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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 126 158
Rank change year-on-year +19 +32 -55
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,428 942 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.30% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.47% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 943 695 1,345
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,360 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +3.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,764 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -4.41%

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 60,590 38,104 77,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.71% 93.07% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 37,239 22,363 57,730
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.83%

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 31 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 31 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 +18 1,243 £75,000 -3.23% 672
UK excluding London +4 664 £67,500 -3.57% 486
London +33 618 £85,000 -5.56% 278
Work from Home +49 561 £70,000 -7.37% 338
North of England -16 234 £67,500 - 159
South East +7 142 £70,000 -5.08% 123
North West -16 109 £72,500 - 84
Yorkshire -8 94 £65,000 +18.18% 47
South West -15 93 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Midlands -5 73 £67,500 +3.85% 47
Scotland -13 57 £60,000 -14.89% 22
East Midlands -19 36 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -15 35 £65,500 -6.43% 41
East of England -11 33 £62,500 -12.28% 35
North East -3 31 £48,445 -15.75% 28
Wales -10 21 £68,500 +14.17% 12
Northern Ireland -29 11 £95,000 - 7

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 47 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (2.59%) Apache
3 28 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.05%) Confluence
5 15 (1.05%) IIS
6 12 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 10 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.21%) CMS
8 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.070%) Appian
10 1 (0.070%) Camunda
10 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.070%) nginx
10 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.28%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.28%) Weka
2 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.070%) Maya
4 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.070%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 884 (61.90%) AWS
2 792 (55.46%) Azure
3 321 (22.48%) GCP
4 306 (21.43%) GitHub
5 288 (20.17%) Azure DevOps
6 270 (18.91%) Serverless
7 255 (17.86%) AWS CloudFormation
8 216 (15.13%) GitHub Actions
9 164 (11.48%) AWS Lambda
10 138 (9.66%) Amazon S3
11 124 (8.68%) Amazon EKS
11 124 (8.68%) PaaS
12 118 (8.26%) SaaS
13 112 (7.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 104 (7.28%) Entra ID
15 96 (6.72%) Datadog
16 90 (6.30%) Amazon ECS
17 86 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
18 84 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
19 78 (5.46%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 166 (11.62%) Firewall
2 87 (6.09%) DNS
3 81 (5.67%) TCP/IP
4 71 (4.97%) VPN
5 40 (2.80%) WAN
6 39 (2.73%) Network Security
7 38 (2.66%) Broadband
8 29 (2.03%) DHCP
9 21 (1.47%) HTTP
10 19 (1.33%) BGP
10 19 (1.33%) LAN
11 17 (1.19%) VLAN
12 16 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (1.05%) DSL
14 13 (0.91%) Internet
15 10 (0.70%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
17 8 (0.56%) Wireless
18 5 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (7.77%) NoSQL
2 107 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
3 98 (6.86%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (4.06%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.78%) DynamoDB
6 45 (3.15%) Relational Database
7 42 (2.94%) Data Lake
7 42 (2.94%) MongoDB
8 41 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
9 40 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
10 38 (2.66%) Redis
11 33 (2.31%) MySQL
12 27 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 26 (1.82%) BigQuery
14 22 (1.54%) Metadata
14 22 (1.54%) Power BI
15 19 (1.33%) RDBMS
16 17 (1.19%) Delta Lake
17 15 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
17 15 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 208 (14.57%) Jenkins
2 188 (13.17%) GitLab
3 187 (13.10%) Git
4 33 (2.31%) CircleCI
5 32 (2.24%) JIRA
6 30 (2.10%) Bitbucket
7 29 (2.03%) Selenium
8 23 (1.61%) Cucumber
8 23 (1.61%) Robot Framework
9 21 (1.47%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.19%) JMeter
10 17 (1.19%) TeamCity
11 16 (1.12%) Snyk
12 14 (0.98%) MLflow
13 13 (0.91%) Locust
14 11 (0.77%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 10 (0.70%) Subversion
16 9 (0.63%) Storybook
17 8 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 381 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 340 (23.81%) Finance
3 133 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (6.65%) Banking
5 85 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 68 (4.76%) Law
8 60 (4.20%) Retail
8 60 (4.20%) Telecoms
9 31 (2.17%) Financial Institution
10 29 (2.03%) Marketing
11 25 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.68%) Games
13 22 (1.54%) Billing
14 20 (1.40%) Back Office
15 19 (1.33%) Advertising
16 18 (1.26%) Legal
17 17 (1.19%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 316 (22.13%) Senior
2 236 (16.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 210 (14.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 189 (13.24%) Lead
5 137 (9.59%) Azure Engineer
6 135 (9.45%) Developer
7 125 (8.75%) Platform Engineer
8 117 (8.19%) Architect
9 104 (7.28%) AWS Engineer
10 99 (6.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 69 (4.83%) Software Engineer
12 62 (4.34%) Data Engineer
13 55 (3.85%) Security Engineer
13 55 (3.85%) Senior DevOps
14 47 (3.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 46 (3.22%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 44 (3.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 43 (3.01%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 42 (2.94%) Lead DevOps
19 40 (2.80%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (9.03%) React
2 102 (7.14%) Node.js
3 92 (6.44%) .NET
4 86 (6.02%) RESTful
5 81 (5.67%) REST
6 79 (5.53%) Elastic Stack
7 78 (5.46%) Kafka
8 70 (4.90%) AWS CDK
9 64 (4.48%) Spring
10 59 (4.13%) OAuth
10 59 (4.13%) Spring Boot
11 57 (3.99%) YAML
12 50 (3.50%) Django
13 42 (2.94%) ARM Templates
14 41 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
15 37 (2.59%) CSS
15 37 (2.59%) FastAPI
16 35 (2.45%) .NET Core
17 33 (2.31%) HTML
18 32 (2.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 320 (22.41%) Cloud Native
2 79 (5.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
4 62 (4.34%) Public Cloud
5 59 (4.13%) Security Posture
6 54 (3.78%) Product Ownership
7 42 (2.94%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 36 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
11 28 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.68%) Management Information System
13 23 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.47%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.33%) PKI
16 18 (1.26%) Blockchain
16 18 (1.26%) Cloud Security Posture
16 18 (1.26%) Hedge funds
17 17 (1.19%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 325 (22.76%) Linux
2 164 (11.48%) Windows
3 82 (5.74%) Unix
4 60 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 32 (2.24%) Ubuntu
6 31 (2.17%) VMS
7 25 (1.75%) CentOS
7 25 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.05%) Android
9 14 (0.98%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.56%) Debian
11 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.28%) SUSE
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) Rocky
14 1 (0.070%) Solaris
14 1 (0.070%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 986 (69.05%) CI/CD
2 908 (63.59%) DevOps
3 425 (29.76%) Agile
4 396 (27.73%) Containerisation
5 372 (26.05%) Observability
6 333 (23.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 289 (20.24%) Mentoring
8 279 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
9 235 (16.46%) Platform Engineering
10 229 (16.04%) Test Automation
11 226 (15.83%) Software Engineering
12 218 (15.27%) AI
13 195 (13.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 193 (13.52%) Cloud Security
15 182 (12.75%) Microservices
16 172 (12.04%) Analytics
16 172 (12.04%) Incident Response
17 161 (11.27%) DevSecOps
18 147 (10.29%) High Availability
19 144 (10.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 653 (45.73%) Python
2 272 (19.05%) Bash
3 233 (16.32%) PowerShell
4 229 (16.04%) SQL
5 199 (13.94%) Java
6 148 (10.36%) Go
7 136 (9.52%) JavaScript
8 131 (9.17%) Bicep
9 114 (7.98%) TypeScript
10 89 (6.23%) C#
11 21 (1.47%) C++
12 19 (1.33%) Rust
13 18 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.12%) Scala
15 15 (1.05%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.77%) C
17 10 (0.70%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.56%) Ruby
19 7 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
20 5 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 269 (18.84%) Security Cleared
2 160 (11.20%) SC Cleared
3 126 (8.82%) Degree
4 116 (8.12%) AWS Certification
5 103 (7.21%) DV Cleared
6 76 (5.32%) Azure Certification
7 53 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (1.96%) CISSP
10 28 (1.96%) OSCP
11 18 (1.26%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.77%) CCSK
13 11 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.77%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 10 (0.70%) CCNP
14 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.18%) QA
2 71 (4.97%) GDPR
3 58 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 54 (3.78%) SOC 2
6 44 (3.08%) NIST
7 40 (2.80%) Accessibility
7 40 (2.80%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.19%) SLA
9 16 (1.12%) WCAG
10 11 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.63%) NCSC
12 7 (0.49%) GRC
13 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 462 (32.35%) Docker
2 85 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 70 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.68%) vSphere
6 16 (1.12%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.70%) Firmware
7 10 (0.70%) KVM
8 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.42%) vCloud
10 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.28%) iptables
12 2 (0.14%) GPFS
12 2 (0.14%) Lustre
12 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.070%) QEMU
13 1 (0.070%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1,003 (70.24%) Terraform
2 549 (38.45%) Kubernetes
3 333 (23.32%) Ansible
4 212 (14.85%) Grafana
5 198 (13.87%) Prometheus
6 57 (3.99%) Argo
7 42 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (2.10%) Puppet
10 19 (1.33%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.19%) AWS Copilot
12 16 (1.12%) Rancher
13 15 (1.05%) Nagios
14 14 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
14 14 (0.98%) Progress Chef
15 13 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 10 (0.70%) Istio
17 8 (0.56%) linkerd
17 8 (0.56%) Mesos
17 8 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 245 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.03%) Google
3 105 (7.35%) VMware
4 51 (3.57%) Databricks
5 49 (3.43%) Red Hat
6 48 (3.36%) Cisco
6 48 (3.36%) Splunk
7 41 (2.87%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.40%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.40%) Zscaler
9 19 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.12%) Black Duck
10 16 (1.12%) Coverity
10 16 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
11 15 (1.05%) Juniper
12 14 (0.98%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.98%) OpenAI
13 13 (0.91%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.84%) Oracle
14 12 (0.84%) SAP