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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 520 720
Rank change year-on-year -3 +200 -70
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 196 127 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.32% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 113 87 141
10th Percentile £47,617 £52,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +18.52% -3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £111,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% -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 66,454 39,098 81,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.05% 92.85% 85.76%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 22,768 59,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.90%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 25 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 25 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 -14 172 £75,000 -6.25% 60
UK excluding London -30 93 £70,000 -3.45% 42
London +5 82 £80,000 -11.11% 27
Work from Home +27 72 £70,000 -9.09% 51
South West -32 27 £62,500 - 5
South East -38 24 £62,500 -16.67% 18
North of England -44 22 £72,500 +18.37% 12
North West -35 13 £80,000 - 7
Midlands -36 9 £72,500 -6.45% 1
Yorkshire -55 9 £47,500 -24.00% 3
East of England -28 5 £85,000 +17.24% 5
East Midlands - 5 £64,000 - 1
West Midlands -23 4 £88,750 +14.52%
Scotland -20 3 - - 1
Wales - 3 - - 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 (4.08%) IIS
1 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.55%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.04%) Confluence
4 2 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.02%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Weka
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 96 (48.98%) Azure
2 84 (42.86%) AWS
3 46 (23.47%) GitHub
4 30 (15.31%) GitHub Actions
5 27 (13.78%) Amazon EKS
6 26 (13.27%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (12.24%) GCP
8 23 (11.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 20 (10.20%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (10.20%) Serverless
10 19 (9.69%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (9.69%) Entra ID
11 18 (9.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 17 (8.67%) PaaS
13 16 (8.16%) Amazon S3
13 16 (8.16%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (8.16%) IaaS
13 16 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (7.14%) OpenShift
15 13 (6.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (20.41%) Firewall
2 24 (12.24%) VPN
3 14 (7.14%) Network Security
4 12 (6.12%) DNS
5 10 (5.10%) Kerberos
6 9 (4.59%) WAN
7 8 (4.08%) VLAN
8 6 (3.06%) LAN
9 5 (2.55%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (2.55%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (2.55%) Unified Communications
9 5 (2.55%) WebEx
10 4 (2.04%) DHCP
11 3 (1.53%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.02%) SAN
12 2 (1.02%) Wireless
13 1 (0.51%) BGP
13 1 (0.51%) OSPF
13 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.08%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.04%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.02%) Big Data
5 2 (1.02%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.02%) MySQL
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (16.33%) Git
1 32 (16.33%) Jenkins
2 18 (9.18%) GitLab
3 9 (4.59%) Bitbucket
3 9 (4.59%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (3.57%) JIRA
5 5 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.53%) Subversion
7 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.51%) git-flow
7 1 (0.51%) Maven
7 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.92%) Finance
3 25 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 13 (6.63%) Retail
6 10 (5.10%) Legal
7 9 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.08%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.57%) Banking
9 7 (3.57%) Law
10 6 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.55%) Marketing
12 3 (1.53%) Advertising
12 3 (1.53%) Automotive
12 3 (1.53%) Electronics
12 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (22.96%) Senior
2 38 (19.39%) Platform Engineer
3 36 (18.37%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (16.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 31 (15.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (14.80%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (9.18%) Architect
8 16 (8.16%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (7.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 11 (5.61%) Senior DevOps
11 10 (5.10%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 10 (5.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) Administrator
12 8 (4.08%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) DevOps Administrator
12 8 (4.08%) Lead
12 8 (4.08%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 8 (4.08%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.12%) REST
2 11 (5.61%) OAuth
3 10 (5.10%) LDAP
3 10 (5.10%) Loki
4 9 (4.59%) Node.js
4 9 (4.59%) OpenID
4 9 (4.59%) SAML
5 8 (4.08%) ARM Templates
6 7 (3.57%) RESTful
6 7 (3.57%) YAML
7 6 (3.06%) Kafka
8 5 (2.55%) Middleware
8 5 (2.55%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (2.55%) XMPP
9 4 (2.04%) React
10 3 (1.53%) .NET
10 3 (1.53%) NestJS
11 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (1.02%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.88%) Cloud Native
2 21 (10.71%) Private Cloud
3 20 (10.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (7.14%) Public Cloud
5 13 (6.63%) Data Centre
6 11 (5.61%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (4.59%) Product Ownership
8 8 (4.08%) CMDB
8 8 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (4.08%) Replication
9 6 (3.06%) Podcast
10 5 (2.55%) FlexPod
10 5 (2.55%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.55%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (2.04%) PKI
12 3 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.53%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 83 (42.35%) Linux
2 48 (24.49%) Windows
3 22 (11.22%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.55%) Unix
6 5 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.53%) SUSE
8 2 (1.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (67.35%) CI/CD
2 118 (60.20%) Infrastructure as Code
3 112 (57.14%) DevOps
4 55 (28.06%) Platform Engineering
5 53 (27.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (25.51%) Containerisation
6 50 (25.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 49 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (23.98%) Observability
9 45 (22.96%) Cloud Security
10 41 (20.92%) Agile
11 37 (18.88%) Configuration Management
12 34 (17.35%) Disaster Recovery
13 26 (13.27%) Mentoring
14 25 (12.76%) DevSecOps
15 24 (12.24%) AI
15 24 (12.24%) Identity Access Management
15 24 (12.24%) Migration
16 22 (11.22%) Roadmaps
17 20 (10.20%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 101 (51.53%) Python
2 67 (34.18%) PowerShell
3 55 (28.06%) Bash
4 24 (12.24%) Bicep
5 21 (10.71%) SQL
6 17 (8.67%) Go
7 15 (7.65%) Java
8 6 (3.06%) C#
9 5 (2.55%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.53%) Elixir
10 3 (1.53%) Erlang
10 3 (1.53%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.51%) C
12 1 (0.51%) C++
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (19.39%) Degree
1 38 (19.39%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.67%) AWS Certification
2 17 (8.67%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.63%) Azure Certification
3 13 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.61%) CISSP
5 9 (4.59%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.02%) CCIE
8 2 (1.02%) CCNP
8 2 (1.02%) CISM
8 2 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CCNA
9 1 (0.51%) GCIH
9 1 (0.51%) GIAC
9 1 (0.51%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.10%) NIST
2 7 (3.57%) QA
3 4 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.53%) GDPR
4 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.02%) GxP
5 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
System Software
1 52 (26.53%) Docker
2 33 (16.84%) Active Directory
3 25 (12.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (7.65%) vSphere
5 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 8 (4.08%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (4.08%) VMware NSX
6 7 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.53%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.53%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.51%) Firmware
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 141 (71.94%) Terraform
2 94 (47.96%) Kubernetes
3 81 (41.33%) Ansible
4 46 (23.47%) Grafana
5 34 (17.35%) Prometheus
6 16 (8.16%) Puppet
7 10 (5.10%) Progress Chef
8 8 (4.08%) Proxmox
9 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (3.06%) Argo
10 6 (3.06%) Packer
10 6 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (2.55%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (2.55%) Rancher
12 4 (2.04%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.53%) Scalr
14 2 (1.02%) PowerCLI
14 2 (1.02%) yum
15 1 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.51%) Istio
Vendors
1 53 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 44 (22.45%) VMware
3 16 (8.16%) Cisco
4 12 (6.12%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.61%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.59%) Oracle
7 8 (4.08%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.57%) Splunk
9 6 (3.06%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.55%) EMC
10 5 (2.55%) F5
10 5 (2.55%) NetApp
11 4 (2.04%) Atlassian
11 4 (2.04%) Citrix
11 4 (2.04%) Cribl.io
11 4 (2.04%) Google
11 4 (2.04%) IFS
11 4 (2.04%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.53%) Dell
12 3 (1.53%) Tenable