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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 128 115
Rank change year-on-year +15 -13 -15
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,231 1,207 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 2.29% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.51% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 837 730 1,427
10th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £74,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% +3.10% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,375 £113,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -2.67%

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 50,353 48,156 59,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.28% 91.19% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 29,725 23,186 46,025
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +13 1,028 £74,000 -1.33% 1,206
UK excluding London +10 587 £70,000 +3.70% 1,079
Work from Home +42 528 £72,500 - 546
London +15 495 £84,625 -5.97% 293
North of England -5 208 £67,500 +8.00% 221
South East +10 110 £75,000 +15.38% 337
Yorkshire -10 93 £63,750 +21.43% 99
North West -3 88 £70,000 +1.82% 91
South West -21 78 £62,500 -13.18% 178
Scotland +1 75 £71,940 +6.58% 37
Midlands +2 58 £67,000 +0.37% 129
West Midlands +4 35 £65,000 -7.14% 44
East of England +24 28 £75,000 +3.45% 130
North East -4 27 £65,000 +33.33% 32
Wales +22 23 £61,496 +31.62% 51
East Midlands +7 21 £67,750 +4.23% 81
Northern Ireland -11 9 £95,000 +11.76% 22

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 47 (3.82%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (3.25%) Apache
2 40 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.30%) Confluence
6 9 (0.73%) IIS
7 3 (0.24%) Appian
7 3 (0.24%) nginx
7 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.081%) CMS
8 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Weka
2 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.081%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.081%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.081%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 740 (60.11%) AWS
2 726 (58.98%) Azure
3 301 (24.45%) Azure DevOps
4 284 (23.07%) GitHub
5 259 (21.04%) GCP
6 224 (18.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 218 (17.71%) Serverless
8 195 (15.84%) GitHub Actions
9 151 (12.27%) AWS Lambda
10 117 (9.50%) Amazon S3
11 116 (9.42%) Entra ID
12 111 (9.02%) SaaS
13 107 (8.69%) PaaS
14 104 (8.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 101 (8.20%) Amazon EKS
16 96 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
17 95 (7.72%) Azure Monitor
18 81 (6.58%) Amazon ECS
19 74 (6.01%) IaaS
20 73 (5.93%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 138 (11.21%) Firewall
2 82 (6.66%) DNS
3 79 (6.42%) VPN
4 57 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 46 (3.74%) WAN
6 36 (2.92%) DHCP
7 30 (2.44%) Network Security
8 23 (1.87%) Broadband
8 23 (1.87%) LAN
9 22 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.30%) BGP
10 16 (1.30%) Internet
11 15 (1.22%) VLAN
12 12 (0.97%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.73%) HTTP
13 9 (0.73%) SAN
14 8 (0.65%) DSL
14 8 (0.65%) VoIP
14 8 (0.65%) Wireless
15 7 (0.57%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (6.99%) NoSQL
2 80 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (6.34%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.90%) DynamoDB
5 47 (3.82%) SQL Server
6 43 (3.49%) Data Lake
7 35 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (2.84%) MongoDB
8 32 (2.60%) BigQuery
8 32 (2.60%) Relational Database
9 31 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.52%) MySQL
10 28 (2.27%) Redis
11 20 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (1.54%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.38%) Big Data
13 17 (1.38%) Power BI
14 15 (1.22%) Delta Lake
15 12 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 199 (16.17%) Jenkins
2 167 (13.57%) Git
3 128 (10.40%) GitLab
4 32 (2.60%) JIRA
5 27 (2.19%) Selenium
6 24 (1.95%) Robot Framework
7 21 (1.71%) Bitbucket
7 21 (1.71%) Jaeger
8 18 (1.46%) Snyk
8 18 (1.46%) TeamCity
9 17 (1.38%) CircleCI
9 17 (1.38%) MLflow
10 14 (1.14%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.06%) SonarQube
12 11 (0.89%) JMeter
13 9 (0.73%) Subversion
14 8 (0.65%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.65%) Locust
15 7 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.57%) Vite
General
1 330 (26.81%) Social Skills
2 316 (25.67%) Finance
3 91 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.44%) Banking
6 60 (4.87%) Law
7 50 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (3.82%) Retail
9 42 (3.41%) Telecoms
10 32 (2.60%) Financial Institution
11 24 (1.95%) Games
12 22 (1.79%) Legal
13 21 (1.71%) Billing
13 21 (1.71%) Marketing
14 18 (1.46%) Back Office
15 17 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.06%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.97%) Advertising
17 12 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 267 (21.69%) Senior
2 200 (16.25%) Cloud Engineer
3 194 (15.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 138 (11.21%) Lead
5 121 (9.83%) Azure Engineer
6 118 (9.59%) Platform Engineer
7 117 (9.50%) Developer
8 102 (8.29%) Architect
9 88 (7.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 73 (5.93%) AWS Engineer
11 51 (4.14%) Software Engineer
12 47 (3.82%) Data Engineer
13 46 (3.74%) Senior DevOps
14 42 (3.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 40 (3.25%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.76%) Lead DevOps
16 34 (2.76%) Support Engineer
17 32 (2.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 32 (2.60%) GCP Engineer
17 32 (2.60%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (9.18%) React
2 84 (6.82%) .NET
3 81 (6.58%) Node.js
4 77 (6.26%) RESTful
5 72 (5.85%) Elastic Stack
6 53 (4.31%) AWS CDK
6 53 (4.31%) Kafka
7 48 (3.90%) REST
8 46 (3.74%) OAuth
9 45 (3.66%) YAML
10 43 (3.49%) Spring
11 40 (3.25%) Django
11 40 (3.25%) Spring Boot
12 39 (3.17%) ARM Templates
13 34 (2.76%) FastAPI
14 32 (2.60%) .NET Core
15 29 (2.36%) CSS
16 28 (2.27%) HTML
16 28 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
17 25 (2.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 267 (21.69%) Cloud Native
2 73 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (4.87%) Public Cloud
4 53 (4.31%) Data Centre
5 48 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 47 (3.82%) Security Posture
7 36 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
10 28 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
11 25 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 18 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.46%) PKI
13 16 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.06%) Blog
14 13 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.06%) Hedge funds
15 12 (0.97%) Mobile App
15 12 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 287 (23.31%) Linux
2 142 (11.54%) Windows
3 69 (5.61%) Unix
4 46 (3.74%) Windows Server
5 37 (3.01%) VMS
6 29 (2.36%) Ubuntu
7 20 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.22%) CentOS
8 15 (1.22%) Debian
9 10 (0.81%) Android
9 10 (0.81%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.32%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.24%) SUSE
11 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.16%) Solaris
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.081%) AIX
13 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 825 (67.02%) CI/CD
2 806 (65.48%) DevOps
3 368 (29.89%) Agile
4 322 (26.16%) Containerisation
5 270 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 261 (21.20%) Observability
7 255 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
8 227 (18.44%) Mentoring
9 196 (15.92%) Platform Engineering
10 181 (14.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 174 (14.13%) AI
12 170 (13.81%) Software Engineering
13 168 (13.65%) Cloud Security
14 166 (13.48%) Analytics
15 144 (11.70%) Test Automation
16 134 (10.89%) Microservices
17 131 (10.64%) Incident Response
18 129 (10.48%) Roadmaps
19 127 (10.32%) High Availability
20 125 (10.15%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 558 (45.33%) Python
2 246 (19.98%) Bash
3 238 (19.33%) PowerShell
4 188 (15.27%) SQL
5 156 (12.67%) Java
6 149 (12.10%) Bicep
7 117 (9.50%) JavaScript
8 115 (9.34%) Go
9 102 (8.29%) TypeScript
10 90 (7.31%) C#
11 16 (1.30%) C++
12 15 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (1.14%) Scala
14 11 (0.89%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.81%) Rust
15 10 (0.81%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.73%) C
17 6 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
18 5 (0.41%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 242 (19.66%) Security Cleared
2 144 (11.70%) SC Cleared
3 129 (10.48%) AWS Certification
4 94 (7.64%) DV Cleared
5 88 (7.15%) Azure Certification
6 85 (6.90%) Degree
7 37 (3.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 37 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (2.11%) CISSP
10 18 (1.46%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.30%) OSCP
13 14 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
13 14 (1.14%) CCNP
14 9 (0.73%) CISM
15 8 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.57%) CCSK
16 7 (0.57%) MCP
17 6 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.04%) GDPR
2 61 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (3.90%) NIST
4 42 (3.41%) QA
5 40 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 37 (3.01%) SOC 2
7 32 (2.60%) Accessibility
8 29 (2.36%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (1.22%) SLA
11 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.65%) WCAG
13 6 (0.49%) GRC
14 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.41%) NCSC
15 4 (0.32%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 418 (33.96%) Docker
2 92 (7.47%) Active Directory
3 68 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (2.19%) Hyper-V
6 25 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.30%) vSphere
8 13 (1.06%) VMware NSX
9 11 (0.89%) Firmware
10 10 (0.81%) KVM
11 9 (0.73%) vCloud
12 8 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
13 7 (0.57%) NFS
14 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.24%) XenApp
14 3 (0.24%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) GPFS
15 2 (0.16%) iptables
15 2 (0.16%) Lustre
15 2 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 901 (73.19%) Terraform
2 484 (39.32%) Kubernetes
3 313 (25.43%) Ansible
4 172 (13.97%) Grafana
5 169 (13.73%) Prometheus
6 52 (4.22%) Argo
7 50 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune
8 28 (2.27%) Puppet
9 23 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.54%) Kustomize
10 19 (1.54%) Rancher
11 16 (1.30%) SCCM
12 14 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
13 13 (1.06%) Progress Chef
14 12 (0.97%) AWS Copilot
15 8 (0.65%) SCOM
16 7 (0.57%) linkerd
16 7 (0.57%) Nagios
16 7 (0.57%) yum
16 7 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 236 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 115 (9.34%) Google
3 103 (8.37%) VMware
4 42 (3.41%) Databricks
5 41 (3.33%) Cisco
6 39 (3.17%) Splunk
7 33 (2.68%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.36%) Palo Alto
9 20 (1.62%) Zscaler
10 18 (1.46%) Black Duck
10 18 (1.46%) Coverity
11 17 (1.38%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.14%) Ab Initio
12 14 (1.14%) Oracle
13 13 (1.06%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.06%) Foundry
14 12 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (0.97%) SAP
15 11 (0.89%) Palantir
15 11 (0.89%) SolarWinds