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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 158 140
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 -1
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 590 615 955
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.32% 1.76% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.96% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 416 370 747
10th Percentile £45,625 £40,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,196 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £79,092 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,625 £91,934
UK median annual salary £73,801 £74,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +2.76% -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 34,709 31,427 38,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.58% 90.08% 87.38%
Number of salaries quoted 20,122 13,965 29,551
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,335
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 29 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 29 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 -11 206 £68,000 +7.94% 156
South East +5 112 £75,000 +15.38% 258
Yorkshire -10 92 £65,000 +20.93% 66
North West +1 87 £70,039 +3.76% 73
South West -15 77 £62,500 -13.18% 125
Scotland +9 75 £71,940 +4.64% 27
Midlands -2 60 £66,250 +0.38% 84
West Midlands +6 34 £65,000 -5.45% 34
East of England +29 30 £76,250 +5.17% 87
North East -8 27 £65,000 +33.33% 17
East Midlands +1 24 £67,500 +3.85% 46
Wales +24 23 £61,496 +31.62% 26
Northern Ireland -12 9 £95,000 +11.76% 12
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 (3.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.03%) Apache
4 9 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.53%) IIS
5 8 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.36%) Confluence
6 3 (0.51%) Appian
6 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
7 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
1 384 (65.08%) Azure
2 349 (59.15%) AWS
3 178 (30.17%) Azure DevOps
4 135 (22.88%) GitHub
5 120 (20.34%) Serverless
6 109 (18.47%) GCP
7 100 (16.95%) AWS CloudFormation
8 92 (15.59%) GitHub Actions
9 77 (13.05%) AWS Lambda
10 59 (10.00%) Entra ID
11 58 (9.83%) Amazon S3
12 55 (9.32%) SaaS
13 52 (8.81%) PaaS
14 49 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
15 44 (7.46%) dbt
16 43 (7.29%) Amazon ECS
17 42 (7.12%) Azure Monitor
18 40 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
19 39 (6.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 33 (5.59%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.02%) Firewall
2 47 (7.97%) DNS
3 36 (6.10%) VPN
4 35 (5.93%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.05%) DHCP
5 18 (3.05%) WAN
6 12 (2.03%) Network Security
7 11 (1.86%) LAN
8 9 (1.53%) HTTP
8 9 (1.53%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.36%) Internet
9 8 (1.36%) VLAN
10 7 (1.19%) AMQP
10 7 (1.19%) BGP
10 7 (1.19%) SAN
11 5 (0.85%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.85%) VoIP
12 4 (0.68%) Broadband
12 4 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (7.46%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (6.27%) NoSQL
4 33 (5.59%) DynamoDB
5 31 (5.25%) SQL Server
6 24 (4.07%) Redis
7 19 (3.22%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (2.88%) MongoDB
9 15 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.54%) MySQL
10 10 (1.69%) Big Data
11 8 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.36%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.02%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.02%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.02%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.85%) Airbyte
14 5 (0.85%) Cloudera CDH
15 4 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 73 (12.37%) Git
2 72 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.31%) GitLab
4 22 (3.73%) Selenium
5 21 (3.56%) Robot Framework
6 18 (3.05%) Snyk
7 15 (2.54%) JIRA
8 10 (1.69%) 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%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.85%) Subversion
14 4 (0.68%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.68%) MLflow
14 4 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 173 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 126 (21.36%) Finance
3 46 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.25%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.75%) Law
6 27 (4.58%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.05%) Retail
8 15 (2.54%) Billing
9 12 (2.03%) Games
10 11 (1.86%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.86%) Marketing
11 10 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.36%) Legal
14 7 (1.19%) Banking
14 7 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.02%) Automotive
15 6 (1.02%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 149 (25.25%) Senior
2 82 (13.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 73 (12.37%) Developer
3 73 (12.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 73 (12.37%) Lead
4 59 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (8.64%) Platform Engineer
6 35 (5.93%) Architect
7 33 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (5.08%) Software Engineer
9 19 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (3.05%) Senior DevOps
11 17 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
11 17 (2.88%) Python Developer
12 16 (2.71%) .NET Developer
12 16 (2.71%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 16 (2.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 15 (2.54%) Lead DevOps
14 14 (2.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 14 (2.37%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (14.92%) React
2 56 (9.49%) .NET
3 51 (8.64%) Node.js
4 46 (7.80%) RESTful
5 35 (5.93%) Django
6 29 (4.92%) REST
6 29 (4.92%) YAML
7 27 (4.58%) AWS CDK
8 26 (4.41%) OAuth
9 23 (3.90%) ARM Templates
9 23 (3.90%) Vue
10 22 (3.73%) CSS
10 22 (3.73%) GraphQL
11 21 (3.56%) HTML
12 20 (3.39%) AngularJS
12 20 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (3.22%) .NET Core
13 19 (3.22%) ASP.NET
13 19 (3.22%) FastAPI
13 19 (3.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 126 (21.36%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.41%) Security Posture
4 23 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
6 17 (2.88%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (2.54%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.02%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.85%) Private Cloud
15 4 (0.68%) Client/Server
15 4 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 122 (20.68%) Linux
2 51 (8.64%) Windows
3 23 (3.90%) Unix
4 15 (2.54%) VMS
4 15 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.37%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.03%) Debian
7 7 (1.19%) CentOS
8 6 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.68%) Android
9 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (71.19%) DevOps
2 415 (70.34%) CI/CD
3 229 (38.81%) Agile
4 133 (22.54%) Containerisation
4 133 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 132 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (20.51%) Mentoring
7 116 (19.66%) Observability
8 91 (15.42%) Platform Engineering
9 87 (14.75%) Coaching
9 87 (14.75%) Test Automation
10 85 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 85 (14.41%) Software Engineering
11 74 (12.54%) Microservices
12 69 (11.69%) Roadmaps
12 69 (11.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 67 (11.36%) AI
14 65 (11.02%) Asset Management
15 64 (10.85%) Analytics
15 64 (10.85%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 244 (41.36%) Python
2 129 (21.86%) PowerShell
3 106 (17.97%) Bash
4 98 (16.61%) SQL
5 81 (13.73%) Bicep
6 69 (11.69%) TypeScript
7 64 (10.85%) Java
8 60 (10.17%) JavaScript
9 54 (9.15%) C#
10 40 (6.78%) Go
11 9 (1.53%) C
12 6 (1.02%) C++
13 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.51%) Scala
14 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.34%) VB
15 2 (0.34%) XAML
16 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 96 (16.27%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 46 (7.80%) DV Cleared
4 37 (6.27%) AWS Certification
5 28 (4.75%) Azure Certification
6 26 (4.41%) Degree
7 12 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.86%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.53%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.36%) CCNP
12 6 (1.02%) CISSP
13 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.85%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.85%) PMP
14 3 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.34%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.24%) NIST
2 24 (4.07%) GDPR
2 24 (4.07%) QA
3 20 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.19%) WCAG
6 5 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.51%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 183 (31.02%) Docker
2 27 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (2.03%) 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 1 (0.17%) HDFS
11 1 (0.17%) iptables
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
11 1 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 425 (72.03%) Terraform
2 186 (31.53%) Kubernetes
3 129 (21.86%) Ansible
4 62 (10.51%) Grafana
5 52 (8.81%) Prometheus
6 24 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (2.20%) Argo
8 10 (1.69%) AWS Copilot
9 9 (1.53%) Puppet
10 8 (1.36%) Rancher
11 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.02%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.85%) yum
13 4 (0.68%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.51%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.51%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 121 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.46%) VMware
3 41 (6.95%) Google
4 18 (3.05%) Black Duck
4 18 (3.05%) Coverity
5 16 (2.71%) Cisco
6 15 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (2.37%) Ab Initio
7 14 (2.37%) Splunk
8 13 (2.20%) Databricks
8 13 (2.20%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.53%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.36%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.19%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.02%) SaltStack
12 6 (1.02%) SAP
13 5 (0.85%) Dell
13 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.68%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.68%) ServiceNow