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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 216 178
Rank change year-on-year +112 -38 -59
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,235 469 864
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.63% 1.36% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 1.56% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 880 338 658
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,468
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 53,329 30,143 47,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.50% 87.59% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 37,453 16,463 30,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +94 415 £70,400 +0.57% 284
South East +63 250 £67,500 -12.90% 183
North West +90 240 £74,651 +6.64% 164
South West +47 211 £75,000 -2.48% 176
Midlands +35 146 £75,000 +15.38% 75
Yorkshire +1 94 £75,000 +7.14% 75
West Midlands +11 89 £80,000 +23.08% 52
North East +15 81 £56,500 -16.30% 45
Wales +2 63 £70,039 +21.81% 32
Northern Ireland -22 58 £72,896 +69.17% 47
East Midlands +16 57 £67,500 +3.85% 23
East of England -4 53 £65,000 +4.00% 32
Scotland +25 48 £71,991 +6.65% 65
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 33 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
1 33 (2.67%) Apache Spark
2 30 (2.43%) Apache
3 27 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.62%) Confluence
5 12 (0.97%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.65%) IIS
7 5 (0.40%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.32%) CMS
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.24%) WordPress
10 2 (0.16%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.081%) Documentum
11 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.081%) JBoss
Applications
1 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.16%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 679 (54.98%) Azure
2 662 (53.60%) AWS
3 229 (18.54%) GitHub
4 207 (16.76%) GCP
5 206 (16.68%) Azure DevOps
6 188 (15.22%) Serverless
7 157 (12.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 143 (11.58%) GitHub Actions
9 105 (8.50%) Amazon S3
10 98 (7.94%) AWS Lambda
11 89 (7.21%) PaaS
12 81 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
12 81 (6.56%) Amazon ECS
13 80 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
14 78 (6.32%) Amazon EKS
15 69 (5.59%) SaaS
16 67 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 65 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
18 63 (5.10%) Azure AKS
19 58 (4.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 103 (8.34%) Firewall
2 79 (6.40%) WAN
3 72 (5.83%) LAN
4 65 (5.26%) VPN
5 61 (4.94%) DNS
6 45 (3.64%) TCP/IP
7 38 (3.08%) Network Security
8 25 (2.02%) DHCP
9 18 (1.46%) BGP
9 18 (1.46%) VLAN
10 14 (1.13%) Broadband
10 14 (1.13%) HTTP
11 13 (1.05%) SAN
12 12 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
13 11 (0.89%) Software-Defined Networking
14 10 (0.81%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.73%) OSPF
16 7 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
16 7 (0.57%) WebEx
16 7 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (4.05%) NoSQL
4 45 (3.64%) SQL Server
5 44 (3.56%) DynamoDB
5 44 (3.56%) MongoDB
6 36 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 34 (2.75%) Relational Database
8 31 (2.51%) MySQL
9 27 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
10 24 (1.94%) Data Lake
11 18 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (1.38%) Redis
13 15 (1.21%) Big Data
13 15 (1.21%) Metadata
14 14 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (1.05%) Power BI
16 12 (0.97%) Spark SQL
17 11 (0.89%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 188 (15.22%) Git
2 143 (11.58%) GitLab
3 131 (10.61%) Jenkins
4 38 (3.08%) JIRA
5 16 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 16 (1.30%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.05%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.05%) Cucumber
6 13 (1.05%) NUnit
7 12 (0.97%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.97%) Selenium
8 9 (0.73%) MSI
9 7 (0.57%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.57%) JMeter
9 7 (0.57%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.57%) Terragrunt
10 6 (0.49%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
10 6 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.49%) TestRail
General
1 366 (29.64%) Social Skills
2 206 (16.68%) Finance
3 119 (9.64%) Public Sector
4 90 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 73 (5.91%) Law
7 62 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (2.75%) Aerospace
9 30 (2.43%) Retail
10 27 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 22 (1.78%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.70%) Banking
13 20 (1.62%) Marketing
14 16 (1.30%) Games
15 14 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.97%) Legal
17 11 (0.89%) Aviation
18 10 (0.81%) Advertising
19 9 (0.73%) Local Government
20 8 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 265 (21.46%) DevOps Engineer
2 244 (19.76%) Senior
3 213 (17.25%) Lead
4 149 (12.06%) Architect
5 142 (11.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 117 (9.47%) Developer
6 117 (9.47%) Platform Engineer
7 99 (8.02%) Azure Engineer
8 80 (6.48%) Software Engineer
9 78 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 65 (5.26%) Data Engineer
11 58 (4.70%) Systems Architect
12 55 (4.45%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 53 (4.29%) AWS Engineer
14 51 (4.13%) Senior DevOps
15 47 (3.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 47 (3.81%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.48%) Technical Leader
17 41 (3.32%) Lead DevOps
18 40 (3.24%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (9.88%) React
2 100 (8.10%) .NET
3 96 (7.77%) REST
4 93 (7.53%) Node.js
5 76 (6.15%) Spring Boot
6 73 (5.91%) Spring
7 61 (4.94%) Kafka
8 59 (4.78%) RESTful
9 56 (4.53%) ARM Templates
9 56 (4.53%) AWS CDK
10 46 (3.72%) YAML
11 42 (3.40%) AngularJS
11 42 (3.40%) PySpark
12 38 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
13 35 (2.83%) Next.js
14 34 (2.75%) ASP.NET
15 33 (2.67%) Vue
16 32 (2.59%) ASP.NET Core
17 29 (2.35%) RabbitMQ
18 28 (2.27%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 296 (23.97%) Cloud Native
2 96 (7.77%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (6.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 57 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 55 (4.45%) Product Ownership
6 43 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
7 40 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
8 39 (3.16%) Public Cloud
9 33 (2.67%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.59%) Security Posture
11 28 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (2.11%) Private Cloud
13 25 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (1.86%) Data Structures
15 20 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
16 17 (1.38%) Replication
17 16 (1.30%) Virtual Team
18 14 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
18 14 (1.13%) Mainframe
19 13 (1.05%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 230 (18.62%) Linux
2 124 (10.04%) Windows
3 58 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.75%) CentOS
5 29 (2.35%) Unix
6 28 (2.27%) Ubuntu
7 26 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.21%) VMS
9 5 (0.40%) Debian
9 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.16%) AIX
10 2 (0.16%) Android
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Solaris
11 1 (0.081%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.081%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 894 (72.39%) CI/CD
2 730 (59.11%) DevOps
3 415 (33.60%) Containerisation
4 408 (33.04%) Agile
5 373 (30.20%) Observability
6 307 (24.86%) Platform Engineering
7 294 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 285 (23.08%) Mentoring
9 257 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
10 237 (19.19%) Software Engineering
11 229 (18.54%) AI
12 213 (17.25%) Technical Leadership
13 206 (16.68%) Microservices
14 192 (15.55%) Test Automation
15 175 (14.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 169 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 151 (12.23%) Roadmaps
18 146 (11.82%) Cloud Security
19 135 (10.93%) DevSecOps
20 124 (10.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 501 (40.57%) Python
2 214 (17.33%) Bash
3 185 (14.98%) PowerShell
4 180 (14.57%) SQL
5 168 (13.60%) Java
6 132 (10.69%) TypeScript
7 130 (10.53%) Bicep
8 113 (9.15%) JavaScript
9 88 (7.13%) C#
10 69 (5.59%) Go
11 23 (1.86%) Ruby
12 20 (1.62%) Groovy
12 20 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.21%) PHP
14 10 (0.81%) Rust
14 10 (0.81%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.65%) Scala
16 7 (0.57%) C++
17 6 (0.49%) COBOL
17 6 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 339 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 212 (17.17%) SC Cleared
3 141 (11.42%) DV Cleared
4 99 (8.02%) Degree
5 67 (5.43%) Azure Certification
6 54 (4.37%) AWS Certification
7 43 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.89%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.57%) CCNA
15 7 (0.57%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.49%) ICAEW
16 6 (0.49%) RHCSA
17 5 (0.40%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.15%) QA
2 59 (4.78%) GRC
3 45 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.86%) WCAG
6 21 (1.70%) NCSC
7 18 (1.46%) GDPR
8 16 (1.30%) NIST
9 15 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.57%) SLA
12 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.16%) IFRS
13 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.081%) GxP
System Software
1 363 (29.39%) Docker
2 78 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (5.51%) Active Directory
4 31 (2.51%) vSphere
5 18 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.13%) Hyper-V
8 12 (0.97%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.57%) Firmware
9 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.40%) iptables
10 5 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.32%) KVM
11 4 (0.32%) Squid
Systems Management
1 842 (68.18%) Terraform
2 468 (37.89%) Kubernetes
3 256 (20.73%) Ansible
4 129 (10.45%) Grafana
5 100 (8.10%) Prometheus
6 42 (3.40%) Puppet
7 37 (3.00%) Argo
8 28 (2.27%) Progress Chef
9 20 (1.62%) Istio
10 15 (1.21%) Packer
11 14 (1.13%) vCenter Server
12 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (0.97%) Nagios
13 10 (0.81%) Kibana
13 10 (0.81%) Podman
14 8 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (0.65%) Kustomize
14 8 (0.65%) Proxmox
14 8 (0.65%) Rancher
14 8 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 277 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 91 (7.37%) VMware
3 71 (5.75%) Google
4 56 (4.53%) Red Hat
5 49 (3.97%) Splunk
6 44 (3.56%) Databricks
7 30 (2.43%) Cisco
8 23 (1.86%) Oracle
9 20 (1.62%) Palo Alto
10 16 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 14 (1.13%) F5
12 12 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 12 (0.97%) Fortinet
12 12 (0.97%) ScienceLogic
13 10 (0.81%) New Relic
13 10 (0.81%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.81%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.65%) IBM
14 8 (0.65%) NetApp
15 7 (0.57%) Salesforce