Infrastructure as Code Jobs

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 85 99
Rank change year-on-year -47 +14 +3
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,487 1,891 4,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.08% 3.54% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.76% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 855 1,410 2,483
10th Percentile £42,500 £50,225 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,125 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,866 50,261 118,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.89% 94.08% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29,357 36,398 72,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,784 £52,500 £53,406
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.70% +6.81%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure as Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code.

Salary trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 6 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 December 2024. 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
England -48 1,360 £72,500 -3.33% 523
UK excluding London -79 762 £65,000 -3.70% 266
London -5 663 £90,000 +5.88% 290
Work from Home -56 586 £70,000 -6.67% 450
North of England -31 253 £60,000 -11.11% 96
South West -31 168 £70,000 +7.69% 36
South East -67 142 £65,000 -7.14% 49
North West -66 120 £65,000 -2.15% 54
Yorkshire +5 97 £55,000 -21.43% 30
Midlands -51 91 £64,887 -0.17% 30
West Midlands -10 73 £66,750 -9.49% 21
Scotland -33 68 £67,500 -3.19% 22
North East -14 36 £50,000 -21.57% 12
East of England -67 30 £72,500 +11.54% 12
East Midlands -78 18 £42,000 -32.80% 9
Wales -8 13 £60,000 - 12
Northern Ireland +11 9 £85,000 +21.43% 9

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (1.82%) nginx
2 24 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.55%) Confluence
3 23 (1.55%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.34%) Apache
5 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.61%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.34%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.34%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) Camunda
8 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.13%) IIS
9 2 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.067%) CMS
10 1 (0.067%) Liferay
Applications
1 20 (1.34%) Simulink
2 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.067%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.067%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 979 (65.84%) Azure
2 821 (55.21%) AWS
3 368 (24.75%) GCP
4 231 (15.53%) Azure DevOps
5 174 (11.70%) GitHub
6 172 (11.57%) Serverless
7 147 (9.89%) Cloud Computing
8 145 (9.75%) SaaS
9 141 (9.48%) PaaS
10 129 (8.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 111 (7.46%) Amazon S3
12 96 (6.46%) AWS Lambda
13 85 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
14 83 (5.58%) IaaS
15 73 (4.91%) Entra ID
16 72 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
17 71 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
18 65 (4.37%) Azure Monitor
19 59 (3.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 51 (3.43%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 153 (10.29%) Network Security
2 120 (8.07%) Broadband
3 90 (6.05%) Firewall
4 62 (4.17%) DNS
5 37 (2.49%) VPN
6 28 (1.88%) WAN
7 23 (1.55%) HTTP
8 18 (1.21%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.14%) LAN
9 17 (1.14%) SD-WAN
10 16 (1.08%) NGFW
10 16 (1.08%) VXLAN
10 16 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (0.94%) TCP/IP
11 14 (0.94%) Wireless
12 12 (0.81%) DHCP
13 9 (0.61%) VLAN
14 8 (0.54%) Internet
15 7 (0.47%) MPLS
16 6 (0.40%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.51%) NoSQL
2 74 (4.98%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (4.24%) Amazon RDS
5 62 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (3.36%) MongoDB
7 41 (2.76%) Big Data
7 41 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
8 36 (2.42%) Power BI
9 33 (2.22%) DynamoDB
10 29 (1.95%) MySQL
11 27 (1.82%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.41%) Hadoop
13 18 (1.21%) Relational Database
14 17 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (1.14%) Redis
15 16 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
16 13 (0.87%) Tableau
17 11 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 199 (13.38%) Git
2 160 (10.76%) Jenkins
3 137 (9.21%) GitLab
4 61 (4.10%) JIRA
5 38 (2.56%) CircleCI
6 31 (2.08%) TeamCity
7 29 (1.95%) Vagrant
8 19 (1.28%) Cucumber
8 19 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
9 18 (1.21%) Maven
10 15 (1.01%) Artifactory
11 14 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
12 13 (0.87%) JUnit
12 13 (0.87%) Subversion
13 11 (0.74%) Selenium
13 11 (0.74%) Spinnaker
14 10 (0.67%) IntelliJ
15 9 (0.61%) Mockito
15 9 (0.61%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.61%) Terragrunt
General
1 372 (25.02%) Social Skills
2 220 (14.79%) Finance
3 112 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (5.78%) Public Sector
5 57 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (3.36%) Legal
6 50 (3.36%) Retail
7 49 (3.30%) Banking
8 46 (3.09%) Law
9 24 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.55%) Games
11 20 (1.34%) Marketing
11 20 (1.34%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.21%) Tech for Good
13 16 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 14 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 12 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.67%) Automotive
17 8 (0.54%) Advertising
17 8 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 341 (22.93%) Senior
2 269 (18.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 237 (15.94%) DevOps Engineer
4 155 (10.42%) Lead
4 155 (10.42%) Software Engineer
5 149 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
6 138 (9.28%) Platform Engineer
7 131 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 125 (8.41%) Analyst
8 125 (8.41%) Architect
9 109 (7.33%) Cloud Security Analyst
9 109 (7.33%) Security Analyst
10 106 (7.13%) Developer
11 76 (5.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 71 (4.77%) AWS Engineer
13 70 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
14 66 (4.44%) Senior Security Analyst
15 57 (3.83%) Senior DevOps
16 53 (3.56%) Security Engineer
16 53 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (9.01%) React
2 105 (7.06%) .NET
3 85 (5.72%) REST
4 79 (5.31%) Node.js
5 68 (4.57%) ARM Templates
6 64 (4.30%) Kafka
7 55 (3.70%) AngularJS
7 55 (3.70%) RESTful
8 54 (3.63%) Elastic Stack
9 46 (3.09%) YAML
10 44 (2.96%) Middleware
11 40 (2.69%) CSS
11 40 (2.69%) GraphQL
12 39 (2.62%) HTML
13 38 (2.56%) AWS CDK
14 37 (2.49%) Spring
15 36 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
15 36 (2.42%) Spring Boot
16 28 (1.88%) .NET Framework
17 23 (1.55%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 267 (17.96%) Cloud Native
2 165 (11.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 137 (9.21%) Public Cloud
4 115 (7.73%) Cyberattack
5 111 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
6 109 (7.33%) Social Media
7 90 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
8 54 (3.63%) Management Information System
9 51 (3.43%) Product Ownership
10 46 (3.09%) Data Centre
11 44 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
12 43 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
13 41 (2.76%) Linux Command Line
14 38 (2.56%) Security Posture
15 26 (1.75%) IoT
16 25 (1.68%) PKI
17 18 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
17 18 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
18 17 (1.14%) Onboarding
19 16 (1.08%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 294 (19.77%) Linux
2 179 (12.04%) Windows
3 79 (5.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 57 (3.83%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.22%) Ubuntu
6 30 (2.02%) CentOS
7 27 (1.82%) VMS
8 26 (1.75%) Android
9 19 (1.28%) Unix
10 18 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.34%) AIX
12 5 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.27%) Rocky
13 4 (0.27%) Solaris
14 3 (0.20%) CoreOS
14 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
14 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 901 (60.59%) DevOps
2 819 (55.08%) CI/CD
3 468 (31.47%) Agile
4 369 (24.82%) Containerisation
5 302 (20.31%) Software Engineering
6 291 (19.57%) Cloud Security
7 250 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
8 192 (12.91%) Platform Engineering
9 190 (12.78%) Disaster Recovery
10 182 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 182 (12.24%) Mentoring
11 170 (11.43%) Microservices
12 165 (11.10%) Analytics
13 161 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 161 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
14 160 (10.76%) Continuous Integration
15 155 (10.42%) Incident Response
16 149 (10.02%) Identity Access Management
17 138 (9.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 125 (8.41%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 555 (37.32%) Python
2 308 (20.71%) PowerShell
3 208 (13.99%) Java
4 205 (13.79%) Bash
5 191 (12.84%) SQL
6 156 (10.49%) TypeScript
7 146 (9.82%) JavaScript
8 121 (8.14%) C#
9 109 (7.33%) Bicep
10 74 (4.98%) Go
11 62 (4.17%) C++
12 39 (2.62%) Kotlin
13 30 (2.02%) Perl
14 29 (1.95%) Ruby
15 28 (1.88%) Shell Script
16 23 (1.55%) Scala
17 21 (1.41%) C
18 19 (1.28%) Rust
19 14 (0.94%) R
20 13 (0.87%) Julia
Qualifications
1 180 (12.10%) Degree
2 156 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 105 (7.06%) Azure Certification
4 97 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 89 (5.99%) SC Cleared
6 74 (4.98%) AWS Certification
7 53 (3.56%) DV Cleared
8 44 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (2.29%) Master's Degree
10 31 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (1.34%) DBS Check
12 13 (0.87%) CISSP
12 13 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 12 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 8 (0.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 7 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
15 7 (0.47%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (10.09%) NIST
2 149 (10.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 147 (9.89%) GDPR
4 121 (8.14%) HIPAA
5 51 (3.43%) QA
6 33 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 26 (1.75%) Data Quality
8 21 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.94%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.40%) NCSC
14 3 (0.20%) SLA
14 3 (0.20%) WCAG
15 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 1 (0.067%) Basel III
16 1 (0.067%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 1 (0.067%) COBIT
16 1 (0.067%) IFRS
System Software
1 470 (31.61%) Docker
2 102 (6.86%) Active Directory
3 85 (5.72%) Virtual Machines
4 52 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.40%) vSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) LXC
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) GPFS
10 1 (0.067%) Lustre
10 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.067%) XenApp
10 1 (0.067%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 933 (62.74%) Terraform
2 594 (39.95%) Kubernetes
3 374 (25.15%) Ansible
4 108 (7.26%) Puppet
5 79 (5.31%) Prometheus
6 76 (5.11%) Grafana
7 64 (4.30%) Progress Chef
8 36 (2.42%) Argo
8 36 (2.42%) Packer
9 30 (2.02%) Istio
10 24 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
11 21 (1.41%) Salt
12 18 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (1.14%) Consul
13 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
14 13 (0.87%) CASB
15 12 (0.81%) Nagios
16 11 (0.74%) Podman
17 10 (0.67%) HAProxy
18 9 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 278 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 124 (8.34%) Google
3 73 (4.91%) VMware
4 40 (2.69%) Oracle
5 39 (2.62%) Databricks
6 37 (2.49%) Red Hat
7 28 (1.88%) Splunk
8 23 (1.55%) Cisco
9 22 (1.48%) BMC
10 21 (1.41%) IBM
11 20 (1.34%) Xilinx
12 18 (1.21%) Atlassian
13 17 (1.14%) Arista
14 16 (1.08%) Aruba
14 16 (1.08%) NetScout
14 16 (1.08%) ServiceNow
15 14 (0.94%) OpenAI
16 12 (0.81%) Meraki
17 11 (0.74%) New Relic
18 7 (0.47%) AppDynamics