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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 153 165
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 -57
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,644 916 1,688
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.11% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.26% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 662 1,320
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,550 £49,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,788
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +9.48% -5.62%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £113,625 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.07% +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 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 8 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 8 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 +58 1,482 £77,500 - 660
London +41 760 £87,500 -2.78% 265
UK excluding London +52 733 £69,250 -1.07% 456
Work from Home +65 594 £70,000 -6.67% 328
North of England +13 267 £67,500 -3.57% 156
South East +13 156 £70,000 -6.67% 145
North West +22 150 £74,301 +2.48% 76
South West -10 104 £65,000 -9.71% 65
Midlands +26 97 £70,000 - 39
Yorkshire -20 85 £65,576 +5.80% 44
West Midlands -3 51 £70,000 - 23
Scotland +4 45 £60,000 -19.93% 17
East Midlands +3 44 £67,750 +4.23% 16
East of England +11 42 £60,100 -10.96% 29
North East -12 32 £48,445 -19.59% 36
Wales -15 19 £60,500 -4.35% 7
Northern Ireland -32 6 £95,000 - 5

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 49 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (2.13%) Apache
3 29 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.09%) Confluence
6 15 (0.91%) IIS
7 12 (0.73%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.30%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.061%) Camunda
12 1 (0.061%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.061%) nginx
12 1 (0.061%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.55%) 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 (0.061%) Maya
4 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.061%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.061%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 973 (59.18%) AWS
2 898 (54.62%) Azure
3 328 (19.95%) GCP
4 322 (19.59%) GitHub
5 295 (17.94%) Azure DevOps
6 292 (17.76%) Serverless
7 258 (15.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 221 (13.44%) GitHub Actions
9 169 (10.28%) AWS Lambda
10 144 (8.76%) Amazon S3
11 122 (7.42%) PaaS
12 119 (7.24%) Amazon EKS
13 114 (6.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 114 (6.93%) Entra ID
14 102 (6.20%) SaaS
15 101 (6.14%) Datadog
16 94 (5.72%) Amazon EC2
16 94 (5.72%) IaaS
17 86 (5.23%) Azure AKS
18 85 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 179 (10.89%) Firewall
2 95 (5.78%) DNS
3 78 (4.74%) VPN
4 71 (4.32%) TCP/IP
5 56 (3.41%) Broadband
6 51 (3.10%) Network Security
7 49 (2.98%) WAN
8 36 (2.19%) DHCP
9 28 (1.70%) LAN
10 27 (1.64%) HTTP
11 26 (1.58%) BGP
12 18 (1.09%) VLAN
13 17 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (1.03%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.91%) DSL
14 15 (0.91%) Software-Defined Networking
15 11 (0.67%) Internet
16 9 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.49%) OSPF
17 8 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (7.66%) NoSQL
2 119 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
3 87 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
4 69 (4.20%) MongoDB
5 64 (3.89%) SQL Server
6 61 (3.71%) DynamoDB
7 50 (3.04%) Data Lake
7 50 (3.04%) Relational Database
8 47 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
9 39 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 34 (2.07%) Metadata
11 33 (2.01%) MySQL
12 31 (1.89%) BigQuery
13 26 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
14 22 (1.34%) Delta Lake
14 22 (1.34%) Power BI
15 19 (1.16%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.09%) Redis
17 17 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
18 16 (0.97%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 229 (13.93%) Jenkins
2 225 (13.69%) GitLab
3 220 (13.38%) Git
4 42 (2.55%) CircleCI
5 38 (2.31%) Bitbucket
5 38 (2.31%) JIRA
6 26 (1.58%) Cucumber
7 21 (1.28%) Jaeger
8 18 (1.09%) Selenium
9 17 (1.03%) SonarQube
10 16 (0.97%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.85%) MLflow
12 13 (0.79%) Subversion
13 12 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 10 (0.61%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.55%) JMeter
15 9 (0.55%) Maven
15 9 (0.55%) NUnit
15 9 (0.55%) Storybook
15 9 (0.55%) Vite
General
1 410 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 361 (21.96%) Finance
3 120 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (6.27%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.84%) Banking
6 77 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (3.71%) Retail
8 59 (3.59%) Law
9 57 (3.47%) Telecoms
10 36 (2.19%) Games
11 29 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.52%) Marketing
13 23 (1.40%) Aerospace
14 20 (1.22%) Billing
14 20 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.16%) Advertising
15 19 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.16%) Legal
16 18 (1.09%) Financial Institution
17 15 (0.91%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 369 (22.45%) Senior
2 267 (16.24%) DevOps Engineer
3 247 (15.02%) Cloud Engineer
4 230 (13.99%) Lead
5 168 (10.22%) Azure Engineer
6 157 (9.55%) Platform Engineer
7 151 (9.18%) Developer
8 146 (8.88%) Architect
9 124 (7.54%) AWS Engineer
10 120 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 87 (5.29%) Data Engineer
12 79 (4.81%) Software Engineer
13 72 (4.38%) Security Engineer
14 68 (4.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 65 (3.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 62 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
17 52 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 49 (2.98%) Python Engineer
19 48 (2.92%) Senior Platform Engineer
20 47 (2.86%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (7.97%) React
2 113 (6.87%) Node.js
3 108 (6.57%) Kafka
4 107 (6.51%) .NET
5 103 (6.27%) RESTful
6 102 (6.20%) REST
7 77 (4.68%) AWS CDK
8 75 (4.56%) Elastic Stack
9 71 (4.32%) Spring
9 71 (4.32%) YAML
10 65 (3.95%) Spring Boot
11 64 (3.89%) OAuth
12 52 (3.16%) ARM Templates
13 50 (3.04%) RabbitMQ
14 46 (2.80%) PySpark
15 38 (2.31%) Next.js
16 36 (2.19%) OpenTelemetry
17 35 (2.13%) JSON
18 34 (2.07%) SAML
19 32 (1.95%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 397 (24.15%) Cloud Native
2 117 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (4.44%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.65%) Product Ownership
6 57 (3.47%) Security Posture
7 49 (2.98%) Data Centre
8 45 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
9 43 (2.62%) Onboarding
10 34 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
11 33 (2.01%) Video\Live Streaming
12 31 (1.89%) Low-Code
13 26 (1.58%) Management Information System
13 26 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 25 (1.52%) Mobile App
15 24 (1.46%) Blockchain
15 24 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
16 22 (1.34%) PKI
16 22 (1.34%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 332 (20.19%) Linux
2 164 (9.98%) Windows
3 72 (4.38%) Windows Server
4 60 (3.65%) Unix
5 38 (2.31%) Ubuntu
6 31 (1.89%) CentOS
7 29 (1.76%) VMS
8 28 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.91%) Android
10 14 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.43%) 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 (0.061%) Rocky
16 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,142 (69.46%) CI/CD
2 988 (60.10%) DevOps
3 463 (28.16%) Containerisation
4 451 (27.43%) Agile
5 444 (27.01%) Observability
6 366 (22.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 321 (19.53%) Mentoring
8 314 (19.10%) Platform Engineering
9 293 (17.82%) Test Automation
10 280 (17.03%) AI
11 278 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
12 271 (16.48%) Software Engineering
13 241 (14.66%) Microservices
14 223 (13.56%) Cloud Security
14 223 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 200 (12.17%) Analytics
16 185 (11.25%) Technical Leadership
17 183 (11.13%) DevSecOps
18 172 (10.46%) High Availability
19 170 (10.34%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 761 (46.29%) Python
2 309 (18.80%) Bash
3 269 (16.36%) PowerShell
3 269 (16.36%) SQL
4 234 (14.23%) Java
5 175 (10.64%) Go
6 150 (9.12%) JavaScript
7 142 (8.64%) TypeScript
8 141 (8.58%) Bicep
9 116 (7.06%) C#
10 27 (1.64%) C++
11 26 (1.58%) Rust
12 22 (1.34%) Scala
13 19 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.79%) C
14 13 (0.79%) Groovy
14 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.55%) PHP
16 8 (0.49%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 310 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 188 (11.44%) SC Cleared
3 154 (9.37%) Degree
4 130 (7.91%) AWS Certification
5 97 (5.90%) DV Cleared
6 90 (5.47%) Azure Certification
7 61 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.82%) OSCP
11 27 (1.64%) CISSP
12 26 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
14 15 (0.91%) CCNP
14 15 (0.91%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.79%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 12 (0.73%) CCNA
17 11 (0.67%) CCSK
18 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.99%) QA
2 71 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 69 (4.20%) GDPR
4 50 (3.04%) SOC 2
5 49 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.49%) NIST
7 34 (2.07%) Accessibility
8 32 (1.95%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.73%) SLA
10 11 (0.67%) WCAG
11 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.55%) NCSC
12 6 (0.36%) GRC
13 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.12%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.12%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 474 (28.83%) Docker
2 104 (6.33%) Active Directory
3 84 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (1.70%) vSphere
6 20 (1.22%) Hyper-V
7 19 (1.16%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.55%) Firmware
8 9 (0.55%) KVM
9 7 (0.43%) iptables
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 (0.061%) vCloud
14 1 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,136 (69.10%) Terraform
2 646 (39.29%) Kubernetes
3 366 (22.26%) Ansible
4 222 (13.50%) Grafana
5 210 (12.77%) Prometheus
6 60 (3.65%) Argo
7 42 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
8 41 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 38 (2.31%) Puppet
10 23 (1.40%) Kustomize
10 23 (1.40%) Progress Chef
11 20 (1.22%) 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 13 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
16 9 (0.55%) logstash
16 9 (0.55%) vCenter Server
16 9 (0.55%) yum
Vendors
1 302 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 123 (7.48%) VMware
3 112 (6.81%) Google
4 72 (4.38%) Databricks
5 66 (4.01%) Red Hat
6 56 (3.41%) Cisco
7 52 (3.16%) Splunk
8 43 (2.62%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.46%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 20 (1.22%) Dynatrace
11 20 (1.22%) Salesforce
12 18 (1.09%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.09%) Oracle
13 13 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.79%) Juniper
13 13 (0.79%) SAP
14 11 (0.67%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.61%) SolarWinds