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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 535 699
Rank change year-on-year +34 +164 -53
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 213 129 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.30% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.32% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 119 89 144
10th Percentile £50,523 £52,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -3.57%
75th Percentile £85,625 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,400 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.64% - -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 66,963 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.84% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 43,068 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +18 187 £75,000 -6.25% 85
UK excluding London -24 99 £70,400 +12.64% 59
London +8 88 £83,813 +1.59% 39
Work from Home +39 76 £70,000 -8.20% 47
South West -17 31 £75,000 - 7
South East -12 24 £62,500 -16.67% 17
North of England -26 22 £71,450 +19.08% 16
North West +2 16 £76,250 +27.08% 8
Midlands -22 12 £72,500 -6.45% 5
West Midlands -17 7 £72,500 -6.45% 3
Yorkshire -62 6 £47,500 -24.00% 4
East of England -12 5 £85,000 +17.24% 5
East Midlands - 5 £64,000 - 2
Wales -27 3 - - 1
Scotland -1 2 - - 6

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 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.35%) IIS
3 4 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.41%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.94%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.47%) Apache
6 1 (0.47%) Confluence
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.47%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 105 (49.30%) Azure
2 89 (41.78%) AWS
3 52 (24.41%) GitHub
4 33 (15.49%) GitHub Actions
5 30 (14.08%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (12.68%) GCP
7 24 (11.27%) Entra ID
8 22 (10.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 22 (10.33%) Serverless
9 21 (9.86%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (8.92%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (8.92%) Amazon S3
10 19 (8.92%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (8.45%) PaaS
11 18 (8.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 16 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (7.04%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (7.04%) Azure AKS
13 15 (7.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (22.07%) Firewall
2 24 (11.27%) VPN
3 15 (7.04%) Network Security
4 14 (6.57%) Kerberos
5 10 (4.69%) WAN
6 9 (4.23%) DNS
6 9 (4.23%) VLAN
7 7 (3.29%) LAN
8 6 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (2.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (2.82%) Unified Communications
8 6 (2.82%) WebEx
9 4 (1.88%) DHCP
10 3 (1.41%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.94%) SAN
11 2 (0.94%) Wireless
12 1 (0.47%) BGP
12 1 (0.47%) Broadband
12 1 (0.47%) OSPF
12 1 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.10%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.76%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.41%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.41%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.94%) Big Data
6 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.94%) MySQL
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (15.96%) Git
2 28 (13.15%) Jenkins
3 15 (7.04%) GitLab
4 9 (4.23%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (2.82%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.41%) Subversion
7 2 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.94%) JIRA
8 1 (0.47%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.47%) git-flow
8 1 (0.47%) Maven
8 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 52 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.19%) Finance
3 25 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.57%) Aerospace
4 14 (6.57%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.57%) Retail
5 10 (4.69%) Legal
6 9 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.76%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.29%) Banking
9 6 (2.82%) Law
9 6 (2.82%) Marketing
10 4 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.41%) Automotive
11 3 (1.41%) Electronics
11 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.94%) Advertising
12 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.47%) German Language
Job Titles
1 56 (26.29%) Senior
2 45 (21.13%) Platform Engineer
3 38 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (16.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 34 (15.96%) DevOps Engineer
6 30 (14.08%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (10.80%) Architect
8 19 (8.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 15 (7.04%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (6.10%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 12 (5.63%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (5.63%) Senior DevOps
12 11 (5.16%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 11 (5.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.69%) Lead
13 10 (4.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 9 (4.23%) Data Engineer
15 8 (3.76%) Administrator
15 8 (3.76%) DevOps Administrator
15 8 (3.76%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.57%) LDAP
1 14 (6.57%) OAuth
1 14 (6.57%) REST
2 13 (6.10%) OpenID
2 13 (6.10%) SAML
3 12 (5.63%) Node.js
4 10 (4.69%) Loki
5 7 (3.29%) RESTful
5 7 (3.29%) YAML
6 6 (2.82%) Kafka
6 6 (2.82%) XMPP
7 5 (2.35%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.35%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.41%) .NET
8 3 (1.41%) NestJS
8 3 (1.41%) React
9 2 (0.94%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.94%) Hugging Face
9 2 (0.94%) Middleware
9 2 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 43 (20.19%) Cloud Native
2 22 (10.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (8.92%) Private Cloud
4 15 (7.04%) Data Centre
4 15 (7.04%) Public Cloud
5 14 (6.57%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.23%) CMDB
6 9 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.23%) Replication
7 8 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.76%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.82%) FlexPod
8 6 (2.82%) Podcast
8 6 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.88%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.88%) PKI
10 4 (1.88%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 80 (37.56%) Linux
2 48 (22.54%) Windows
3 21 (9.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.35%) Unix
5 4 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.41%) SUSE
6 3 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (65.73%) CI/CD
2 130 (61.03%) Infrastructure as Code
3 119 (55.87%) DevOps
4 64 (30.05%) Platform Engineering
5 58 (27.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 56 (26.29%) Observability
7 55 (25.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (23.47%) Cloud Security
9 49 (23.00%) Containerisation
10 45 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (18.78%) Agile
12 36 (16.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 34 (15.96%) Mentoring
14 33 (15.49%) Configuration Management
15 29 (13.62%) Roadmaps
16 26 (12.21%) DevSecOps
16 26 (12.21%) Migration
17 25 (11.74%) AI
17 25 (11.74%) Identity Access Management
18 23 (10.80%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 109 (51.17%) Python
2 69 (32.39%) PowerShell
3 60 (28.17%) Bash
4 25 (11.74%) Bicep
5 23 (10.80%) SQL
6 17 (7.98%) Go
7 15 (7.04%) Java
8 6 (2.82%) C#
9 4 (1.88%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.41%) Elixir
10 3 (1.41%) Erlang
11 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.47%) C
12 1 (0.47%) C++
12 1 (0.47%) Groovy
12 1 (0.47%) Perl
12 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.84%) Degree
3 17 (7.98%) AWS Certification
3 17 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.04%) CISSP
5 14 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (5.63%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.63%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.94%) CCIE
9 2 (0.94%) CCNP
9 2 (0.94%) CISM
9 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.47%) CCNA
10 1 (0.47%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.16%) NIST
2 6 (2.82%) QA
3 4 (1.88%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.41%) GDPR
4 3 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.94%) GxP
5 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.94%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 48 (22.54%) Docker
2 35 (16.43%) Active Directory
3 27 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (8.45%) vSphere
5 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 9 (4.23%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (3.76%) VMware NSX
7 7 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (2.35%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.88%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.47%) Firmware
11 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 153 (71.83%) Terraform
2 90 (42.25%) Kubernetes
3 82 (38.50%) Ansible
4 51 (23.94%) Grafana
5 38 (17.84%) Prometheus
6 14 (6.57%) Puppet
7 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (3.76%) Proxmox
9 7 (3.29%) Packer
9 7 (3.29%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.82%) Argo
10 6 (2.82%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (2.35%) Rancher
12 4 (1.88%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.41%) Scalr
14 2 (0.94%) PowerCLI
14 2 (0.94%) yum
15 1 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.47%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 57 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 45 (21.13%) VMware
3 16 (7.51%) Cisco
4 14 (6.57%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.76%) Red Hat
5 8 (3.76%) Splunk
6 7 (3.29%) Citrix
6 7 (3.29%) Fortinet
6 7 (3.29%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.82%) EMC
7 6 (2.82%) F5
7 6 (2.82%) NetApp
8 5 (2.35%) Google
8 5 (2.35%) Oracle
8 5 (2.35%) Tenable
9 4 (1.88%) Cribl.io
9 4 (1.88%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.41%) Databricks
10 3 (1.41%) Dell
10 3 (1.41%) IFS