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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 127 86
Rank change year-on-year +3 -41 +7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,120 1,299 1,659
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.88% 2.32% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.58% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 797 805 1,335
10th Percentile £47,100 £45,000 £50,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £87,750 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,958 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% - -2.67%

All Process and 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 49,042 50,361 46,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.17% 89.77% 92.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,825 25,280 35,250
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,105
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 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025. 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 -12 938 £72,500 - 1,853
UK excluding London -4 573 £68,958 +6.09% 1,647
Work from Home +25 475 £72,500 +0.71% 777
London +1 424 £83,375 -7.36% 408
North of England -13 198 £70,000 +15.77% 387
South East +16 110 £75,000 +15.38% 450
Yorkshire -17 88 £70,000 +27.27% 163
North West -8 84 £70,000 +3.70% 183
Scotland +16 77 £70,039 +16.73% 72
Midlands +20 67 £65,250 +0.38% 263
South West -33 66 £62,500 -11.97% 213
West Midlands +17 45 £65,000 -1.52% 138
East of England +32 26 £66,250 -8.62% 215
North East +5 26 £65,000 +30.00% 42
Wales +22 23 £61,000 +1.67% 48
East Midlands -2 20 £67,500 +24.81% 107
Northern Ireland -6 8 £95,000 +11.76% 25

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 (4.02%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (3.04%) Apache
4 24 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.79%) Apache Spark
6 19 (1.70%) Confluence
7 8 (0.71%) IIS
8 6 (0.54%) Appian
9 5 (0.45%) nginx
10 4 (0.36%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.089%) CMS
11 1 (0.089%) SAS
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%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 711 (63.48%) Azure
2 662 (59.11%) AWS
3 286 (25.54%) Azure DevOps
4 260 (23.21%) GitHub
5 232 (20.71%) GCP
6 192 (17.14%) AWS CloudFormation
7 185 (16.52%) Serverless
8 169 (15.09%) GitHub Actions
9 129 (11.52%) AWS Lambda
10 106 (9.46%) Amazon S3
11 100 (8.93%) SaaS
12 97 (8.66%) PaaS
13 93 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
14 90 (8.04%) Entra ID
15 89 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 86 (7.68%) Azure Monitor
17 74 (6.61%) Amazon EKS
18 73 (6.52%) Amazon ECS
19 65 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
20 63 (5.63%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 123 (10.98%) Firewall
2 79 (7.05%) DNS
3 69 (6.16%) VPN
4 57 (5.09%) TCP/IP
5 54 (4.82%) WAN
6 36 (3.21%) LAN
7 35 (3.13%) Network Security
8 34 (3.04%) DHCP
9 27 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.43%) SD-WAN
11 14 (1.25%) BGP
12 13 (1.16%) Internet
13 12 (1.07%) VLAN
13 12 (1.07%) VoIP
14 11 (0.98%) Wireless
15 10 (0.89%) Broadband
15 10 (0.89%) SAN
16 7 (0.63%) OSPF
16 7 (0.63%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
3 59 (5.27%) NoSQL
4 48 (4.29%) SQL Server
5 43 (3.84%) DynamoDB
6 40 (3.57%) Data Lake
7 31 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (2.50%) Redis
9 26 (2.32%) MySQL
10 25 (2.23%) BigQuery
10 25 (2.23%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.70%) Relational Database
12 17 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 17 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.25%) Power BI
14 13 (1.16%) Big Data
15 11 (0.98%) Delta Lake
16 9 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
17 8 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 176 (15.71%) Jenkins
2 157 (14.02%) Git
3 120 (10.71%) GitLab
4 37 (3.30%) JIRA
5 30 (2.68%) Selenium
6 25 (2.23%) Robot Framework
7 21 (1.88%) Snyk
8 18 (1.61%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.61%) TeamCity
9 17 (1.52%) MLflow
10 14 (1.25%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.25%) SonarQube
11 13 (1.16%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.16%) JMeter
12 11 (0.98%) Artifactory
13 9 (0.80%) Jaeger
14 8 (0.71%) Locust
14 8 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
15 6 (0.54%) git-flow
16 5 (0.45%) Vite
General
1 301 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 286 (25.54%) Finance
3 92 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (5.27%) Banking
5 58 (5.18%) Law
6 54 (4.82%) Public Sector
7 45 (4.02%) Retail
8 40 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 38 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.41%) Financial Institution
11 24 (2.14%) Games
12 23 (2.05%) Legal
13 20 (1.79%) Marketing
14 18 (1.61%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.34%) Billing
16 14 (1.25%) Advertising
16 14 (1.25%) Back Office
17 13 (1.16%) Electronics
18 12 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 247 (22.05%) Senior
2 176 (15.71%) DevOps Engineer
3 165 (14.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 117 (10.45%) Lead
5 108 (9.64%) Azure Engineer
6 104 (9.29%) Architect
7 103 (9.20%) Developer
8 100 (8.93%) Platform Engineer
9 73 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 53 (4.73%) AWS Engineer
11 39 (3.48%) Senior DevOps
12 38 (3.39%) Data Engineer
13 37 (3.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 37 (3.30%) Software Engineer
14 35 (3.13%) Lead DevOps
14 35 (3.13%) Support Engineer
15 33 (2.95%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 32 (2.86%) Security Engineer
17 26 (2.32%) Cloud Architect
17 26 (2.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (8.75%) React
2 83 (7.41%) .NET
3 65 (5.80%) Node.js
4 64 (5.71%) RESTful
5 55 (4.91%) Elastic Stack
6 47 (4.20%) ARM Templates
6 47 (4.20%) Kafka
6 47 (4.20%) YAML
7 44 (3.93%) OAuth
8 39 (3.48%) Django
9 36 (3.21%) AWS CDK
10 32 (2.86%) REST
11 30 (2.68%) .NET Core
11 30 (2.68%) FastAPI
12 27 (2.41%) Spring
13 26 (2.32%) CSS
14 25 (2.23%) HTML
15 23 (2.05%) Spring Boot
16 21 (1.88%) OAuth2
16 21 (1.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 248 (22.14%) Cloud Native
2 70 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.09%) Data Centre
4 56 (5.00%) Public Cloud
5 46 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 40 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (3.48%) Security Posture
8 37 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (2.50%) Onboarding
10 27 (2.41%) Management Information System
11 23 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
12 21 (1.88%) PKI
13 18 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 15 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.34%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.16%) Data Structures
16 12 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (1.07%) Distributed Architecture
17 10 (0.89%) AI Agents
17 10 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 259 (23.13%) Linux
2 143 (12.77%) Windows
3 57 (5.09%) Unix
4 48 (4.29%) Windows Server
5 29 (2.59%) 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 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.27%) Android
11 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.27%) Solaris
11 3 (0.27%) SUSE
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.089%) AIX
13 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 761 (67.95%) DevOps
2 745 (66.52%) CI/CD
3 352 (31.43%) Agile
4 285 (25.45%) Containerisation
5 244 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 230 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
7 225 (20.09%) Observability
8 186 (16.61%) Mentoring
9 165 (14.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 165 (14.73%) Platform Engineering
10 164 (14.64%) AI
11 153 (13.66%) Cloud Security
12 143 (12.77%) Analytics
13 138 (12.32%) Software Engineering
14 126 (11.25%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 123 (10.98%) Test Automation
16 122 (10.89%) Incident Response
17 120 (10.71%) Roadmaps
18 113 (10.09%) DevSecOps
18 113 (10.09%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 495 (44.20%) Python
2 233 (20.80%) PowerShell
3 211 (18.84%) Bash
4 185 (16.52%) SQL
5 146 (13.04%) Bicep
6 104 (9.29%) Java
7 90 (8.04%) JavaScript
8 86 (7.68%) C#
9 84 (7.50%) TypeScript
10 76 (6.79%) Go
11 13 (1.16%) C++
12 12 (1.07%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.89%) Scala
15 8 (0.71%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.63%) C
17 5 (0.45%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.45%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 212 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 140 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 103 (9.20%) AWS Certification
4 90 (8.04%) Azure Certification
5 83 (7.41%) DV Cleared
6 82 (7.32%) Degree
7 39 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.41%) CISSP
11 24 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (1.88%) CCNP
13 20 (1.79%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
14 13 (1.16%) OSCP
15 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.80%) CISM
16 8 (0.71%) MCP
17 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
17 7 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.54%) GDPR
2 59 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (4.20%) NIST
4 42 (3.75%) QA
5 28 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 28 (2.50%) SOC 2
6 27 (2.41%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.96%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (1.07%) SLA
10 11 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.71%) WCAG
12 6 (0.54%) 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
1 374 (33.39%) Docker
2 73 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (6.25%) Active Directory
4 33 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (2.68%) Hyper-V
6 27 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.52%) 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 (0.54%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.45%) XenApp
11 5 (0.45%) 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
1 811 (72.41%) Terraform
2 430 (38.39%) Kubernetes
3 287 (25.63%) Ansible
4 151 (13.48%) Grafana
5 133 (11.88%) Prometheus
6 47 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 35 (3.13%) Argo
8 19 (1.70%) Puppet
8 19 (1.70%) SCCM
9 15 (1.34%) Docker Swarm
10 14 (1.25%) Rancher
11 12 (1.07%) AWS Copilot
12 11 (0.98%) Progress Chef
12 11 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.80%) SCOM
14 7 (0.63%) Kustomize
15 5 (0.45%) Istio
15 5 (0.45%) linkerd
15 5 (0.45%) MaaS360
15 5 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 242 (21.61%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.29%) VMware
3 87 (7.77%) Google
4 49 (4.38%) Cisco
5 43 (3.84%) Databricks
6 38 (3.39%) Splunk
7 35 (3.13%) Red Hat
8 26 (2.32%) Palo Alto
9 21 (1.88%) Black Duck
10 20 (1.79%) Coverity
11 17 (1.52%) Oracle
11 17 (1.52%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.25%) Ab Initio
12 14 (1.25%) Zscaler
13 13 (1.16%) SAP
13 13 (1.16%) SolarWinds
14 12 (1.07%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
15 11 (0.98%) Juniper
16 10 (0.89%) Commvault