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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 219 185
Rank change year-on-year +107 -34 -56
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,127 465 914
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.55% 1.37% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 1.56% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 817 326 716
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
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 £94,389 £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 51,340 29,846 52,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.49% 88.08% 79.41%
Number of salaries quoted 36,092 16,172 34,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £28,000
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 £66,225 £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% - -8.71%

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 24 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 24 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 +89 377 £70,039 +0.06% 234
South East +53 232 £67,500 -12.90% 146
North West +82 225 £74,651 +6.64% 130
South West +39 184 £75,000 - 111
Midlands +34 139 £75,000 +15.38% 67
Yorkshire +1 91 £71,250 +1.79% 60
West Midlands +5 83 £80,000 +23.08% 47
North East +6 61 £55,000 -18.52% 44
Northern Ireland -18 57 £73,801 +71.27% 18
East Midlands +12 56 £67,500 +3.85% 20
Wales -7 55 £70,039 +21.81% 21
East of England +8 51 £62,500 - 23
Scotland +19 41 £67,500 -6.57% 39
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 27 (2.40%) Apache
1 27 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.60%) Confluence
5 11 (0.98%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.71%) IIS
7 5 (0.44%) CMS
8 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.27%) WordPress
10 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.089%) Documentum
11 1 (0.089%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.089%) JBoss
11 1 (0.089%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.089%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 624 (55.37%) Azure
2 588 (52.17%) AWS
3 211 (18.72%) GitHub
4 201 (17.83%) Azure DevOps
5 180 (15.97%) GCP
5 180 (15.97%) Serverless
6 136 (12.07%) AWS CloudFormation
7 133 (11.80%) GitHub Actions
8 100 (8.87%) Amazon S3
9 94 (8.34%) AWS Lambda
10 89 (7.90%) PaaS
11 76 (6.74%) Amazon EKS
12 75 (6.65%) Amazon EC2
13 73 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
14 69 (6.12%) Amazon ECS
15 64 (5.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 64 (5.68%) Azure AKS
15 64 (5.68%) Cloud Computing
16 63 (5.59%) SaaS
17 57 (5.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (9.05%) Firewall
2 76 (6.74%) WAN
3 68 (6.03%) LAN
4 60 (5.32%) DNS
4 60 (5.32%) VPN
5 37 (3.28%) Network Security
5 37 (3.28%) TCP/IP
6 22 (1.95%) DHCP
7 17 (1.51%) BGP
7 17 (1.51%) VLAN
8 16 (1.42%) Broadband
9 14 (1.24%) HTTP
10 11 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (0.98%) SAN
11 9 (0.80%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
12 7 (0.62%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.53%) MQTT
13 6 (0.53%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (4.70%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (4.26%) NoSQL
4 42 (3.73%) MongoDB
5 39 (3.46%) DynamoDB
6 38 (3.37%) SQL Server
7 35 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (2.57%) Relational Database
9 26 (2.31%) MySQL
10 21 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
11 19 (1.69%) Data Lake
12 17 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (1.42%) Metadata
13 16 (1.42%) Redis
14 13 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.06%) Big Data
15 12 (1.06%) Spark SQL
16 10 (0.89%) Power BI
17 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 175 (15.53%) Git
2 135 (11.98%) GitLab
3 124 (11.00%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.75%) JIRA
5 15 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.15%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.15%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.80%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.80%) Selenium
9 8 (0.71%) MSI
9 8 (0.71%) NUnit
10 7 (0.62%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.62%) JMeter
10 7 (0.62%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.53%) Subversion
11 6 (0.53%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.53%) Terragrunt
11 6 (0.53%) TestRail
General
1 323 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 190 (16.86%) Finance
3 110 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 78 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 66 (5.86%) Law
7 59 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (2.40%) Retail
9 26 (2.31%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.22%) Aerospace
11 22 (1.95%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.86%) Banking
13 17 (1.51%) Games
14 16 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.06%) Marketing
16 10 (0.89%) Advertising
16 10 (0.89%) Legal
17 8 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.53%) Local Government
19 4 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (21.74%) DevOps Engineer
2 222 (19.70%) Senior
3 188 (16.68%) Lead
4 142 (12.60%) Architect
5 132 (11.71%) Cloud Engineer
6 106 (9.41%) Platform Engineer
7 105 (9.32%) Developer
8 100 (8.87%) Azure Engineer
9 74 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 70 (6.21%) Software Engineer
11 58 (5.15%) Systems Architect
12 53 (4.70%) Data Engineer
13 50 (4.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 49 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
14 49 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
15 44 (3.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 42 (3.73%) Senior Platform Engineer
17 39 (3.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 37 (3.28%) Technical Leader
19 36 (3.19%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (9.67%) React
2 89 (7.90%) Node.js
3 86 (7.63%) REST
4 84 (7.45%) .NET
5 68 (6.03%) Spring Boot
6 65 (5.77%) Spring
7 57 (5.06%) ARM Templates
8 53 (4.70%) Kafka
8 53 (4.70%) RESTful
9 51 (4.53%) AWS CDK
10 47 (4.17%) YAML
11 39 (3.46%) PySpark
12 37 (3.28%) Elastic Stack
13 34 (3.02%) AngularJS
14 30 (2.66%) Next.js
15 29 (2.57%) RabbitMQ
15 29 (2.57%) Vue
16 28 (2.48%) ASP.NET
17 26 (2.31%) ASP.NET Core
18 25 (2.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 263 (23.34%) Cloud Native
2 84 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (6.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 55 (4.88%) Product Ownership
5 38 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 36 (3.19%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
8 32 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (2.40%) Security Posture
11 26 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (2.22%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.69%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
13 19 (1.69%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.42%) Replication
15 15 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.33%) Virtual Team
16 14 (1.24%) Mainframe
16 14 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 208 (18.46%) Linux
2 114 (10.12%) Windows
3 53 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.84%) CentOS
5 29 (2.57%) Ubuntu
6 24 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (1.77%) Unix
8 17 (1.51%) VMS
9 6 (0.53%) Debian
9 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.18%) AIX
11 2 (0.18%) Android
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.089%) Rocky
12 1 (0.089%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 814 (72.23%) CI/CD
2 667 (59.18%) DevOps
3 388 (34.43%) Containerisation
4 376 (33.36%) Agile
5 336 (29.81%) Observability
6 280 (24.84%) Platform Engineering
7 263 (23.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 250 (22.18%) Mentoring
9 223 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
10 211 (18.72%) AI
11 198 (17.57%) Software Engineering
12 191 (16.95%) Microservices
13 183 (16.24%) Test Automation
14 180 (15.97%) Technical Leadership
15 155 (13.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 153 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 144 (12.78%) Roadmaps
18 131 (11.62%) Cloud Security
19 127 (11.27%) DevSecOps
20 110 (9.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 447 (39.66%) Python
2 208 (18.46%) Bash
3 184 (16.33%) PowerShell
4 159 (14.11%) SQL
5 141 (12.51%) Java
6 129 (11.45%) Bicep
7 122 (10.83%) TypeScript
8 102 (9.05%) JavaScript
9 78 (6.92%) C#
10 63 (5.59%) Go
11 22 (1.95%) Ruby
12 19 (1.69%) Groovy
12 19 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.33%) PHP
14 9 (0.80%) Rust
15 8 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.62%) C++
17 6 (0.53%) COBOL
18 5 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
19 4 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 286 (25.38%) Security Cleared
2 175 (15.53%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.20%) DV Cleared
4 81 (7.19%) Degree
5 59 (5.24%) Azure Certification
6 40 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 37 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.89%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.62%) CCNA
13 7 (0.62%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.53%) ICAEW
14 6 (0.53%) RHCSA
15 5 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.94%) QA
2 59 (5.24%) GRC
3 37 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.84%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.04%) WCAG
6 18 (1.60%) GDPR
6 18 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.51%) NCSC
8 16 (1.42%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.06%) NIST
9 12 (1.06%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (0.53%) SLA
11 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.18%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.089%) GxP
System Software
1 330 (29.28%) Docker
2 71 (6.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (5.59%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.84%) vSphere
5 18 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.80%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.80%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.53%) iptables
8 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.44%) Firmware
10 4 (0.35%) Squid
11 1 (0.089%) KVM
11 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 773 (68.59%) Terraform
2 433 (38.42%) Kubernetes
3 232 (20.59%) Ansible
4 126 (11.18%) Grafana
5 98 (8.70%) Prometheus
6 37 (3.28%) Puppet
7 34 (3.02%) Argo
8 27 (2.40%) Progress Chef
9 18 (1.60%) Istio
10 16 (1.42%) Packer
11 13 (1.15%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (1.06%) Nagios
13 10 (0.89%) Kibana
14 9 (0.80%) Podman
15 8 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
15 8 (0.71%) Kustomize
15 8 (0.71%) Proxmox
15 8 (0.71%) Rancher
15 8 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 257 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.45%) VMware
3 59 (5.24%) Google
4 50 (4.44%) Red Hat
5 42 (3.73%) Splunk
6 37 (3.28%) Databricks
7 29 (2.57%) Cisco
8 21 (1.86%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.42%) Oracle
10 14 (1.24%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.06%) F5
11 12 (1.06%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (0.98%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.62%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.62%) NetApp
15 7 (0.62%) New Relic
15 7 (0.62%) Tenable