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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 218 209
Rank change year-on-year +83 -9 -67
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 873 412 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.31% 1.40% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.53% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 664 275 781
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,950 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £55,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £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 46,318 26,901 62,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 69.63% 91.20% 80.29%
Number of salaries quoted 32,280 13,607 43,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 12 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 12 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 +72 325 £67,500 -3.57% 93
South East +51 197 £70,000 -6.67% 136
North West +79 196 £75,000 +3.45% 56
South West +11 123 £73,750 +5.36% 57
Midlands +48 118 £70,079 +7.81% 38
Yorkshire -4 87 £65,576 -2.49% 19
West Midlands +15 69 £77,500 +19.23% 26
East of England +8 49 £60,100 -7.54% 23
East Midlands +3 49 £67,500 +3.85% 12
North East -6 42 £55,000 -15.38% 18
Scotland +11 38 £60,000 -20.38% 12
Wales -23 23 £69,250 +20.43% 7
Northern Ireland -31 3 £84,401 +95.86% 11
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 18 (2.06%) Apache
1 18 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
1 18 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.49%) Confluence
4 10 (1.15%) IIS
5 7 (0.80%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.57%) CMS
7 4 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.34%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.11%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 512 (58.65%) AWS
2 460 (52.69%) Azure
3 184 (21.08%) GitHub
4 176 (20.16%) Azure DevOps
5 170 (19.47%) Serverless
6 137 (15.69%) GCP
7 128 (14.66%) GitHub Actions
8 111 (12.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 93 (10.65%) Amazon S3
10 91 (10.42%) AWS Lambda
11 74 (8.48%) Amazon EKS
11 74 (8.48%) PaaS
12 67 (7.67%) Amazon EC2
13 59 (6.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 59 (6.76%) Amazon ECS
14 53 (6.07%) SaaS
15 52 (5.96%) Azure AKS
16 50 (5.73%) IaaS
17 49 (5.61%) Entra ID
18 45 (5.15%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 109 (12.49%) Firewall
2 55 (6.30%) DNS
3 39 (4.47%) VPN
4 37 (4.24%) TCP/IP
5 26 (2.98%) Network Security
6 19 (2.18%) DHCP
7 18 (2.06%) BGP
7 18 (2.06%) Broadband
8 17 (1.95%) HTTP
9 16 (1.83%) VLAN
10 15 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (1.60%) WAN
12 9 (1.03%) LAN
12 9 (1.03%) SAN
13 7 (0.80%) Internet
14 6 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (0.69%) OSPF
14 6 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.69%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
3 40 (4.58%) NoSQL
4 39 (4.47%) MongoDB
5 35 (4.01%) DynamoDB
6 32 (3.67%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (2.29%) Relational Database
9 19 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.60%) Metadata
11 13 (1.49%) Spark SQL
12 12 (1.37%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.26%) Redis
14 10 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.15%) Big Data
14 10 (1.15%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.03%) MySQL
16 6 (0.69%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 135 (15.46%) Git
2 111 (12.71%) Jenkins
3 109 (12.49%) GitLab
4 22 (2.52%) JIRA
5 15 (1.72%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.49%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.37%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.80%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.80%) JMeter
8 7 (0.80%) NUnit
8 7 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.80%) Selenium
9 6 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.69%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.69%) Subversion
10 5 (0.57%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.57%) TestRail
11 4 (0.46%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.46%) Terragrunt
11 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 209 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 100 (11.45%) Finance
3 76 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 64 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 27 (3.09%) Law
8 26 (2.98%) Retail
9 22 (2.52%) Banking
10 21 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 20 (2.29%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.95%) Games
13 16 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.49%) Billing
15 10 (1.15%) Advertising
15 10 (1.15%) Marketing
16 9 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.80%) Legal
18 5 (0.57%) Local Government
19 4 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 188 (21.53%) Senior
2 172 (19.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 144 (16.49%) Lead
4 116 (13.29%) Cloud Engineer
5 93 (10.65%) Azure Engineer
6 84 (9.62%) Developer
7 81 (9.28%) Platform Engineer
8 61 (6.99%) Software Engineer
9 60 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 57 (6.53%) Architect
11 42 (4.81%) AWS Engineer
12 41 (4.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 39 (4.47%) Data Engineer
14 37 (4.24%) Senior DevOps
15 35 (4.01%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 30 (3.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 30 (3.44%) Technical Leader
17 29 (3.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 29 (3.32%) Site Engineer
18 28 (3.21%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.00%) React
2 86 (9.85%) Node.js
3 73 (8.36%) .NET
4 70 (8.02%) REST
5 49 (5.61%) AWS CDK
6 45 (5.15%) YAML
7 44 (5.04%) ARM Templates
8 40 (4.58%) RESTful
9 39 (4.47%) Spring
10 37 (4.24%) Elastic Stack
11 36 (4.12%) Kafka
12 35 (4.01%) Spring Boot
13 30 (3.44%) PySpark
14 29 (3.32%) ASP.NET
15 27 (3.09%) AngularJS
15 27 (3.09%) ASP.NET Core
16 25 (2.86%) OAuth
16 25 (2.86%) Vue
17 22 (2.52%) Next.js
18 21 (2.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 191 (21.88%) Cloud Native
2 61 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (6.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 28 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (3.21%) Public Cloud
6 23 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (1.95%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.60%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.60%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.60%) Replication
13 13 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.49%) Video\Live Streaming
14 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 181 (20.73%) Linux
2 89 (10.19%) Windows
3 49 (5.61%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.55%) Ubuntu
5 23 (2.63%) CentOS
6 17 (1.95%) Unix
7 15 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.26%) VMS
9 8 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.80%) Debian
11 5 (0.57%) Android
11 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.11%) AIX
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 642 (73.54%) CI/CD
2 535 (61.28%) DevOps
3 290 (33.22%) Agile
4 269 (30.81%) Observability
5 244 (27.95%) Containerisation
6 202 (23.14%) Mentoring
6 202 (23.14%) Platform Engineering
7 191 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 160 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
9 158 (18.10%) AI
9 158 (18.10%) Test Automation
10 148 (16.95%) Microservices
11 133 (15.23%) Software Engineering
12 125 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 122 (13.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 113 (12.94%) Technical Leadership
15 95 (10.88%) Cloud Security
16 89 (10.19%) DevSecOps
17 88 (10.08%) Full-Stack Development
18 82 (9.39%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 373 (42.73%) Python
2 185 (21.19%) Bash
3 162 (18.56%) PowerShell
4 131 (15.01%) SQL
5 115 (13.17%) TypeScript
6 100 (11.45%) Java
7 88 (10.08%) JavaScript
8 85 (9.74%) Bicep
9 64 (7.33%) C#
10 60 (6.87%) Go
11 17 (1.95%) Groovy
12 12 (1.37%) C
12 12 (1.37%) Ruby
13 11 (1.26%) PHP
14 9 (1.03%) Rust
15 8 (0.92%) C++
15 8 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.69%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 189 (21.65%) Security Cleared
2 125 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.79%) Degree
4 60 (6.87%) DV Cleared
5 44 (5.04%) Azure Certification
6 38 (4.35%) AWS Certification
7 30 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.69%) ICAEW
12 6 (0.69%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.57%) CCNA
13 5 (0.57%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.46%) PhD
14 4 (0.46%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.73%) QA
2 22 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.18%) GDPR
5 14 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.49%) WCAG
7 9 (1.03%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.92%) NIST
8 8 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.80%) NCSC
10 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.46%) SLA
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.23%) IFRS
11 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 244 (27.95%) Docker
2 57 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (5.50%) Active Directory
4 26 (2.98%) vSphere
5 20 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.49%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.80%) iptables
8 6 (0.69%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.46%) Firmware
10 4 (0.46%) Squid
11 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 620 (71.02%) Terraform
2 321 (36.77%) Kubernetes
3 194 (22.22%) Ansible
4 114 (13.06%) Grafana
5 90 (10.31%) Prometheus
6 29 (3.32%) Puppet
7 25 (2.86%) Argo
8 20 (2.29%) Progress Chef
9 14 (1.60%) vCenter Server
10 13 (1.49%) Nagios
10 13 (1.49%) Packer
11 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 10 (1.15%) Proxmox
11 10 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (1.03%) Istio
12 9 (1.03%) Podman
12 9 (1.03%) Rancher
13 7 (0.80%) Kibana
14 6 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.69%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 159 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.59%) VMware
3 47 (5.38%) Red Hat
4 36 (4.12%) Google
5 31 (3.55%) Splunk
6 30 (3.44%) Cisco
6 30 (3.44%) Databricks
7 20 (2.29%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.37%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.37%) Oracle
9 10 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.15%) F5
10 9 (1.03%) Fortinet
11 7 (0.80%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.80%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.80%) NetApp
11 7 (0.80%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.69%) Juniper
12 6 (0.69%) SolarWinds
12 6 (0.69%) Tenable