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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 181 190
Rank change year-on-year +20 +9 -44
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 703 431 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.10% 1.61% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.77% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 501 318 777
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 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,778 £88,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 46,251 24,334 56,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 72.29% 91.14% 84.07%
Number of salaries quoted 28,224 13,890 40,862
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £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 £68,750 £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 24 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 24 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 -6 257 £67,249 -0.74% 135
South East +1 143 £70,000 -6.67% 136
North West -2 133 £72,500 - 72
South West -15 104 £65,000 -9.71% 69
Yorkshire -24 95 £65,000 +8.33% 26
Midlands -2 83 £67,750 -3.21% 41
Scotland -13 50 £60,000 -15.49% 25
East Midlands -26 42 £67,750 +4.23% 11
West Midlands -11 39 £68,750 -1.79% 30
East of England -15 39 £61,300 -9.19% 42
North East -18 29 £48,445 -15.01% 37
Wales -7 24 £60,000 -5.14% 7
Northern Ireland -33 6 £95,000 - 11
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 (1.71%) IIS
2 11 (1.56%) Apache
2 11 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.28%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.71%) Confluence
6 4 (0.57%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 422 (60.03%) AWS
2 397 (56.47%) Azure
3 184 (26.17%) Azure DevOps
4 164 (23.33%) GitHub
5 148 (21.05%) Serverless
6 130 (18.49%) GitHub Actions
7 124 (17.64%) GCP
8 103 (14.65%) AWS CloudFormation
9 88 (12.52%) AWS Lambda
10 74 (10.53%) Amazon S3
11 71 (10.10%) Amazon EKS
12 56 (7.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 49 (6.97%) PaaS
14 44 (6.26%) Entra ID
15 43 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
16 39 (5.55%) Amazon ECS
17 38 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
18 36 (5.12%) IaaS
19 35 (4.98%) Datadog
19 35 (4.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 99 (14.08%) Firewall
2 54 (7.68%) DNS
3 41 (5.83%) TCP/IP
4 29 (4.13%) VPN
5 21 (2.99%) Network Security
6 20 (2.84%) HTTP
7 18 (2.56%) DHCP
8 14 (1.99%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (1.85%) WAN
10 11 (1.56%) LAN
11 10 (1.42%) BGP
11 10 (1.42%) Broadband
11 10 (1.42%) VLAN
12 7 (1.00%) Internet
13 6 (0.85%) SAN
14 5 (0.71%) AMQP
14 5 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.71%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.71%) WebEx
15 3 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.68%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (6.40%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (5.41%) NoSQL
4 36 (5.12%) DynamoDB
5 33 (4.69%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.56%) MongoDB
7 23 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.42%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.42%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.28%) MySQL
10 9 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.14%) InfluxDB
11 8 (1.14%) Metadata
11 8 (1.14%) Redis
12 7 (1.00%) Big Data
12 7 (1.00%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 114 (16.22%) Git
2 96 (13.66%) Jenkins
3 77 (10.95%) GitLab
4 18 (2.56%) JIRA
5 15 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.71%) Selenium
7 11 (1.56%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.42%) Robot Framework
9 8 (1.14%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.00%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
10 7 (1.00%) Subversion
11 6 (0.85%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.85%) NUnit
12 5 (0.71%) JMeter
12 5 (0.71%) Snyk
12 5 (0.71%) TestRail
13 4 (0.57%) Locust
General
1 181 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 104 (14.79%) Finance
3 64 (9.10%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.68%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.69%) Telecoms
6 29 (4.13%) Law
7 27 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (3.84%) Retail
8 17 (2.42%) Banking
9 16 (2.28%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.28%) Billing
9 16 (2.28%) Games
10 14 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.85%) Marketing
12 12 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.14%) Advertising
15 7 (1.00%) Electronics
16 5 (0.71%) Legal
17 4 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 160 (22.76%) Senior
2 129 (18.35%) DevOps Engineer
3 121 (17.21%) Lead
4 97 (13.80%) Cloud Engineer
5 84 (11.95%) Azure Engineer
6 73 (10.38%) Developer
7 51 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 48 (6.83%) Platform Engineer
9 45 (6.40%) Software Engineer
10 36 (5.12%) Architect
11 30 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
11 30 (4.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 30 (4.27%) Senior DevOps
12 28 (3.98%) Data Engineer
13 26 (3.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 25 (3.56%) Lead DevOps
15 22 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.99%) Team Leader
17 20 (2.84%) Lead Developer
18 18 (2.56%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (12.94%) React
2 75 (10.67%) Node.js
3 58 (8.25%) .NET
4 51 (7.25%) REST
5 50 (7.11%) RESTful
6 46 (6.54%) AWS CDK
7 41 (5.83%) YAML
8 38 (5.41%) ARM Templates
9 35 (4.98%) Elastic Stack
10 34 (4.84%) OAuth
11 26 (3.70%) ASP.NET
12 25 (3.56%) Spring
13 24 (3.41%) ASP.NET Core
14 23 (3.27%) Django
15 22 (3.13%) JSON
16 21 (2.99%) RabbitMQ
17 20 (2.84%) .NET Core
17 20 (2.84%) GraphQL
18 19 (2.70%) Swagger
18 19 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 133 (18.92%) Cloud Native
2 42 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.28%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
10 13 (1.85%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.42%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.42%) Replication
13 9 (1.28%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 147 (20.91%) Linux
2 67 (9.53%) Windows
3 30 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.70%) Unix
5 16 (2.28%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.71%) CentOS
7 9 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.28%) VMS
8 7 (1.00%) Debian
9 6 (0.85%) Android
9 6 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (73.26%) CI/CD
2 473 (67.28%) DevOps
3 248 (35.28%) Agile
4 203 (28.88%) Containerisation
5 194 (27.60%) Observability
6 173 (24.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 163 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
8 161 (22.90%) Mentoring
9 133 (18.92%) Test Automation
10 122 (17.35%) Platform Engineering
11 108 (15.36%) Microservices
12 105 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 104 (14.79%) Software Engineering
14 94 (13.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 84 (11.95%) Deployment Automation
16 81 (11.52%) AI
16 81 (11.52%) Incident Response
17 72 (10.24%) DevSecOps
18 71 (10.10%) Cloud Security
19 68 (9.67%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 303 (43.10%) Python
2 149 (21.19%) Bash
2 149 (21.19%) PowerShell
3 121 (17.21%) SQL
4 80 (11.38%) TypeScript
5 77 (10.95%) Java
6 74 (10.53%) Bicep
7 64 (9.10%) JavaScript
8 56 (7.97%) Go
9 48 (6.83%) C#
10 13 (1.85%) C
11 10 (1.42%) Groovy
12 9 (1.28%) C++
13 7 (1.00%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.57%) Perl
16 4 (0.57%) Ruby
17 3 (0.43%) Rust
17 3 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 118 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 70 (9.96%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.83%) DV Cleared
4 47 (6.69%) Degree
5 37 (5.26%) AWS Certification
6 28 (3.98%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.13%) AWS Certified Developer
9 12 (1.71%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.85%) CISSP
13 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.57%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.98%) QA
2 26 (3.70%) GDPR
3 20 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 16 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.56%) NIST
7 9 (1.28%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.14%) WCAG
9 6 (0.85%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.57%) NCSC
12 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) SLA
13 1 (0.14%) IFRS
13 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 202 (28.73%) Docker
2 38 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.41%) Active Directory
4 17 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.99%) vSphere
6 9 (1.28%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.00%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.85%) iptables
9 5 (0.71%) Firmware
9 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 487 (69.27%) Terraform
2 245 (34.85%) Kubernetes
3 155 (22.05%) Ansible
4 104 (14.79%) Grafana
5 82 (11.66%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.84%) Puppet
7 19 (2.70%) Argo
8 14 (1.99%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.56%) Rancher
10 9 (1.28%) Nagios
11 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (1.14%) Packer
11 8 (1.14%) Proxmox
11 8 (1.14%) vCenter Server
12 7 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.00%) yum
13 5 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.71%) Istio
13 5 (0.71%) Kibana
Vendors
1 135 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.54%) VMware
3 32 (4.55%) Google
4 31 (4.41%) Red Hat
5 30 (4.27%) Cisco
6 24 (3.41%) Splunk
7 21 (2.99%) Databricks
8 15 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (2.13%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.99%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.28%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.14%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.14%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.00%) Juniper
12 7 (1.00%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.85%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.85%) Dell
13 6 (0.85%) F5
13 6 (0.85%) NetApp