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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 129 104
Rank change year-on-year +9 -25 -4
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,155 1,210 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 2.26% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.49% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 811 737 1,324
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,750 £48,825
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,269 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.06% +3.49% -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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
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 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 14 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 14 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 +4 966 £73,801 +1.79% 898
UK excluding London +9 571 £70,000 +4.06% 767
Work from Home +33 501 £73,000 +0.69% 444
London +10 452 £83,375 -7.36% 252
North of England -15 196 £70,000 +12.00% 174
South East +23 111 £75,000 +15.38% 251
Yorkshire -12 88 £70,000 +33.33% 71
North West +2 83 £70,000 +3.70% 75
Scotland +20 76 £70,079 +9.93% 22
South West -19 70 £62,500 -13.18% 114
Midlands +15 61 £67,250 +1.89% 82
West Midlands +2 38 £65,250 -3.33% 31
East of England +29 27 £71,250 -1.72% 85
North East +4 25 £67,539 +45.25% 29
Wales +24 23 £61,496 +25.24% 36
East Midlands +4 21 £67,750 +4.23% 47
Northern Ireland -11 9 £95,000 +11.76% 18

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 46 (3.98%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (3.03%) Apache
4 23 (1.99%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.65%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.56%) Confluence
7 8 (0.69%) IIS
8 4 (0.35%) Appian
9 3 (0.26%) nginx
9 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.087%) CMS
10 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.087%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.087%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.087%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.087%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 703 (60.87%) Azure
2 686 (59.39%) AWS
3 296 (25.63%) Azure DevOps
4 268 (23.20%) GitHub
5 235 (20.35%) GCP
6 205 (17.75%) Serverless
7 200 (17.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 177 (15.32%) GitHub Actions
9 142 (12.29%) AWS Lambda
10 113 (9.78%) Amazon S3
11 105 (9.09%) SaaS
12 101 (8.74%) PaaS
13 98 (8.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 95 (8.23%) Entra ID
15 93 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
16 90 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
17 82 (7.10%) Amazon EKS
18 75 (6.49%) Amazon ECS
19 73 (6.32%) Amazon EC2
20 65 (5.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 124 (10.74%) Firewall
2 76 (6.58%) DNS
3 70 (6.06%) VPN
4 53 (4.59%) TCP/IP
5 50 (4.33%) WAN
6 34 (2.94%) DHCP
7 31 (2.68%) Network Security
8 29 (2.51%) LAN
9 25 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.39%) BGP
10 16 (1.39%) Broadband
10 16 (1.39%) Internet
11 14 (1.21%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.04%) VLAN
13 11 (0.95%) VoIP
14 9 (0.78%) SAN
14 9 (0.78%) Wireless
15 7 (0.61%) OSPF
15 7 (0.61%) Unified Communications
16 6 (0.52%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (6.49%) Amazon RDS
3 70 (6.06%) NoSQL
4 45 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 44 (3.81%) DynamoDB
6 39 (3.38%) Data Lake
7 33 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.86%) MongoDB
8 29 (2.51%) BigQuery
9 28 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (2.42%) Redis
10 26 (2.25%) MySQL
11 25 (2.16%) Relational Database
12 17 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
12 17 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.30%) Power BI
14 14 (1.21%) Big Data
15 13 (1.13%) Delta Lake
15 13 (1.13%) RDBMS
16 11 (0.95%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 186 (16.10%) Jenkins
2 162 (14.03%) Git
3 121 (10.48%) GitLab
4 32 (2.77%) JIRA
5 26 (2.25%) Selenium
6 23 (1.99%) Robot Framework
7 19 (1.65%) Snyk
8 18 (1.56%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.56%) MLflow
9 16 (1.39%) TeamCity
10 15 (1.30%) Jaeger
11 13 (1.13%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.13%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.87%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.87%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.87%) JMeter
13 8 (0.69%) Locust
14 7 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.61%) Vite
15 6 (0.52%) git-flow
General
1 307 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 291 (25.19%) Finance
3 89 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (5.28%) Banking
5 58 (5.02%) Public Sector
6 55 (4.76%) Law
7 42 (3.64%) Telecoms
8 41 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (3.46%) Retail
10 28 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 25 (2.16%) Games
12 21 (1.82%) Billing
12 21 (1.82%) Marketing
13 19 (1.65%) Legal
14 17 (1.47%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.21%) Advertising
15 14 (1.21%) Back Office
16 12 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.04%) Electronics
17 10 (0.87%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 251 (21.73%) Senior
2 188 (16.28%) DevOps Engineer
3 184 (15.93%) Cloud Engineer
4 129 (11.17%) Lead
5 116 (10.04%) Azure Engineer
6 112 (9.70%) Developer
7 107 (9.26%) Platform Engineer
8 97 (8.40%) Architect
9 70 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 66 (5.71%) AWS Engineer
11 44 (3.81%) Senior DevOps
12 42 (3.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 42 (3.64%) Software Engineer
13 41 (3.55%) Data Engineer
14 35 (3.03%) Lead DevOps
14 35 (3.03%) Security Engineer
15 34 (2.94%) Support Engineer
16 31 (2.68%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 29 (2.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 29 (2.51%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (9.18%) React
2 80 (6.93%) .NET
3 71 (6.15%) Node.js
4 70 (6.06%) RESTful
5 59 (5.11%) Elastic Stack
6 48 (4.16%) Kafka
7 46 (3.98%) YAML
8 44 (3.81%) ARM Templates
9 43 (3.72%) AWS CDK
10 41 (3.55%) OAuth
11 40 (3.46%) Django
12 37 (3.20%) REST
13 36 (3.12%) Spring
14 34 (2.94%) FastAPI
15 33 (2.86%) .NET Core
16 32 (2.77%) Spring Boot
17 27 (2.34%) CSS
18 26 (2.25%) HTML
19 22 (1.90%) Next.js
19 22 (1.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 251 (21.73%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 54 (4.68%) Data Centre
5 45 (3.90%) Security Posture
6 44 (3.81%) Product Ownership
7 39 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
8 32 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (2.51%) Management Information System
10 27 (2.34%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
12 19 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.39%) PKI
15 13 (1.13%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.13%) Hedge funds
16 12 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
16 12 (1.04%) Low-Code
17 11 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
18 10 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 264 (22.86%) Linux
2 139 (12.03%) Windows
3 63 (5.45%) Unix
4 45 (3.90%) Windows Server
5 31 (2.68%) VMS
6 23 (1.99%) Ubuntu
7 22 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.13%) Debian
9 9 (0.78%) CentOS
10 7 (0.61%) Android
10 7 (0.61%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.26%) SUSE
13 2 (0.17%) Solaris
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.087%) AIX
14 1 (0.087%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 777 (67.27%) DevOps
2 776 (67.19%) CI/CD
3 347 (30.04%) Agile
4 297 (25.71%) Containerisation
5 246 (21.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 244 (21.13%) Observability
7 231 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (17.84%) Mentoring
9 176 (15.24%) Platform Engineering
10 165 (14.29%) AI
11 159 (13.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 157 (13.59%) Cloud Security
13 154 (13.33%) Analytics
14 148 (12.81%) Software Engineering
15 128 (11.08%) Incident Response
16 126 (10.91%) Test Automation
17 124 (10.74%) Roadmaps
18 122 (10.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 121 (10.48%) Microservices
20 114 (9.87%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 509 (44.07%) Python
2 223 (19.31%) PowerShell
3 213 (18.44%) Bash
4 177 (15.32%) SQL
5 150 (12.99%) Bicep
6 122 (10.56%) Java
7 101 (8.74%) JavaScript
8 95 (8.23%) TypeScript
9 91 (7.88%) Go
10 84 (7.27%) C#
11 13 (1.13%) C++
11 13 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (0.95%) Scala
13 10 (0.87%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.78%) C
15 8 (0.69%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.61%) Rust
17 5 (0.43%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 214 (18.53%) Security Cleared
2 140 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 113 (9.78%) AWS Certification
4 89 (7.71%) Azure Certification
5 85 (7.36%) Degree
6 84 (7.27%) DV Cleared
7 39 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (2.16%) CISSP
11 21 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.65%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.56%) CCNP
14 14 (1.21%) OSCP
15 13 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
16 9 (0.78%) CISM
17 8 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
18 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
18 7 (0.61%) PMP
18 7 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.19%) GDPR
2 59 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (3.90%) NIST
4 36 (3.12%) QA
5 33 (2.86%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.60%) SOC 2
7 29 (2.51%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.90%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.13%) SLA
10 11 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.69%) WCAG
12 6 (0.52%) GRC
13 5 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.43%) NCSC
14 4 (0.35%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 395 (34.20%) Docker
2 76 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 67 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 25 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (1.39%) vSphere
7 11 (0.95%) Firmware
7 11 (0.95%) NFS
7 11 (0.95%) vCloud
8 9 (0.78%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.69%) KVM
9 8 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.35%) XenApp
10 4 (0.35%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.17%) GPFS
12 2 (0.17%) iptables
12 2 (0.17%) Lustre
12 2 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 844 (73.07%) Terraform
2 453 (39.22%) Kubernetes
3 289 (25.02%) Ansible
4 154 (13.33%) Grafana
5 149 (12.90%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 42 (3.64%) Argo
8 18 (1.56%) Puppet
8 18 (1.56%) SCCM
9 15 (1.30%) Docker Swarm
9 15 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.21%) Rancher
11 13 (1.13%) Kustomize
12 12 (1.04%) AWS Copilot
13 11 (0.95%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.78%) SCOM
15 5 (0.43%) linkerd
15 5 (0.43%) logstash
15 5 (0.43%) Mesos
15 5 (0.43%) Nagios
Vendors
1 238 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.48%) Google
2 98 (8.48%) VMware
3 48 (4.16%) Cisco
4 38 (3.29%) Databricks
5 35 (3.03%) Splunk
6 30 (2.60%) Red Hat
7 28 (2.42%) Palo Alto
8 19 (1.65%) Black Duck
8 19 (1.65%) Coverity
9 18 (1.56%) Zscaler
10 16 (1.39%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.21%) Ab Initio
11 14 (1.21%) Oracle
12 12 (1.04%) SAP
13 11 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (0.95%) Foundry
14 10 (0.87%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.87%) SolarWinds