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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 131 158
Rank change year-on-year +22 +27 -52
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,439 946 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.31% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.49% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 954 699 1,345
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,360 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +3.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,764 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,400 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.29% +7.69% -3.70%

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 60,831 38,033 77,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.64% 93.07% 86.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,418 22,319 57,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +23 1,258 £75,000 -3.23% 672
UK excluding London +12 674 £68,400 -2.29% 486
London +35 619 £85,000 -5.56% 278
Work from Home +38 563 £70,000 -7.11% 338
North of England -16 244 £67,500 - 159
South East 0 147 £70,000 -3.45% 123
North West -13 114 £72,500 - 84
Yorkshire -11 98 £65,000 +18.18% 47
South West -13 94 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Midlands -5 72 £67,500 +3.85% 47
Scotland -6 54 £60,000 -14.89% 22
East Midlands -15 36 £67,500 +3.85% 6
East of England -7 34 £62,500 -12.28% 35
West Midlands -18 34 £65,250 -6.79% 41
North East -9 32 £48,445 -15.75% 28
Wales -10 21 £68,500 +14.17% 12
Northern Ireland -28 11 £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 47 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (2.57%) Apache
3 26 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.04%) Confluence
5 15 (1.04%) IIS
6 10 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
6 10 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.21%) CMS
7 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.069%) Appian
9 1 (0.069%) Camunda
9 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.069%) nginx
9 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.28%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.28%) Weka
2 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.069%) Maya
4 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.069%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.069%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.069%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 894 (62.13%) AWS
2 796 (55.32%) Azure
3 323 (22.45%) GCP
4 308 (21.40%) GitHub
5 287 (19.94%) Azure DevOps
6 277 (19.25%) Serverless
7 255 (17.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 215 (14.94%) GitHub Actions
9 168 (11.67%) AWS Lambda
10 142 (9.87%) Amazon S3
11 128 (8.90%) Amazon EKS
12 124 (8.62%) PaaS
13 118 (8.20%) SaaS
14 112 (7.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 103 (7.16%) Entra ID
16 96 (6.67%) Datadog
17 90 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
18 88 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
19 83 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
20 79 (5.49%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 168 (11.67%) Firewall
2 88 (6.12%) DNS
3 82 (5.70%) TCP/IP
4 71 (4.93%) VPN
5 40 (2.78%) Network Security
5 40 (2.78%) WAN
6 38 (2.64%) Broadband
7 30 (2.08%) DHCP
8 21 (1.46%) HTTP
9 19 (1.32%) BGP
9 19 (1.32%) LAN
10 17 (1.18%) VLAN
11 16 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (1.04%) DSL
13 13 (0.90%) Internet
14 10 (0.69%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
16 8 (0.56%) Wireless
17 5 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (7.78%) NoSQL
2 109 (7.57%) PostgreSQL
3 98 (6.81%) Amazon RDS
4 60 (4.17%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.75%) DynamoDB
6 44 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 43 (2.99%) MongoDB
8 42 (2.92%) Data Lake
9 41 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
10 40 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
11 38 (2.64%) Redis
12 32 (2.22%) MySQL
13 29 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (1.81%) BigQuery
15 23 (1.60%) Metadata
16 22 (1.53%) Power BI
17 19 (1.32%) RDBMS
18 17 (1.18%) Delta Lake
19 15 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
19 15 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 212 (14.73%) Jenkins
2 193 (13.41%) Git
3 192 (13.34%) GitLab
4 37 (2.57%) JIRA
5 33 (2.29%) CircleCI
6 32 (2.22%) Bitbucket
7 29 (2.02%) Selenium
8 28 (1.95%) Cucumber
9 23 (1.60%) Robot Framework
10 21 (1.46%) Jaeger
11 17 (1.18%) JMeter
11 17 (1.18%) TeamCity
12 16 (1.11%) Snyk
12 16 (1.11%) SonarQube
13 14 (0.97%) MLflow
14 13 (0.90%) Locust
15 10 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 10 (0.69%) Subversion
16 9 (0.63%) NUnit
16 9 (0.63%) Storybook
General
1 386 (26.82%) Social Skills
2 338 (23.49%) Finance
3 133 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (6.67%) Banking
5 87 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 69 (4.79%) Law
8 60 (4.17%) Retail
8 60 (4.17%) Telecoms
9 31 (2.15%) Financial Institution
10 29 (2.02%) Marketing
11 26 (1.81%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.67%) Games
13 22 (1.53%) Billing
14 20 (1.39%) Back Office
15 19 (1.32%) Advertising
16 18 (1.25%) Legal
17 17 (1.18%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 318 (22.10%) Senior
2 242 (16.82%) DevOps Engineer
3 212 (14.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 191 (13.27%) Lead
5 140 (9.73%) Developer
6 138 (9.59%) Azure Engineer
7 125 (8.69%) Platform Engineer
8 117 (8.13%) Architect
9 106 (7.37%) AWS Engineer
10 99 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 69 (4.79%) Software Engineer
12 63 (4.38%) Data Engineer
13 56 (3.89%) Security Engineer
13 56 (3.89%) Senior DevOps
14 48 (3.34%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 47 (3.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 44 (3.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 43 (2.99%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 42 (2.92%) Lead DevOps
18 42 (2.92%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (9.03%) React
2 103 (7.16%) Node.js
3 94 (6.53%) .NET
4 88 (6.12%) RESTful
5 87 (6.05%) REST
6 82 (5.70%) Elastic Stack
7 80 (5.56%) Kafka
8 71 (4.93%) AWS CDK
9 64 (4.45%) Spring
10 61 (4.24%) YAML
11 59 (4.10%) OAuth
11 59 (4.10%) Spring Boot
12 52 (3.61%) Django
13 45 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
14 42 (2.92%) ARM Templates
15 38 (2.64%) FastAPI
16 37 (2.57%) CSS
17 35 (2.43%) .NET Core
18 33 (2.29%) HTML
18 33 (2.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 323 (22.45%) Cloud Native
2 78 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 75 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
4 61 (4.24%) Public Cloud
5 58 (4.03%) Security Posture
6 53 (3.68%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.85%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 36 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
11 28 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.67%) Management Information System
13 23 (1.60%) Mobile App
13 23 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.25%) Blockchain
14 18 (1.25%) Cloud Security Posture
14 18 (1.25%) Hedge funds
14 18 (1.25%) PKI
15 17 (1.18%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 328 (22.79%) Linux
2 164 (11.40%) Windows
3 82 (5.70%) Unix
4 61 (4.24%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.29%) Ubuntu
6 30 (2.08%) VMS
7 25 (1.74%) CentOS
7 25 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (1.11%) Android
9 15 (1.04%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.56%) Debian
11 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.28%) SUSE
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.069%) Rocky
14 1 (0.069%) Solaris
14 1 (0.069%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 996 (69.21%) CI/CD
2 917 (63.72%) DevOps
3 432 (30.02%) Agile
4 398 (27.66%) Containerisation
5 373 (25.92%) Observability
6 333 (23.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 289 (20.08%) Mentoring
8 280 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
9 236 (16.40%) Platform Engineering
9 236 (16.40%) Test Automation
10 228 (15.84%) Software Engineering
11 219 (15.22%) AI
12 194 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 192 (13.34%) Cloud Security
14 188 (13.06%) Microservices
15 171 (11.88%) Incident Response
16 170 (11.81%) Analytics
17 162 (11.26%) DevSecOps
18 146 (10.15%) High Availability
19 142 (9.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 660 (45.87%) Python
2 270 (18.76%) Bash
3 234 (16.26%) SQL
4 231 (16.05%) PowerShell
5 204 (14.18%) Java
6 148 (10.28%) Go
7 138 (9.59%) JavaScript
8 132 (9.17%) Bicep
9 117 (8.13%) TypeScript
10 90 (6.25%) C#
11 21 (1.46%) C++
12 19 (1.32%) Rust
13 18 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.11%) Scala
15 15 (1.04%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.76%) C
17 10 (0.69%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.56%) Ruby
19 7 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
20 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 274 (19.04%) Security Cleared
2 164 (11.40%) SC Cleared
3 127 (8.83%) Degree
4 118 (8.20%) AWS Certification
5 103 (7.16%) DV Cleared
6 78 (5.42%) Azure Certification
7 53 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (1.95%) CISSP
10 28 (1.95%) OSCP
11 19 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.76%) CCSK
13 11 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.76%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 10 (0.69%) CCNP
14 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.56%) QA
2 71 (4.93%) GDPR
3 58 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 56 (3.89%) Data Quality
5 54 (3.75%) SOC 2
6 43 (2.99%) NIST
7 40 (2.78%) Accessibility
7 40 (2.78%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.18%) SLA
9 16 (1.11%) WCAG
10 11 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.63%) NCSC
12 7 (0.49%) GRC
13 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 463 (32.18%) Docker
2 86 (5.98%) Active Directory
3 70 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.67%) Hyper-V
6 23 (1.60%) vSphere
7 15 (1.04%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.69%) Firmware
8 10 (0.69%) KVM
9 6 (0.42%) vCloud
10 5 (0.35%) iptables
10 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.14%) GPFS
11 2 (0.14%) Lustre
11 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.069%) QEMU
12 1 (0.069%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1,011 (70.26%) Terraform
2 559 (38.85%) Kubernetes
3 337 (23.42%) Ansible
4 213 (14.80%) Grafana
5 198 (13.76%) Prometheus
6 57 (3.96%) Argo
7 40 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (2.08%) Puppet
10 19 (1.32%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.18%) AWS Copilot
12 16 (1.11%) Rancher
13 15 (1.04%) Nagios
14 14 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
14 14 (0.97%) Progress Chef
15 11 (0.76%) Istio
16 8 (0.56%) linkerd
16 8 (0.56%) Mesos
16 8 (0.56%) Packer
Vendors
1 248 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 129 (8.96%) Google
3 104 (7.23%) VMware
4 51 (3.54%) Databricks
5 49 (3.41%) Red Hat
6 48 (3.34%) Cisco
6 48 (3.34%) Splunk
7 41 (2.85%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.39%) Zscaler
9 19 (1.32%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.11%) Black Duck
10 16 (1.11%) Coverity
10 16 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
11 15 (1.04%) Juniper
12 14 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 14 (0.97%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.97%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.83%) Oracle
13 12 (0.83%) SAP