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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 132 149
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -47
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,385 1,023 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.88% 2.34% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 2.50% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 924 717 1,338
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,438 £60,000 £57,597
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 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £112,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%

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 57,551 40,867 73,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.05% 93.60% 87.39%
Number of salaries quoted 34,815 22,139 55,867
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,860 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,006
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 13 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 13 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 +29 1,195 £75,000 - 654
UK excluding London +8 634 £67,500 - 463
London +29 594 £85,000 -5.56% 286
Work from Home +45 558 £70,000 -6.50% 421
North of England -14 219 £65,000 - 155
South East +1 135 £70,000 -2.10% 123
North West -14 96 £72,901 +4.14% 80
Yorkshire -19 91 £62,500 +19.05% 51
South West -6 86 £62,500 -10.71% 87
Midlands -11 68 £67,500 +3.85% 35
Scotland -12 59 £67,500 - 25
East of England +13 35 £65,000 -10.34% 27
West Midlands -19 34 £67,500 -3.57% 29
East Midlands -9 32 £67,500 +3.85% 6
North East -11 32 £48,445 -15.01% 24
Wales +2 22 £64,998 +32.37% 13
Northern Ireland -26 10 £95,000 +11.76% 5

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 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (2.96%) Apache
3 31 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.01%) IIS
7 12 (0.87%) Confluence
7 12 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.22%) CMS
8 3 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.14%) Appian
9 2 (0.14%) nginx
9 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.072%) Camunda
10 1 (0.072%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.29%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.29%) Weka
2 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.072%) Maya
4 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.072%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 845 (61.01%) AWS
2 776 (56.03%) Azure
3 311 (22.45%) GitHub
4 307 (22.17%) GCP
5 291 (21.01%) Azure DevOps
6 262 (18.92%) Serverless
7 252 (18.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 222 (16.03%) GitHub Actions
9 168 (12.13%) AWS Lambda
10 140 (10.11%) Amazon S3
11 136 (9.82%) PaaS
12 121 (8.74%) SaaS
13 119 (8.59%) Amazon EKS
14 116 (8.38%) Entra ID
15 111 (8.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 92 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
17 88 (6.35%) IaaS
18 87 (6.28%) Amazon ECS
18 87 (6.28%) Datadog
19 85 (6.14%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 161 (11.62%) Firewall
2 90 (6.50%) DNS
3 77 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 77 (5.56%) VPN
4 37 (2.67%) WAN
5 35 (2.53%) DHCP
5 35 (2.53%) Network Security
6 32 (2.31%) Broadband
7 20 (1.44%) HTTP
8 17 (1.23%) BGP
8 17 (1.23%) VLAN
9 15 (1.08%) DSL
9 15 (1.08%) Internet
10 14 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.94%) LAN
12 7 (0.51%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.43%) SAN
14 5 (0.36%) AMQP
14 5 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.44%) NoSQL
2 99 (7.15%) PostgreSQL
3 95 (6.86%) Amazon RDS
4 57 (4.12%) SQL Server
5 52 (3.75%) DynamoDB
6 44 (3.18%) Data Lake
7 43 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (3.03%) Relational Database
9 37 (2.67%) MongoDB
9 37 (2.67%) Redis
10 35 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (2.45%) MySQL
12 29 (2.09%) BigQuery
13 26 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
14 24 (1.73%) Power BI
15 23 (1.66%) Metadata
16 19 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
16 19 (1.37%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.30%) Delta Lake
18 15 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 211 (15.23%) Jenkins
2 180 (13.00%) GitLab
3 176 (12.71%) Git
4 30 (2.17%) Bitbucket
4 30 (2.17%) CircleCI
4 30 (2.17%) JIRA
5 27 (1.95%) Selenium
6 24 (1.73%) Robot Framework
7 22 (1.59%) Jaeger
8 21 (1.52%) Cucumber
9 18 (1.30%) TeamCity
10 17 (1.23%) Snyk
11 15 (1.08%) JMeter
11 15 (1.08%) MLflow
12 12 (0.87%) Locust
12 12 (0.87%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.72%) Subversion
14 9 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.65%) Storybook
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 382 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 341 (24.62%) Finance
3 136 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (6.57%) Banking
5 89 (6.43%) Public Sector
6 73 (5.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 67 (4.84%) Law
8 58 (4.19%) Retail
9 57 (4.12%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.38%) Financial Institution
11 27 (1.95%) Marketing
12 21 (1.52%) Billing
13 20 (1.44%) Back Office
14 19 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.23%) Advertising
16 16 (1.16%) Games
17 15 (1.08%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 305 (22.02%) Senior
2 222 (16.03%) DevOps Engineer
3 209 (15.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 174 (12.56%) Lead
5 132 (9.53%) Azure Engineer
6 127 (9.17%) Platform Engineer
7 126 (9.10%) Developer
8 115 (8.30%) Architect
9 98 (7.08%) AWS Engineer
9 98 (7.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 66 (4.77%) Software Engineer
11 60 (4.33%) Data Engineer
12 54 (3.90%) Security Engineer
13 52 (3.75%) Senior DevOps
14 45 (3.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 42 (3.03%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 41 (2.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 40 (2.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 38 (2.74%) Lead DevOps
19 37 (2.67%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.88%) React
2 96 (6.93%) Node.js
3 85 (6.14%) .NET
3 85 (6.14%) RESTful
4 81 (5.85%) Elastic Stack
5 75 (5.42%) Kafka
6 68 (4.91%) AWS CDK
7 65 (4.69%) REST
8 59 (4.26%) Spring
9 55 (3.97%) Spring Boot
9 55 (3.97%) YAML
10 54 (3.90%) OAuth
11 47 (3.39%) Django
12 39 (2.82%) RabbitMQ
13 36 (2.60%) ARM Templates
14 35 (2.53%) CSS
14 35 (2.53%) FastAPI
15 33 (2.38%) .NET Core
16 32 (2.31%) SAML
17 31 (2.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 309 (22.31%) Cloud Native
2 82 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 60 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
4 60 (4.33%) Public Cloud
5 47 (3.39%) Product Ownership
6 44 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 36 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
9 33 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
11 26 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.59%) Management Information System
12 22 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (1.37%) Mobile App
14 18 (1.30%) PKI
15 17 (1.23%) Blog
15 17 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
15 17 (1.23%) Hedge funds
16 16 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 310 (22.38%) Linux
2 159 (11.48%) Windows
3 82 (5.92%) Unix
4 58 (4.19%) Windows Server
5 35 (2.53%) VMS
6 28 (2.02%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.52%) CentOS
7 21 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.08%) Android
9 14 (1.01%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.58%) Debian
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.22%) SUSE
14 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.072%) Rocky
15 1 (0.072%) Solaris
15 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 959 (69.24%) CI/CD
2 893 (64.48%) DevOps
3 414 (29.89%) Agile
4 379 (27.36%) Containerisation
5 346 (24.98%) Observability
6 315 (22.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 280 (20.22%) Mentoring
7 280 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
8 222 (16.03%) Platform Engineering
9 208 (15.02%) Software Engineering
10 206 (14.87%) AI
11 199 (14.37%) Test Automation
12 191 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 190 (13.72%) Cloud Security
14 181 (13.07%) Analytics
15 174 (12.56%) Incident Response
15 174 (12.56%) Microservices
16 151 (10.90%) DevSecOps
17 143 (10.32%) Roadmaps
18 140 (10.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 631 (45.56%) Python
2 265 (19.13%) Bash
3 238 (17.18%) PowerShell
4 218 (15.74%) SQL
5 192 (13.86%) Java
6 139 (10.04%) Go
7 133 (9.60%) Bicep
8 127 (9.17%) JavaScript
9 106 (7.65%) TypeScript
10 85 (6.14%) C#
11 20 (1.44%) C++
12 19 (1.37%) Rust
13 17 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.16%) Scala
15 15 (1.08%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.72%) C
17 9 (0.65%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.51%) Google Apps Script
18 7 (0.51%) Ruby
19 5 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 276 (19.93%) Security Cleared
2 165 (11.91%) SC Cleared
3 116 (8.38%) AWS Certification
3 116 (8.38%) Degree
4 104 (7.51%) DV Cleared
5 80 (5.78%) Azure Certification
6 48 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 28 (2.02%) CISSP
9 28 (2.02%) OSCP
10 16 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.87%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.79%) CCSK
13 10 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (0.72%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.51%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.13%) GDPR
2 64 (4.62%) QA
3 60 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (4.19%) Data Quality
5 49 (3.54%) SOC 2
6 48 (3.47%) NIST
7 39 (2.82%) PCI DSS
8 38 (2.74%) Accessibility
9 17 (1.23%) SLA
10 14 (1.01%) WCAG
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.51%) GRC
12 7 (0.51%) NCSC
13 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.29%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 454 (32.78%) Docker
2 91 (6.57%) Active Directory
3 73 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (2.09%) Hyper-V
6 21 (1.52%) vSphere
7 15 (1.08%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.87%) Firmware
8 12 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.72%) KVM
10 9 (0.65%) vCloud
11 4 (0.29%) iptables
11 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.14%) GPFS
13 2 (0.14%) Lustre
13 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.072%) QEMU
14 1 (0.072%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 978 (70.61%) Terraform
2 536 (38.70%) Kubernetes
3 331 (23.90%) Ansible
4 210 (15.16%) Grafana
5 202 (14.58%) Prometheus
6 55 (3.97%) Argo
7 46 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 33 (2.38%) Puppet
9 28 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.37%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.23%) AWS Copilot
12 16 (1.16%) Rancher
13 15 (1.08%) Docker Swarm
14 14 (1.01%) Nagios
14 14 (1.01%) Progress Chef
15 13 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.79%) SCCM
17 9 (0.65%) Istio
18 8 (0.58%) Mesos
18 8 (0.58%) yum
Vendors
1 250 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.31%) Google
3 110 (7.94%) VMware
4 48 (3.47%) Databricks
5 45 (3.25%) Red Hat
5 45 (3.25%) Splunk
6 44 (3.18%) Cisco
7 36 (2.60%) Palo Alto
8 21 (1.52%) Zscaler
9 20 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 17 (1.23%) Black Duck
10 17 (1.23%) Coverity
10 17 (1.23%) Dynatrace
11 16 (1.16%) Juniper
12 14 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.94%) Ab Initio
13 13 (0.94%) Foundry
14 12 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (0.87%) Oracle
14 12 (0.87%) Palantir