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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 206 151
Rank change year-on-year +103 -55 -50
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,375 469 837
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.59% 1.35% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.55% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 914 330 520
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,188 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +6.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -4.11%

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 61,144 30,266 41,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.55% 87.22% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 42,933 16,073 20,940
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £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 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 6 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 6 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 +101 485 £69,305 -0.99% 510
North West +99 263 £70,950 +11.29% 285
South East +57 250 £67,500 -18.18% 395
South West +54 249 £75,000 +7.14% 296
Midlands +23 151 £75,000 +15.38% 227
North East +24 127 £61,250 -15.52% 90
Yorkshire 0 104 £67,750 -3.21% 139
West Midlands +14 96 £80,000 +24.03% 127
Wales -4 79 £70,000 +19.15% 89
Northern Ireland -33 61 £71,991 +67.07% 33
East of England -7 58 £75,000 +15.38% 183
East Midlands +6 55 £65,000 - 100
Scotland +2 53 £72,500 +7.41% 266
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 49 (3.56%) Apache Spark
2 45 (3.27%) Apache
3 34 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.45%) Confluence
6 17 (1.24%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.58%) IIS
8 7 (0.51%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.44%) CMS
9 6 (0.44%) nginx
9 6 (0.44%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.22%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.22%) WordPress
11 1 (0.073%) Documentum
11 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
1 762 (55.42%) Azure
2 728 (52.95%) AWS
3 257 (18.69%) GCP
4 234 (17.02%) GitHub
5 187 (13.60%) AWS CloudFormation
5 187 (13.60%) Serverless
6 183 (13.31%) Azure DevOps
7 135 (9.82%) GitHub Actions
8 111 (8.07%) AWS Lambda
9 109 (7.93%) Amazon S3
10 103 (7.49%) Cloud Computing
11 85 (6.18%) Amazon ECS
12 84 (6.11%) Amazon EC2
13 83 (6.04%) PaaS
14 82 (5.96%) Amazon EKS
15 80 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
16 76 (5.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 76 (5.53%) SaaS
17 70 (5.09%) Azure AKS
18 63 (4.58%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.98%) Firewall
2 89 (6.47%) VPN
3 87 (6.33%) WAN
4 73 (5.31%) LAN
5 68 (4.95%) DNS
6 39 (2.84%) Network Security
6 39 (2.84%) TCP/IP
7 35 (2.55%) Internet
8 32 (2.33%) 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 11 (0.80%) SAN
13 10 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
13 10 (0.73%) Wireless
14 9 (0.65%) Broadband
15 8 (0.58%) HTTP
16 7 (0.51%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (4.58%) NoSQL
3 59 (4.29%) MongoDB
4 56 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
5 47 (3.42%) MySQL
6 46 (3.35%) DynamoDB
6 46 (3.35%) SQL Server
7 40 (2.91%) Data Lake
8 34 (2.47%) Relational Database
9 31 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
12 21 (1.53%) Big Data
13 19 (1.38%) Power BI
14 18 (1.31%) Redis
15 16 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (1.16%) Metadata
16 15 (1.09%) Hadoop
17 12 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.87%) Flink
Development Applications
1 241 (17.53%) Git
2 165 (12.00%) GitLab
3 130 (9.45%) Jenkins
4 38 (2.76%) 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 (0.65%) 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
1 403 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 226 (16.44%) Finance
3 184 (13.38%) Public Sector
4 144 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (5.60%) Law
7 69 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (3.71%) Aerospace
9 27 (1.96%) Banking
10 25 (1.82%) Retail
11 19 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.31%) Marketing
13 14 (1.02%) Aviation
13 14 (1.02%) Legal
14 13 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 12 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.80%) Military
17 10 (0.73%) Local Government
18 9 (0.65%) Advertising
19 6 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 312 (22.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 294 (21.38%) Senior
3 213 (15.49%) Lead
4 170 (12.36%) Architect
5 167 (12.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 137 (9.96%) Platform Engineer
7 125 (9.09%) Developer
7 125 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 106 (7.71%) Azure Engineer
9 91 (6.62%) Software Engineer
10 69 (5.02%) Data Engineer
11 68 (4.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 64 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
13 62 (4.51%) Systems Architect
14 60 (4.36%) Senior Platform Engineer
15 58 (4.22%) Senior DevOps
16 56 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 52 (3.78%) Principal Engineer
18 49 (3.56%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 44 (3.20%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 883 (64.22%) Terraform
2 137 (9.96%) React
3 102 (7.42%) Spring Boot
4 98 (7.13%) .NET
5 96 (6.98%) Spring
6 92 (6.69%) REST
7 89 (6.47%) Node.js
8 79 (5.75%) Kafka
9 68 (4.95%) RESTful
10 50 (3.64%) ARM Templates
10 50 (3.64%) AWS CDK
11 45 (3.27%) AngularJS
12 40 (2.91%) PySpark
13 37 (2.69%) Next.js
14 34 (2.47%) LangChain
15 33 (2.40%) RabbitMQ
16 32 (2.33%) CSS
16 32 (2.33%) Vue
17 30 (2.18%) Web Services
18 29 (2.11%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 362 (26.33%) Cloud Native
2 97 (7.05%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 58 (4.22%) Product Ownership
6 56 (4.07%) Linux Command Line
7 45 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
8 44 (3.20%) Public Cloud
9 41 (2.98%) Security Posture
10 39 (2.84%) Data Centre
11 38 (2.76%) 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 23 (1.67%) Data Structures
17 21 (1.53%) Management Information System
18 18 (1.31%) AI Agents
19 17 (1.24%) Mainframe
20 12 (0.87%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 295 (21.45%) Linux
2 133 (9.67%) Windows
3 57 (4.15%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.91%) Unix
5 39 (2.84%) CentOS
6 38 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 23 (1.67%) 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 1,001 (72.80%) CI/CD
2 817 (59.42%) DevOps
3 492 (35.78%) Containerisation
4 463 (33.67%) Agile
5 378 (27.49%) Observability
6 377 (27.42%) Platform Engineering
7 349 (25.38%) Mentoring
8 329 (23.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 312 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
10 276 (20.07%) Software Engineering
11 272 (19.78%) AI
12 267 (19.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 252 (18.33%) Technical Leadership
14 228 (16.58%) Microservices
15 222 (16.15%) Cloud Security
16 209 (15.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 187 (13.60%) DevSecOps
18 186 (13.53%) Test Automation
19 174 (12.65%) Roadmaps
20 147 (10.69%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 545 (39.64%) Python
2 235 (17.09%) Bash
3 195 (14.18%) Java
4 188 (13.67%) PowerShell
5 172 (12.51%) SQL
6 137 (9.96%) Bicep
7 136 (9.89%) TypeScript
8 106 (7.71%) JavaScript
9 90 (6.55%) C#
10 70 (5.09%) Go
11 49 (3.56%) Shell Script
12 24 (1.75%) Ruby
13 20 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 19 (1.38%) Rust
15 18 (1.31%) Groovy
16 15 (1.09%) PHP
17 11 (0.80%) Scala
18 7 (0.51%) Search Processing Language
19 6 (0.44%) COBOL
20 5 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 435 (31.64%) Security Cleared
2 283 (20.58%) SC Cleared
3 175 (12.73%) DV Cleared
4 99 (7.20%) Degree
5 87 (6.33%) Azure Certification
6 79 (5.75%) AWS Certification
7 43 (3.13%) 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%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.44%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.38%) QA
2 62 (4.51%) GRC
3 49 (3.56%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.84%) Accessibility
5 30 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.96%) NCSC
7 24 (1.75%) NIST
8 20 (1.45%) WCAG
9 18 (1.31%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.95%) GDPR
11 12 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.65%) 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
1 433 (31.49%) Docker
2 81 (5.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (5.53%) Active Directory
4 30 (2.18%) vSphere
5 28 (2.04%) 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%) Lustre
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.073%) iptables
13 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 520 (37.82%) Kubernetes
2 284 (20.65%) Ansible
3 115 (8.36%) Grafana
4 99 (7.20%) Prometheus
5 50 (3.64%) Puppet
6 44 (3.20%) Argo
7 33 (2.40%) Progress Chef
8 20 (1.45%) Istio
9 16 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (1.09%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.02%) Packer
12 13 (0.95%) Podman
13 11 (0.80%) Rancher
14 10 (0.73%) Kustomize
15 9 (0.65%) Kibana
16 8 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
16 8 (0.58%) linkerd
16 8 (0.58%) yum
16 8 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 350 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.71%) Google
3 93 (6.76%) VMware
4 57 (4.15%) Databricks
5 53 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 53 (3.85%) Splunk
6 30 (2.18%) Oracle
7 25 (1.82%) Cisco
8 19 (1.38%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.09%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.87%) Atlassian
11 12 (0.87%) New Relic
11 12 (0.87%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (0.73%) F5
13 9 (0.65%) Meraki
14 8 (0.58%) BMC
14 8 (0.58%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.51%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.51%) SAP