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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 170 185
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 -37
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 697 436 997
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.17% 1.69% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.85% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 506 329 755
10th Percentile £46,348 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,450 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +7.69% -5.11%
75th Percentile £80,938 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,778 £89,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,640 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.85% +4.33% -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 43,800 23,580 55,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 73.24% 91.29% 84.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26,768 13,715 40,184
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,822 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +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 9 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 9 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 -23 254 £70,000 +3.70% 159
South East +9 149 £70,000 -6.67% 123
North West -11 126 £74,051 +2.14% 84
South West -3 98 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -20 96 £65,000 +13.04% 47
Midlands -4 80 £67,500 -3.57% 47
Scotland +4 54 £60,000 -14.89% 22
East Midlands -22 40 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -17 38 £66,500 -5.00% 41
East of England -9 33 £62,500 -10.71% 35
North East -15 32 £48,445 -15.75% 28
Wales -11 23 £61,248 -0.61% 12
Northern Ireland -33 9 £95,000 - 7
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 (1.72%) IIS
2 11 (1.58%) Apache
2 11 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.86%) Confluence
6 3 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.14%) Appian
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 432 (61.98%) AWS
2 397 (56.96%) Azure
3 185 (26.54%) Azure DevOps
4 168 (24.10%) GitHub
5 156 (22.38%) Serverless
6 132 (18.94%) GCP
7 124 (17.79%) GitHub Actions
8 108 (15.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 90 (12.91%) AWS Lambda
10 77 (11.05%) Amazon S3
11 70 (10.04%) Amazon EKS
12 60 (8.61%) PaaS
13 52 (7.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 50 (7.17%) Amazon ECS
15 46 (6.60%) dbt
16 45 (6.46%) Entra ID
17 44 (6.31%) Amazon EC2
18 43 (6.17%) SaaS
19 39 (5.60%) Datadog
20 37 (5.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (13.92%) Firewall
2 53 (7.60%) DNS
3 48 (6.89%) TCP/IP
4 28 (4.02%) VPN
5 19 (2.73%) HTTP
6 18 (2.58%) Network Security
7 15 (2.15%) DHCP
8 14 (2.01%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (1.58%) WAN
10 10 (1.43%) Broadband
10 10 (1.43%) VLAN
11 9 (1.29%) LAN
12 7 (1.00%) BGP
12 7 (1.00%) Internet
13 5 (0.72%) AMQP
13 5 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.72%) SAN
13 5 (0.72%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.72%) WebEx
14 4 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (9.04%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (7.75%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (5.60%) NoSQL
4 36 (5.16%) SQL Server
5 34 (4.88%) DynamoDB
6 23 (3.30%) MongoDB
7 22 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (2.73%) Redis
9 17 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.87%) MySQL
11 10 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.43%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.29%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.15%) Spark SQL
14 7 (1.00%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (0.86%) Big Data
15 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 110 (15.78%) Git
2 95 (13.63%) Jenkins
3 71 (10.19%) GitLab
4 20 (2.87%) JIRA
5 18 (2.58%) Selenium
6 17 (2.44%) Cucumber
7 16 (2.30%) Robot Framework
8 14 (2.01%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.58%) JMeter
9 11 (1.58%) Snyk
10 10 (1.43%) Locust
11 8 (1.15%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.00%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.86%) NUnit
13 6 (0.86%) Subversion
14 5 (0.72%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.72%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 181 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 102 (14.63%) Finance
3 71 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 29 (4.16%) Law
7 28 (4.02%) Retail
8 24 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.44%) Billing
9 17 (2.44%) Games
9 17 (2.44%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.30%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.30%) Banking
11 14 (2.01%) Marketing
12 11 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.15%) Advertising
14 8 (1.15%) Electronics
15 6 (0.86%) Legal
16 5 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 161 (23.10%) Senior
2 125 (17.93%) DevOps Engineer
3 116 (16.64%) Lead
4 92 (13.20%) Cloud Engineer
5 81 (11.62%) Azure Engineer
6 79 (11.33%) Developer
7 46 (6.60%) Platform Engineer
8 44 (6.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 44 (6.31%) Software Engineer
9 33 (4.73%) Architect
10 29 (4.16%) Senior DevOps
11 28 (4.02%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (3.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 25 (3.59%) Data Engineer
14 23 (3.30%) Lead DevOps
15 22 (3.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 21 (3.01%) Python Developer
16 21 (3.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 20 (2.87%) Full-Stack Developer
18 18 (2.58%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (13.92%) React
2 70 (10.04%) Node.js
3 57 (8.18%) .NET
4 52 (7.46%) RESTful
5 51 (7.32%) REST
6 41 (5.88%) AWS CDK
6 41 (5.88%) YAML
7 40 (5.74%) Django
8 36 (5.16%) OAuth
9 35 (5.02%) ARM Templates
9 35 (5.02%) Elastic Stack
10 26 (3.73%) Spring
11 25 (3.59%) ASP.NET
11 25 (3.59%) FastAPI
11 25 (3.59%) JSON
11 25 (3.59%) Vue
12 24 (3.44%) CSS
12 24 (3.44%) Flask
12 24 (3.44%) HTML
12 24 (3.44%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 128 (18.36%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 37 (5.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 36 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
6 17 (2.44%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.15%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.01%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.43%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.43%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.29%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.29%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.15%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 155 (22.24%) Linux
2 69 (9.90%) Windows
3 30 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.73%) Unix
5 17 (2.44%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.72%) CentOS
7 10 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.43%) VMS
8 7 (1.00%) Debian
9 6 (0.86%) Android
9 6 (0.86%) 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
1 510 (73.17%) CI/CD
2 475 (68.15%) DevOps
3 250 (35.87%) Agile
4 192 (27.55%) Containerisation
5 187 (26.83%) Observability
6 171 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 164 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (21.23%) Mentoring
9 130 (18.65%) Test Automation
10 115 (16.50%) Platform Engineering
11 103 (14.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 101 (14.49%) Software Engineering
13 100 (14.35%) Microservices
14 88 (12.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 79 (11.33%) Deployment Automation
16 76 (10.90%) Incident Response
17 72 (10.33%) Cloud Security
17 72 (10.33%) DevSecOps
18 71 (10.19%) AI
19 64 (9.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 308 (44.19%) Python
2 146 (20.95%) PowerShell
3 138 (19.80%) Bash
4 120 (17.22%) SQL
5 80 (11.48%) Java
6 79 (11.33%) TypeScript
7 76 (10.90%) Bicep
8 71 (10.19%) JavaScript
9 54 (7.75%) Go
10 46 (6.60%) C#
11 11 (1.58%) C
12 9 (1.29%) C++
13 8 (1.15%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.86%) Groovy
14 6 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.72%) Perl
16 4 (0.57%) Ruby
17 3 (0.43%) Scala
17 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 77 (11.05%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.75%) DV Cleared
4 39 (5.60%) Degree
5 37 (5.31%) AWS Certification
6 27 (3.87%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.15%) AWS Certified Developer
9 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.29%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.72%) CISSP
12 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.17%) QA
2 25 (3.59%) GDPR
3 24 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.87%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.72%) WCAG
7 11 (1.58%) NIST
8 9 (1.29%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.86%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.57%) NCSC
12 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 220 (31.56%) Docker
2 37 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (4.30%) Active Directory
4 17 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (2.30%) vSphere
6 10 (1.43%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.15%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.86%) iptables
9 5 (0.72%) Firmware
9 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.14%) KVM
11 1 (0.14%) QEMU
11 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 499 (71.59%) Terraform
2 240 (34.43%) Kubernetes
3 163 (23.39%) Ansible
4 107 (15.35%) Grafana
5 80 (11.48%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.58%) Puppet
7 16 (2.30%) Argo
8 10 (1.43%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.29%) Nagios
9 9 (1.29%) Rancher
10 8 (1.15%) AWS Copilot
10 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.15%) Proxmox
10 8 (1.15%) vCenter Server
11 7 (1.00%) Packer
11 7 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.86%) yum
13 5 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 131 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.75%) VMware
3 42 (6.03%) Google
4 28 (4.02%) Red Hat
5 26 (3.73%) Cisco
6 23 (3.30%) Splunk
7 16 (2.30%) Databricks
7 16 (2.30%) Palo Alto
8 15 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (2.01%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.58%) Black Duck
10 11 (1.58%) Coverity
11 10 (1.43%) Ab Initio
12 9 (1.29%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.29%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.00%) F5
13 7 (1.00%) Juniper
14 6 (0.86%) Dell
14 6 (0.86%) SaltStack
14 6 (0.86%) SolarWinds