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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 219 184
Rank change year-on-year +112 -35 -63
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,183 467 881
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.59% 1.37% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 1.56% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 855 328 685
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,437
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,250 £82,751 £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 52,373 29,997 49,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.58% 87.81% 78.87%
Number of salaries quoted 36,789 16,278 32,403
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -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% - -8.33%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +93 402 £70,079 +0.11% 222
South East +57 246 £67,500 -12.90% 133
North West +84 232 £74,651 +6.64% 122
South West +34 192 £75,000 - 92
Midlands +31 139 £77,500 +19.23% 51
Yorkshire +9 95 £72,500 +3.57% 60
West Midlands +15 85 £80,000 +23.08% 35
North East +13 75 £55,000 -18.52% 40
Wales -9 60 £70,000 +21.74% 20
Northern Ireland -15 58 £72,896 +69.17% 16
East Midlands +13 54 £67,500 +3.85% 16
East of England -9 50 £63,750 +2.00% 22
Scotland +23 45 £71,991 +2.84% 33
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 28 (2.37%) Apache
1 28 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (2.28%) Apache Spark
2 27 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.61%) Confluence
4 11 (0.93%) Jupyter
5 7 (0.59%) IIS
6 5 (0.42%) CMS
6 5 (0.42%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.25%) WordPress
9 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.085%) Documentum
10 1 (0.085%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.085%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.17%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 652 (55.11%) Azure
2 629 (53.17%) AWS
3 223 (18.85%) GitHub
4 205 (17.33%) Azure DevOps
5 193 (16.31%) GCP
6 190 (16.06%) Serverless
7 150 (12.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 140 (11.83%) GitHub Actions
9 105 (8.88%) Amazon S3
10 100 (8.45%) AWS Lambda
11 91 (7.69%) PaaS
12 79 (6.68%) Amazon EC2
12 79 (6.68%) Amazon EKS
13 78 (6.59%) Amazon ECS
14 76 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
15 68 (5.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 66 (5.58%) SaaS
17 65 (5.49%) Cloud Computing
18 64 (5.41%) Azure AKS
19 58 (4.90%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 103 (8.71%) Firewall
2 77 (6.51%) WAN
3 70 (5.92%) LAN
4 63 (5.33%) VPN
5 59 (4.99%) DNS
6 41 (3.47%) TCP/IP
7 36 (3.04%) Network Security
8 21 (1.78%) DHCP
9 18 (1.52%) BGP
9 18 (1.52%) VLAN
10 15 (1.27%) HTTP
11 14 (1.18%) Broadband
12 12 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (1.01%) SAN
13 9 (0.76%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
14 7 (0.59%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.59%) OSPF
14 7 (0.59%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.59%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (4.06%) NoSQL
4 43 (3.63%) MongoDB
5 42 (3.55%) DynamoDB
5 42 (3.55%) SQL Server
6 36 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.45%) MySQL
9 23 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (1.78%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.35%) Redis
13 14 (1.18%) Metadata
14 13 (1.10%) Big Data
14 13 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.01%) Spark SQL
16 11 (0.93%) Power BI
17 10 (0.85%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 184 (15.55%) Git
2 138 (11.67%) GitLab
3 130 (10.99%) Jenkins
4 35 (2.96%) JIRA
5 17 (1.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 15 (1.27%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.10%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.85%) NUnit
8 10 (0.85%) Selenium
9 8 (0.68%) MSI
10 7 (0.59%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.59%) JMeter
10 7 (0.59%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.59%) Terragrunt
11 6 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.51%) Subversion
11 6 (0.51%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 347 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 198 (16.74%) Finance
3 114 (9.64%) Public Sector
4 83 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (6.00%) Law
7 61 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (2.45%) Aerospace
8 29 (2.45%) Retail
9 28 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.86%) Banking
12 16 (1.35%) Games
12 16 (1.35%) Marketing
13 15 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.01%) Advertising
15 11 (0.93%) Legal
16 8 (0.68%) Aviation
16 8 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 258 (21.81%) DevOps Engineer
2 232 (19.61%) Senior
3 200 (16.91%) Lead
4 146 (12.34%) Architect
5 141 (11.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 110 (9.30%) Developer
6 110 (9.30%) Platform Engineer
7 99 (8.37%) Azure Engineer
8 75 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 75 (6.34%) Software Engineer
9 58 (4.90%) Data Engineer
9 58 (4.90%) Systems Architect
10 55 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
11 53 (4.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 50 (4.23%) Senior DevOps
13 45 (3.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 43 (3.63%) Senior Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.38%) Technical Leader
16 37 (3.13%) Lead DevOps
16 37 (3.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (9.89%) React
2 92 (7.78%) Node.js
2 92 (7.78%) REST
3 91 (7.69%) .NET
4 75 (6.34%) Spring Boot
5 72 (6.09%) Spring
6 57 (4.82%) ARM Templates
7 56 (4.73%) Kafka
8 55 (4.65%) AWS CDK
8 55 (4.65%) RESTful
9 46 (3.89%) YAML
10 40 (3.38%) PySpark
11 38 (3.21%) Elastic Stack
12 37 (3.13%) AngularJS
13 33 (2.79%) Next.js
14 31 (2.62%) ASP.NET
14 31 (2.62%) Vue
15 29 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
15 29 (2.45%) RabbitMQ
16 27 (2.28%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 284 (24.01%) Cloud Native
2 93 (7.86%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 55 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 45 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 36 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (2.45%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.45%) Security Posture
9 28 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (1.94%) Private Cloud
12 20 (1.69%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
14 17 (1.44%) Replication
15 16 (1.35%) Virtual Team
16 15 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (1.18%) Mainframe
18 12 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 215 (18.17%) Linux
2 115 (9.72%) Windows
3 54 (4.56%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.87%) CentOS
5 28 (2.37%) Ubuntu
6 26 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 25 (2.11%) Unix
8 16 (1.35%) VMS
9 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.42%) Debian
10 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.17%) AIX
11 2 (0.17%) Android
11 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.085%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.085%) Rocky
12 1 (0.085%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (72.70%) CI/CD
2 710 (60.02%) DevOps
3 403 (34.07%) Containerisation
4 390 (32.97%) Agile
5 356 (30.09%) Observability
6 292 (24.68%) Platform Engineering
7 282 (23.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 266 (22.49%) Mentoring
9 239 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
10 220 (18.60%) AI
10 220 (18.60%) Software Engineering
11 199 (16.82%) Microservices
12 194 (16.40%) Technical Leadership
13 185 (15.64%) Test Automation
14 170 (14.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 157 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 147 (12.43%) Roadmaps
17 140 (11.83%) Cloud Security
18 129 (10.90%) DevSecOps
19 116 (9.81%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 474 (40.07%) Python
2 206 (17.41%) Bash
3 179 (15.13%) PowerShell
4 168 (14.20%) SQL
5 156 (13.19%) Java
6 130 (10.99%) Bicep
6 130 (10.99%) TypeScript
7 108 (9.13%) JavaScript
8 83 (7.02%) C#
9 67 (5.66%) Go
10 23 (1.94%) Ruby
11 19 (1.61%) Groovy
11 19 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.27%) PHP
13 9 (0.76%) Rust
13 9 (0.76%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.59%) C++
15 6 (0.51%) COBOL
15 6 (0.51%) Scala
16 5 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 310 (26.20%) Security Cleared
2 191 (16.15%) SC Cleared
3 127 (10.74%) DV Cleared
4 88 (7.44%) Degree
5 61 (5.16%) Azure Certification
6 46 (3.89%) AWS Certification
7 40 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (0.93%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.59%) CCNA
13 7 (0.59%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.51%) ICAEW
14 6 (0.51%) RHCSA
15 5 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.17%) QA
2 59 (4.99%) GRC
3 40 (3.38%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.79%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.94%) WCAG
6 20 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.52%) GDPR
7 18 (1.52%) NCSC
8 16 (1.35%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.18%) NIST
10 12 (1.01%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
11 6 (0.51%) SLA
12 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.17%) IFRS
13 2 (0.17%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.17%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.085%) GxP
System Software
1 354 (29.92%) Docker
2 72 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (5.41%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.70%) vSphere
5 17 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.51%) Firmware
11 5 (0.42%) iptables
12 4 (0.34%) Squid
13 2 (0.17%) KVM
14 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 812 (68.64%) Terraform
2 450 (38.04%) Kubernetes
3 242 (20.46%) Ansible
4 127 (10.74%) Grafana
5 99 (8.37%) Prometheus
6 37 (3.13%) Puppet
7 35 (2.96%) Argo
8 26 (2.20%) Progress Chef
9 19 (1.61%) Istio
10 16 (1.35%) Packer
11 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
11 12 (1.01%) Nagios
11 12 (1.01%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.85%) Kibana
13 9 (0.76%) Podman
14 8 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (0.68%) Kustomize
14 8 (0.68%) Proxmox
14 8 (0.68%) Rancher
15 7 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 266 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.19%) VMware
3 66 (5.58%) Google
4 52 (4.40%) Red Hat
5 45 (3.80%) Splunk
6 40 (3.38%) Databricks
7 31 (2.62%) Cisco
8 22 (1.86%) Palo Alto
9 19 (1.61%) Oracle
10 14 (1.18%) Dynatrace
11 13 (1.10%) F5
12 12 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.01%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.01%) ScienceLogic
13 9 (0.76%) New Relic
13 9 (0.76%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.68%) IBM
14 8 (0.68%) NetApp
15 7 (0.59%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.59%) Salesforce