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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 199 192
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 -51
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 734 419 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.11% 1.51% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.65% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 528 310 775
10th Percentile £46,446 £43,625 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,125 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,729 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +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 47,360 25,446 57,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.78% 91.42% 83.84%
Number of salaries quoted 29,266 13,925 40,909
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -10.57%

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 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 5 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 +6 266 £67,500 -2.17% 141
South East +16 155 £70,000 -6.67% 159
North West +12 145 £74,651 +2.97% 68
South West -8 104 £65,000 -9.71% 84
Midlands +15 95 £70,000 - 48
Yorkshire -30 90 £65,576 +8.45% 36
West Midlands -8 48 £70,000 - 30
Scotland -6 47 £60,000 -19.93% 20
East Midlands -8 45 £67,750 +4.23% 18
East of England +14 42 £60,100 -10.96% 50
North East -10 31 £48,445 -19.59% 37
Wales -12 22 £60,000 -5.14% 6
Northern Ireland -35 6 £95,000 - 5
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 14 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (1.63%) IIS
3 11 (1.50%) Apache
3 11 (1.50%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.82%) Confluence
5 5 (0.68%) CMS
6 4 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 434 (59.13%) AWS
2 417 (56.81%) Azure
3 183 (24.93%) Azure DevOps
4 160 (21.80%) GitHub
5 143 (19.48%) Serverless
6 131 (17.85%) GCP
7 128 (17.44%) GitHub Actions
8 105 (14.31%) AWS CloudFormation
9 81 (11.04%) AWS Lambda
10 70 (9.54%) Amazon S3
11 68 (9.26%) Amazon EKS
12 56 (7.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 50 (6.81%) PaaS
14 46 (6.27%) Amazon EC2
15 41 (5.59%) Entra ID
16 40 (5.45%) Amazon ECS
17 37 (5.04%) Azure Monitor
18 36 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
18 36 (4.90%) Datadog
18 36 (4.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (13.90%) Firewall
2 54 (7.36%) DNS
3 41 (5.59%) TCP/IP
4 29 (3.95%) VPN
5 25 (3.41%) Network Security
6 20 (2.72%) DHCP
6 20 (2.72%) HTTP
7 14 (1.91%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.77%) WAN
9 11 (1.50%) BGP
9 11 (1.50%) Broadband
9 11 (1.50%) VLAN
10 10 (1.36%) LAN
11 7 (0.95%) Internet
11 7 (0.95%) SAN
12 5 (0.68%) AMQP
12 5 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.68%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.68%) WebEx
13 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.22%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (6.27%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (5.18%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.63%) DynamoDB
5 33 (4.50%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.54%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.77%) Spark SQL
10 12 (1.63%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.63%) Metadata
11 10 (1.36%) MySQL
12 9 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.23%) Big Data
12 9 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.23%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.09%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.09%) InfluxDB
13 8 (1.09%) Redis
14 5 (0.68%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 114 (15.53%) Git
2 100 (13.62%) Jenkins
3 84 (11.44%) GitLab
4 19 (2.59%) JIRA
5 15 (2.04%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.50%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.36%) Selenium
7 10 (1.36%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.09%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.95%) CircleCI
9 7 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.95%) Subversion
10 6 (0.82%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.82%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.82%) NUnit
11 5 (0.68%) JMeter
11 5 (0.68%) TestRail
12 4 (0.54%) Locust
13 3 (0.41%) Snyk
General
1 178 (24.25%) Social Skills
2 109 (14.85%) Finance
3 59 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.72%) Telecoms
6 30 (4.09%) Law
7 28 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (3.81%) Retail
8 19 (2.59%) Banking
9 16 (2.18%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.18%) Billing
9 16 (2.18%) Games
10 15 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.77%) Marketing
12 11 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.09%) Advertising
14 7 (0.95%) Electronics
15 4 (0.54%) Automotive
15 4 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (22.75%) Senior
2 140 (19.07%) DevOps Engineer
3 128 (17.44%) Lead
4 98 (13.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 90 (12.26%) Azure Engineer
6 72 (9.81%) Developer
7 54 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 54 (7.36%) Platform Engineer
8 43 (5.86%) Software Engineer
9 42 (5.72%) Architect
10 35 (4.77%) AWS Engineer
10 35 (4.77%) Data Engineer
11 33 (4.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 31 (4.22%) Senior DevOps
13 28 (3.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 27 (3.68%) Lead DevOps
15 23 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (3.00%) Lead Developer
16 22 (3.00%) Team Leader
17 21 (2.86%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (11.72%) React
2 74 (10.08%) Node.js
3 62 (8.45%) .NET
4 54 (7.36%) REST
5 48 (6.54%) AWS CDK
5 48 (6.54%) RESTful
6 41 (5.59%) YAML
7 38 (5.18%) ARM Templates
8 37 (5.04%) Elastic Stack
9 31 (4.22%) OAuth
10 27 (3.68%) ASP.NET
11 25 (3.41%) ASP.NET Core
12 24 (3.27%) Spring
13 21 (2.86%) JSON
13 21 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
14 20 (2.72%) Kafka
15 19 (2.59%) AngularJS
15 19 (2.59%) Next.js
16 18 (2.45%) .NET Core
16 18 (2.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 142 (19.35%) Cloud Native
2 42 (5.72%) Hybrid Cloud
2 42 (5.72%) Product Ownership
3 37 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 18 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
7 15 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
8 14 (1.91%) Security Posture
8 14 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.77%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.50%) Replication
11 10 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.36%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.36%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 159 (21.66%) Linux
2 70 (9.54%) Windows
3 32 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.72%) Ubuntu
4 20 (2.72%) Unix
5 14 (1.91%) CentOS
6 10 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.23%) VMS
8 7 (0.95%) Debian
9 5 (0.68%) Android
9 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (73.30%) CI/CD
2 483 (65.80%) DevOps
3 249 (33.92%) Agile
4 210 (28.61%) Observability
5 208 (28.34%) Containerisation
6 173 (23.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 161 (21.93%) Mentoring
8 157 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
9 139 (18.94%) Test Automation
10 137 (18.66%) Platform Engineering
11 117 (15.94%) Microservices
12 105 (14.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 104 (14.17%) Software Engineering
14 103 (14.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 91 (12.40%) AI
16 88 (11.99%) Deployment Automation
17 81 (11.04%) Incident Response
18 79 (10.76%) DevSecOps
19 75 (10.22%) Cloud Security
20 67 (9.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 322 (43.87%) Python
2 161 (21.93%) Bash
3 151 (20.57%) PowerShell
4 123 (16.76%) SQL
5 83 (11.31%) TypeScript
6 77 (10.49%) Java
7 73 (9.95%) Bicep
8 67 (9.13%) JavaScript
9 56 (7.63%) Go
10 52 (7.08%) C#
11 13 (1.77%) C
11 13 (1.77%) Groovy
12 8 (1.09%) C++
13 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.82%) Rust
15 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.54%) Perl
16 4 (0.54%) Ruby
17 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 132 (17.98%) Security Cleared
2 82 (11.17%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.36%) Degree
4 48 (6.54%) DV Cleared
5 36 (4.90%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.09%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.77%) AWS Certified Developer
8 13 (1.77%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.68%) CISSP
12 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.41%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.18%) QA
2 28 (3.81%) GDPR
3 21 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.59%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.36%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.23%) NIST
7 9 (1.23%) WCAG
8 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.54%) NCSC
10 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.41%) GRC
10 3 (0.41%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 210 (28.61%) Docker
2 40 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.22%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.18%) vSphere
5 15 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.23%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.95%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.95%) iptables
8 5 (0.68%) Firmware
8 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 511 (69.62%) Terraform
2 260 (35.42%) Kubernetes
3 161 (21.93%) Ansible
4 111 (15.12%) Grafana
5 88 (11.99%) Prometheus
6 25 (3.41%) Puppet
7 18 (2.45%) Argo
8 17 (2.32%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.50%) Rancher
10 10 (1.36%) Nagios
11 9 (1.23%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.09%) Packer
12 8 (1.09%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.95%) yum
14 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
15 5 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
15 5 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.68%) Istio
15 5 (0.68%) Kibana
Vendors
1 133 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.49%) VMware
3 33 (4.50%) Google
3 33 (4.50%) Red Hat
4 30 (4.09%) Cisco
5 29 (3.95%) Databricks
6 24 (3.27%) Splunk
7 16 (2.18%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (2.04%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.91%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.23%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.09%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.09%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.95%) Juniper
13 6 (0.82%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.82%) Dell
13 6 (0.82%) F5
13 6 (0.82%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.82%) NetApp
13 6 (0.82%) SolarWinds