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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 535 647
Rank change year-on-year +4 +112 -45
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 159 137 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 111 91 130
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £64,875 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £69,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.08% +11.20% +2.46%

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 56,699 42,799 69,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.53% 93.38% 87.82%
Number of salaries quoted 34,103 21,982 53,104
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £29,288
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 6 March 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 6 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 -15 141 £75,000 - 102
UK excluding London -16 75 £68,750 -1.08% 77
London +32 74 £80,000 -3.03% 25
Work from Home +47 62 £74,750 -2.29% 49
North of England -30 21 £67,500 +18.42% 28
South East -40 17 £62,500 -13.79% 19
South West -4 15 £61,250 -18.33% 19
North West -5 11 £75,000 +36.36% 15
Scotland -2 9 - - 1
Yorkshire -38 9 £47,500 -15.56% 9
Midlands - 8 £73,750 - 7
East of England +6 5 £85,000 +17.24% 4
East Midlands - 5 £70,000 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £105,000 - 5
North East -13 1 £85,000 +47.83% 4

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 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.77%) IIS
3 5 (3.14%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.14%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.52%) Confluence
5 3 (1.89%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (1.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.63%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (3.77%) Weka
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 84 (52.83%) Azure
2 78 (49.06%) AWS
3 34 (21.38%) GitHub
4 27 (16.98%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (15.09%) GCP
6 22 (13.84%) Amazon EKS
7 20 (12.58%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (11.95%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (11.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (10.69%) PaaS
11 16 (10.06%) OpenShift
12 15 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (8.18%) IaaS
14 12 (7.55%) Serverless
15 11 (6.92%) SaaS
16 10 (6.29%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (6.29%) Entra ID
17 9 (5.66%) Azure AKS
17 9 (5.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 8 (5.03%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (19.50%) Firewall
2 22 (13.84%) VPN
3 10 (6.29%) DNS
3 10 (6.29%) Network Security
4 9 (5.66%) WAN
5 8 (5.03%) Kerberos
5 8 (5.03%) VLAN
6 7 (4.40%) LAN
7 3 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.89%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (1.89%) DHCP
7 3 (1.89%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.89%) WebEx
7 3 (1.89%) Wireless
8 2 (1.26%) SAN
8 2 (1.26%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.63%) NGFW
9 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.40%) Amazon Aurora
3 7 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (3.14%) Big Data
5 4 (2.52%) Apache Hive
5 4 (2.52%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.89%) MySQL
6 3 (1.89%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.63%) Power BI
8 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (17.61%) Jenkins
2 19 (11.95%) GitLab
3 14 (8.81%) Git
4 10 (6.29%) Bitbucket
5 7 (4.40%) JIRA
6 6 (3.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.26%) Subversion
7 2 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.63%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.63%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.63%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.63%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.01%) Finance
3 17 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.29%) Retail
5 8 (5.03%) Aerospace
6 7 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.77%) Banking
7 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.89%) Advertising
8 3 (1.89%) Marketing
9 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.26%) Law
9 2 (1.26%) Legal
9 2 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.63%) German Language
10 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 39 (24.53%) Platform Engineer
2 36 (22.64%) Senior
3 32 (20.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 31 (19.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (11.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (11.32%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (9.43%) Architect
8 12 (7.55%) AWS Engineer
8 12 (7.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 10 (6.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.66%) Data Engineer
10 9 (5.66%) Senior DevOps
11 8 (5.03%) Administrator
12 7 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
12 7 (4.40%) AWS Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.40%) DevOps Administrator
12 7 (4.40%) Lead
12 7 (4.40%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 7 (4.40%) Systems Administrator
13 6 (3.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.29%) OAuth
2 9 (5.66%) ARM Templates
2 9 (5.66%) LDAP
2 9 (5.66%) REST
3 8 (5.03%) Kafka
3 8 (5.03%) RESTful
4 7 (4.40%) Loki
5 6 (3.77%) Node.js
6 5 (3.14%) Middleware
6 5 (3.14%) OpenID
6 5 (3.14%) SAML
7 4 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (2.52%) JDBC
7 4 (2.52%) OAuth2
7 4 (2.52%) ODBC
7 4 (2.52%) React
8 3 (1.89%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.89%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (1.89%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.98%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (8.81%) Private Cloud
3 9 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.77%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.52%) PKI
6 4 (2.52%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.89%) CMDB
7 3 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.89%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.89%) FlexPod
7 3 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.89%) Replication
7 3 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.26%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.26%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 70 (44.03%) Linux
2 28 (17.61%) Windows
3 15 (9.43%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.14%) Unix
6 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.89%) SUSE
7 3 (1.89%) VMS
8 2 (1.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (69.81%) CI/CD
2 104 (65.41%) DevOps
3 91 (57.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 46 (28.93%) Platform Engineering
4 46 (28.93%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (27.67%) Cloud Security
6 41 (25.79%) Agile
6 41 (25.79%) Containerisation
7 38 (23.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (22.01%) Configuration Management
9 31 (19.50%) Observability
10 28 (17.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (16.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (16.35%) AI
13 18 (11.32%) Continuous Integration
13 18 (11.32%) DevSecOps
13 18 (11.32%) High Availability
13 18 (11.32%) Task Automation
14 17 (10.69%) Analytics
14 17 (10.69%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 86 (54.09%) Python
2 57 (35.85%) PowerShell
3 50 (31.45%) Bash
4 19 (11.95%) Bicep
5 16 (10.06%) SQL
6 15 (9.43%) Go
6 15 (9.43%) Java
7 6 (3.77%) C#
7 6 (3.77%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.52%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.89%) Elixir
9 3 (1.89%) Erlang
10 2 (1.26%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.63%) C
11 1 (0.63%) C++
11 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.98%) Degree
3 14 (8.81%) AWS Certification
4 13 (8.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (8.18%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.92%) DV Cleared
6 8 (5.03%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.40%) CISSP
8 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.52%) CCIE
10 4 (2.52%) CCNP
11 2 (1.26%) CCNA
11 2 (1.26%) CISM
11 2 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.63%) GCIH
12 1 (0.63%) GIAC
12 1 (0.63%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.03%) NIST
1 8 (5.03%) QA
2 5 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.52%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.89%) GDPR
4 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.26%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.26%) GxP
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.63%) GRC
6 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (29.56%) Docker
2 22 (13.84%) Active Directory
3 18 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (7.55%) vSphere
5 7 (4.40%) VMware NSX
6 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (3.77%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.26%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.63%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 116 (72.96%) Terraform
2 89 (55.97%) Kubernetes
3 73 (45.91%) Ansible
4 42 (26.42%) Grafana
5 36 (22.64%) Prometheus
6 15 (9.43%) Puppet
7 9 (5.66%) Progress Chef
8 7 (4.40%) Proxmox
9 6 (3.77%) Argo
10 5 (3.14%) Rancher
11 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (2.52%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.89%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (1.26%) CASB
13 2 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (1.26%) PowerCLI
13 2 (1.26%) yum
14 1 (0.63%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (27.67%) Microsoft
2 39 (24.53%) VMware
3 12 (7.55%) Cisco
4 10 (6.29%) Oracle
4 10 (6.29%) Palo Alto
4 10 (6.29%) Red Hat
5 8 (5.03%) Fortinet
6 7 (4.40%) Splunk
7 6 (3.77%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.77%) SolarWinds
8 5 (3.14%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.52%) Cribl.io
9 4 (2.52%) Databricks
9 4 (2.52%) Dell
9 4 (2.52%) Foundry
9 4 (2.52%) IFS
10 3 (1.89%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (1.89%) NetApp
10 3 (1.89%) Palantir
11 2 (1.26%) Meraki