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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 214 184
Rank change year-on-year +106 -30 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,153 473 896
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.58% 1.39% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.58% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 836 334 697
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,421
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%

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 51,636 29,972 50,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.56% 87.95% 79.26%
Number of salaries quoted 36,305 16,272 33,672
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +88 390 £70,079 +0.11% 213
South East +53 235 £67,500 -12.90% 140
North West +86 230 £75,000 +7.14% 116
South West +37 190 £75,000 - 94
Midlands +37 141 £75,000 +15.38% 57
Yorkshire -3 90 £72,500 +3.57% 55
West Midlands +20 85 £80,000 +23.08% 40
North East +11 70 £55,000 -18.52% 42
Wales -6 57 £70,039 +21.81% 17
Northern Ireland -15 57 £73,801 +71.27% 16
East Midlands +6 56 £67,500 +3.85% 17
East of England +2 50 £63,750 +2.00% 19
Scotland +25 42 £69,746 -3.47% 34
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 28 (2.43%) Apache
1 28 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (2.25%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (2.25%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.56%) Confluence
4 11 (0.95%) Jupyter
5 9 (0.78%) IIS
6 5 (0.43%) CMS
7 4 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.26%) WordPress
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.087%) Documentum
10 1 (0.087%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.087%) JBoss
10 1 (0.087%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 639 (55.42%) Azure
2 602 (52.21%) AWS
3 215 (18.65%) GitHub
4 204 (17.69%) Azure DevOps
5 188 (16.31%) GCP
6 182 (15.78%) Serverless
7 138 (11.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 135 (11.71%) GitHub Actions
9 101 (8.76%) Amazon S3
10 94 (8.15%) AWS Lambda
11 90 (7.81%) PaaS
12 77 (6.68%) Amazon EC2
12 77 (6.68%) Amazon EKS
13 75 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
14 70 (6.07%) Amazon ECS
15 65 (5.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 65 (5.64%) Azure AKS
15 65 (5.64%) Cloud Computing
16 64 (5.55%) SaaS
17 58 (5.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (9.11%) Firewall
2 77 (6.68%) WAN
3 69 (5.98%) LAN
4 62 (5.38%) DNS
4 62 (5.38%) VPN
5 38 (3.30%) TCP/IP
6 36 (3.12%) Network Security
7 24 (2.08%) DHCP
8 18 (1.56%) BGP
8 18 (1.56%) VLAN
9 16 (1.39%) Broadband
10 15 (1.30%) HTTP
11 11 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (0.95%) SAN
12 10 (0.87%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
14 7 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (0.61%) OSPF
15 6 (0.52%) MQTT
15 6 (0.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (4.77%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (4.16%) NoSQL
4 42 (3.64%) MongoDB
4 42 (3.64%) SQL Server
5 39 (3.38%) DynamoDB
6 35 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 31 (2.69%) Relational Database
8 28 (2.43%) MySQL
9 23 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (1.73%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.39%) Metadata
12 16 (1.39%) Redis
13 13 (1.13%) Big Data
13 13 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (1.04%) Spark SQL
15 10 (0.87%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 178 (15.44%) Git
2 138 (11.97%) GitLab
3 127 (11.01%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.69%) JIRA
5 16 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 15 (1.30%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.13%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.13%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.87%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.87%) NUnit
8 10 (0.87%) Selenium
9 8 (0.69%) MSI
10 7 (0.61%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.61%) JMeter
10 7 (0.61%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.52%) Subversion
11 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.52%) Terragrunt
11 6 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 332 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 194 (16.83%) Finance
3 112 (9.71%) Public Sector
4 81 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (5.90%) Law
7 59 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (2.34%) Retail
8 27 (2.34%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.17%) Aerospace
10 22 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 21 (1.82%) Banking
12 16 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.39%) Games
13 13 (1.13%) Marketing
14 11 (0.95%) Advertising
15 10 (0.87%) Legal
16 8 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.61%) Local Government
18 5 (0.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 251 (21.77%) DevOps Engineer
2 227 (19.69%) Senior
3 195 (16.91%) Lead
4 144 (12.49%) Architect
5 134 (11.62%) Cloud Engineer
6 107 (9.28%) Platform Engineer
7 106 (9.19%) Developer
8 101 (8.76%) Azure Engineer
9 75 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 72 (6.24%) Software Engineer
11 58 (5.03%) Systems Architect
12 56 (4.86%) Data Engineer
13 51 (4.42%) AWS Engineer
13 51 (4.42%) Senior DevOps
14 50 (4.34%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 46 (3.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.73%) Senior Platform Engineer
17 39 (3.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 39 (3.38%) Technical Leader
18 36 (3.12%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (9.80%) React
2 90 (7.81%) Node.js
3 89 (7.72%) .NET
3 89 (7.72%) REST
4 70 (6.07%) Spring Boot
5 67 (5.81%) Spring
6 57 (4.94%) ARM Templates
7 55 (4.77%) Kafka
8 54 (4.68%) RESTful
9 51 (4.42%) AWS CDK
10 47 (4.08%) YAML
11 39 (3.38%) PySpark
12 38 (3.30%) Elastic Stack
13 36 (3.12%) AngularJS
14 31 (2.69%) Next.js
15 30 (2.60%) ASP.NET
16 29 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
16 29 (2.52%) Vue
17 28 (2.43%) ASP.NET Core
18 26 (2.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 274 (23.76%) Cloud Native
2 88 (7.63%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 54 (4.68%) Product Ownership
5 42 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.21%) Public Cloud
7 34 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
10 28 (2.43%) Security Posture
11 26 (2.25%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.65%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
12 19 (1.65%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.39%) Replication
14 15 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
14 15 (1.30%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.21%) Mainframe
15 14 (1.21%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 211 (18.30%) Linux
2 116 (10.06%) Windows
3 55 (4.77%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.86%) CentOS
5 29 (2.52%) Ubuntu
6 25 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (1.73%) Unix
8 18 (1.56%) VMS
9 7 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.52%) Debian
11 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.17%) AIX
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.087%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.087%) Rocky
13 1 (0.087%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (72.42%) CI/CD
2 687 (59.58%) DevOps
3 396 (34.35%) Containerisation
4 384 (33.30%) Agile
5 343 (29.75%) Observability
6 285 (24.72%) Platform Engineering
7 270 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 261 (22.64%) Mentoring
9 228 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
10 217 (18.82%) AI
11 207 (17.95%) Software Engineering
12 196 (17.00%) Microservices
13 187 (16.22%) Technical Leadership
14 186 (16.13%) Test Automation
15 159 (13.79%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 155 (13.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 145 (12.58%) Roadmaps
18 137 (11.88%) Cloud Security
19 129 (11.19%) DevSecOps
20 113 (9.80%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 459 (39.81%) Python
2 207 (17.95%) Bash
3 183 (15.87%) PowerShell
4 163 (14.14%) SQL
5 149 (12.92%) Java
6 129 (11.19%) Bicep
7 124 (10.75%) TypeScript
8 105 (9.11%) JavaScript
9 82 (7.11%) C#
10 66 (5.72%) Go
11 22 (1.91%) Ruby
12 19 (1.65%) Groovy
12 19 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.30%) PHP
14 9 (0.78%) Rust
15 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.61%) C++
17 6 (0.52%) COBOL
17 6 (0.52%) Scala
18 5 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 296 (25.67%) Security Cleared
2 180 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 119 (10.32%) DV Cleared
4 86 (7.46%) Degree
5 62 (5.38%) Azure Certification
6 45 (3.90%) AWS Certification
7 40 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.87%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.61%) CCNA
13 7 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.52%) ICAEW
14 6 (0.52%) RHCSA
15 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.98%) QA
2 59 (5.12%) GRC
3 40 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.99%) WCAG
6 20 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.56%) GDPR
7 18 (1.56%) NCSC
8 16 (1.39%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.21%) NIST
10 12 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
11 6 (0.52%) SLA
12 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.17%) IFRS
13 2 (0.17%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.17%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.087%) GxP
System Software
1 339 (29.40%) Docker
2 71 (6.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (5.64%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.78%) vSphere
5 18 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.78%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.78%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.52%) Firmware
8 6 (0.52%) iptables
8 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.35%) Squid
10 1 (0.087%) KVM
10 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 782 (67.82%) Terraform
2 439 (38.07%) Kubernetes
3 236 (20.47%) Ansible
4 127 (11.01%) Grafana
5 99 (8.59%) Prometheus
6 37 (3.21%) Puppet
7 34 (2.95%) Argo
8 27 (2.34%) Progress Chef
9 18 (1.56%) Istio
10 16 (1.39%) Packer
11 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (1.13%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.04%) Nagios
13 10 (0.87%) Kibana
14 9 (0.78%) Podman
15 8 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
15 8 (0.69%) Kustomize
15 8 (0.69%) Proxmox
15 8 (0.69%) Rancher
16 7 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 265 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.29%) VMware
3 60 (5.20%) Google
4 51 (4.42%) Red Hat
5 43 (3.73%) Splunk
6 38 (3.30%) Databricks
7 30 (2.60%) Cisco
8 21 (1.82%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.39%) Oracle
10 14 (1.21%) Dynatrace
11 13 (1.13%) F5
12 12 (1.04%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.95%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.69%) IBM
14 8 (0.69%) New Relic
14 8 (0.69%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.61%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.61%) Tenable