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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 125 128
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 -28
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,273 1,195 1,780
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 2.36% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.56% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 853 721 1,462
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
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 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,729 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +3.85% -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 52,183 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.83% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,949 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £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 £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £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 8 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 8 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 +19 1,065 £75,000 - 556
UK excluding London +10 598 £68,729 +1.82% 389
Work from Home +38 529 £70,000 -3.45% 319
London +19 518 £85,000 -5.56% 255
North of England -12 207 £65,250 +1.95% 124
South East +2 118 £75,000 +7.14% 120
Yorkshire -15 92 £62,500 +13.64% 40
North West -8 85 £70,000 +3.70% 74
South West -8 78 £62,500 -13.18% 73
Scotland -2 75 £71,940 +2.04% 18
Midlands +7 60 £65,250 -0.38% 33
West Midlands -6 34 £62,500 -9.09% 28
East of England +30 30 £75,000 +3.45% 10
North East -3 30 £60,000 +23.08% 10
East Midlands 0 24 £67,500 +3.85% 6
Wales +19 23 £61,496 +31.62% 8
Northern Ireland -20 9 £95,000 +11.76% 4

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 51 (4.01%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (3.06%) Apache
4 27 (2.12%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.73%) Apache Spark
6 15 (1.18%) Confluence
7 12 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.86%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) Appian
9 3 (0.24%) nginx
9 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.079%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.31%) Weka
2 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.079%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.079%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.079%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.079%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 771 (60.57%) AWS
2 743 (58.37%) Azure
3 309 (24.27%) Azure DevOps
4 290 (22.78%) GitHub
5 276 (21.68%) GCP
6 233 (18.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 228 (17.91%) Serverless
8 202 (15.87%) GitHub Actions
9 155 (12.18%) AWS Lambda
10 122 (9.58%) Entra ID
11 121 (9.51%) Amazon S3
12 119 (9.35%) PaaS
12 119 (9.35%) SaaS
13 110 (8.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 109 (8.56%) Amazon EKS
15 96 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
16 94 (7.38%) Azure Monitor
17 85 (6.68%) IaaS
18 80 (6.28%) Amazon ECS
19 73 (5.73%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 146 (11.47%) Firewall
2 85 (6.68%) DNS
3 83 (6.52%) VPN
4 59 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 42 (3.30%) WAN
6 37 (2.91%) DHCP
7 30 (2.36%) Network Security
8 27 (2.12%) Broadband
9 20 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (1.41%) BGP
11 17 (1.34%) LAN
11 17 (1.34%) VLAN
12 16 (1.26%) Internet
13 13 (1.02%) HTTP
14 12 (0.94%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.79%) DSL
16 7 (0.55%) SAN
17 6 (0.47%) OSPF
17 6 (0.47%) VoIP
17 6 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (7.23%) NoSQL
2 83 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (6.36%) Amazon RDS
4 52 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 49 (3.85%) DynamoDB
6 41 (3.22%) Data Lake
7 37 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (2.75%) MongoDB
9 32 (2.51%) MySQL
10 31 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (2.44%) Relational Database
11 30 (2.36%) BigQuery
12 28 (2.20%) Redis
13 22 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
14 19 (1.49%) RDBMS
15 17 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (1.34%) Big Data
16 16 (1.26%) Power BI
17 15 (1.18%) Delta Lake
17 15 (1.18%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 206 (16.18%) Jenkins
2 164 (12.88%) Git
3 140 (11.00%) GitLab
4 31 (2.44%) JIRA
5 27 (2.12%) Selenium
6 24 (1.89%) Robot Framework
7 23 (1.81%) CircleCI
8 22 (1.73%) Bitbucket
9 21 (1.65%) Jaeger
10 18 (1.41%) Snyk
10 18 (1.41%) TeamCity
11 17 (1.34%) MLflow
12 16 (1.26%) Cucumber
13 14 (1.10%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.86%) JMeter
15 9 (0.71%) Subversion
16 8 (0.63%) Artifactory
16 8 (0.63%) Locust
17 7 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
17 7 (0.55%) Vite
General
1 337 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 328 (25.77%) Finance
3 105 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (5.81%) Banking
5 71 (5.58%) Public Sector
6 64 (5.03%) Law
7 54 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (3.93%) Retail
9 45 (3.53%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.59%) Financial Institution
11 23 (1.81%) Billing
12 22 (1.73%) Marketing
13 20 (1.57%) Games
13 20 (1.57%) Legal
14 19 (1.49%) Back Office
15 18 (1.41%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.18%) Advertising
16 15 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (1.02%) Aerospace
18 11 (0.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 277 (21.76%) Senior
2 214 (16.81%) Cloud Engineer
3 201 (15.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 143 (11.23%) Lead
5 130 (10.21%) Azure Engineer
6 120 (9.43%) Platform Engineer
7 118 (9.27%) Developer
8 106 (8.33%) Architect
9 95 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 83 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
11 54 (4.24%) Software Engineer
12 48 (3.77%) Data Engineer
12 48 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
13 44 (3.46%) Security Engineer
14 42 (3.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 36 (2.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 36 (2.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 34 (2.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 33 (2.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 33 (2.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (9.19%) React
2 86 (6.76%) Node.js
3 84 (6.60%) .NET
4 82 (6.44%) RESTful
5 71 (5.58%) Elastic Stack
6 61 (4.79%) Kafka
7 54 (4.24%) AWS CDK
8 52 (4.08%) REST
9 49 (3.85%) Spring
9 49 (3.85%) YAML
10 48 (3.77%) OAuth
11 46 (3.61%) Spring Boot
12 40 (3.14%) Django
13 36 (2.83%) ARM Templates
14 34 (2.67%) .NET Core
14 34 (2.67%) FastAPI
15 30 (2.36%) CSS
16 29 (2.28%) HTML
17 27 (2.12%) OpenTelemetry
17 27 (2.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 283 (22.23%) Cloud Native
2 73 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (4.95%) Public Cloud
4 55 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (4.08%) Security Posture
6 51 (4.01%) Data Centre
7 50 (3.93%) Product Ownership
8 42 (3.30%) Onboarding
9 36 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
10 34 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
11 25 (1.96%) Management Information System
12 21 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.34%) PKI
15 15 (1.18%) Blog
15 15 (1.18%) Hedge funds
16 13 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (1.02%) Data Structures
16 13 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 288 (22.62%) Linux
2 141 (11.08%) Windows
3 71 (5.58%) Unix
4 44 (3.46%) Windows Server
5 40 (3.14%) VMS
6 28 (2.20%) Ubuntu
7 18 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.18%) CentOS
9 14 (1.10%) Debian
10 10 (0.79%) Android
10 10 (0.79%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.24%) SUSE
14 2 (0.16%) Solaris
14 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.079%) Rocky
15 1 (0.079%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 864 (67.87%) CI/CD
2 825 (64.81%) DevOps
3 378 (29.69%) Agile
4 335 (26.32%) Containerisation
5 279 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 274 (21.52%) Observability
7 261 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
8 235 (18.46%) Mentoring
9 200 (15.71%) AI
10 197 (15.48%) Platform Engineering
11 187 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 182 (14.30%) Software Engineering
13 178 (13.98%) Cloud Security
14 169 (13.28%) Analytics
15 160 (12.57%) Test Automation
16 145 (11.39%) Microservices
17 140 (11.00%) Incident Response
18 135 (10.60%) DevSecOps
19 134 (10.53%) High Availability
20 132 (10.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 582 (45.72%) Python
2 251 (19.72%) Bash
3 235 (18.46%) PowerShell
4 192 (15.08%) SQL
5 164 (12.88%) Java
6 144 (11.31%) Bicep
7 130 (10.21%) Go
8 122 (9.58%) JavaScript
9 104 (8.17%) TypeScript
10 91 (7.15%) C#
11 18 (1.41%) C++
12 16 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.18%) Scala
14 14 (1.10%) Rust
15 11 (0.86%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.71%) C
17 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
19 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
19 5 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 245 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 149 (11.70%) SC Cleared
3 129 (10.13%) AWS Certification
4 97 (7.62%) Degree
5 87 (6.83%) DV Cleared
6 85 (6.68%) Azure Certification
7 41 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (2.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (2.28%) CISSP
11 18 (1.41%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.41%) OSCP
12 14 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.79%) CCNP
15 9 (0.71%) CCSK
15 9 (0.71%) CISM
15 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.03%) GDPR
2 59 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (3.93%) NIST
4 46 (3.61%) QA
5 45 (3.53%) Data Quality
6 40 (3.14%) SOC 2
7 34 (2.67%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.59%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.34%) SLA
10 15 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.79%) WCAG
12 6 (0.47%) GRC
13 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.39%) NCSC
14 4 (0.31%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.16%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.079%) MiFID
System Software
1 418 (32.84%) Docker
2 91 (7.15%) Active Directory
3 66 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (2.12%) Hyper-V
6 24 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.26%) vSphere
8 13 (1.02%) VMware NSX
9 11 (0.86%) Firmware
10 10 (0.79%) KVM
11 9 (0.71%) vCloud
12 5 (0.39%) NFS
13 4 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.16%) GPFS
15 2 (0.16%) iptables
15 2 (0.16%) Lustre
15 2 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 2 (0.16%) XenApp
15 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 917 (72.03%) Terraform
2 493 (38.73%) Kubernetes
3 312 (24.51%) Ansible
4 181 (14.22%) Grafana
5 174 (13.67%) Prometheus
6 54 (4.24%) Argo
7 50 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (2.28%) Puppet
9 28 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.49%) Kustomize
11 18 (1.41%) Rancher
12 12 (0.94%) AWS Copilot
12 12 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
12 12 (0.94%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.94%) SCCM
13 9 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 8 (0.63%) Istio
15 7 (0.55%) linkerd
15 7 (0.55%) Nagios
15 7 (0.55%) yum
Vendors
1 236 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 115 (9.03%) Google
3 99 (7.78%) VMware
4 43 (3.38%) Databricks
5 39 (3.06%) Cisco
6 37 (2.91%) Splunk
7 33 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 32 (2.51%) Red Hat
9 23 (1.81%) Zscaler
10 18 (1.41%) Black Duck
10 18 (1.41%) Coverity
10 18 (1.41%) Salesforce
11 15 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (1.10%) Ab Initio
12 14 (1.10%) Foundry
13 13 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.94%) Oracle
14 12 (0.94%) Palantir
15 11 (0.86%) Juniper
15 11 (0.86%) SAP