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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 124 83
Rank change year-on-year -18 -41 +1
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,023 1,449 1,936
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.09% 2.09% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.54% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 732 871 1,500
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £70,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -6.04% -0.67%
75th Percentile £91,813 £90,000 £92,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -3.70% +3.85%

All Process and 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 43,297 57,101 52,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.61% 82.22% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 30,556 40,535
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £53,118
% change year-on-year -14.81% +1.66% +1.18%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 -32 905 £75,000 +7.14% 704
UK excluding London -37 493 £68,500 +5.38% 570
London +5 437 £85,000 -5.56% 290
Work from Home -11 421 £74,000 +5.71% 490
North of England -47 151 £70,000 +16.67% 161
South East +10 123 £78,750 +33.19% 229
North West -31 71 £65,000 +4.00% 87
Midlands -8 65 £65,000 -1.52% 43
Yorkshire -15 64 £70,000 +27.27% 49
Scotland -7 51 £67,500 -15.63% 32
South West -46 51 £70,000 - 70
West Midlands +16 46 £65,000 -7.14% 33
East of England +11 38 £65,000 -10.34% 16
East Midlands +11 19 £65,000 +51.76% 10
North East -12 16 £68,750 +37.50% 25
Wales +16 12 £58,750 -2.08% 12
Northern Ireland +8 4 £58,446 -31.24% 9

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 43 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.03%) Apache
3 31 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 27 (2.64%) SharePoint
5 21 (2.05%) Confluence
6 16 (1.56%) nginx
7 11 (1.08%) Appian
8 4 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.39%) Traefik
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
10 1 (0.098%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.098%) SAS
10 1 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.39%) Adobe XD
1 4 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.39%) Sketch
2 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.098%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.098%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 632 (61.78%) Azure
2 596 (58.26%) AWS
3 223 (21.80%) Azure DevOps
4 193 (18.87%) GCP
5 189 (18.48%) GitHub
6 154 (15.05%) AWS CloudFormation
7 141 (13.78%) Serverless
8 105 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
9 98 (9.58%) SaaS
10 97 (9.48%) AWS Lambda
11 95 (9.29%) PaaS
12 94 (9.19%) Entra ID
13 93 (9.09%) Amazon S3
14 83 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
15 82 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
16 76 (7.43%) Amazon EC2
17 74 (7.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 73 (7.14%) IaaS
19 67 (6.55%) Amazon EKS
20 58 (5.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 116 (11.34%) Firewall
2 96 (9.38%) DNS
3 75 (7.33%) WAN
4 72 (7.04%) VPN
5 44 (4.30%) LAN
6 37 (3.62%) Network Security
7 36 (3.52%) SD-WAN
8 35 (3.42%) TCP/IP
9 28 (2.74%) DHCP
10 22 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (1.17%) SAN
11 12 (1.17%) VoIP
12 11 (1.08%) BGP
13 9 (0.88%) Internet
13 9 (0.88%) VLAN
14 8 (0.78%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.78%) OSPF
14 8 (0.78%) Wireshark
15 7 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
15 7 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.18%) Amazon RDS
2 52 (5.08%) Data Lake
3 44 (4.30%) NoSQL
4 42 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 38 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (3.42%) DynamoDB
7 31 (3.03%) MySQL
7 31 (3.03%) Power BI
8 29 (2.83%) Big Data
9 28 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (1.86%) Redis
12 18 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.47%) BigQuery
14 14 (1.37%) MongoDB
14 14 (1.37%) Relational Database
15 12 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (1.08%) Apache Iceberg
17 9 (0.88%) Hadoop
17 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 148 (14.47%) Jenkins
2 143 (13.98%) Git
3 121 (11.83%) GitLab
4 37 (3.62%) JIRA
5 25 (2.44%) Selenium
6 20 (1.96%) Snyk
7 19 (1.86%) Robot Framework
8 17 (1.66%) CircleCI
9 16 (1.56%) TeamCity
10 15 (1.47%) SonarQube
11 13 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (1.17%) Artifactory
13 11 (1.08%) Bitbucket
13 11 (1.08%) Cucumber
13 11 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
14 9 (0.88%) JUnit
14 9 (0.88%) MLflow
14 9 (0.88%) Spinnaker
15 7 (0.68%) Mockito
16 6 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 273 (26.69%) Finance
2 263 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 102 (9.97%) Law
4 89 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (6.35%) Banking
7 48 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 35 (3.42%) Marketing
9 31 (3.03%) Legal
10 26 (2.54%) Retail
11 21 (2.05%) Games
12 18 (1.76%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.56%) Back Office
14 14 (1.37%) Advertising
14 14 (1.37%) Automotive
15 13 (1.27%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.68%) Billing
18 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 206 (20.14%) Senior
2 151 (14.76%) DevOps Engineer
3 140 (13.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 125 (12.22%) Lead
5 124 (12.12%) Architect
6 87 (8.50%) Developer
7 82 (8.02%) Platform Engineer
8 70 (6.84%) Azure Engineer
9 57 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 57 (5.57%) Software Engineer
10 56 (5.47%) AWS Engineer
11 46 (4.50%) Cloud Architect
12 40 (3.91%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 38 (3.71%) Data Engineer
14 36 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
15 35 (3.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 31 (3.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 29 (2.83%) Support Engineer
18 28 (2.74%) AWS DevOps
18 28 (2.74%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (9.87%) .NET
2 76 (7.43%) React
3 68 (6.65%) Kafka
4 42 (4.11%) Elastic Stack
4 42 (4.11%) YAML
5 39 (3.81%) REST
6 35 (3.42%) RESTful
7 34 (3.32%) ARM Templates
8 33 (3.23%) Spring
9 30 (2.93%) .NET Framework
9 30 (2.93%) Node.js
10 28 (2.74%) Spring Boot
11 26 (2.54%) Django
12 23 (2.25%) .NET Core
13 20 (1.96%) AWS CDK
14 17 (1.66%) Flask
15 16 (1.56%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.56%) OAuth
15 16 (1.56%) Vue
16 15 (1.47%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 222 (21.70%) Cloud Native
2 85 (8.31%) Public Cloud
3 64 (6.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (6.16%) Data Centre
5 54 (5.28%) Product Ownership
6 36 (3.52%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
8 34 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.35%) Onboarding
10 24 (2.35%) Private Cloud
10 24 (2.35%) Security Posture
11 20 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.76%) Distributed Architecture
13 17 (1.66%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.56%) NHS
15 15 (1.47%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.47%) PKI
16 14 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 196 (19.16%) Linux
2 117 (11.44%) Windows
3 50 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.03%) Unix
5 21 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.76%) VMS
7 14 (1.37%) Debian
7 14 (1.37%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.29%) AIX
10 2 (0.20%) CentOS
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.098%) Android
11 1 (0.098%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.098%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (67.06%) CI/CD
2 683 (66.76%) DevOps
3 337 (32.94%) Agile
4 246 (24.05%) Containerisation
5 196 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
6 177 (17.30%) Mentoring
7 175 (17.11%) Software Engineering
8 173 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 161 (15.74%) AI
10 144 (14.08%) Platform Engineering
11 143 (13.98%) Observability
12 141 (13.78%) Test Automation
13 130 (12.71%) Analytics
13 130 (12.71%) Roadmaps
14 122 (11.93%) Microservices
15 115 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 102 (9.97%) Cloud Security
17 101 (9.87%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 100 (9.78%) Migration
19 96 (9.38%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 442 (43.21%) Python
2 210 (20.53%) PowerShell
3 174 (17.01%) Bash
4 173 (16.91%) SQL
5 114 (11.14%) Bicep
6 88 (8.60%) Java
7 82 (8.02%) Go
8 81 (7.92%) C#
9 80 (7.82%) JavaScript
10 60 (5.87%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.86%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.08%) C++
13 6 (0.59%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.59%) PHP
14 5 (0.49%) Ruby
15 4 (0.39%) Rust
15 4 (0.39%) Scala
15 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.29%) VB
16 3 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 152 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 126 (12.32%) Azure Certification
3 110 (10.75%) SC Cleared
4 100 (9.78%) AWS Certification
5 87 (8.50%) Degree
6 49 (4.79%) DV Cleared
7 48 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (2.93%) Master's Degree
12 26 (2.54%) CCNP
13 16 (1.56%) DBS Check
14 12 (1.17%) CCNA
14 12 (1.17%) CISSP
15 11 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.68%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.68%) PMP
17 5 (0.49%) CISM
18 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.18%) GDPR
2 41 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.91%) QA
4 31 (3.03%) NIST
5 17 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.08%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.78%) SLA
9 7 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.20%) NCSC
12 1 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 285 (27.86%) Docker
2 69 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (6.35%) Active Directory
4 49 (4.79%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (2.05%) Hyper-V
7 17 (1.66%) vSphere
8 15 (1.47%) NFS
9 9 (0.88%) vCloud
10 8 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.68%) Firmware
12 5 (0.49%) XenApp
12 5 (0.49%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.49%) zsh
13 4 (0.39%) KVM
13 4 (0.39%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.20%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.20%) Xen
16 1 (0.098%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 678 (66.28%) Terraform
2 420 (41.06%) Kubernetes
3 262 (25.61%) Ansible
4 128 (12.51%) Grafana
5 113 (11.05%) Prometheus
6 40 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 28 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.76%) Puppet
9 17 (1.66%) SCCM
10 16 (1.56%) Argo
11 13 (1.27%) Progress Chef
12 10 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
12 10 (0.98%) SCOM
13 7 (0.68%) AWS Copilot
14 6 (0.59%) HAProxy
15 5 (0.49%) MaaS360
15 5 (0.49%) Salt
15 5 (0.49%) ZABBIX
16 4 (0.39%) Rancher
16 4 (0.39%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 223 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 94 (9.19%) VMware
3 73 (7.14%) Google
4 64 (6.26%) Cisco
5 54 (5.28%) Databricks
6 36 (3.52%) Splunk
7 31 (3.03%) Red Hat
8 27 (2.64%) Palo Alto
9 22 (2.15%) Meraki
10 20 (1.96%) SolarWinds
11 19 (1.86%) Black Duck
12 17 (1.66%) Commvault
12 17 (1.66%) Oracle
13 16 (1.56%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.37%) Coverity
14 14 (1.37%) Siebel
15 12 (1.17%) Salesforce
16 11 (1.08%) Aruba
16 11 (1.08%) BiZZdesign
16 11 (1.08%) UiPath