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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 156 169
Rank change year-on-year +61 +13 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,780 914 1,687
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.91% 2.13% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.29% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,193 617 1,315
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,600 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,810 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% +12.59% -6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -6.40%

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 68,838 39,983 83,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.25% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,890 21,039 60,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +59 1,625 £77,500 -1.66% 397
UK excluding London +69 827 £68,000 -2.86% 322
London +33 801 £87,500 -2.78% 151
Work from Home +92 648 £70,000 -7.11% 204
North of England +51 311 £67,500 -3.57% 109
South East +37 189 £70,000 -6.67% 106
North West +60 185 £74,301 +2.48% 61
Midlands +37 112 £68,000 -2.86% 30
South West +2 112 £72,500 +2.12% 40
Yorkshire -18 89 £65,576 -2.49% 22
West Midlands -1 61 £72,500 +3.57% 21
East Midlands +4 51 £67,500 +3.85% 9
East of England +5 48 £60,100 -7.54% 18
Scotland 0 38 £60,000 -20.38% 17
North East -7 37 £55,000 -16.69% 26
Wales -25 16 £65,000 +13.04% 3
Northern Ireland -35 4 £95,000 - 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 49 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (2.25%) Apache
3 33 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.12%) Confluence
6 14 (0.79%) IIS
6 14 (0.79%) SharePoint
7 10 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.28%) CMS
9 4 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.11%) Camunda
12 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.056%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.056%) nginx
12 1 (0.056%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (0.67%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.22%) Weka
4 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.056%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.056%) Maya
5 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.056%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.056%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,044 (58.65%) AWS
2 945 (53.09%) Azure
3 340 (19.10%) GitHub
4 325 (18.26%) GCP
5 317 (17.81%) Serverless
6 295 (16.57%) Azure DevOps
7 274 (15.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 214 (12.02%) GitHub Actions
9 183 (10.28%) AWS Lambda
10 169 (9.49%) Amazon S3
11 142 (7.98%) PaaS
12 127 (7.13%) Amazon EKS
13 120 (6.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 119 (6.69%) SaaS
15 118 (6.63%) Entra ID
16 113 (6.35%) Amazon EC2
17 111 (6.24%) IaaS
18 102 (5.73%) Datadog
19 100 (5.62%) Azure AKS
20 92 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 176 (9.89%) Firewall
2 97 (5.45%) DNS
3 77 (4.33%) VPN
4 68 (3.82%) TCP/IP
5 63 (3.54%) Broadband
6 57 (3.20%) Network Security
7 45 (2.53%) WAN
8 34 (1.91%) DHCP
9 33 (1.85%) BGP
10 26 (1.46%) LAN
11 24 (1.35%) HTTP
12 22 (1.24%) VLAN
13 18 (1.01%) Software-Defined Networking
14 17 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
14 17 (0.96%) SD-WAN
15 15 (0.84%) DSL
15 15 (0.84%) OSPF
16 11 (0.62%) VXLAN
17 9 (0.51%) IPv4
17 9 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.36%) NoSQL
2 126 (7.08%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
4 76 (4.27%) MongoDB
5 67 (3.76%) DynamoDB
6 66 (3.71%) SQL Server
7 57 (3.20%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.98%) Data Lake
9 44 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
10 40 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 40 (2.25%) Metadata
11 28 (1.57%) BigQuery
11 28 (1.57%) MySQL
12 26 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.24%) Redis
14 20 (1.12%) Delta Lake
14 20 (1.12%) Power BI
15 19 (1.07%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (0.96%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 247 (13.88%) GitLab
2 239 (13.43%) Git
3 228 (12.81%) Jenkins
4 46 (2.58%) CircleCI
5 34 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 33 (1.85%) Cucumber
6 33 (1.85%) JIRA
7 20 (1.12%) Jaeger
8 19 (1.07%) TeamCity
9 15 (0.84%) Selenium
9 15 (0.84%) SonarQube
10 12 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 11 (0.62%) Subversion
12 10 (0.56%) MLflow
13 9 (0.51%) JMeter
13 9 (0.51%) Maven
13 9 (0.51%) NUnit
13 9 (0.51%) Storybook
14 8 (0.45%) Robot Framework
15 7 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 434 (24.38%) Social Skills
2 372 (20.90%) Finance
3 129 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 108 (6.07%) Banking
6 76 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (3.48%) Retail
8 52 (2.92%) Law
9 46 (2.58%) Telecoms
10 35 (1.97%) Games
11 32 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.29%) Aerospace
13 21 (1.18%) Legal
13 21 (1.18%) Marketing
14 20 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.07%) Advertising
15 19 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.01%) Billing
17 17 (0.96%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 401 (22.53%) Senior
2 295 (16.57%) DevOps Engineer
3 270 (15.17%) Cloud Engineer
4 251 (14.10%) Lead
5 176 (9.89%) Platform Engineer
6 172 (9.66%) Azure Engineer
7 162 (9.10%) Developer
8 161 (9.04%) Architect
9 140 (7.87%) AWS Engineer
10 120 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 98 (5.51%) Software Engineer
12 91 (5.11%) Data Engineer
13 87 (4.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 82 (4.61%) Security Engineer
15 69 (3.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 68 (3.82%) Senior DevOps
17 64 (3.60%) Principal Engineer
18 61 (3.43%) Senior Platform Engineer
19 58 (3.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
20 54 (3.03%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.15%) React
2 129 (7.25%) Node.js
3 125 (7.02%) .NET
3 125 (7.02%) Kafka
4 120 (6.74%) REST
5 95 (5.34%) RESTful
6 85 (4.78%) YAML
7 84 (4.72%) Spring
8 78 (4.38%) AWS CDK
9 77 (4.33%) Spring Boot
10 67 (3.76%) Elastic Stack
11 62 (3.48%) OAuth
12 56 (3.15%) ARM Templates
13 54 (3.03%) PySpark
14 50 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
15 43 (2.42%) JSON
16 38 (2.13%) AngularJS
16 38 (2.13%) ASP.NET
17 37 (2.08%) Next.js
18 36 (2.02%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 441 (24.78%) Cloud Native
2 147 (8.26%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 77 (4.33%) Public Cloud
5 61 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 59 (3.31%) Data Centre
7 51 (2.87%) Security Posture
8 49 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (2.58%) Onboarding
10 39 (2.19%) Video\Live Streaming
11 32 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
12 29 (1.63%) Low-Code
13 27 (1.52%) PKI
14 26 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
15 25 (1.40%) Blockchain
15 25 (1.40%) Management Information System
15 25 (1.40%) Mobile App
16 23 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
16 23 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
16 23 (1.29%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 342 (19.21%) Linux
2 167 (9.38%) Windows
3 84 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 53 (2.98%) Unix
5 45 (2.53%) Ubuntu
6 36 (2.02%) CentOS
7 27 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 26 (1.46%) VMS
9 15 (0.84%) Android
10 14 (0.79%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.39%) Debian
11 7 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.056%) Rocky
14 1 (0.056%) SUSE
14 1 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,256 (70.56%) CI/CD
2 1,044 (58.65%) DevOps
3 485 (27.25%) Containerisation
4 484 (27.19%) Agile
5 480 (26.97%) Observability
6 375 (21.07%) Mentoring
7 372 (20.90%) Platform Engineering
8 369 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 336 (18.88%) AI
10 316 (17.75%) Test Automation
11 305 (17.13%) Software Engineering
12 286 (16.07%) Microservices
13 279 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
14 239 (13.43%) Cloud Security
15 232 (13.03%) Technical Leadership
16 231 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 208 (11.69%) Analytics
18 195 (10.96%) DevSecOps
19 181 (10.17%) High Availability
20 176 (9.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 805 (45.22%) Python
2 316 (17.75%) Bash
3 286 (16.07%) PowerShell
4 276 (15.51%) SQL
5 251 (14.10%) Java
6 173 (9.72%) Go
7 172 (9.66%) TypeScript
8 171 (9.61%) JavaScript
9 146 (8.20%) Bicep
10 129 (7.25%) C#
11 30 (1.69%) Rust
12 28 (1.57%) C++
13 22 (1.24%) Scala
14 16 (0.90%) PHP
15 15 (0.84%) Groovy
16 14 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
17 13 (0.73%) C
18 11 (0.62%) Kotlin
19 9 (0.51%) Shell Script
20 8 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 348 (19.55%) Security Cleared
2 219 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 159 (8.93%) Degree
4 136 (7.64%) AWS Certification
5 102 (5.73%) DV Cleared
6 92 (5.17%) Azure Certification
7 60 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 32 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
10 29 (1.63%) OSCP
11 22 (1.24%) CISSP
12 16 (0.90%) CCNP
12 16 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 14 (0.79%) CCNA
13 14 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
15 12 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 11 (0.62%) RHCSA
17 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (4.83%) QA
2 75 (4.21%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.37%) GDPR
4 50 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.70%) SOC 2
6 40 (2.25%) NIST
7 31 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.69%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.73%) SLA
10 12 (0.67%) WCAG
11 9 (0.51%) GRC
12 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.34%) NCSC
14 4 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.11%) IFRS
16 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.11%) Solvency II
17 1 (0.056%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 488 (27.42%) Docker
2 108 (6.07%) Active Directory
3 89 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (1.80%) vSphere
6 22 (1.24%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.39%) iptables
8 7 (0.39%) Squid
8 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.34%) Firmware
9 6 (0.34%) KVM
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,233 (69.27%) Terraform
2 684 (38.43%) Kubernetes
3 380 (21.35%) Ansible
4 222 (12.47%) Grafana
5 208 (11.69%) Prometheus
6 63 (3.54%) Argo
7 44 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
8 41 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 40 (2.25%) Puppet
10 25 (1.40%) Progress Chef
11 22 (1.24%) Kustomize
12 20 (1.12%) Nagios
12 20 (1.12%) Packer
13 19 (1.07%) Istio
14 17 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 14 (0.79%) Rancher
16 12 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
16 12 (0.67%) vCenter Server
16 12 (0.67%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.56%) Cilium
Vendors
1 330 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 124 (6.97%) VMware
3 110 (6.18%) Google
4 74 (4.16%) Databricks
5 69 (3.88%) Red Hat
6 55 (3.09%) Cisco
7 52 (2.92%) Splunk
8 43 (2.42%) Palo Alto
9 29 (1.63%) Oracle
10 23 (1.29%) Zscaler
11 22 (1.24%) OpenAI
12 21 (1.18%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 20 (1.12%) Salesforce
14 19 (1.07%) CrowdStrike
15 12 (0.67%) Atlassian
15 12 (0.67%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.67%) F5
16 11 (0.62%) Foundry
17 10 (0.56%) SolarWinds