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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 185 192
Rank change year-on-year +26 +7 -43
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 721 430 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.61% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.76% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 517 318 770
10th Percentile £46,628 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,778 £87,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 46,121 24,374 56,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 72.41% 91.20% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,125 13,880 40,703
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -1 267 £67,500 -0.37% 156
South East -4 143 £72,500 -3.33% 116
North West +7 135 £72,500 - 87
South West -13 105 £65,000 -9.71% 77
Yorkshire -19 99 £65,000 +8.33% 33
Midlands -9 83 £67,500 -3.57% 41
Scotland -3 54 £60,000 -15.49% 31
East Midlands -14 43 £67,750 +4.23% 10
East of England -4 38 £60,100 -10.96% 38
West Midlands -21 38 £67,500 -3.57% 31
North East -21 33 £48,445 -15.01% 36
Wales +1 26 £61,248 -3.17% 6
Northern Ireland -34 8 £95,000 - 20
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 12 (1.66%) IIS
2 11 (1.53%) Apache
2 11 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.69%) Confluence
6 4 (0.55%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 440 (61.03%) AWS
2 404 (56.03%) Azure
3 183 (25.38%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (23.16%) GitHub
5 155 (21.50%) Serverless
6 135 (18.72%) GCP
7 129 (17.89%) GitHub Actions
8 112 (15.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 91 (12.62%) AWS Lambda
10 75 (10.40%) Amazon S3
11 72 (9.99%) Amazon EKS
12 58 (8.04%) PaaS
13 56 (7.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 50 (6.93%) Amazon ECS
15 45 (6.24%) dbt
16 44 (6.10%) Amazon EC2
16 44 (6.10%) Entra ID
17 42 (5.83%) Datadog
18 41 (5.69%) SaaS
19 38 (5.27%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 98 (13.59%) Firewall
2 53 (7.35%) DNS
3 50 (6.93%) TCP/IP
4 30 (4.16%) VPN
5 21 (2.91%) Network Security
6 20 (2.77%) HTTP
7 17 (2.36%) DHCP
8 14 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (1.94%) WAN
9 12 (1.66%) LAN
10 10 (1.39%) BGP
10 10 (1.39%) Broadband
10 10 (1.39%) VLAN
11 7 (0.97%) Internet
12 6 (0.83%) SAN
13 5 (0.69%) AMQP
13 5 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.69%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.69%) WebEx
14 4 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (7.63%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (5.27%) DynamoDB
3 38 (5.27%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.58%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.47%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (2.36%) Redis
8 12 (1.66%) MySQL
9 11 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.39%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.39%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.25%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.11%) InfluxDB
12 8 (1.11%) Metadata
13 7 (0.97%) Big Data
13 7 (0.97%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 112 (15.53%) Git
2 93 (12.90%) Jenkins
3 76 (10.54%) GitLab
4 18 (2.50%) JIRA
5 17 (2.36%) Cucumber
6 15 (2.08%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.66%) Selenium
8 11 (1.53%) JMeter
9 10 (1.39%) Locust
9 10 (1.39%) Robot Framework
10 8 (1.11%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.97%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.97%) Subversion
12 6 (0.83%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.83%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.83%) NUnit
13 5 (0.69%) Snyk
13 5 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 186 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 104 (14.42%) Finance
3 66 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.55%) Telecoms
6 28 (3.88%) Law
6 28 (3.88%) Retail
7 26 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.36%) Banking
9 16 (2.22%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.22%) Billing
9 16 (2.22%) Games
10 14 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.80%) Marketing
12 11 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Advertising
15 7 (0.97%) Electronics
16 5 (0.69%) Legal
17 4 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 172 (23.86%) Senior
2 128 (17.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 126 (17.48%) Lead
4 97 (13.45%) Cloud Engineer
5 83 (11.51%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (10.68%) Developer
7 51 (7.07%) Platform Engineer
8 49 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 47 (6.52%) Software Engineer
10 36 (4.99%) Architect
11 32 (4.44%) Senior DevOps
12 29 (4.02%) AWS Engineer
12 29 (4.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 28 (3.88%) Data Engineer
14 25 (3.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 24 (3.33%) Lead DevOps
15 24 (3.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (3.05%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 21 (2.91%) Lead Developer
17 21 (2.91%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (13.18%) React
2 76 (10.54%) Node.js
3 59 (8.18%) .NET
4 50 (6.93%) REST
4 50 (6.93%) RESTful
5 47 (6.52%) AWS CDK
6 42 (5.83%) YAML
7 37 (5.13%) ARM Templates
8 35 (4.85%) Django
8 35 (4.85%) Elastic Stack
9 34 (4.72%) OAuth
10 25 (3.47%) ASP.NET
10 25 (3.47%) Spring
11 23 (3.19%) ASP.NET Core
11 23 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
12 22 (3.05%) JSON
13 21 (2.91%) FastAPI
13 21 (2.91%) Vue
14 20 (2.77%) .NET Core
14 20 (2.77%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 134 (18.59%) Cloud Native
2 43 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.91%) Public Cloud
7 19 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.22%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (2.08%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
10 13 (1.80%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.39%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.25%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.25%) Replication
13 8 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 154 (21.36%) Linux
2 67 (9.29%) Windows
3 29 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.74%) Unix
5 16 (2.22%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.66%) CentOS
7 10 (1.39%) VMS
8 9 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.97%) Debian
10 6 (0.83%) Android
10 6 (0.83%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (73.65%) CI/CD
2 489 (67.82%) DevOps
3 255 (35.37%) Agile
4 210 (29.13%) Observability
5 207 (28.71%) Containerisation
6 180 (24.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 167 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (22.47%) Mentoring
9 138 (19.14%) Test Automation
10 132 (18.31%) Platform Engineering
11 112 (15.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 110 (15.26%) Microservices
13 106 (14.70%) Software Engineering
14 104 (14.42%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 82 (11.37%) Deployment Automation
16 80 (11.10%) AI
16 80 (11.10%) Incident Response
17 72 (9.99%) Cloud Security
18 71 (9.85%) DevSecOps
19 67 (9.29%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 316 (43.83%) Python
2 149 (20.67%) PowerShell
3 148 (20.53%) Bash
4 122 (16.92%) SQL
5 84 (11.65%) TypeScript
6 82 (11.37%) Java
7 74 (10.26%) Bicep
8 69 (9.57%) JavaScript
9 56 (7.77%) Go
10 48 (6.66%) C#
11 13 (1.80%) C
12 9 (1.25%) C++
13 8 (1.11%) Groovy
14 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.69%) Perl
16 5 (0.69%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.55%) Ruby
18 3 (0.42%) Rust
18 3 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 131 (18.17%) Security Cleared
2 83 (11.51%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.66%) DV Cleared
4 47 (6.52%) Degree
5 36 (4.99%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.47%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.08%) AWS Certified Developer
9 13 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.83%) CISSP
13 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.83%) QA
2 26 (3.61%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.61%) GDPR
3 17 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.94%) WCAG
6 11 (1.53%) NIST
7 9 (1.25%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.55%) NCSC
11 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.42%) GRC
11 3 (0.42%) SLA
12 1 (0.14%) IFRS
12 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 220 (30.51%) Docker
2 38 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.30%) Active Directory
4 17 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.08%) vSphere
6 10 (1.39%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.11%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.83%) iptables
9 5 (0.69%) Firmware
9 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 504 (69.90%) Terraform
2 251 (34.81%) Kubernetes
3 158 (21.91%) Ansible
4 111 (15.40%) Grafana
5 83 (11.51%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.77%) Puppet
7 19 (2.64%) Argo
8 12 (1.66%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.53%) Rancher
10 9 (1.25%) Nagios
11 8 (1.11%) AWS Copilot
11 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (1.11%) Packer
11 8 (1.11%) Proxmox
11 8 (1.11%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.97%) yum
13 5 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.69%) Istio
13 5 (0.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 136 (18.86%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.49%) VMware
3 42 (5.83%) Google
4 31 (4.30%) Red Hat
5 29 (4.02%) Cisco
6 24 (3.33%) Splunk
7 20 (2.77%) Databricks
8 15 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (1.94%) Dynatrace
9 14 (1.94%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.25%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.11%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.11%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.97%) Juniper
12 7 (0.97%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.83%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.83%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.83%) Dell
13 6 (0.83%) F5
13 6 (0.83%) NetApp