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 citing Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 101 | 164 | 159 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +63 | -5 | -68 |
| Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code | 1,476 | 552 | 745 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 1.61% | 1.55% | 1.56% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.27% | 1.84% | 1.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 984 | 405 | 447 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,875 | £56,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £68,958 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.51% | +6.09% | -3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,375 | £95,000 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £73,801 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.62% | +5.43% | -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 citing process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 65,034 | 30,063 | 38,222 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 71.13% | 84.37% | 80.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 44,309 | 17,794 | 18,559 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £46,750 | £54,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -13.43% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £63,750 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,750 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,623 | £53,750 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.93% | -10.42% | - |
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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
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 9 November 2026.
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 9 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | +60 | 507 | £66,750 | -4.64% | 382 |
| South East | +36 | 278 | £70,000 | -9.68% | 239 |
| South West | +50 | 266 | £75,000 | +17.65% | 147 |
| North West | +64 | 265 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 209 |
| Midlands | +12 | 160 | £69,305 | +6.62% | 139 |
| North East | +20 | 147 | £65,000 | -10.34% | 61 |
| Yorkshire | -18 | 108 | £65,576 | -6.32% | 114 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 105 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 84 |
| Wales | -1 | 95 | £62,000 | +3.33% | 38 |
| East of England | -30 | 68 | £70,000 | +5.26% | 98 |
| Northern Ireland | -23 | 63 | £71,991 | -2.45% | 48 |
| Scotland | -12 | 55 | £71,991 | +2.79% | 139 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 55 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 55 |
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Infrastructure as Code Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 70.4% | 1,039 |
| 2 | DevOps | 60.4% | 891 |
| 3 | Containerisation | 32.5% | 480 |
| 4 | Agile | 32.0% | 473 |
| 5 | Platform Engineering | 29.7% | 439 |
| 6 | Observability | 24.5% | 362 |
| 7 | Mentoring | 23.8% | 351 |
| 8 | Continuous Improvement | 22.2% | 327 |
| 9 | Problem-Solving | 21.0% | 310 |
| 10 | Software Engineering | 20.6% | 304 |
| 11 | Technical Leadership | 19.9% | 293 |
| 12 | Infrastructure Engineering | 19.8% | 292 |
| 13 | AI | 18.5% | 273 |
| 14 | Microservices | 15.4% | 227 |
| 15 | Cloud Security | 15.2% | 224 |
| 16 | Site Reliability Engineering | 13.7% | 202 |
| 17 | DevSecOps | 12.7% | 187 |
| 18 | Test Automation | 12.3% | 182 |
| 19 | Roadmaps | 11.8% | 174 |
| 20 | Infrastructure Automation | 10.6% | 156 |