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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 214 187
Rank change year-on-year +58 -27 -43
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 744 431 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.14% 1.50% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.63% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 544 309 783
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,125 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,200 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 46,509 26,449 57,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.06% 92.02% 83.48%
Number of salaries quoted 29,799 13,959 41,086
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,117
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +25 273 £66,412 -5.13% 155
South East +39 160 £70,000 -6.67% 171
North West +38 153 £72,500 - 74
South West -7 103 £67,950 -5.61% 80
Midlands +20 100 £69,000 -1.43% 44
Yorkshire -27 85 £65,000 +1.96% 45
West Midlands -4 53 £70,000 - 25
Scotland +10 46 £60,000 -19.93% 18
East Midlands 0 45 £67,500 +3.85% 19
East of England +7 40 £60,100 -10.96% 45
North East -11 35 £49,222 -18.30% 36
Wales -12 19 £60,500 -4.35% 8
Northern Ireland -31 6 £95,000 - 8
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 13 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (1.61%) IIS
2 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.34%) Apache
3 10 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.94%) Confluence
5 5 (0.67%) CMS
6 4 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 444 (59.68%) AWS
2 416 (55.91%) Azure
3 179 (24.06%) Azure DevOps
4 162 (21.77%) GitHub
5 143 (19.22%) Serverless
6 132 (17.74%) GCP
7 126 (16.94%) GitHub Actions
8 101 (13.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 79 (10.62%) AWS Lambda
10 73 (9.81%) Amazon S3
11 65 (8.74%) Amazon EKS
12 57 (7.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 51 (6.85%) PaaS
14 49 (6.59%) Amazon EC2
15 43 (5.78%) Amazon ECS
16 37 (4.97%) Entra ID
17 36 (4.84%) Azure AKS
17 36 (4.84%) Datadog
17 36 (4.84%) SaaS
18 35 (4.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 102 (13.71%) Firewall
2 54 (7.26%) DNS
3 42 (5.65%) TCP/IP
4 26 (3.49%) VPN
5 24 (3.23%) Network Security
6 21 (2.82%) DHCP
7 19 (2.55%) HTTP
8 15 (2.02%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (1.61%) VLAN
9 12 (1.61%) WAN
10 11 (1.48%) BGP
10 11 (1.48%) Broadband
11 10 (1.34%) LAN
12 8 (1.08%) SAN
13 7 (0.94%) Internet
14 6 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.81%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.81%) WebEx
15 4 (0.54%) AMQP
15 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.53%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (6.18%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (5.24%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.44%) DynamoDB
4 33 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 30 (4.03%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.88%) Spark SQL
8 12 (1.61%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.61%) Metadata
9 11 (1.48%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.21%) MySQL
12 8 (1.08%) Big Data
12 8 (1.08%) Redis
13 7 (0.94%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 121 (16.26%) Git
2 102 (13.71%) Jenkins
3 88 (11.83%) GitLab
4 18 (2.42%) JIRA
5 16 (2.15%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.48%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.21%) Selenium
9 7 (0.94%) CircleCI
9 7 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.94%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.94%) Subversion
10 6 (0.81%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.81%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.81%) NUnit
11 5 (0.67%) JMeter
12 4 (0.54%) Locust
12 4 (0.54%) TestRail
13 3 (0.40%) Snyk
General
1 178 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 107 (14.38%) Finance
3 58 (7.80%) Public Sector
4 56 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (5.78%) Telecoms
6 27 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.49%) Law
7 26 (3.49%) Retail
8 21 (2.82%) Banking
9 19 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.15%) Games
11 15 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 15 (2.02%) Billing
12 14 (1.88%) Marketing
13 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.08%) Advertising
16 7 (0.94%) Electronics
17 4 (0.54%) Automotive
17 4 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (22.72%) Senior
2 144 (19.35%) DevOps Engineer
3 125 (16.80%) Lead
4 99 (13.31%) Cloud Engineer
5 88 (11.83%) Azure Engineer
6 71 (9.54%) Developer
7 59 (7.93%) Platform Engineer
8 56 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 46 (6.18%) Software Engineer
10 43 (5.78%) Architect
11 36 (4.84%) AWS Engineer
12 35 (4.70%) Data Engineer
13 32 (4.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 32 (4.30%) Senior DevOps
14 30 (4.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 24 (3.23%) Lead DevOps
15 24 (3.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (2.96%) DevSecOps Engineer
16 22 (2.96%) Lead Developer
16 22 (2.96%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (11.56%) React
2 72 (9.68%) Node.js
3 66 (8.87%) .NET
4 56 (7.53%) REST
5 48 (6.45%) AWS CDK
6 45 (6.05%) RESTful
7 41 (5.51%) YAML
8 36 (4.84%) ARM Templates
8 36 (4.84%) Elastic Stack
9 31 (4.17%) OAuth
10 29 (3.90%) ASP.NET
11 27 (3.63%) ASP.NET Core
12 25 (3.36%) Kafka
12 25 (3.36%) Spring
13 20 (2.69%) AngularJS
13 20 (2.69%) JSON
13 20 (2.69%) PySpark
13 20 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
14 19 (2.55%) Spring Boot
15 18 (2.42%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 142 (19.09%) Cloud Native
2 48 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (5.51%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.09%) Public Cloud
7 18 (2.42%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
11 13 (1.75%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.75%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.61%) Replication
13 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (1.34%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 164 (22.04%) Linux
2 75 (10.08%) Windows
3 36 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.69%) Ubuntu
4 20 (2.69%) Unix
5 13 (1.75%) CentOS
6 9 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.21%) VMS
7 6 (0.81%) Debian
8 5 (0.67%) Android
8 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (73.92%) CI/CD
2 487 (65.46%) DevOps
3 252 (33.87%) Agile
4 213 (28.63%) Observability
5 209 (28.09%) Containerisation
6 175 (23.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 163 (21.91%) Mentoring
8 154 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
9 144 (19.35%) Platform Engineering
9 144 (19.35%) Test Automation
10 118 (15.86%) Microservices
11 108 (14.52%) AI
12 106 (14.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 106 (14.25%) Software Engineering
13 103 (13.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 88 (11.83%) Deployment Automation
15 79 (10.62%) DevSecOps
16 78 (10.48%) Cloud Security
17 77 (10.35%) Incident Response
18 67 (9.01%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 328 (44.09%) Python
2 164 (22.04%) Bash
3 154 (20.70%) PowerShell
4 115 (15.46%) SQL
5 89 (11.96%) TypeScript
6 81 (10.89%) Java
7 70 (9.41%) JavaScript
8 69 (9.27%) Bicep
9 56 (7.53%) C#
9 56 (7.53%) Go
10 13 (1.75%) C
10 13 (1.75%) Groovy
11 9 (1.21%) C++
12 7 (0.94%) Rust
13 6 (0.81%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.54%) Perl
15 4 (0.54%) Ruby
16 3 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 139 (18.68%) Security Cleared
2 86 (11.56%) SC Cleared
3 59 (7.93%) Degree
4 49 (6.59%) DV Cleared
5 37 (4.97%) AWS Certification
6 29 (3.90%) Azure Certification
7 27 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.75%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.61%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.67%) CISSP
12 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.38%) QA
2 27 (3.63%) GDPR
3 20 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.34%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.21%) NIST
7 9 (1.21%) WCAG
8 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.54%) NCSC
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.40%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.27%) GRC
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 212 (28.49%) Docker
2 43 (5.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.17%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.42%) vSphere
5 15 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (1.34%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.94%) iptables
8 6 (0.81%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.54%) Firmware
10 1 (0.13%) Squid
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 522 (70.16%) Terraform
2 265 (35.62%) Kubernetes
3 171 (22.98%) Ansible
4 113 (15.19%) Grafana
5 89 (11.96%) Prometheus
6 25 (3.36%) Puppet
7 17 (2.28%) Progress Chef
8 16 (2.15%) Argo
9 11 (1.48%) Nagios
9 11 (1.48%) Rancher
10 9 (1.21%) Packer
10 9 (1.21%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.08%) Proxmox
11 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.94%) yum
13 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.67%) Istio
Vendors
1 133 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.80%) VMware
3 34 (4.57%) Red Hat
4 31 (4.17%) Cisco
4 31 (4.17%) Google
5 30 (4.03%) Databricks
6 25 (3.36%) Splunk
7 16 (2.15%) Palo Alto
8 15 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (1.88%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.21%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.21%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.94%) Ab Initio
11 7 (0.94%) Juniper
11 7 (0.94%) NetApp
12 6 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.81%) Dell
12 6 (0.81%) F5
12 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.81%) SolarWinds