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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 219 192
Rank change year-on-year +102 -27 -66
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,089 459 971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.51% 1.35% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.53% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 803 321 762
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%

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 50,992 30,002 55,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.47% 88.25% 79.83%
Number of salaries quoted 35,944 16,170 37,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,230 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 July 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 July 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 +89 370 £70,000 - 146
South East +57 227 £70,000 -9.68% 121
North West +83 223 £74,301 +4.28% 79
South West +38 175 £75,000 +3.45% 75
Midlands +34 130 £77,500 +19.23% 45
Yorkshire +10 90 £66,538 -4.95% 38
West Midlands +14 77 £80,000 +23.08% 32
North East +3 57 £55,000 -15.38% 29
East Midlands +15 53 £67,500 +3.85% 13
East of England +4 52 £62,500 - 9
Wales -10 52 £71,000 +23.48% 14
Northern Ireland -14 51 £73,801 +71.27% 8
Scotland +16 40 £67,500 -9.40% 22
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 27 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.11%) Apache
2 23 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.84%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.56%) Confluence
5 10 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.64%) IIS
7 5 (0.46%) CMS
8 4 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.28%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.28%) WordPress
10 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.092%) Documentum
11 1 (0.092%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 599 (55.00%) Azure
2 568 (52.16%) AWS
3 209 (19.19%) GitHub
4 201 (18.46%) Azure DevOps
5 176 (16.16%) Serverless
6 169 (15.52%) GCP
7 133 (12.21%) GitHub Actions
8 130 (11.94%) AWS CloudFormation
9 98 (9.00%) Amazon S3
10 90 (8.26%) AWS Lambda
10 90 (8.26%) PaaS
11 74 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
12 72 (6.61%) Amazon EC2
13 70 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
14 63 (5.79%) Amazon ECS
14 63 (5.79%) Azure AKS
15 60 (5.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 59 (5.42%) IaaS
16 59 (5.42%) SaaS
17 57 (5.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 107 (9.83%) Firewall
2 69 (6.34%) WAN
3 61 (5.60%) LAN
3 61 (5.60%) VPN
4 60 (5.51%) DNS
5 38 (3.49%) TCP/IP
6 33 (3.03%) Network Security
7 21 (1.93%) DHCP
8 18 (1.65%) VLAN
9 17 (1.56%) BGP
10 16 (1.47%) Broadband
10 16 (1.47%) HTTP
11 11 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.92%) SAN
13 9 (0.83%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
15 7 (0.64%) Ethernet VPN
16 6 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (0.55%) MQTT
16 6 (0.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
3 45 (4.13%) NoSQL
4 41 (3.76%) MongoDB
5 37 (3.40%) DynamoDB
6 36 (3.31%) SQL Server
7 35 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 23 (2.11%) MySQL
10 18 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.56%) Redis
12 16 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.47%) Data Lake
13 15 (1.38%) Metadata
14 13 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.10%) Spark SQL
16 11 (1.01%) Big Data
17 10 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
18 8 (0.73%) Power BI
19 7 (0.64%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 165 (15.15%) Git
2 132 (12.12%) GitLab
3 121 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 29 (2.66%) JIRA
5 15 (1.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (1.29%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.19%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.10%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.73%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.73%) NUnit
9 8 (0.73%) Selenium
10 7 (0.64%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.64%) JMeter
10 7 (0.64%) MSI
11 6 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.55%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.55%) Subversion
11 6 (0.55%) TestRail
12 5 (0.46%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.46%) Terragrunt
General
1 307 (28.19%) Social Skills
2 176 (16.16%) Finance
3 108 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 75 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (6.06%) Law
6 51 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
7 27 (2.48%) Telecoms
8 26 (2.39%) Retail
9 23 (2.11%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.84%) Banking
12 17 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (1.47%) Games
14 10 (0.92%) Advertising
15 9 (0.83%) Marketing
16 8 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.64%) Legal
18 6 (0.55%) Billing
19 5 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 239 (21.95%) DevOps Engineer
2 214 (19.65%) Senior
3 180 (16.53%) Lead
4 130 (11.94%) Architect
4 130 (11.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 103 (9.46%) Platform Engineer
6 102 (9.37%) Developer
7 101 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
8 73 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 66 (6.06%) Software Engineer
10 51 (4.68%) Systems Architect
11 50 (4.59%) Senior DevOps
12 48 (4.41%) AWS Engineer
13 47 (4.32%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 47 (4.32%) Data Engineer
14 44 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 41 (3.76%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 38 (3.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 36 (3.31%) Technical Leader
18 34 (3.12%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (9.83%) React
2 92 (8.45%) Node.js
3 86 (7.90%) REST
4 81 (7.44%) .NET
5 66 (6.06%) Spring Boot
6 63 (5.79%) Spring
7 58 (5.33%) ARM Templates
8 50 (4.59%) AWS CDK
8 50 (4.59%) Kafka
8 50 (4.59%) RESTful
9 47 (4.32%) YAML
10 39 (3.58%) Elastic Stack
11 36 (3.31%) PySpark
12 32 (2.94%) AngularJS
13 29 (2.66%) Next.js
14 28 (2.57%) RabbitMQ
14 28 (2.57%) Vue
15 27 (2.48%) ASP.NET
16 25 (2.30%) ASP.NET Core
17 23 (2.11%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 253 (23.23%) Cloud Native
2 82 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 54 (4.96%) Product Ownership
5 37 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 34 (3.12%) Public Cloud
7 31 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.39%) Security Posture
10 25 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (2.20%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
13 18 (1.65%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.56%) Private Cloud
15 16 (1.47%) Replication
16 15 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
17 14 (1.29%) Virtual Team
18 13 (1.19%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 205 (18.82%) Linux
2 109 (10.01%) Windows
3 50 (4.59%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.94%) CentOS
5 29 (2.66%) Ubuntu
6 23 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (1.74%) Unix
8 18 (1.65%) VMS
9 7 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.55%) Debian
11 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.092%) AIX
13 1 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.092%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 789 (72.45%) CI/CD
2 653 (59.96%) DevOps
3 369 (33.88%) Containerisation
4 362 (33.24%) Agile
5 322 (29.57%) Observability
6 271 (24.89%) Platform Engineering
7 253 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 244 (22.41%) Mentoring
9 213 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (18.64%) AI
11 187 (17.17%) Microservices
11 187 (17.17%) Software Engineering
12 175 (16.07%) Test Automation
13 170 (15.61%) Technical Leadership
14 153 (14.05%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 147 (13.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 132 (12.12%) Roadmaps
17 131 (12.03%) Cloud Security
18 122 (11.20%) DevSecOps
19 107 (9.83%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 436 (40.04%) Python
2 209 (19.19%) Bash
3 184 (16.90%) PowerShell
4 151 (13.87%) SQL
5 138 (12.67%) Java
6 126 (11.57%) Bicep
7 122 (11.20%) TypeScript
8 98 (9.00%) JavaScript
9 76 (6.98%) C#
10 63 (5.79%) Go
11 21 (1.93%) Ruby
12 19 (1.74%) Groovy
12 19 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.38%) PHP
14 9 (0.83%) Rust
15 8 (0.73%) C++
16 7 (0.64%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.55%) COBOL
18 5 (0.46%) C
18 5 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 272 (24.98%) Security Cleared
2 163 (14.97%) SC Cleared
3 109 (10.01%) DV Cleared
4 79 (7.25%) Degree
5 57 (5.23%) Azure Certification
6 36 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (3.21%) AWS Certification
8 26 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.92%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.64%) CCNA
13 7 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.55%) ICAEW
14 6 (0.55%) RHCSA
15 5 (0.46%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.37%) OSCP
16 4 (0.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.88%) QA
2 52 (4.78%) GRC
3 34 (3.12%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.93%) WCAG
6 18 (1.65%) GDPR
6 18 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.38%) NCSC
9 13 (1.19%) NIST
10 12 (1.10%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.46%) SLA
13 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.18%) IFRS
13 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.18%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.092%) GxP
System Software
1 317 (29.11%) Docker
2 69 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (5.88%) Active Directory
4 33 (3.03%) vSphere
5 19 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.83%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.64%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.55%) iptables
9 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.46%) Firmware
11 4 (0.37%) Squid
12 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 751 (68.96%) Terraform
2 419 (38.48%) Kubernetes
3 229 (21.03%) Ansible
4 124 (11.39%) Grafana
5 97 (8.91%) Prometheus
6 33 (3.03%) Argo
6 33 (3.03%) Puppet
7 23 (2.11%) Progress Chef
8 16 (1.47%) Istio
8 16 (1.47%) Packer
9 14 (1.29%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.10%) Nagios
11 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.83%) Kibana
13 9 (0.83%) Podman
13 9 (0.83%) Proxmox
14 8 (0.73%) Kustomize
14 8 (0.73%) Rancher
15 7 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 244 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.62%) VMware
3 56 (5.14%) Google
4 48 (4.41%) Red Hat
5 40 (3.67%) Splunk
6 33 (3.03%) Databricks
7 29 (2.66%) Cisco
8 21 (1.93%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.38%) Oracle
10 13 (1.19%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.10%) F5
11 12 (1.10%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (0.92%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.83%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.73%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.64%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.64%) IBM
15 7 (0.64%) NetApp
15 7 (0.64%) Salesforce