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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 148 168
Rank change year-on-year +49 +20 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,655 928 1,698
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 2.13% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.29% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 661 1,326
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 £113,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +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 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £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 £102,446 £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 9 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 9 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 1,493 £77,500 - 673
London +39 761 £85,000 -5.56% 277
UK excluding London +47 744 £70,000 - 462
Work from Home +66 593 £70,000 -6.50% 335
North of England +8 272 £67,500 -3.57% 160
South East +28 158 £70,000 -6.67% 139
North West +23 152 £74,651 +2.97% 78
South West -9 105 £66,250 -7.97% 67
Midlands +11 99 £70,000 - 40
Yorkshire -25 86 £65,288 +2.82% 46
West Midlands -12 53 £70,000 - 25
Scotland -1 46 £60,000 -19.93% 19
East Midlands +6 44 £67,750 +4.23% 15
East of England +17 42 £60,100 -10.96% 28
North East -21 34 £48,445 -19.59% 36
Wales -16 19 £60,500 -4.35% 9
Northern Ireland -30 6 £95,000 - 6

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 50 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (2.11%) Apache
3 28 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.45%) 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%) nginx
12 1 (0.060%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.54%) 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
4 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
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
1 978 (59.09%) AWS
2 905 (54.68%) Azure
3 325 (19.64%) GCP
4 324 (19.58%) GitHub
5 299 (18.07%) Azure DevOps
6 296 (17.89%) Serverless
7 259 (15.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 221 (13.35%) GitHub Actions
9 171 (10.33%) AWS Lambda
10 146 (8.82%) Amazon S3
11 122 (7.37%) PaaS
12 118 (7.13%) Amazon EKS
13 116 (7.01%) Entra ID
14 114 (6.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 103 (6.22%) SaaS
16 101 (6.10%) Datadog
17 94 (5.68%) IaaS
18 93 (5.62%) Amazon EC2
19 87 (5.26%) Azure AKS
20 86 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 178 (10.76%) Firewall
2 94 (5.68%) DNS
3 76 (4.59%) VPN
4 69 (4.17%) TCP/IP
5 55 (3.32%) Broadband
6 50 (3.02%) Network Security
7 48 (2.90%) WAN
8 36 (2.18%) DHCP
9 27 (1.63%) HTTP
9 27 (1.63%) LAN
10 25 (1.51%) BGP
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 11 (0.66%) Internet
14 8 (0.48%) OSPF
14 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (7.67%) NoSQL
2 120 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (5.20%) Amazon RDS
4 72 (4.35%) MongoDB
5 64 (3.87%) SQL Server
6 61 (3.69%) DynamoDB
7 52 (3.14%) Data Lake
7 52 (3.14%) Relational Database
8 47 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
9 39 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 34 (2.05%) Metadata
11 32 (1.93%) BigQuery
11 32 (1.93%) MySQL
12 27 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.33%) Delta Lake
13 22 (1.33%) Power BI
14 19 (1.15%) RDBMS
15 18 (1.09%) Redis
16 17 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
17 15 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 229 (13.84%) Jenkins
2 227 (13.72%) GitLab
3 223 (13.47%) Git
4 42 (2.54%) CircleCI
5 38 (2.30%) JIRA
6 37 (2.24%) Bitbucket
7 27 (1.63%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.27%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.09%) Selenium
9 18 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 15 (0.91%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.85%) MLflow
12 13 (0.79%) Subversion
13 12 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 10 (0.60%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.54%) JMeter
15 9 (0.54%) Maven
15 9 (0.54%) NUnit
15 9 (0.54%) Storybook
15 9 (0.54%) Vite
General
1 410 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 362 (21.87%) Finance
3 120 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.80%) Banking
6 75 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.50%) Retail
8 57 (3.44%) Law
8 57 (3.44%) Telecoms
9 36 (2.18%) Games
10 30 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.51%) Marketing
12 22 (1.33%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.21%) Billing
13 20 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.15%) Advertising
14 19 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.15%) Legal
15 17 (1.03%) Financial Institution
16 15 (0.91%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 371 (22.42%) Senior
2 270 (16.31%) DevOps Engineer
3 247 (14.92%) Cloud Engineer
4 231 (13.96%) Lead
5 169 (10.21%) Azure Engineer
6 159 (9.61%) Platform Engineer
7 152 (9.18%) Developer
8 147 (8.88%) Architect
9 124 (7.49%) AWS Engineer
10 120 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 88 (5.32%) Data Engineer
12 79 (4.77%) Software Engineer
13 73 (4.41%) Security Engineer
14 68 (4.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 66 (3.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 62 (3.75%) Senior DevOps
17 52 (3.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 50 (3.02%) Senior Platform Engineer
19 49 (2.96%) Python Engineer
20 47 (2.84%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (7.98%) React
2 115 (6.95%) Node.js
3 113 (6.83%) Kafka
4 111 (6.71%) .NET
5 103 (6.22%) REST
6 102 (6.16%) RESTful
7 78 (4.71%) AWS CDK
8 75 (4.53%) Elastic Stack
9 72 (4.35%) Spring
9 72 (4.35%) YAML
10 66 (3.99%) Spring Boot
11 65 (3.93%) OAuth
12 53 (3.20%) ARM Templates
13 49 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
14 47 (2.84%) PySpark
15 38 (2.30%) Next.js
16 36 (2.18%) OpenTelemetry
17 35 (2.11%) JSON
17 35 (2.11%) SAML
18 32 (1.93%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 402 (24.29%) Cloud Native
2 119 (7.19%) Distributed Systems
3 91 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (4.47%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.63%) Product Ownership
6 57 (3.44%) Security Posture
7 49 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 45 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
9 43 (2.60%) Onboarding
10 34 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
12 31 (1.87%) Low-Code
13 26 (1.57%) Management Information System
14 25 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
14 25 (1.51%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (1.45%) Blockchain
16 23 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
17 22 (1.33%) PKI
17 22 (1.33%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 330 (19.94%) Linux
2 165 (9.97%) Windows
3 73 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 60 (3.63%) Unix
5 35 (2.11%) Ubuntu
6 29 (1.75%) CentOS
6 29 (1.75%) VMS
7 27 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (0.91%) Android
9 14 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.36%) Debian
10 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.24%) SUSE
12 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.060%) Rocky
14 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,154 (69.73%) CI/CD
2 1,000 (60.42%) DevOps
3 464 (28.04%) Containerisation
4 460 (27.79%) Agile
5 449 (27.13%) Observability
6 371 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 327 (19.76%) Mentoring
8 317 (19.15%) Platform Engineering
9 298 (18.01%) Test Automation
10 287 (17.34%) AI
11 277 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
12 271 (16.37%) Software Engineering
13 246 (14.86%) Microservices
14 226 (13.66%) Cloud Security
15 222 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 200 (12.08%) Analytics
17 187 (11.30%) Technical Leadership
18 184 (11.12%) DevSecOps
19 175 (10.57%) High Availability
20 169 (10.21%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 764 (46.16%) Python
2 309 (18.67%) Bash
3 271 (16.37%) PowerShell
4 268 (16.19%) SQL
5 235 (14.20%) Java
6 171 (10.33%) Go
7 153 (9.24%) JavaScript
8 146 (8.82%) TypeScript
9 143 (8.64%) Bicep
10 120 (7.25%) C#
11 27 (1.63%) C++
11 27 (1.63%) Rust
12 23 (1.39%) Scala
13 19 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.79%) C
14 13 (0.79%) Groovy
14 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.54%) PHP
16 8 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 313 (18.91%) Security Cleared
2 190 (11.48%) SC Cleared
3 154 (9.31%) Degree
4 130 (7.85%) AWS Certification
5 97 (5.86%) DV Cleared
6 90 (5.44%) Azure Certification
7 61 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.81%) OSCP
11 27 (1.63%) CISSP
12 26 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
14 15 (0.91%) CCNP
15 14 (0.85%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.79%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 12 (0.73%) CCNA
18 11 (0.66%) CCSK
19 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.95%) QA
2 72 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 68 (4.11%) GDPR
4 48 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (2.90%) SOC 2
5 40 (2.42%) NIST
6 34 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 30 (1.81%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.73%) SLA
9 11 (0.66%) WCAG
10 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.54%) NCSC
11 5 (0.30%) GRC
12 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.12%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.12%) IFRS
13 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.12%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 479 (28.94%) Docker
2 105 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 82 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (1.69%) vSphere
6 20 (1.21%) Hyper-V
7 19 (1.15%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.54%) Firmware
9 8 (0.48%) KVM
10 7 (0.42%) iptables
11 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.30%) Squid
13 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.12%) GPFS
14 2 (0.12%) Lustre
14 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.060%) vCloud
15 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,143 (69.06%) Terraform
2 649 (39.21%) Kubernetes
3 365 (22.05%) 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 37 (2.24%) Puppet
9 23 (1.39%) Kustomize
9 23 (1.39%) Progress Chef
10 20 (1.21%) Rancher
11 18 (1.09%) Nagios
12 17 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 16 (0.97%) Istio
13 16 (0.97%) Packer
14 13 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
15 9 (0.54%) logstash
15 9 (0.54%) vCenter Server
15 9 (0.54%) yum
Vendors
1 307 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.31%) VMware
3 112 (6.77%) Google
4 74 (4.47%) Databricks
5 64 (3.87%) Red Hat
6 56 (3.38%) Cisco
7 52 (3.14%) Splunk
8 43 (2.60%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.45%) Zscaler
10 22 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 20 (1.21%) Dynatrace
11 20 (1.21%) 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 (0.66%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.60%) SolarWinds