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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 127 103
Rank change year-on-year +6 -24 -3
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,128 1,223 1,654
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 2.28% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.51% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 790 750 1,334
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,125 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.33%
75th Percentile £88,688 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,250 £110,125 £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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 11 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 11 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 +1 941 £73,801 +1.79% 1,157
UK excluding London +7 561 £70,000 +3.70% 1,059
Work from Home +36 491 £72,500 - 469
London +8 439 £81,500 -9.44% 244
North of England -3 192 £70,000 +12.00% 234
South East +11 108 £75,000 +15.38% 317
Yorkshire -15 88 £70,000 +30.23% 98
North West +3 79 £70,000 +3.70% 100
Scotland +18 76 £70,079 +9.93% 32
South West -27 68 £62,500 -13.18% 156
Midlands +15 60 £67,000 +1.52% 125
West Midlands +15 38 £65,250 -3.33% 41
East of England +19 27 £71,250 -1.72% 134
North East -2 25 £67,539 +35.08% 37
Wales +14 23 £61,496 +12.73% 56
East Midlands +3 20 £67,500 +3.85% 81
Northern Ireland -9 9 £95,000 +11.76% 27

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 (3.99%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.93%) Apache
4 24 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.68%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.60%) Confluence
7 8 (0.71%) IIS
8 5 (0.44%) Appian
9 4 (0.35%) nginx
10 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.089%) CMS
11 1 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.089%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.089%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 693 (61.44%) Azure
2 665 (58.95%) AWS
3 294 (26.06%) Azure DevOps
4 262 (23.23%) GitHub
5 230 (20.39%) GCP
6 198 (17.55%) Serverless
7 194 (17.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 175 (15.51%) GitHub Actions
9 138 (12.23%) AWS Lambda
10 111 (9.84%) Amazon S3
11 102 (9.04%) SaaS
12 99 (8.78%) PaaS
13 94 (8.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 94 (8.33%) Entra ID
14 92 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
15 90 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
16 81 (7.18%) Amazon EKS
17 73 (6.47%) Amazon ECS
18 69 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
19 64 (5.67%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 123 (10.90%) Firewall
2 77 (6.83%) DNS
3 70 (6.21%) VPN
4 55 (4.88%) TCP/IP
5 51 (4.52%) WAN
6 34 (3.01%) DHCP
7 30 (2.66%) LAN
7 30 (2.66%) Network Security
8 25 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (1.42%) Broadband
10 15 (1.33%) Internet
11 14 (1.24%) BGP
11 14 (1.24%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.06%) VLAN
13 11 (0.98%) VoIP
14 9 (0.80%) Wireless
15 8 (0.71%) SAN
16 7 (0.62%) OSPF
16 7 (0.62%) Unified Communications
17 6 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
2 72 (6.38%) Amazon RDS
3 67 (5.94%) NoSQL
4 45 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 43 (3.81%) DynamoDB
6 39 (3.46%) Data Lake
7 33 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (2.57%) BigQuery
8 29 (2.57%) MongoDB
9 28 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (2.48%) Redis
10 26 (2.30%) MySQL
11 25 (2.22%) Relational Database
12 16 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.33%) Power BI
14 13 (1.15%) Big Data
14 13 (1.15%) Delta Lake
14 13 (1.15%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 181 (16.05%) Jenkins
2 158 (14.01%) Git
3 117 (10.37%) GitLab
4 32 (2.84%) JIRA
5 26 (2.30%) Selenium
6 24 (2.13%) Robot Framework
7 20 (1.77%) Snyk
8 18 (1.60%) MLflow
9 17 (1.51%) Bitbucket
10 16 (1.42%) TeamCity
11 15 (1.33%) Jaeger
12 13 (1.15%) SonarQube
13 12 (1.06%) CircleCI
14 10 (0.89%) Artifactory
14 10 (0.89%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.89%) JMeter
15 8 (0.71%) Locust
16 6 (0.53%) git-flow
16 6 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
17 5 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 301 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 284 (25.18%) Finance
3 88 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (5.05%) Banking
5 55 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 54 (4.79%) Law
7 40 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.55%) Telecoms
8 37 (3.28%) Retail
9 27 (2.39%) Financial Institution
10 24 (2.13%) Games
11 20 (1.77%) Billing
12 19 (1.68%) Legal
12 19 (1.68%) Marketing
13 17 (1.51%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.24%) Advertising
15 13 (1.15%) Back Office
16 12 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.06%) Electronics
17 10 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 246 (21.81%) Senior
2 184 (16.31%) DevOps Engineer
3 179 (15.87%) Cloud Engineer
4 125 (11.08%) Lead
5 114 (10.11%) Azure Engineer
6 109 (9.66%) Developer
7 106 (9.40%) Platform Engineer
8 96 (8.51%) Architect
9 68 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 63 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
11 43 (3.81%) Senior DevOps
12 41 (3.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 40 (3.55%) Data Engineer
13 40 (3.55%) Software Engineer
14 34 (3.01%) Lead DevOps
14 34 (3.01%) Security Engineer
14 34 (3.01%) Support Engineer
15 31 (2.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 28 (2.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 28 (2.48%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (9.22%) React
2 79 (7.00%) .NET
3 68 (6.03%) Node.js
4 67 (5.94%) RESTful
5 59 (5.23%) Elastic Stack
6 47 (4.17%) Kafka
7 46 (4.08%) YAML
8 45 (3.99%) ARM Templates
9 42 (3.72%) OAuth
10 41 (3.63%) AWS CDK
11 39 (3.46%) Django
12 35 (3.10%) REST
13 34 (3.01%) Spring
14 32 (2.84%) .NET Core
15 31 (2.75%) FastAPI
16 30 (2.66%) Spring Boot
17 27 (2.39%) CSS
18 26 (2.30%) HTML
19 22 (1.95%) Vue
20 21 (1.86%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 241 (21.37%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (4.79%) Public Cloud
4 52 (4.61%) Data Centre
5 44 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 43 (3.81%) Security Posture
7 38 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (2.48%) Management Information System
10 27 (2.39%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.51%) PKI
14 13 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.15%) Low-Code
15 12 (1.06%) Hedge funds
16 11 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
17 10 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 261 (23.14%) Linux
2 137 (12.15%) Windows
3 63 (5.59%) Unix
4 45 (3.99%) Windows Server
5 31 (2.75%) VMS
6 23 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (1.95%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.15%) Debian
9 9 (0.80%) CentOS
10 7 (0.62%) Android
10 7 (0.62%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.27%) Solaris
13 3 (0.27%) SUSE
14 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.089%) AIX
15 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (67.82%) DevOps
2 756 (67.02%) CI/CD
3 344 (30.50%) Agile
4 286 (25.35%) Containerisation
5 241 (21.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 235 (20.83%) Observability
7 228 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
8 200 (17.73%) Mentoring
9 171 (15.16%) Platform Engineering
10 159 (14.10%) AI
11 157 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 152 (13.48%) Cloud Security
13 151 (13.39%) Analytics
14 144 (12.77%) Software Engineering
15 127 (11.26%) Incident Response
16 125 (11.08%) Test Automation
17 123 (10.90%) Roadmaps
18 120 (10.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 113 (10.02%) DevSecOps
19 113 (10.02%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 498 (44.15%) Python
2 220 (19.50%) PowerShell
3 210 (18.62%) Bash
4 174 (15.43%) SQL
5 148 (13.12%) Bicep
6 118 (10.46%) Java
7 97 (8.60%) JavaScript
8 89 (7.89%) TypeScript
9 87 (7.71%) Go
10 83 (7.36%) C#
11 13 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (1.06%) C++
13 11 (0.98%) Scala
13 11 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.71%) C
14 8 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.44%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.44%) Rust
15 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 207 (18.35%) Security Cleared
2 134 (11.88%) SC Cleared
3 112 (9.93%) AWS Certification
4 87 (7.71%) Azure Certification
5 83 (7.36%) DV Cleared
6 80 (7.09%) Degree
7 37 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (3.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 32 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (2.22%) CISSP
11 21 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.68%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.60%) CCNP
14 14 (1.24%) OSCP
15 13 (1.15%) AWS Certified Developer
16 9 (0.80%) CISM
17 8 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
18 7 (0.62%) MCP
18 7 (0.62%) PMI Certification
18 7 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.32%) GDPR
2 59 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (3.99%) NIST
4 36 (3.19%) QA
5 33 (2.93%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.57%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.57%) SOC 2
7 21 (1.86%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.24%) SLA
9 13 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.71%) WCAG
12 6 (0.53%) GRC
13 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.44%) NCSC
14 4 (0.35%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 383 (33.95%) Docker
2 75 (6.65%) Active Directory
3 67 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (2.30%) Hyper-V
6 25 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.42%) vSphere
8 11 (0.98%) Firmware
8 11 (0.98%) NFS
8 11 (0.98%) vCloud
9 8 (0.71%) KVM
9 8 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.53%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.35%) XenApp
11 4 (0.35%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.18%) GPFS
13 2 (0.18%) Lustre
13 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.089%) iptables
Systems Management
1 828 (73.40%) Terraform
2 440 (39.01%) Kubernetes
3 287 (25.44%) Ansible
4 150 (13.30%) Grafana
5 144 (12.77%) Prometheus
6 46 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 41 (3.63%) Argo
8 18 (1.60%) SCCM
9 17 (1.51%) Puppet
10 14 (1.24%) Docker Swarm
10 14 (1.24%) Rancher
10 14 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (1.15%) Kustomize
12 12 (1.06%) AWS Copilot
13 10 (0.89%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.80%) SCOM
15 5 (0.44%) logstash
16 4 (0.35%) linkerd
16 4 (0.35%) Mesos
16 4 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 235 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.69%) VMware
3 96 (8.51%) Google
4 47 (4.17%) Cisco
5 38 (3.37%) Databricks
6 35 (3.10%) Splunk
7 33 (2.93%) Red Hat
8 28 (2.48%) Palo Alto
9 20 (1.77%) Black Duck
10 19 (1.68%) Coverity
11 18 (1.60%) Zscaler
12 16 (1.42%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.24%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.24%) Oracle
14 12 (1.06%) Atlassian
14 12 (1.06%) SAP
15 11 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
15 11 (0.98%) Foundry
16 10 (0.89%) New Relic
16 10 (0.89%) SolarWinds