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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 221 201
Rank change year-on-year +91 -20 -63
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 885 426 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.32% 1.43% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.57% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 675 283 781
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £55,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -6.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 46,733 27,143 63,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 69.63% 91.16% 79.93%
Number of salaries quoted 32,679 13,759 43,887
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 +72 330 £67,500 -3.57% 124
South East +51 202 £70,000 -9.68% 177
North West +72 199 £72,500 - 76
South West +21 128 £72,500 +3.57% 80
Midlands +51 117 £71,289 +9.68% 54
Yorkshire -7 86 £65,576 -2.49% 23
West Midlands +16 69 £77,500 +14.81% 36
East of England +6 49 £60,100 -7.54% 30
East Midlands +8 48 £67,500 +3.85% 18
North East -8 45 £55,000 -15.38% 25
Scotland +1 35 £60,000 -20.19% 18
Wales -26 24 £70,000 +21.74% 16
Northern Ireland -30 3 £84,401 +95.86% 16
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 20 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.15%) Apache
2 19 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.47%) Confluence
5 9 (1.02%) IIS
6 8 (0.90%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.56%) CMS
8 4 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.34%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.11%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 519 (58.64%) AWS
2 466 (52.66%) Azure
3 188 (21.24%) GitHub
4 179 (20.23%) Azure DevOps
5 174 (19.66%) Serverless
6 137 (15.48%) GCP
7 130 (14.69%) GitHub Actions
8 112 (12.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 95 (10.73%) Amazon S3
10 92 (10.40%) AWS Lambda
11 77 (8.70%) PaaS
12 75 (8.47%) Amazon EKS
13 68 (7.68%) Amazon EC2
14 63 (7.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 61 (6.89%) Amazon ECS
16 55 (6.21%) Azure AKS
17 54 (6.10%) SaaS
18 53 (5.99%) IaaS
19 49 (5.54%) Entra ID
20 47 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 109 (12.32%) Firewall
2 56 (6.33%) DNS
3 41 (4.63%) VPN
4 37 (4.18%) TCP/IP
5 26 (2.94%) Network Security
6 19 (2.15%) DHCP
7 18 (2.03%) BGP
7 18 (2.03%) Broadband
8 17 (1.92%) HTTP
9 16 (1.81%) VLAN
10 15 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (1.58%) WAN
12 9 (1.02%) LAN
12 9 (1.02%) SAN
13 6 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.68%) OSPF
13 6 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (0.68%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.68%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
3 40 (4.52%) NoSQL
4 38 (4.29%) MongoDB
5 35 (3.95%) DynamoDB
6 32 (3.62%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (2.37%) Relational Database
9 18 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.58%) Metadata
11 13 (1.47%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.47%) Redis
11 13 (1.47%) Spark SQL
12 12 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.13%) Big Data
13 10 (1.13%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.13%) MySQL
14 6 (0.68%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 137 (15.48%) Git
2 113 (12.77%) GitLab
2 113 (12.77%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.49%) JIRA
4 14 (1.58%) Bitbucket
5 13 (1.47%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.36%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.79%) Artifactory
7 7 (0.79%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.79%) JMeter
7 7 (0.79%) NUnit
7 7 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.79%) Selenium
8 6 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.56%) Robot Framework
9 5 (0.56%) Subversion
9 5 (0.56%) TestRail
10 4 (0.45%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.45%) Terragrunt
10 4 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 215 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 100 (11.30%) Finance
3 78 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 66 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (3.84%) Telecoms
7 29 (3.28%) Law
8 26 (2.94%) Retail
9 23 (2.60%) Banking
10 21 (2.37%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.15%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.92%) Games
13 16 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.36%) Billing
15 10 (1.13%) Advertising
15 10 (1.13%) Marketing
16 9 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.79%) Legal
18 5 (0.56%) Local Government
19 4 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 187 (21.13%) Senior
2 178 (20.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 144 (16.27%) Lead
4 115 (12.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 91 (10.28%) Azure Engineer
6 87 (9.83%) Developer
7 82 (9.27%) Platform Engineer
8 61 (6.89%) Software Engineer
9 60 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 58 (6.55%) Architect
11 45 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
12 42 (4.75%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 39 (4.41%) Data Engineer
14 36 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
15 35 (3.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 31 (3.50%) Technical Leader
17 30 (3.39%) Site Reliability Engineer
18 29 (3.28%) Site Engineer
19 28 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 28 (3.16%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (11.07%) React
2 86 (9.72%) Node.js
3 75 (8.47%) .NET
4 71 (8.02%) REST
5 49 (5.54%) AWS CDK
6 48 (5.42%) ARM Templates
7 46 (5.20%) YAML
8 40 (4.52%) RESTful
8 40 (4.52%) Spring
9 39 (4.41%) Elastic Stack
10 37 (4.18%) Kafka
11 36 (4.07%) Spring Boot
12 31 (3.50%) PySpark
13 30 (3.39%) ASP.NET
14 28 (3.16%) AngularJS
14 28 (3.16%) ASP.NET Core
15 27 (3.05%) Vue
16 23 (2.60%) Next.js
16 23 (2.60%) OAuth
17 22 (2.49%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 197 (22.26%) Cloud Native
2 64 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (5.20%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (3.28%) Public Cloud
6 23 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.15%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
10 15 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (1.58%) Private Cloud
11 14 (1.58%) Replication
12 13 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.47%) Video\Live Streaming
13 11 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 180 (20.34%) Linux
2 90 (10.17%) Windows
3 49 (5.54%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.50%) Ubuntu
5 23 (2.60%) CentOS
6 17 (1.92%) Unix
7 15 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.47%) VMS
9 8 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.79%) Debian
11 5 (0.56%) Android
11 5 (0.56%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.11%) AIX
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 655 (74.01%) CI/CD
2 545 (61.58%) DevOps
3 300 (33.90%) Agile
4 281 (31.75%) Observability
5 251 (28.36%) Containerisation
6 208 (23.50%) Platform Engineering
7 206 (23.28%) Mentoring
8 199 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 169 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
10 166 (18.76%) AI
11 157 (17.74%) Test Automation
12 151 (17.06%) Microservices
13 136 (15.37%) Software Engineering
14 123 (13.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 123 (13.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 119 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
16 101 (11.41%) Cloud Security
17 92 (10.40%) DevSecOps
18 89 (10.06%) Full-Stack Development
19 86 (9.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 380 (42.94%) Python
2 193 (21.81%) Bash
3 166 (18.76%) PowerShell
4 134 (15.14%) SQL
5 114 (12.88%) TypeScript
6 101 (11.41%) Java
7 90 (10.17%) Bicep
8 89 (10.06%) JavaScript
9 66 (7.46%) C#
10 59 (6.67%) Go
11 17 (1.92%) Groovy
12 12 (1.36%) Ruby
13 11 (1.24%) PHP
14 10 (1.13%) C
14 10 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (1.02%) Rust
16 8 (0.90%) C++
17 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.45%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 195 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 130 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.68%) Degree
4 60 (6.78%) DV Cleared
5 48 (5.42%) Azure Certification
6 38 (4.29%) AWS Certification
7 30 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.58%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.68%) ICAEW
12 6 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.56%) CCNA
13 5 (0.56%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.56%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.65%) QA
2 24 (2.71%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.03%) GDPR
5 15 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.47%) WCAG
7 9 (1.02%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.90%) NIST
8 8 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.79%) NCSC
10 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.45%) SLA
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.23%) IFRS
11 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 251 (28.36%) Docker
2 59 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (5.76%) Active Directory
4 28 (3.16%) vSphere
5 20 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.47%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.79%) iptables
7 7 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.68%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.45%) Firmware
9 4 (0.45%) Squid
10 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 630 (71.19%) Terraform
2 326 (36.84%) Kubernetes
3 191 (21.58%) Ansible
4 119 (13.45%) Grafana
5 95 (10.73%) Prometheus
6 30 (3.39%) Puppet
7 27 (3.05%) Argo
8 21 (2.37%) Progress Chef
9 14 (1.58%) vCenter Server
10 13 (1.47%) Nagios
10 13 (1.47%) Packer
11 11 (1.24%) Istio
12 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (1.13%) Proxmox
12 10 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (1.02%) Podman
14 7 (0.79%) Kibana
14 7 (0.79%) Kustomize
14 7 (0.79%) Rancher
15 6 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 163 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.70%) VMware
3 47 (5.31%) Red Hat
4 37 (4.18%) Google
5 32 (3.62%) Splunk
6 30 (3.39%) Cisco
6 30 (3.39%) Databricks
7 20 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.36%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.36%) Oracle
9 10 (1.13%) F5
10 9 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.02%) Fortinet
11 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.79%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.79%) NetApp
11 7 (0.79%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.68%) Juniper
12 6 (0.68%) ScienceLogic
12 6 (0.68%) SolarWinds