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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 512 681
Rank change year-on-year +5 +169 -62
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 195 124 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.33% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 119 91 142
10th Percentile £47,344 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,625 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £92,500 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £72,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.84% +15.60% -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 63,076 38,012 79,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.99% 86.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38,955 22,518 58,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +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 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -8.26%

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 9 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 9 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 -6 174 £75,000 -3.23% 74
UK excluding London -25 94 £68,750 -4.84% 47
London +9 83 £80,000 -11.11% 31
Work from Home +54 76 £72,500 -4.29% 42
South West -8 28 £65,000 -13.33% 14
South East -31 24 £62,500 -16.67% 14
North of England -69 22 £68,750 +19.57% 14
North West -27 13 £80,000 +18.52% 5
Midlands -30 10 £72,500 -6.45% 3
Yorkshire -57 9 £47,500 -17.39% 3
East Midlands - 6 £67,000 - 1
East of England -22 5 £85,000 +17.24% 1
Scotland -8 4 - -
West Midlands -17 4 £88,750 +14.52% 2
Wales - 1 - - 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 8 (4.10%) IIS
1 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.56%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.05%) Confluence
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.03%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Weka
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 99 (50.77%) Azure
2 86 (44.10%) AWS
3 44 (22.56%) GitHub
4 29 (14.87%) GitHub Actions
5 27 (13.85%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (12.82%) Amazon EKS
7 24 (12.31%) GCP
8 23 (11.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 20 (10.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (9.74%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (9.74%) Serverless
11 18 (9.23%) Entra ID
11 18 (9.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 17 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (8.21%) PaaS
14 15 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (7.69%) IaaS
15 14 (7.18%) Amazon S3
16 13 (6.67%) OpenShift
17 12 (6.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (19.49%) Firewall
2 26 (13.33%) VPN
3 14 (7.18%) DNS
4 12 (6.15%) Network Security
5 10 (5.13%) VLAN
6 9 (4.62%) WAN
7 8 (4.10%) Kerberos
8 7 (3.59%) LAN
9 6 (3.08%) DHCP
10 5 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (2.56%) Unified Communications
10 5 (2.56%) WebEx
11 3 (1.54%) Wireless
12 2 (1.03%) SAN
12 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.51%) Broadband
13 1 (0.51%) NGFW
13 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.10%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.05%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.54%) MySQL
6 2 (1.03%) Big Data
6 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.03%) 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 (16.41%) Jenkins
2 28 (14.36%) Git
3 18 (9.23%) GitLab
4 9 (4.62%) Bitbucket
5 8 (4.10%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (3.59%) JIRA
7 5 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (1.03%) Subversion
10 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.51%) git-flow
10 1 (0.51%) Maven
10 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.03%) Finance
3 24 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 13 (6.67%) Retail
5 10 (5.13%) Legal
6 9 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.10%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.59%) Banking
8 7 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.59%) Law
9 6 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.56%) Marketing
11 3 (1.54%) Advertising
11 3 (1.54%) Automotive
11 3 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.54%) Electronics
11 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (23.08%) Senior
2 41 (21.03%) Platform Engineer
3 37 (18.97%) Cloud Engineer
4 34 (17.44%) DevOps Engineer
5 29 (14.87%) Azure Engineer
5 29 (14.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (8.21%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (7.69%) Architect
7 15 (7.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 12 (6.15%) Senior DevOps
9 11 (5.64%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Lead
10 9 (4.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.10%) Administrator
11 8 (4.10%) DevOps Administrator
11 8 (4.10%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 8 (4.10%) Systems Administrator
12 7 (3.59%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.64%) REST
2 10 (5.13%) ARM Templates
2 10 (5.13%) Loki
3 9 (4.62%) OAuth
4 8 (4.10%) LDAP
4 8 (4.10%) Node.js
5 7 (3.59%) OpenID
5 7 (3.59%) RESTful
5 7 (3.59%) SAML
5 7 (3.59%) YAML
6 6 (3.08%) Kafka
7 5 (2.56%) Middleware
7 5 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.56%) React
7 5 (2.56%) XMPP
8 3 (1.54%) .NET
8 3 (1.54%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.54%) NestJS
9 2 (1.03%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 21 (10.77%) Private Cloud
3 20 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (6.15%) Public Cloud
5 10 (5.13%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.13%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.62%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.59%) CMDB
8 6 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (3.08%) Podcast
8 6 (3.08%) Replication
9 5 (2.56%) FlexPod
9 5 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.05%) PKI
11 3 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.54%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (1.03%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 80 (41.03%) Linux
2 48 (24.62%) Windows
3 22 (11.28%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.54%) SUSE
7 3 (1.54%) Unix
8 2 (1.03%) VMS
9 1 (0.51%) CentOS
9 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (67.69%) CI/CD
2 118 (60.51%) Infrastructure as Code
3 115 (58.97%) DevOps
4 55 (28.21%) Platform Engineering
5 52 (26.67%) Containerisation
5 52 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (25.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 49 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (23.59%) Cloud Security
7 46 (23.59%) Observability
8 39 (20.00%) Agile
9 36 (18.46%) Configuration Management
10 34 (17.44%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (12.82%) AI
12 23 (11.79%) DevSecOps
13 22 (11.28%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (11.28%) Migration
14 21 (10.77%) Mentoring
15 20 (10.26%) Incident Response
16 19 (9.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (50.77%) Python
2 70 (35.90%) PowerShell
3 55 (28.21%) Bash
4 26 (13.33%) Bicep
5 18 (9.23%) SQL
6 16 (8.21%) Go
7 12 (6.15%) Java
8 6 (3.08%) C#
8 6 (3.08%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.54%) Elixir
10 3 (1.54%) Erlang
11 2 (1.03%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.51%) C
12 1 (0.51%) C++
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (18.97%) Degree
2 33 (16.92%) Security Cleared
3 16 (8.21%) AWS Certification
4 15 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 13 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 13 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.62%) CISSP
6 9 (4.62%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.03%) CCIE
9 2 (1.03%) CCNA
9 2 (1.03%) CCNP
9 2 (1.03%) CISM
9 2 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.51%) GAWN
10 1 (0.51%) GREM
10 1 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.13%) NIST
2 6 (3.08%) QA
3 5 (2.56%) GDPR
3 5 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.56%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.54%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.03%) GxP
5 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
System Software
1 53 (27.18%) Docker
2 32 (16.41%) Active Directory
3 26 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (8.72%) vSphere
5 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 8 (4.10%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (4.10%) VMware NSX
6 7 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.54%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.54%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.51%) Firmware
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 142 (72.82%) Terraform
2 97 (49.74%) Kubernetes
3 80 (41.03%) Ansible
4 47 (24.10%) Grafana
5 34 (17.44%) Prometheus
6 15 (7.69%) Puppet
7 10 (5.13%) Progress Chef
8 8 (4.10%) Proxmox
9 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (3.08%) Argo
11 5 (2.56%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (2.56%) Packer
11 5 (2.56%) Rancher
11 5 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (2.05%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.54%) Scalr
14 2 (1.03%) PowerCLI
14 2 (1.03%) yum
15 1 (0.51%) Istio
15 1 (0.51%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 53 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 46 (23.59%) VMware
3 18 (9.23%) Cisco
4 14 (7.18%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.64%) Red Hat
6 10 (5.13%) Oracle
6 10 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.10%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.59%) Splunk
9 6 (3.08%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.56%) F5
10 5 (2.56%) NetApp
11 4 (2.05%) Atlassian
11 4 (2.05%) Citrix
11 4 (2.05%) Cribl.io
11 4 (2.05%) EMC
11 4 (2.05%) IFS
12 3 (1.54%) Dell
12 3 (1.54%) Google
12 3 (1.54%) Tenable