Infrastructure as Code Job Trends

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 155 166
Rank change year-on-year +57 +11 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,655 911 1,680
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.10% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.25% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 645 1,320
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,100 £49,200
25th Percentile £60,250 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.21% +7.69% -6.40%

All Process & 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 66,447 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42,708 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure as Code job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure as Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

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 13 May 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
England +59 1,489 £77,500 - 606
London +40 756 £87,500 -2.78% 233
UK excluding London +53 748 £67,750 -3.21% 452
Work from Home +85 592 £70,000 -6.67% 303
North of England +42 275 £67,249 -3.93% 159
South East +39 163 £70,000 -6.67% 131
North West +50 153 £72,000 -0.69% 80
South West -5 104 £68,400 -4.99% 68
Midlands +17 99 £67,750 -3.21% 38
Yorkshire -32 86 £65,576 +2.46% 42
West Midlands -3 51 £70,079 +0.11% 22
Scotland +15 46 £60,000 -19.46% 21
East Midlands +10 46 £67,500 +3.85% 16
East of England +9 40 £60,100 -10.96% 24
North East -12 36 £50,000 -17.01% 37
Wales -18 19 £60,500 -4.35% 9
Northern Ireland -34 5 £95,000 - 7

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 48 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.18%) Apache
3 29 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.09%) Confluence
6 15 (0.91%) IIS
7 13 (0.79%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.60%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.30%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Camunda
12 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.060%) nginx
12 1 (0.060%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (0.60%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.24%) Weka
3 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.060%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.060%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.060%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 968 (58.49%) AWS
2 901 (54.44%) Azure
3 328 (19.82%) GitHub
4 317 (19.15%) GCP
5 303 (18.31%) Azure DevOps
6 293 (17.70%) Serverless
7 251 (15.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 224 (13.53%) GitHub Actions
9 168 (10.15%) AWS Lambda
10 143 (8.64%) Amazon S3
11 128 (7.73%) PaaS
12 120 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
13 115 (6.95%) Entra ID
14 112 (6.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 106 (6.40%) SaaS
16 103 (6.22%) Datadog
17 98 (5.92%) IaaS
18 93 (5.62%) Amazon EC2
19 87 (5.26%) Azure AKS
20 86 (5.20%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 175 (10.57%) Firewall
2 95 (5.74%) DNS
3 73 (4.41%) VPN
4 70 (4.23%) TCP/IP
5 54 (3.26%) Broadband
6 48 (2.90%) Network Security
7 47 (2.84%) WAN
8 36 (2.18%) DHCP
9 27 (1.63%) BGP
10 26 (1.57%) HTTP
10 26 (1.57%) LAN
11 17 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (1.03%) SD-WAN
11 17 (1.03%) VLAN
12 15 (0.91%) DSL
12 15 (0.91%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (0.60%) Internet
14 9 (0.54%) OSPF
15 8 (0.48%) SAN
15 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.43%) NoSQL
2 116 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
3 85 (5.14%) Amazon RDS
4 71 (4.29%) MongoDB
5 64 (3.87%) SQL Server
6 62 (3.75%) DynamoDB
7 53 (3.20%) Relational Database
8 51 (3.08%) Data Lake
9 47 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
10 38 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 33 (1.99%) Metadata
12 31 (1.87%) BigQuery
13 28 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
13 28 (1.69%) MySQL
14 21 (1.27%) Delta Lake
14 21 (1.27%) Power BI
15 19 (1.15%) Redis
16 18 (1.09%) RDBMS
17 17 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
18 16 (0.97%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 229 (13.84%) Jenkins
2 228 (13.78%) GitLab
3 225 (13.60%) Git
4 43 (2.60%) CircleCI
5 36 (2.18%) Bitbucket
6 35 (2.11%) JIRA
7 26 (1.57%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.21%) Jaeger
9 17 (1.03%) SonarQube
10 16 (0.97%) Selenium
11 14 (0.85%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 12 (0.73%) MLflow
12 12 (0.73%) Subversion
13 9 (0.54%) Maven
13 9 (0.54%) NUnit
13 9 (0.54%) Storybook
14 8 (0.48%) JMeter
14 8 (0.48%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.48%) Vite
General
1 404 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 365 (22.05%) Finance
3 114 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.80%) Banking
6 77 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.50%) Retail
8 56 (3.38%) Law
9 55 (3.32%) Telecoms
10 36 (2.18%) Games
11 29 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.33%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.33%) Marketing
13 20 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.15%) Billing
14 19 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.15%) Legal
15 17 (1.03%) Advertising
16 15 (0.91%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 374 (22.60%) Senior
2 270 (16.31%) DevOps Engineer
3 240 (14.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 235 (14.20%) Lead
5 166 (10.03%) Azure Engineer
6 163 (9.85%) Platform Engineer
7 154 (9.31%) Developer
8 150 (9.06%) Architect
9 123 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
10 119 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 88 (5.32%) Data Engineer
12 85 (5.14%) Software Engineer
13 72 (4.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 71 (4.29%) Security Engineer
15 66 (3.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 63 (3.81%) Senior DevOps
17 53 (3.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 53 (3.20%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 48 (2.90%) Python Engineer
19 47 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (8.16%) React
2 117 (7.07%) Node.js
3 115 (6.95%) .NET
4 110 (6.65%) Kafka
5 109 (6.59%) REST
6 101 (6.10%) RESTful
7 76 (4.59%) AWS CDK
7 76 (4.59%) YAML
8 72 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
9 70 (4.23%) Spring
10 65 (3.93%) OAuth
11 64 (3.87%) Spring Boot
12 50 (3.02%) ARM Templates
12 50 (3.02%) RabbitMQ
13 48 (2.90%) PySpark
14 38 (2.30%) JSON
15 36 (2.18%) AngularJS
15 36 (2.18%) Next.js
15 36 (2.18%) OpenTelemetry
16 34 (2.05%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 395 (23.87%) Cloud Native
2 122 (7.37%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 59 (3.56%) Product Ownership
6 55 (3.32%) Security Posture
7 51 (3.08%) Data Centre
8 46 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
9 43 (2.60%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (1.87%) Low-Code
10 31 (1.87%) Video\Live Streaming
11 25 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 25 (1.51%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.45%) Blockchain
12 24 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.33%) PKI
13 22 (1.33%) Web3
14 21 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 330 (19.94%) Linux
2 163 (9.85%) Windows
3 74 (4.47%) Windows Server
4 58 (3.50%) Unix
5 38 (2.30%) Ubuntu
6 30 (1.81%) CentOS
7 26 (1.57%) VMS
8 25 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.91%) Android
10 14 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.42%) Debian
12 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.24%) SUSE
14 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
16 1 (0.060%) Rocky
16 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,151 (69.55%) CI/CD
2 993 (60.00%) DevOps
3 457 (27.61%) Containerisation
4 456 (27.55%) Agile
5 450 (27.19%) Observability
6 367 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 331 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 324 (19.58%) Platform Engineering
9 302 (18.25%) Test Automation
10 294 (17.76%) AI
11 276 (16.68%) Software Engineering
12 268 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
13 246 (14.86%) Microservices
14 222 (13.41%) Cloud Security
15 221 (13.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 199 (12.02%) Analytics
17 191 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
18 184 (11.12%) DevSecOps
19 172 (10.39%) High Availability
20 168 (10.15%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 761 (45.98%) Python
2 302 (18.25%) Bash
3 267 (16.13%) PowerShell
4 264 (15.95%) SQL
5 233 (14.08%) Java
6 172 (10.39%) Go
7 157 (9.49%) JavaScript
8 146 (8.82%) TypeScript
9 140 (8.46%) Bicep
10 122 (7.37%) C#
11 28 (1.69%) C++
11 28 (1.69%) Rust
12 22 (1.33%) Scala
13 17 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.79%) C
14 13 (0.79%) Groovy
15 12 (0.73%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.66%) PHP
17 8 (0.48%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 311 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 188 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.43%) Degree
4 125 (7.55%) AWS Certification
5 92 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 87 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 61 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (1.75%) OSCP
10 26 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.57%) CISSP
11 16 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
12 15 (0.91%) CCNP
12 15 (0.91%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 12 (0.73%) CCNA
15 10 (0.60%) CCSK
15 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (4.89%) QA
2 70 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 66 (3.99%) GDPR
4 48 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (2.78%) SOC 2
6 41 (2.48%) NIST
7 33 (1.99%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.81%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.73%) SLA
10 11 (0.66%) WCAG
11 9 (0.54%) NCSC
12 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.24%) GRC
14 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.12%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.12%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 467 (28.22%) Docker
2 103 (6.22%) Active Directory
3 81 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (1.69%) vSphere
6 19 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.15%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.54%) Firmware
8 7 (0.42%) iptables
8 7 (0.42%) KVM
9 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.30%) Squid
11 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.12%) GPFS
12 2 (0.12%) Lustre
12 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.060%) vCloud
13 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,147 (69.31%) Terraform
2 642 (38.79%) Kubernetes
3 363 (21.93%) Ansible
4 225 (13.60%) Grafana
5 212 (12.81%) Prometheus
6 60 (3.63%) Argo
7 42 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 42 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
8 38 (2.30%) Puppet
9 23 (1.39%) Progress Chef
10 22 (1.33%) Kustomize
11 19 (1.15%) Rancher
12 18 (1.09%) Nagios
13 17 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (0.97%) Istio
14 16 (0.97%) Packer
15 12 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
16 9 (0.54%) logstash
16 9 (0.54%) vCenter Server
16 9 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 307 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.13%) VMware
3 110 (6.65%) Google
4 74 (4.47%) Databricks
5 66 (3.99%) Red Hat
6 56 (3.38%) Cisco
7 49 (2.96%) Splunk
8 42 (2.54%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.45%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
10 21 (1.27%) OpenAI
10 21 (1.27%) Salesforce
11 20 (1.21%) Dynatrace
12 18 (1.09%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.09%) Oracle
13 12 (0.73%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.73%) Juniper
14 11 (0.66%) CheckPoint
14 11 (0.66%) Foundry
14 11 (0.66%) SAP