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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 133 153
Rank change year-on-year +27 +20 -54
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,408 999 1,651
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.88% 2.32% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.49% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 939 716 1,324
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +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 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -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 58,222 40,192 73,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.86% 93.47% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,232 22,295 56,140
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,424 £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% -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 17 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 17 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 +22 1,215 £75,000 - 663
UK excluding London +9 640 £67,500 - 470
London +32 609 £85,000 -5.56% 287
Work from Home +50 571 £70,000 -6.67% 413
North of England -9 219 £65,000 -3.04% 149
South East +13 137 £70,000 -3.45% 138
North West -16 97 £73,801 +2.15% 79
Yorkshire -10 90 £62,500 +19.05% 45
South West -7 87 £62,500 -10.71% 76
Midlands -3 70 £67,500 +3.85% 37
Scotland -11 60 £66,250 -3.64% 24
East of England +5 35 £65,000 -10.34% 35
West Midlands -1 35 £66,500 -5.00% 30
East Midlands -8 33 £67,500 +3.85% 6
North East -10 32 £48,445 -15.75% 25
Wales -2 22 £64,998 +32.37% 12
Northern Ireland -31 10 £95,000 +11.76% 7

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 53 (3.76%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (3.05%) Apache
3 32 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (1.99%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.28%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.07%) IIS
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
1 864 (61.36%) AWS
2 787 (55.89%) Azure
3 313 (22.23%) GitHub
4 311 (22.09%) GCP
5 294 (20.88%) Azure DevOps
6 265 (18.82%) Serverless
7 259 (18.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 222 (15.77%) GitHub Actions
9 170 (12.07%) AWS Lambda
10 141 (10.01%) Amazon S3
11 136 (9.66%) PaaS
12 122 (8.66%) SaaS
13 121 (8.59%) Amazon EKS
14 116 (8.24%) Entra ID
15 111 (7.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 94 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
17 89 (6.32%) Amazon ECS
17 89 (6.32%) Datadog
18 88 (6.25%) IaaS
19 85 (6.04%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 164 (11.65%) Firewall
2 92 (6.53%) DNS
3 78 (5.54%) TCP/IP
4 76 (5.40%) VPN
5 37 (2.63%) Broadband
5 37 (2.63%) Network Security
6 36 (2.56%) WAN
7 35 (2.49%) DHCP
8 20 (1.42%) HTTP
9 17 (1.21%) BGP
9 17 (1.21%) VLAN
10 15 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (1.07%) DSL
10 15 (1.07%) Internet
11 14 (0.99%) LAN
12 12 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.43%) SAN
13 6 (0.43%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.36%) AMQP
14 5 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (7.53%) NoSQL
2 104 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
3 97 (6.89%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (4.12%) SQL Server
5 53 (3.76%) DynamoDB
6 45 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 45 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (2.98%) Relational Database
8 41 (2.91%) MongoDB
9 38 (2.70%) Redis
10 36 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
11 33 (2.34%) MySQL
12 29 (2.06%) BigQuery
13 26 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
14 23 (1.63%) Power BI
15 22 (1.56%) Metadata
16 19 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
16 19 (1.35%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.28%) Delta Lake
18 16 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 209 (14.84%) Jenkins
2 181 (12.86%) GitLab
3 180 (12.78%) Git
4 31 (2.20%) Bitbucket
5 30 (2.13%) CircleCI
5 30 (2.13%) JIRA
6 28 (1.99%) Selenium
7 24 (1.70%) Robot Framework
8 21 (1.49%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.49%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.28%) TeamCity
10 17 (1.21%) Snyk
11 15 (1.07%) JMeter
11 15 (1.07%) MLflow
12 12 (0.85%) Locust
12 12 (0.85%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.71%) Subversion
14 9 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.64%) Storybook
15 8 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 383 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 342 (24.29%) Finance
3 141 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.61%) Banking
5 91 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 75 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 68 (4.83%) Law
8 59 (4.19%) Retail
9 58 (4.12%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.34%) Financial Institution
11 28 (1.99%) Marketing
12 22 (1.56%) Games
13 21 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.42%) Back Office
14 20 (1.42%) Billing
15 18 (1.28%) Advertising
16 15 (1.07%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.07%) Legal
Job Titles
1 312 (22.16%) Senior
2 224 (15.91%) DevOps Engineer
3 210 (14.91%) Cloud Engineer
4 177 (12.57%) Lead
5 133 (9.45%) Azure Engineer
6 128 (9.09%) Developer
7 126 (8.95%) Platform Engineer
8 119 (8.45%) Architect
9 99 (7.03%) AWS Engineer
9 99 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 67 (4.76%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.55%) Data Engineer
12 54 (3.84%) Security Engineer
13 53 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
14 45 (3.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 43 (3.05%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 42 (2.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 41 (2.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 39 (2.77%) Lead DevOps
19 36 (2.56%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (8.88%) React
2 97 (6.89%) Node.js
3 88 (6.25%) .NET
4 86 (6.11%) RESTful
5 81 (5.75%) Elastic Stack
6 76 (5.40%) Kafka
7 72 (5.11%) REST
8 69 (4.90%) AWS CDK
9 60 (4.26%) Spring
10 57 (4.05%) OAuth
11 56 (3.98%) Spring Boot
11 56 (3.98%) YAML
12 47 (3.34%) Django
13 41 (2.91%) RabbitMQ
14 38 (2.70%) ARM Templates
15 35 (2.49%) CSS
15 35 (2.49%) FastAPI
16 34 (2.41%) .NET Core
17 33 (2.34%) SAML
18 31 (2.20%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 316 (22.44%) Cloud Native
2 83 (5.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 61 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
5 60 (4.26%) Public Cloud
6 54 (3.84%) Product Ownership
7 45 (3.20%) Onboarding
8 41 (2.91%) Data Centre
9 36 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 33 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
12 27 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.63%) Management Information System
14 22 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (1.35%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.35%) PKI
16 18 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
16 18 (1.28%) Hedge funds
17 17 (1.21%) Blog
17 17 (1.21%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 319 (22.66%) Linux
2 162 (11.51%) Windows
3 82 (5.82%) Unix
4 61 (4.33%) Windows Server
5 35 (2.49%) VMS
6 29 (2.06%) Ubuntu
7 22 (1.56%) CentOS
7 22 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.07%) Android
9 14 (0.99%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.57%) Debian
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.28%) SUSE
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.071%) Rocky
14 1 (0.071%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 968 (68.75%) CI/CD
2 902 (64.06%) DevOps
3 418 (29.69%) Agile
4 388 (27.56%) Containerisation
5 352 (25.00%) Observability
6 324 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 284 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
8 282 (20.03%) Mentoring
9 228 (16.19%) Platform Engineering
10 219 (15.55%) Software Engineering
11 216 (15.34%) AI
12 209 (14.84%) Test Automation
13 192 (13.64%) Cloud Security
13 192 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 186 (13.21%) Analytics
15 177 (12.57%) Microservices
16 176 (12.50%) Incident Response
17 155 (11.01%) DevSecOps
18 144 (10.23%) High Availability
19 143 (10.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 643 (45.67%) Python
2 269 (19.11%) Bash
3 244 (17.33%) PowerShell
4 224 (15.91%) SQL
5 195 (13.85%) Java
6 144 (10.23%) Go
7 136 (9.66%) Bicep
8 127 (9.02%) JavaScript
9 108 (7.67%) TypeScript
10 87 (6.18%) C#
11 20 (1.42%) C++
12 19 (1.35%) Rust
13 18 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.14%) Scala
15 15 (1.07%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.71%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.71%) C
17 8 (0.57%) Ruby
18 7 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
19 5 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 277 (19.67%) Security Cleared
2 166 (11.79%) SC Cleared
3 119 (8.45%) Degree
4 115 (8.17%) AWS Certification
5 105 (7.46%) DV Cleared
6 80 (5.68%) Azure Certification
7 48 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (1.99%) CISSP
10 28 (1.99%) OSCP
11 16 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.78%) CCSK
13 11 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 10 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 9 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.50%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.04%) GDPR
2 70 (4.97%) QA
3 59 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (4.12%) Data Quality
5 50 (3.55%) SOC 2
6 47 (3.34%) NIST
7 39 (2.77%) Accessibility
7 39 (2.77%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.21%) SLA
9 14 (0.99%) WCAG
10 13 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.50%) GRC
11 7 (0.50%) NCSC
12 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.28%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 456 (32.39%) Docker
2 92 (6.53%) Active Directory
3 75 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (2.13%) Hyper-V
6 22 (1.56%) vSphere
7 15 (1.07%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.85%) Firmware
8 12 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.71%) KVM
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
1 988 (70.17%) Terraform
2 541 (38.42%) Kubernetes
3 330 (23.44%) Ansible
4 212 (15.06%) Grafana
5 202 (14.35%) Prometheus
6 55 (3.91%) Argo
7 48 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (2.27%) Puppet
9 29 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
10 19 (1.35%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.21%) AWS Copilot
12 16 (1.14%) Rancher
13 15 (1.07%) Docker Swarm
14 14 (0.99%) Nagios
14 14 (0.99%) Progress Chef
15 13 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.78%) SCCM
17 9 (0.64%) Istio
18 8 (0.57%) linkerd
18 8 (0.57%) Mesos
Vendors
1 254 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 130 (9.23%) Google
3 112 (7.95%) VMware
4 50 (3.55%) Databricks
5 46 (3.27%) Splunk
6 45 (3.20%) Red Hat
7 43 (3.05%) Cisco
8 37 (2.63%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.56%) Zscaler
10 21 (1.49%) Salesforce
11 19 (1.35%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.21%) Black Duck
12 17 (1.21%) Coverity
13 16 (1.14%) Juniper
14 14 (0.99%) Atlassian
14 14 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
15 13 (0.92%) Ab Initio
15 13 (0.92%) Foundry
15 13 (0.92%) OpenAI
16 12 (0.85%) SAP