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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 214 192
Rank change year-on-year +66 -22 -54
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 782 422 995
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.17% 1.44% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.57% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 578 298 788
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,758 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 47,251 26,904 57,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.85% 92.04% 82.98%
Number of salaries quoted 30,493 13,671 41,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,336 £27,019
25th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,887 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +3.77% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +45 287 £67,249 -3.93% 155
South East +40 173 £70,000 -9.68% 172
North West +59 163 £72,250 -0.34% 82
South West -6 109 £70,000 - 87
Midlands +26 106 £69,000 -1.43% 34
Yorkshire -11 88 £65,576 +1.67% 41
West Midlands -17 56 £72,500 +3.57% 19
East Midlands +11 48 £67,500 +3.85% 15
Scotland +10 45 £60,000 -19.93% 24
East of England +6 42 £60,100 -7.54% 48
North East -14 36 £50,000 -20.63% 32
Wales -19 18 £60,000 -2.64% 9
Northern Ireland -35 5 £95,000 - 9
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 15 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (1.66%) Apache
2 13 (1.66%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.53%) IIS
4 9 (1.15%) Confluence
5 5 (0.64%) CMS
6 4 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 461 (58.95%) AWS
2 432 (55.24%) Azure
3 179 (22.89%) Azure DevOps
4 164 (20.97%) GitHub
5 154 (19.69%) Serverless
6 129 (16.50%) GCP
7 124 (15.86%) GitHub Actions
8 104 (13.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 84 (10.74%) AWS Lambda
10 81 (10.36%) Amazon S3
11 68 (8.70%) Amazon EKS
12 59 (7.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 57 (7.29%) PaaS
14 55 (7.03%) Amazon EC2
15 48 (6.14%) Amazon ECS
16 43 (5.50%) Entra ID
17 42 (5.37%) SaaS
18 41 (5.24%) Azure AKS
19 40 (5.12%) Azure Monitor
20 39 (4.99%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 105 (13.43%) Firewall
2 57 (7.29%) DNS
3 39 (4.99%) TCP/IP
4 27 (3.45%) VPN
5 24 (3.07%) Network Security
6 21 (2.69%) DHCP
7 16 (2.05%) BGP
7 16 (2.05%) HTTP
8 15 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (1.66%) Broadband
10 12 (1.53%) VLAN
10 12 (1.53%) WAN
11 9 (1.15%) LAN
12 8 (1.02%) SAN
13 7 (0.90%) Internet
14 6 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.77%) OSPF
14 6 (0.77%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.77%) WebEx
15 5 (0.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (6.27%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (4.99%) NoSQL
4 38 (4.86%) DynamoDB
5 33 (4.22%) SQL Server
6 32 (4.09%) MongoDB
7 23 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (2.05%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.79%) Spark SQL
10 12 (1.53%) Metadata
11 11 (1.41%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.28%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.15%) Big Data
14 8 (1.02%) Redis
15 7 (0.90%) InfluxDB
15 7 (0.90%) MySQL
16 5 (0.64%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 129 (16.50%) Git
2 99 (12.66%) Jenkins
3 91 (11.64%) GitLab
4 18 (2.30%) JIRA
5 15 (1.92%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.53%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.15%) Selenium
8 7 (0.90%) CircleCI
8 7 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.90%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.90%) Subversion
9 6 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.77%) JMeter
9 6 (0.77%) NUnit
10 5 (0.64%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.51%) Locust
11 4 (0.51%) TestRail
11 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 191 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 106 (13.55%) Finance
3 61 (7.80%) Public Sector
4 56 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (4.73%) Telecoms
6 29 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.32%) Retail
8 23 (2.94%) Law
9 22 (2.81%) Banking
9 22 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.17%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.05%) Games
12 15 (1.92%) Billing
13 14 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.66%) Marketing
15 11 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.15%) Advertising
17 6 (0.77%) Electronics
18 5 (0.64%) Legal
19 4 (0.51%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 175 (22.38%) Senior
2 147 (18.80%) DevOps Engineer
3 131 (16.75%) Lead
4 107 (13.68%) Cloud Engineer
5 91 (11.64%) Azure Engineer
6 76 (9.72%) Developer
7 66 (8.44%) Platform Engineer
8 58 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 55 (7.03%) Software Engineer
10 45 (5.75%) Architect
11 37 (4.73%) AWS Engineer
12 35 (4.48%) Data Engineer
13 34 (4.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 34 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
14 33 (4.22%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 26 (3.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 25 (3.20%) Technical Leader
17 24 (3.07%) DevSecOps Engineer
17 24 (3.07%) Lead Developer
18 23 (2.94%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.64%) React
2 78 (9.97%) Node.js
3 71 (9.08%) .NET
4 62 (7.93%) REST
5 49 (6.27%) AWS CDK
6 46 (5.88%) RESTful
7 45 (5.75%) YAML
8 38 (4.86%) ARM Templates
9 33 (4.22%) Elastic Stack
10 32 (4.09%) ASP.NET
11 31 (3.96%) Kafka
12 30 (3.84%) ASP.NET Core
12 30 (3.84%) OAuth
13 29 (3.71%) Spring
14 23 (2.94%) AngularJS
14 23 (2.94%) PySpark
14 23 (2.94%) Spring Boot
15 20 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
16 19 (2.43%) JSON
16 19 (2.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 146 (18.67%) Cloud Native
2 50 (6.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 45 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (3.07%) Public Cloud
7 20 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 18 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
10 15 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
10 15 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.66%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.53%) Replication
13 11 (1.41%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
13 11 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 174 (22.25%) Linux
2 79 (10.10%) Windows
3 41 (5.24%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.20%) Ubuntu
5 20 (2.56%) Unix
6 16 (2.05%) CentOS
7 11 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.15%) VMS
9 7 (0.90%) Debian
10 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.64%) Android
11 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (74.17%) CI/CD
2 501 (64.07%) DevOps
3 267 (34.14%) Agile
4 227 (29.03%) Observability
5 216 (27.62%) Containerisation
6 181 (23.15%) Mentoring
7 175 (22.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 165 (21.10%) Platform Engineering
9 155 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
10 151 (19.31%) Test Automation
11 131 (16.75%) Microservices
12 122 (15.60%) AI
13 116 (14.83%) Software Engineering
14 114 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 104 (13.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 86 (11.00%) Technical Leadership
17 85 (10.87%) Deployment Automation
18 79 (10.10%) DevSecOps
19 78 (9.97%) Cloud Security
20 76 (9.72%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 344 (43.99%) Python
2 172 (21.99%) Bash
3 157 (20.08%) PowerShell
4 117 (14.96%) SQL
5 100 (12.79%) TypeScript
6 86 (11.00%) Java
7 79 (10.10%) JavaScript
8 65 (8.31%) Bicep
9 59 (7.54%) C#
10 54 (6.91%) Go
11 14 (1.79%) Groovy
12 13 (1.66%) C
13 9 (1.15%) C++
13 9 (1.15%) Rust
14 7 (0.90%) PHP
15 6 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.64%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.51%) Perl
17 4 (0.51%) Ruby
18 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 152 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 98 (12.53%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.57%) Degree
4 50 (6.39%) DV Cleared
5 39 (4.99%) AWS Certification
6 32 (4.09%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.79%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.41%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.64%) ICAEW
12 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.51%) CISSP
13 4 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.51%) OSCP
13 4 (0.51%) PhD
14 3 (0.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.63%) QA
2 24 (3.07%) GDPR
3 18 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.30%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.28%) WCAG
6 9 (1.15%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.02%) NIST
8 7 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.38%) NCSC
9 3 (0.38%) SLA
10 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.26%) IFRS
10 2 (0.26%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 222 (28.39%) Docker
2 45 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (4.48%) Active Directory
4 19 (2.43%) vSphere
5 15 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (1.41%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.90%) iptables
8 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.64%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.51%) Firmware
11 2 (0.26%) Squid
12 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 552 (70.59%) Terraform
2 277 (35.42%) Kubernetes
3 180 (23.02%) Ansible
4 111 (14.19%) Grafana
5 87 (11.13%) Prometheus
6 28 (3.58%) Puppet
7 19 (2.43%) Argo
8 18 (2.30%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.53%) Nagios
10 11 (1.41%) Rancher
11 10 (1.28%) Packer
11 10 (1.28%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (1.02%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.90%) Podman
13 7 (0.90%) yum
14 6 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
14 6 (0.77%) Istio
15 5 (0.64%) Kibana
Vendors
1 141 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.67%) VMware
3 39 (4.99%) Red Hat
4 31 (3.96%) Cisco
5 30 (3.84%) Databricks
5 30 (3.84%) Google
6 26 (3.32%) Splunk
7 20 (2.56%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.79%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.28%) F5
11 9 (1.15%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.15%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.90%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.90%) Juniper
12 7 (0.90%) NetApp
13 6 (0.77%) Ab Initio
13 6 (0.77%) Dell
13 6 (0.77%) Oracle
13 6 (0.77%) SolarWinds