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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 161 136
Rank change year-on-year +4 -25 +2
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 584 620 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.33% 1.74% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.95% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 412 375 715
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,800 £91,250
UK median annual salary £73,801 £74,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +2.76% -3.33%

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 34,114 31,818 35,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.89% 89.47% 87.89%
Number of salaries quoted 19,736 14,259 26,724
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -8 204 £70,000 +12.00% 239
South East +12 108 £75,000 +15.38% 347
Yorkshire -12 91 £69,000 +28.37% 106
North West +8 87 £70,039 +0.06% 100
South West -8 81 £63,225 -12.18% 190
Scotland +7 75 £71,940 +6.58% 40
Midlands +8 58 £67,000 +0.37% 145
West Midlands +7 35 £65,000 -7.14% 48
East of England +23 28 £75,000 +3.45% 136
North East -2 26 £65,000 +33.33% 34
Wales +19 23 £61,496 +31.62% 53
East Midlands +7 21 £67,750 +4.23% 90
Northern Ireland -11 9 £95,000 +11.76% 24
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 21 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.23%) Apache
4 10 (1.71%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.37%) Confluence
6 7 (1.20%) IIS
7 3 (0.51%) Appian
7 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 380 (65.07%) Azure
2 345 (59.08%) AWS
3 175 (29.97%) Azure DevOps
4 133 (22.77%) GitHub
5 121 (20.72%) Serverless
6 108 (18.49%) GCP
7 102 (17.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 89 (15.24%) GitHub Actions
9 79 (13.53%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (10.27%) Amazon S3
11 55 (9.42%) SaaS
12 52 (8.90%) Entra ID
13 51 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
14 49 (8.39%) PaaS
15 45 (7.71%) dbt
16 44 (7.53%) Amazon ECS
17 40 (6.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 40 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
18 38 (6.51%) Amazon EKS
19 33 (5.65%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.27%) Firewall
2 44 (7.53%) DNS
3 36 (6.16%) VPN
4 33 (5.65%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.08%) WAN
6 16 (2.74%) DHCP
7 12 (2.05%) LAN
7 12 (2.05%) Network Security
8 9 (1.54%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.37%) AMQP
9 8 (1.37%) BGP
9 8 (1.37%) Internet
10 7 (1.20%) HTTP
10 7 (1.20%) SAN
10 7 (1.20%) VLAN
11 6 (1.03%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.03%) VoIP
12 4 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (7.53%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (5.99%) NoSQL
4 33 (5.65%) DynamoDB
5 29 (4.97%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.94%) Redis
7 19 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (2.91%) MongoDB
9 16 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.57%) MySQL
11 10 (1.71%) Big Data
12 9 (1.54%) Data Lake
12 9 (1.54%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (1.20%) InfluxDB
14 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.03%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.86%) Airbyte
15 5 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.86%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 73 (12.50%) Git
2 72 (12.33%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.39%) GitLab
4 22 (3.77%) Selenium
5 21 (3.60%) Robot Framework
6 18 (3.08%) Snyk
7 15 (2.57%) JIRA
8 11 (1.88%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.71%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.37%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.20%) Cucumber
12 6 (1.03%) git-flow
12 6 (1.03%) JMeter
12 6 (1.03%) Locust
12 6 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.86%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.86%) Subversion
14 4 (0.68%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.68%) MLflow
General
1 172 (29.45%) Social Skills
2 126 (21.58%) Finance
3 43 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.62%) Law
4 27 (4.62%) Public Sector
5 26 (4.45%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.91%) Retail
7 13 (2.23%) Billing
8 12 (2.05%) Games
9 11 (1.88%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.88%) Marketing
10 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.37%) Legal
12 7 (1.20%) Banking
12 7 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.03%) Advertising
13 6 (1.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 149 (25.51%) Senior
2 79 (13.53%) Cloud Engineer
3 74 (12.67%) Lead
4 73 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 72 (12.33%) Developer
6 54 (9.25%) Azure Engineer
7 50 (8.56%) Platform Engineer
8 38 (6.51%) Architect
9 31 (5.31%) Software Engineer
10 27 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (2.91%) Lead DevOps
12 17 (2.91%) Python Developer
12 17 (2.91%) Senior DevOps
12 17 (2.91%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 16 (2.74%) .NET Developer
13 16 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (2.74%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 14 (2.40%) Security Engineer
14 14 (2.40%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (15.07%) React
2 56 (9.59%) .NET
3 48 (8.22%) Node.js
4 47 (8.05%) RESTful
5 35 (5.99%) Django
6 28 (4.79%) REST
7 27 (4.62%) AWS CDK
7 27 (4.62%) YAML
8 26 (4.45%) OAuth
9 23 (3.94%) ARM Templates
9 23 (3.94%) Vue
10 22 (3.77%) CSS
11 21 (3.60%) GraphQL
11 21 (3.60%) HTML
12 20 (3.42%) AngularJS
12 20 (3.42%) Spring
13 19 (3.25%) .NET Core
13 19 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (3.25%) FastAPI
14 18 (3.08%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 128 (21.92%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.71%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.45%) Security Posture
4 19 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.91%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (2.74%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.57%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.88%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.03%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.86%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.68%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 122 (20.89%) Linux
2 49 (8.39%) Windows
3 23 (3.94%) Unix
4 15 (2.57%) Ubuntu
5 13 (2.23%) Debian
5 13 (2.23%) VMS
5 13 (2.23%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.20%) CentOS
7 6 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.68%) Android
8 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (72.26%) DevOps
2 413 (70.72%) CI/CD
3 234 (40.07%) Agile
4 136 (23.29%) Containerisation
5 133 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 132 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (20.38%) Mentoring
8 115 (19.69%) Observability
9 89 (15.24%) Platform Engineering
10 85 (14.55%) Software Engineering
10 85 (14.55%) Test Automation
11 83 (14.21%) Coaching
12 79 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 74 (12.67%) Microservices
14 69 (11.82%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 67 (11.47%) Roadmaps
16 65 (11.13%) Asset Management
17 64 (10.96%) Analytics
18 63 (10.79%) AI
19 62 (10.62%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 242 (41.44%) Python
2 125 (21.40%) PowerShell
3 100 (17.12%) SQL
4 95 (16.27%) Bash
5 84 (14.38%) Bicep
6 69 (11.82%) TypeScript
7 66 (11.30%) Java
8 62 (10.62%) JavaScript
9 54 (9.25%) C#
10 39 (6.68%) Go
11 9 (1.54%) C
12 6 (1.03%) C++
13 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.51%) Scala
15 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.34%) VB
15 2 (0.34%) XAML
16 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 96 (16.44%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.05%) DV Cleared
4 39 (6.68%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.97%) Azure Certification
6 27 (4.62%) Degree
7 14 (2.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.88%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.54%) CCNP
12 6 (1.03%) CISSP
12 6 (1.03%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.03%) PMP
13 5 (0.86%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 2 (0.34%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.45%) NIST
2 24 (4.11%) GDPR
2 24 (4.11%) QA
3 20 (3.42%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.37%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.20%) WCAG
7 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.51%) NCSC
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 187 (32.02%) Docker
2 24 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (3.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.88%) vSphere
6 9 (1.54%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.37%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.68%) Firmware
8 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.34%) iptables
11 1 (0.17%) HDFS
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
11 1 (0.17%) QEMU
11 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 424 (72.60%) Terraform
2 187 (32.02%) Kubernetes
3 130 (22.26%) Ansible
4 62 (10.62%) Grafana
5 52 (8.90%) Prometheus
6 24 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (2.23%) Argo
8 10 (1.71%) AWS Copilot
8 10 (1.71%) Puppet
9 8 (1.37%) Progress Chef
9 8 (1.37%) Rancher
10 7 (1.20%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.86%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.86%) yum
12 4 (0.68%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.51%) MaaS360
13 3 (0.51%) SCCM
14 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
14 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.36%) VMware
3 41 (7.02%) Google
4 18 (3.08%) Black Duck
4 18 (3.08%) Coverity
5 17 (2.91%) Cisco
6 15 (2.57%) Splunk
7 14 (2.40%) Ab Initio
8 13 (2.23%) Databricks
8 13 (2.23%) Red Hat
9 12 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.54%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.03%) SaltStack
12 6 (1.03%) SAP
12 6 (1.03%) SolarWinds
13 5 (0.86%) Dell
13 5 (0.86%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.68%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.68%) CheckPoint