238 (17.54%) GitHub
5 199 (14.66%) Serverless
6 192 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
7 185 (13.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 140 (10.32%) GitHub Actions
9 117 (8.62%) AWS Lambda
10 113 (8.33%) Amazon S3
11 90 (6.63%) Amazon EC2
11 90 (6.63%) Cloud Computing
12 88 (6.48%) Amazon EKS
13 84 (6.19%) PaaS
14 83 (6.12%) Amazon ECS
15 81 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
16 76 (5.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 69 (5.08%) Azure AKS
18 67 (4.94%) SaaS
19 61 (4.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (7.22%) Firewall
2 88 (6.48%) WAN
3 82 (6.04%) VPN
4 74 (5.45%) LAN
5 70 (5.16%) DNS
6 40 (2.95%) Network Security
7 38 (2.80%) TCP/IP
8 35 (2.58%) DHCP
9 24 (1.77%) BGP
10 23 (1.69%) Internet
11 16 (1.18%) VLAN
12 15 (1.11%) SD-WAN
12 15 (1.11%) Software-Defined Networking
13 13 (0.96%) OSPF
14 12 (0.88%) SAN
15 10 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
15 10 (0.74%) Wireless
16 9 (0.66%) Broadband
17 8 (0.59%) HTTP
18 7 (0.52%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (4.57%) NoSQL
3 59 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
4 55 (4.05%) MongoDB
5 49 (3.61%) DynamoDB
6 47 (3.46%) SQL Server
7 46 (3.39%) MySQL
8 37 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (2.58%) Data Lake
9 35 (2.58%) Relational Database
10 29 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.55%) Big Data
12 18 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
12 18 (1.33%) Redis
13 16 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (1.18%) Metadata
13 16 (1.18%) Power BI
14 15 (1.11%) Hadoop
15 14 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.88%) Flink
Development Applications
1 230 (16.95%) Git
2 154 (11.35%) GitLab
3 135 (9.95%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.10%) JIRA
5 21 (1.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 18 (1.33%) SonarQube
7 14 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.96%) Selenium
9 12 (0.88%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.74%) NUnit
11 9 (0.66%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.66%) MSI
12 8 (0.59%) Artifactory
12 8 (0.59%) Terragrunt
13 7 (0.52%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.52%) Robot Framework
13 7 (0.52%) Subversion
14 6 (0.44%) git-flow
14 6 (0.44%) TestRail
15 5 (0.37%) Snyk
General
1 400 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 233 (17.17%) Finance
3 163 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 122 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (5.82%) Law
7 69 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (3.76%) Aerospace
9 28 (2.06%) Banking
10 27 (1.99%) Retail
11 23 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.40%) Marketing
13 16 (1.18%) Legal
14 14 (1.03%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.96%) Aviation
16 12 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.88%) Local Government
17 11 (0.81%) Military
18 9 (0.66%) Advertising
19 8 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 299 (22.03%) DevOps Engineer
2 276 (20.34%) Senior
3 217 (15.99%) Lead
4 169 (12.45%) Architect
5 167 (12.31%) Cloud Engineer
6 134 (9.87%) Platform Engineer
7 127 (9.36%) Developer
8 110 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 106 (7.81%) Azure Engineer
10 89 (6.56%) Software Engineer
11 72 (5.31%) Data Engineer
12 65 (4.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 64 (4.72%) AWS Engineer
14 62 (4.57%) Systems Architect
15 57 (4.20%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 51 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
17 50 (3.68%) Principal Engineer
18 49 (3.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 47 (3.46%) Azure Platform Engineer
20 46 (3.39%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 901 (66.40%) Terraform
2 130 (9.58%) React
3 98 (7.22%) Spring Boot
4 97 (7.15%) .NET
5 95 (7.00%) Node.js
5 95 (7.00%) REST
5 95 (7.00%) Spring
6 77 (5.67%) Kafka
7 70 (5.16%) RESTful
8 54 (3.98%) AWS CDK
9 53 (3.91%) ARM Templates
10 48 (3.54%) AngularJS
11 40 (2.95%) PySpark
12 36 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
12 36 (2.65%) YAML
13 35 (2.58%) CSS
13 35 (2.58%) Next.js
13 35 (2.58%) Vue
14 32 (2.36%) ASP.NET
14 32 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 352 (25.94%) Cloud Native
2 105 (7.74%) Distributed Systems
3 90 (6.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 75 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 59 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 46 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
6 46 (3.39%) Public Cloud
7 44 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.80%) Security Posture
10 37 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
11 36 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (2.43%) Private Cloud
13 27 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (1.84%) Virtual Team
15 24 (1.77%) Data Structures
16 20 (1.47%) Management Information System
17 16 (1.18%) Mainframe
18 14 (1.03%) AI Agents
18 14 (1.03%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 275 (20.27%) Linux
2 129 (9.51%) Windows
3 60 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.95%) CentOS
5 37 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (2.43%) Unix
7 26 (1.92%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.11%) VMS
9 7 (0.52%) Debian
10 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.22%) AIX
13 2 (0.15%) Rocky
13 2 (0.15%) Solaris
14 1 (0.074%) Android
14 1 (0.074%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.074%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 986 (72.66%) CI/CD
2 793 (58.44%) DevOps
3 478 (35.22%) Containerisation
4 450 (33.16%) Agile
5 381 (28.08%) Observability
6 354 (26.09%) Platform Engineering
7 328 (24.17%) Mentoring
8 317 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 303 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
10 273 (20.12%) Software Engineering
11 259 (19.09%) AI
12 241 (17.76%) Technical Leadership
13 235 (17.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 228 (16.80%) Microservices
15 200 (14.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 199 (14.66%) Cloud Security
17 187 (13.78%) Test Automation
18 171 (12.60%) Roadmaps
19 170 (12.53%) DevSecOps
20 140 (10.32%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 548 (40.38%) Python
2 233 (17.17%) Bash
3 194 (14.30%) Java
3 194 (14.30%) PowerShell
4 189 (13.93%) SQL
5 139 (10.24%) Bicep
6 137 (10.10%) TypeScript
7 113 (8.33%) JavaScript
8 89 (6.56%) C#
9 64 (4.72%) Go
10 38 (2.80%) Shell Script
11 24 (1.77%) Groovy
12 23 (1.69%) Ruby
13 20 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (1.33%) Rust
15 15 (1.11%) PHP
16 11 (0.81%) Scala
17 7 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
18 6 (0.44%) COBOL
19 5 (0.37%) C++
Qualifications
1 414 (30.51%) Security Cleared
2 264 (19.45%) SC Cleared
3 173 (12.75%) DV Cleared
4 99 (7.30%) Degree
5 83 (6.12%) Azure Certification
6 71 (5.23%) AWS Certification
7 44 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 11 (0.81%) CCNA
14 7 (0.52%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.52%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.44%) CCNP
15 6 (0.44%) ICAEW
15 6 (0.44%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.44%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.82%) QA
2 62 (4.57%) GRC
3 49 (3.61%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.80%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.92%) NCSC
6 20 (1.47%) WCAG
7 19 (1.40%) NIST
8 16 (1.18%) GDPR
9 15 (1.11%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.74%) SLA
10 10 (0.74%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.15%) IFRS
14 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.074%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.074%) HIPAA
System Software
1 420 (30.95%) Docker
2 83 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (5.90%) Active Directory
4 31 (2.28%) vSphere
5 27 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.33%) Hyper-V
8 11 (0.81%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.44%) Firmware
10 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
11 4 (0.29%) Squid
12 3 (0.22%) iptables
12 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
14 1 (0.074%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 520 (38.32%) Kubernetes
2 288 (21.22%) Ansible
3 116 (8.55%) Grafana
4 97 (7.15%) Prometheus
5 47 (3.46%) Puppet
6 42 (3.10%) Argo
7 33 (2.43%) Progress Chef
8 22 (1.62%) Istio
9 16 (1.18%) Packer
10 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 14 (1.03%) vCenter Server
12 13 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (0.88%) Podman
14 10 (0.74%) Kibana
14 10 (0.74%) Kustomize
14 10 (0.74%) Rancher
15 8 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
15 8 (0.59%) linkerd
15 8 (0.59%) logstash
15 8 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 336 (24.76%) Microsoft
2 96 (7.07%) VMware
3 93 (6.85%) Google
4 54 (3.98%) Red Hat
5 53 (3.91%) Databricks
5 53 (3.91%) Splunk
6 30 (2.21%) Oracle
7 28 (2.06%) Cisco
8 15 (1.11%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.96%) Atlassian
11 12 (0.88%) New Relic
11 12 (0.88%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (0.74%) F5
12 10 (0.74%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.66%) Meraki
14 8 (0.59%) IBM
15 7 (0.52%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.52%) SAP