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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 158 95
Rank change year-on-year -6 -63 +61
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 551 739 995
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.56% 1.56% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.94% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 404 440 773
10th Percentile £45,375 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £56,438 £48,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,958 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £81,063 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £73,801 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.43% -6.67% -

All Process and 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 29,826 38,084 29,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.33% 80.20% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,703 18,440 21,517
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% - -

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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 -14 181 £70,000 +16.67% 318
South East +25 126 £77,500 +29.17% 1,016
North West -13 81 £65,000 +4.00% 227
Yorkshire +6 79 £70,000 +27.27% 71
Scotland +4 65 £70,039 +0.06% 81
Midlands +19 64 £65,000 -1.52% 89
South West -44 57 £63,750 -8.93% 116
West Midlands +6 45 £65,000 -7.14% 42
East of England +32 34 £66,500 -8.28% 51
North East -7 21 £72,500 +45.00% 22
Wales +17 20 £60,000 - 22
East Midlands +19 19 £65,000 +56.63% 41
Northern Ireland -1 6 £73,801 -13.18% 39
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 23 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.63%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.45%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (2.36%) Apache
6 11 (2.00%) Appian
7 9 (1.63%) Confluence
8 4 (0.73%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.54%) nginx
10 2 (0.36%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) CMS
11 1 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 372 (67.51%) Azure
2 329 (59.71%) AWS
3 143 (25.95%) Azure DevOps
4 105 (19.06%) GCP
5 92 (16.70%) GitHub
6 89 (16.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 87 (15.79%) Serverless
8 63 (11.43%) SaaS
9 59 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (9.62%) Amazon S3
11 53 (9.62%) PaaS
12 52 (9.44%) AWS Lambda
13 51 (9.26%) Entra ID
14 38 (6.90%) Amazon ECS
15 34 (6.17%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (5.81%) IaaS
17 31 (5.63%) Azure Monitor
18 30 (5.44%) dbt
19 27 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.08%) Firewall
2 38 (6.90%) DNS
3 34 (6.17%) VPN
4 25 (4.54%) TCP/IP
4 25 (4.54%) WAN
5 19 (3.45%) LAN
6 14 (2.54%) Network Security
7 12 (2.18%) DHCP
8 11 (2.00%) SD-WAN
8 11 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.27%) SAN
9 7 (1.27%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.27%) VoIP
10 6 (1.09%) VLAN
11 5 (0.91%) AMQP
12 4 (0.73%) BGP
13 3 (0.54%) Internet
13 3 (0.54%) IPsec
13 3 (0.54%) OSPF
13 3 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.35%) Amazon RDS
2 30 (5.44%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (4.36%) NoSQL
5 22 (3.99%) Redis
6 19 (3.45%) Big Data
6 19 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.45%) DynamoDB
7 16 (2.90%) Data Lake
7 16 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.81%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.63%) MySQL
9 9 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.09%) Airbyte
12 5 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.54%) Apache Iceberg
14 3 (0.54%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.54%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 52 (9.44%) Jenkins
2 48 (8.71%) GitLab
3 46 (8.35%) Git
4 28 (5.08%) Selenium
5 24 (4.36%) Robot Framework
5 24 (4.36%) Snyk
6 16 (2.90%) JIRA
7 11 (2.00%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.81%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.63%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.63%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.45%) JMeter
11 6 (1.09%) Artifactory
11 6 (1.09%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.09%) Locust
11 6 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.91%) MLflow
13 4 (0.73%) git-flow
14 3 (0.54%) MSTest
14 3 (0.54%) NUnit
General
1 142 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.06%) Finance
3 40 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.35%) Law
5 21 (3.81%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.54%) Retail
8 13 (2.36%) Legal
9 12 (2.18%) Automotive
10 10 (1.81%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.81%) Games
10 10 (1.81%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.45%) Advertising
12 7 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.73%) Marketing
15 3 (0.54%) Banking
15 3 (0.54%) Billing
15 3 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 121 (21.96%) Senior
2 74 (13.43%) Lead
3 72 (13.07%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (12.16%) DevOps Engineer
5 61 (11.07%) Architect
5 61 (11.07%) Developer
6 48 (8.71%) Platform Engineer
7 33 (5.99%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (4.36%) Software Engineer
10 20 (3.63%) Cloud Architect
10 20 (3.63%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 20 (3.63%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 19 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.90%) Python Developer
14 16 (2.90%) Site Engineer
15 15 (2.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (2.72%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.07%) React
2 60 (10.89%) .NET
3 36 (6.53%) Django
4 28 (5.08%) Kafka
5 25 (4.54%) ARM Templates
6 24 (4.36%) Node.js
6 24 (4.36%) RESTful
7 22 (3.99%) REST
8 21 (3.81%) YAML
9 19 (3.45%) Flask
10 17 (3.09%) CSS
10 17 (3.09%) FastAPI
10 17 (3.09%) OAuth
11 16 (2.90%) HTML
12 15 (2.72%) .NET Framework
12 15 (2.72%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (2.72%) Vue
13 14 (2.54%) AngularJS
14 13 (2.36%) .NET Core
15 11 (2.00%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 135 (24.50%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 31 (5.63%) Public Cloud
4 25 (4.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (3.81%) Data Centre
6 18 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
8 15 (2.72%) Security Posture
9 14 (2.54%) Private Cloud
10 12 (2.18%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.00%) Data Structures
11 11 (2.00%) Low-Code
11 11 (2.00%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.45%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.09%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 87 (15.79%) Linux
2 41 (7.44%) Windows
3 19 (3.45%) Unix
4 15 (2.72%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.54%) Debian
6 12 (2.18%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.81%) VMS
8 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.54%) CentOS
10 2 (0.36%) AIX
11 1 (0.18%) Android
11 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (71.14%) DevOps
2 361 (65.52%) CI/CD
3 217 (39.38%) Agile
4 117 (21.23%) Mentoring
5 116 (21.05%) Containerisation
6 110 (19.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (15.43%) Observability
9 84 (15.25%) Test Automation
10 80 (14.52%) Platform Engineering
11 78 (14.16%) Software Engineering
12 75 (13.61%) Roadmaps
13 73 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 70 (12.70%) AI
15 68 (12.34%) Coaching
16 60 (10.89%) Microservices
16 60 (10.89%) Technical Leadership
17 59 (10.71%) Analytics
18 57 (10.34%) Scrum
18 57 (10.34%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 208 (37.75%) Python
2 101 (18.33%) PowerShell
3 92 (16.70%) SQL
4 73 (13.25%) Bicep
5 68 (12.34%) Bash
6 57 (10.34%) C#
7 53 (9.62%) JavaScript
8 50 (9.07%) Java
9 43 (7.80%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.81%) Go
11 6 (1.09%) C++
12 4 (0.73%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.54%) VB
14 2 (0.36%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.36%) Groovy
14 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
14 2 (0.36%) Scala
14 2 (0.36%) XAML
15 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.89%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.35%) Azure Certification
4 43 (7.80%) AWS Certification
5 42 (7.62%) DV Cleared
6 37 (6.72%) Degree
7 19 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (3.27%) Master's Degree
9 17 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.54%) CCNP
11 13 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.27%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.27%) PMP
14 6 (1.09%) CCNA
15 4 (0.73%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
16 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.54%) CISSP
17 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.72%) GDPR
2 25 (4.54%) NIST
2 25 (4.54%) QA
3 17 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (1.27%) WCAG
6 4 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.36%) NCSC
8 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 169 (30.67%) Docker
2 25 (4.54%) Virtual Machines
2 25 (4.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.63%) Active Directory
5 9 (1.63%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.45%) vSphere
7 4 (0.73%) vCloud
7 4 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.54%) Firmware
8 3 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.54%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) HDFS
9 1 (0.18%) iptables
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 387 (70.24%) Terraform
2 173 (31.40%) Kubernetes
3 115 (20.87%) Ansible
4 46 (8.35%) Grafana
5 41 (7.44%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.00%) Argo
8 10 (1.81%) AWS Copilot
8 10 (1.81%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.09%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.09%) Puppet
10 5 (0.91%) MaaS360
10 5 (0.91%) SCCM
11 4 (0.73%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.73%) Rundeck
11 4 (0.73%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.54%) Control-M
12 3 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 129 (23.41%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.17%) Google
3 42 (7.62%) VMware
4 23 (4.17%) Black Duck
5 18 (3.27%) Cisco
5 18 (3.27%) Coverity
6 15 (2.72%) Palo Alto
7 13 (2.36%) Splunk
8 11 (2.00%) BiZZdesign
8 11 (2.00%) Databricks
8 11 (2.00%) UiPath
9 10 (1.81%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.63%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.27%) Ab Initio
11 7 (1.27%) Oracle
11 7 (1.27%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.09%) Aruba
12 6 (1.09%) Blue Prism
13 5 (0.91%) PagerDuty