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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 162 167
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -25
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 611 528 916
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.21% 1.79% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.95% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 441 345 708
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,531 £51,196 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,934
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 38,245 27,075 46,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.88% 91.84% 86.43%
Number of salaries quoted 22,638 12,884 35,110
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £65,640 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 3 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 3 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 -19 210 £66,500 +2.31% 163
South East +3 130 £72,500 +3.57% 158
Yorkshire -10 90 £62,500 +13.64% 46
North West -8 89 £74,051 +9.71% 95
South West -18 83 £62,500 -11.97% 84
Midlands -6 66 £67,250 +3.46% 39
Scotland -11 64 £71,940 +2.77% 26
West Midlands +1 33 £65,000 - 25
East Midlands -3 31 £67,750 +4.23% 14
North East -9 31 £48,445 -13.10% 22
East of England +18 29 £62,500 -13.79% 30
Wales +6 21 £68,500 +46.61% 12
Northern Ireland -25 10 £95,000 +11.76% 7
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 17 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.96%) Apache
3 11 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.47%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.47%) IIS
5 7 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.98%) Confluence
7 3 (0.49%) Appian
7 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 377 (61.70%) Azure
2 376 (61.54%) AWS
3 178 (29.13%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (25.20%) GitHub
5 130 (21.28%) Serverless
6 123 (20.13%) GCP
7 116 (18.99%) GitHub Actions
8 107 (17.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 80 (13.09%) AWS Lambda
10 64 (10.47%) Amazon S3
11 62 (10.15%) PaaS
12 54 (8.84%) Entra ID
13 53 (8.67%) Amazon EKS
14 50 (8.18%) dbt
15 49 (8.02%) Amazon ECS
16 46 (7.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 46 (7.53%) SaaS
17 40 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
18 38 (6.22%) Azure Monitor
19 33 (5.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (13.09%) Firewall
2 53 (8.67%) DNS
3 48 (7.86%) TCP/IP
4 32 (5.24%) VPN
5 17 (2.78%) DHCP
5 17 (2.78%) HTTP
6 16 (2.62%) Network Security
7 15 (2.45%) WAN
8 10 (1.64%) LAN
9 9 (1.47%) VLAN
10 8 (1.31%) BGP
10 8 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (1.15%) Internet
11 7 (1.15%) SAN
12 5 (0.82%) AMQP
12 5 (0.82%) Broadband
12 5 (0.82%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.65%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (9.33%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (8.18%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (5.40%) DynamoDB
3 33 (5.40%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.75%) Redis
4 29 (4.75%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.76%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (2.78%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.45%) MySQL
8 8 (1.31%) Big Data
9 7 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (0.98%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.98%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.82%) Airbyte
11 5 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.82%) Cloudera CDH
11 5 (0.82%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.82%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 83 (13.58%) Git
2 81 (13.26%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.17%) GitLab
4 22 (3.60%) Selenium
5 21 (3.44%) Robot Framework
6 18 (2.95%) Snyk
7 15 (2.45%) JIRA
8 11 (1.80%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.64%) CircleCI
10 9 (1.47%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.31%) JMeter
11 8 (1.31%) Locust
12 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.98%) git-flow
13 6 (0.98%) Subversion
13 6 (0.98%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.65%) MLflow
16 3 (0.49%) TestRail
General
1 177 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 112 (18.33%) Finance
3 61 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.22%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.89%) Telecoms
6 35 (5.73%) Law
7 22 (3.60%) Retail
8 17 (2.78%) Billing
9 16 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.13%) Marketing
11 12 (1.96%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.80%) Games
13 10 (1.64%) Banking
14 8 (1.31%) Advertising
14 8 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.15%) Legal
16 6 (0.98%) Electronics
16 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 152 (24.88%) Senior
2 91 (14.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 83 (13.58%) Lead
4 81 (13.26%) Cloud Engineer
5 66 (10.80%) Developer
6 62 (10.15%) Azure Engineer
7 51 (8.35%) Platform Engineer
8 38 (6.22%) Software Engineer
9 35 (5.73%) Architect
9 35 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (3.60%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (3.44%) Senior DevOps
11 21 (3.44%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 17 (2.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 17 (2.78%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 17 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (2.62%) .NET Developer
13 16 (2.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 15 (2.45%) Python Developer
14 15 (2.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (14.73%) React
2 55 (9.00%) Node.js
3 46 (7.53%) .NET
3 46 (7.53%) RESTful
4 40 (6.55%) Django
5 33 (5.40%) AWS CDK
6 32 (5.24%) OAuth
7 28 (4.58%) Elastic Stack
7 28 (4.58%) REST
7 28 (4.58%) YAML
8 25 (4.09%) ARM Templates
9 23 (3.76%) Vue
10 22 (3.60%) CSS
10 22 (3.60%) GraphQL
10 22 (3.60%) Spring
11 21 (3.44%) HTML
12 20 (3.27%) FastAPI
12 20 (3.27%) JSON
13 19 (3.11%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (2.95%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 123 (20.13%) Cloud Native
2 42 (6.87%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.44%) Security Posture
5 19 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
6 18 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.96%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.80%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.98%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.65%) Client/Server
14 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 136 (22.26%) Linux
2 55 (9.00%) Windows
3 29 (4.75%) Unix
4 19 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.29%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.96%) VMS
7 10 (1.64%) CentOS
8 9 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (1.31%) Debian
10 4 (0.65%) Android
10 4 (0.65%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (72.83%) CI/CD
2 437 (71.52%) DevOps
3 234 (38.30%) Agile
4 164 (26.84%) Containerisation
5 152 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (23.73%) Observability
7 142 (23.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (21.28%) Mentoring
9 97 (15.88%) Platform Engineering
10 93 (15.22%) Test Automation
11 88 (14.40%) Software Engineering
12 86 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 81 (13.26%) Coaching
14 79 (12.93%) Microservices
15 75 (12.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 71 (11.62%) DevSecOps
17 67 (10.97%) Cloud Security
17 67 (10.97%) Incident Response
18 65 (10.64%) Deployment Automation
19 63 (10.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 258 (42.23%) Python
2 125 (20.46%) PowerShell
3 117 (19.15%) Bash
4 86 (14.08%) SQL
5 72 (11.78%) TypeScript
6 71 (11.62%) Bicep
6 71 (11.62%) Java
7 60 (9.82%) JavaScript
8 49 (8.02%) Go
9 43 (7.04%) C#
10 10 (1.64%) C
11 9 (1.47%) C++
12 6 (0.98%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.49%) Scala
15 2 (0.33%) Ruby
15 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.33%) VB
16 1 (0.16%) Perl
16 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 115 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 67 (10.97%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.51%) DV Cleared
4 37 (6.06%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.91%) Degree
6 27 (4.42%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.80%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (1.31%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.98%) CISSP
13 5 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.65%) CCNP
14 4 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 2 (0.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.75%) QA
2 24 (3.93%) GDPR
3 21 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.95%) NIST
5 16 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.64%) WCAG
7 7 (1.15%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.49%) NCSC
10 2 (0.33%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 200 (32.73%) Docker
2 28 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.26%) Active Directory
4 20 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.29%) vSphere
6 13 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.64%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.15%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.98%) Firmware
10 5 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.49%) iptables
12 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.16%) KVM
13 1 (0.16%) QEMU
13 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 429 (70.21%) Terraform
2 193 (31.59%) Kubernetes
3 140 (22.91%) Ansible
4 83 (13.58%) Grafana
5 67 (10.97%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (2.45%) Puppet
8 14 (2.29%) Argo
8 14 (2.29%) AWS Copilot
9 9 (1.47%) Rancher
10 8 (1.31%) Nagios
10 8 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.15%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.98%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.98%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.98%) yum
13 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
15 3 (0.49%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 114 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.86%) VMware
3 45 (7.36%) Google
4 22 (3.60%) Cisco
5 19 (3.11%) Splunk
6 18 (2.95%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.95%) Coverity
6 18 (2.95%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.29%) Ab Initio
8 13 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (1.96%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.80%) Databricks
11 9 (1.47%) Dynatrace
12 8 (1.31%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.31%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.15%) Dell
13 7 (1.15%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.98%) SaltStack
14 6 (0.98%) SAP
15 5 (0.82%) CyberArk