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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 222 191
Rank change year-on-year +105 -31 -65
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,083 457 980
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.51% 1.35% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.53% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 797 319 768
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,400 £45,000
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 £94,022 £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 50,714 29,818 56,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.54% 88.25% 79.92%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 16,034 38,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,888 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -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 18 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 18 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 +74 368 £70,000 - 145
South East +50 225 £70,000 -9.68% 117
North West +85 220 £73,401 +3.02% 80
South West +39 176 £75,000 +3.45% 72
Midlands +34 131 £75,000 +15.38% 46
Yorkshire +4 92 £66,538 -4.95% 38
West Midlands +13 78 £80,000 +23.08% 32
North East -5 56 £55,000 -15.38% 27
East Midlands +20 53 £67,500 +3.85% 14
East of England +10 52 £62,500 - 9
Northern Ireland -15 51 £73,801 +71.27% 7
Wales -11 49 £70,539 +22.68% 14
Scotland +14 39 £66,250 -11.07% 21
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 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.12%) Apache
2 23 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.57%) Confluence
5 10 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.65%) IIS
7 5 (0.46%) CMS
8 4 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.28%) WordPress
10 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.18%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.092%) Documentum
11 1 (0.092%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 592 (54.66%) Azure
2 570 (52.63%) AWS
3 210 (19.39%) GitHub
4 197 (18.19%) Azure DevOps
5 178 (16.44%) Serverless
6 166 (15.33%) GCP
7 134 (12.37%) GitHub Actions
8 128 (11.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 100 (9.23%) Amazon S3
10 92 (8.49%) AWS Lambda
11 88 (8.13%) PaaS
12 75 (6.93%) Amazon EKS
13 73 (6.74%) Amazon EC2
14 69 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
15 63 (5.82%) Amazon ECS
15 63 (5.82%) Azure AKS
16 60 (5.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 59 (5.45%) SaaS
18 58 (5.36%) IaaS
19 57 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 107 (9.88%) Firewall
2 69 (6.37%) WAN
3 61 (5.63%) LAN
4 60 (5.54%) DNS
5 59 (5.45%) VPN
6 36 (3.32%) TCP/IP
7 33 (3.05%) Network Security
8 21 (1.94%) DHCP
9 18 (1.66%) VLAN
10 17 (1.57%) BGP
11 16 (1.48%) Broadband
11 16 (1.48%) HTTP
12 11 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (0.92%) SAN
14 9 (0.83%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
16 7 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
17 6 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
17 6 (0.55%) MQTT
17 6 (0.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
3 45 (4.16%) NoSQL
4 41 (3.79%) MongoDB
5 38 (3.51%) DynamoDB
6 36 (3.32%) SQL Server
7 34 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (2.68%) Relational Database
9 23 (2.12%) MySQL
10 18 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.57%) Redis
12 16 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.48%) Data Lake
13 15 (1.39%) Metadata
14 13 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.11%) Spark SQL
16 11 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (1.02%) Big Data
17 8 (0.74%) Power BI
18 7 (0.65%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 165 (15.24%) Git
2 132 (12.19%) GitLab
3 121 (11.17%) Jenkins
4 29 (2.68%) JIRA
5 15 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (1.29%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.20%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.74%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.74%) NUnit
9 8 (0.74%) Selenium
10 7 (0.65%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.65%) JMeter
10 7 (0.65%) MSI
11 6 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.55%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.55%) Subversion
11 6 (0.55%) TestRail
12 5 (0.46%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.46%) Terragrunt
General
1 305 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 175 (16.16%) Finance
3 108 (9.97%) Public Sector
4 75 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (6.09%) Law
6 65 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (2.49%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.31%) Retail
10 23 (2.12%) Aerospace
11 22 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.85%) Banking
13 17 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (1.48%) Games
15 10 (0.92%) Advertising
16 9 (0.83%) Marketing
17 8 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.65%) Legal
19 6 (0.55%) Billing
20 5 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 234 (21.61%) DevOps Engineer
2 212 (19.58%) Senior
3 180 (16.62%) Lead
4 130 (12.00%) Architect
5 127 (11.73%) Cloud Engineer
6 102 (9.42%) Developer
7 99 (9.14%) Azure Engineer
7 99 (9.14%) Platform Engineer
8 72 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 68 (6.28%) Software Engineer
10 51 (4.71%) Systems Architect
11 48 (4.43%) AWS Engineer
11 48 (4.43%) Senior DevOps
12 47 (4.34%) Data Engineer
13 45 (4.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 42 (3.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 39 (3.60%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 38 (3.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 36 (3.32%) Technical Leader
18 32 (2.95%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (10.16%) React
2 95 (8.77%) Node.js
3 87 (8.03%) REST
4 80 (7.39%) .NET
5 65 (6.00%) Spring Boot
6 62 (5.72%) Spring
7 56 (5.17%) ARM Templates
8 51 (4.71%) RESTful
9 50 (4.62%) AWS CDK
9 50 (4.62%) Kafka
10 46 (4.25%) YAML
11 39 (3.60%) Elastic Stack
12 36 (3.32%) PySpark
13 33 (3.05%) AngularJS
14 30 (2.77%) Next.js
15 29 (2.68%) Vue
16 28 (2.59%) RabbitMQ
17 27 (2.49%) ASP.NET
18 25 (2.31%) ASP.NET Core
19 23 (2.12%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 252 (23.27%) Cloud Native
2 80 (7.39%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (6.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 54 (4.99%) Product Ownership
5 37 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 34 (3.14%) Public Cloud
7 31 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
9 28 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.40%) Security Posture
11 25 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.22%) Data Centre
13 20 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
14 18 (1.66%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.57%) Private Cloud
16 16 (1.48%) Replication
17 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
18 14 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
18 14 (1.29%) Virtual Team
19 13 (1.20%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 202 (18.65%) Linux
2 108 (9.97%) Windows
3 50 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.95%) CentOS
5 29 (2.68%) Ubuntu
6 23 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (1.66%) VMS
8 17 (1.57%) Unix
9 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.55%) Debian
11 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.092%) AIX
13 1 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.092%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 783 (72.30%) CI/CD
2 646 (59.65%) DevOps
3 366 (33.80%) Containerisation
4 362 (33.43%) Agile
5 320 (29.55%) Observability
6 266 (24.56%) Platform Engineering
7 252 (23.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 243 (22.44%) Mentoring
9 212 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (18.74%) AI
11 188 (17.36%) Microservices
12 187 (17.27%) Software Engineering
13 175 (16.16%) Test Automation
14 171 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
15 149 (13.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 145 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 132 (12.19%) Roadmaps
18 128 (11.82%) Cloud Security
19 122 (11.27%) DevSecOps
20 106 (9.79%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 432 (39.89%) Python
2 207 (19.11%) Bash
3 181 (16.71%) PowerShell
4 151 (13.94%) SQL
5 138 (12.74%) Java
6 125 (11.54%) TypeScript
7 123 (11.36%) Bicep
8 100 (9.23%) JavaScript
9 76 (7.02%) C#
10 62 (5.72%) Go
11 21 (1.94%) Ruby
12 19 (1.75%) Groovy
12 19 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.39%) PHP
14 9 (0.83%) Rust
15 8 (0.74%) C++
16 7 (0.65%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.55%) COBOL
18 5 (0.46%) C
18 5 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 269 (24.84%) Security Cleared
2 161 (14.87%) SC Cleared
3 108 (9.97%) DV Cleared
4 78 (7.20%) Degree
5 57 (5.26%) Azure Certification
6 35 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 35 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.65%) CCNA
12 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.55%) ICAEW
13 6 (0.55%) RHCSA
14 5 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.37%) PhD
15 4 (0.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.91%) QA
2 52 (4.80%) GRC
3 34 (3.14%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.94%) WCAG
6 18 (1.66%) GDPR
7 17 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.57%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.39%) NCSC
9 12 (1.11%) NIST
9 12 (1.11%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.46%) SLA
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 (0.092%) GxP
System Software
1 316 (29.18%) Docker
2 69 (6.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (5.91%) Active Directory
4 33 (3.05%) vSphere
5 19 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.83%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.65%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.55%) iptables
9 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.46%) Firmware
11 4 (0.37%) Squid
12 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 746 (68.88%) Terraform
2 414 (38.23%) Kubernetes
3 227 (20.96%) Ansible
4 123 (11.36%) Grafana
5 96 (8.86%) Prometheus
6 33 (3.05%) Argo
6 33 (3.05%) Puppet
7 23 (2.12%) Progress Chef
8 16 (1.48%) Istio
8 16 (1.48%) Packer
9 14 (1.29%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.11%) Nagios
11 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
11 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.83%) Kibana
12 9 (0.83%) Podman
12 9 (0.83%) Proxmox
13 8 (0.74%) Kustomize
13 8 (0.74%) Rancher
14 7 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 241 (22.25%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.66%) VMware
3 52 (4.80%) Google
4 48 (4.43%) Red Hat
5 40 (3.69%) Splunk
6 33 (3.05%) Databricks
7 29 (2.68%) Cisco
8 21 (1.94%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.39%) Oracle
10 13 (1.20%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.11%) F5
11 12 (1.11%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (0.92%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.83%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.74%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.65%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.65%) IBM
15 7 (0.65%) NetApp
15 7 (0.65%) Salesforce