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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 130 155
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,497 940 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.30% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.47% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 978 691 1,336
10th Percentile £47,582 £47,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,785 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £92,813
90th Percentile £108,250 £113,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% -5.11%

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 63,052 38,055 78,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.14% 93.05% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 38,936 22,478 58,228
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,237
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -7.94%

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 8 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 8 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 +25 1,317 £75,000 -3.23% 672
UK excluding London +17 701 £68,500 -2.14% 486
London +39 653 £85,000 -5.56% 278
Work from Home +44 580 £70,000 -7.63% 338
North of England -16 257 £70,000 +3.70% 159
South East +8 149 £70,000 -6.67% 123
North West -16 127 £73,801 +1.79% 84
South West -14 98 £62,500 -13.18% 88
Yorkshire -14 96 £65,000 +13.04% 47
Midlands -10 79 £67,500 +3.85% 47
Scotland -8 55 £60,000 -14.89% 22
East Midlands -25 40 £67,500 +3.85% 6
West Midlands -4 37 £65,500 -6.43% 41
North East -7 34 £48,445 -15.75% 28
East of England -20 33 £62,500 -10.71% 35
Wales -9 23 £61,496 -0.21% 12
Northern Ireland -29 10 £95,000 - 7

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 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (2.47%) Apache
3 25 (1.67%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.07%) IIS
5 15 (1.00%) Confluence
6 10 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
6 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.067%) Appian
9 1 (0.067%) Camunda
9 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.067%) nginx
9 1 (0.067%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.33%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.27%) Weka
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.067%) Maya
5 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.067%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.067%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.067%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 919 (61.39%) AWS
2 823 (54.98%) Azure
3 332 (22.18%) GCP
4 317 (21.18%) GitHub
5 289 (19.31%) Azure DevOps
6 284 (18.97%) Serverless
7 261 (17.43%) AWS CloudFormation
8 220 (14.70%) GitHub Actions
9 171 (11.42%) AWS Lambda
10 144 (9.62%) Amazon S3
11 128 (8.55%) Amazon EKS
12 126 (8.42%) PaaS
13 115 (7.68%) SaaS
14 114 (7.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 109 (7.28%) Entra ID
16 101 (6.75%) Datadog
17 91 (6.08%) Amazon ECS
18 90 (6.01%) Amazon EC2
19 80 (5.34%) dbt
19 80 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 175 (11.69%) Firewall
2 88 (5.88%) DNS
3 85 (5.68%) TCP/IP
4 74 (4.94%) VPN
5 42 (2.81%) WAN
6 41 (2.74%) Network Security
7 38 (2.54%) Broadband
8 32 (2.14%) DHCP
9 23 (1.54%) HTTP
10 22 (1.47%) LAN
11 21 (1.40%) BGP
12 17 (1.14%) VLAN
13 16 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (1.00%) DSL
15 12 (0.80%) Internet
15 12 (0.80%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
16 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.53%) Wireless
18 6 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (7.68%) NoSQL
2 112 (7.48%) PostgreSQL
3 100 (6.68%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 57 (3.81%) DynamoDB
6 46 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
6 46 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 44 (2.94%) Data Lake
8 43 (2.87%) MongoDB
9 41 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
10 39 (2.61%) Redis
11 32 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (2.14%) MySQL
12 29 (1.94%) BigQuery
13 23 (1.54%) Metadata
13 23 (1.54%) Power BI
14 19 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (1.27%) RDBMS
15 18 (1.20%) Delta Lake
16 15 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 221 (14.76%) Jenkins
2 198 (13.23%) Git
2 198 (13.23%) GitLab
3 36 (2.40%) JIRA
4 34 (2.27%) CircleCI
5 33 (2.20%) Bitbucket
6 28 (1.87%) Cucumber
7 27 (1.80%) Selenium
8 21 (1.40%) Jaeger
9 20 (1.34%) Robot Framework
10 18 (1.20%) TeamCity
11 17 (1.14%) JMeter
11 17 (1.14%) SonarQube
12 15 (1.00%) MLflow
13 13 (0.87%) Locust
14 12 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 12 (0.80%) Snyk
15 10 (0.67%) Subversion
16 9 (0.60%) NUnit
16 9 (0.60%) Storybook
General
1 393 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 351 (23.45%) Finance
3 134 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (6.81%) Banking
5 93 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 69 (4.61%) Law
8 68 (4.54%) Retail
9 60 (4.01%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.00%) Financial Institution
11 28 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.87%) Marketing
12 23 (1.54%) Games
13 22 (1.47%) Billing
14 21 (1.40%) Back Office
15 20 (1.34%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.27%) Advertising
17 18 (1.20%) Legal
18 16 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 336 (22.44%) Senior
2 246 (16.43%) DevOps Engineer
3 224 (14.96%) Cloud Engineer
4 204 (13.63%) Lead
5 143 (9.55%) Developer
6 142 (9.49%) Azure Engineer
7 131 (8.75%) Platform Engineer
8 122 (8.15%) Architect
9 111 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
10 106 (7.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 71 (4.74%) Software Engineer
12 68 (4.54%) Data Engineer
13 61 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
14 60 (4.01%) Security Engineer
15 52 (3.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 50 (3.34%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 48 (3.21%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 46 (3.07%) Cloud Security Engineer
19 43 (2.87%) Lead DevOps
19 43 (2.87%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (8.95%) React
2 107 (7.15%) Node.js
3 98 (6.55%) .NET
4 92 (6.15%) REST
5 90 (6.01%) RESTful
6 86 (5.74%) Kafka
7 78 (5.21%) Elastic Stack
8 71 (4.74%) AWS CDK
9 68 (4.54%) Spring
10 63 (4.21%) OAuth
10 63 (4.21%) YAML
11 61 (4.07%) Spring Boot
12 53 (3.54%) Django
13 47 (3.14%) ARM Templates
14 46 (3.07%) RabbitMQ
15 39 (2.61%) FastAPI
16 37 (2.47%) CSS
17 35 (2.34%) .NET Core
18 34 (2.27%) JSON
19 33 (2.20%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 339 (22.65%) Cloud Native
2 86 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 84 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
4 64 (4.28%) Public Cloud
5 59 (3.94%) Security Posture
6 54 (3.61%) Product Ownership
7 46 (3.07%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.61%) Onboarding
9 34 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 32 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
11 27 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.67%) Management Information System
12 25 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (1.60%) Mobile App
14 21 (1.40%) Blockchain
15 20 (1.34%) PKI
16 19 (1.27%) Web3
17 18 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
17 18 (1.20%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 334 (22.31%) Linux
2 165 (11.02%) Windows
3 81 (5.41%) Unix
4 65 (4.34%) Windows Server
5 37 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 29 (1.94%) VMS
7 27 (1.80%) CentOS
7 27 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (1.07%) Android
9 15 (1.00%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.53%) Debian
11 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.27%) SUSE
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.067%) Rocky
14 1 (0.067%) Solaris
14 1 (0.067%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,033 (69.00%) CI/CD
2 941 (62.86%) DevOps
3 440 (29.39%) Agile
4 417 (27.86%) Containerisation
5 393 (26.25%) Observability
6 344 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 292 (19.51%) Mentoring
8 291 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
9 246 (16.43%) Platform Engineering
10 244 (16.30%) Test Automation
11 237 (15.83%) Software Engineering
12 227 (15.16%) AI
13 207 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 204 (13.63%) Cloud Security
15 200 (13.36%) Microservices
16 179 (11.96%) Analytics
17 173 (11.56%) Incident Response
18 163 (10.89%) DevSecOps
19 155 (10.35%) High Availability
20 152 (10.15%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 690 (46.09%) Python
2 279 (18.64%) Bash
3 250 (16.70%) SQL
4 248 (16.57%) PowerShell
5 213 (14.23%) Java
6 153 (10.22%) Go
7 144 (9.62%) JavaScript
8 138 (9.22%) Bicep
9 123 (8.22%) TypeScript
10 94 (6.28%) C#
11 24 (1.60%) C++
12 20 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 20 (1.34%) Rust
13 16 (1.07%) Kotlin
13 16 (1.07%) Scala
14 11 (0.73%) C
15 10 (0.67%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.60%) Ruby
17 7 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
17 7 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 284 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 170 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 131 (8.75%) Degree
4 122 (8.15%) AWS Certification
5 102 (6.81%) DV Cleared
6 80 (5.34%) Azure Certification
7 55 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.94%) OSCP
11 27 (1.80%) CISSP
12 19 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
13 15 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.80%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 11 (0.73%) CCSK
15 11 (0.73%) DBS Check
16 10 (0.67%) CCNP
16 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (0.47%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.14%) QA
2 69 (4.61%) GDPR
3 59 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 57 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (3.67%) SOC 2
6 46 (3.07%) NIST
7 41 (2.74%) PCI DSS
8 39 (2.61%) Accessibility
9 17 (1.14%) SLA
10 15 (1.00%) WCAG
11 11 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.53%) GRC
12 8 (0.53%) NCSC
13 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.27%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.13%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 483 (32.26%) Docker
2 92 (6.15%) Active Directory
3 73 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.60%) vSphere
6 23 (1.54%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.07%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.67%) KVM
9 9 (0.60%) Firmware
10 6 (0.40%) iptables
11 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.33%) vCloud
11 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.13%) GPFS
13 2 (0.13%) Lustre
13 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.067%) QEMU
14 1 (0.067%) Squid
Systems Management
1 1,061 (70.88%) Terraform
2 587 (39.21%) Kubernetes
3 349 (23.31%) Ansible
4 217 (14.50%) Grafana
5 201 (13.43%) Prometheus
6 58 (3.87%) Argo
7 40 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (2.00%) Puppet
10 19 (1.27%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.14%) AWS Copilot
12 16 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (1.07%) Rancher
13 15 (1.00%) Nagios
13 15 (1.00%) Progress Chef
14 14 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
15 12 (0.80%) Istio
16 10 (0.67%) Packer
17 8 (0.53%) linkerd
17 8 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 267 (17.84%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.75%) Google
3 111 (7.41%) VMware
4 55 (3.67%) Databricks
5 54 (3.61%) Red Hat
6 50 (3.34%) Splunk
7 49 (3.27%) Cisco
8 40 (2.67%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.54%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.40%) Salesforce
11 19 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
11 19 (1.27%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.14%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.07%) Oracle
14 15 (1.00%) Atlassian
15 14 (0.94%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.94%) Juniper
16 12 (0.80%) Black Duck
16 12 (0.80%) Coverity
16 12 (0.80%) SAP