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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 219 202
Rank change year-on-year +93 -17 -65
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 959 446 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.39% 1.42% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.58% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 729 310 792
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £57,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 48,319 28,199 61,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.23% 90.04% 80.19%
Number of salaries quoted 33,963 14,597 42,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,675
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +66 348 £67,500 -3.57% 118
South East +49 213 £70,000 -9.68% 152
North West +75 209 £72,500 - 67
South West +24 160 £75,000 +3.45% 86
Midlands +30 123 £73,500 +13.08% 49
Yorkshire 0 90 £65,576 -6.32% 32
West Midlands +14 71 £80,000 +23.08% 36
East Midlands +15 52 £67,500 +3.85% 13
East of England +13 52 £60,100 -7.54% 17
North East -7 49 £55,000 -14.06% 20
Scotland +17 34 £60,000 -20.00% 18
Wales -15 31 £70,039 +27.34% 11
Northern Ireland -30 3 £84,401 +95.86% 17
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 27 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.19%) Apache
3 20 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.09%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.67%) Confluence
5 9 (0.94%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.83%) IIS
7 5 (0.52%) CMS
8 4 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.31%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.10%) Documentum
11 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.10%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 545 (56.83%) AWS
2 507 (52.87%) Azure
3 204 (21.27%) GitHub
4 194 (20.23%) Azure DevOps
5 180 (18.77%) Serverless
6 149 (15.54%) GCP
7 136 (14.18%) GitHub Actions
8 118 (12.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 99 (10.32%) Amazon S3
10 92 (9.59%) AWS Lambda
11 86 (8.97%) PaaS
12 77 (8.03%) Amazon EKS
13 72 (7.51%) Amazon EC2
14 63 (6.57%) Azure AKS
15 61 (6.36%) IaaS
16 60 (6.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 60 (6.26%) Amazon ECS
17 54 (5.63%) Azure Monitor
17 54 (5.63%) Entra ID
17 54 (5.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (11.78%) Firewall
2 60 (6.26%) DNS
3 56 (5.84%) VPN
4 37 (3.86%) TCP/IP
5 30 (3.13%) Network Security
6 22 (2.29%) DHCP
7 18 (1.88%) VLAN
8 16 (1.67%) BGP
8 16 (1.67%) Broadband
8 16 (1.67%) HTTP
9 15 (1.56%) WAN
10 13 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (1.04%) LAN
11 10 (1.04%) SAN
12 7 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (0.63%) AMQP
13 6 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.63%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.63%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (5.32%) Amazon RDS
3 42 (4.38%) NoSQL
4 40 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 38 (3.96%) DynamoDB
6 34 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (3.55%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.67%) Redis
10 15 (1.56%) MySQL
11 14 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.46%) Metadata
12 13 (1.36%) Data Lake
12 13 (1.36%) Spark SQL
13 11 (1.15%) Big Data
14 10 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.94%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.73%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 151 (15.75%) Git
2 121 (12.62%) GitLab
2 121 (12.62%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.71%) JIRA
4 15 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.46%) Cucumber
6 13 (1.36%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.83%) NUnit
7 8 (0.83%) Selenium
8 7 (0.73%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.73%) JMeter
8 7 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.73%) Subversion
9 6 (0.63%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.63%) TestRail
10 5 (0.52%) MSI
11 4 (0.42%) Terragrunt
11 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 232 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 111 (11.57%) Finance
3 88 (9.18%) Public Sector
4 69 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (3.75%) Law
7 32 (3.34%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.61%) Retail
9 24 (2.50%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.29%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.19%) Banking
12 18 (1.88%) Games
13 17 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.04%) Billing
14 10 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.83%) Marketing
16 7 (0.73%) Advertising
16 7 (0.73%) Legal
17 5 (0.52%) Local Government
18 4 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 205 (21.38%) Senior
2 200 (20.86%) DevOps Engineer
3 153 (15.95%) Lead
4 124 (12.93%) Cloud Engineer
5 95 (9.91%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (9.70%) Developer
7 90 (9.38%) Platform Engineer
8 70 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 68 (7.09%) Architect
10 64 (6.67%) Software Engineer
11 47 (4.90%) AWS Engineer
12 43 (4.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 42 (4.38%) Senior DevOps
14 41 (4.28%) Data Engineer
15 37 (3.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 34 (3.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 34 (3.55%) Senior Platform Engineer
17 33 (3.44%) Technical Leader
18 31 (3.23%) Site Reliability Engineer
19 30 (3.13%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (10.74%) React
2 92 (9.59%) Node.js
3 80 (8.34%) .NET
4 79 (8.24%) REST
5 52 (5.42%) ARM Templates
6 47 (4.90%) AWS CDK
7 46 (4.80%) Spring
7 46 (4.80%) YAML
8 45 (4.69%) RESTful
8 45 (4.69%) Spring Boot
9 41 (4.28%) Elastic Stack
9 41 (4.28%) Kafka
10 33 (3.44%) AngularJS
10 33 (3.44%) PySpark
11 29 (3.02%) ASP.NET
12 28 (2.92%) Vue
13 27 (2.82%) ASP.NET Core
14 26 (2.71%) Next.js
14 26 (2.71%) RabbitMQ
15 22 (2.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 224 (23.36%) Cloud Native
2 69 (7.19%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (6.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (5.11%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.65%) Public Cloud
6 31 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (3.02%) Onboarding
8 27 (2.82%) Security Posture
9 25 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (1.67%) Private Cloud
14 15 (1.56%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.56%) Replication
15 14 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
16 13 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
17 12 (1.25%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 195 (20.33%) Linux
2 105 (10.95%) Windows
3 51 (5.32%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.34%) Ubuntu
5 27 (2.82%) CentOS
6 19 (1.98%) VMS
7 18 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.77%) Unix
9 8 (0.83%) Debian
9 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.31%) Android
11 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.10%) AIX
12 1 (0.10%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (74.66%) CI/CD
2 592 (61.73%) DevOps
3 335 (34.93%) Agile
4 303 (31.60%) Observability
5 277 (28.88%) Containerisation
6 235 (24.50%) Platform Engineering
7 228 (23.77%) Mentoring
8 219 (22.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 191 (19.92%) AI
10 189 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
11 170 (17.73%) Microservices
12 167 (17.41%) Test Automation
13 152 (15.85%) Software Engineering
14 138 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 138 (14.39%) Technical Leadership
15 132 (13.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 119 (12.41%) Cloud Security
17 110 (11.47%) DevSecOps
18 100 (10.43%) Analytics
19 92 (9.59%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 410 (42.75%) Python
2 209 (21.79%) Bash
3 182 (18.98%) PowerShell
4 144 (15.02%) SQL
5 120 (12.51%) TypeScript
6 116 (12.10%) Java
7 111 (11.57%) Bicep
8 95 (9.91%) JavaScript
9 74 (7.72%) C#
10 62 (6.47%) Go
11 19 (1.98%) Groovy
12 18 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.67%) Ruby
14 12 (1.25%) PHP
15 9 (0.94%) Rust
16 8 (0.83%) C
16 8 (0.83%) C++
17 7 (0.73%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.42%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 233 (24.30%) Security Cleared
2 145 (15.12%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.03%) DV Cleared
4 72 (7.51%) Degree
5 57 (5.94%) Azure Certification
6 37 (3.86%) AWS Certification
7 32 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.73%) CCNA
12 7 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.63%) ICAEW
13 6 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.63%) RHCSA
14 5 (0.52%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (0.42%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.05%) QA
2 27 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.40%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.77%) GDPR
4 17 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.67%) WCAG
6 12 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.25%) SOC 2
7 11 (1.15%) NCSC
8 10 (1.04%) NIST
9 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.52%) SLA
10 4 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.21%) IFRS
11 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.10%) GRC
12 1 (0.10%) GxP
System Software
1 273 (28.47%) Docker
2 69 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (6.57%) Active Directory
4 35 (3.65%) vSphere
5 21 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.25%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.73%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.73%) iptables
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.42%) Firmware
10 4 (0.42%) Squid
11 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 688 (71.74%) Terraform
2 369 (38.48%) Kubernetes
3 212 (22.11%) Ansible
4 123 (12.83%) Grafana
5 95 (9.91%) Prometheus
6 35 (3.65%) Puppet
7 27 (2.82%) Argo
8 23 (2.40%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.56%) vCenter Server
10 14 (1.46%) Packer
11 13 (1.36%) Nagios
12 12 (1.25%) Istio
13 11 (1.15%) Proxmox
14 10 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (1.04%) Rancher
14 10 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (0.94%) Kibana
15 9 (0.94%) Podman
16 7 (0.73%) logstash
16 7 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.97%) VMware
3 50 (5.21%) Red Hat
4 40 (4.17%) Google
5 36 (3.75%) Splunk
6 31 (3.23%) Databricks
7 30 (3.13%) Cisco
8 21 (2.19%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.46%) Oracle
10 13 (1.36%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.25%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.04%) F5
12 10 (1.04%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.94%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.73%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.73%) NetApp
14 7 (0.73%) Salesforce
15 6 (0.63%) Juniper
15 6 (0.63%) SaltStack