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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 208 150
Rank change year-on-year +106 -58 -50
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,374 468 865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.59% 1.35% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.55% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 911 330 542
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +5.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,250
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 61,040 30,188 41,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.52% 87.26% 79.31%
Number of salaries quoted 42,966 16,015 21,474
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £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 £64,362 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £80,000 £80,674
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +95 487 £69,305 -0.99% 455
North West +102 266 £71,500 +10.00% 284
South East +48 246 £67,500 -16.92% 302
South West +50 244 £75,000 +7.14% 256
Midlands +34 152 £75,000 +15.38% 193
North East +25 126 £60,000 -17.24% 67
Yorkshire -5 104 £67,750 -3.21% 108
West Midlands +6 95 £83,774 +29.88% 113
Wales -6 81 £70,000 +19.15% 43
Northern Ireland -30 61 £71,991 +67.07% 33
East of England -17 58 £75,000 +15.38% 119
East Midlands 0 57 £65,000 - 80
Scotland +8 54 £72,500 +7.41% 195
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 48 (3.49%) Apache Spark
2 43 (3.13%) Apache
3 35 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.46%) Confluence
6 16 (1.16%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.58%) IIS
8 7 (0.51%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.44%) nginx
9 6 (0.44%) SharePoint
10 5 (0.36%) CMS
11 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.073%) Documentum
13 1 (0.073%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.15%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 764 (55.60%) Azure
2 730 (53.13%) AWS
3 257 (18.70%) GCP
4 236 (17.18%) GitHub
5 188 (13.68%) AWS CloudFormation
6 187 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
6 187 (13.61%) Serverless
7 137 (9.97%) GitHub Actions
8 112 (8.15%) AWS Lambda
9 111 (8.08%) Amazon S3
10 102 (7.42%) Cloud Computing
11 86 (6.26%) Amazon ECS
12 85 (6.19%) Amazon EC2
13 84 (6.11%) PaaS
14 81 (5.90%) Amazon EKS
15 80 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
16 77 (5.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 71 (5.17%) SaaS
18 68 (4.95%) Azure AKS
19 64 (4.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (7.06%) Firewall
2 87 (6.33%) VPN
2 87 (6.33%) WAN
3 73 (5.31%) LAN
4 68 (4.95%) DNS
5 39 (2.84%) Network Security
6 38 (2.77%) TCP/IP
7 35 (2.55%) Internet
8 33 (2.40%) DHCP
9 24 (1.75%) BGP
10 15 (1.09%) SD-WAN
10 15 (1.09%) Software-Defined Networking
10 15 (1.09%) VLAN
11 13 (0.95%) OSPF
12 12 (0.87%) SAN
13 10 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
13 10 (0.73%) Wireless
14 9 (0.66%) Broadband
15 8 (0.58%) HTTP
16 7 (0.51%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (4.51%) NoSQL
3 59 (4.29%) MongoDB
4 57 (4.15%) Amazon RDS
5 48 (3.49%) MySQL
6 47 (3.42%) DynamoDB
7 46 (3.35%) SQL Server
8 40 (2.91%) Data Lake
9 34 (2.47%) Relational Database
10 33 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.53%) Big Data
13 20 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
14 19 (1.38%) Power BI
15 18 (1.31%) Redis
16 16 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (1.16%) Metadata
17 15 (1.09%) Hadoop
18 14 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
19 11 (0.80%) Flink
Development Applications
1 244 (17.76%) Git
2 163 (11.86%) GitLab
3 130 (9.46%) Jenkins
4 38 (2.77%) JIRA
5 21 (1.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (1.02%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.87%) SonarQube
8 11 (0.80%) Selenium
9 10 (0.73%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.66%) MSI
11 8 (0.58%) Subversion
11 8 (0.58%) Terragrunt
12 7 (0.51%) Artifactory
12 7 (0.51%) Claude Code
12 7 (0.51%) NUnit
13 6 (0.44%) git-flow
13 6 (0.44%) Robot Framework
14 5 (0.36%) JUnit
14 5 (0.36%) Snyk
14 5 (0.36%) TestRail
General
1 399 (29.04%) Social Skills
2 228 (16.59%) Finance
3 181 (13.17%) Public Sector
4 143 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 78 (5.68%) Law
7 69 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (3.71%) Aerospace
9 28 (2.04%) Banking
10 26 (1.89%) Retail
11 19 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.31%) Marketing
13 15 (1.09%) Legal
14 14 (1.02%) Aviation
15 13 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.80%) Military
18 10 (0.73%) Local Government
19 9 (0.66%) Advertising
20 6 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 314 (22.85%) DevOps Engineer
2 293 (21.32%) Senior
3 212 (15.43%) Lead
4 170 (12.37%) Architect
5 168 (12.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 135 (9.83%) Platform Engineer
7 125 (9.10%) Developer
8 120 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 106 (7.71%) Azure Engineer
10 90 (6.55%) Software Engineer
11 69 (5.02%) Data Engineer
12 66 (4.80%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 65 (4.73%) AWS Engineer
14 62 (4.51%) Systems Architect
15 60 (4.37%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 59 (4.29%) Senior DevOps
17 57 (4.15%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 51 (3.71%) Principal Engineer
19 47 (3.42%) Azure Platform Engineer
20 44 (3.20%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 889 (64.70%) Terraform
2 136 (9.90%) React
3 102 (7.42%) Spring Boot
4 96 (6.99%) .NET
4 96 (6.99%) Spring
5 89 (6.48%) Node.js
5 89 (6.48%) REST
6 79 (5.75%) Kafka
7 68 (4.95%) RESTful
8 51 (3.71%) ARM Templates
8 51 (3.71%) AWS CDK
9 45 (3.28%) AngularJS
10 40 (2.91%) PySpark
11 37 (2.69%) Next.js
12 34 (2.47%) LangChain
13 33 (2.40%) RabbitMQ
14 32 (2.33%) CSS
14 32 (2.33%) Vue
15 30 (2.18%) Web Services
16 29 (2.11%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 360 (26.20%) Cloud Native
2 98 (7.13%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 58 (4.22%) Product Ownership
6 57 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
7 45 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
8 43 (3.13%) Public Cloud
9 40 (2.91%) Security Posture
10 39 (2.84%) Data Centre
11 38 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
13 34 (2.47%) Private Cloud
14 29 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
15 26 (1.89%) Virtual Team
16 21 (1.53%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.53%) Management Information System
17 18 (1.31%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.24%) Mainframe
19 12 (0.87%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 290 (21.11%) Linux
2 130 (9.46%) Windows
3 58 (4.22%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.91%) Unix
5 39 (2.84%) CentOS
6 38 (2.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (1.75%) Ubuntu
8 14 (1.02%) VMS
9 7 (0.51%) Debian
10 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.29%) AIX
11 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.15%) Rocky
12 2 (0.15%) Solaris
13 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (73.07%) CI/CD
2 818 (59.53%) DevOps
3 491 (35.74%) Containerisation
4 460 (33.48%) Agile
5 381 (27.73%) Observability
6 373 (27.15%) Platform Engineering
7 351 (25.55%) Mentoring
8 326 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 316 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
10 277 (20.16%) Software Engineering
11 273 (19.87%) AI
12 261 (19.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 251 (18.27%) Technical Leadership
14 228 (16.59%) Microservices
15 218 (15.87%) Cloud Security
16 209 (15.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 185 (13.46%) DevSecOps
17 185 (13.46%) Test Automation
18 174 (12.66%) Roadmaps
19 146 (10.63%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 547 (39.81%) Python
2 238 (17.32%) Bash
3 194 (14.12%) Java
4 192 (13.97%) PowerShell
5 176 (12.81%) SQL
6 139 (10.12%) Bicep
7 136 (9.90%) TypeScript
8 106 (7.71%) JavaScript
9 87 (6.33%) C#
10 69 (5.02%) Go
11 49 (3.57%) Shell Script
12 24 (1.75%) Ruby
13 20 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (1.31%) Groovy
14 18 (1.31%) Rust
15 15 (1.09%) PHP
16 11 (0.80%) Scala
17 7 (0.51%) Search Processing Language
18 6 (0.44%) COBOL
19 5 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 429 (31.22%) Security Cleared
2 278 (20.23%) SC Cleared
3 174 (12.66%) DV Cleared
4 96 (6.99%) Degree
5 85 (6.19%) Azure Certification
6 78 (5.68%) AWS Certification
7 42 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 30 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (0.73%) CCNA
14 7 (0.51%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.44%) CCNP
15 6 (0.44%) ICAEW
15 6 (0.44%) RHCSA
16 5 (0.36%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.39%) QA
2 62 (4.51%) GRC
3 49 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.84%) Accessibility
5 29 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.97%) NCSC
7 23 (1.67%) NIST
8 20 (1.46%) WCAG
9 18 (1.31%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.95%) GDPR
11 12 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.66%) SLA
13 8 (0.58%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.15%) IFRS
15 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.15%) RMADS
15 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 432 (31.44%) Docker
2 81 (5.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (5.60%) Active Directory
4 30 (2.18%) vSphere
5 27 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.24%) Hyper-V
8 13 (0.95%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.36%) Firmware
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
11 4 (0.29%) Squid
12 2 (0.15%) iptables
12 2 (0.15%) Lustre
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 519 (37.77%) Kubernetes
2 281 (20.45%) Ansible
3 116 (8.44%) Grafana
4 100 (7.28%) Prometheus
5 51 (3.71%) Puppet
6 43 (3.13%) Argo
7 34 (2.47%) Progress Chef
8 20 (1.46%) Istio
9 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (1.09%) vCenter Server
10 13 (0.95%) Packer
10 13 (0.95%) Podman
11 11 (0.80%) Rancher
12 10 (0.73%) Kustomize
13 9 (0.66%) Kibana
14 8 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (0.58%) linkerd
14 8 (0.58%) yum
14 8 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 352 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 105 (7.64%) Google
3 93 (6.77%) VMware
4 58 (4.22%) Databricks
5 53 (3.86%) Red Hat
5 53 (3.86%) Splunk
6 30 (2.18%) Oracle
7 25 (1.82%) Cisco
8 19 (1.38%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.02%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.02%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.87%) New Relic
10 12 (0.87%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.73%) F5
13 9 (0.66%) Meraki
14 8 (0.58%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.51%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.51%) NVIDIA
15 7 (0.51%) SaltStack