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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 134 155
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,410 986 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.33% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.49% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 936 712 1,323
10th Percentile £46,750 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,901 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

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 59,378 39,636 75,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.65% 93.47% 86.94%
Number of salaries quoted 35,975 22,340 56,751
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,830 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +20 1,219 £75,000 - 662
UK excluding London +5 643 £67,500 -3.57% 475
London +36 611 £85,000 -5.56% 276
Work from Home +48 561 £70,000 -6.67% 346
North of England -23 219 £65,000 -3.70% 152
South East +4 139 £70,000 -3.45% 130
North West -23 102 £72,250 -0.34% 77
South West -10 90 £62,500 -10.71% 88
Yorkshire -10 87 £62,500 +13.64% 49
Midlands -17 69 £67,500 +3.85% 40
Scotland -8 59 £60,000 -14.29% 24
East of England +3 35 £65,000 -10.34% 31
East Midlands -14 34 £67,500 +3.85% 4
West Midlands -12 33 £66,500 -5.00% 35
North East -15 30 £48,445 -15.75% 26
Wales -9 22 £64,998 +32.37% 10
Northern Ireland -33 10 £95,000 +11.76% 5

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 52 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (2.84%) Apache
3 31 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 25 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.13%) IIS
6 15 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.85%) Confluence
7 12 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.21%) CMS
8 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.14%) Appian
9 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.071%) Camunda
10 1 (0.071%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.071%) nginx
10 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.28%) PlantUML
1 4 (0.28%) Weka
2 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.071%) Maya
4 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.071%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.071%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.071%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 873 (61.91%) AWS
2 784 (55.60%) Azure
3 320 (22.70%) GCP
4 307 (21.77%) GitHub
5 289 (20.50%) Azure DevOps
6 265 (18.79%) Serverless
7 260 (18.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 216 (15.32%) GitHub Actions
9 167 (11.84%) AWS Lambda
10 141 (10.00%) Amazon S3
11 128 (9.08%) PaaS
12 124 (8.79%) Amazon EKS
13 120 (8.51%) SaaS
14 113 (8.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 108 (7.66%) Entra ID
16 92 (6.52%) Datadog
17 91 (6.45%) Amazon ECS
17 91 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
18 87 (6.17%) Amazon EC2
19 80 (5.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 163 (11.56%) Firewall
2 88 (6.24%) DNS
3 81 (5.74%) TCP/IP
4 70 (4.96%) VPN
5 38 (2.70%) Broadband
5 38 (2.70%) Network Security
6 37 (2.62%) WAN
7 33 (2.34%) DHCP
8 21 (1.49%) HTTP
9 19 (1.35%) BGP
10 17 (1.21%) LAN
11 16 (1.13%) VLAN
12 15 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (1.06%) DSL
12 15 (1.06%) Internet
13 11 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
15 7 (0.50%) Wireless
16 5 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (7.73%) NoSQL
2 106 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
3 99 (7.02%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.83%) DynamoDB
6 43 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 42 (2.98%) Data Lake
7 42 (2.98%) MongoDB
8 41 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
9 39 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
10 37 (2.62%) Redis
11 34 (2.41%) MySQL
12 28 (1.99%) BigQuery
13 27 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
14 22 (1.56%) Metadata
14 22 (1.56%) Power BI
15 19 (1.35%) RDBMS
16 17 (1.21%) Delta Lake
17 16 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
18 15 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 209 (14.82%) Jenkins
2 186 (13.19%) GitLab
3 181 (12.84%) Git
4 33 (2.34%) CircleCI
5 30 (2.13%) Bitbucket
5 30 (2.13%) JIRA
6 28 (1.99%) Selenium
7 24 (1.70%) Robot Framework
8 22 (1.56%) Cucumber
9 21 (1.49%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.21%) Snyk
10 17 (1.21%) TeamCity
11 16 (1.13%) JMeter
12 15 (1.06%) MLflow
13 12 (0.85%) Locust
14 11 (0.78%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.71%) Subversion
16 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 9 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
16 9 (0.64%) Storybook
General
1 381 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 338 (23.97%) Finance
3 136 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (6.67%) Banking
5 90 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 78 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 68 (4.82%) Law
8 59 (4.18%) Retail
9 57 (4.04%) Telecoms
10 31 (2.20%) Financial Institution
11 28 (1.99%) Marketing
12 23 (1.63%) Games
13 22 (1.56%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.42%) Back Office
14 20 (1.42%) Billing
15 18 (1.28%) Advertising
16 17 (1.21%) Legal
17 16 (1.13%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (22.27%) Senior
2 229 (16.24%) DevOps Engineer
3 209 (14.82%) Cloud Engineer
4 181 (12.84%) Lead
5 132 (9.36%) Developer
6 128 (9.08%) Azure Engineer
7 126 (8.94%) Platform Engineer
8 120 (8.51%) Architect
9 101 (7.16%) AWS Engineer
10 99 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 67 (4.75%) Software Engineer
12 60 (4.26%) Data Engineer
13 55 (3.90%) Senior DevOps
14 54 (3.83%) Security Engineer
15 47 (3.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.05%) Cloud Security Engineer
17 41 (2.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 41 (2.91%) Lead DevOps
18 39 (2.77%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (8.94%) React
2 100 (7.09%) Node.js
3 89 (6.31%) .NET
4 87 (6.17%) RESTful
5 81 (5.74%) Elastic Stack
6 78 (5.53%) Kafka
7 75 (5.32%) REST
8 70 (4.96%) AWS CDK
9 63 (4.47%) Spring
10 59 (4.18%) Spring Boot
11 58 (4.11%) YAML
12 56 (3.97%) OAuth
13 48 (3.40%) Django
14 42 (2.98%) RabbitMQ
15 40 (2.84%) ARM Templates
16 36 (2.55%) FastAPI
17 35 (2.48%) .NET Core
17 35 (2.48%) CSS
18 33 (2.34%) SAML
19 32 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 317 (22.48%) Cloud Native
2 79 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 58 (4.11%) Public Cloud
5 55 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 42 (2.98%) Data Centre
7 39 (2.77%) Onboarding
8 37 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
11 27 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.70%) Management Information System
13 21 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.42%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
15 19 (1.35%) PKI
16 18 (1.28%) Hedge funds
16 18 (1.28%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.21%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 323 (22.91%) Linux
2 165 (11.70%) Windows
3 82 (5.82%) Unix
4 62 (4.40%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.34%) VMS
6 30 (2.13%) Ubuntu
7 24 (1.70%) CentOS
8 23 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (1.06%) Android
10 14 (0.99%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.57%) Debian
12 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.28%) SUSE
14 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.071%) Rocky
15 1 (0.071%) Solaris
15 1 (0.071%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 973 (69.01%) CI/CD
2 902 (63.97%) DevOps
3 424 (30.07%) Agile
4 395 (28.01%) Containerisation
5 358 (25.39%) Observability
6 326 (23.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 283 (20.07%) Mentoring
8 279 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
9 232 (16.45%) Platform Engineering
10 222 (15.74%) Software Engineering
11 219 (15.53%) Test Automation
12 217 (15.39%) AI
13 193 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 191 (13.55%) Cloud Security
15 183 (12.98%) Microservices
16 175 (12.41%) Analytics
16 175 (12.41%) Incident Response
17 159 (11.28%) DevSecOps
18 148 (10.50%) High Availability
19 143 (10.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 643 (45.60%) Python
2 270 (19.15%) Bash
3 235 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 221 (15.67%) SQL
5 195 (13.83%) Java
6 147 (10.43%) Go
7 129 (9.15%) Bicep
8 128 (9.08%) JavaScript
9 108 (7.66%) TypeScript
10 86 (6.10%) C#
11 20 (1.42%) C++
12 19 (1.35%) Rust
13 18 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.13%) Scala
15 15 (1.06%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.78%) C
17 10 (0.71%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.57%) Ruby
19 7 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
20 5 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 271 (19.22%) Security Cleared
2 160 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 117 (8.30%) AWS Certification
4 116 (8.23%) Degree
5 105 (7.45%) DV Cleared
6 74 (5.25%) Azure Certification
7 47 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (2.06%) CISSP
11 28 (1.99%) OSCP
12 17 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
13 11 (0.78%) CCSK
13 11 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.78%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.78%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.57%) CCNP
17 7 (0.50%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.25%) QA
2 70 (4.96%) GDPR
3 58 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (3.83%) Data Quality
5 51 (3.62%) SOC 2
6 45 (3.19%) NIST
7 40 (2.84%) Accessibility
7 40 (2.84%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.21%) SLA
9 15 (1.06%) WCAG
10 11 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.57%) NCSC
12 7 (0.50%) GRC
13 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 463 (32.84%) Docker
2 86 (6.10%) Active Directory
3 69 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.77%) Hyper-V
6 22 (1.56%) vSphere
7 16 (1.13%) VMware NSX
8 11 (0.78%) Firmware
9 10 (0.71%) KVM
9 10 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.64%) vCloud
11 4 (0.28%) iptables
11 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.14%) GPFS
12 2 (0.14%) Lustre
12 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.071%) QEMU
13 1 (0.071%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 987 (70.00%) Terraform
2 551 (39.08%) Kubernetes
3 330 (23.40%) Ansible
4 213 (15.11%) Grafana
5 202 (14.33%) Prometheus
6 55 (3.90%) Argo
7 45 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (2.27%) Puppet
9 30 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.35%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.21%) AWS Copilot
12 16 (1.13%) Rancher
13 15 (1.06%) Nagios
14 14 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
14 14 (0.99%) Progress Chef
15 12 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 10 (0.71%) Istio
16 10 (0.71%) SCCM
17 8 (0.57%) Mesos
17 8 (0.57%) yum
Vendors
1 240 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.29%) Google
3 105 (7.45%) VMware
4 49 (3.48%) Databricks
5 48 (3.40%) Splunk
6 46 (3.26%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.19%) Cisco
8 39 (2.77%) Palo Alto
9 21 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.42%) Zscaler
11 19 (1.35%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.21%) Black Duck
12 17 (1.21%) Coverity
13 16 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
13 16 (1.13%) Juniper
14 13 (0.92%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.92%) Foundry
14 13 (0.92%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.85%) Palantir
15 12 (0.85%) SAP