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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 125 93
Rank change year-on-year -1 -32 +5
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,118 1,261 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.89% 2.30% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.55% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 788 772 1,322
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.33%
75th Percentile £87,938 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £66,000 £65,175
% change year-on-year +6.06% +1.27% -2.41%

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 48,456 49,466 47,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.78% 90.03% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,392 24,433 36,177
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 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 2 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 -3 933 £73,801 +1.79% 733
UK excluding London +10 557 £70,000 +6.06% 529
Work from Home +28 478 £72,750 +1.05% 360
London +2 435 £81,500 -9.44% 311
North of England -7 190 £70,000 +15.77% 134
South East -1 107 £75,000 +15.38% 192
Yorkshire -11 89 £70,000 +27.27% 42
Scotland +13 77 £70,039 +3.76% 19
North West +3 76 £70,000 +3.70% 71
South West -24 66 £62,500 -10.71% 83
Midlands +12 61 £67,250 +1.89% 54
West Midlands +7 39 £65,500 -1.87% 35
East of England +30 27 £67,500 -6.90% 28
North East -2 25 £67,539 +35.08% 22
Wales +18 23 £61,496 +2.49% 15
East Midlands -7 20 £67,500 +3.85% 19
Northern Ireland -8 8 £95,000 +11.76% 10

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 (4.03%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (3.04%) Apache
4 24 (2.15%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.70%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.61%) Confluence
7 8 (0.72%) IIS
8 6 (0.54%) Appian
9 5 (0.45%) nginx
10 4 (0.36%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.089%) CMS
11 1 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.089%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.089%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 702 (62.79%) Azure
2 659 (58.94%) AWS
3 288 (25.76%) Azure DevOps
4 260 (23.26%) GitHub
5 234 (20.93%) GCP
6 191 (17.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 190 (16.99%) Serverless
8 171 (15.30%) GitHub Actions
9 131 (11.72%) AWS Lambda
10 107 (9.57%) Amazon S3
11 104 (9.30%) SaaS
12 99 (8.86%) PaaS
13 92 (8.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 92 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
14 89 (7.96%) Entra ID
15 87 (7.78%) Azure Monitor
16 77 (6.89%) Amazon EKS
17 72 (6.44%) Amazon ECS
18 67 (5.99%) Amazon EC2
19 63 (5.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 120 (10.73%) Firewall
2 80 (7.16%) DNS
3 68 (6.08%) VPN
4 57 (5.10%) TCP/IP
5 52 (4.65%) WAN
6 35 (3.13%) DHCP
7 34 (3.04%) Network Security
8 33 (2.95%) LAN
9 26 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.25%) BGP
10 14 (1.25%) Internet
10 14 (1.25%) SD-WAN
11 12 (1.07%) VLAN
12 11 (0.98%) VoIP
13 10 (0.89%) Broadband
13 10 (0.89%) Wireless
14 9 (0.81%) SAN
15 7 (0.63%) OSPF
15 7 (0.63%) Unified Communications
16 6 (0.54%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.53%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (6.08%) Amazon RDS
3 60 (5.37%) NoSQL
4 47 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 42 (3.76%) DynamoDB
6 39 (3.49%) Data Lake
7 32 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (2.50%) BigQuery
8 28 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (2.50%) MongoDB
8 28 (2.50%) Redis
9 26 (2.33%) MySQL
10 19 (1.70%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.34%) Power BI
14 13 (1.16%) Big Data
15 12 (1.07%) Delta Lake
16 9 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (0.81%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 178 (15.92%) Jenkins
2 156 (13.95%) Git
3 120 (10.73%) GitLab
4 34 (3.04%) JIRA
5 27 (2.42%) Selenium
6 25 (2.24%) Robot Framework
7 21 (1.88%) Snyk
8 17 (1.52%) Bitbucket
8 17 (1.52%) MLflow
8 17 (1.52%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.25%) CircleCI
10 13 (1.16%) SonarQube
11 10 (0.89%) Artifactory
11 10 (0.89%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.89%) JMeter
12 9 (0.81%) Jaeger
13 8 (0.72%) Locust
14 6 (0.54%) git-flow
14 6 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 302 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 284 (25.40%) Finance
3 89 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (5.19%) Banking
5 57 (5.10%) Law
5 57 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 41 (3.67%) Retail
7 40 (3.58%) Telecoms
8 35 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (2.42%) Financial Institution
10 24 (2.15%) Games
11 20 (1.79%) Legal
11 20 (1.79%) Marketing
12 18 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.52%) Billing
14 14 (1.25%) Advertising
14 14 (1.25%) Back Office
15 13 (1.16%) Electronics
16 12 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 247 (22.09%) Senior
2 181 (16.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 172 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 118 (10.55%) Lead
5 112 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
6 108 (9.66%) Developer
7 104 (9.30%) Platform Engineer
8 98 (8.77%) Architect
9 71 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
11 41 (3.67%) Senior DevOps
12 39 (3.49%) Data Engineer
12 39 (3.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 39 (3.49%) Software Engineer
13 35 (3.13%) Lead DevOps
13 35 (3.13%) Support Engineer
14 33 (2.95%) Security Engineer
14 33 (2.95%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 27 (2.42%) GCP Engineer
16 25 (2.24%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (9.03%) React
2 80 (7.16%) .NET
3 65 (5.81%) Node.js
3 65 (5.81%) RESTful
4 54 (4.83%) Elastic Stack
5 47 (4.20%) Kafka
6 46 (4.11%) ARM Templates
6 46 (4.11%) YAML
7 40 (3.58%) OAuth
8 39 (3.49%) Django
9 38 (3.40%) AWS CDK
10 34 (3.04%) REST
11 32 (2.86%) Spring
12 31 (2.77%) .NET Core
12 31 (2.77%) FastAPI
13 29 (2.59%) Spring Boot
14 27 (2.42%) CSS
15 26 (2.33%) HTML
16 21 (1.88%) Vue
17 20 (1.79%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 245 (21.91%) Cloud Native
2 69 (6.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (5.01%) Data Centre
4 55 (4.92%) Public Cloud
5 45 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.67%) Security Posture
7 39 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 27 (2.42%) Onboarding
11 23 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (1.52%) PKI
14 16 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (1.34%) Low-Code
16 13 (1.16%) Data Structures
17 11 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
18 10 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
18 10 (0.89%) Private Cloud
18 10 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 256 (22.90%) Linux
2 139 (12.43%) Windows
3 57 (5.10%) Unix
4 46 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 29 (2.59%) VMS
6 23 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (2.06%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.25%) Debian
8 9 (0.81%) CentOS
9 6 (0.54%) Android
9 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.27%) Solaris
12 3 (0.27%) SUSE
13 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.089%) AIX
14 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 758 (67.80%) DevOps
2 751 (67.17%) CI/CD
3 345 (30.86%) Agile
4 288 (25.76%) Containerisation
5 241 (21.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 232 (20.75%) Observability
7 227 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
8 192 (17.17%) Mentoring
9 169 (15.12%) Platform Engineering
10 163 (14.58%) AI
10 163 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 153 (13.69%) Cloud Security
12 149 (13.33%) Analytics
13 142 (12.70%) Software Engineering
14 127 (11.36%) Incident Response
15 125 (11.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 124 (11.09%) Test Automation
17 118 (10.55%) Roadmaps
18 114 (10.20%) Microservices
19 112 (10.02%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 497 (44.45%) Python
2 225 (20.13%) PowerShell
3 211 (18.87%) Bash
4 179 (16.01%) SQL
5 149 (13.33%) Bicep
6 109 (9.75%) Java
7 90 (8.05%) JavaScript
8 86 (7.69%) TypeScript
9 82 (7.33%) C#
10 78 (6.98%) Go
11 13 (1.16%) C++
12 12 (1.07%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.89%) Scala
15 8 (0.72%) C
15 8 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.45%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.45%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 211 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 138 (12.34%) SC Cleared
3 103 (9.21%) AWS Certification
4 89 (7.96%) Azure Certification
5 83 (7.42%) DV Cleared
6 78 (6.98%) Degree
7 38 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 32 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.42%) CISSP
11 22 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.70%) CCNP
12 19 (1.70%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (1.16%) OSCP
14 9 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.81%) CISM
15 7 (0.63%) MCP
15 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.55%) GDPR
2 59 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (4.11%) NIST
4 37 (3.31%) QA
5 31 (2.77%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.59%) SOC 2
7 21 (1.88%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.16%) SLA
9 11 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.72%) WCAG
11 6 (0.54%) GRC
12 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.45%) NCSC
13 4 (0.36%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 381 (34.08%) Docker
2 73 (6.53%) Active Directory
3 71 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (2.59%) Hyper-V
6 25 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.43%) vSphere
8 11 (0.98%) Firmware
8 11 (0.98%) NFS
8 11 (0.98%) vCloud
9 8 (0.72%) KVM
9 8 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.54%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.36%) XenApp
11 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.18%) GPFS
13 2 (0.18%) Lustre
13 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.18%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 821 (73.43%) Terraform
2 437 (39.09%) Kubernetes
3 286 (25.58%) Ansible
4 152 (13.60%) Grafana
5 138 (12.34%) Prometheus
6 47 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 35 (3.13%) Argo
8 19 (1.70%) SCCM
9 18 (1.61%) Puppet
10 14 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
10 14 (1.25%) Rancher
11 13 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.07%) AWS Copilot
13 11 (0.98%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.81%) SCOM
15 7 (0.63%) Kustomize
16 5 (0.45%) Istio
16 5 (0.45%) linkerd
16 5 (0.45%) logstash
16 5 (0.45%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 237 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 103 (9.21%) VMware
3 90 (8.05%) Google
4 48 (4.29%) Cisco
5 40 (3.58%) Databricks
6 38 (3.40%) Splunk
7 33 (2.95%) Red Hat
8 26 (2.33%) Palo Alto
9 21 (1.88%) Black Duck
10 20 (1.79%) Coverity
11 16 (1.43%) Salesforce
11 16 (1.43%) Zscaler
12 15 (1.34%) Oracle
13 14 (1.25%) Ab Initio
14 13 (1.16%) SAP
15 12 (1.07%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (0.98%) SolarWinds
17 10 (0.89%) Foundry
17 10 (0.89%) New Relic