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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 149 166
Rank change year-on-year +48 +17 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,617 908 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.78% 2.11% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.27% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 658 1,322
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £114,125 £109,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,729 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +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 67,799 39,928 81,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.55% 92.95% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 42,318 22,681 59,568
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -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 5 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 5 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 1,453 £77,500 - 704
London +47 734 £87,500 -2.78% 293
UK excluding London +42 734 £68,729 -1.82% 473
Work from Home +69 593 £70,000 -6.67% 359
North of England +6 266 £67,500 -2.17% 158
South East +16 155 £70,000 -6.67% 142
North West +12 145 £74,651 +2.97% 75
South West -8 104 £65,000 -9.71% 74
Midlands +15 95 £70,000 - 42
Yorkshire -30 90 £65,576 +8.45% 38
West Midlands -8 48 £70,000 - 28
Scotland -6 47 £60,000 -19.93% 22
East Midlands -8 45 £67,750 +4.23% 14
East of England +14 42 £60,100 -10.96% 30
North East -10 31 £48,445 -19.59% 45
Wales -12 22 £60,000 -5.14% 7
Northern Ireland -35 6 £95,000 - 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 49 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (2.16%) Apache
3 29 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.99%) Confluence
6 15 (0.93%) IIS
7 11 (0.68%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.31%) CMS
10 4 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.062%) Camunda
12 1 (0.062%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.062%) nginx
12 1 (0.062%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.49%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.25%) Weka
3 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.062%) Maya
4 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.062%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.062%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.062%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 957 (59.18%) AWS
2 890 (55.04%) Azure
3 328 (20.28%) GCP
4 319 (19.73%) GitHub
5 298 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
6 289 (17.87%) Serverless
7 260 (16.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 226 (13.98%) GitHub Actions
9 170 (10.51%) AWS Lambda
10 143 (8.84%) Amazon S3
11 123 (7.61%) Amazon EKS
12 118 (7.30%) PaaS
13 116 (7.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 116 (7.17%) Entra ID
14 104 (6.43%) SaaS
15 100 (6.18%) Datadog
16 91 (5.63%) Amazon EC2
17 89 (5.50%) IaaS
18 83 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
19 80 (4.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 176 (10.88%) Firewall
2 92 (5.69%) DNS
3 77 (4.76%) VPN
4 70 (4.33%) TCP/IP
5 50 (3.09%) Network Security
6 47 (2.91%) Broadband
6 47 (2.91%) WAN
7 35 (2.16%) DHCP
8 27 (1.67%) HTTP
9 26 (1.61%) LAN
10 24 (1.48%) BGP
11 16 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (0.99%) SD-WAN
11 16 (0.99%) VLAN
12 15 (0.93%) DSL
13 13 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
14 11 (0.68%) Internet
15 9 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.43%) SAN
16 7 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.73%) NoSQL
2 109 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.44%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (3.96%) DynamoDB
5 62 (3.83%) SQL Server
6 57 (3.53%) MongoDB
7 48 (2.97%) Data Lake
7 48 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
7 48 (2.97%) Relational Database
8 37 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 34 (2.10%) Metadata
10 33 (2.04%) MySQL
11 32 (1.98%) BigQuery
12 26 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.36%) Delta Lake
13 22 (1.36%) Power BI
14 19 (1.18%) RDBMS
15 18 (1.11%) Redis
16 17 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
17 16 (0.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 226 (13.98%) Jenkins
2 219 (13.54%) GitLab
3 212 (13.11%) Git
4 39 (2.41%) Bitbucket
4 39 (2.41%) CircleCI
5 36 (2.23%) JIRA
6 25 (1.55%) Cucumber
7 21 (1.30%) Jaeger
8 18 (1.11%) Selenium
9 17 (1.05%) SonarQube
10 16 (0.99%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.87%) MLflow
12 13 (0.80%) Subversion
13 12 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 10 (0.62%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.56%) JMeter
15 9 (0.56%) Maven
15 9 (0.56%) NUnit
15 9 (0.56%) Storybook
15 9 (0.56%) Vite
General
1 404 (24.98%) Social Skills
2 368 (22.76%) Finance
3 122 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (6.31%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.00%) Banking
6 79 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 63 (3.90%) Retail
8 61 (3.77%) Law
9 58 (3.59%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 27 (1.67%) Games
12 26 (1.61%) Marketing
13 22 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 21 (1.30%) Advertising
15 20 (1.24%) Billing
16 19 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.11%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.05%) Legal
19 16 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 356 (22.02%) Senior
2 267 (16.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 249 (15.40%) Cloud Engineer
4 232 (14.35%) Lead
5 163 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
6 147 (9.09%) Developer
7 145 (8.97%) Platform Engineer
8 143 (8.84%) Architect
9 125 (7.73%) AWS Engineer
10 119 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 86 (5.32%) Data Engineer
12 77 (4.76%) Software Engineer
13 72 (4.45%) Security Engineer
14 64 (3.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 63 (3.90%) Senior DevOps
16 61 (3.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 53 (3.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 48 (2.97%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 48 (2.97%) Python Engineer
19 46 (2.84%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (8.16%) React
2 117 (7.24%) Node.js
3 106 (6.56%) .NET
4 105 (6.49%) Kafka
5 100 (6.18%) REST
6 97 (6.00%) RESTful
7 78 (4.82%) AWS CDK
8 75 (4.64%) Elastic Stack
9 70 (4.33%) YAML
10 69 (4.27%) Spring
11 66 (4.08%) OAuth
12 63 (3.90%) Spring Boot
13 51 (3.15%) ARM Templates
14 50 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
15 43 (2.66%) PySpark
16 38 (2.35%) Next.js
17 37 (2.29%) OpenTelemetry
18 34 (2.10%) JSON
19 33 (2.04%) .NET Core
19 33 (2.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 390 (24.12%) Cloud Native
2 109 (6.74%) Distributed Systems
3 90 (5.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (4.51%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 58 (3.59%) Security Posture
7 47 (2.91%) Data Centre
8 43 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (2.66%) Onboarding
9 34 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 25 (1.55%) Mobile App
11 25 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.48%) Blockchain
12 24 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (1.48%) Video\Live Streaming
13 22 (1.36%) Low-Code
13 22 (1.36%) PKI
13 22 (1.36%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 327 (20.22%) Linux
2 160 (9.89%) Windows
3 69 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 59 (3.65%) Unix
5 38 (2.35%) Ubuntu
6 31 (1.92%) CentOS
7 28 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 27 (1.67%) VMS
9 15 (0.93%) Android
10 14 (0.87%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.43%) Debian
12 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.25%) SUSE
14 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
16 1 (0.062%) Rocky
16 1 (0.062%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,116 (69.02%) CI/CD
2 988 (61.10%) DevOps
3 460 (28.45%) Containerisation
4 449 (27.77%) Agile
5 434 (26.84%) Observability
6 356 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 322 (19.91%) Mentoring
8 300 (18.55%) Platform Engineering
9 278 (17.19%) Test Automation
10 277 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
11 264 (16.33%) AI
12 258 (15.96%) Software Engineering
13 243 (15.03%) Microservices
14 219 (13.54%) Cloud Security
14 219 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 201 (12.43%) Analytics
16 185 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
17 181 (11.19%) DevSecOps
18 173 (10.70%) Incident Response
19 170 (10.51%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 738 (45.64%) Python
2 305 (18.86%) Bash
3 269 (16.64%) SQL
4 259 (16.02%) PowerShell
5 229 (14.16%) Java
6 166 (10.27%) Go
7 147 (9.09%) JavaScript
8 144 (8.91%) Bicep
9 140 (8.66%) TypeScript
10 114 (7.05%) C#
11 26 (1.61%) C++
11 26 (1.61%) Rust
12 22 (1.36%) Scala
13 20 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.80%) C
14 13 (0.80%) Groovy
14 13 (0.80%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.56%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.56%) PHP
16 8 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 300 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 181 (11.19%) SC Cleared
3 150 (9.28%) Degree
4 127 (7.85%) AWS Certification
5 93 (5.75%) DV Cleared
6 86 (5.32%) Azure Certification
7 60 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.79%) OSCP
11 27 (1.67%) CISSP
12 24 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.11%) AWS Certified Developer
14 15 (0.93%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.87%) CCNP
16 13 (0.80%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 12 (0.74%) CCNA
18 11 (0.68%) CCSK
19 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.01%) QA
2 71 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 69 (4.27%) GDPR
4 50 (3.09%) SOC 2
5 49 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.54%) NIST
7 35 (2.16%) Accessibility
8 32 (1.98%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.74%) SLA
10 11 (0.68%) WCAG
11 10 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.56%) NCSC
13 7 (0.43%) GRC
14 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.12%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.12%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 477 (29.50%) Docker
2 102 (6.31%) Active Directory
3 80 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (1.67%) vSphere
6 19 (1.18%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.11%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.56%) Firmware
8 9 (0.56%) KVM
9 7 (0.43%) iptables
10 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.25%) Squid
12 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.12%) GPFS
13 2 (0.12%) Lustre
13 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.062%) vCloud
14 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,121 (69.33%) Terraform
2 640 (39.58%) Kubernetes
3 356 (22.02%) Ansible
4 220 (13.61%) Grafana
5 210 (12.99%) Prometheus
6 63 (3.90%) Argo
7 42 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
8 40 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 38 (2.35%) Puppet
10 23 (1.42%) Kustomize
10 23 (1.42%) Progress Chef
11 20 (1.24%) Rancher
12 18 (1.11%) Nagios
13 17 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (0.99%) Istio
15 15 (0.93%) Packer
16 13 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
17 9 (0.56%) logstash
17 9 (0.56%) vCenter Server
17 9 (0.56%) yum
Vendors
1 295 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.30%) VMware
3 115 (7.11%) Google
4 71 (4.39%) Databricks
5 64 (3.96%) Red Hat
6 53 (3.28%) Cisco
7 51 (3.15%) Splunk
8 40 (2.47%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
9 23 (1.42%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.30%) OpenAI
10 21 (1.30%) Salesforce
11 20 (1.24%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.05%) Oracle
13 15 (0.93%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.87%) SAP
15 13 (0.80%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.80%) Juniper
16 11 (0.68%) SolarWinds
17 10 (0.62%) CheckPoint