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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 210 152
Rank change year-on-year +105 -58 -47
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,340 474 916
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.59% 1.38% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.59% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 905 335 606
10th Percentile £47,242 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -5.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

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 59,433 29,819 43,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.34% 86.69% 78.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,991 16,159 23,565
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +80 475 £70,000 - 402
North West +99 262 £72,500 +11.54% 229
South East +55 245 £67,500 -18.18% 294
South West +34 237 £75,000 - 209
Midlands +32 148 £75,000 +15.83% 155
North East +14 111 £59,500 -17.93% 62
Yorkshire -9 105 £72,500 +3.57% 111
West Midlands +5 92 £85,000 +36.55% 96
Wales -5 76 £70,000 +21.74% 38
Northern Ireland -23 62 £71,991 +67.07% 51
East Midlands -5 56 £67,500 +3.85% 59
East of England -7 56 £65,000 - 82
Scotland +11 53 £72,500 +3.57% 157
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 43 (3.21%) Apache Spark
2 38 (2.84%) Apache
3 33 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.49%) Confluence
6 14 (1.04%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.60%) IIS
8 6 (0.45%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.37%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.30%) nginx
11 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.22%) CMS
11 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 1 (0.075%) Documentum
12 1 (0.075%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.15%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.075%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 732 (54.63%) Azure
2 712 (53.13%) AWS
3 239 (17.84%) GitHub
4 237 (17.69%) GCP
5 198 (14.78%) Serverless
6 192 (14.33%) Azure DevOps
7 185 (13.81%) AWS CloudFormation
8 140 (10.45%) GitHub Actions
9 117 (8.73%) AWS Lambda
10 113 (8.43%) Amazon S3
11 90 (6.72%) Amazon EC2
12 88 (6.57%) Amazon EKS
13 84 (6.27%) PaaS
14 83 (6.19%) Amazon ECS
15 80 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
16 76 (5.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 76 (5.67%) Cloud Computing
17 69 (5.15%) Azure AKS
18 67 (5.00%) SaaS
19 61 (4.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (7.31%) Firewall
2 88 (6.57%) WAN
3 82 (6.12%) VPN
4 74 (5.52%) LAN
5 71 (5.30%) DNS
6 40 (2.99%) Network Security
7 39 (2.91%) TCP/IP
8 35 (2.61%) DHCP
9 24 (1.79%) BGP
10 16 (1.19%) VLAN
11 15 (1.12%) SD-WAN
11 15 (1.12%) Software-Defined Networking
12 13 (0.97%) OSPF
13 12 (0.90%) SAN
14 10 (0.75%) Broadband
14 10 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
14 10 (0.75%) Wireless
15 9 (0.67%) Internet
16 8 (0.60%) HTTP
17 7 (0.52%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (4.55%) NoSQL
3 59 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
4 56 (4.18%) MongoDB
5 49 (3.66%) DynamoDB
6 46 (3.43%) SQL Server
7 45 (3.36%) MySQL
8 37 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (2.61%) Relational Database
10 33 (2.46%) Data Lake
11 29 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.57%) Big Data
13 18 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
13 18 (1.34%) Redis
14 16 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (1.19%) Metadata
14 16 (1.19%) Power BI
15 15 (1.12%) Hadoop
16 14 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.90%) Flink
Development Applications
1 215 (16.04%) Git
2 153 (11.42%) GitLab
3 135 (10.07%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.21%) JIRA
5 20 (1.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 18 (1.34%) SonarQube
7 15 (1.12%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.97%) Selenium
9 12 (0.90%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.75%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.75%) NUnit
11 9 (0.67%) MSI
12 8 (0.60%) Artifactory
12 8 (0.60%) Terragrunt
13 7 (0.52%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.52%) Robot Framework
13 7 (0.52%) Subversion
14 6 (0.45%) git-flow
14 6 (0.45%) TestRail
15 5 (0.37%) Snyk
General
1 399 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 233 (17.39%) Finance
3 161 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 107 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (5.90%) Law
7 69 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
8 50 (3.73%) Aerospace
9 28 (2.09%) Banking
10 27 (2.01%) Retail
11 23 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.42%) Marketing
13 16 (1.19%) Legal
14 14 (1.04%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.97%) Aviation
16 12 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.90%) Local Government
17 11 (0.82%) Military
18 10 (0.75%) Games
19 9 (0.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 282 (21.04%) DevOps Engineer
2 274 (20.45%) Senior
3 218 (16.27%) Lead
4 168 (12.54%) Architect
4 168 (12.54%) Cloud Engineer
5 133 (9.93%) Platform Engineer
6 128 (9.55%) Developer
7 110 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 104 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
9 88 (6.57%) Software Engineer
10 71 (5.30%) Data Engineer
11 65 (4.85%) AWS Engineer
12 64 (4.78%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 62 (4.63%) Systems Architect
14 56 (4.18%) Senior Platform Engineer
15 50 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
16 48 (3.58%) Principal Engineer
16 48 (3.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 47 (3.51%) Technical Leader
18 46 (3.43%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 898 (67.01%) Terraform
2 129 (9.63%) React
3 96 (7.16%) .NET
4 95 (7.09%) REST
4 95 (7.09%) Spring Boot
5 94 (7.01%) Node.js
6 92 (6.87%) Spring
7 76 (5.67%) Kafka
8 70 (5.22%) RESTful
9 54 (4.03%) AWS CDK
10 53 (3.96%) ARM Templates
11 48 (3.58%) AngularJS
12 40 (2.99%) PySpark
13 36 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
13 36 (2.69%) YAML
14 35 (2.61%) CSS
14 35 (2.61%) Next.js
14 35 (2.61%) Vue
15 32 (2.39%) ASP.NET
15 32 (2.39%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 347 (25.90%) Cloud Native
2 105 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
3 91 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 75 (5.60%) Onboarding
5 61 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 47 (3.51%) Public Cloud
7 44 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.91%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.84%) Security Posture
10 37 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
11 36 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (2.46%) Private Cloud
13 32 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
14 28 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (1.87%) Virtual Team
16 24 (1.79%) Data Structures
17 19 (1.42%) Management Information System
18 16 (1.19%) Mainframe
19 14 (1.04%) AI Agents
19 14 (1.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 260 (19.40%) Linux
2 130 (9.70%) Windows
3 61 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 39 (2.91%) CentOS
5 36 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (2.46%) Unix
7 26 (1.94%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.12%) VMS
9 7 (0.52%) Debian
10 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.22%) AIX
13 2 (0.15%) Rocky
13 2 (0.15%) Solaris
14 1 (0.075%) Android
14 1 (0.075%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 968 (72.24%) CI/CD
2 776 (57.91%) DevOps
3 461 (34.40%) Containerisation
4 451 (33.66%) Agile
5 383 (28.58%) Observability
6 339 (25.30%) Platform Engineering
7 315 (23.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 314 (23.43%) Mentoring
9 302 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
10 273 (20.37%) Software Engineering
11 260 (19.40%) AI
12 240 (17.91%) Technical Leadership
13 226 (16.87%) Microservices
14 220 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 188 (14.03%) Test Automation
16 185 (13.81%) Cloud Security
17 184 (13.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 170 (12.69%) Roadmaps
19 155 (11.57%) DevSecOps
20 138 (10.30%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 546 (40.75%) Python
2 233 (17.39%) Bash
3 194 (14.48%) PowerShell
4 191 (14.25%) Java
5 189 (14.10%) SQL
6 138 (10.30%) Bicep
7 136 (10.15%) TypeScript
8 113 (8.43%) JavaScript
9 88 (6.57%) C#
10 65 (4.85%) Go
11 24 (1.79%) Groovy
11 24 (1.79%) Shell Script
12 23 (1.72%) Ruby
13 20 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (1.34%) Rust
15 15 (1.12%) PHP
16 11 (0.82%) Scala
17 7 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
18 6 (0.45%) COBOL
19 5 (0.37%) C++
Qualifications
1 409 (30.52%) Security Cleared
2 262 (19.55%) SC Cleared
3 169 (12.61%) DV Cleared
4 99 (7.39%) Degree
5 83 (6.19%) Azure Certification
6 71 (5.30%) AWS Certification
7 44 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 11 (0.82%) CCNA
14 7 (0.52%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.52%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.45%) CCNP
15 6 (0.45%) ICAEW
15 6 (0.45%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.45%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.04%) QA
2 62 (4.63%) GRC
3 49 (3.66%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.01%) NCSC
6 26 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.57%) WCAG
8 18 (1.34%) NIST
9 17 (1.27%) GDPR
10 15 (1.12%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.75%) SLA
11 10 (0.75%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.15%) IFRS
13 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.075%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.075%) HIPAA
System Software
1 402 (30.00%) Docker
2 84 (6.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (6.04%) Active Directory
4 31 (2.31%) vSphere
5 27 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.34%) Hyper-V
8 11 (0.82%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.45%) Firmware
10 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.30%) KVM
11 4 (0.30%) Squid
12 3 (0.22%) iptables
12 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
14 1 (0.075%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 518 (38.66%) Kubernetes
2 285 (21.27%) Ansible
3 117 (8.73%) Grafana
4 97 (7.24%) Prometheus
5 47 (3.51%) Puppet
6 42 (3.13%) Argo
7 33 (2.46%) Progress Chef
8 22 (1.64%) Istio
9 16 (1.19%) Packer
10 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 14 (1.04%) vCenter Server
12 13 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (0.90%) Podman
14 10 (0.75%) Kibana
14 10 (0.75%) Kustomize
14 10 (0.75%) Rancher
15 8 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
15 8 (0.60%) linkerd
15 8 (0.60%) logstash
15 8 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 319 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.24%) VMware
3 81 (6.04%) Google
4 54 (4.03%) Red Hat
5 53 (3.96%) Splunk
6 51 (3.81%) Databricks
7 30 (2.24%) Oracle
8 28 (2.09%) Cisco
9 15 (1.12%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.04%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.04%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 12 (0.90%) New Relic
12 12 (0.90%) ScienceLogic
13 10 (0.75%) F5
13 10 (0.75%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.67%) Meraki
15 8 (0.60%) IBM
16 7 (0.52%) HubSpot
16 7 (0.52%) SAP