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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 544 625
Rank change year-on-year +35 +81 -31
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 157 154 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 109 98 134
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,225 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,500 £110,750 £97,500
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 52,183 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.83% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,949 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +38 134 £75,000 - 82
UK excluding London +36 75 £65,000 -5.80% 56
London +45 70 £80,000 -0.31% 34
Work from Home +52 59 £76,250 +1.67% 60
North of England -6 24 £65,000 +13.04% 18
South East -19 15 £62,500 -13.79% 22
North West +25 14 £73,750 +47.50% 9
Scotland -1 12 - - 1
South West +13 11 £60,000 -11.11% 5
Yorkshire -31 9 £47,500 -25.33% 9
Midlands - 7 £70,000 - 6
East of England +25 5 £85,000 +17.24% 2
East Midlands - 5 £64,000 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £105,000 - 5
Wales +4 1 £47,500 - 1
North East -5 1 £85,000 +47.83%

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 (5.73%) IIS
1 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.18%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.55%) Confluence
3 4 (2.55%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.91%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.64%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (3.82%) Weka
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.64%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 90 (57.32%) Azure
2 77 (49.04%) AWS
3 34 (21.66%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (21.66%) GitHub
4 27 (17.20%) GCP
5 21 (13.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 19 (12.10%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (12.10%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (10.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 15 (9.55%) OpenShift
8 15 (9.55%) PaaS
9 12 (7.64%) IaaS
9 12 (7.64%) Serverless
10 11 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (5.73%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (5.73%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (5.73%) SaaS
12 8 (5.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 8 (5.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (4.46%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 28 (17.83%) Firewall
2 22 (14.01%) VPN
3 12 (7.64%) DNS
4 8 (5.10%) Network Security
4 8 (5.10%) WAN
5 5 (3.18%) LAN
5 5 (3.18%) VLAN
6 4 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.91%) DHCP
8 2 (1.27%) Kerberos
8 2 (1.27%) SAN
8 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.27%) Wireless
9 1 (0.64%) Broadband
9 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (4.46%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.55%) Big Data
5 4 (2.55%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.91%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.91%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.91%) MySQL
6 3 (1.91%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.64%) Power BI
8 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (17.83%) Jenkins
2 20 (12.74%) GitLab
3 17 (10.83%) Git
4 9 (5.73%) Bitbucket
5 7 (4.46%) JIRA
6 6 (3.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.27%) Subversion
7 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.64%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.64%) JUnit
8 1 (0.64%) Mockito
8 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.48%) Finance
3 14 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.10%) Aerospace
5 6 (3.82%) Retail
6 5 (3.18%) Banking
6 5 (3.18%) Law
6 5 (3.18%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.55%) Advertising
8 3 (1.91%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Legal
9 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.64%) German Language
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 39 (24.84%) Platform Engineer
2 35 (22.29%) Senior
3 34 (21.66%) Cloud Engineer
4 32 (20.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (10.83%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (8.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 12 (7.64%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (6.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.73%) Architect
11 8 (5.10%) Network Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) Automation Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) AWS Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) CloudOps Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) Senior DevOps
13 6 (3.82%) Administrator
13 6 (3.82%) Data Engineer
13 6 (3.82%) Operations Engineer
13 6 (3.82%) Senior CloudOps Engineer
13 6 (3.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) RESTful
2 8 (5.10%) ARM Templates
2 8 (5.10%) Kafka
3 7 (4.46%) Loki
3 7 (4.46%) Node.js
4 5 (3.18%) Middleware
4 5 (3.18%) REST
4 5 (3.18%) YAML
5 4 (2.55%) OAuth
5 4 (2.55%) React
6 3 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.91%) HTML
6 3 (1.91%) JDBC
6 3 (1.91%) LDAP
6 3 (1.91%) NestJS
6 3 (1.91%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.91%) ODBC
6 3 (1.91%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.91%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.27%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.65%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.64%) Private Cloud
3 10 (6.37%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.82%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.55%) PKI
7 3 (1.91%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.91%) CMDB
7 3 (1.91%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.27%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.64%) IoT
9 1 (0.64%) Robotics
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (41.40%) Linux
2 26 (16.56%) Windows
3 15 (9.55%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.82%) VMS
5 6 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.55%) Unix
8 3 (1.91%) SUSE
9 2 (1.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (71.97%) CI/CD
2 110 (70.06%) DevOps
3 81 (51.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 48 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (29.94%) Platform Engineering
6 46 (29.30%) Agile
7 45 (28.66%) Containerisation
8 42 (26.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (24.84%) Cloud Security
10 31 (19.75%) Observability
11 30 (19.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 29 (18.47%) Configuration Management
13 28 (17.83%) AI
13 28 (17.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (11.46%) High Availability
14 18 (11.46%) Task Automation
15 16 (10.19%) DevSecOps
15 16 (10.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 15 (9.55%) Continuous Integration
17 14 (8.92%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 82 (52.23%) Python
2 59 (37.58%) PowerShell
3 48 (30.57%) Bash
4 19 (12.10%) SQL
5 18 (11.46%) Bicep
6 16 (10.19%) Java
7 14 (8.92%) Go
8 8 (5.10%) C#
9 6 (3.82%) JavaScript
10 5 (3.18%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.91%) Elixir
11 3 (1.91%) Erlang
12 2 (1.27%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.64%) C
13 1 (0.64%) C++
13 1 (0.64%) Perl
13 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (17.20%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.29%) Degree
3 12 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.01%) AWS Certification
5 10 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.37%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.46%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.18%) CCIE
8 5 (3.18%) CCNP
9 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.27%) CCNA
10 2 (1.27%) CISM
10 2 (1.27%) CISSP
10 2 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.64%) GCIH
11 1 (0.64%) GIAC
11 1 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.64%) OSCP
11 1 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.37%) QA
2 8 (5.10%) NIST
3 6 (3.82%) GDPR
4 5 (3.18%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.18%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.55%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.64%) GRC
8 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
System Software
1 55 (35.03%) Docker
2 16 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.10%) vSphere
4 7 (4.46%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.91%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.64%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 116 (73.89%) Terraform
2 97 (61.78%) Kubernetes
3 70 (44.59%) Ansible
4 37 (23.57%) Grafana
5 36 (22.93%) Prometheus
6 17 (10.83%) Puppet
7 11 (7.01%) Progress Chef
8 6 (3.82%) Argo
9 5 (3.18%) Proxmox
9 5 (3.18%) Rancher
10 4 (2.55%) CASB
10 4 (2.55%) Kubeflow
10 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (2.55%) ZABBIX
11 2 (1.27%) yum
12 1 (0.64%) Control-M
12 1 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.64%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.64%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (22.29%) Microsoft
1 35 (22.29%) VMware
2 11 (7.01%) Oracle
3 10 (6.37%) Cisco
3 10 (6.37%) Red Hat
4 9 (5.73%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.10%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.82%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.18%) Atlassian
7 5 (3.18%) Foundry
7 5 (3.18%) Splunk
8 4 (2.55%) Cribl.io
8 4 (2.55%) Databricks
8 4 (2.55%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.55%) IFS
8 4 (2.55%) Meraki
8 4 (2.55%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.91%) Dell
9 3 (1.91%) Palantir
10 2 (1.27%) LogicMonitor