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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 161 171
Rank change year-on-year +66 +10 -62
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,789 921 1,688
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.92% 2.12% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.27% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 622 1,305
10th Percentile £48,764 £51,250 £48,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,200 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.57% +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 68,780 40,561 85,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.82% 93.18% 83.19%
Number of salaries quoted 44,959 21,364 61,218
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +66 1,636 £77,500 - 766
UK excluding London +74 832 £68,200 -2.57% 506
London +34 808 £87,500 -2.78% 347
Work from Home +98 653 £70,000 -7.11% 435
North of England +55 317 £67,500 -3.57% 160
South East +52 191 £70,000 -6.67% 137
North West +64 186 £74,651 +2.97% 87
South West 0 114 £72,500 +1.75% 82
Midlands +29 108 £70,079 +7.81% 43
Yorkshire -12 90 £65,576 -3.57% 39
West Midlands -3 63 £77,500 +10.71% 30
East of England +5 47 £60,100 -7.54% 28
East Midlands +15 45 £67,500 +3.85% 13
North East -14 41 £55,000 -15.38% 34
Scotland +3 38 £60,000 -20.38% 28
Wales -31 16 £65,000 +13.04% 17
Northern Ireland - 4 £95,000 - 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 53 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (2.29%) Apache
3 37 (2.07%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.12%) Confluence
6 14 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.67%) IIS
8 10 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.39%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.28%) CMS
11 4 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.11%) Camunda
14 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.056%) NetWeaver
14 1 (0.056%) nginx
14 1 (0.056%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (0.73%) 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 (58.36%) AWS
2 947 (52.93%) Azure
3 338 (18.89%) GitHub
4 323 (18.05%) GCP
5 319 (17.83%) Serverless
6 296 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
7 274 (15.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 211 (11.79%) GitHub Actions
9 185 (10.34%) AWS Lambda
10 174 (9.73%) Amazon S3
11 147 (8.22%) PaaS
12 127 (7.10%) Amazon EKS
13 123 (6.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 122 (6.82%) SaaS
15 117 (6.54%) Entra ID
16 114 (6.37%) Amazon EC2
17 113 (6.32%) IaaS
18 99 (5.53%) Azure AKS
19 98 (5.48%) Datadog
20 91 (5.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 175 (9.78%) Firewall
2 97 (5.42%) DNS
3 79 (4.42%) VPN
4 68 (3.80%) TCP/IP
5 64 (3.58%) Broadband
6 57 (3.19%) Network Security
7 45 (2.52%) WAN
8 35 (1.96%) BGP
9 33 (1.84%) DHCP
10 26 (1.45%) LAN
11 24 (1.34%) HTTP
11 24 (1.34%) VLAN
12 18 (1.01%) Software-Defined Networking
13 17 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (0.95%) OSPF
13 17 (0.95%) SD-WAN
14 16 (0.89%) DSL
15 13 (0.73%) VXLAN
16 10 (0.56%) IPv4
17 9 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.21%) NoSQL
2 128 (7.15%) PostgreSQL
3 90 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
4 76 (4.25%) MongoDB
5 68 (3.80%) DynamoDB
6 64 (3.58%) SQL Server
7 57 (3.19%) Relational Database
8 52 (2.91%) Data Lake
9 43 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
10 42 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 40 (2.24%) Metadata
12 28 (1.57%) BigQuery
12 28 (1.57%) MySQL
13 26 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
14 21 (1.17%) Power BI
14 21 (1.17%) Redis
15 19 (1.06%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
16 18 (1.01%) Big Data
16 18 (1.01%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 253 (14.14%) GitLab
2 232 (12.97%) Git
3 227 (12.69%) Jenkins
4 43 (2.40%) CircleCI
5 36 (2.01%) Bitbucket
6 34 (1.90%) Cucumber
7 33 (1.84%) JIRA
8 20 (1.12%) Jaeger
8 20 (1.12%) TeamCity
9 15 (0.84%) SonarQube
10 14 (0.78%) Selenium
11 13 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 11 (0.61%) Subversion
13 10 (0.56%) MLflow
14 9 (0.50%) JMeter
14 9 (0.50%) Maven
14 9 (0.50%) NUnit
14 9 (0.50%) Storybook
15 7 (0.39%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 434 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 368 (20.57%) Finance
3 131 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (6.71%) Public Sector
5 109 (6.09%) Banking
6 79 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (3.47%) Retail
8 55 (3.07%) Law
9 45 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 34 (1.90%) Games
11 31 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 22 (1.23%) Legal
14 20 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.12%) Marketing
15 19 (1.06%) Advertising
16 18 (1.01%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.89%) Billing
18 12 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 403 (22.53%) Senior
2 300 (16.77%) DevOps Engineer
3 265 (14.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 251 (14.03%) Lead
5 180 (10.06%) Platform Engineer
6 178 (9.95%) Azure Engineer
7 161 (9.00%) Architect
8 159 (8.89%) Developer
9 139 (7.77%) AWS Engineer
10 119 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 97 (5.42%) Software Engineer
12 92 (5.14%) Data Engineer
13 90 (5.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 84 (4.70%) Security Engineer
15 74 (4.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 66 (3.69%) Principal Engineer
16 66 (3.69%) Senior DevOps
17 63 (3.52%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 56 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 54 (3.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (7.94%) React
2 126 (7.04%) Kafka
2 126 (7.04%) Node.js
3 123 (6.88%) .NET
4 120 (6.71%) REST
5 92 (5.14%) RESTful
6 84 (4.70%) Spring
6 84 (4.70%) YAML
7 79 (4.42%) AWS CDK
8 77 (4.30%) Spring Boot
9 68 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
10 62 (3.47%) OAuth
11 58 (3.24%) ARM Templates
12 57 (3.19%) PySpark
13 49 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
14 43 (2.40%) JSON
15 38 (2.12%) AngularJS
15 38 (2.12%) ASP.NET
16 37 (2.07%) Next.js
16 37 (2.07%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 452 (25.27%) Cloud Native
2 150 (8.38%) Distributed Systems
3 94 (5.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 80 (4.47%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.35%) Data Centre
6 59 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 53 (2.96%) Security Posture
8 49 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (2.63%) Onboarding
10 39 (2.18%) Video\Live Streaming
11 30 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.57%) Low-Code
13 27 (1.51%) PKI
14 26 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
15 25 (1.40%) Management Information System
15 25 (1.40%) Mobile App
16 24 (1.34%) Blockchain
16 24 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
16 24 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
17 22 (1.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 338 (18.89%) Linux
2 166 (9.28%) Windows
3 87 (4.86%) Windows Server
4 54 (3.02%) Unix
5 46 (2.57%) Ubuntu
6 38 (2.12%) CentOS
7 28 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (1.40%) VMS
9 15 (0.84%) Android
10 14 (0.78%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.39%) Debian
13 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.056%) Rocky
15 1 (0.056%) SUSE
15 1 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,264 (70.65%) CI/CD
2 1,043 (58.30%) DevOps
3 489 (27.33%) Agile
3 489 (27.33%) Containerisation
4 484 (27.05%) Observability
5 381 (21.30%) Mentoring
6 379 (21.19%) Platform Engineering
7 373 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 341 (19.06%) AI
9 318 (17.78%) Test Automation
10 307 (17.16%) Software Engineering
11 283 (15.82%) Microservices
12 277 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
13 241 (13.47%) Cloud Security
14 233 (13.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 233 (13.02%) Technical Leadership
15 206 (11.51%) Analytics
16 190 (10.62%) DevSecOps
17 178 (9.95%) High Availability
17 178 (9.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 810 (45.28%) Python
2 320 (17.89%) Bash
3 287 (16.04%) PowerShell
4 283 (15.82%) SQL
5 255 (14.25%) Java
6 174 (9.73%) Go
7 170 (9.50%) JavaScript
7 170 (9.50%) TypeScript
8 149 (8.33%) Bicep
9 128 (7.15%) C#
10 30 (1.68%) Rust
11 27 (1.51%) C++
12 20 (1.12%) Scala
13 18 (1.01%) PHP
14 15 (0.84%) Groovy
14 15 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (0.67%) C
16 11 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.50%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 356 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 225 (12.58%) SC Cleared
3 158 (8.83%) Degree
4 137 (7.66%) AWS Certification
5 102 (5.70%) DV Cleared
6 93 (5.20%) Azure Certification
7 59 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 35 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (1.57%) OSCP
12 21 (1.17%) CISSP
13 17 (0.95%) CCNP
14 16 (0.89%) DBS Check
15 15 (0.84%) CCNA
16 14 (0.78%) Master's Degree
17 13 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
18 12 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 12 (0.67%) RHCSA
19 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.92%) QA
2 74 (4.14%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.35%) GDPR
4 49 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (2.63%) SOC 2
6 40 (2.24%) NIST
7 31 (1.73%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.68%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.78%) SLA
10 12 (0.67%) WCAG
11 9 (0.50%) GRC
12 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.34%) NCSC
14 5 (0.28%) 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
1 486 (27.17%) Docker
2 109 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 94 (5.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 35 (1.96%) vSphere
6 22 (1.23%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.06%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.45%) Squid
9 7 (0.39%) iptables
9 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.34%) Firmware
10 6 (0.34%) KVM
10 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,238 (69.20%) Terraform
2 683 (38.18%) Kubernetes
3 379 (21.19%) Ansible
4 224 (12.52%) Grafana
5 210 (11.74%) Prometheus
6 65 (3.63%) Argo
7 45 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
8 41 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 40 (2.24%) Puppet
10 25 (1.40%) Progress Chef
11 24 (1.34%) Kustomize
12 23 (1.29%) Packer
13 20 (1.12%) Nagios
14 19 (1.06%) Istio
15 17 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (0.78%) Rancher
17 13 (0.73%) vCenter Server
17 13 (0.73%) ZABBIX
18 12 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
19 10 (0.56%) Cilium
Vendors
1 330 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 129 (7.21%) VMware
3 110 (6.15%) Google
4 74 (4.14%) Red Hat
5 73 (4.08%) Databricks
6 56 (3.13%) Cisco
7 55 (3.07%) Splunk
8 44 (2.46%) Palo Alto
9 31 (1.73%) Oracle
10 24 (1.34%) Zscaler
11 23 (1.29%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 20 (1.12%) Dynatrace
14 19 (1.06%) Salesforce
15 17 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
16 12 (0.67%) Atlassian
16 12 (0.67%) CheckPoint
16 12 (0.67%) F5
17 11 (0.61%) Foundry
17 11 (0.61%) ServiceNow