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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 224 202
Rank change year-on-year +76 -22 -59
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 829 412 995
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.41% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.53% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 634 278 776
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,563 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,758 £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 47,986 26,889 59,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.03% 91.90% 81.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31,403 13,347 42,267
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,117
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 1 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 1 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 +58 316 £67,500 -3.57% 170
South East +49 188 £70,000 -6.67% 198
North West +63 186 £74,651 +2.97% 92
South West +6 114 £72,500 +1.75% 99
Midlands +28 108 £70,000 - 46
Yorkshire -20 89 £65,576 -3.57% 38
West Midlands +5 61 £73,750 +5.36% 31
East of England +6 48 £60,100 -7.54% 59
East Midlands -2 47 £67,500 +3.85% 15
North East -11 41 £55,000 -15.38% 40
Scotland +3 38 £60,000 -20.38% 34
Wales -27 16 £65,000 +13.04% 18
Northern Ireland -34 4 £95,000 - 16
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 20 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.17%) Apache
2 18 (2.17%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.45%) Confluence
5 11 (1.33%) IIS
6 7 (0.84%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.60%) CMS
8 4 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 490 (59.11%) AWS
2 440 (53.08%) Azure
3 170 (20.51%) Azure DevOps
4 165 (19.90%) GitHub
5 157 (18.94%) Serverless
6 133 (16.04%) GCP
7 119 (14.35%) GitHub Actions
8 104 (12.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 91 (10.98%) Amazon S3
10 86 (10.37%) AWS Lambda
11 73 (8.81%) Amazon EKS
12 64 (7.72%) PaaS
13 63 (7.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 63 (7.60%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (6.27%) Amazon ECS
15 49 (5.91%) SaaS
16 47 (5.67%) Azure AKS
16 47 (5.67%) Entra ID
17 44 (5.31%) IaaS
18 39 (4.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 106 (12.79%) Firewall
2 59 (7.12%) DNS
3 40 (4.83%) TCP/IP
4 31 (3.74%) VPN
5 24 (2.90%) Network Security
6 22 (2.65%) DHCP
7 17 (2.05%) HTTP
8 16 (1.93%) BGP
9 15 (1.81%) Broadband
9 15 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (1.69%) VLAN
11 12 (1.45%) WAN
12 9 (1.09%) LAN
12 9 (1.09%) SAN
13 7 (0.84%) Internet
14 6 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.72%) OSPF
14 6 (0.72%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.72%) WebEx
15 5 (0.60%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (5.91%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (4.70%) NoSQL
4 38 (4.58%) DynamoDB
5 34 (4.10%) MongoDB
6 33 (3.98%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.17%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.69%) Metadata
10 14 (1.69%) Spark SQL
11 13 (1.57%) Data Lake
12 11 (1.33%) Big Data
12 11 (1.33%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.09%) Redis
15 7 (0.84%) MySQL
16 5 (0.60%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 130 (15.68%) Git
2 103 (12.42%) GitLab
3 102 (12.30%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.53%) JIRA
5 16 (1.93%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.57%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.45%) SonarQube
8 9 (1.09%) Selenium
9 7 (0.84%) JMeter
9 7 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.84%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.72%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.72%) NUnit
10 6 (0.72%) Subversion
11 5 (0.60%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.60%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.48%) Locust
12 4 (0.48%) TestRail
12 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 201 (24.25%) Social Skills
2 105 (12.67%) Finance
3 71 (8.56%) Public Sector
4 64 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 30 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.14%) Retail
8 24 (2.90%) Law
9 23 (2.77%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.65%) Banking
11 18 (2.17%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.81%) Games
13 14 (1.69%) Billing
14 13 (1.57%) Marketing
15 10 (1.21%) Advertising
16 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Electronics
17 6 (0.72%) Legal
18 5 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 180 (21.71%) Senior
2 165 (19.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 139 (16.77%) Lead
4 114 (13.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 89 (10.74%) Azure Engineer
6 75 (9.05%) Developer
7 69 (8.32%) Platform Engineer
8 61 (7.36%) Software Engineer
9 60 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 48 (5.79%) Architect
11 43 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
12 39 (4.70%) Data Engineer
13 38 (4.58%) Senior DevOps
14 37 (4.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 32 (3.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 30 (3.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 28 (3.38%) Technical Leader
18 25 (3.02%) Lead DevOps
18 25 (3.02%) Site Reliability Engineer
19 24 (2.90%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (10.98%) React
2 81 (9.77%) Node.js
3 72 (8.69%) .NET
4 64 (7.72%) REST
5 47 (5.67%) AWS CDK
6 46 (5.55%) YAML
7 40 (4.83%) ARM Templates
8 39 (4.70%) RESTful
9 35 (4.22%) Spring
10 34 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
11 33 (3.98%) Kafka
12 31 (3.74%) ASP.NET
13 29 (3.50%) ASP.NET Core
13 29 (3.50%) Spring Boot
14 28 (3.38%) PySpark
15 27 (3.26%) OAuth
16 24 (2.90%) AngularJS
17 22 (2.65%) Vue
18 19 (2.29%) CSS
18 19 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 166 (20.02%) Cloud Native
2 58 (7.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (6.51%) Distributed Systems
4 43 (5.19%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.77%) Public Cloud
7 21 (2.53%) Data Centre
8 18 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
8 18 (2.17%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
10 14 (1.69%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.57%) Replication
12 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
12 11 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
13 10 (1.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 179 (21.59%) Linux
2 84 (10.13%) Windows
3 48 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.50%) Ubuntu
5 20 (2.41%) CentOS
6 18 (2.17%) Unix
7 14 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.84%) Debian
8 7 (0.84%) VMS
8 7 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.60%) Android
9 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (73.94%) CI/CD
2 518 (62.48%) DevOps
3 275 (33.17%) Agile
4 243 (29.31%) Observability
5 235 (28.35%) Containerisation
6 193 (23.28%) Mentoring
7 181 (21.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 181 (21.83%) Platform Engineering
8 158 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
9 156 (18.82%) Test Automation
10 140 (16.89%) AI
11 138 (16.65%) Microservices
12 123 (14.84%) Software Engineering
13 118 (14.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 115 (13.87%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 101 (12.18%) Technical Leadership
16 86 (10.37%) Cloud Security
17 82 (9.89%) DevSecOps
18 77 (9.29%) Deployment Automation
18 77 (9.29%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 363 (43.79%) Python
2 182 (21.95%) Bash
3 160 (19.30%) PowerShell
4 122 (14.72%) SQL
5 106 (12.79%) TypeScript
6 92 (11.10%) Java
7 82 (9.89%) JavaScript
8 69 (8.32%) Bicep
9 59 (7.12%) C#
10 56 (6.76%) Go
11 14 (1.69%) Groovy
12 12 (1.45%) C
13 9 (1.09%) PHP
13 9 (1.09%) Rust
14 8 (0.97%) C++
15 6 (0.72%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.60%) Ruby
17 4 (0.48%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.48%) Perl
18 3 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 174 (20.99%) Security Cleared
2 111 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.32%) Degree
4 60 (7.24%) DV Cleared
5 37 (4.46%) AWS Certification
5 37 (4.46%) Azure Certification
6 31 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.69%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.72%) ICAEW
11 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.60%) CCNA
12 5 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.48%) PhD
13 4 (0.48%) RHCE
13 4 (0.48%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.55%) QA
2 23 (2.77%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.65%) GDPR
4 17 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.21%) WCAG
7 9 (1.09%) NIST
7 9 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.48%) SLA
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.36%) NCSC
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 237 (28.59%) Docker
2 51 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (5.07%) Active Directory
4 21 (2.53%) vSphere
5 18 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.57%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.84%) iptables
8 6 (0.72%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.48%) Firmware
9 4 (0.48%) Squid
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 587 (70.81%) Terraform
2 301 (36.31%) Kubernetes
3 192 (23.16%) Ansible
4 112 (13.51%) Grafana
5 88 (10.62%) Prometheus
6 29 (3.50%) Puppet
7 21 (2.53%) Argo
8 18 (2.17%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.45%) Nagios
9 12 (1.45%) Packer
9 12 (1.45%) vCenter Server
10 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (1.09%) Proxmox
11 9 (1.09%) Rancher
11 9 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.97%) Istio
12 8 (0.97%) Podman
13 6 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.72%) Kibana
13 6 (0.72%) yum
Vendors
1 149 (17.97%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.84%) VMware
3 43 (5.19%) Red Hat
4 33 (3.98%) Google
5 31 (3.74%) Cisco
5 31 (3.74%) Databricks
6 29 (3.50%) Splunk
7 20 (2.41%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.45%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.21%) F5
10 10 (1.21%) Oracle
11 9 (1.09%) Fortinet
12 8 (0.97%) Salesforce
13 7 (0.84%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.84%) Juniper
13 7 (0.84%) NetApp
14 6 (0.72%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.72%) Dell
14 6 (0.72%) SolarWinds