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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 518 692
Rank change year-on-year -4 +174 -55
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 196 129 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 116 91 140
10th Percentile £46,934 £51,250 £49,875
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,875 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £95,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% -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 65,473 38,805 81,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.33% 92.93% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 40,444 22,598 59,573
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.90%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -16 174 £75,000 -4.76% 80
UK excluding London -20 92 £70,000 -3.45% 58
London +15 84 £80,000 -3.03% 34
Work from Home +34 75 £73,625 -3.76% 38
South West -28 27 £62,500 - 8
South East -52 24 £62,500 -16.67% 20
North of England -60 21 £71,450 +14.32% 17
North West -21 12 £80,000 - 8
Midlands -29 10 £72,500 -6.45% 3
Yorkshire -46 9 £47,500 -24.00% 5
East Midlands - 6 £67,000 - 1
East of England -29 5 £85,000 +17.24% 4
West Midlands -21 4 £88,750 +14.52% 2
Scotland -27 4 - - 3
Wales - 1 - - 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 8 (4.08%) IIS
1 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.55%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.04%) Confluence
4 2 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Weka
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 100 (51.02%) Azure
2 85 (43.37%) AWS
3 46 (23.47%) GitHub
4 30 (15.31%) GitHub Actions
5 27 (13.78%) Amazon EKS
5 27 (13.78%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (11.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 23 (11.73%) GCP
7 21 (10.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (10.20%) Entra ID
8 20 (10.20%) Serverless
9 19 (9.69%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (9.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 17 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (8.16%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (8.16%) PaaS
13 15 (7.65%) IaaS
14 14 (7.14%) Amazon S3
15 13 (6.63%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (6.63%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 38 (19.39%) Firewall
2 25 (12.76%) VPN
3 14 (7.14%) DNS
3 14 (7.14%) Network Security
4 10 (5.10%) Kerberos
5 9 (4.59%) VLAN
5 9 (4.59%) WAN
6 7 (3.57%) LAN
7 6 (3.06%) DHCP
8 5 (2.55%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (2.55%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.55%) Unified Communications
8 5 (2.55%) WebEx
9 3 (1.53%) Wireless
10 2 (1.02%) SAN
10 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.51%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.08%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.53%) MySQL
6 2 (1.02%) Big Data
6 2 (1.02%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.51%) Power BI
7 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (16.33%) Jenkins
2 29 (14.80%) Git
3 18 (9.18%) GitLab
4 9 (4.59%) Bitbucket
4 9 (4.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (3.57%) JIRA
6 5 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (1.02%) Subversion
9 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.51%) git-flow
9 1 (0.51%) Maven
9 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.43%) Finance
3 24 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 13 (6.63%) Retail
6 10 (5.10%) Legal
7 9 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.08%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.57%) Banking
9 7 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.57%) Law
10 6 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.55%) Marketing
12 3 (1.53%) Advertising
12 3 (1.53%) Automotive
12 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.53%) Electronics
12 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (22.96%) Senior
2 39 (19.90%) Platform Engineer
3 38 (19.39%) Cloud Engineer
4 34 (17.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (15.31%) Azure Engineer
6 28 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (9.18%) Architect
8 16 (8.16%) AWS Engineer
8 16 (8.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 12 (6.12%) Senior DevOps
10 11 (5.61%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) Lead
11 9 (4.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) Administrator
12 8 (4.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) DevOps Administrator
12 8 (4.08%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 8 (4.08%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.63%) REST
2 11 (5.61%) OAuth
3 10 (5.10%) ARM Templates
3 10 (5.10%) LDAP
3 10 (5.10%) Loki
4 9 (4.59%) OpenID
4 9 (4.59%) SAML
5 8 (4.08%) Node.js
6 7 (3.57%) RESTful
6 7 (3.57%) YAML
7 6 (3.06%) Kafka
8 5 (2.55%) Middleware
8 5 (2.55%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (2.55%) React
8 5 (2.55%) XMPP
9 3 (1.53%) .NET
9 3 (1.53%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.53%) NestJS
10 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET
10 2 (1.02%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.90%) Cloud Native
2 20 (10.20%) Hybrid Cloud
2 20 (10.20%) Private Cloud
3 13 (6.63%) Public Cloud
4 11 (5.61%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.10%) Data Centre
6 9 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.59%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.57%) CMDB
8 6 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (3.06%) Podcast
8 6 (3.06%) Replication
9 5 (2.55%) FlexPod
9 5 (2.55%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.04%) PKI
11 3 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.53%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 78 (39.80%) Linux
2 48 (24.49%) Windows
3 22 (11.22%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.53%) SUSE
7 3 (1.53%) Unix
8 2 (1.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (67.35%) CI/CD
2 118 (60.20%) Infrastructure as Code
3 115 (58.67%) DevOps
4 55 (28.06%) Platform Engineering
5 52 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (25.51%) Containerisation
7 49 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (24.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 47 (23.98%) Cloud Security
10 46 (23.47%) Observability
11 41 (20.92%) Agile
12 37 (18.88%) Configuration Management
13 35 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (12.24%) AI
14 24 (12.24%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (11.73%) DevSecOps
15 23 (11.73%) Migration
16 22 (11.22%) Mentoring
16 22 (11.22%) RBAC
17 21 (10.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (50.51%) Python
2 70 (35.71%) PowerShell
3 54 (27.55%) Bash
4 26 (13.27%) Bicep
5 19 (9.69%) SQL
6 16 (8.16%) Go
7 12 (6.12%) Java
8 6 (3.06%) C#
8 6 (3.06%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.53%) Elixir
10 3 (1.53%) Erlang
11 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.51%) C
12 1 (0.51%) C++
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (19.39%) Degree
2 35 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.67%) AWS Certification
4 16 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 14 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 14 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (5.61%) CISSP
7 8 (4.08%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.02%) CCIE
10 2 (1.02%) CCNA
10 2 (1.02%) CCNP
10 2 (1.02%) CISM
10 2 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.51%) GAWN
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.61%) NIST
2 6 (3.06%) QA
3 5 (2.55%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.04%) GDPR
4 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.02%) GxP
5 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
System Software
1 50 (25.51%) Docker
2 34 (17.35%) Active Directory
3 24 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (7.65%) vSphere
5 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 8 (4.08%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.57%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.53%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.53%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.51%) Firmware
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 140 (71.43%) Terraform
2 94 (47.96%) Kubernetes
3 80 (40.82%) Ansible
4 47 (23.98%) Grafana
5 34 (17.35%) Prometheus
6 15 (7.65%) Puppet
7 10 (5.10%) Progress Chef
8 8 (4.08%) Proxmox
9 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (3.06%) Argo
10 6 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (2.55%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (2.55%) Packer
11 5 (2.55%) Rancher
12 4 (2.04%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.53%) Scalr
14 2 (1.02%) PowerCLI
14 2 (1.02%) yum
15 1 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.51%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 56 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 42 (21.43%) VMware
3 15 (7.65%) Cisco
4 12 (6.12%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.61%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.59%) Oracle
7 8 (4.08%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.57%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.57%) Splunk
9 6 (3.06%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.55%) NetApp
11 4 (2.04%) Atlassian
11 4 (2.04%) Citrix
11 4 (2.04%) Cribl.io
11 4 (2.04%) EMC
11 4 (2.04%) F5
11 4 (2.04%) IFS
12 3 (1.53%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.53%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (1.53%) Tenable