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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 209 207
Rank change year-on-year +84 -2 -68
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 948 454 997
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.38% 1.48% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.63% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 722 307 785
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,625 £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 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 48,155 27,788 61,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.19% 90.57% 80.17%
Number of salaries quoted 33,844 14,241 42,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 27 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 27 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 +77 341 £67,500 -3.57% 111
South East +37 212 £70,000 -9.68% 141
North West +77 204 £72,500 - 63
South West +34 157 £75,000 +3.45% 69
Midlands +32 123 £73,500 +13.08% 47
Yorkshire -1 89 £65,576 -6.32% 29
West Midlands +18 71 £80,000 +23.08% 35
East Midlands +7 52 £67,500 +3.85% 12
East of England +6 52 £60,100 -7.54% 17
North East -3 48 £55,000 -12.70% 20
Scotland +11 34 £60,000 -20.00% 18
Wales -25 31 £70,039 +27.34% 11
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 27 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.11%) Apache
2 20 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.69%) Confluence
5 9 (0.95%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.84%) IIS
7 5 (0.53%) CMS
8 4 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.32%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.11%) Documentum
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.11%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 538 (56.75%) AWS
2 503 (53.06%) Azure
3 204 (21.52%) GitHub
4 193 (20.36%) Azure DevOps
5 179 (18.88%) Serverless
6 146 (15.40%) GCP
7 136 (14.35%) GitHub Actions
8 116 (12.24%) AWS CloudFormation
9 99 (10.44%) Amazon S3
10 91 (9.60%) AWS Lambda
11 86 (9.07%) PaaS
12 75 (7.91%) Amazon EKS
13 72 (7.59%) Amazon EC2
14 62 (6.54%) Azure AKS
15 61 (6.43%) IaaS
16 60 (6.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 60 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
17 54 (5.70%) Azure Monitor
17 54 (5.70%) Entra ID
18 53 (5.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 111 (11.71%) Firewall
2 60 (6.33%) DNS
3 56 (5.91%) VPN
4 37 (3.90%) TCP/IP
5 29 (3.06%) Network Security
6 22 (2.32%) DHCP
7 18 (1.90%) VLAN
8 16 (1.69%) BGP
8 16 (1.69%) Broadband
8 16 (1.69%) HTTP
9 15 (1.58%) WAN
10 13 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (1.05%) LAN
11 10 (1.05%) SAN
12 7 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.63%) OSPF
13 6 (0.63%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.63%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (5.38%) Amazon RDS
3 42 (4.43%) NoSQL
4 39 (4.11%) MongoDB
5 38 (4.01%) DynamoDB
6 34 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (3.59%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.22%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.58%) MySQL
9 15 (1.58%) Redis
10 14 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
10 14 (1.48%) Metadata
11 13 (1.37%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (1.37%) Spark SQL
12 10 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.05%) Big Data
13 9 (0.95%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.74%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 150 (15.82%) Git
2 120 (12.66%) Jenkins
3 119 (12.55%) GitLab
4 26 (2.74%) JIRA
5 15 (1.58%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.48%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.37%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 8 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.84%) NUnit
8 8 (0.84%) Selenium
9 7 (0.74%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.74%) JMeter
9 7 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
10 6 (0.63%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.63%) Subversion
10 6 (0.63%) TestRail
11 5 (0.53%) MSI
12 4 (0.42%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 232 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.39%) Finance
3 85 (8.97%) Public Sector
4 69 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (3.80%) Law
7 32 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.64%) Retail
9 23 (2.43%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.32%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.22%) Banking
12 18 (1.90%) Games
13 17 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.05%) Billing
14 10 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.84%) Marketing
16 7 (0.74%) Advertising
16 7 (0.74%) Legal
17 5 (0.53%) Local Government
18 4 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 203 (21.41%) Senior
2 193 (20.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 152 (16.03%) Lead
4 123 (12.97%) Cloud Engineer
5 95 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (9.81%) Developer
7 89 (9.39%) Platform Engineer
8 70 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 68 (7.17%) Architect
10 62 (6.54%) Software Engineer
11 47 (4.96%) AWS Engineer
12 43 (4.54%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 41 (4.32%) Data Engineer
14 40 (4.22%) Senior DevOps
15 37 (3.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 33 (3.48%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 33 (3.48%) Technical Leader
17 32 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 31 (3.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
19 30 (3.16%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (10.76%) React
2 91 (9.60%) Node.js
3 80 (8.44%) .NET
4 78 (8.23%) REST
5 52 (5.49%) ARM Templates
6 47 (4.96%) AWS CDK
7 46 (4.85%) YAML
8 45 (4.75%) RESTful
9 44 (4.64%) Spring
10 43 (4.54%) Spring Boot
11 41 (4.32%) Kafka
12 39 (4.11%) Elastic Stack
13 33 (3.48%) PySpark
14 31 (3.27%) AngularJS
15 29 (3.06%) ASP.NET
16 28 (2.95%) Vue
17 27 (2.85%) ASP.NET Core
18 26 (2.74%) Next.js
19 25 (2.64%) RabbitMQ
20 22 (2.32%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 222 (23.42%) Cloud Native
2 69 (7.28%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (7.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (5.17%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.69%) Public Cloud
6 30 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (3.06%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.74%) Security Posture
9 25 (2.64%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (1.69%) Private Cloud
14 15 (1.58%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.58%) Replication
15 14 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
16 13 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
17 12 (1.27%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 190 (20.04%) Linux
2 105 (11.08%) Windows
3 51 (5.38%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.27%) Ubuntu
5 26 (2.74%) CentOS
6 19 (2.00%) VMS
7 17 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (1.69%) Unix
9 8 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.74%) Debian
11 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.32%) Android
12 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.11%) AIX
13 1 (0.11%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 707 (74.58%) CI/CD
2 583 (61.50%) DevOps
3 330 (34.81%) Agile
4 300 (31.65%) Observability
5 271 (28.59%) Containerisation
6 233 (24.58%) Platform Engineering
7 224 (23.63%) Mentoring
8 217 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 191 (20.15%) AI
10 185 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
11 168 (17.72%) Microservices
12 163 (17.19%) Test Automation
13 150 (15.82%) Software Engineering
14 138 (14.56%) Technical Leadership
15 136 (14.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 130 (13.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 118 (12.45%) Cloud Security
18 109 (11.50%) DevSecOps
19 100 (10.55%) Analytics
20 92 (9.70%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 405 (42.72%) Python
2 207 (21.84%) Bash
3 182 (19.20%) PowerShell
4 144 (15.19%) SQL
5 119 (12.55%) TypeScript
6 113 (11.92%) Java
7 111 (11.71%) Bicep
8 94 (9.92%) JavaScript
9 74 (7.81%) C#
10 61 (6.43%) Go
11 19 (2.00%) Groovy
12 18 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.69%) Ruby
14 12 (1.27%) PHP
15 9 (0.95%) Rust
16 8 (0.84%) C
16 8 (0.84%) C++
17 6 (0.63%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.42%) COBOL
18 4 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 228 (24.05%) Security Cleared
2 144 (15.19%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.81%) DV Cleared
4 72 (7.59%) Degree
5 57 (6.01%) Azure Certification
6 37 (3.90%) AWS Certification
7 32 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (1.37%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.74%) CCNA
12 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.63%) ICAEW
13 6 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.53%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.53%) RHCSA
15 4 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.42%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.01%) QA
2 27 (2.85%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.79%) GDPR
5 16 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.69%) WCAG
6 11 (1.16%) NCSC
6 11 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.16%) SOC 2
7 10 (1.05%) NIST
8 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.53%) SLA
9 4 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.21%) IFRS
10 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 271 (28.59%) Docker
2 69 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (6.65%) Active Directory
4 35 (3.69%) vSphere
5 21 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.27%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.74%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.74%) iptables
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.42%) Firmware
10 4 (0.42%) Squid
11 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 682 (71.94%) Terraform
2 359 (37.87%) Kubernetes
3 208 (21.94%) Ansible
4 122 (12.87%) Grafana
5 94 (9.92%) Prometheus
6 32 (3.38%) Puppet
7 26 (2.74%) Argo
8 23 (2.43%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.58%) vCenter Server
10 14 (1.48%) Packer
11 13 (1.37%) Nagios
12 12 (1.27%) Istio
13 11 (1.16%) Proxmox
14 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (0.95%) Kibana
15 9 (0.95%) Podman
15 9 (0.95%) Rancher
16 7 (0.74%) logstash
16 7 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (18.88%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.07%) VMware
3 49 (5.17%) Red Hat
4 38 (4.01%) Google
5 36 (3.80%) Splunk
6 31 (3.27%) Databricks
7 30 (3.16%) Cisco
8 21 (2.22%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.48%) Oracle
10 13 (1.37%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.27%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.05%) F5
12 10 (1.05%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.74%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.74%) NetApp
14 7 (0.74%) Salesforce
15 6 (0.63%) Juniper
15 6 (0.63%) SolarWinds