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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 128 102
Rank change year-on-year +13 -26 -1
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,189 1,212 1,641
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 2.27% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.50% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 813 739 1,325
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,850
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,037 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.42% +3.13% -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 49,036 48,491 50,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.83% 90.77% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,943 23,557 38,431
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.74% -6.31%

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 January 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 January 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 +8 989 £73,801 +1.79% 830
UK excluding London +8 582 £70,000 +4.42% 712
Work from Home +36 506 £73,000 +0.69% 378
London +18 461 £84,250 -6.39% 223
North of England -3 202 £70,000 +12.00% 174
South East +10 110 £75,000 +15.38% 213
North West +5 88 £70,000 +3.70% 75
Yorkshire -8 88 £70,000 +30.23% 73
South West -14 78 £62,500 -13.18% 105
Scotland +14 76 £70,079 +9.93% 25
Midlands +21 59 £66,250 +0.38% 84
West Midlands +5 36 £64,750 -4.07% 36
East of England +31 27 £75,000 +3.45% 73
North East -3 26 £65,000 +39.78% 27
Wales +21 23 £61,496 +31.62% 35
East Midlands +3 21 £67,750 +4.23% 45
Northern Ireland -12 9 £95,000 +11.76% 15

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 45 (3.78%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (3.11%) Apache
4 23 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.77%) Apache Spark
6 16 (1.35%) Confluence
7 9 (0.76%) IIS
8 3 (0.25%) Appian
8 3 (0.25%) nginx
8 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.084%) CMS
9 1 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.084%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.17%) Weka
3 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.084%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.084%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 713 (59.97%) Azure
2 709 (59.63%) AWS
3 299 (25.15%) Azure DevOps
4 274 (23.04%) GitHub
5 250 (21.03%) GCP
6 211 (17.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 209 (17.58%) Serverless
8 182 (15.31%) GitHub Actions
9 146 (12.28%) AWS Lambda
10 113 (9.50%) Amazon S3
11 108 (9.08%) SaaS
12 104 (8.75%) PaaS
13 100 (8.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 100 (8.41%) Entra ID
14 93 (7.82%) Azure Monitor
15 92 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
16 89 (7.49%) Amazon EKS
17 77 (6.48%) Amazon ECS
18 73 (6.14%) Amazon EC2
19 68 (5.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 130 (10.93%) Firewall
2 79 (6.64%) DNS
3 71 (5.97%) VPN
4 55 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 49 (4.12%) WAN
6 35 (2.94%) DHCP
7 32 (2.69%) Network Security
8 28 (2.35%) LAN
9 24 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.35%) BGP
10 16 (1.35%) Broadband
10 16 (1.35%) Internet
11 13 (1.09%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.01%) VLAN
13 10 (0.84%) VoIP
14 9 (0.76%) SAN
14 9 (0.76%) Wireless
15 8 (0.67%) AMQP
16 7 (0.59%) HTTP
16 7 (0.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (6.48%) Amazon RDS
3 74 (6.22%) NoSQL
4 45 (3.78%) DynamoDB
4 45 (3.78%) SQL Server
5 40 (3.36%) Data Lake
6 35 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 34 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (2.52%) MySQL
9 29 (2.44%) BigQuery
10 28 (2.35%) Redis
11 26 (2.19%) Relational Database
12 18 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
13 17 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (1.35%) Big Data
15 15 (1.26%) Power BI
16 14 (1.18%) Delta Lake
17 13 (1.09%) RDBMS
18 12 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 196 (16.48%) Jenkins
2 171 (14.38%) Git
3 123 (10.34%) GitLab
4 32 (2.69%) JIRA
5 27 (2.27%) Selenium
6 24 (2.02%) Robot Framework
7 20 (1.68%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.51%) MLflow
8 18 (1.51%) Snyk
8 18 (1.51%) TeamCity
9 15 (1.26%) Jaeger
9 15 (1.26%) SonarQube
10 14 (1.18%) CircleCI
11 11 (0.93%) JMeter
12 10 (0.84%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.84%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.76%) Subversion
14 8 (0.67%) Locust
15 7 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.59%) Vite
General
1 324 (27.25%) Social Skills
2 302 (25.40%) Finance
3 90 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (5.13%) Banking
5 60 (5.05%) Public Sector
6 57 (4.79%) Law
7 43 (3.62%) Telecoms
8 41 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (3.28%) Retail
10 28 (2.35%) Financial Institution
11 25 (2.10%) Games
12 21 (1.77%) Marketing
13 20 (1.68%) Legal
14 19 (1.60%) Billing
15 17 (1.43%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.18%) Back Office
17 13 (1.09%) Advertising
17 13 (1.09%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 258 (21.70%) Senior
2 196 (16.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 187 (15.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 134 (11.27%) Lead
5 115 (9.67%) Azure Engineer
6 114 (9.59%) Developer
7 111 (9.34%) Platform Engineer
8 100 (8.41%) Architect
9 73 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 67 (5.63%) AWS Engineer
11 46 (3.87%) Software Engineer
12 45 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
13 43 (3.62%) Data Engineer
13 43 (3.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 36 (3.03%) Security Engineer
15 35 (2.94%) Lead DevOps
16 34 (2.86%) Support Engineer
17 31 (2.61%) GCP Engineer
17 31 (2.61%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 29 (2.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (9.25%) React
2 84 (7.06%) .NET
3 76 (6.39%) Node.js
4 72 (6.06%) RESTful
5 64 (5.38%) Elastic Stack
6 48 (4.04%) Kafka
7 46 (3.87%) AWS CDK
7 46 (3.87%) YAML
8 43 (3.62%) ARM Templates
8 43 (3.62%) REST
9 42 (3.53%) OAuth
10 40 (3.36%) Django
10 40 (3.36%) Spring
11 37 (3.11%) Spring Boot
12 34 (2.86%) .NET Core
12 34 (2.86%) FastAPI
13 27 (2.27%) CSS
14 26 (2.19%) HTML
15 24 (2.02%) RabbitMQ
16 23 (1.93%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 260 (21.87%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 59 (4.96%) Public Cloud
4 54 (4.54%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.87%) Product Ownership
6 45 (3.78%) Security Posture
7 41 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
8 34 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 28 (2.35%) Onboarding
11 23 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
12 20 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.51%) PKI
14 14 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.09%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.09%) Hedge funds
16 12 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
16 12 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
17 11 (0.93%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 285 (23.97%) Linux
2 144 (12.11%) Windows
3 65 (5.47%) Unix
4 44 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.78%) VMS
6 28 (2.35%) Ubuntu
7 24 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.26%) Debian
9 14 (1.18%) CentOS
10 8 (0.67%) Android
10 8 (0.67%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.25%) SUSE
12 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.17%) Solaris
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.084%) AIX
14 1 (0.084%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (67.20%) CI/CD
2 793 (66.69%) DevOps
3 361 (30.36%) Agile
4 313 (26.32%) Containerisation
5 259 (21.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 249 (20.94%) Observability
7 244 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
8 214 (18.00%) Mentoring
9 181 (15.22%) Platform Engineering
10 166 (13.96%) AI
11 164 (13.79%) Cloud Security
11 164 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 157 (13.20%) Analytics
13 155 (13.04%) Software Engineering
14 135 (11.35%) Test Automation
15 130 (10.93%) Incident Response
16 128 (10.77%) Microservices
17 125 (10.51%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 124 (10.43%) Roadmaps
19 120 (10.09%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 532 (44.74%) Python
2 228 (19.18%) PowerShell
3 225 (18.92%) Bash
4 179 (15.05%) SQL
5 149 (12.53%) Bicep
6 138 (11.61%) Java
7 109 (9.17%) JavaScript
8 98 (8.24%) Go
8 98 (8.24%) TypeScript
9 88 (7.40%) C#
10 15 (1.26%) C++
11 13 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (1.01%) Scala
12 12 (1.01%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.84%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.76%) C
15 7 (0.59%) Rust
16 6 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
17 5 (0.42%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 237 (19.93%) Security Cleared
2 143 (12.03%) SC Cleared
3 116 (9.76%) AWS Certification
4 93 (7.82%) DV Cleared
5 89 (7.49%) Azure Certification
6 85 (7.15%) Degree
7 38 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 34 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (2.10%) CISSP
11 19 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.51%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.43%) CCNP
14 14 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
14 14 (1.18%) OSCP
15 9 (0.76%) CISM
16 8 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.59%) CCSK
17 7 (0.59%) MCP
17 7 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.05%) GDPR
2 59 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (3.78%) NIST
4 41 (3.45%) QA
5 36 (3.03%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.52%) SOC 2
7 29 (2.44%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.85%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.18%) SLA
10 13 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.67%) WCAG
13 6 (0.50%) GRC
14 5 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.42%) NCSC
15 4 (0.34%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 408 (34.31%) Docker
2 79 (6.64%) Active Directory
3 69 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (2.02%) Hyper-V
7 17 (1.43%) vSphere
8 11 (0.93%) Firmware
8 11 (0.93%) vCloud
8 11 (0.93%) VMware NSX
9 10 (0.84%) KVM
9 10 (0.84%) NFS
10 8 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.34%) XenApp
11 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.17%) GPFS
13 2 (0.17%) iptables
13 2 (0.17%) Lustre
13 2 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 866 (72.83%) Terraform
2 473 (39.78%) Kubernetes
3 305 (25.65%) Ansible
4 167 (14.05%) Grafana
5 157 (13.20%) Prometheus
6 48 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 47 (3.95%) Argo
8 26 (2.19%) Puppet
9 19 (1.60%) Rancher
10 18 (1.51%) SCCM
11 16 (1.35%) Docker Swarm
11 16 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (1.09%) Kustomize
12 13 (1.09%) Progress Chef
13 12 (1.01%) AWS Copilot
14 9 (0.76%) SCOM
15 7 (0.59%) yum
16 6 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 6 (0.50%) Istio
16 6 (0.50%) linkerd
Vendors
1 235 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.66%) Google
3 101 (8.49%) VMware
4 46 (3.87%) Cisco
5 39 (3.28%) Splunk
6 38 (3.20%) Databricks
7 35 (2.94%) Red Hat
8 28 (2.35%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.51%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.51%) Coverity
9 18 (1.51%) Zscaler
10 16 (1.35%) Oracle
10 16 (1.35%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.18%) Ab Initio
12 13 (1.09%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (1.01%) Foundry
13 12 (1.01%) SAP
14 11 (0.93%) SolarWinds
15 10 (0.84%) New Relic