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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 535 617
Rank change year-on-year +52 +82 -85
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 303 154 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.35% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 196 114 169
10th Percentile £46,814 £52,500 £46,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £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 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%

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 74,528 44,262 72,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.78% 81.61%
Number of salaries quoted 51,427 25,101 49,118
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £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 26 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 26 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 +25 270 £72,500 -6.45% 169
UK excluding London +12 161 £65,000 +4.00% 123
London +1 108 £85,000 +3.03% 68
Work from Home +26 107 £65,000 -1.89% 89
North of England -16 48 £70,400 +12.64% 44
South West -27 42 £75,000 - 17
South East -9 39 £65,000 -13.33% 41
North West +3 25 £74,500 +24.17% 24
Yorkshire -27 13 £62,500 - 12
Midlands -28 12 £64,000 +18.52% 7
Wales -48 11 £64,750 +12.61% 5
North East -42 10 £55,000 -8.33% 8
East of England -11 9 £45,000 -10.00% 4
West Midlands -16 8 £67,250 +12.08% 5
East Midlands -29 4 £64,000 +18.52% 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 10 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.64%) Apache
2 8 (2.64%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.64%) IIS
3 7 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.98%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.65%) nginx
5 5 (1.65%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.32%) SAS
7 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.33%) Confluence
8 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 167 (55.12%) Azure
2 115 (37.95%) AWS
3 72 (23.76%) GitHub
4 56 (18.48%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (14.19%) Entra ID
6 41 (13.53%) GCP
7 40 (13.20%) GitHub Actions
8 37 (12.21%) Amazon S3
9 30 (9.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (9.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 28 (9.24%) Serverless
11 27 (8.91%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (8.58%) Amazon EC2
12 26 (8.58%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (8.25%) PaaS
14 21 (6.93%) Amazon ECS
14 21 (6.93%) Azure AKS
15 20 (6.60%) SaaS
16 19 (6.27%) IaaS
17 18 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 59 (19.47%) Firewall
2 25 (8.25%) Kerberos
3 24 (7.92%) VPN
4 19 (6.27%) Network Security
5 12 (3.96%) DNS
6 11 (3.63%) WAN
7 10 (3.30%) LAN
8 6 (1.98%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.98%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (1.98%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.98%) VLAN
8 6 (1.98%) WebEx
9 5 (1.65%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.32%) DHCP
10 4 (1.32%) NAS
10 4 (1.32%) Wireless
11 2 (0.66%) BGP
11 2 (0.66%) SAN
12 1 (0.33%) MPLS
12 1 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.95%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.62%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.31%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.65%) MySQL
7 5 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.32%) Ataccama
8 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.32%) IBM InfoSphere
8 4 (1.32%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.32%) TIBCO EBX
9 3 (0.99%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.33%) Apache Iceberg
11 1 (0.33%) Trino
Development Applications
1 40 (13.20%) Git
2 31 (10.23%) Jenkins
3 30 (9.90%) GitLab
4 9 (2.97%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (2.64%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.98%) JIRA
7 3 (0.99%) Subversion
8 2 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.66%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.66%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.33%) git-flow
9 1 (0.33%) Maven
9 1 (0.33%) Snyk
9 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 51 (16.83%) Finance
2 48 (15.84%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.96%) Law
7 11 (3.63%) Retail
8 9 (2.97%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.97%) Legal
8 9 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.31%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.98%) Banking
10 6 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.98%) Legal Technology
10 6 (1.98%) Marketing
11 3 (0.99%) Automotive
11 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Electronics
11 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 74 (24.42%) Senior
2 61 (20.13%) DevOps Engineer
3 59 (19.47%) Azure Engineer
4 54 (17.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 47 (15.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 47 (15.51%) Platform Engineer
6 31 (10.23%) Architect
7 25 (8.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 24 (7.92%) Lead
9 22 (7.26%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 20 (6.60%) Automation Engineer
11 19 (6.27%) AWS Engineer
11 19 (6.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 17 (5.61%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 15 (4.95%) AWS DevOps
14 14 (4.62%) Senior DevOps
15 13 (4.29%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 11 (3.63%) Administrator
18 10 (3.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.25%) OAuth
2 24 (7.92%) OpenID
2 24 (7.92%) SAML
3 21 (6.93%) LDAP
4 20 (6.60%) ARM Templates
5 19 (6.27%) REST
6 17 (5.61%) Node.js
7 9 (2.97%) .NET
7 9 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (2.97%) Loki
7 9 (2.97%) RESTful
8 8 (2.64%) React
8 8 (2.64%) YAML
9 6 (1.98%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (1.98%) PySpark
9 6 (1.98%) XMPP
10 5 (1.65%) Kafka
10 5 (1.65%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.32%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 85 (28.05%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (6.27%) Private Cloud
4 15 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (4.95%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.95%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.29%) Data Centre
7 10 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.30%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.97%) Replication
9 8 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.31%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.31%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.98%) CMDB
11 6 (1.98%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.98%) Podcast
11 6 (1.98%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 90 (29.70%) Linux
2 59 (19.47%) Windows
3 29 (9.57%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.64%) Debian
4 8 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.65%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.65%) Unix
6 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.99%) Rocky
8 1 (0.33%) Android
8 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (69.64%) CI/CD
2 188 (62.05%) DevOps
3 182 (60.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (30.36%) Platform Engineering
5 81 (26.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 76 (25.08%) Containerisation
7 75 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (23.10%) Agile
10 68 (22.44%) Observability
11 64 (21.12%) Cloud Security
12 62 (20.46%) Mentoring
13 44 (14.52%) Identity Access Management
14 43 (14.19%) Migration
15 42 (13.86%) Roadmaps
16 41 (13.53%) Test Automation
17 37 (12.21%) AI
17 37 (12.21%) Disaster Recovery
17 37 (12.21%) RBAC
18 36 (11.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 148 (48.84%) Python
2 101 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 79 (26.07%) Bash
4 39 (12.87%) Bicep
5 33 (10.89%) SQL
6 20 (6.60%) Go
7 12 (3.96%) Java
8 8 (2.64%) C#
9 6 (1.98%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.98%) PHP
10 3 (0.99%) Ruby
11 2 (0.66%) Groovy
11 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) ABAP
12 1 (0.33%) C
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) Fortran
12 1 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (25.08%) Security Cleared
2 38 (12.54%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.56%) Degree
4 20 (6.60%) CISSP
5 19 (6.27%) Azure Certification
5 19 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (6.27%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.63%) AWS Certification
6 11 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.66%) CCNP
8 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.66%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.33%) CCIE
9 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.63%) Data Quality
1 11 (3.63%) NIST
2 10 (3.30%) QA
3 8 (2.64%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.99%) GDPR
5 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.66%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.33%) GxP
System Software
1 79 (26.07%) Docker
2 52 (17.16%) Active Directory
3 28 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.61%) vSphere
5 12 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.31%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.98%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.65%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.99%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.99%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.66%) Xen
11 1 (0.33%) Firmware
11 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 199 (65.68%) Terraform
2 118 (38.94%) Kubernetes
3 95 (31.35%) Ansible
4 52 (17.16%) Grafana
5 40 (13.20%) Prometheus
6 14 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (3.96%) Puppet
8 7 (2.31%) Argo
8 7 (2.31%) Packer
9 6 (1.98%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.65%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.65%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.65%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.99%) Scalr
12 2 (0.66%) FlexNet
12 2 (0.66%) Istio
12 2 (0.66%) Rancher
13 1 (0.33%) Cilium
13 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 86 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.54%) VMware
3 20 (6.60%) Cisco
4 13 (4.29%) Google
4 13 (4.29%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.64%) Citrix
5 8 (2.64%) NetApp
6 7 (2.31%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.31%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.31%) Splunk
7 6 (1.98%) EMC
7 6 (1.98%) F5
7 6 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.98%) Tenable
8 5 (1.65%) Okta
9 4 (1.32%) Databricks
9 4 (1.32%) ForgeRock
9 4 (1.32%) IBM
9 4 (1.32%) Informatica
9 4 (1.32%) TIBCO