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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 143 166
Rank change year-on-year +34 +23 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,557 913 1,674
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 2.16% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.32% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 664 1,312
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +9.15% -5.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £95,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £113,375 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +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 67,110 39,339 81,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.81% 92.87% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,656 22,592 59,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +35 1,393 £77,500 - 613
UK excluding London +35 712 £67,500 -3.57% 435
London +43 700 £87,500 -2.78% 247
Work from Home +44 576 £70,000 -6.67% 313
North of England +1 262 £67,249 -0.74% 134
South East +6 145 £70,000 -6.67% 129
North West +2 139 £72,000 -0.69% 67
South West -4 106 £65,000 -9.71% 74
Yorkshire -27 92 £65,000 +8.33% 31
Midlands +11 88 £69,000 -1.43% 35
Scotland -14 46 £60,000 -17.53% 19
East Midlands -17 43 £67,500 +3.85% 13
West Midlands -19 43 £70,000 - 22
East of England +7 40 £60,100 -10.96% 33
North East -19 31 £48,445 -15.01% 36
Wales -13 22 £60,000 -5.14% 9
Northern Ireland -34 6 £95,000 - 11

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 46 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.31%) Apache
3 28 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.03%) Confluence
6 15 (0.96%) IIS
7 11 (0.71%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.32%) CMS
10 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.064%) Camunda
12 1 (0.064%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.064%) nginx
12 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.51%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.26%) Weka
3 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.064%) Maya
5 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.064%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.064%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 922 (59.22%) AWS
2 856 (54.98%) Azure
3 318 (20.42%) GCP
4 315 (20.23%) GitHub
5 297 (19.08%) Azure DevOps
6 285 (18.30%) Serverless
7 250 (16.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 220 (14.13%) GitHub Actions
9 168 (10.79%) AWS Lambda
10 141 (9.06%) Amazon S3
11 122 (7.84%) Amazon EKS
12 115 (7.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 113 (7.26%) PaaS
14 110 (7.06%) Entra ID
15 101 (6.49%) SaaS
16 100 (6.42%) Datadog
17 87 (5.59%) Amazon EC2
18 85 (5.46%) IaaS
19 82 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
20 79 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 177 (11.37%) Firewall
2 92 (5.91%) DNS
3 75 (4.82%) VPN
4 70 (4.50%) TCP/IP
5 48 (3.08%) Network Security
5 48 (3.08%) WAN
6 38 (2.44%) Broadband
7 34 (2.18%) DHCP
8 27 (1.73%) HTTP
8 27 (1.73%) LAN
9 24 (1.54%) BGP
10 17 (1.09%) VLAN
11 16 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (0.96%) DSL
12 15 (0.96%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
14 11 (0.71%) Internet
15 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.45%) SAN
16 7 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (7.71%) NoSQL
2 101 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
3 85 (5.46%) Amazon RDS
4 61 (3.92%) DynamoDB
5 60 (3.85%) SQL Server
6 49 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
6 49 (3.15%) MongoDB
7 47 (3.02%) Relational Database
8 46 (2.95%) Data Lake
9 35 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (2.12%) MySQL
11 29 (1.86%) BigQuery
11 29 (1.86%) Metadata
12 25 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.41%) Power BI
14 21 (1.35%) Delta Lake
15 19 (1.22%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.16%) Redis
17 17 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
18 15 (0.96%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 219 (14.07%) Jenkins
2 209 (13.42%) GitLab
3 208 (13.36%) Git
4 38 (2.44%) CircleCI
5 37 (2.38%) Bitbucket
6 36 (2.31%) JIRA
7 23 (1.48%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.35%) Jaeger
9 19 (1.22%) Selenium
10 16 (1.03%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.96%) MLflow
11 15 (0.96%) SonarQube
12 13 (0.83%) Subversion
13 12 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 11 (0.71%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.58%) JMeter
15 9 (0.58%) NUnit
15 9 (0.58%) Storybook
15 9 (0.58%) Vite
16 8 (0.51%) Maven
General
1 399 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 358 (22.99%) Finance
3 124 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (6.42%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.91%) Banking
6 78 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (3.98%) Retail
8 61 (3.92%) Law
9 57 (3.66%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 26 (1.67%) Marketing
12 22 (1.41%) Aerospace
13 21 (1.35%) Advertising
13 21 (1.35%) Games
14 20 (1.28%) Billing
15 19 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.16%) Legal
17 17 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (1.09%) Financial Institution
18 16 (1.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 343 (22.03%) Senior
2 260 (16.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 240 (15.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 224 (14.39%) Lead
5 156 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
6 144 (9.25%) Developer
7 139 (8.93%) Architect
8 135 (8.67%) Platform Engineer
9 115 (7.39%) AWS Engineer
9 115 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 78 (5.01%) Data Engineer
11 74 (4.75%) Software Engineer
12 69 (4.43%) Security Engineer
13 63 (4.05%) Senior DevOps
14 61 (3.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 58 (3.73%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 53 (3.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 48 (3.08%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 45 (2.89%) Python Engineer
19 44 (2.83%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (8.54%) React
2 117 (7.51%) Node.js
3 100 (6.42%) .NET
4 98 (6.29%) Kafka
5 97 (6.23%) REST
6 89 (5.72%) RESTful
7 75 (4.82%) AWS CDK
7 75 (4.82%) Elastic Stack
8 70 (4.50%) YAML
9 68 (4.37%) Spring
10 66 (4.24%) OAuth
11 62 (3.98%) Spring Boot
12 51 (3.28%) ARM Templates
13 48 (3.08%) RabbitMQ
14 41 (2.63%) PySpark
15 37 (2.38%) Next.js
15 37 (2.38%) OpenTelemetry
16 33 (2.12%) .NET Core
16 33 (2.12%) JSON
16 33 (2.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 365 (23.44%) Cloud Native
2 91 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (4.30%) Public Cloud
5 61 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 57 (3.66%) Security Posture
7 44 (2.83%) Data Centre
8 42 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 42 (2.70%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.67%) Management Information System
11 25 (1.61%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.54%) Blockchain
12 24 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.41%) PKI
14 21 (1.35%) Web3
15 19 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
15 19 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 317 (20.36%) Linux
2 157 (10.08%) Windows
3 68 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 62 (3.98%) Unix
5 35 (2.25%) Ubuntu
6 28 (1.80%) CentOS
7 27 (1.73%) VMS
8 26 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.96%) Android
10 14 (0.90%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.45%) Debian
12 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.26%) SUSE
14 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.064%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.064%) Rocky
15 1 (0.064%) Solaris
15 1 (0.064%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,068 (68.59%) CI/CD
2 968 (62.17%) DevOps
3 450 (28.90%) Containerisation
4 436 (28.00%) Agile
5 412 (26.46%) Observability
6 345 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 317 (20.36%) Mentoring
8 280 (17.98%) Platform Engineering
9 278 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
10 262 (16.83%) Test Automation
11 252 (16.18%) AI
12 245 (15.74%) Software Engineering
13 231 (14.84%) Microservices
14 218 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 211 (13.55%) Cloud Security
16 188 (12.07%) Analytics
17 177 (11.37%) Technical Leadership
18 173 (11.11%) Incident Response
19 172 (11.05%) DevSecOps
20 166 (10.66%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 706 (45.34%) Python
2 295 (18.95%) Bash
3 261 (16.76%) SQL
4 253 (16.25%) PowerShell
5 222 (14.26%) Java
6 159 (10.21%) Go
7 147 (9.44%) JavaScript
8 141 (9.06%) Bicep
9 137 (8.80%) TypeScript
10 105 (6.74%) C#
11 27 (1.73%) C++
12 22 (1.41%) Rust
13 21 (1.35%) Scala
14 20 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (0.83%) C
15 13 (0.83%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.64%) Groovy
17 9 (0.58%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.51%) PHP
18 8 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 288 (18.50%) Security Cleared
2 171 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 144 (9.25%) Degree
4 125 (8.03%) AWS Certification
5 92 (5.91%) DV Cleared
6 83 (5.33%) Azure Certification
7 58 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (1.86%) OSCP
10 28 (1.80%) CISSP
11 23 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 15 (0.96%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.83%) CCNP
14 13 (0.83%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 12 (0.77%) CCNA
16 11 (0.71%) CCSK
17 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.75%) QA
2 69 (4.43%) GDPR
3 67 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 50 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (3.15%) SOC 2
6 43 (2.76%) NIST
7 36 (2.31%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.12%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.77%) SLA
10 11 (0.71%) WCAG
11 10 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.58%) NCSC
13 7 (0.45%) GRC
14 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 468 (30.06%) Docker
2 99 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 79 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.67%) vSphere
6 19 (1.22%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.16%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.58%) Firmware
8 9 (0.58%) KVM
9 7 (0.45%) iptables
10 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.26%) Squid
12 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.13%) GPFS
13 2 (0.13%) Lustre
13 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.064%) vCloud
14 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,080 (69.36%) Terraform
2 623 (40.01%) Kubernetes
3 346 (22.22%) Ansible
4 214 (13.74%) Grafana
5 203 (13.04%) Prometheus
6 63 (4.05%) Argo
7 41 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
8 39 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 34 (2.18%) Puppet
10 23 (1.48%) Kustomize
11 20 (1.28%) Progress Chef
11 20 (1.28%) Rancher
12 17 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (1.09%) Nagios
13 16 (1.03%) Istio
14 15 (0.96%) Packer
15 12 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
16 9 (0.58%) logstash
16 9 (0.58%) yum
17 8 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 286 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 116 (7.45%) VMware
3 113 (7.26%) Google
4 66 (4.24%) Databricks
5 63 (4.05%) Red Hat
6 53 (3.40%) Cisco
7 51 (3.28%) Splunk
8 39 (2.50%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
9 23 (1.48%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 20 (1.28%) Dynatrace
11 20 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 18 (1.16%) Oracle
13 14 (0.90%) Atlassian
13 14 (0.90%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.83%) Juniper
15 11 (0.71%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.64%) Foundry
16 10 (0.64%) Palantir