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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 150 165
Rank change year-on-year +51 +15 -55
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,669 916 1,677
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.10% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.26% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 649 1,318
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,200 £49,100
25th Percentile £60,813 £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 £109,875 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,450 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.21% +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 67,106 40,605 82,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43,167 22,159 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £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 15 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 15 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 +60 1,506 £77,500 - 660
London +40 764 £87,500 -2.78% 256
UK excluding London +61 750 £68,450 -2.21% 477
Work from Home +88 596 £70,000 -6.67% 340
North of England +31 273 £67,249 -3.93% 170
South East +33 168 £70,000 -6.67% 142
North West +50 153 £72,000 -0.69% 84
South West -8 103 £69,200 -3.88% 72
Midlands +19 101 £68,000 -2.86% 36
Yorkshire -25 86 £65,576 +1.67% 46
West Midlands -9 51 £70,079 +0.11% 21
East Midlands +13 48 £67,500 +3.85% 15
Scotland +6 43 £60,000 -19.93% 21
East of England +11 41 £60,100 -10.96% 26
North East -12 34 £49,222 -18.30% 40
Wales -16 19 £60,500 -4.35% 8
Northern Ireland -31 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 47 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (2.22%) Apache
3 30 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (1.14%) Confluence
6 15 (0.90%) IIS
7 13 (0.78%) 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
1 972 (58.24%) AWS
2 903 (54.10%) Azure
3 326 (19.53%) GitHub
4 314 (18.81%) GCP
5 300 (17.97%) Serverless
6 299 (17.91%) Azure DevOps
7 259 (15.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 221 (13.24%) GitHub Actions
9 172 (10.31%) AWS Lambda
10 146 (8.75%) Amazon S3
11 130 (7.79%) PaaS
12 120 (7.19%) Amazon EKS
13 115 (6.89%) Entra ID
14 114 (6.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 106 (6.35%) SaaS
16 103 (6.17%) Datadog
17 101 (6.05%) IaaS
18 96 (5.75%) Amazon EC2
19 88 (5.27%) Azure Monitor
20 87 (5.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 176 (10.55%) Firewall
2 96 (5.75%) DNS
3 73 (4.37%) VPN
4 67 (4.01%) TCP/IP
5 54 (3.24%) Broadband
6 51 (3.06%) Network Security
7 47 (2.82%) WAN
8 36 (2.16%) DHCP
9 31 (1.86%) BGP
10 26 (1.56%) LAN
11 23 (1.38%) HTTP
12 17 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (1.02%) SD-WAN
12 17 (1.02%) VLAN
13 15 (0.90%) DSL
13 15 (0.90%) Software-Defined Networking
14 13 (0.78%) OSPF
15 10 (0.60%) Internet
16 9 (0.54%) VXLAN
17 8 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.37%) NoSQL
2 117 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (5.15%) Amazon RDS
4 72 (4.31%) MongoDB
5 66 (3.95%) SQL Server
6 65 (3.89%) DynamoDB
7 53 (3.18%) Relational Database
8 50 (3.00%) Data Lake
9 47 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
10 40 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (1.92%) Metadata
12 31 (1.86%) BigQuery
13 28 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
13 28 (1.68%) MySQL
14 21 (1.26%) Delta Lake
14 21 (1.26%) Power BI
14 21 (1.26%) Redis
15 18 (1.08%) RDBMS
16 17 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (1.02%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 229 (13.72%) GitLab
2 227 (13.60%) Git
3 224 (13.42%) Jenkins
4 43 (2.58%) CircleCI
5 35 (2.10%) Bitbucket
5 35 (2.10%) JIRA
6 27 (1.62%) Cucumber
7 20 (1.20%) Jaeger
8 16 (0.96%) Selenium
8 16 (0.96%) SonarQube
8 16 (0.96%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 12 (0.72%) MLflow
9 12 (0.72%) Subversion
10 9 (0.54%) Maven
10 9 (0.54%) NUnit
10 9 (0.54%) Storybook
11 8 (0.48%) JMeter
11 8 (0.48%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.42%) Vite
General
1 411 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 363 (21.75%) Finance
3 117 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 99 (5.93%) Banking
6 78 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (3.71%) Retail
8 55 (3.30%) Law
9 51 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 36 (2.16%) Games
11 30 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.38%) Marketing
13 22 (1.32%) Aerospace
14 20 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.14%) Billing
15 19 (1.14%) Legal
16 18 (1.08%) Advertising
17 15 (0.90%) Financial Institution
18 13 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 377 (22.59%) Senior
2 266 (15.94%) DevOps Engineer
3 243 (14.56%) Cloud Engineer
4 234 (14.02%) Lead
5 166 (9.95%) Azure Engineer
6 164 (9.83%) Platform Engineer
7 154 (9.23%) Developer
8 151 (9.05%) Architect
9 125 (7.49%) AWS Engineer
10 119 (7.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 90 (5.39%) Data Engineer
12 88 (5.27%) Software Engineer
13 74 (4.43%) Security Engineer
14 73 (4.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 67 (4.01%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 63 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
17 54 (3.24%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 53 (3.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 51 (3.06%) Principal Engineer
20 48 (2.88%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (8.15%) React
2 119 (7.13%) Node.js
3 117 (7.01%) .NET
4 113 (6.77%) Kafka
5 109 (6.53%) REST
6 101 (6.05%) RESTful
7 79 (4.73%) YAML
8 77 (4.61%) AWS CDK
9 71 (4.25%) Spring
10 69 (4.13%) Elastic Stack
11 65 (3.89%) Spring Boot
12 63 (3.77%) OAuth
13 53 (3.18%) ARM Templates
14 50 (3.00%) PySpark
14 50 (3.00%) RabbitMQ
15 40 (2.40%) JSON
16 36 (2.16%) AngularJS
16 36 (2.16%) ASP.NET
16 36 (2.16%) Next.js
16 36 (2.16%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 401 (24.03%) Cloud Native
2 126 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (5.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (4.37%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 55 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 55 (3.30%) Security Posture
7 47 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (2.64%) Onboarding
9 33 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (1.86%) Low-Code
10 31 (1.86%) Video\Live Streaming
11 26 (1.56%) Management Information System
12 25 (1.50%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.50%) PKI
13 24 (1.44%) Blockchain
13 24 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
13 24 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (1.32%) Web3
15 21 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 333 (19.95%) Linux
2 165 (9.89%) Windows
3 77 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 58 (3.48%) Unix
5 40 (2.40%) Ubuntu
6 32 (1.92%) CentOS
7 27 (1.62%) VMS
8 25 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.90%) Android
10 14 (0.84%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.42%) Debian
11 7 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.18%) SUSE
14 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.060%) Rocky
15 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,162 (69.62%) CI/CD
2 997 (59.74%) DevOps
3 462 (27.68%) Agile
4 454 (27.20%) Observability
5 453 (27.14%) Containerisation
6 368 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 338 (20.25%) Mentoring
8 327 (19.59%) Platform Engineering
9 305 (18.27%) Test Automation
10 302 (18.09%) AI
11 283 (16.96%) Software Engineering
12 271 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
13 256 (15.34%) Microservices
14 227 (13.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 225 (13.48%) Cloud Security
16 202 (12.10%) Analytics
17 196 (11.74%) Technical Leadership
18 183 (10.96%) DevSecOps
19 174 (10.43%) High Availability
20 170 (10.19%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 763 (45.72%) Python
2 302 (18.09%) Bash
3 269 (16.12%) PowerShell
4 268 (16.06%) SQL
5 234 (14.02%) Java
6 172 (10.31%) Go
7 162 (9.71%) JavaScript
8 151 (9.05%) TypeScript
9 139 (8.33%) Bicep
10 122 (7.31%) C#
11 29 (1.74%) Rust
12 28 (1.68%) C++
13 21 (1.26%) Scala
14 17 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (0.78%) C
15 13 (0.78%) Groovy
15 13 (0.78%) PHP
16 12 (0.72%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 317 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 192 (11.50%) SC Cleared
3 157 (9.41%) Degree
4 129 (7.73%) AWS Certification
5 92 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 87 (5.21%) Azure Certification
7 61 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.74%) OSCP
11 26 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (1.56%) CISSP
12 16 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
13 15 (0.90%) CCNP
13 15 (0.90%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.78%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 12 (0.72%) CCNA
16 10 (0.60%) CCSK
16 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.91%) QA
2 68 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 66 (3.95%) GDPR
4 52 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (2.94%) SOC 2
6 42 (2.52%) NIST
7 31 (1.86%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.80%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.78%) SLA
10 11 (0.66%) WCAG
11 9 (0.54%) NCSC
12 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.42%) 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
1 466 (27.92%) Docker
2 103 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 82 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (1.68%) vSphere
6 20 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 19 (1.14%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.54%) Firmware
9 7 (0.42%) iptables
9 7 (0.42%) KVM
10 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.30%) Squid
12 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.12%) GPFS
13 2 (0.12%) Lustre
13 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.060%) vCloud
14 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,154 (69.14%) Terraform
2 647 (38.77%) Kubernetes
3 360 (21.57%) Ansible
4 217 (13.00%) Grafana
5 205 (12.28%) Prometheus
6 58 (3.48%) Argo
7 43 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
8 42 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
9 39 (2.34%) Puppet
10 23 (1.38%) Progress Chef
11 22 (1.32%) Kustomize
12 19 (1.14%) Nagios
13 18 (1.08%) Rancher
14 17 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 16 (0.96%) Istio
15 16 (0.96%) Packer
16 12 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
17 10 (0.60%) vCenter Server
18 9 (0.54%) logstash
18 9 (0.54%) yum
Vendors
1 311 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 116 (6.95%) VMware
3 109 (6.53%) Google
4 75 (4.49%) Databricks
5 66 (3.95%) Red Hat
6 56 (3.36%) Cisco
7 50 (3.00%) Splunk
8 46 (2.76%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.44%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.32%) Salesforce
11 21 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (1.26%) Dynatrace
11 21 (1.26%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.08%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.08%) Oracle
13 12 (0.72%) F5
13 12 (0.72%) Juniper
14 11 (0.66%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.66%) CheckPoint
14 11 (0.66%) Foundry