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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 154 93
Rank change year-on-year +6 -61 +59
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 579 740 942
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.46% 1.73% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.04% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 423 463 730
10th Percentile £46,289 £40,000 £47,381
25th Percentile £56,375 £49,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £65,000 £66,875
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -2.80% +2.88%
75th Percentile £80,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% -

All Process and 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 32,488 36,200 27,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.80% 84.59% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18,839 17,533 20,384
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -8 191 £70,000 +16.67% 294
South East +24 122 £78,000 +20.00% 353
North West +6 84 £66,500 +2.31% 138
Yorkshire -20 82 £70,000 +27.27% 125
Midlands +17 71 £67,250 +3.64% 231
Scotland +8 71 £70,039 +3.76% 48
South West -39 65 £62,500 -10.71% 168
West Midlands +7 44 £67,500 +1.12% 125
East of England +27 32 £66,500 -8.28% 172
East Midlands +21 25 £67,000 +59.52% 92
North East -2 25 £70,079 +40.16% 32
Wales +15 21 £60,000 - 37
Northern Ireland -4 8 £95,000 +11.76% 17
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 23 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.90%) Apache
4 9 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.55%) Confluence
5 8 (1.38%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.04%) Appian
7 4 (0.69%) IIS
7 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 410 (70.81%) Azure
2 338 (58.38%) AWS
3 171 (29.53%) Azure DevOps
4 114 (19.69%) GitHub
5 105 (18.13%) GCP
6 94 (16.23%) Serverless
7 93 (16.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 77 (13.30%) GitHub Actions
9 64 (11.05%) SaaS
10 59 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
11 55 (9.50%) AWS Lambda
12 50 (8.64%) Amazon S3
13 49 (8.46%) PaaS
14 48 (8.29%) Entra ID
15 41 (7.08%) dbt
16 37 (6.39%) Azure Monitor
17 36 (6.22%) Amazon ECS
18 31 (5.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 28 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
19 28 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.77%) Firewall
2 39 (6.74%) DNS
3 33 (5.70%) VPN
4 30 (5.18%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.63%) WAN
6 15 (2.59%) LAN
7 14 (2.42%) DHCP
8 12 (2.07%) Network Security
9 11 (1.90%) SD-WAN
9 11 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.21%) SAN
10 7 (1.21%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.21%) VoIP
11 6 (1.04%) VLAN
12 5 (0.86%) AMQP
13 4 (0.69%) BGP
13 4 (0.69%) HTTP
13 4 (0.69%) Wireless
14 3 (0.52%) IPsec
14 3 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (5.53%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (5.35%) SQL Server
4 25 (4.32%) NoSQL
5 24 (4.15%) DynamoDB
5 24 (4.15%) Redis
6 17 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (2.25%) MySQL
8 12 (2.07%) Big Data
9 10 (1.73%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.38%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.38%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.21%) Airbyte
12 6 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (1.04%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
14 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.52%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 62 (10.71%) Jenkins
2 60 (10.36%) Git
3 50 (8.64%) GitLab
4 25 (4.32%) Selenium
5 22 (3.80%) Robot Framework
6 20 (3.45%) Snyk
7 19 (3.28%) JIRA
8 11 (1.90%) CircleCI
9 10 (1.73%) TeamCity
10 9 (1.55%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.55%) SonarQube
11 8 (1.38%) JMeter
12 7 (1.21%) Bitbucket
13 6 (1.04%) Artifactory
13 6 (1.04%) git-flow
13 6 (1.04%) Locust
13 6 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.86%) MLflow
15 4 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 3 (0.52%) MSTest
General
1 150 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 124 (21.42%) Finance
3 44 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.01%) Law
5 23 (3.97%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.11%) Telecoms
7 15 (2.59%) Retail
8 13 (2.25%) Legal
9 12 (2.07%) Games
10 10 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.55%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.38%) Advertising
12 8 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.21%) Automotive
14 6 (1.04%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.04%) Billing
14 6 (1.04%) Marketing
15 5 (0.86%) Electronics
16 3 (0.52%) Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (24.01%) Senior
2 78 (13.47%) Cloud Engineer
3 74 (12.78%) DevOps Engineer
3 74 (12.78%) Lead
4 65 (11.23%) Developer
5 56 (9.67%) Architect
6 50 (8.64%) Platform Engineer
7 48 (8.29%) Azure Engineer
8 27 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (4.15%) Software Engineer
10 22 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
11 19 (3.28%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 18 (3.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 17 (2.94%) Lead DevOps
14 16 (2.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (2.59%) Python Developer
15 15 (2.59%) Security Engineer
15 15 (2.59%) Senior DevOps
16 14 (2.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.09%) React
2 62 (10.71%) .NET
3 38 (6.56%) Django
4 34 (5.87%) RESTful
5 31 (5.35%) ARM Templates
6 29 (5.01%) Node.js
7 27 (4.66%) OAuth
8 25 (4.32%) YAML
9 21 (3.63%) REST
10 20 (3.45%) Flask
11 19 (3.28%) .NET Core
12 18 (3.11%) CSS
12 18 (3.11%) FastAPI
12 18 (3.11%) Vue
13 17 (2.94%) AngularJS
13 17 (2.94%) HTML
14 16 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (2.76%) GraphQL
14 16 (2.76%) Kafka
15 15 (2.59%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 136 (23.49%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.84%) Public Cloud
4 20 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 19 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
8 14 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.73%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.38%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.04%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.86%) AI Agents
15 4 (0.69%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 97 (16.75%) Linux
2 47 (8.12%) Windows
3 20 (3.45%) Unix
4 13 (2.25%) Ubuntu
4 13 (2.25%) VMS
5 12 (2.07%) Debian
5 12 (2.07%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (71.50%) DevOps
2 392 (67.70%) CI/CD
3 234 (40.41%) Agile
4 131 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 126 (21.76%) Containerisation
6 124 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (20.73%) Mentoring
8 96 (16.58%) Observability
9 83 (14.34%) Test Automation
10 82 (14.16%) Platform Engineering
11 79 (13.64%) Coaching
11 79 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 77 (13.30%) Software Engineering
13 69 (11.92%) Roadmaps
14 67 (11.57%) AI
15 62 (10.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 61 (10.54%) Analytics
16 61 (10.54%) Microservices
17 60 (10.36%) Scrum
18 59 (10.19%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 220 (38.00%) Python
2 121 (20.90%) PowerShell
3 99 (17.10%) SQL
4 86 (14.85%) Bicep
5 80 (13.82%) Bash
6 61 (10.54%) C#
7 54 (9.33%) JavaScript
8 52 (8.98%) Java
9 49 (8.46%) TypeScript
10 24 (4.15%) Go
11 7 (1.21%) C++
12 5 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.69%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.52%) Scala
15 2 (0.35%) C
15 2 (0.35%) Groovy
15 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.35%) XAML
16 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (17.44%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.74%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.29%) DV Cleared
4 39 (6.74%) Azure Certification
5 38 (6.56%) AWS Certification
6 32 (5.53%) Degree
7 14 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.90%) CCNP
9 11 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.21%) PMP
12 6 (1.04%) CISSP
13 4 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.52%) CCNA
14 3 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.66%) NIST
2 24 (4.15%) GDPR
2 24 (4.15%) QA
3 17 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.21%) WCAG
5 6 (1.04%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.52%) NCSC
6 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.35%) GRC
7 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 184 (31.78%) Docker
2 25 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (3.97%) Active Directory
4 22 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.90%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.55%) vSphere
7 4 (0.69%) Firmware
7 4 (0.69%) vCloud
7 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.17%) HDFS
9 1 (0.17%) iptables
9 1 (0.17%) KVM
9 1 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 409 (70.64%) Terraform
2 176 (30.40%) Kubernetes
3 115 (19.86%) Ansible
4 51 (8.81%) Grafana
5 43 (7.43%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.90%) Docker Swarm
8 10 (1.73%) AWS Copilot
9 9 (1.55%) Argo
10 7 (1.21%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.86%) MaaS360
11 5 (0.86%) Puppet
11 5 (0.86%) SCCM
12 4 (0.69%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.69%) Rundeck
12 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.52%) Control-M
13 3 (0.52%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.52%) Rancher
14 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 145 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.43%) VMware
3 36 (6.22%) Google
4 20 (3.45%) Black Duck
5 19 (3.28%) Coverity
6 14 (2.42%) Splunk
7 13 (2.25%) Cisco
8 12 (2.07%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.07%) Databricks
9 10 (1.73%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.73%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.73%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.04%) BiZZdesign
11 6 (1.04%) Oracle
11 6 (1.04%) UiPath
12 5 (0.86%) Blue Prism
12 5 (0.86%) McAfee
12 5 (0.86%) SAP
12 5 (0.86%) Sophos