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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 157 114
Rank change year-on-year -3 -43 +26
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 557 629 896
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.32% 1.74% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.96% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 398 386 685
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £56,938 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,269 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% +3.49% -2.67%
75th Percentile £82,125 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 33,312 32,109 29,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.70% 88.77% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,114 14,485 22,061
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 9 January 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 January 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 -10 191 £70,000 +12.00% 232
South East +5 109 £75,000 +15.38% 351
Yorkshire -13 87 £70,000 +30.23% 101
North West -1 79 £70,000 +3.70% 90
Scotland +22 76 £70,079 +9.93% 36
South West -32 67 £62,500 -10.71% 156
Midlands +17 58 £67,500 +2.27% 131
West Midlands +3 36 £66,500 -1.48% 41
East of England +24 27 £75,000 +3.45% 165
North East 0 25 £67,539 +46.03% 42
Wales +19 23 £61,496 +12.73% 66
East Midlands +5 20 £67,500 +3.85% 84
Northern Ireland -9 8 £95,000 +11.76% 31
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 22 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.15%) Apache
4 10 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.62%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.44%) Confluence
7 6 (1.08%) IIS
8 5 (0.90%) Appian
9 4 (0.72%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.18%) CMS
10 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 378 (67.86%) Azure
2 324 (58.17%) AWS
3 179 (32.14%) Azure DevOps
4 121 (21.72%) GitHub
5 106 (19.03%) Serverless
6 95 (17.06%) GCP
7 92 (16.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 80 (14.36%) GitHub Actions
9 69 (12.39%) AWS Lambda
10 56 (10.05%) Amazon S3
10 56 (10.05%) SaaS
11 54 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
12 48 (8.62%) Entra ID
13 46 (8.26%) PaaS
14 45 (8.08%) dbt
15 40 (7.18%) Amazon ECS
15 40 (7.18%) Azure Monitor
16 37 (6.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 32 (5.75%) Azure Data Factory
18 28 (5.03%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (8.98%) Firewall
2 41 (7.36%) DNS
3 33 (5.92%) VPN
4 31 (5.57%) TCP/IP
5 19 (3.41%) WAN
6 15 (2.69%) DHCP
7 13 (2.33%) LAN
8 10 (1.80%) Network Security
8 10 (1.80%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.26%) Internet
9 7 (1.26%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.26%) VoIP
10 6 (1.08%) AMQP
10 6 (1.08%) BGP
10 6 (1.08%) SAN
10 6 (1.08%) VLAN
11 5 (0.90%) HTTP
12 4 (0.72%) Wireless
13 3 (0.54%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (7.00%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (5.75%) NoSQL
4 29 (5.21%) DynamoDB
4 29 (5.21%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.13%) Redis
6 18 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (2.51%) MongoDB
8 14 (2.51%) MySQL
9 10 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.62%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (1.44%) Big Data
12 6 (1.08%) Airbyte
12 6 (1.08%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.08%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.72%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (0.72%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 67 (12.03%) Git
2 62 (11.13%) Jenkins
3 50 (8.98%) GitLab
4 23 (4.13%) Selenium
5 22 (3.95%) Robot Framework
6 20 (3.59%) Snyk
7 16 (2.87%) JIRA
8 9 (1.62%) TeamCity
9 8 (1.44%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.44%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.08%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.08%) git-flow
10 6 (1.08%) JMeter
10 6 (1.08%) Locust
10 6 (1.08%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.90%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.90%) MLflow
11 5 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.54%) MSTest
General
1 163 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 121 (21.72%) Finance
3 40 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.31%) Law
4 24 (4.31%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.13%) Telecoms
6 13 (2.33%) Billing
6 13 (2.33%) Games
6 13 (2.33%) Retail
7 11 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.62%) Marketing
9 8 (1.44%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.44%) Legal
10 7 (1.26%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.08%) Advertising
11 6 (1.08%) Automotive
11 6 (1.08%) Electronics
12 5 (0.90%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 139 (24.96%) Senior
2 76 (13.64%) Cloud Engineer
3 70 (12.57%) Developer
4 69 (12.39%) DevOps Engineer
4 69 (12.39%) Lead
5 54 (9.69%) Azure Engineer
6 49 (8.80%) Platform Engineer
7 40 (7.18%) Architect
8 26 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (4.13%) Software Engineer
10 18 (3.23%) Lead DevOps
11 17 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (3.05%) Python Developer
12 16 (2.87%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (2.69%) .NET Developer
13 15 (2.69%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 15 (2.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 14 (2.51%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 14 (2.51%) Senior DevOps
15 13 (2.33%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.82%) React
2 54 (9.69%) .NET
3 42 (7.54%) RESTful
4 35 (6.28%) Node.js
5 34 (6.10%) Django
6 28 (5.03%) YAML
7 27 (4.85%) ARM Templates
8 26 (4.67%) OAuth
9 24 (4.31%) AWS CDK
10 23 (4.13%) REST
11 21 (3.77%) .NET Core
12 20 (3.59%) CSS
12 20 (3.59%) Vue
13 19 (3.41%) GraphQL
13 19 (3.41%) HTML
14 18 (3.23%) FastAPI
15 17 (3.05%) AngularJS
15 17 (3.05%) ASP.NET
16 16 (2.87%) Flask
16 16 (2.87%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 124 (22.26%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.36%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.31%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 16 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.69%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (2.51%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.97%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.44%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.72%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.72%) ARM Cortex
14 4 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 108 (19.39%) Linux
2 45 (8.08%) Windows
3 23 (4.13%) Unix
4 12 (2.15%) Ubuntu
4 12 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.97%) Debian
5 11 (1.97%) VMS
6 5 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.72%) CentOS
8 3 (0.54%) Android
8 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (72.17%) DevOps
2 388 (69.66%) CI/CD
3 222 (39.86%) Agile
4 124 (22.26%) Containerisation
5 123 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 121 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
7 112 (20.11%) Mentoring
8 104 (18.67%) Observability
9 84 (15.08%) Platform Engineering
10 83 (14.90%) Coaching
11 79 (14.18%) Test Automation
12 76 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 75 (13.46%) Software Engineering
14 67 (12.03%) Roadmaps
15 66 (11.85%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 65 (11.67%) Asset Management
17 62 (11.13%) Microservices
18 61 (10.95%) Analytics
18 61 (10.95%) Deployment Automation
19 58 (10.41%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 222 (39.86%) Python
2 117 (21.01%) PowerShell
3 101 (18.13%) SQL
4 86 (15.44%) Bicep
5 82 (14.72%) Bash
6 60 (10.77%) TypeScript
7 55 (9.87%) Java
8 52 (9.34%) JavaScript
9 51 (9.16%) C#
10 31 (5.57%) Go
11 8 (1.44%) C
12 6 (1.08%) C++
13 4 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.36%) Scala
14 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.36%) XAML
15 1 (0.18%) Perl
15 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 90 (16.16%) Security Cleared
2 58 (10.41%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.26%) DV Cleared
4 36 (6.46%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.39%) Azure Certification
6 28 (5.03%) Degree
7 13 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 13 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.97%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.80%) CCNP
10 7 (1.26%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.26%) PMP
11 6 (1.08%) CISSP
12 3 (0.54%) CCNA
12 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.67%) NIST
2 25 (4.49%) GDPR
3 22 (3.95%) QA
4 19 (3.41%) Accessibility
5 17 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.44%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.26%) WCAG
8 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.54%) NCSC
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 178 (31.96%) Docker
2 22 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.44%) vSphere
7 6 (1.08%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.72%) Firmware
8 4 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.36%) vCloud
11 1 (0.18%) HDFS
11 1 (0.18%) iptables
11 1 (0.18%) KVM
11 1 (0.18%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 404 (72.53%) Terraform
2 171 (30.70%) Kubernetes
3 119 (21.36%) Ansible
4 53 (9.52%) Grafana
5 46 (8.26%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.97%) Argo
8 10 (1.80%) AWS Copilot
9 8 (1.44%) Docker Swarm
10 7 (1.26%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.08%) Puppet
12 5 (0.90%) MaaS360
12 5 (0.90%) Rancher
12 5 (0.90%) SCCM
13 4 (0.72%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.54%) yum
14 3 (0.54%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.36%) Control-M
15 2 (0.36%) Nessus
Vendors
1 125 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.18%) VMware
3 38 (6.82%) Google
4 20 (3.59%) Black Duck
5 19 (3.41%) Coverity
6 15 (2.69%) Cisco
7 14 (2.51%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.15%) Databricks
8 12 (2.15%) Splunk
9 11 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (1.97%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.62%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.44%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.08%) SAP
13 5 (0.90%) Dell
13 5 (0.90%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.90%) McAfee
13 5 (0.90%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.90%) Sophos
13 5 (0.90%) UiPath