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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 161 171
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 -26
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 616 532 919
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.19% 1.80% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.95% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 444 350 709
10th Percentile £45,375 £41,125 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,934
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -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 39,068 27,251 46,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.78% 92.05% 86.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,148 13,129 35,129
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,850 £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% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -22 207 £67,500 +3.85% 163
South East -2 132 £72,500 +3.57% 176
Yorkshire -17 88 £62,500 +16.28% 48
North West -28 88 £74,301 +6.14% 89
South West -11 85 £62,500 -10.71% 103
Midlands 0 69 £67,500 +3.85% 49
Scotland -8 64 £71,940 +2.77% 21
West Midlands -15 35 £65,250 +0.38% 34
East Midlands -4 32 £67,500 +3.85% 15
North East -6 31 £48,445 -13.10% 26
East of England +14 29 £61,300 -15.45% 59
Wales +4 22 £64,998 +39.11% 15
Northern Ireland -28 10 £95,000 +11.76% 8
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 17 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.95%) Apache
3 11 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.62%) IIS
5 9 (1.46%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.97%) Confluence
8 3 (0.49%) Appian
8 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.32%) CMS
9 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 379 (61.53%) Azure
2 378 (61.36%) AWS
3 179 (29.06%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (25.00%) GitHub
5 130 (21.10%) Serverless
6 122 (19.81%) GCP
7 117 (18.99%) GitHub Actions
8 104 (16.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 80 (12.99%) AWS Lambda
10 64 (10.39%) Amazon S3
11 62 (10.06%) PaaS
12 54 (8.77%) Amazon EKS
12 54 (8.77%) Entra ID
13 50 (8.12%) dbt
14 49 (7.95%) Amazon ECS
15 47 (7.63%) SaaS
16 46 (7.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 41 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
18 39 (6.33%) Azure Monitor
19 33 (5.36%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (13.47%) Firewall
2 51 (8.28%) DNS
3 49 (7.95%) TCP/IP
4 31 (5.03%) VPN
5 18 (2.92%) Network Security
6 17 (2.76%) HTTP
7 15 (2.44%) DHCP
8 14 (2.27%) WAN
9 10 (1.62%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (1.62%) VLAN
10 9 (1.46%) LAN
11 8 (1.30%) BGP
12 7 (1.14%) Internet
12 7 (1.14%) SAN
13 6 (0.97%) Broadband
14 5 (0.81%) AMQP
14 5 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.81%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (9.42%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (8.12%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (5.68%) NoSQL
4 33 (5.36%) DynamoDB
5 29 (4.71%) Redis
5 29 (4.71%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
7 18 (2.92%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.44%) MySQL
9 8 (1.30%) Big Data
10 7 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.97%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.81%) Airbyte
12 5 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.81%) Cloudera CDH
12 5 (0.81%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 85 (13.80%) Git
2 81 (13.15%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.09%) GitLab
4 22 (3.57%) Selenium
5 21 (3.41%) Robot Framework
6 18 (2.92%) Snyk
7 15 (2.44%) JIRA
8 11 (1.79%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.46%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.30%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.30%) JMeter
10 8 (1.30%) Locust
11 7 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.97%) git-flow
12 6 (0.97%) Subversion
12 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.65%) MLflow
15 3 (0.49%) TestRail
General
1 178 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 112 (18.18%) Finance
3 62 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.17%) Public Sector
4 38 (6.17%) Telecoms
5 32 (5.19%) Law
6 24 (3.90%) Retail
7 17 (2.76%) Billing
8 16 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.27%) Marketing
10 12 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.95%) Games
11 11 (1.79%) Banking
12 8 (1.30%) Advertising
12 8 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.97%) Electronics
13 6 (0.97%) Legal
14 5 (0.81%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 155 (25.16%) Senior
2 93 (15.10%) DevOps Engineer
3 82 (13.31%) Lead
4 80 (12.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 66 (10.71%) Developer
6 63 (10.23%) Azure Engineer
7 50 (8.12%) Platform Engineer
8 38 (6.17%) Software Engineer
9 34 (5.52%) Architect
9 34 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
11 21 (3.41%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 17 (2.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 17 (2.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 17 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (2.76%) Security Engineer
13 16 (2.60%) .NET Developer
13 16 (2.60%) Python Developer
13 16 (2.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (14.77%) React
2 56 (9.09%) Node.js
3 48 (7.79%) .NET
4 46 (7.47%) RESTful
5 40 (6.49%) Django
6 33 (5.36%) AWS CDK
7 32 (5.19%) OAuth
8 31 (5.03%) REST
9 30 (4.87%) YAML
10 27 (4.38%) Elastic Stack
11 25 (4.06%) ARM Templates
12 23 (3.73%) Vue
13 22 (3.57%) CSS
13 22 (3.57%) GraphQL
13 22 (3.57%) Spring
14 21 (3.41%) HTML
14 21 (3.41%) JSON
15 20 (3.25%) FastAPI
16 19 (3.08%) RabbitMQ
17 18 (2.92%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 125 (20.29%) Cloud Native
2 43 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.57%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.79%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.14%) Private Cloud
14 6 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 137 (22.24%) Linux
2 55 (8.93%) Windows
3 30 (4.87%) Unix
4 20 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.11%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.95%) VMS
7 10 (1.62%) CentOS
8 9 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.14%) Debian
10 4 (0.65%) Android
10 4 (0.65%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (72.56%) CI/CD
2 439 (71.27%) DevOps
3 233 (37.82%) Agile
4 164 (26.62%) Containerisation
5 150 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (23.86%) Observability
7 142 (23.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (21.10%) Mentoring
9 97 (15.75%) Platform Engineering
10 95 (15.42%) Test Automation
11 88 (14.29%) Software Engineering
12 85 (13.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 81 (13.15%) Coaching
13 81 (13.15%) Microservices
14 75 (12.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 71 (11.53%) DevSecOps
16 70 (11.36%) Cloud Security
16 70 (11.36%) Incident Response
17 66 (10.71%) AI
18 64 (10.39%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 264 (42.86%) Python
2 129 (20.94%) PowerShell
3 119 (19.32%) Bash
4 87 (14.12%) SQL
5 72 (11.69%) Bicep
5 72 (11.69%) TypeScript
6 70 (11.36%) Java
7 61 (9.90%) JavaScript
8 51 (8.28%) Go
9 45 (7.31%) C#
10 10 (1.62%) C
11 9 (1.46%) C++
12 6 (0.97%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.49%) Scala
15 2 (0.32%) Ruby
15 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.32%) VB
16 1 (0.16%) Perl
16 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 118 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.20%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.77%) DV Cleared
4 38 (6.17%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.71%) Azure Certification
5 29 (4.71%) Degree
6 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.79%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.97%) CISSP
12 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.65%) CCNP
13 4 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 2 (0.32%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.87%) QA
2 25 (4.06%) GDPR
3 21 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.92%) NIST
5 17 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.62%) WCAG
7 7 (1.14%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.97%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.49%) GRC
10 3 (0.49%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 197 (31.98%) Docker
2 29 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.90%) Active Directory
4 20 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.44%) vSphere
6 13 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.62%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.14%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.97%) Firmware
10 4 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.49%) iptables
11 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.16%) KVM
12 1 (0.16%) QEMU
12 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 432 (70.13%) Terraform
2 196 (31.82%) Kubernetes
3 140 (22.73%) Ansible
4 84 (13.64%) Grafana
5 67 (10.88%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (2.60%) Puppet
8 14 (2.27%) Argo
8 14 (2.27%) AWS Copilot
9 9 (1.46%) Rancher
10 8 (1.30%) Nagios
10 8 (1.30%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.14%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.97%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.97%) yum
13 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
15 3 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 118 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.12%) VMware
3 45 (7.31%) Google
4 24 (3.90%) Cisco
5 19 (3.08%) Red Hat
5 19 (3.08%) Splunk
6 18 (2.92%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.92%) Coverity
7 14 (2.27%) Ab Initio
7 14 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (2.27%) Palo Alto
8 11 (1.79%) Databricks
9 9 (1.46%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.30%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.30%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.30%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.14%) Dell
12 6 (0.97%) SaltStack
12 6 (0.97%) SAP
13 5 (0.81%) Juniper