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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 519 692
Rank change year-on-year +25 +173 -120
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 241 139 218
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 144 98 168
10th Percentile £45,750 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,313 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +21.21% -2.22%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £76,563
90th Percentile £92,500 £108,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - +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 68,162 41,264 88,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 92.57% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46,887 22,044 62,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,607
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +16 218 £74,875 -6.41% 97
UK excluding London -9 114 £70,000 +12.00% 70
London -11 97 £85,000 +3.03% 42
Work from Home +54 90 £70,000 -5.08% 54
South West -20 36 £75,000 - 6
North of England -25 33 £70,400 +14.94% 16
South East -9 24 £62,500 -16.67% 23
North West +3 22 £73,500 +22.50% 7
Midlands -10 11 £64,000 -17.42% 10
Yorkshire -38 8 £50,000 -20.00% 7
East of England -8 7 £45,000 - 10
West Midlands -12 6 £67,250 -13.23% 6
East Midlands - 5 £64,000 - 4
Wales -41 3 - - 2
North East -48 3 £55,000 -6.38% 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 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.49%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.07%) Apache
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.66%) IIS
5 3 (1.24%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.41%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.41%) nginx
6 1 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 123 (51.04%) Azure
2 94 (39.00%) AWS
3 65 (26.97%) GitHub
4 44 (18.26%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (15.35%) GitHub Actions
6 30 (12.45%) Amazon S3
6 30 (12.45%) Entra ID
7 28 (11.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 28 (11.62%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (11.20%) GCP
9 24 (9.96%) Serverless
10 23 (9.54%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (9.13%) Amazon EC2
11 22 (9.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 19 (7.88%) PaaS
13 17 (7.05%) Azure AKS
14 16 (6.64%) IaaS
14 16 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (6.22%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (6.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (22.41%) Firewall
2 24 (9.96%) VPN
3 18 (7.47%) Network Security
4 17 (7.05%) Kerberos
5 11 (4.56%) DNS
6 8 (3.32%) WAN
7 7 (2.90%) LAN
7 7 (2.90%) VLAN
8 6 (2.49%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (2.49%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (2.49%) Unified Communications
8 6 (2.49%) WebEx
9 4 (1.66%) DHCP
10 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.83%) SAN
11 2 (0.83%) Wireless
12 1 (0.41%) BGP
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.41%) NAS
12 1 (0.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.56%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.73%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.66%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.66%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.83%) Big Data
7 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.83%) MySQL
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.41%) Power BI
8 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.41%) Trino
Development Applications
1 36 (14.94%) Git
2 26 (10.79%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.88%) GitLab
4 9 (3.73%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.24%) Subversion
7 2 (0.83%) JIRA
7 2 (0.83%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.41%) git-flow
8 1 (0.41%) Maven
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (19.92%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.52%) Finance
3 24 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.81%) Retail
6 12 (4.98%) Aerospace
7 11 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.15%) Legal
9 9 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.32%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.49%) Banking
11 6 (2.49%) Law
11 6 (2.49%) Legal Technology
11 6 (2.49%) Marketing
12 5 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Automotive
13 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Electronics
13 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.83%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 64 (26.56%) Senior
2 51 (21.16%) Platform Engineer
3 48 (19.92%) Azure Engineer
4 46 (19.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 46 (19.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (16.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (10.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 20 (8.30%) Architect
7 20 (8.30%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 19 (7.88%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 18 (7.47%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (6.64%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (5.39%) Senior DevOps
12 12 (4.98%) AWS DevOps
12 12 (4.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.98%) Lead
12 12 (4.98%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Data Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (4.15%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.64%) LDAP
1 16 (6.64%) Node.js
1 16 (6.64%) OAuth
2 15 (6.22%) OpenID
2 15 (6.22%) SAML
3 14 (5.81%) REST
4 9 (3.73%) ARM Templates
5 8 (3.32%) Loki
5 8 (3.32%) YAML
6 6 (2.49%) RESTful
6 6 (2.49%) XMPP
7 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (2.07%) Kafka
7 5 (2.07%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (1.66%) .NET
8 4 (1.66%) PySpark
9 3 (1.24%) React
10 2 (0.83%) FastAPI
10 2 (0.83%) Flask
10 2 (0.83%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 60 (24.90%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 20 (8.30%) Private Cloud
4 16 (6.64%) Public Cloud
5 14 (5.81%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.81%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (3.73%) CMDB
7 9 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.73%) Replication
8 7 (2.90%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.49%) FlexPod
9 6 (2.49%) Podcast
9 6 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 73 (30.29%) Linux
2 48 (19.92%) Windows
3 21 (8.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.66%) Unix
5 2 (0.83%) Debian
5 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.83%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (67.63%) CI/CD
2 151 (62.66%) DevOps
2 151 (62.66%) Infrastructure as Code
3 75 (31.12%) Platform Engineering
4 57 (23.65%) Cloud Security
4 57 (23.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 57 (23.65%) Observability
5 55 (22.82%) Agile
5 55 (22.82%) Containerisation
6 52 (21.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (18.26%) Mentoring
9 33 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (13.69%) Test Automation
10 32 (13.28%) Configuration Management
11 30 (12.45%) Roadmaps
12 29 (12.03%) RBAC
13 28 (11.62%) AI
13 28 (11.62%) Migration
14 27 (11.20%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (51.87%) Python
2 82 (34.02%) PowerShell
3 69 (28.63%) Bash
4 30 (12.45%) Bicep
5 27 (11.20%) SQL
6 17 (7.05%) Go
7 14 (5.81%) Java
8 6 (2.49%) C#
9 4 (1.66%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.24%) Elixir
10 3 (1.24%) Erlang
11 2 (0.83%) Groovy
11 2 (0.83%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.83%) PHP
11 2 (0.83%) Ruby
12 1 (0.41%) ABAP
12 1 (0.41%) C
12 1 (0.41%) C++
12 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (26.14%) Security Cleared
2 33 (13.69%) Degree
3 31 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.05%) DV Cleared
5 15 (6.22%) CISSP
6 13 (5.39%) AWS Certification
7 12 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (4.56%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.83%) CCIE
11 2 (0.83%) CCNP
12 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.41%) CCNA
12 1 (0.41%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.73%) NIST
2 5 (2.07%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.07%) QA
3 4 (1.66%) GDPR
3 4 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.66%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.83%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 51 (21.16%) Docker
2 39 (16.18%) Active Directory
3 25 (10.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (6.22%) vSphere
5 10 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 9 (3.73%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (2.90%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.90%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.66%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.41%) Firmware
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 173 (71.78%) Terraform
2 90 (37.34%) Kubernetes
3 86 (35.68%) Ansible
4 53 (21.99%) Grafana
5 41 (17.01%) Prometheus
6 12 (4.98%) Puppet
7 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (3.32%) Proxmox
10 7 (2.90%) Packer
10 7 (2.90%) Progress Chef
11 6 (2.49%) Argo
11 6 (2.49%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (1.66%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.24%) Scalr
14 1 (0.41%) Istio
14 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.41%) NetBackup
14 1 (0.41%) Rancher
14 1 (0.41%) yum
Vendors
1 63 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.01%) VMware
3 16 (6.64%) Cisco
4 14 (5.81%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.32%) Citrix
5 8 (3.32%) Google
6 7 (2.90%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.49%) EMC
7 6 (2.49%) F5
7 6 (2.49%) NetApp
7 6 (2.49%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.49%) Splunk
7 6 (2.49%) Tenable
8 4 (1.66%) Cribl.io
8 4 (1.66%) Databricks
8 4 (1.66%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.24%) Dell
9 3 (1.24%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.24%) IFS
9 3 (1.24%) Oracle