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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 164 181
Rank change year-on-year +8 +17 -33
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 628 494 925
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.19% 1.76% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.91% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 460 354 707
10th Percentile £46,125 £41,594 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £79,280 £79,500 £79,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,375 £90,000
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 39,696 25,888 49,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.38% 92.28% 85.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,605 13,407 37,515
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 March 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 March 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 -11 217 £65,000 - 157
South East +3 133 £70,000 -0.71% 132
North West -9 94 £72,000 +2.86% 80
Yorkshire -14 91 £62,500 +19.05% 53
South West -12 85 £62,500 -10.71% 92
Midlands -5 69 £67,500 +3.85% 39
Scotland -8 59 £67,500 - 24
East of England +15 34 £62,500 -13.79% 26
West Midlands -8 34 £67,500 -3.57% 31
East Midlands -11 33 £67,500 +3.85% 8
North East -8 32 £48,445 -13.10% 24
Wales +1 22 £64,998 +32.37% 14
Northern Ireland -24 10 £95,000 +11.76% 5
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 13 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.91%) Apache
3 10 (1.59%) IIS
4 9 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.11%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.80%) Confluence
8 3 (0.48%) CMS
8 3 (0.48%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.32%) Appian
9 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 388 (61.78%) AWS
2 376 (59.87%) Azure
3 179 (28.50%) Azure DevOps
4 157 (25.00%) GitHub
5 136 (21.66%) Serverless
6 127 (20.22%) GCP
7 119 (18.95%) GitHub Actions
8 107 (17.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 82 (13.06%) AWS Lambda
10 65 (10.35%) Amazon S3
11 61 (9.71%) PaaS
12 56 (8.92%) Amazon EKS
13 51 (8.12%) dbt
14 49 (7.80%) Amazon ECS
15 48 (7.64%) Entra ID
16 47 (7.48%) SaaS
17 46 (7.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 37 (5.89%) Azure Monitor
19 35 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
20 33 (5.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (12.90%) Firewall
2 51 (8.12%) TCP/IP
3 49 (7.80%) DNS
4 26 (4.14%) VPN
5 19 (3.03%) HTTP
6 18 (2.87%) Network Security
7 13 (2.07%) DHCP
8 11 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (1.75%) WAN
9 9 (1.43%) VLAN
10 8 (1.27%) LAN
11 7 (1.11%) BGP
11 7 (1.11%) Internet
12 6 (0.96%) Broadband
12 6 (0.96%) SAN
13 5 (0.80%) AMQP
14 4 (0.64%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.64%) Wireless
15 3 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
15 3 (0.48%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.71%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (8.12%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (5.57%) NoSQL
4 33 (5.25%) DynamoDB
5 32 (5.10%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.46%) Redis
7 23 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (2.87%) MongoDB
9 16 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.39%) MySQL
11 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.11%) Big Data
12 7 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.11%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.96%) Metadata
14 5 (0.80%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (0.80%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.80%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 90 (14.33%) Git
2 84 (13.38%) Jenkins
3 60 (9.55%) GitLab
4 23 (3.66%) Selenium
5 21 (3.34%) Robot Framework
6 17 (2.71%) Snyk
7 14 (2.23%) JIRA
8 13 (2.07%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.59%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.43%) JMeter
10 9 (1.43%) Locust
11 8 (1.27%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.96%) git-flow
13 6 (0.96%) Subversion
13 6 (0.96%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.64%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.64%) TestRail
15 3 (0.48%) Artifactory
General
1 178 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 107 (17.04%) Finance
3 66 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.69%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.37%) Telecoms
6 31 (4.94%) Law
7 24 (3.82%) Retail
8 20 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.55%) Billing
10 14 (2.23%) Marketing
11 13 (2.07%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.75%) Banking
13 10 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.59%) Games
14 9 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.27%) Advertising
16 7 (1.11%) Electronics
17 6 (0.96%) Legal
18 5 (0.80%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 154 (24.52%) Senior
2 103 (16.40%) DevOps Engineer
3 90 (14.33%) Lead
4 76 (12.10%) Cloud Engineer
5 70 (11.15%) Developer
6 65 (10.35%) Azure Engineer
7 50 (7.96%) Platform Engineer
8 38 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 34 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (5.25%) Architect
11 24 (3.82%) Senior DevOps
12 22 (3.50%) AWS Engineer
13 21 (3.34%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 20 (3.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 18 (2.87%) DevSecOps Engineer
15 18 (2.87%) Lead DevOps
16 17 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (2.71%) Security Engineer
16 17 (2.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 17 (2.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (14.97%) React
2 58 (9.24%) Node.js
3 52 (8.28%) .NET
4 48 (7.64%) RESTful
5 41 (6.53%) Django
6 37 (5.89%) AWS CDK
7 34 (5.41%) REST
8 33 (5.25%) OAuth
9 32 (5.10%) YAML
10 30 (4.78%) Elastic Stack
11 26 (4.14%) ARM Templates
12 23 (3.66%) CSS
12 23 (3.66%) Spring
12 23 (3.66%) Vue
13 22 (3.50%) GraphQL
13 22 (3.50%) HTML
14 21 (3.34%) FastAPI
14 21 (3.34%) JSON
14 21 (3.34%) RabbitMQ
15 20 (3.18%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 124 (19.75%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.37%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.18%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.59%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.11%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.96%) Mobile App
15 4 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
15 4 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 141 (22.45%) Linux
2 59 (9.39%) Windows
3 31 (4.94%) Unix
4 21 (3.34%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.23%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.75%) CentOS
6 11 (1.75%) VMS
7 9 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.11%) Debian
9 5 (0.80%) Android
9 5 (0.80%) 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
1 462 (73.57%) CI/CD
2 448 (71.34%) DevOps
3 236 (37.58%) Agile
4 170 (27.07%) Containerisation
5 161 (25.64%) Observability
6 152 (24.20%) Problem-Solving
7 149 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 137 (21.82%) Mentoring
9 104 (16.56%) Platform Engineering
10 102 (16.24%) Test Automation
11 90 (14.33%) Software Engineering
12 85 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 84 (13.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 83 (13.22%) Microservices
15 75 (11.94%) Coaching
16 74 (11.78%) Incident Response
17 73 (11.62%) DevSecOps
18 71 (11.31%) Cloud Security
19 63 (10.03%) Deployment Automation
20 60 (9.55%) AI
Programming Languages
1 266 (42.36%) Python
2 128 (20.38%) PowerShell
3 121 (19.27%) Bash
4 90 (14.33%) SQL
5 74 (11.78%) TypeScript
6 72 (11.46%) Java
7 69 (10.99%) Bicep
8 63 (10.03%) JavaScript
9 51 (8.12%) Go
10 46 (7.32%) C#
11 10 (1.59%) C
12 8 (1.27%) C++
13 7 (1.11%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.48%) Ruby
15 3 (0.48%) Scala
16 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.32%) VB
17 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 118 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 67 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 55 (8.76%) DV Cleared
4 37 (5.89%) AWS Certification
5 31 (4.94%) Degree
6 27 (4.30%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.91%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.96%) CISSP
12 5 (0.80%) Master's Degree
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
15 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 2 (0.32%) CEH
15 2 (0.32%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.25%) QA
2 25 (3.98%) GDPR
3 22 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.39%) NIST
6 11 (1.75%) WCAG
7 10 (1.59%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.80%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.64%) NCSC
11 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.48%) GRC
12 2 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 200 (31.85%) Docker
2 28 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.50%) Active Directory
4 17 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.39%) vSphere
6 10 (1.59%) VMware NSX
7 9 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.11%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.80%) Firmware
10 4 (0.64%) iptables
11 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.16%) KVM
12 1 (0.16%) QEMU
12 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 437 (69.59%) Terraform
2 203 (32.32%) Kubernetes
3 145 (23.09%) Ansible
4 91 (14.49%) Grafana
5 72 (11.46%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.71%) Puppet
7 14 (2.23%) Argo
7 14 (2.23%) AWS Copilot
7 14 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.43%) Nagios
8 9 (1.43%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.43%) Rancher
9 8 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.11%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.11%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.96%) yum
12 5 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.64%) SolarWinds Orion
14 3 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 117 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.80%) Google
3 48 (7.64%) VMware
4 23 (3.66%) Red Hat
5 22 (3.50%) Cisco
6 21 (3.34%) Splunk
7 17 (2.71%) Black Duck
7 17 (2.71%) Coverity
8 13 (2.07%) Ab Initio
9 12 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (1.91%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.75%) Databricks
10 11 (1.75%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.11%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.96%) Dell
13 6 (0.96%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.96%) Juniper
13 6 (0.96%) SaltStack
13 6 (0.96%) SAP