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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 549 593
Rank change year-on-year +45 +44 -22
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 154 160 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.33% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 106 105 132
10th Percentile £45,625 £53,000 £47,625
25th Percentile £56,563 £67,225 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,875 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,625 £112,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.80% +10.40% -3.85%

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 50,353 48,156 59,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.28% 91.19% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 29,725 23,186 46,025
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 25 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Automation in the UK

Infrastructure Automation
Top 16 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 25 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 +34 130 £75,000 - 164
London +30 72 £80,000 -3.03% 36
UK excluding London +35 69 £65,000 -5.80% 149
Work from Home +57 57 £78,750 +5.00% 40
North of England +7 23 £65,000 +13.04% 31
North West +22 14 £73,750 +47.50% 13
Scotland -2 12 - - 4
South East -4 12 £66,250 -8.62% 52
South West +4 11 £60,000 -11.11% 20
Yorkshire -22 8 £45,000 -29.26% 15
Midlands - 6 £72,500 - 21
East of England +23 4 £85,000 +17.24% 14
East Midlands - 4 £66,250 - 13
West Midlands - 2 £105,000 - 7
Wales +7 1 £47,500 - 6
North East 0 1 £85,000 +47.83% 3

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 10 (6.49%) IIS
2 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.25%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.60%) Confluence
4 4 (2.60%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Weka
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.65%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 90 (58.44%) Azure
2 74 (48.05%) AWS
3 32 (20.78%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (18.18%) GitHub
5 24 (15.58%) GCP
6 20 (12.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (10.39%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (9.74%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (9.74%) OpenShift
9 14 (9.09%) PaaS
10 13 (8.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (7.79%) Serverless
12 11 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (5.84%) IaaS
13 9 (5.84%) SaaS
14 8 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (4.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 7 (4.55%) Azure AKS
15 7 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (16.88%) Firewall
2 19 (12.34%) VPN
3 12 (7.79%) DNS
4 8 (5.19%) Network Security
4 8 (5.19%) WAN
5 5 (3.25%) LAN
5 5 (3.25%) VLAN
6 4 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.95%) DHCP
8 2 (1.30%) Kerberos
8 2 (1.30%) SAN
8 2 (1.30%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.30%) Wireless
9 1 (0.65%) Broadband
9 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.65%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.90%) Amazon Aurora
3 6 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.90%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.60%) Big Data
5 3 (1.95%) Apache Hive
5 3 (1.95%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.95%) MySQL
5 3 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.65%) Power BI
7 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (17.53%) Jenkins
2 19 (12.34%) Git
3 18 (11.69%) GitLab
4 9 (5.84%) Bitbucket
5 7 (4.55%) JIRA
6 6 (3.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.30%) Subversion
7 2 (1.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.65%) JUnit
8 1 (0.65%) Mockito
8 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 39 (25.32%) Finance
3 13 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.19%) Aerospace
5 6 (3.90%) Law
6 5 (3.25%) Banking
6 5 (3.25%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.25%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.60%) Retail
8 3 (1.95%) Advertising
9 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Legal
9 2 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.65%) German Language
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (25.97%) Platform Engineer
2 31 (20.13%) DevOps Engineer
3 30 (19.48%) Senior
4 29 (18.83%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (11.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 9 (5.84%) Architect
8 9 (5.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.90%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.90%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.90%) CloudOps Engineer
10 6 (3.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.25%) Senior CloudOps Engineer
11 5 (3.25%) Senior DevOps
11 5 (3.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.84%) RESTful
2 8 (5.19%) ARM Templates
2 8 (5.19%) Kafka
3 6 (3.90%) Loki
3 6 (3.90%) Node.js
3 6 (3.90%) YAML
4 5 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (3.25%) Middleware
4 5 (3.25%) REST
5 4 (2.60%) OAuth
5 4 (2.60%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.95%) HTML
6 3 (1.95%) JDBC
6 3 (1.95%) LDAP
6 3 (1.95%) NestJS
6 3 (1.95%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.95%) ODBC
6 3 (1.95%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (1.95%) React
7 2 (1.30%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.04%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.14%) Private Cloud
3 9 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.60%) PKI
7 3 (1.95%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.95%) CMDB
7 3 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.95%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.95%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.30%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 65 (42.21%) Linux
2 30 (19.48%) Windows
3 19 (12.34%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.90%) VMS
5 6 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.60%) Unix
8 3 (1.95%) SUSE
9 2 (1.30%) CentOS
10 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (70.13%) CI/CD
2 104 (67.53%) DevOps
3 73 (47.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (31.82%) Platform Engineering
5 48 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (29.22%) Agile
7 44 (28.57%) Containerisation
8 42 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (21.43%) Cloud Security
10 29 (18.83%) Configuration Management
10 29 (18.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (16.88%) AI
11 26 (16.88%) Disaster Recovery
11 26 (16.88%) Observability
12 19 (12.34%) Task Automation
13 17 (11.04%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (11.04%) High Availability
14 15 (9.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 14 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (9.09%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 75 (48.70%) Python
2 61 (39.61%) PowerShell
3 45 (29.22%) Bash
4 21 (13.64%) SQL
5 16 (10.39%) Java
6 15 (9.74%) Bicep
7 9 (5.84%) C#
7 9 (5.84%) Go
8 5 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.60%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.95%) Elixir
10 3 (1.95%) Erlang
11 2 (1.30%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.65%) C
12 1 (0.65%) C++
12 1 (0.65%) Perl
12 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (18.83%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.94%) Degree
3 12 (7.79%) DV Cleared
3 12 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (5.84%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.25%) CCIE
8 5 (3.25%) CCNP
9 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.30%) CCNA
10 2 (1.30%) CISM
10 2 (1.30%) CISSP
10 2 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.65%) GCIH
11 1 (0.65%) GIAC
11 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.65%) OSCP
11 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.14%) QA
2 7 (4.55%) NIST
3 6 (3.90%) GDPR
4 5 (3.25%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.25%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.95%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.30%) GxP
7 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.65%) GRC
7 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 54 (35.06%) Docker
2 18 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (10.39%) Active Directory
4 8 (5.19%) vSphere
5 7 (4.55%) VMware NSX
6 6 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.30%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.65%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 110 (71.43%) Terraform
2 95 (61.69%) Kubernetes
3 70 (45.45%) Ansible
4 35 (22.73%) Prometheus
5 33 (21.43%) Grafana
6 17 (11.04%) Puppet
7 11 (7.14%) Progress Chef
8 5 (3.25%) Argo
8 5 (3.25%) Rancher
9 4 (2.60%) CASB
9 4 (2.60%) Kubeflow
9 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (2.60%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.95%) Proxmox
11 2 (1.30%) yum
12 1 (0.65%) Control-M
12 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.65%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (23.38%) VMware
2 35 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.79%) ServiceNow
4 11 (7.14%) Cisco
4 11 (7.14%) Oracle
5 10 (6.49%) Red Hat
6 8 (5.19%) Palo Alto
7 7 (4.55%) Foundry
8 6 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.25%) Atlassian
9 5 (3.25%) Dynatrace
9 5 (3.25%) Palantir
9 5 (3.25%) Splunk
10 4 (2.60%) Cribl.io
10 4 (2.60%) Databricks
10 4 (2.60%) IFS
10 4 (2.60%) Meraki
10 4 (2.60%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.95%) Dell
12 2 (1.30%) LogicMonitor