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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 127 107
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 -7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,199 1,208 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.97% 2.26% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.49% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 823 737 1,339
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -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 49,261 48,421 52,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.81% 90.77% 89.63%
Number of salaries quoted 29,011 23,517 40,505
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 17 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 17 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 +6 999 £73,801 +1.79% 819
UK excluding London +12 588 £70,000 +3.70% 699
Work from Home +33 510 £72,500 - 361
London +15 465 £84,250 -6.39% 222
North of England -2 202 £70,000 +12.00% 172
South East +15 112 £75,000 +15.38% 211
North West -1 88 £70,000 +3.70% 76
Yorkshire -14 88 £70,000 +33.33% 72
South West -14 81 £62,500 -13.18% 109
Scotland +19 76 £70,079 +9.93% 25
Midlands +11 60 £65,500 -0.76% 80
West Midlands +11 37 £64,500 -4.44% 34
East of England +25 27 £75,000 +3.45% 67
North East -2 26 £65,000 +39.78% 25
Wales +20 23 £61,496 +31.62% 33
East Midlands +2 21 £67,750 +4.23% 44
Northern Ireland -8 9 £95,000 +11.76% 15

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 45 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (3.09%) Apache
2 37 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.33%) Confluence
6 9 (0.75%) IIS
7 3 (0.25%) Appian
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.083%) CMS
8 1 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.083%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.17%) Weka
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.083%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 717 (59.80%) Azure
2 713 (59.47%) AWS
3 302 (25.19%) Azure DevOps
4 278 (23.19%) GitHub
5 250 (20.85%) GCP
6 213 (17.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 211 (17.60%) Serverless
8 187 (15.60%) GitHub Actions
9 146 (12.18%) AWS Lambda
10 114 (9.51%) Amazon S3
11 109 (9.09%) SaaS
12 104 (8.67%) PaaS
13 103 (8.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 102 (8.51%) Entra ID
15 94 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
16 92 (7.67%) Amazon EKS
16 92 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
17 77 (6.42%) Amazon ECS
18 73 (6.09%) Amazon EC2
19 68 (5.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (10.93%) Firewall
2 80 (6.67%) DNS
3 74 (6.17%) VPN
4 55 (4.59%) TCP/IP
5 48 (4.00%) WAN
6 36 (3.00%) DHCP
7 32 (2.67%) Network Security
8 26 (2.17%) LAN
9 24 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.33%) BGP
10 16 (1.33%) Broadband
10 16 (1.33%) Internet
11 13 (1.08%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.00%) VLAN
13 9 (0.75%) SAN
13 9 (0.75%) VoIP
13 9 (0.75%) Wireless
14 8 (0.67%) AMQP
15 7 (0.58%) HTTP
15 7 (0.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
3 76 (6.34%) NoSQL
4 47 (3.92%) SQL Server
5 45 (3.75%) DynamoDB
6 40 (3.34%) Data Lake
7 35 (2.92%) MongoDB
8 34 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
9 30 (2.50%) MySQL
10 29 (2.42%) BigQuery
11 28 (2.34%) Redis
12 26 (2.17%) Relational Database
13 18 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
15 16 (1.33%) Big Data
16 15 (1.25%) Power BI
17 14 (1.17%) Delta Lake
18 13 (1.08%) RDBMS
19 12 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 195 (16.26%) Jenkins
2 170 (14.18%) Git
3 125 (10.43%) GitLab
4 32 (2.67%) JIRA
5 27 (2.25%) Selenium
6 24 (2.00%) Robot Framework
7 21 (1.75%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.50%) MLflow
8 18 (1.50%) Snyk
8 18 (1.50%) TeamCity
9 15 (1.25%) Jaeger
10 14 (1.17%) CircleCI
10 14 (1.17%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.00%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.92%) JMeter
13 10 (0.83%) Artifactory
14 9 (0.75%) Subversion
15 8 (0.67%) Locust
16 7 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.58%) Vite
General
1 325 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 304 (25.35%) Finance
3 90 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (5.09%) Banking
5 60 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 58 (4.84%) Law
7 43 (3.59%) Telecoms
8 41 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (3.42%) Retail
9 28 (2.34%) Financial Institution
10 25 (2.09%) Games
11 21 (1.75%) Marketing
12 20 (1.67%) Legal
13 19 (1.58%) Billing
14 17 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.17%) Back Office
16 13 (1.08%) Advertising
16 13 (1.08%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 263 (21.93%) Senior
2 196 (16.35%) DevOps Engineer
3 190 (15.85%) Cloud Engineer
4 135 (11.26%) Lead
5 116 (9.67%) Azure Engineer
5 116 (9.67%) Developer
6 112 (9.34%) Platform Engineer
7 100 (8.34%) Architect
8 73 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 67 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
10 47 (3.92%) Senior DevOps
11 46 (3.84%) Software Engineer
12 44 (3.67%) Data Engineer
13 43 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 37 (3.09%) Security Engineer
15 35 (2.92%) Lead DevOps
16 34 (2.84%) Support Engineer
17 31 (2.59%) GCP Engineer
17 31 (2.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 30 (2.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (9.26%) React
2 87 (7.26%) .NET
3 77 (6.42%) Node.js
4 74 (6.17%) RESTful
5 64 (5.34%) Elastic Stack
6 50 (4.17%) Kafka
7 47 (3.92%) YAML
8 46 (3.84%) AWS CDK
9 44 (3.67%) OAuth
9 44 (3.67%) REST
10 43 (3.59%) ARM Templates
11 42 (3.50%) Spring
12 40 (3.34%) Django
13 38 (3.17%) Spring Boot
14 34 (2.84%) .NET Core
14 34 (2.84%) FastAPI
15 29 (2.42%) CSS
16 28 (2.34%) HTML
17 25 (2.09%) RabbitMQ
18 24 (2.00%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 261 (21.77%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (5.09%) Public Cloud
4 54 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 47 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 47 (3.92%) Security Posture
6 42 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.34%) Management Information System
10 23 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
11 21 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (1.42%) PKI
14 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.08%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.08%) Hedge funds
16 12 (1.00%) Distributed Architecture
16 12 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
16 12 (1.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 285 (23.77%) Linux
2 142 (11.84%) Windows
3 64 (5.34%) Unix
4 44 (3.67%) Windows Server
5 34 (2.84%) VMS
6 28 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 23 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.25%) Debian
9 14 (1.17%) CentOS
10 9 (0.75%) Android
10 9 (0.75%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.33%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.25%) SUSE
12 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.17%) Solaris
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.083%) Rocky
14 1 (0.083%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (67.56%) CI/CD
2 799 (66.64%) DevOps
3 365 (30.44%) Agile
4 312 (26.02%) Containerisation
5 261 (21.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 254 (21.18%) Observability
7 245 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
8 215 (17.93%) Mentoring
9 183 (15.26%) Platform Engineering
10 168 (14.01%) AI
10 168 (14.01%) Cloud Security
11 165 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 159 (13.26%) Analytics
13 155 (12.93%) Software Engineering
14 137 (11.43%) Test Automation
15 131 (10.93%) Incident Response
16 130 (10.84%) Microservices
17 125 (10.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 123 (10.26%) Roadmaps
19 120 (10.01%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 536 (44.70%) Python
2 229 (19.10%) PowerShell
3 228 (19.02%) Bash
4 183 (15.26%) SQL
5 150 (12.51%) Bicep
6 140 (11.68%) Java
7 111 (9.26%) JavaScript
8 100 (8.34%) Go
9 98 (8.17%) TypeScript
10 90 (7.51%) C#
11 15 (1.25%) C++
12 14 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.00%) Scala
13 12 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.83%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.75%) C
16 7 (0.58%) Rust
17 6 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
18 5 (0.42%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 239 (19.93%) Security Cleared
2 144 (12.01%) SC Cleared
3 119 (9.92%) AWS Certification
4 93 (7.76%) DV Cleared
5 89 (7.42%) Azure Certification
6 86 (7.17%) Degree
7 38 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 35 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (2.17%) CISSP
11 20 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.50%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.42%) CCNP
14 14 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
14 14 (1.17%) OSCP
15 9 (0.75%) CISM
16 8 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.58%) CCSK
17 7 (0.58%) MCP
17 7 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.09%) GDPR
2 60 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.84%) NIST
4 42 (3.50%) QA
5 36 (3.00%) Data Quality
6 31 (2.59%) SOC 2
7 30 (2.50%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.17%) SLA
10 13 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.67%) WCAG
13 6 (0.50%) GRC
14 5 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.42%) NCSC
15 4 (0.33%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 409 (34.11%) Docker
2 81 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 69 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (2.09%) Hyper-V
6 24 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.33%) vSphere
8 11 (0.92%) Firmware
8 11 (0.92%) VMware NSX
9 10 (0.83%) KVM
9 10 (0.83%) vCloud
10 9 (0.75%) NFS
11 8 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.25%) XenApp
12 3 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.17%) GPFS
13 2 (0.17%) iptables
13 2 (0.17%) Lustre
13 2 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 874 (72.89%) Terraform
2 476 (39.70%) Kubernetes
3 307 (25.60%) Ansible
4 169 (14.10%) Grafana
5 159 (13.26%) Prometheus
6 48 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 47 (3.92%) Argo
8 26 (2.17%) Puppet
9 19 (1.58%) Rancher
10 17 (1.42%) SCCM
11 16 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
12 15 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
13 13 (1.08%) Kustomize
13 13 (1.08%) Progress Chef
14 12 (1.00%) AWS Copilot
15 9 (0.75%) SCOM
16 7 (0.58%) yum
17 6 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 6 (0.50%) Mesos
17 6 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 239 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.59%) Google
3 102 (8.51%) VMware
4 46 (3.84%) Cisco
5 39 (3.25%) Databricks
5 39 (3.25%) Splunk
6 34 (2.84%) Red Hat
7 29 (2.42%) Palo Alto
8 19 (1.58%) Zscaler
9 18 (1.50%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.50%) Coverity
10 17 (1.42%) Salesforce
11 16 (1.33%) Oracle
12 14 (1.17%) Ab Initio
13 13 (1.08%) Atlassian
14 12 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (1.00%) Foundry
14 12 (1.00%) SAP
15 11 (0.92%) Juniper
15 11 (0.92%) SolarWinds