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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 161 128
Rank change year-on-year +12 -33 +10
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 588 621 908
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.36% 1.74% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.95% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 415 377 697
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £73,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.69% - -3.33%

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 33,725 31,892 32,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.25% 89.15% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 19,447 14,332 24,508
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -2 202 £70,000 +12.00% 174
South East +15 112 £75,000 +15.38% 214
North West -1 88 £70,000 +3.70% 75
Yorkshire -14 88 £70,000 +33.33% 73
South West -14 81 £62,500 -13.18% 107
Scotland +19 76 £70,079 +9.93% 25
Midlands +11 60 £65,500 -0.76% 81
West Midlands +11 37 £64,500 -4.44% 34
East of England +25 27 £75,000 +3.45% 73
North East -2 26 £65,000 +39.78% 27
Wales +20 23 £61,496 +31.62% 35
East Midlands +2 21 £67,750 +4.23% 44
Northern Ireland -8 9 £95,000 +11.76% 15
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 21 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.21%) Apache
4 10 (1.70%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.36%) Confluence
6 7 (1.19%) IIS
7 3 (0.51%) Appian
7 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 386 (65.65%) Azure
2 342 (58.16%) AWS
3 181 (30.78%) Azure DevOps
4 131 (22.28%) GitHub
5 121 (20.58%) Serverless
6 107 (18.20%) GCP
7 99 (16.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 87 (14.80%) GitHub Actions
9 77 (13.10%) AWS Lambda
10 59 (10.03%) Amazon S3
11 56 (9.52%) SaaS
12 52 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (8.67%) Entra ID
14 48 (8.16%) PaaS
15 45 (7.65%) dbt
16 44 (7.48%) Amazon ECS
17 41 (6.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 40 (6.80%) Azure Monitor
19 36 (6.12%) Amazon EKS
20 33 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 59 (10.03%) Firewall
2 44 (7.48%) DNS
3 35 (5.95%) VPN
4 33 (5.61%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.06%) WAN
6 16 (2.72%) DHCP
7 12 (2.04%) LAN
7 12 (2.04%) Network Security
8 9 (1.53%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.36%) AMQP
9 8 (1.36%) BGP
9 8 (1.36%) Internet
10 7 (1.19%) HTTP
10 7 (1.19%) SAN
11 6 (1.02%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.02%) VLAN
11 6 (1.02%) VoIP
12 4 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (7.31%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (5.95%) NoSQL
4 31 (5.27%) DynamoDB
4 31 (5.27%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.91%) Redis
6 19 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (2.89%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.55%) MySQL
9 10 (1.70%) Big Data
9 10 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.53%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.19%) InfluxDB
13 6 (1.02%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.02%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.85%) Airbyte
14 5 (0.85%) Cloudera CDH
15 4 (0.68%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 75 (12.76%) Git
2 71 (12.07%) Jenkins
3 50 (8.50%) GitLab
4 22 (3.74%) Selenium
5 21 (3.57%) Robot Framework
6 18 (3.06%) Snyk
7 15 (2.55%) JIRA
8 11 (1.87%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.53%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.36%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.19%) Cucumber
12 6 (1.02%) git-flow
12 6 (1.02%) JMeter
12 6 (1.02%) Locust
12 6 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.85%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.85%) MLflow
13 5 (0.85%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.85%) Subversion
14 4 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 174 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 124 (21.09%) Finance
3 42 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.59%) Law
4 27 (4.59%) Public Sector
5 26 (4.42%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.89%) Retail
7 13 (2.21%) Billing
7 13 (2.21%) Games
8 11 (1.87%) Aerospace
8 11 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.87%) Marketing
9 9 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.36%) Legal
11 7 (1.19%) Banking
11 7 (1.19%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.02%) Automotive
12 6 (1.02%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 149 (25.34%) Senior
2 79 (13.44%) Cloud Engineer
3 74 (12.59%) DevOps Engineer
3 74 (12.59%) Lead
4 73 (12.41%) Developer
5 54 (9.18%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (8.50%) Platform Engineer
7 38 (6.46%) Architect
8 28 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 27 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (3.06%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (3.06%) Senior DevOps
11 17 (2.89%) .NET Developer
11 17 (2.89%) AWS Engineer
11 17 (2.89%) Lead DevOps
11 17 (2.89%) Python Developer
11 17 (2.89%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 16 (2.72%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 14 (2.38%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.38%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (14.29%) React
2 58 (9.86%) .NET
3 46 (7.82%) RESTful
4 43 (7.31%) Node.js
5 35 (5.95%) Django
6 29 (4.93%) YAML
7 27 (4.59%) REST
8 26 (4.42%) AWS CDK
8 26 (4.42%) OAuth
9 25 (4.25%) ARM Templates
10 22 (3.74%) CSS
10 22 (3.74%) Vue
11 21 (3.57%) .NET Core
11 21 (3.57%) AngularJS
11 21 (3.57%) HTML
12 20 (3.40%) ASP.NET
12 20 (3.40%) GraphQL
12 20 (3.40%) Spring
13 19 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (3.23%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 129 (21.94%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.42%) Security Posture
4 19 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.72%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.87%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.19%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.02%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.85%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.68%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (20.92%) Linux
2 48 (8.16%) Windows
3 24 (4.08%) Unix
4 15 (2.55%) Ubuntu
5 13 (2.21%) Debian
6 12 (2.04%) VMS
6 12 (2.04%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.19%) CentOS
7 7 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.68%) Android
8 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (71.94%) DevOps
2 414 (70.41%) CI/CD
3 235 (39.97%) Agile
4 138 (23.47%) Containerisation
5 132 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 131 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (20.41%) Mentoring
8 113 (19.22%) Observability
9 88 (14.97%) Platform Engineering
10 85 (14.46%) Test Automation
11 83 (14.12%) Coaching
12 81 (13.78%) Software Engineering
13 80 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 71 (12.07%) Microservices
15 70 (11.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 68 (11.56%) Roadmaps
17 65 (11.05%) Asset Management
18 64 (10.88%) Analytics
19 63 (10.71%) Deployment Automation
20 62 (10.54%) AI
Programming Languages
1 240 (40.82%) Python
2 123 (20.92%) PowerShell
3 103 (17.52%) SQL
4 95 (16.16%) Bash
5 86 (14.63%) Bicep
6 65 (11.05%) Java
6 65 (11.05%) TypeScript
7 60 (10.20%) JavaScript
8 55 (9.35%) C#
9 39 (6.63%) Go
10 9 (1.53%) C
11 6 (1.02%) C++
12 5 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.34%) Scala
14 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.34%) VB
14 2 (0.34%) XAML
15 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 97 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 60 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.16%) DV Cleared
4 39 (6.63%) AWS Certification
5 31 (5.27%) Azure Certification
6 27 (4.59%) Degree
7 14 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.87%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.70%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.53%) CCNP
12 6 (1.02%) CISSP
12 6 (1.02%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.02%) PMP
13 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.25%) GDPR
1 25 (4.25%) NIST
1 25 (4.25%) QA
2 20 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.19%) WCAG
6 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.51%) NCSC
8 2 (0.34%) GRC
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 187 (31.80%) Docker
2 24 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.91%) Active Directory
4 22 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.70%) vSphere
7 9 (1.53%) VMware NSX
8 8 (1.36%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.68%) Firmware
9 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.34%) iptables
12 1 (0.17%) HDFS
12 1 (0.17%) KVM
12 1 (0.17%) QEMU
12 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 422 (71.77%) Terraform
2 190 (32.31%) Kubernetes
3 131 (22.28%) Ansible
4 61 (10.37%) Grafana
5 52 (8.84%) Prometheus
6 25 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (2.21%) Argo
8 10 (1.70%) AWS Copilot
8 10 (1.70%) Puppet
9 8 (1.36%) Progress Chef
9 8 (1.36%) Rancher
10 7 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.85%) yum
12 4 (0.68%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.68%) MaaS360
12 4 (0.68%) SCCM
12 4 (0.68%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.51%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.34%) Kibana
Vendors
1 127 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.31%) VMware
3 41 (6.97%) Google
4 18 (3.06%) Black Duck
4 18 (3.06%) Coverity
5 17 (2.89%) Cisco
6 15 (2.55%) Splunk
7 14 (2.38%) Ab Initio
7 14 (2.38%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.21%) Databricks
9 12 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.53%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.36%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.02%) Dell
12 6 (1.02%) SaltStack
12 6 (1.02%) SAP
13 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.85%) SolarWinds
14 4 (0.68%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.68%) McAfee