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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 215 179
Rank change year-on-year +115 -36 -71
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,308 463 860
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.67% 1.33% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 1.53% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 912 336 633
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -5.99%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,751 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -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 55,106 30,247 46,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.35% 87.21% 78.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38,768 16,468 28,994
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +99 453 £70,000 - 158
South East +67 252 £67,500 -12.90% 150
North West +87 249 £72,500 +3.57% 88
South West +46 225 £75,000 - 91
Midlands +47 148 £75,000 +15.38% 42
Yorkshire +14 106 £72,500 +3.57% 40
North East +17 98 £57,000 -21.38% 31
West Midlands +15 90 £81,887 +26.47% 24
Wales -5 67 £70,000 +16.67% 15
Northern Ireland -25 62 £71,991 +67.07% 5
East Midlands +14 58 £67,500 +3.85% 18
East of England +3 57 £67,500 +3.85% 14
Scotland +21 55 £72,246 +3.21% 19
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 40 (3.06%) Apache Spark
2 35 (2.68%) Apache
2 35 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.53%) Confluence
5 13 (0.99%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.69%) IIS
7 5 (0.38%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.31%) CMS
9 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.076%) Documentum
10 1 (0.076%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.076%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.15%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 702 (53.67%) Azure
2 695 (53.13%) AWS
3 235 (17.97%) GitHub
4 216 (16.51%) GCP
5 206 (15.75%) Serverless
6 202 (15.44%) Azure DevOps
7 173 (13.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 140 (10.70%) GitHub Actions
9 115 (8.79%) AWS Lambda
10 114 (8.72%) Amazon S3
11 88 (6.73%) Amazon EC2
12 86 (6.57%) PaaS
13 85 (6.50%) Amazon EKS
14 84 (6.42%) Amazon ECS
15 81 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
16 72 (5.50%) SaaS
17 71 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 67 (5.12%) Azure AKS
19 66 (5.05%) Cloud Computing
20 60 (4.59%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (7.65%) Firewall
2 84 (6.42%) WAN
3 75 (5.73%) LAN
4 68 (5.20%) VPN
5 62 (4.74%) DNS
6 40 (3.06%) TCP/IP
7 38 (2.91%) Network Security
8 31 (2.37%) DHCP
9 20 (1.53%) BGP
10 17 (1.30%) VLAN
11 14 (1.07%) Broadband
12 13 (0.99%) Software-Defined Networking
13 12 (0.92%) SAN
14 10 (0.76%) HTTP
14 10 (0.76%) OSPF
14 10 (0.76%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
16 8 (0.61%) Wireless
17 7 (0.54%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (4.43%) Amazon RDS
3 54 (4.13%) NoSQL
4 50 (3.82%) MongoDB
5 49 (3.75%) SQL Server
6 48 (3.67%) DynamoDB
7 38 (2.91%) Relational Database
8 36 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (2.68%) MySQL
10 32 (2.45%) Data Lake
10 32 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
11 19 (1.45%) Big Data
12 18 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
13 17 (1.30%) Metadata
14 15 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
14 15 (1.15%) Power BI
14 15 (1.15%) Redis
15 14 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.99%) Flink
16 13 (0.99%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 202 (15.44%) Git
2 145 (11.09%) GitLab
3 132 (10.09%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.21%) JIRA
5 18 (1.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 18 (1.38%) SonarQube
6 15 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.99%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.99%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.99%) NUnit
8 12 (0.92%) Selenium
9 9 (0.69%) MSI
10 8 (0.61%) Terragrunt
11 7 (0.54%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.54%) JMeter
11 7 (0.54%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.46%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.46%) git-flow
12 6 (0.46%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.46%) TestRail
General
1 386 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 228 (17.43%) Finance
3 140 (10.70%) Public Sector
4 99 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (6.04%) Law
7 69 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 42 (3.21%) Aerospace
9 27 (2.06%) Retail
10 25 (1.91%) Banking
11 24 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.68%) Marketing
13 20 (1.53%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.30%) Legal
15 16 (1.22%) Games
16 13 (0.99%) Aviation
16 13 (0.99%) Local Government
17 12 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.84%) Military
19 10 (0.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 274 (20.95%) DevOps Engineer
2 261 (19.95%) Senior
3 219 (16.74%) Lead
4 160 (12.23%) Architect
5 154 (11.77%) Cloud Engineer
6 123 (9.40%) Developer
7 121 (9.25%) Platform Engineer
8 102 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
9 95 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 89 (6.80%) Software Engineer
11 73 (5.58%) Data Engineer
12 62 (4.74%) Systems Architect
13 60 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
14 56 (4.28%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 51 (3.90%) Senior DevOps
16 49 (3.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 47 (3.59%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 45 (3.44%) Lead DevOps
18 45 (3.44%) Principal Engineer
18 45 (3.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 890 (68.04%) Terraform
2 131 (10.02%) React
3 104 (7.95%) .NET
4 100 (7.65%) REST
5 96 (7.34%) Node.js
6 86 (6.57%) Spring Boot
7 83 (6.35%) Spring
8 67 (5.12%) Kafka
9 65 (4.97%) RESTful
10 59 (4.51%) AWS CDK
11 52 (3.98%) ARM Templates
12 46 (3.52%) AngularJS
13 45 (3.44%) YAML
14 43 (3.29%) PySpark
15 38 (2.91%) Next.js
16 36 (2.75%) ASP.NET
17 34 (2.60%) ASP.NET Core
17 34 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
17 34 (2.60%) Vue
18 33 (2.52%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 320 (24.46%) Cloud Native
2 101 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (6.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.12%) Onboarding
5 59 (4.51%) Product Ownership
6 48 (3.67%) Public Cloud
7 45 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (2.83%) Data Centre
8 37 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
9 34 (2.60%) Security Posture
10 30 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (2.22%) Private Cloud
12 24 (1.83%) Data Structures
12 24 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
14 18 (1.38%) Virtual Team
15 17 (1.30%) Management Information System
16 16 (1.22%) Mainframe
16 16 (1.22%) Replication
17 14 (1.07%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 237 (18.12%) Linux
2 132 (10.09%) Windows
3 62 (4.74%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.75%) CentOS
5 29 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (2.14%) Unix
7 26 (1.99%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.15%) VMS
9 5 (0.38%) Debian
9 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.23%) AIX
12 2 (0.15%) Android
12 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.15%) Solaris
13 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.076%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 948 (72.48%) CI/CD
2 761 (58.18%) DevOps
3 448 (34.25%) Containerisation
4 428 (32.72%) Agile
5 384 (29.36%) Observability
6 319 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 319 (24.39%) Platform Engineering
7 299 (22.86%) Mentoring
8 282 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
9 265 (20.26%) Software Engineering
10 245 (18.73%) AI
11 229 (17.51%) Technical Leadership
12 220 (16.82%) Microservices
13 202 (15.44%) Test Automation
14 193 (14.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 184 (14.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 159 (12.16%) Roadmaps
17 155 (11.85%) Cloud Security
18 143 (10.93%) DevSecOps
19 138 (10.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 529 (40.44%) Python
2 225 (17.20%) Bash
3 190 (14.53%) PowerShell
4 189 (14.45%) SQL
5 185 (14.14%) Java
6 138 (10.55%) TypeScript
7 133 (10.17%) Bicep
8 113 (8.64%) JavaScript
9 94 (7.19%) C#
10 65 (4.97%) Go
11 25 (1.91%) Ruby
12 22 (1.68%) Groovy
13 21 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (1.15%) PHP
15 13 (0.99%) Rust
16 11 (0.84%) Scala
17 10 (0.76%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.54%) C++
18 7 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
19 6 (0.46%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 371 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 234 (17.89%) SC Cleared
3 156 (11.93%) DV Cleared
4 102 (7.80%) Degree
5 72 (5.50%) Azure Certification
6 59 (4.51%) AWS Certification
7 45 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 9 (0.69%) CCNA
13 8 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.54%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.46%) ICAEW
15 6 (0.46%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.46%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.19%) QA
2 63 (4.82%) GRC
3 53 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 42 (3.21%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.83%) NCSC
5 24 (1.83%) WCAG
6 19 (1.45%) GDPR
7 17 (1.30%) NIST
8 15 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.84%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.69%) SLA
11 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.15%) IFRS
12 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.076%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.076%) HIPAA
System Software
1 388 (29.66%) Docker
2 83 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (5.89%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.45%) vSphere
5 23 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.38%) Hyper-V
8 11 (0.84%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.38%) Firmware
10 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.31%) iptables
11 4 (0.31%) KVM
11 4 (0.31%) Squid
12 2 (0.15%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 504 (38.53%) Kubernetes
2 273 (20.87%) Ansible
3 121 (9.25%) Grafana
4 94 (7.19%) Prometheus
5 45 (3.44%) Puppet
6 37 (2.83%) Argo
7 32 (2.45%) Progress Chef
8 19 (1.45%) Istio
9 15 (1.15%) Packer
10 14 (1.07%) vCenter Server
11 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.76%) Kibana
12 10 (0.76%) Nagios
13 9 (0.69%) Kustomize
13 9 (0.69%) Podman
14 8 (0.61%) Nessus
14 8 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.61%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.54%) logstash
15 7 (0.54%) Rancher
Vendors
1 299 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 96 (7.34%) VMware
3 71 (5.43%) Google
4 57 (4.36%) Red Hat
5 50 (3.82%) Splunk
6 48 (3.67%) Databricks
7 30 (2.29%) Cisco
8 29 (2.22%) Oracle
9 17 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.07%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 13 (0.99%) Atlassian
12 12 (0.92%) Fortinet
12 12 (0.92%) ScienceLogic
12 12 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 11 (0.84%) F5
13 11 (0.84%) New Relic
14 8 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.61%) IBM
15 7 (0.54%) Tenable