Infrastructure Automation Job Trends

Infrastructure Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Infrastructure Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 537 657
Rank change year-on-year +56 +120 -102
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 289 148 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.34% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 180 105 183
10th Percentile £47,363 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £59,875 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.87% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.92% +2.00% +4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Automation 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 71,935 43,736 84,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 90.86% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49,710 24,302 59,641
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -9.09%

Infrastructure Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Automation job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Automation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure Automation

Infrastructure Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Automation over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Automation in the UK

Infrastructure Automation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 8 July 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 +35 259 £74,500 -5.40% 111
UK excluding London +26 145 £66,250 +3.92% 83
London +3 109 £85,000 +3.03% 39
Work from Home +55 106 £66,250 -5.36% 66
South West -19 41 £75,000 - 11
North of England -28 40 £70,400 +17.33% 31
South East -8 37 £65,000 -13.33% 25
North West -4 24 £74,500 +24.17% 18
Midlands -16 12 £68,250 +13.75% 5
Yorkshire -19 12 £62,500 - 11
East of England -17 8 £45,000 - 3
West Midlands -12 7 £72,500 +20.83% 3
Wales -47 7 £64,750 +12.61% 4
East Midlands - 5 £64,000 - 2
North East -45 4 £55,000 -8.33% 2

Infrastructure Automation
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 9 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.42%) IIS
2 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.08%) Apache
3 6 (2.08%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.38%) Jupyter
4 4 (1.38%) nginx
4 4 (1.38%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 157 (54.33%) Azure
2 107 (37.02%) AWS
3 73 (25.26%) GitHub
4 55 (19.03%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (14.19%) GitHub Actions
6 38 (13.15%) Entra ID
7 35 (12.11%) GCP
8 31 (10.73%) Amazon S3
9 28 (9.69%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (9.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 27 (9.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (8.65%) PaaS
12 24 (8.30%) Serverless
13 23 (7.96%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (7.27%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (7.27%) Azure AKS
15 20 (6.92%) IaaS
16 19 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (5.88%) SaaS
18 16 (5.54%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (21.45%) Firewall
2 29 (10.03%) VPN
3 23 (7.96%) Kerberos
4 19 (6.57%) Network Security
5 12 (4.15%) DNS
6 11 (3.81%) WAN
7 9 (3.11%) LAN
8 7 (2.42%) VLAN
9 6 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (2.08%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (2.08%) Unified Communications
9 6 (2.08%) WebEx
10 4 (1.38%) DHCP
10 4 (1.38%) NAS
10 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.38%) Wireless
11 2 (0.69%) BGP
11 2 (0.69%) SAN
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.73%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (1.38%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.38%) MySQL
6 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.69%) Ataccama
8 2 (0.69%) Big Data
8 2 (0.69%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.69%) IBM InfoSphere
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.69%) TIBCO EBX
9 1 (0.35%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 40 (13.84%) Git
2 31 (10.73%) Jenkins
3 24 (8.30%) GitLab
4 9 (3.11%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (2.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (2.08%) JIRA
7 4 (1.38%) Subversion
8 3 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.69%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.69%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.35%) git-flow
10 1 (0.35%) Maven
General
1 53 (18.34%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.30%) Finance
3 29 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.84%) Retail
6 13 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.15%) Aerospace
8 10 (3.46%) Legal
9 9 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.77%) Law
10 8 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.08%) Banking
11 6 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.08%) Legal Technology
11 6 (2.08%) Marketing
12 3 (1.04%) Automotive
12 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.04%) Electronics
12 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 74 (25.61%) Senior
2 58 (20.07%) Azure Engineer
2 58 (20.07%) DevOps Engineer
3 51 (17.65%) Platform Engineer
4 50 (17.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 48 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (9.69%) Architect
7 25 (8.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 21 (7.27%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 20 (6.92%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 19 (6.57%) Automation Engineer
11 18 (6.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 18 (6.23%) Lead
12 16 (5.54%) AWS Engineer
13 14 (4.84%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 14 (4.84%) Senior DevOps
14 13 (4.50%) AWS DevOps
15 12 (4.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (3.81%) Administrator
16 11 (3.81%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.27%) OAuth
2 20 (6.92%) OpenID
2 20 (6.92%) SAML
3 19 (6.57%) LDAP
4 18 (6.23%) ARM Templates
5 17 (5.88%) REST
6 16 (5.54%) Node.js
7 9 (3.11%) Loki
8 8 (2.77%) .NET
8 8 (2.77%) RESTful
8 8 (2.77%) YAML
9 7 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.08%) React
10 6 (2.08%) XMPP
11 5 (1.73%) Kafka
11 5 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (1.73%) PySpark
12 3 (1.04%) Flask
12 3 (1.04%) NestJS
12 3 (1.04%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 79 (27.34%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.27%) Private Cloud
4 16 (5.54%) Public Cloud
5 15 (5.19%) Onboarding
6 14 (4.84%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.81%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (3.11%) CMDB
8 9 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.11%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.11%) Replication
9 8 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.08%) FlexPod
10 6 (2.08%) Podcast
10 6 (2.08%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.38%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 90 (31.14%) Linux
2 59 (20.42%) Windows
3 27 (9.34%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.73%) Debian
4 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.38%) Unix
6 2 (0.69%) Rocky
7 1 (0.35%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (68.51%) CI/CD
2 181 (62.63%) DevOps
3 176 (60.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 88 (30.45%) Platform Engineering
5 71 (24.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 69 (23.88%) Agile
7 68 (23.53%) Containerisation
7 68 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (22.15%) Cloud Security
10 63 (21.80%) Observability
11 53 (18.34%) Mentoring
12 40 (13.84%) Identity Access Management
13 39 (13.49%) Disaster Recovery
14 38 (13.15%) Migration
14 38 (13.15%) Roadmaps
15 37 (12.80%) Configuration Management
16 36 (12.46%) RBAC
16 36 (12.46%) Test Automation
17 33 (11.42%) AI
Programming Languages
1 143 (49.48%) Python
2 101 (34.95%) PowerShell
3 77 (26.64%) Bash
4 39 (13.49%) Bicep
5 33 (11.42%) SQL
6 20 (6.92%) Go
7 15 (5.19%) Java
8 9 (3.11%) C#
9 6 (2.08%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.73%) PHP
11 3 (1.04%) Ruby
12 2 (0.69%) Groovy
12 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.35%) ABAP
13 1 (0.35%) C++
13 1 (0.35%) Elixir
13 1 (0.35%) Erlang
13 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 78 (26.99%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.15%) SC Cleared
3 35 (12.11%) Degree
4 19 (6.57%) DV Cleared
5 18 (6.23%) CISSP
6 16 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (5.19%) Azure Certification
8 14 (4.84%) AWS Certification
9 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.69%) CCIE
11 2 (0.69%) CCNP
11 2 (0.69%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.35%) CCNA
12 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.35%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.50%) NIST
2 9 (3.11%) QA
3 8 (2.77%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.77%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.38%) GDPR
6 3 (1.04%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.69%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 67 (23.18%) Docker
2 48 (16.61%) Active Directory
3 28 (9.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.88%) vSphere
5 13 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (3.11%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.77%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.42%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.08%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.35%) Firmware
10 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.35%) Xen
Systems Management
1 196 (67.82%) Terraform
2 115 (39.79%) Kubernetes
3 99 (34.26%) Ansible
4 54 (18.69%) Grafana
5 42 (14.53%) Prometheus
6 14 (4.84%) Puppet
7 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.77%) Proxmox
10 7 (2.42%) Packer
10 7 (2.42%) Progress Chef
11 6 (2.08%) Argo
11 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (2.08%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.04%) Scalr
13 2 (0.69%) Istio
13 2 (0.69%) Rancher
14 1 (0.35%) Cilium
14 1 (0.35%) FlexNet
14 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 81 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 44 (15.22%) VMware
3 18 (6.23%) Cisco
4 14 (4.84%) Palo Alto
5 10 (3.46%) Google
6 8 (2.77%) Citrix
7 7 (2.42%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.42%) NetApp
8 6 (2.08%) EMC
8 6 (2.08%) F5
8 6 (2.08%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.08%) Splunk
8 6 (2.08%) Tenable
9 5 (1.73%) Databricks
10 4 (1.38%) Cribl.io
11 3 (1.04%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.04%) IFS
11 3 (1.04%) Okta
11 3 (1.04%) SolarWinds