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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 127 92
Rank change year-on-year 0 -35 +5
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,123 1,257 1,646
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 2.30% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.55% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 793 769 1,328
10th Percentile £46,700 £45,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £66,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +6.06% +0.99% -2.15%

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 48,372 49,297 47,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.70% 90.05% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,344 24,288 36,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 3 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 3 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 -10 938 £73,801 +1.79% 1,527
UK excluding London +9 558 £70,000 +6.06% 1,338
Work from Home +35 482 £72,750 +1.05% 709
London +13 439 £81,500 -9.44% 452
North of England -5 190 £70,000 +15.77% 268
South East -1 107 £75,000 +15.38% 445
Yorkshire -12 89 £70,000 +27.27% 118
Scotland +19 77 £70,039 +3.76% 55
North West +3 76 £70,000 +3.70% 119
South West -27 67 £62,500 -10.71% 160
Midlands +11 61 £67,250 +1.89% 198
West Midlands +13 39 £65,500 -1.87% 103
East of England +28 27 £75,000 +3.45% 173
North East 0 25 £67,539 +35.08% 32
Wales +17 23 £61,496 +12.73% 36
East Midlands -1 20 £67,500 +3.85% 83
Northern Ireland -6 8 £95,000 +11.76% 20

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 (4.01%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (3.03%) Apache
4 24 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.69%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.60%) Confluence
7 8 (0.71%) IIS
8 6 (0.53%) Appian
9 4 (0.36%) nginx
9 4 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.089%) CMS
10 1 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
10 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
1 703 (62.60%) Azure
2 662 (58.95%) AWS
3 291 (25.91%) Azure DevOps
4 261 (23.24%) GitHub
5 233 (20.75%) GCP
6 194 (17.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 193 (17.19%) Serverless
8 173 (15.41%) GitHub Actions
9 133 (11.84%) AWS Lambda
10 109 (9.71%) Amazon S3
11 105 (9.35%) SaaS
12 99 (8.82%) PaaS
13 94 (8.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 92 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
15 91 (8.10%) Entra ID
16 87 (7.75%) Azure Monitor
17 78 (6.95%) Amazon EKS
18 72 (6.41%) Amazon ECS
19 70 (6.23%) Amazon EC2
20 63 (5.61%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 120 (10.69%) Firewall
2 79 (7.03%) DNS
3 69 (6.14%) VPN
4 57 (5.08%) TCP/IP
5 53 (4.72%) WAN
6 35 (3.12%) DHCP
7 33 (2.94%) LAN
7 33 (2.94%) Network Security
8 26 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (1.25%) BGP
9 14 (1.25%) Internet
9 14 (1.25%) SD-WAN
10 12 (1.07%) VLAN
11 11 (0.98%) VoIP
12 10 (0.89%) Broadband
12 10 (0.89%) Wireless
13 8 (0.71%) SAN
14 7 (0.62%) OSPF
14 7 (0.62%) Unified Communications
15 6 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (6.32%) Amazon RDS
3 61 (5.43%) NoSQL
4 47 (4.19%) SQL Server
5 43 (3.83%) DynamoDB
6 40 (3.56%) Data Lake
7 32 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (2.49%) BigQuery
8 28 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (2.49%) MongoDB
8 28 (2.49%) Redis
9 26 (2.32%) MySQL
10 19 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (1.42%) Power BI
13 13 (1.16%) Big Data
14 12 (1.07%) Delta Lake
15 10 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 180 (16.03%) Jenkins
2 156 (13.89%) Git
3 121 (10.77%) GitLab
4 33 (2.94%) JIRA
5 27 (2.40%) Selenium
6 25 (2.23%) Robot Framework
7 21 (1.87%) Snyk
8 17 (1.51%) Bitbucket
8 17 (1.51%) MLflow
8 17 (1.51%) TeamCity
9 15 (1.34%) CircleCI
10 13 (1.16%) SonarQube
11 10 (0.89%) Artifactory
11 10 (0.89%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.89%) JMeter
12 9 (0.80%) Jaeger
13 8 (0.71%) Locust
14 6 (0.53%) git-flow
14 6 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 304 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 285 (25.38%) Finance
3 89 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (5.08%) Banking
4 57 (5.08%) Law
4 57 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 41 (3.65%) Retail
6 40 (3.56%) Telecoms
7 35 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (2.40%) Financial Institution
9 24 (2.14%) Games
10 20 (1.78%) Legal
10 20 (1.78%) Marketing
11 18 (1.60%) Billing
11 18 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.25%) Advertising
12 14 (1.25%) Back Office
13 13 (1.16%) Electronics
14 12 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 246 (21.91%) Senior
2 183 (16.30%) DevOps Engineer
3 174 (15.49%) Cloud Engineer
4 118 (10.51%) Lead
5 114 (10.15%) Azure Engineer
6 109 (9.71%) Developer
7 107 (9.53%) Platform Engineer
8 98 (8.73%) Architect
9 69 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 62 (5.52%) AWS Engineer
11 41 (3.65%) Senior DevOps
12 39 (3.47%) Data Engineer
12 39 (3.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 39 (3.47%) Software Engineer
13 35 (3.12%) Lead DevOps
13 35 (3.12%) Support Engineer
14 33 (2.94%) Security Engineer
15 31 (2.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 27 (2.40%) GCP Engineer
17 26 (2.32%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (8.99%) React
2 80 (7.12%) .NET
3 66 (5.88%) RESTful
4 65 (5.79%) Node.js
5 54 (4.81%) Elastic Stack
6 48 (4.27%) Kafka
7 46 (4.10%) YAML
8 45 (4.01%) ARM Templates
9 41 (3.65%) OAuth
10 39 (3.47%) Django
11 38 (3.38%) AWS CDK
12 34 (3.03%) REST
13 32 (2.85%) Spring
14 31 (2.76%) .NET Core
14 31 (2.76%) FastAPI
15 29 (2.58%) Spring Boot
16 27 (2.40%) CSS
17 26 (2.32%) HTML
18 21 (1.87%) Vue
19 20 (1.78%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 246 (21.91%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (4.90%) Data Centre
3 55 (4.90%) Public Cloud
4 45 (4.01%) Product Ownership
5 42 (3.74%) Security Posture
6 39 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 27 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 23 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
11 18 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.51%) PKI
13 16 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.34%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.16%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
17 10 (0.89%) Hedge funds
17 10 (0.89%) Private Cloud
17 10 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 258 (22.97%) Linux
2 138 (12.29%) Windows
3 57 (5.08%) Unix
4 45 (4.01%) Windows Server
5 30 (2.67%) VMS
6 23 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (2.05%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.25%) Debian
8 9 (0.80%) CentOS
9 6 (0.53%) Android
9 6 (0.53%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.27%) Solaris
12 3 (0.27%) SUSE
13 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.089%) AIX
14 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 764 (68.03%) DevOps
2 755 (67.23%) CI/CD
3 344 (30.63%) Agile
4 288 (25.65%) Containerisation
5 241 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 234 (20.84%) Observability
7 228 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
8 192 (17.10%) Mentoring
9 173 (15.41%) Platform Engineering
10 163 (14.51%) AI
11 161 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 155 (13.80%) Cloud Security
13 152 (13.54%) Analytics
14 143 (12.73%) Software Engineering
15 128 (11.40%) Incident Response
16 125 (11.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 125 (11.13%) Test Automation
17 118 (10.51%) Roadmaps
18 115 (10.24%) Microservices
19 112 (9.97%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 497 (44.26%) Python
2 225 (20.04%) PowerShell
3 212 (18.88%) Bash
4 179 (15.94%) SQL
5 149 (13.27%) Bicep
6 109 (9.71%) Java
7 90 (8.01%) JavaScript
8 86 (7.66%) TypeScript
9 82 (7.30%) C#
10 79 (7.03%) Go
11 13 (1.16%) C++
12 12 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (1.07%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.89%) Scala
14 8 (0.71%) C
14 8 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.45%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.45%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 212 (18.88%) Security Cleared
2 138 (12.29%) SC Cleared
3 104 (9.26%) AWS Certification
4 89 (7.93%) Azure Certification
5 84 (7.48%) DV Cleared
6 79 (7.03%) Degree
7 38 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 32 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.40%) CISSP
11 22 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.69%) CCNP
12 19 (1.69%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (1.16%) OSCP
14 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.80%) CISM
15 7 (0.62%) MCP
15 7 (0.62%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.61%) GDPR
2 60 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (4.10%) NIST
4 37 (3.29%) QA
5 32 (2.85%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.67%) SOC 2
7 29 (2.58%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.87%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.16%) SLA
10 11 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.71%) WCAG
12 6 (0.53%) GRC
13 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.45%) NCSC
14 4 (0.36%) 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
1 381 (33.93%) Docker
2 75 (6.68%) Active Directory
3 69 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (2.40%) Hyper-V
6 25 (2.23%) 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 (0.36%) XenApp
11 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.18%) GPFS
13 2 (0.18%) Lustre
13 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.18%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 824 (73.37%) Terraform
2 438 (39.00%) Kubernetes
3 286 (25.47%) Ansible
4 151 (13.45%) Grafana
5 139 (12.38%) Prometheus
6 47 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 35 (3.12%) Argo
8 19 (1.69%) SCCM
9 18 (1.60%) Puppet
10 14 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
10 14 (1.25%) Rancher
11 13 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.07%) AWS Copilot
13 10 (0.89%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.80%) SCOM
15 7 (0.62%) Kustomize
16 5 (0.45%) logstash
16 5 (0.45%) MaaS360
17 4 (0.36%) Istio
17 4 (0.36%) linkerd
Vendors
1 238 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 101 (8.99%) VMware
3 89 (7.93%) Google
4 48 (4.27%) Cisco
5 40 (3.56%) Databricks
6 36 (3.21%) Splunk
7 33 (2.94%) Red Hat
8 27 (2.40%) Palo Alto
9 21 (1.87%) Black Duck
10 20 (1.78%) Coverity
11 17 (1.51%) Zscaler
12 16 (1.42%) Salesforce
13 15 (1.34%) Oracle
14 14 (1.25%) Ab Initio
15 13 (1.16%) SAP
16 12 (1.07%) Atlassian
17 11 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
17 11 (0.98%) SolarWinds
18 10 (0.89%) Commvault
18 10 (0.89%) Juniper