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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 159 157
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 621 583 949
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.27% 1.82% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 2.00% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 443 358 746
10th Percentile £45,250 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £66,693 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% +2.61% -2.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,625 £92,217
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -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 37,412 29,209 43,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 76.58% 91.09% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 22,115 13,299 33,409
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -9 216 £67,500 +5.47% 204
South East -14 126 £75,000 +9.09% 249
North West -12 93 £71,500 +5.93% 103
Yorkshire -14 93 £62,500 +13.64% 73
South West -22 83 £62,500 -13.18% 102
Scotland -4 71 £70,079 +0.11% 41
Midlands -1 64 £67,000 +3.08% 90
West Midlands -12 32 £65,000 -7.14% 44
East of England +24 31 £62,500 -13.79% 66
East Midlands +8 30 £67,750 +4.23% 45
North East -6 30 £49,222 -11.71% 28
Wales +12 22 £61,248 +31.08% 21
Northern Ireland -23 10 £95,000 +11.76% 13
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 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.93%) Apache
4 9 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.45%) IIS
5 8 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.97%) Confluence
7 3 (0.48%) Appian
7 3 (0.48%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.32%) CMS
8 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 391 (62.96%) Azure
2 379 (61.03%) AWS
3 182 (29.31%) Azure DevOps
4 151 (24.32%) GitHub
5 125 (20.13%) Serverless
6 122 (19.65%) GCP
7 111 (17.87%) AWS CloudFormation
7 111 (17.87%) GitHub Actions
8 78 (12.56%) AWS Lambda
9 62 (9.98%) Amazon S3
10 61 (9.82%) Entra ID
10 61 (9.82%) PaaS
11 51 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
12 49 (7.89%) Amazon ECS
12 49 (7.89%) SaaS
13 48 (7.73%) dbt
14 47 (7.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 45 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
16 42 (6.76%) Azure Monitor
17 34 (5.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (12.88%) Firewall
2 54 (8.70%) DNS
3 46 (7.41%) TCP/IP
4 35 (5.64%) VPN
5 17 (2.74%) DHCP
6 16 (2.58%) Network Security
6 16 (2.58%) WAN
7 15 (2.42%) HTTP
8 10 (1.61%) LAN
9 8 (1.29%) BGP
9 8 (1.29%) VLAN
10 7 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (1.13%) Internet
10 7 (1.13%) SAN
11 6 (0.97%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.81%) AMQP
12 5 (0.81%) Broadband
13 4 (0.64%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (8.05%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (5.48%) NoSQL
4 32 (5.15%) DynamoDB
5 29 (4.67%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.51%) Redis
7 23 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (2.58%) MongoDB
9 15 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.42%) MySQL
10 9 (1.45%) Big Data
11 7 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.97%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.81%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.81%) Cloudera CDH
13 5 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 80 (12.88%) Jenkins
2 77 (12.40%) Git
3 54 (8.70%) GitLab
4 22 (3.54%) Selenium
5 21 (3.38%) Robot Framework
6 18 (2.90%) Snyk
7 14 (2.25%) JIRA
8 11 (1.77%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.77%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.13%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
10 6 (0.97%) git-flow
10 6 (0.97%) JMeter
10 6 (0.97%) Locust
10 6 (0.97%) Subversion
10 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.64%) MLflow
13 3 (0.48%) TestRail
General
1 179 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 123 (19.81%) Finance
3 57 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.28%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.48%) Law
5 34 (5.48%) Telecoms
6 22 (3.54%) Retail
7 17 (2.74%) Billing
8 14 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.09%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.93%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.93%) Marketing
11 10 (1.61%) Games
12 9 (1.45%) Banking
13 8 (1.29%) Legal
14 7 (1.13%) Advertising
14 7 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 155 (24.96%) Senior
2 89 (14.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 86 (13.85%) Cloud Engineer
4 82 (13.20%) Lead
5 70 (11.27%) Developer
6 63 (10.14%) Azure Engineer
7 54 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
8 36 (5.80%) Architect
8 36 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (5.80%) Software Engineer
9 21 (3.38%) AWS Engineer
9 21 (3.38%) Senior DevOps
9 21 (3.38%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 18 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (2.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 17 (2.74%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 17 (2.74%) Python Developer
12 16 (2.58%) .NET Developer
13 15 (2.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 15 (2.42%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (14.65%) React
2 54 (8.70%) Node.js
3 51 (8.21%) .NET
4 46 (7.41%) RESTful
5 39 (6.28%) Django
6 32 (5.15%) AWS CDK
7 29 (4.67%) REST
7 29 (4.67%) YAML
8 28 (4.51%) OAuth
9 27 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
10 25 (4.03%) ARM Templates
11 23 (3.70%) Vue
12 22 (3.54%) CSS
12 22 (3.54%) GraphQL
13 21 (3.38%) HTML
14 20 (3.22%) JSON
14 20 (3.22%) Spring
15 19 (3.06%) AngularJS
15 19 (3.06%) FastAPI
16 18 (2.90%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 127 (20.45%) Cloud Native
2 48 (7.73%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.86%) Security Posture
5 22 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.09%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.77%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.97%) Private Cloud
15 5 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
16 4 (0.64%) ARM Cortex
16 4 (0.64%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 136 (21.90%) Linux
2 53 (8.53%) Windows
3 29 (4.67%) Unix
4 16 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.42%) VMS
6 14 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.61%) Debian
8 9 (1.45%) CentOS
9 8 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.64%) Android
10 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (71.66%) CI/CD
2 444 (71.50%) DevOps
3 242 (38.97%) Agile
4 157 (25.28%) Containerisation
5 146 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (22.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 135 (21.74%) Observability
8 133 (21.42%) Mentoring
9 96 (15.46%) Platform Engineering
10 91 (14.65%) Coaching
11 90 (14.49%) Software Engineering
12 89 (14.33%) Test Automation
13 87 (14.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 79 (12.72%) Microservices
15 74 (11.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 71 (11.43%) DevSecOps
17 70 (11.27%) Cloud Security
17 70 (11.27%) Roadmaps
18 69 (11.11%) AI
19 66 (10.63%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 262 (42.19%) Python
2 131 (21.10%) PowerShell
3 119 (19.16%) Bash
4 89 (14.33%) SQL
5 77 (12.40%) Bicep
6 74 (11.92%) TypeScript
7 68 (10.95%) Java
8 62 (9.98%) JavaScript
9 48 (7.73%) Go
10 47 (7.57%) C#
11 9 (1.45%) C
12 7 (1.13%) C++
13 6 (0.97%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.64%) Scala
15 2 (0.32%) Ruby
15 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.32%) VB
16 1 (0.16%) Perl
16 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 114 (18.36%) Security Cleared
2 68 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.05%) DV Cleared
4 41 (6.60%) AWS Certification
5 31 (4.99%) Degree
6 27 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.77%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (1.29%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.29%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.97%) CISSP
12 5 (0.81%) CCNP
13 4 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.35%) QA
2 24 (3.86%) GDPR
3 22 (3.54%) NIST
4 19 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.29%) WCAG
7 7 (1.13%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.81%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.48%) NCSC
10 2 (0.32%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 195 (31.40%) Docker
2 27 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.09%) vSphere
6 10 (1.61%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.13%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.81%) Firmware
9 4 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.48%) iptables
11 1 (0.16%) HDFS
11 1 (0.16%) KVM
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.16%) QEMU
11 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 437 (70.37%) Terraform
2 192 (30.92%) Kubernetes
3 140 (22.54%) Ansible
4 76 (12.24%) Grafana
5 63 (10.14%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (2.42%) Argo
8 14 (2.25%) AWS Copilot
8 14 (2.25%) Puppet
9 9 (1.45%) Rancher
10 8 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.13%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.97%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.97%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.97%) yum
13 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.81%) Nagios
14 4 (0.64%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.64%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 120 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.57%) VMware
3 44 (7.09%) Google
4 21 (3.38%) Cisco
5 18 (2.90%) Black Duck
5 18 (2.90%) Coverity
6 17 (2.74%) Splunk
7 15 (2.42%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.25%) Ab Initio
8 14 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (1.93%) Databricks
9 12 (1.93%) Palo Alto
10 10 (1.61%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.29%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.13%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.97%) Dell
13 6 (0.97%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.97%) SaltStack
13 6 (0.97%) SAP
14 5 (0.81%) CyberArk