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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 124 128
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 -26
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,313 1,200 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 2.43% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.63% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 877 732 1,456
10th Percentile £46,367 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £73,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.07% +1.72% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,757 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £66,350 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.24% +2.08% -2.67%

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 53,402 45,552 66,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.39% 92.32% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 31,913 22,134 51,281
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,934 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 +11 1,105 £74,750 +0.34% 541
UK excluding London +11 615 £68,500 +3.24% 384
Work from Home +44 546 £70,000 -6.67% 313
London +19 536 £85,000 -5.56% 222
North of England -17 215 £67,500 +7.14% 101
South East +8 123 £75,000 +7.14% 140
Yorkshire -18 93 £62,500 +13.64% 32
North West -13 91 £71,000 +5.19% 55
South West -17 82 £62,500 -13.18% 66
Scotland -8 71 £70,079 -0.60% 23
Midlands +5 63 £65,500 +0.77% 37
West Midlands -4 34 £62,500 -3.85% 29
East of England +30 31 £65,000 -10.34% 9
North East +1 31 £50,000 -9.09% 14
East Midlands +6 27 £67,500 +3.85% 8
Wales +12 22 £61,248 +31.08% 7
Northern Ireland -19 10 £95,000 +11.76% 3

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 52 (3.96%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (3.05%) Apache
2 40 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.07%) Confluence
6 13 (0.99%) IIS
7 12 (0.91%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.23%) Appian
8 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Weka
2 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.076%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.076%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.076%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.076%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.076%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 803 (61.16%) AWS
2 760 (57.88%) Azure
3 306 (23.31%) Azure DevOps
4 294 (22.39%) GitHub
5 286 (21.78%) GCP
6 244 (18.58%) AWS CloudFormation
7 233 (17.75%) Serverless
8 207 (15.77%) GitHub Actions
9 155 (11.81%) AWS Lambda
10 129 (9.82%) PaaS
11 126 (9.60%) Entra ID
12 124 (9.44%) Amazon S3
13 121 (9.22%) SaaS
14 113 (8.61%) Amazon EKS
15 112 (8.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 98 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
17 90 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
18 86 (6.55%) Amazon ECS
19 85 (6.47%) IaaS
20 77 (5.86%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 151 (11.50%) Firewall
2 88 (6.70%) DNS
3 84 (6.40%) VPN
4 66 (5.03%) TCP/IP
5 41 (3.12%) WAN
6 37 (2.82%) DHCP
7 34 (2.59%) Network Security
8 27 (2.06%) Broadband
9 19 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (1.37%) BGP
11 17 (1.29%) VLAN
12 16 (1.22%) HTTP
12 16 (1.22%) Internet
13 15 (1.14%) LAN
14 11 (0.84%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.76%) DSL
16 8 (0.61%) SAN
17 6 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
17 6 (0.46%) OSPF
17 6 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (7.08%) NoSQL
2 88 (6.70%) Amazon RDS
2 88 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 48 (3.66%) DynamoDB
5 40 (3.05%) Data Lake
6 38 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (2.67%) Redis
9 34 (2.59%) Relational Database
10 33 (2.51%) MongoDB
10 33 (2.51%) MySQL
11 29 (2.21%) BigQuery
12 24 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (1.45%) RDBMS
14 17 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (1.29%) Big Data
14 17 (1.29%) Metadata
14 17 (1.29%) Power BI
15 15 (1.14%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 205 (15.61%) Jenkins
2 166 (12.64%) Git
3 148 (11.27%) GitLab
4 30 (2.28%) JIRA
5 27 (2.06%) Selenium
6 24 (1.83%) CircleCI
6 24 (1.83%) Robot Framework
7 22 (1.68%) Bitbucket
8 21 (1.60%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.37%) Snyk
10 17 (1.29%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.29%) MLflow
10 17 (1.29%) TeamCity
11 14 (1.07%) SonarQube
12 11 (0.84%) JMeter
13 10 (0.76%) Subversion
14 8 (0.61%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.61%) Locust
14 8 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 353 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 336 (25.59%) Finance
3 113 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.94%) Banking
6 68 (5.18%) Law
7 62 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (4.04%) Retail
9 47 (3.58%) Telecoms
10 35 (2.67%) Financial Institution
11 23 (1.75%) Billing
11 23 (1.75%) Marketing
12 21 (1.60%) Back Office
13 20 (1.52%) Games
13 20 (1.52%) Legal
14 18 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.22%) Advertising
15 16 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.07%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 287 (21.86%) Senior
2 216 (16.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 207 (15.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 151 (11.50%) Lead
5 132 (10.05%) Azure Engineer
6 128 (9.75%) Platform Engineer
7 123 (9.37%) Developer
8 110 (8.38%) Architect
9 99 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 88 (6.70%) AWS Engineer
11 59 (4.49%) Software Engineer
12 50 (3.81%) Data Engineer
13 48 (3.66%) Senior DevOps
14 45 (3.43%) Security Engineer
15 41 (3.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 38 (2.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 37 (2.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 37 (2.82%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
19 34 (2.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (9.06%) React
2 87 (6.63%) .NET
2 87 (6.63%) Node.js
3 83 (6.32%) RESTful
4 75 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
5 65 (4.95%) Kafka
6 55 (4.19%) AWS CDK
7 54 (4.11%) REST
8 52 (3.96%) Spring
9 50 (3.81%) OAuth
9 50 (3.81%) YAML
10 49 (3.73%) Spring Boot
11 45 (3.43%) Django
12 36 (2.74%) ARM Templates
13 33 (2.51%) .NET Core
13 33 (2.51%) FastAPI
14 31 (2.36%) CSS
15 29 (2.21%) HTML
16 28 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
16 28 (2.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 289 (22.01%) Cloud Native
2 76 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 65 (4.95%) Public Cloud
4 57 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (4.04%) Security Posture
6 52 (3.96%) Data Centre
7 49 (3.73%) Product Ownership
8 42 (3.20%) Onboarding
9 38 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
12 27 (2.06%) Management Information System
13 23 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
15 17 (1.29%) Blog
15 17 (1.29%) Mobile App
15 17 (1.29%) PKI
16 16 (1.22%) Hedge funds
17 14 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
18 13 (0.99%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 297 (22.62%) Linux
2 143 (10.89%) Windows
3 78 (5.94%) Unix
4 47 (3.58%) Windows Server
5 39 (2.97%) VMS
6 29 (2.21%) Ubuntu
7 18 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.29%) CentOS
9 14 (1.07%) Debian
10 13 (0.99%) Android
10 13 (0.99%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.23%) SUSE
14 2 (0.15%) Solaris
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.076%) Rocky
15 1 (0.076%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 891 (67.86%) CI/CD
2 850 (64.74%) DevOps
3 397 (30.24%) Agile
4 354 (26.96%) Containerisation
5 291 (22.16%) Observability
6 285 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 269 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
8 248 (18.89%) Mentoring
9 208 (15.84%) Platform Engineering
10 204 (15.54%) AI
11 191 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 189 (14.39%) Software Engineering
13 179 (13.63%) Cloud Security
14 174 (13.25%) Analytics
15 170 (12.95%) Test Automation
16 153 (11.65%) Microservices
17 146 (11.12%) Incident Response
18 141 (10.74%) Roadmaps
19 136 (10.36%) DevSecOps
20 135 (10.28%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 595 (45.32%) Python
2 254 (19.35%) Bash
3 235 (17.90%) PowerShell
4 195 (14.85%) SQL
5 179 (13.63%) Java
6 140 (10.66%) Bicep
7 133 (10.13%) Go
8 126 (9.60%) JavaScript
9 106 (8.07%) TypeScript
10 91 (6.93%) C#
11 18 (1.37%) C++
12 16 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.14%) Scala
14 14 (1.07%) Rust
15 13 (0.99%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.69%) C
17 8 (0.61%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
19 6 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 263 (20.03%) Security Cleared
2 162 (12.34%) SC Cleared
3 130 (9.90%) AWS Certification
4 100 (7.62%) Degree
5 92 (7.01%) DV Cleared
6 86 (6.55%) Azure Certification
7 42 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 37 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (2.28%) CISSP
11 19 (1.45%) OSCP
12 16 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
14 10 (0.76%) CCSK
14 10 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.69%) CISM
15 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.61%) CCNP
16 8 (0.61%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (4.95%) GDPR
2 59 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (4.04%) QA
4 48 (3.66%) NIST
5 47 (3.58%) Data Quality
6 43 (3.27%) SOC 2
7 35 (2.67%) PCI DSS
8 33 (2.51%) Accessibility
9 17 (1.29%) SLA
10 14 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.76%) WCAG
12 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.46%) GRC
14 5 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.38%) NCSC
15 4 (0.30%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
17 1 (0.076%) MiFID
System Software
1 433 (32.98%) Docker
2 94 (7.16%) Active Directory
3 68 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (2.13%) Hyper-V
6 22 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (1.14%) vSphere
8 14 (1.07%) VMware NSX
9 12 (0.91%) Firmware
10 10 (0.76%) KVM
11 9 (0.69%) vCloud
12 4 (0.30%) NFS
12 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.23%) iptables
13 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.15%) GPFS
14 2 (0.15%) Lustre
14 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.15%) XenApp
14 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 940 (71.59%) Terraform
2 501 (38.16%) Kubernetes
3 324 (24.68%) Ansible
4 188 (14.32%) Grafana
5 181 (13.79%) Prometheus
6 55 (4.19%) Argo
7 52 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (2.36%) Puppet
9 28 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.45%) Kustomize
10 19 (1.45%) Rancher
11 17 (1.29%) AWS Copilot
12 14 (1.07%) Docker Swarm
12 14 (1.07%) Progress Chef
13 12 (0.91%) SCCM
14 10 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 9 (0.69%) Istio
16 8 (0.61%) linkerd
16 8 (0.61%) Nagios
16 8 (0.61%) yum
Vendors
1 244 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.14%) Google
3 102 (7.77%) VMware
4 44 (3.35%) Databricks
5 38 (2.89%) Cisco
5 38 (2.89%) Splunk
6 34 (2.59%) Palo Alto
6 34 (2.59%) Red Hat
7 23 (1.75%) Zscaler
8 20 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.37%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.37%) Coverity
10 15 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
11 14 (1.07%) Ab Initio
11 14 (1.07%) Foundry
12 13 (0.99%) Atlassian
12 13 (0.99%) Oracle
13 12 (0.91%) Juniper
13 12 (0.91%) Palantir
14 11 (0.84%) SAP