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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 207 156
Rank change year-on-year +108 -51 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,317 458 884
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.63% 1.34% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 1.55% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 907 330 617
10th Percentile £47,500 £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% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,500 £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 56,679 29,550 44,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.22% 86.40% 77.99%
Number of salaries quoted 40,228 16,042 25,787
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 4 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 4 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 +92 459 £70,000 - 345
North West +89 257 £72,500 +5.45% 189
South East +61 251 £67,500 -15.63% 233
South West +44 232 £75,000 - 197
Midlands +39 146 £75,000 +15.38% 118
Yorkshire -3 103 £73,750 +5.36% 110
North East +15 99 £59,000 -18.62% 46
West Midlands +18 88 £85,000 +31.78% 61
Wales -13 68 £70,000 +21.74% 29
Northern Ireland -30 62 £71,991 +67.07% 62
East Midlands +8 58 £67,500 +3.85% 57
East of England -2 56 £70,000 +7.69% 89
Scotland +22 55 £71,991 +2.84% 131
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 (3.04%) Apache Spark
2 36 (2.73%) Apache
3 35 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.52%) Confluence
6 13 (0.99%) Jupyter
7 9 (0.68%) IIS
8 5 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.38%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.30%) CMS
10 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
10 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.076%) Documentum
11 1 (0.076%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.076%) JBoss
Applications
1 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.15%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 710 (53.91%) Azure
2 699 (53.08%) AWS
3 234 (17.77%) GitHub
4 216 (16.40%) GCP
5 202 (15.34%) Serverless
6 200 (15.19%) Azure DevOps
7 177 (13.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 137 (10.40%) GitHub Actions
9 117 (8.88%) AWS Lambda
10 116 (8.81%) Amazon S3
11 92 (6.99%) Amazon EC2
12 88 (6.68%) Amazon EKS
13 84 (6.38%) Amazon ECS
14 81 (6.15%) PaaS
15 80 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
16 71 (5.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 69 (5.24%) Azure AKS
18 68 (5.16%) SaaS
19 66 (5.01%) Cloud Computing
20 58 (4.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (7.21%) Firewall
2 86 (6.53%) WAN
3 75 (5.69%) LAN
3 75 (5.69%) VPN
4 66 (5.01%) DNS
5 38 (2.89%) Network Security
6 37 (2.81%) TCP/IP
7 33 (2.51%) DHCP
8 23 (1.75%) BGP
9 15 (1.14%) VLAN
10 13 (0.99%) Broadband
10 13 (0.99%) OSPF
10 13 (0.99%) SD-WAN
10 13 (0.99%) Software-Defined Networking
11 12 (0.91%) SAN
12 10 (0.76%) Wireless
13 8 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (0.53%) HTTP
14 7 (0.53%) MQTT
15 6 (0.46%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (4.56%) Amazon RDS
3 55 (4.18%) NoSQL
4 52 (3.95%) MongoDB
5 49 (3.72%) SQL Server
6 47 (3.57%) DynamoDB
7 39 (2.96%) MySQL
8 38 (2.89%) Relational Database
9 37 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
10 32 (2.43%) Data Lake
10 32 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
11 19 (1.44%) Big Data
12 18 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
13 17 (1.29%) Metadata
14 16 (1.21%) Power BI
14 16 (1.21%) Redis
15 15 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
17 13 (0.99%) Flink
17 13 (0.99%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 203 (15.41%) Git
2 147 (11.16%) GitLab
3 129 (9.79%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.19%) JIRA
5 18 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 18 (1.37%) SonarQube
6 16 (1.21%) Cypress.io
7 14 (1.06%) Selenium
8 13 (0.99%) NUnit
9 12 (0.91%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.84%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.68%) MSI
12 8 (0.61%) Artifactory
12 8 (0.61%) Robot Framework
12 8 (0.61%) Terragrunt
13 7 (0.53%) TestRail
14 6 (0.46%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.46%) git-flow
14 6 (0.46%) Subversion
14 6 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 387 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 234 (17.77%) Finance
3 147 (11.16%) Public Sector
4 100 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 78 (5.92%) Law
7 69 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
8 43 (3.26%) Aerospace
9 25 (1.90%) Banking
10 24 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 24 (1.82%) Retail
11 20 (1.52%) Marketing
12 17 (1.29%) Legal
13 16 (1.21%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.06%) Games
14 14 (1.06%) Local Government
15 13 (0.99%) Aviation
16 11 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.84%) Military
17 9 (0.68%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 268 (20.35%) DevOps Engineer
2 267 (20.27%) Senior
3 223 (16.93%) Lead
4 164 (12.45%) Architect
5 161 (12.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 129 (9.79%) Platform Engineer
7 125 (9.49%) Developer
8 104 (7.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 102 (7.74%) Azure Engineer
10 88 (6.68%) Software Engineer
11 74 (5.62%) Data Engineer
12 62 (4.71%) Systems Architect
13 61 (4.63%) AWS Engineer
14 60 (4.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 53 (4.02%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 48 (3.64%) Lead DevOps
16 48 (3.64%) Senior DevOps
16 48 (3.64%) Technical Leader
17 47 (3.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 45 (3.42%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 891 (67.65%) Terraform
2 130 (9.87%) React
3 102 (7.74%) .NET
4 99 (7.52%) REST
5 94 (7.14%) Node.js
6 88 (6.68%) Spring Boot
7 85 (6.45%) Spring
8 71 (5.39%) Kafka
9 67 (5.09%) RESTful
10 57 (4.33%) AWS CDK
11 51 (3.87%) ARM Templates
12 47 (3.57%) AngularJS
13 43 (3.26%) PySpark
13 43 (3.26%) YAML
14 36 (2.73%) ASP.NET
14 36 (2.73%) Next.js
15 35 (2.66%) Vue
16 34 (2.58%) ASP.NET Core
16 34 (2.58%) CSS
17 33 (2.51%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 329 (24.98%) Cloud Native
2 101 (7.67%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (6.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 62 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 47 (3.57%) Public Cloud
7 44 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (3.04%) Data Centre
9 37 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
10 36 (2.73%) Security Posture
11 32 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (2.35%) Private Cloud
13 25 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.82%) Data Structures
14 24 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
15 20 (1.52%) Virtual Team
16 18 (1.37%) Management Information System
17 16 (1.21%) Mainframe
18 14 (1.06%) AI Agents
18 14 (1.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 238 (18.07%) Linux
2 131 (9.95%) Windows
3 59 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.73%) CentOS
5 29 (2.20%) Unix
6 28 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (1.82%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.14%) VMS
9 5 (0.38%) Debian
9 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.30%) 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
1 954 (72.44%) CI/CD
2 756 (57.40%) DevOps
3 444 (33.71%) Containerisation
4 434 (32.95%) Agile
5 386 (29.31%) Observability
6 327 (24.83%) Platform Engineering
7 317 (24.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 299 (22.70%) Mentoring
9 290 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
10 270 (20.50%) Software Engineering
11 251 (19.06%) AI
12 231 (17.54%) Technical Leadership
13 220 (16.70%) Microservices
14 203 (15.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 201 (15.26%) Test Automation
16 180 (13.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 165 (12.53%) Cloud Security
18 163 (12.38%) Roadmaps
19 143 (10.86%) DevSecOps
20 139 (10.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 531 (40.32%) Python
2 226 (17.16%) Bash
3 192 (14.58%) SQL
4 188 (14.27%) PowerShell
5 185 (14.05%) Java
6 137 (10.40%) TypeScript
7 136 (10.33%) Bicep
8 114 (8.66%) JavaScript
9 91 (6.91%) C#
10 61 (4.63%) Go
11 25 (1.90%) Ruby
12 23 (1.75%) Groovy
13 20 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.21%) Rust
15 15 (1.14%) PHP
16 12 (0.91%) Shell Script
17 11 (0.84%) Scala
18 7 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
19 6 (0.46%) COBOL
20 5 (0.38%) C++
Qualifications
1 384 (29.16%) Security Cleared
2 243 (18.45%) SC Cleared
3 158 (12.00%) DV Cleared
4 102 (7.74%) Degree
5 74 (5.62%) Azure Certification
6 63 (4.78%) AWS Certification
7 45 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (0.76%) CCNA
14 7 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.46%) CCNP
15 6 (0.46%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.46%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (6.30%) QA
2 62 (4.71%) GRC
3 53 (4.02%) Data Quality
4 40 (3.04%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.97%) NCSC
6 25 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (1.67%) WCAG
8 18 (1.37%) GDPR
9 17 (1.29%) NIST
10 15 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.76%) SLA
11 10 (0.76%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.46%) 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 (0.076%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.076%) HIPAA
System Software
1 387 (29.38%) Docker
2 84 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (6.00%) Active Directory
4 31 (2.35%) vSphere
5 25 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.37%) Hyper-V
8 11 (0.84%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.46%) Firmware
10 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.30%) KVM
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.30%) Squid
11 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.23%) iptables
13 2 (0.15%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 508 (38.57%) Kubernetes
2 274 (20.80%) Ansible
3 116 (8.81%) Grafana
4 91 (6.91%) Prometheus
5 44 (3.34%) Puppet
6 40 (3.04%) Argo
7 31 (2.35%) Progress Chef
8 21 (1.59%) Istio
9 15 (1.14%) Packer
9 15 (1.14%) vCenter Server
10 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (0.84%) Kibana
11 11 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.76%) Kustomize
13 9 (0.68%) Podman
14 8 (0.61%) logstash
14 8 (0.61%) Nessus
14 8 (0.61%) Rancher
14 8 (0.61%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.53%) Nagios
Vendors
1 304 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.37%) VMware
3 70 (5.32%) Google
4 54 (4.10%) Red Hat
5 50 (3.80%) Databricks
6 49 (3.72%) Splunk
7 30 (2.28%) Cisco
7 30 (2.28%) Oracle
8 15 (1.14%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.06%) Atlassian
9 14 (1.06%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.06%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.91%) F5
10 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (0.84%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.84%) New Relic
12 9 (0.68%) Meraki
13 8 (0.61%) IBM
14 7 (0.53%) SAP