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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 524 645
Rank change year-on-year +42 +121 -95
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 293 147 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.33% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 191 107 181
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £103,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +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 73,502 44,419 78,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 90.05% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,918 25,002 54,550
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +53 263 £72,500 -6.45% 147
UK excluding London +9 155 £65,000 +4.00% 103
Work from Home +42 107 £65,000 - 73
London +4 105 £85,000 +3.03% 63
North of England -7 43 £70,400 +17.33% 37
South East +3 41 £65,000 -13.33% 40
South West -23 41 £75,000 - 11
North West -2 24 £74,500 +24.17% 20
Yorkshire -14 13 £62,500 - 10
Midlands -21 12 £64,000 +18.52% 5
East of England -11 9 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Wales -48 9 £64,750 +12.61% 3
West Midlands -14 8 £67,250 +12.08% 4
North East -43 6 £55,000 -8.33% 7
East Midlands -17 4 £64,000 +18.52% 1

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 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.73%) IIS
3 7 (2.39%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.39%) OpenStack
3 7 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.05%) Apache
4 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.71%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.71%) nginx
6 4 (1.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.34%) Confluence
7 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 164 (55.97%) Azure
2 106 (36.18%) AWS
3 70 (23.89%) GitHub
4 55 (18.77%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (14.68%) Entra ID
6 41 (13.99%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.63%) GCP
8 33 (11.26%) Amazon S3
9 28 (9.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (9.22%) PaaS
11 26 (8.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 25 (8.53%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (8.19%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (8.19%) Serverless
14 22 (7.51%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (7.17%) IaaS
15 21 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (6.83%) Azure AKS
17 19 (6.48%) SaaS
18 18 (6.14%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (20.82%) Firewall
2 27 (9.22%) VPN
3 24 (8.19%) Kerberos
4 18 (6.14%) Network Security
5 12 (4.10%) DNS
5 12 (4.10%) WAN
6 10 (3.41%) LAN
7 7 (2.39%) VLAN
8 6 (2.05%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (2.05%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (2.05%) Unified Communications
8 6 (2.05%) WebEx
9 5 (1.71%) Wireless
10 4 (1.37%) DHCP
10 4 (1.37%) NAS
10 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.68%) BGP
11 2 (0.68%) SAN
12 1 (0.34%) MPLS
12 1 (0.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.46%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.05%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.71%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.37%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.37%) MySQL
7 4 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.02%) Ataccama
8 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.02%) IBM InfoSphere
8 3 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.02%) TIBCO EBX
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.34%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (12.97%) Git
2 30 (10.24%) Jenkins
3 27 (9.22%) GitLab
4 9 (3.07%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (2.73%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (2.05%) JIRA
7 3 (1.02%) Subversion
8 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.68%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.68%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.34%) git-flow
9 1 (0.34%) Maven
General
1 50 (17.06%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.72%) Finance
3 29 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.10%) Retail
7 10 (3.41%) Law
7 10 (3.41%) Legal
8 9 (3.07%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.39%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.05%) Banking
10 6 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.05%) Legal Technology
10 6 (2.05%) Marketing
11 3 (1.02%) Automotive
11 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.02%) Electronics
11 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.68%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 73 (24.91%) Senior
2 60 (20.48%) Azure Engineer
3 55 (18.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 53 (18.09%) Cloud Engineer
5 48 (16.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 48 (16.38%) Platform Engineer
6 30 (10.24%) Architect
7 25 (8.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 23 (7.85%) Lead
9 22 (7.51%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 20 (6.83%) Automation Engineer
11 19 (6.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 18 (6.14%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 16 (5.46%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (4.78%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 13 (4.44%) AWS DevOps
15 13 (4.44%) Senior DevOps
15 13 (4.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (3.75%) Administrator
17 10 (3.41%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.85%) OAuth
2 22 (7.51%) OpenID
2 22 (7.51%) SAML
3 21 (7.17%) ARM Templates
4 20 (6.83%) LDAP
5 17 (5.80%) REST
6 16 (5.46%) Node.js
7 9 (3.07%) .NET
7 9 (3.07%) Loki
7 9 (3.07%) RESTful
8 8 (2.73%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (2.73%) YAML
9 7 (2.39%) React
10 6 (2.05%) XMPP
11 5 (1.71%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (1.71%) PySpark
12 4 (1.37%) Kafka
12 4 (1.37%) OAuth2
13 3 (1.02%) AngularJS
13 3 (1.02%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 81 (27.65%) Cloud Native
2 30 (10.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (6.48%) Private Cloud
4 15 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.12%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.44%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.44%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.41%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.07%) Replication
9 8 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.39%) CMDB
11 6 (2.05%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.05%) Podcast
11 6 (2.05%) Security Posture
11 6 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (30.38%) Linux
2 60 (20.48%) Windows
3 29 (9.90%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.73%) Debian
4 8 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.37%) Unix
7 3 (1.02%) Rocky
8 1 (0.34%) Android
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (68.94%) CI/CD
2 180 (61.43%) DevOps
3 177 (60.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 90 (30.72%) Platform Engineering
5 79 (26.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 71 (24.23%) Containerisation
7 70 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (22.87%) Agile
9 64 (21.84%) Cloud Security
9 64 (21.84%) Observability
10 59 (20.14%) Mentoring
11 44 (15.02%) Identity Access Management
12 41 (13.99%) Roadmaps
13 40 (13.65%) Migration
14 39 (13.31%) Disaster Recovery
15 38 (12.97%) Test Automation
16 37 (12.63%) RBAC
17 35 (11.95%) Technical Leadership
18 34 (11.60%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (48.81%) Python
2 103 (35.15%) PowerShell
3 75 (25.60%) Bash
4 41 (13.99%) Bicep
5 33 (11.26%) SQL
6 20 (6.83%) Go
7 11 (3.75%) Java
8 8 (2.73%) C#
9 6 (2.05%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.05%) PHP
10 3 (1.02%) Ruby
11 2 (0.68%) Groovy
11 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.34%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 74 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 37 (12.63%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.92%) Degree
4 19 (6.48%) CISSP
5 18 (6.14%) Azure Certification
5 18 (6.14%) DV Cleared
6 17 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.75%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) CCIE
9 2 (0.68%) CCNP
9 2 (0.68%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.34%) CCNA
10 1 (0.34%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.44%) NIST
2 10 (3.41%) QA
3 9 (3.07%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.07%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.37%) GDPR
6 3 (1.02%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) GxP
System Software
1 73 (24.91%) Docker
2 52 (17.75%) Active Directory
3 28 (9.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.80%) vSphere
5 12 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.39%) BitLocker
6 7 (2.39%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (2.39%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.71%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.68%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.68%) Xen
9 1 (0.34%) Firmware
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 196 (66.89%) Terraform
2 116 (39.59%) Kubernetes
3 97 (33.11%) Ansible
4 53 (18.09%) Grafana
5 42 (14.33%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (4.78%) Puppet
8 13 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.39%) Packer
9 7 (2.39%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.39%) ZABBIX
10 6 (2.05%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (2.05%) Proxmox
11 5 (1.71%) Argo
12 3 (1.02%) Scalr
13 2 (0.68%) FlexNet
13 2 (0.68%) Istio
13 2 (0.68%) Rancher
14 1 (0.34%) Cilium
14 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 88 (30.03%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.99%) VMware
3 20 (6.83%) Cisco
4 14 (4.78%) Palo Alto
5 12 (4.10%) Google
6 8 (2.73%) Citrix
6 8 (2.73%) NetApp
7 7 (2.39%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.39%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.05%) EMC
8 6 (2.05%) F5
8 6 (2.05%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.05%) Splunk
8 6 (2.05%) Tenable
9 4 (1.37%) Databricks
9 4 (1.37%) Okta
10 3 (1.02%) Dell
10 3 (1.02%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.02%) IBM
10 3 (1.02%) SolarWinds