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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 147 92
Rank change year-on-year -3 -55 +64
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 569 756 957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.51% 1.66% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.99% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 417 464 748
10th Percentile £46,367 £40,000 £46,967
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,958 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,512
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,125 £96,539
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.71% -4.01% -

All Process and 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 30,699 37,913 27,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.58% 83.12% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 18,660 18,400 20,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,263 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +7 191 £70,000 +16.67% 67
South East +26 122 £78,250 +22.75% 175
North West +7 84 £65,250 +0.38% 39
Yorkshire +2 82 £70,000 +27.27% 18
Scotland +10 70 £70,079 +3.82% 18
Midlands +24 69 £65,000 - 41
South West -34 61 £62,500 -10.71% 65
West Midlands +21 47 £65,000 -4.41% 19
East of England +32 29 £66,500 -8.28% 15
North East -2 25 £70,079 +40.16% 10
Wales +18 21 £60,000 - 12
East Midlands +27 20 £65,000 +54.76% 20
Northern Ireland 0 8 £73,801 -13.18% 6
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 23 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.93%) Apache
4 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.41%) Confluence
6 6 (1.05%) Appian
7 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 401 (70.47%) Azure
2 330 (58.00%) AWS
3 165 (29.00%) Azure DevOps
4 110 (19.33%) GitHub
5 101 (17.75%) GCP
6 92 (16.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 90 (15.82%) Serverless
8 74 (13.01%) GitHub Actions
9 66 (11.60%) SaaS
10 60 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (9.31%) AWS Lambda
12 51 (8.96%) PaaS
13 50 (8.79%) Entra ID
14 48 (8.44%) Amazon S3
15 39 (6.85%) dbt
16 36 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
16 36 (6.33%) Azure Monitor
17 30 (5.27%) IaaS
18 29 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 26 (4.57%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.91%) Firewall
2 37 (6.50%) DNS
3 34 (5.98%) VPN
4 28 (4.92%) TCP/IP
5 24 (4.22%) WAN
6 18 (3.16%) LAN
7 14 (2.46%) Network Security
8 12 (2.11%) DHCP
9 11 (1.93%) SD-WAN
9 11 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.23%) SAN
10 7 (1.23%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.23%) VoIP
11 6 (1.05%) VLAN
12 5 (0.88%) AMQP
13 4 (0.70%) BGP
13 4 (0.70%) HTTP
13 4 (0.70%) Wireless
14 3 (0.53%) IPsec
14 3 (0.53%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
1 33 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.27%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (4.04%) DynamoDB
3 23 (4.04%) Redis
4 22 (3.87%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
6 16 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.28%) MySQL
8 12 (2.11%) Big Data
9 10 (1.76%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.41%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.41%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.23%) Airbyte
12 5 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.88%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.53%) Apache Iceberg
14 3 (0.53%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 61 (10.72%) Jenkins
2 53 (9.31%) Git
3 51 (8.96%) GitLab
4 23 (4.04%) Selenium
5 20 (3.51%) Robot Framework
6 18 (3.16%) JIRA
6 18 (3.16%) Snyk
7 10 (1.76%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.76%) TeamCity
8 9 (1.58%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.58%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.41%) JMeter
10 7 (1.23%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.05%) Artifactory
11 6 (1.05%) git-flow
11 6 (1.05%) Locust
11 6 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.88%) MLflow
13 4 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.53%) MSTest
General
1 143 (25.13%) Social Skills
2 118 (20.74%) Finance
3 43 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.10%) Law
5 21 (3.69%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.81%) Retail
6 16 (2.81%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.28%) Legal
8 12 (2.11%) Games
8 12 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.58%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.41%) Advertising
10 8 (1.41%) Automotive
10 8 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.88%) Billing
13 4 (0.70%) Marketing
14 3 (0.53%) Banking
14 3 (0.53%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 132 (23.20%) Senior
2 74 (13.01%) DevOps Engineer
3 73 (12.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 73 (12.83%) Lead
4 65 (11.42%) Developer
5 57 (10.02%) Architect
6 46 (8.08%) Azure Engineer
6 46 (8.08%) Platform Engineer
7 25 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (4.22%) Software Engineer
9 23 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
10 19 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (3.16%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 17 (2.99%) Lead DevOps
12 17 (2.99%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 16 (2.81%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (2.81%) Security Engineer
14 15 (2.64%) Python Developer
14 15 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (11.42%) React
2 60 (10.54%) .NET
3 38 (6.68%) Django
4 32 (5.62%) ARM Templates
5 31 (5.45%) RESTful
6 26 (4.57%) Node.js
7 25 (4.39%) OAuth
8 23 (4.04%) YAML
9 22 (3.87%) REST
10 20 (3.51%) Flask
11 18 (3.16%) CSS
11 18 (3.16%) FastAPI
12 17 (2.99%) .NET Core
12 17 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (2.99%) HTML
12 17 (2.99%) Vue
13 16 (2.81%) AngularJS
13 16 (2.81%) Kafka
14 14 (2.46%) .NET Framework
14 14 (2.46%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 133 (23.37%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.03%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.27%) Public Cloud
4 21 (3.69%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.16%) Security Posture
6 17 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
7 15 (2.64%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.93%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.93%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.41%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.05%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.88%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.70%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 89 (15.64%) Linux
2 44 (7.73%) Windows
3 20 (3.51%) Unix
4 14 (2.46%) Ubuntu
5 13 (2.28%) Debian
5 13 (2.28%) Windows Server
6 12 (2.11%) VMS
7 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.53%) CentOS
9 2 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.18%) Android
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (71.00%) DevOps
2 381 (66.96%) CI/CD
3 226 (39.72%) Agile
4 127 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 122 (21.44%) Containerisation
6 118 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (20.56%) Mentoring
8 94 (16.52%) Observability
9 79 (13.88%) Test Automation
10 77 (13.53%) Coaching
10 77 (13.53%) Platform Engineering
11 76 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 74 (13.01%) Software Engineering
13 72 (12.65%) Roadmaps
14 67 (11.78%) AI
15 60 (10.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 59 (10.37%) Analytics
17 58 (10.19%) Microservices
17 58 (10.19%) Scrum
18 56 (9.84%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 215 (37.79%) Python
2 115 (20.21%) PowerShell
3 98 (17.22%) SQL
4 86 (15.11%) Bicep
5 74 (13.01%) Bash
6 58 (10.19%) C#
7 52 (9.14%) JavaScript
8 50 (8.79%) Java
9 47 (8.26%) TypeScript
10 25 (4.39%) Go
11 6 (1.05%) C++
12 5 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.53%) Scala
15 2 (0.35%) Groovy
15 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.35%) VB
15 2 (0.35%) XAML
16 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 100 (17.57%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 45 (7.91%) DV Cleared
4 41 (7.21%) Azure Certification
5 36 (6.33%) AWS Certification
6 30 (5.27%) Degree
7 15 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.11%) CCNP
8 12 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.93%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.23%) AWS Certified Developer
10 7 (1.23%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.23%) PMP
11 4 (0.70%) CCNA
11 4 (0.70%) CISSP
11 4 (0.70%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.75%) NIST
2 24 (4.22%) QA
3 23 (4.04%) GDPR
4 17 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.81%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.23%) WCAG
7 6 (1.05%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.53%) NCSC
8 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 178 (31.28%) Docker
2 25 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (4.04%) Active Directory
4 22 (3.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.93%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.41%) vSphere
7 4 (0.70%) Firmware
7 4 (0.70%) vCloud
7 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.53%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) HDFS
9 1 (0.18%) iptables
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 402 (70.65%) Terraform
2 171 (30.05%) Kubernetes
3 109 (19.16%) Ansible
4 49 (8.61%) Grafana
5 42 (7.38%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.93%) Docker Swarm
8 10 (1.76%) AWS Copilot
9 9 (1.58%) Argo
10 6 (1.05%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.88%) MaaS360
11 5 (0.88%) Puppet
11 5 (0.88%) SCCM
12 4 (0.70%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.70%) Rundeck
12 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.53%) Control-M
13 3 (0.53%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.53%) Rancher
14 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 142 (24.96%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.38%) VMware
3 36 (6.33%) Google
4 18 (3.16%) Black Duck
5 17 (2.99%) Coverity
6 15 (2.64%) Cisco
6 15 (2.64%) Splunk
7 13 (2.28%) Databricks
8 12 (2.11%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.93%) Ab Initio
10 10 (1.76%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.76%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.23%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.23%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.05%) BiZZdesign
13 6 (1.05%) Oracle
13 6 (1.05%) UiPath
14 5 (0.88%) Blue Prism
14 5 (0.88%) McAfee