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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 129 132
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 -29
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,336 1,108 1,693
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 2.39% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.57% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 888 719 1,384
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,450 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.41% +3.85% -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 55,211 43,138 69,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.63% 93.12% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33,095 21,773 52,985
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 2 March 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 2 March 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 +16 1,141 £75,000 - 779
UK excluding London -2 608 £68,450 +1.41% 619
London +28 572 £85,000 -5.56% 270
Work from Home +37 542 £70,000 -7.11% 452
North of England -10 209 £65,500 +0.77% 177
South East +4 128 £72,500 +3.57% 189
Yorkshire -12 90 £62,500 +16.28% 57
North West -14 88 £73,801 +9.33% 99
South West -14 83 £62,500 -11.97% 103
Midlands +2 66 £67,250 +3.46% 59
Scotland -18 64 £71,940 +2.77% 23
West Midlands -14 33 £65,000 - 38
North East -2 31 £48,445 -13.10% 21
East Midlands -4 31 £67,750 +4.23% 21
East of England +13 29 £62,500 -13.79% 47
Wales +4 21 £68,500 +46.61% 18
Northern Ireland -23 10 £95,000 +11.76% 11

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 53 (3.97%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (3.14%) Apache
3 36 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.57%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.05%) Confluence
7 13 (0.97%) IIS
8 12 (0.90%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.22%) Appian
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 3 (0.22%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.075%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.30%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.30%) Weka
2 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.075%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.075%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.075%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 822 (61.53%) AWS
2 756 (56.59%) Azure
3 297 (22.23%) GitHub
4 296 (22.16%) GCP
5 290 (21.71%) Azure DevOps
6 245 (18.34%) Serverless
7 244 (18.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 211 (15.79%) GitHub Actions
9 161 (12.05%) AWS Lambda
10 136 (10.18%) PaaS
11 132 (9.88%) Amazon S3
12 120 (8.98%) Entra ID
13 118 (8.83%) SaaS
14 115 (8.61%) Amazon EKS
15 113 (8.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 97 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
17 87 (6.51%) IaaS
18 86 (6.44%) Amazon ECS
19 84 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
20 79 (5.91%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 151 (11.30%) Firewall
2 89 (6.66%) DNS
3 79 (5.91%) VPN
4 71 (5.31%) TCP/IP
5 42 (3.14%) WAN
6 38 (2.84%) DHCP
7 32 (2.40%) Broadband
8 31 (2.32%) Network Security
9 18 (1.35%) HTTP
9 18 (1.35%) VLAN
10 17 (1.27%) BGP
10 17 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (1.20%) LAN
12 15 (1.12%) Internet
13 13 (0.97%) DSL
14 9 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (0.67%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.60%) SAN
16 6 (0.45%) Wireless
17 5 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (7.19%) NoSQL
2 93 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 89 (6.66%) Amazon RDS
4 51 (3.82%) DynamoDB
4 51 (3.82%) SQL Server
5 39 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (2.84%) MongoDB
6 38 (2.84%) Redis
6 38 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 37 (2.77%) Data Lake
8 34 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.32%) MySQL
10 26 (1.95%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (1.65%) Metadata
13 19 (1.42%) Power BI
13 19 (1.42%) RDBMS
14 18 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.20%) Big Data
16 15 (1.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 206 (15.42%) Jenkins
2 167 (12.50%) Git
3 161 (12.05%) GitLab
4 32 (2.40%) JIRA
5 27 (2.02%) CircleCI
5 27 (2.02%) Selenium
6 26 (1.95%) Bitbucket
7 24 (1.80%) Robot Framework
8 23 (1.72%) Jaeger
9 20 (1.50%) Cucumber
10 18 (1.35%) Snyk
11 17 (1.27%) TeamCity
12 16 (1.20%) MLflow
13 14 (1.05%) JMeter
13 14 (1.05%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.82%) Locust
15 10 (0.75%) Subversion
16 8 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 8 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
16 8 (0.60%) Storybook
General
1 368 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 337 (25.22%) Finance
3 125 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.36%) Public Sector
5 83 (6.21%) Banking
6 69 (5.16%) Law
7 66 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (4.12%) Retail
9 51 (3.82%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.54%) Financial Institution
11 26 (1.95%) Marketing
12 23 (1.72%) Billing
13 21 (1.57%) Back Office
14 18 (1.35%) Games
14 18 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.27%) Legal
16 16 (1.20%) Advertising
17 14 (1.05%) Aerospace
18 13 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 295 (22.08%) Senior
2 213 (15.94%) Cloud Engineer
3 209 (15.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 165 (12.35%) Lead
5 132 (9.88%) Azure Engineer
6 124 (9.28%) Platform Engineer
7 121 (9.06%) Developer
8 113 (8.46%) Architect
9 98 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 95 (7.11%) AWS Engineer
11 65 (4.87%) Software Engineer
12 54 (4.04%) Data Engineer
13 50 (3.74%) Senior DevOps
14 49 (3.67%) Security Engineer
15 44 (3.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 39 (2.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 38 (2.84%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 38 (2.84%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 37 (2.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
19 35 (2.62%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (8.98%) React
2 89 (6.66%) Node.js
3 83 (6.21%) RESTful
4 78 (5.84%) .NET
5 77 (5.76%) Elastic Stack
6 71 (5.31%) Kafka
7 63 (4.72%) AWS CDK
8 59 (4.42%) Spring
9 56 (4.19%) Spring Boot
10 52 (3.89%) OAuth
10 52 (3.89%) REST
11 51 (3.82%) YAML
12 46 (3.44%) Django
13 34 (2.54%) ARM Templates
13 34 (2.54%) FastAPI
14 33 (2.47%) RabbitMQ
15 32 (2.40%) CSS
16 30 (2.25%) SAML
17 29 (2.17%) .NET Core
18 28 (2.10%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 292 (21.86%) Cloud Native
2 77 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 59 (4.42%) Public Cloud
4 57 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
5 56 (4.19%) Security Posture
6 45 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 43 (3.22%) Data Centre
7 43 (3.22%) Onboarding
8 37 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
9 34 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
11 25 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.80%) Management Information System
13 21 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.35%) Mobile App
14 18 (1.35%) PKI
15 17 (1.27%) Blog
15 17 (1.27%) Hedge funds
16 15 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
16 15 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 299 (22.38%) Linux
2 147 (11.00%) Windows
3 81 (6.06%) Unix
4 53 (3.97%) Windows Server
5 36 (2.69%) VMS
6 27 (2.02%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (1.42%) CentOS
9 14 (1.05%) Android
10 13 (0.97%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.67%) Debian
12 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.22%) SUSE
15 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.075%) Rocky
16 1 (0.075%) Solaris
16 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
16 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (68.94%) CI/CD
2 862 (64.52%) DevOps
3 400 (29.94%) Agile
4 360 (26.95%) Containerisation
5 315 (23.58%) Observability
6 295 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 278 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
8 259 (19.39%) Mentoring
9 208 (15.57%) Platform Engineering
10 205 (15.34%) AI
11 196 (14.67%) Software Engineering
12 189 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 182 (13.62%) Test Automation
14 181 (13.55%) Cloud Security
15 170 (12.72%) Analytics
16 164 (12.28%) Microservices
17 154 (11.53%) Incident Response
18 142 (10.63%) DevSecOps
19 141 (10.55%) Roadmaps
20 136 (10.18%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 608 (45.51%) Python
2 254 (19.01%) Bash
3 229 (17.14%) PowerShell
4 201 (15.04%) SQL
5 189 (14.15%) Java
6 136 (10.18%) Go
7 129 (9.66%) Bicep
8 123 (9.21%) JavaScript
9 105 (7.86%) TypeScript
10 83 (6.21%) C#
11 20 (1.50%) C++
12 17 (1.27%) Rust
13 16 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (1.12%) Scala
15 14 (1.05%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.75%) C
17 8 (0.60%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.52%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
19 6 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 270 (20.21%) Security Cleared
2 164 (12.28%) SC Cleared
3 118 (8.83%) AWS Certification
4 104 (7.78%) Degree
5 96 (7.19%) DV Cleared
6 79 (5.91%) Azure Certification
7 42 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (2.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (2.17%) CISSP
11 24 (1.80%) OSCP
12 14 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (0.97%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.82%) CCSK
15 9 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.67%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 7 (0.52%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (4.79%) GDPR
2 57 (4.27%) QA
3 54 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (3.74%) Data Quality
5 48 (3.59%) NIST
6 44 (3.29%) SOC 2
7 37 (2.77%) Accessibility
8 35 (2.62%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.27%) SLA
10 13 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.97%) WCAG
11 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.45%) GRC
13 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.075%) HIPAA
System Software
1 451 (33.76%) Docker
2 94 (7.04%) Active Directory
3 69 (5.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (2.17%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.35%) vSphere
7 17 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.05%) VMware NSX
9 13 (0.97%) Firmware
10 9 (0.67%) KVM
10 9 (0.67%) vCloud
11 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.22%) iptables
14 2 (0.15%) GPFS
14 2 (0.15%) Lustre
14 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.15%) XenApp
14 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 941 (70.43%) Terraform
2 515 (38.55%) Kubernetes
3 322 (24.10%) Ansible
4 197 (14.75%) Grafana
5 190 (14.22%) Prometheus
6 56 (4.19%) Argo
7 50 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (2.32%) Puppet
9 28 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.42%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.27%) AWS Copilot
11 17 (1.27%) Rancher
12 15 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
13 12 (0.90%) Progress Chef
13 12 (0.90%) SCCM
14 11 (0.82%) Nagios
15 10 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.67%) Istio
17 8 (0.60%) linkerd
17 8 (0.60%) yum
Vendors
1 240 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.06%) Google
3 106 (7.93%) VMware
4 44 (3.29%) Databricks
5 41 (3.07%) Splunk
6 40 (2.99%) Cisco
7 38 (2.84%) Red Hat
8 34 (2.54%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.65%) Zscaler
10 18 (1.35%) Black Duck
10 18 (1.35%) Coverity
10 18 (1.35%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.05%) Ab Initio
11 14 (1.05%) Dynatrace
11 14 (1.05%) Oracle
12 13 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 13 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
12 13 (0.97%) Foundry
12 13 (0.97%) Juniper
13 12 (0.90%) Palantir