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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 156 167
Rank change year-on-year +60 +11 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,687 932 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.11% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.26% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 661 1,319
10th Percentile £49,938 £48,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,250 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%
75th Percentile £90,469 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,625 £111,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +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 67,556 41,227 82,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 93.27% 84.88%
Number of salaries quoted 43,655 22,384 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,475 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.05% +4.95% -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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +62 1,522 £77,500 - 653
London +37 768 £87,500 -2.78% 267
UK excluding London +62 765 £68,000 -2.86% 464
Work from Home +86 605 £70,000 -6.67% 395
North of England +37 279 £67,249 -3.93% 162
South East +37 170 £70,000 -6.67% 137
North West +58 158 £71,750 -1.03% 83
South West -16 106 £68,400 -4.99% 70
Midlands +23 104 £68,000 -2.86% 34
Yorkshire -13 87 £65,576 +0.89% 42
West Midlands +1 54 £70,079 +0.11% 20
East Midlands +2 48 £67,500 +3.85% 14
Scotland +8 44 £60,000 -19.93% 25
East of England +1 41 £60,100 -7.54% 27
North East -12 34 £50,000 -17.01% 37
Wales -15 19 £60,500 -1.83% 9
Northern Ireland -34 5 £95,000 - 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 48 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (2.25%) Apache
3 30 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (1.13%) Confluence
6 15 (0.89%) IIS
7 13 (0.77%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.59%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.30%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.059%) Camunda
12 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.059%) nginx
12 1 (0.059%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.059%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (0.59%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.24%) Weka
3 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.059%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.059%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.059%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.059%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 983 (58.27%) AWS
2 910 (53.94%) Azure
3 332 (19.68%) GitHub
4 316 (18.73%) GCP
5 305 (18.08%) Serverless
6 301 (17.84%) Azure DevOps
7 262 (15.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 223 (13.22%) GitHub Actions
9 176 (10.43%) AWS Lambda
10 151 (8.95%) Amazon S3
11 129 (7.65%) PaaS
12 121 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
13 116 (6.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 116 (6.88%) Entra ID
14 107 (6.34%) SaaS
15 104 (6.16%) Datadog
16 100 (5.93%) IaaS
17 98 (5.81%) Amazon EC2
18 88 (5.22%) Azure AKS
18 88 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 180 (10.67%) Firewall
2 97 (5.75%) DNS
3 74 (4.39%) VPN
4 68 (4.03%) TCP/IP
5 54 (3.20%) Broadband
6 52 (3.08%) Network Security
7 47 (2.79%) WAN
8 36 (2.13%) DHCP
9 32 (1.90%) BGP
10 26 (1.54%) LAN
11 23 (1.36%) HTTP
12 18 (1.07%) VLAN
13 17 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (1.01%) SD-WAN
14 16 (0.95%) Software-Defined Networking
15 15 (0.89%) DSL
16 14 (0.83%) OSPF
17 10 (0.59%) Internet
17 10 (0.59%) VXLAN
18 8 (0.47%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 118 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
4 74 (4.39%) MongoDB
5 66 (3.91%) DynamoDB
5 66 (3.91%) SQL Server
6 53 (3.14%) Relational Database
7 51 (3.02%) Data Lake
8 47 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
9 40 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 32 (1.90%) BigQuery
10 32 (1.90%) Metadata
11 28 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
11 28 (1.66%) MySQL
12 21 (1.24%) Delta Lake
12 21 (1.24%) Power BI
12 21 (1.24%) Redis
13 18 (1.07%) RDBMS
14 17 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (1.01%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 232 (13.75%) GitLab
2 229 (13.57%) Git
3 225 (13.34%) Jenkins
4 44 (2.61%) CircleCI
5 36 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 34 (2.02%) JIRA
7 28 (1.66%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.19%) Jaeger
9 16 (0.95%) Selenium
9 16 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 16 (0.95%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 12 (0.71%) MLflow
10 12 (0.71%) Subversion
11 9 (0.53%) Maven
11 9 (0.53%) NUnit
11 9 (0.53%) Storybook
12 8 (0.47%) JMeter
12 8 (0.47%) Robot Framework
13 7 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 414 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 366 (21.70%) Finance
3 117 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (6.46%) Public Sector
5 102 (6.05%) Banking
6 77 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 63 (3.73%) Retail
8 54 (3.20%) Law
9 50 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 36 (2.13%) Games
11 31 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.36%) Aerospace
12 23 (1.36%) Marketing
13 20 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.13%) Legal
15 18 (1.07%) Advertising
15 18 (1.07%) Billing
16 16 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 383 (22.70%) Senior
2 269 (15.95%) DevOps Engineer
3 249 (14.76%) Cloud Engineer
4 236 (13.99%) Lead
5 170 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
6 167 (9.90%) Platform Engineer
7 156 (9.25%) Developer
8 152 (9.01%) Architect
9 125 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
10 120 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 91 (5.39%) Data Engineer
12 88 (5.22%) Software Engineer
13 77 (4.56%) Security Engineer
14 74 (4.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 68 (4.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 63 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
17 56 (3.32%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 54 (3.20%) Principal Engineer
19 53 (3.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
20 49 (2.90%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (8.12%) React
2 122 (7.23%) Node.js
3 118 (6.99%) .NET
3 118 (6.99%) Kafka
4 110 (6.52%) REST
5 102 (6.05%) RESTful
6 81 (4.80%) YAML
7 78 (4.62%) AWS CDK
8 73 (4.33%) Spring
9 69 (4.09%) Elastic Stack
10 67 (3.97%) Spring Boot
11 64 (3.79%) OAuth
12 54 (3.20%) ARM Templates
13 51 (3.02%) PySpark
13 51 (3.02%) RabbitMQ
14 39 (2.31%) JSON
15 38 (2.25%) ASP.NET
16 36 (2.13%) AngularJS
16 36 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
16 36 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 409 (24.24%) Cloud Native
2 129 (7.65%) Distributed Systems
3 91 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (4.39%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.56%) Product Ownership
6 55 (3.26%) Data Centre
6 55 (3.26%) Security Posture
7 47 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
8 45 (2.67%) Onboarding
9 33 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (1.84%) Video\Live Streaming
11 30 (1.78%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.54%) Management Information System
13 25 (1.48%) Blockchain
13 25 (1.48%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.48%) PKI
14 24 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
14 24 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
15 23 (1.36%) Web3
16 21 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 332 (19.68%) Linux
2 166 (9.84%) Windows
3 78 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 58 (3.44%) Unix
5 40 (2.37%) Ubuntu
6 32 (1.90%) CentOS
7 27 (1.60%) VMS
8 25 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.89%) Android
10 14 (0.83%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.41%) Debian
11 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.18%) SUSE
14 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.059%) Rocky
15 1 (0.059%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,180 (69.95%) CI/CD
2 1,008 (59.75%) DevOps
3 471 (27.92%) Agile
4 461 (27.33%) Observability
5 457 (27.09%) Containerisation
6 375 (22.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 346 (20.51%) Mentoring
8 334 (19.80%) Platform Engineering
9 309 (18.32%) Test Automation
10 307 (18.20%) AI
11 285 (16.89%) Software Engineering
12 274 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
13 261 (15.47%) Microservices
14 231 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 230 (13.63%) Cloud Security
16 203 (12.03%) Analytics
17 201 (11.91%) Technical Leadership
18 184 (10.91%) DevSecOps
19 178 (10.55%) High Availability
20 171 (10.14%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 770 (45.64%) Python
2 305 (18.08%) Bash
3 272 (16.12%) PowerShell
4 269 (15.95%) SQL
5 238 (14.11%) Java
6 171 (10.14%) Go
7 165 (9.78%) JavaScript
8 156 (9.25%) TypeScript
9 140 (8.30%) Bicep
10 123 (7.29%) C#
11 29 (1.72%) Rust
12 28 (1.66%) C++
13 22 (1.30%) Scala
14 17 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
15 14 (0.83%) PHP
16 13 (0.77%) C
16 13 (0.77%) Groovy
17 12 (0.71%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.53%) Shell Script
19 8 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 320 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 193 (11.44%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.25%) Degree
4 132 (7.82%) AWS Certification
5 92 (5.45%) DV Cleared
6 88 (5.22%) Azure Certification
7 60 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.66%) OSCP
11 27 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (1.42%) CISSP
13 16 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
13 16 (0.95%) DBS Check
14 15 (0.89%) CCNP
15 13 (0.77%) CCNA
15 13 (0.77%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 10 (0.59%) CCSK
17 10 (0.59%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.92%) QA
2 69 (4.09%) Data Quality
3 66 (3.91%) GDPR
4 52 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (2.90%) SOC 2
6 40 (2.37%) NIST
7 31 (1.84%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.78%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.77%) SLA
10 11 (0.65%) WCAG
11 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.41%) GRC
12 7 (0.41%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.059%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 471 (27.92%) Docker
2 105 (6.22%) Active Directory
3 83 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (1.72%) vSphere
6 20 (1.19%) Hyper-V
6 20 (1.19%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.53%) Firmware
8 7 (0.41%) iptables
8 7 (0.41%) KVM
9 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.36%) Squid
9 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.059%) vCloud
11 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1,169 (69.29%) Terraform
2 657 (38.94%) Kubernetes
3 363 (21.52%) Ansible
4 219 (12.98%) Grafana
5 208 (12.33%) Prometheus
6 58 (3.44%) Argo
7 43 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
8 42 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 39 (2.31%) Puppet
10 23 (1.36%) Progress Chef
11 22 (1.30%) Kustomize
12 19 (1.13%) Nagios
13 18 (1.07%) Rancher
14 17 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 17 (1.01%) Packer
15 16 (0.95%) Istio
16 12 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
17 10 (0.59%) vCenter Server
17 10 (0.59%) ZABBIX
18 9 (0.53%) yum
Vendors
1 315 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.99%) VMware
3 110 (6.52%) Google
4 76 (4.51%) Databricks
5 67 (3.97%) Red Hat
6 56 (3.32%) Cisco
7 49 (2.90%) Splunk
8 47 (2.79%) Palo Alto
9 25 (1.48%) Zscaler
10 23 (1.36%) Salesforce
11 21 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (1.24%) Dynatrace
11 21 (1.24%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.13%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.13%) Oracle
13 12 (0.71%) F5
13 12 (0.71%) Juniper
14 11 (0.65%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.65%) CheckPoint
14 11 (0.65%) Foundry