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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 220 186
Rank change year-on-year +112 -34 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,112 459 938
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 1.36% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 1.54% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 815 321 738
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 £83,750 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 51,233 29,845 53,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.48% 88.11% 79.53%
Number of salaries quoted 36,051 16,147 35,683
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,245 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 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 23 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 +92 375 £70,000 - 198
South East +55 228 £67,500 -12.90% 144
North West +85 225 £73,401 +4.86% 108
South West +38 181 £75,000 - 83
Midlands +36 134 £77,500 +19.23% 57
Yorkshire +5 90 £68,750 -1.79% 57
West Midlands +5 81 £81,887 +25.98% 38
North East -2 60 £55,000 -18.52% 33
Northern Ireland -19 57 £73,801 +71.27% 15
Wales -3 55 £70,039 +21.81% 15
East Midlands +8 53 £67,500 +3.85% 19
East of England +14 51 £62,500 - 19
Scotland +23 40 £67,500 -6.57% 36
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 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.25%) Apache
2 25 (2.25%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.62%) Confluence
5 11 (0.99%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.63%) IIS
7 5 (0.45%) CMS
8 4 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.27%) WordPress
10 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.090%) Documentum
11 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.090%) JBoss
11 1 (0.090%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 613 (55.13%) Azure
2 578 (51.98%) AWS
3 213 (19.15%) GitHub
4 202 (18.17%) Azure DevOps
5 177 (15.92%) Serverless
6 174 (15.65%) GCP
7 135 (12.14%) GitHub Actions
8 131 (11.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 100 (8.99%) Amazon S3
10 92 (8.27%) AWS Lambda
11 88 (7.91%) PaaS
12 75 (6.74%) Amazon EC2
12 75 (6.74%) Amazon EKS
13 71 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
14 67 (6.03%) Amazon ECS
15 64 (5.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 64 (5.76%) Cloud Computing
16 63 (5.67%) Azure AKS
17 60 (5.40%) SaaS
18 56 (5.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (9.35%) Firewall
2 76 (6.83%) WAN
3 68 (6.12%) LAN
4 61 (5.49%) VPN
5 59 (5.31%) DNS
6 37 (3.33%) TCP/IP
7 35 (3.15%) Network Security
8 20 (1.80%) DHCP
9 17 (1.53%) BGP
9 17 (1.53%) VLAN
10 16 (1.44%) Broadband
10 16 (1.44%) HTTP
11 11 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.90%) SAN
13 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
15 7 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
16 6 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (0.54%) MQTT
16 6 (0.54%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (4.77%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (4.23%) NoSQL
4 42 (3.78%) MongoDB
5 37 (3.33%) DynamoDB
5 37 (3.33%) SQL Server
6 35 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (2.61%) Relational Database
8 25 (2.25%) MySQL
9 19 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (1.62%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.44%) Metadata
12 16 (1.44%) Redis
13 13 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.08%) Big Data
14 12 (1.08%) Spark SQL
15 10 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.90%) Power BI
16 8 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 172 (15.47%) Git
2 136 (12.23%) GitLab
3 126 (11.33%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.70%) JIRA
5 15 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (1.26%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.17%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.17%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.81%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.81%) Selenium
9 8 (0.72%) MSI
9 8 (0.72%) NUnit
10 7 (0.63%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.63%) JMeter
10 7 (0.63%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.54%) Subversion
11 6 (0.54%) Terragrunt
11 6 (0.54%) TestRail
12 5 (0.45%) TeamCity
General
1 317 (28.51%) Social Skills
2 186 (16.73%) Finance
3 109 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 77 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (6.03%) Law
7 58 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (2.52%) Retail
8 28 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 23 (2.07%) Aerospace
10 22 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 21 (1.89%) Banking
12 16 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.44%) Games
13 10 (0.90%) Advertising
13 10 (0.90%) Marketing
14 8 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.63%) Legal
16 5 (0.45%) Local Government
17 4 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 246 (22.12%) DevOps Engineer
2 218 (19.60%) Senior
3 184 (16.55%) Lead
4 138 (12.41%) Architect
5 129 (11.60%) Cloud Engineer
6 106 (9.53%) Platform Engineer
7 105 (9.44%) Developer
8 100 (8.99%) Azure Engineer
9 71 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 67 (6.03%) Software Engineer
11 58 (5.22%) Systems Architect
12 50 (4.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 50 (4.50%) Data Engineer
12 50 (4.50%) Senior DevOps
13 49 (4.41%) AWS Engineer
14 44 (3.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 41 (3.69%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 39 (3.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 36 (3.24%) Azure Platform Engineer
17 36 (3.24%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (9.80%) React
2 89 (8.00%) Node.js
3 86 (7.73%) REST
4 84 (7.55%) .NET
5 68 (6.12%) Spring Boot
6 65 (5.85%) Spring
7 57 (5.13%) ARM Templates
8 53 (4.77%) Kafka
8 53 (4.77%) RESTful
9 50 (4.50%) AWS CDK
10 47 (4.23%) YAML
11 39 (3.51%) Elastic Stack
11 39 (3.51%) PySpark
12 34 (3.06%) AngularJS
13 30 (2.70%) Next.js
14 29 (2.61%) RabbitMQ
14 29 (2.61%) Vue
15 28 (2.52%) ASP.NET
16 26 (2.34%) ASP.NET Core
17 25 (2.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 259 (23.29%) Cloud Native
2 83 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
3 74 (6.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 55 (4.95%) Product Ownership
5 37 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 35 (3.15%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (2.34%) Security Posture
10 26 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.25%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
13 19 (1.71%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.62%) Private Cloud
15 16 (1.44%) Replication
16 15 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
16 15 (1.35%) Virtual Team
17 14 (1.26%) Mainframe
17 14 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 207 (18.62%) Linux
2 110 (9.89%) Windows
3 50 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.88%) CentOS
5 29 (2.61%) Ubuntu
6 24 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (1.71%) Unix
8 17 (1.53%) VMS
9 6 (0.54%) Debian
9 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.18%) AIX
11 2 (0.18%) Android
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.090%) Rocky
12 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (72.57%) CI/CD
2 662 (59.53%) DevOps
3 385 (34.62%) Containerisation
4 369 (33.18%) Agile
5 330 (29.68%) Observability
6 276 (24.82%) Platform Engineering
7 255 (22.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 248 (22.30%) Mentoring
9 218 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
10 209 (18.79%) AI
11 192 (17.27%) Software Engineering
12 188 (16.91%) Microservices
13 181 (16.28%) Test Automation
14 177 (15.92%) Technical Leadership
15 154 (13.85%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 148 (13.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 141 (12.68%) Roadmaps
18 131 (11.78%) Cloud Security
19 127 (11.42%) DevSecOps
20 108 (9.71%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 444 (39.93%) Python
2 209 (18.79%) Bash
3 180 (16.19%) PowerShell
4 156 (14.03%) SQL
5 139 (12.50%) Java
6 127 (11.42%) Bicep
7 121 (10.88%) TypeScript
8 100 (8.99%) JavaScript
9 78 (7.01%) C#
10 64 (5.76%) Go
11 22 (1.98%) Ruby
12 19 (1.71%) Groovy
12 19 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.35%) PHP
14 9 (0.81%) Rust
15 8 (0.72%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.63%) C++
17 6 (0.54%) COBOL
18 5 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
19 4 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 279 (25.09%) Security Cleared
2 170 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 111 (9.98%) DV Cleared
4 80 (7.19%) Degree
5 57 (5.13%) Azure Certification
6 37 (3.33%) AWS Certification
7 36 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.63%) CCNA
13 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.54%) ICAEW
14 6 (0.54%) RHCSA
15 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.36%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.94%) QA
2 59 (5.31%) GRC
3 36 (3.24%) Data Quality
4 31 (2.79%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.07%) WCAG
6 18 (1.62%) GDPR
7 17 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.44%) NCSC
9 12 (1.08%) NIST
9 12 (1.08%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (0.54%) SLA
11 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.18%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.090%) GxP
System Software
1 326 (29.32%) Docker
2 69 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (5.58%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.88%) vSphere
5 18 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.81%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.54%) iptables
9 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.45%) Firmware
11 4 (0.36%) Squid
12 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 765 (68.79%) Terraform
2 425 (38.22%) Kubernetes
3 231 (20.77%) Ansible
4 126 (11.33%) Grafana
5 99 (8.90%) Prometheus
6 36 (3.24%) Puppet
7 33 (2.97%) Argo
8 26 (2.34%) Progress Chef
9 17 (1.53%) Istio
10 16 (1.44%) Packer
11 13 (1.17%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.08%) Nagios
13 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
14 9 (0.81%) Kibana
14 9 (0.81%) Podman
14 9 (0.81%) Proxmox
14 9 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
15 8 (0.72%) Kustomize
15 8 (0.72%) Rancher
16 7 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 254 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.46%) VMware
3 58 (5.22%) Google
4 50 (4.50%) Red Hat
5 42 (3.78%) Splunk
6 35 (3.15%) Databricks
7 29 (2.61%) Cisco
8 21 (1.89%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.44%) Oracle
10 13 (1.17%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.08%) F5
11 12 (1.08%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (0.99%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.90%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.72%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.63%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.63%) IBM
15 7 (0.63%) NetApp
15 7 (0.63%) New Relic