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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 532 652
Rank change year-on-year +43 +120 -113
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 288 149 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.34% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 184 108 181
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £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 £94,250 £102,250 £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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 17 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 17 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 +29 258 £72,500 -6.45% 119
UK excluding London +14 148 £65,000 +4.00% 90
Work from Home +33 107 £65,000 - 53
London +8 107 £85,000 +3.03% 43
South West -16 40 £75,000 - 10
South East -1 39 £65,000 -13.33% 33
North of England -15 39 £70,400 +17.33% 36
North West -2 23 £74,500 +24.17% 20
Midlands -23 12 £64,000 +18.52% 5
Yorkshire -27 11 £62,500 - 10
East of England -6 9 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Wales -45 9 £64,750 +12.61% 3
West Midlands -15 8 £67,250 +12.08% 4
North East -56 5 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East Midlands -10 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 10 (3.47%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.78%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.78%) IIS
3 7 (2.43%) Apache
4 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.08%) OpenStack
4 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.74%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.74%) nginx
6 4 (1.39%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) Confluence
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 163 (56.60%) Azure
2 105 (36.46%) AWS
3 71 (24.65%) GitHub
4 56 (19.44%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (14.58%) Entra ID
6 41 (14.24%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.85%) GCP
8 31 (10.76%) Amazon S3
9 26 (9.03%) PaaS
10 25 (8.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 24 (8.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (7.99%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (7.99%) Serverless
13 22 (7.64%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (6.94%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (6.94%) Azure AKS
14 20 (6.94%) IaaS
14 20 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (6.25%) SaaS
16 16 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (21.18%) Firewall
2 26 (9.03%) VPN
3 24 (8.33%) Kerberos
4 18 (6.25%) Network Security
5 12 (4.17%) DNS
5 12 (4.17%) WAN
6 10 (3.47%) LAN
7 7 (2.43%) VLAN
8 6 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (2.08%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (2.08%) Unified Communications
8 6 (2.08%) WebEx
9 5 (1.74%) Wireless
10 4 (1.39%) DHCP
10 4 (1.39%) NAS
10 4 (1.39%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.69%) BGP
11 2 (0.69%) SAN
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.08%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (1.39%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.39%) MySQL
5 4 (1.39%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.04%) Ataccama
6 3 (1.04%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.04%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.04%) TIBCO EBX
7 2 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.69%) Big Data
7 2 (0.69%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 39 (13.54%) Git
2 30 (10.42%) Jenkins
3 27 (9.38%) GitLab
4 9 (3.13%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (2.78%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (2.08%) JIRA
7 3 (1.04%) Subversion
8 2 (0.69%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.69%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.69%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.35%) git-flow
9 1 (0.35%) Maven
General
1 49 (17.01%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.67%) Finance
3 27 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.29%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.17%) Retail
7 10 (3.47%) Legal
8 9 (3.13%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.78%) Law
9 8 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.08%) Banking
10 6 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.08%) Legal Technology
10 6 (2.08%) Marketing
11 3 (1.04%) Automotive
11 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Electronics
11 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 73 (25.35%) Senior
2 59 (20.49%) Azure Engineer
3 54 (18.75%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (17.01%) Cloud Engineer
5 47 (16.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 47 (16.32%) Platform Engineer
6 30 (10.42%) Architect
7 24 (8.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 21 (7.29%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 21 (7.29%) Lead
9 20 (6.94%) Automation Engineer
10 19 (6.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 18 (6.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 13 (4.51%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (4.51%) Senior DevOps
13 13 (4.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.82%) Administrator
14 11 (3.82%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.99%) OAuth
2 22 (7.64%) OpenID
2 22 (7.64%) SAML
3 20 (6.94%) ARM Templates
3 20 (6.94%) LDAP
4 17 (5.90%) REST
5 16 (5.56%) Node.js
6 9 (3.13%) .NET
6 9 (3.13%) Loki
6 9 (3.13%) RESTful
7 8 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (2.78%) YAML
8 7 (2.43%) React
9 6 (2.08%) PySpark
9 6 (2.08%) XMPP
10 5 (1.74%) Kafka
10 5 (1.74%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (1.39%) OAuth2
12 3 (1.04%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.04%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 80 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (6.60%) Private Cloud
4 16 (5.56%) Public Cloud
5 15 (5.21%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.51%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.47%) Product Ownership
9 9 (3.13%) Replication
10 8 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (2.43%) CMDB
12 6 (2.08%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.08%) Podcast
12 6 (2.08%) Security Posture
12 6 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.74%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.74%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 88 (30.56%) Linux
2 59 (20.49%) Windows
3 28 (9.72%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.43%) Debian
4 7 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.74%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.39%) Unix
7 3 (1.04%) Rocky
8 1 (0.35%) Android
8 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (68.75%) CI/CD
2 176 (61.11%) DevOps
3 175 (60.76%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (30.90%) Platform Engineering
5 73 (25.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 69 (23.96%) Containerisation
6 69 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (23.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (22.92%) Agile
9 63 (21.88%) Observability
10 60 (20.83%) Cloud Security
11 57 (19.79%) Mentoring
12 43 (14.93%) Identity Access Management
13 41 (14.24%) Roadmaps
14 38 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
14 38 (13.19%) Migration
14 38 (13.19%) Test Automation
15 36 (12.50%) RBAC
16 35 (12.15%) AI
17 34 (11.81%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (48.61%) Python
2 101 (35.07%) PowerShell
3 73 (25.35%) Bash
4 40 (13.89%) Bicep
5 34 (11.81%) SQL
6 19 (6.60%) Go
7 11 (3.82%) Java
8 8 (2.78%) C#
9 6 (2.08%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.08%) PHP
10 3 (1.04%) Ruby
11 2 (0.69%) Groovy
11 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 74 (25.69%) Security Cleared
2 37 (12.85%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.11%) Degree
4 19 (6.60%) CISSP
5 18 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 18 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 16 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.82%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.69%) CCIE
10 2 (0.69%) CCNP
10 2 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.69%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.35%) CCNA
11 1 (0.35%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.17%) NIST
2 10 (3.47%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.47%) QA
3 8 (2.78%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.39%) GDPR
6 3 (1.04%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.69%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 69 (23.96%) Docker
2 51 (17.71%) Active Directory
3 28 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.90%) vSphere
5 13 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.43%) BitLocker
6 7 (2.43%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (2.43%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.74%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.69%) Xen
9 1 (0.35%) Firmware
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 193 (67.01%) Terraform
2 113 (39.24%) Kubernetes
3 95 (32.99%) Ansible
4 52 (18.06%) Grafana
5 41 (14.24%) Prometheus
6 14 (4.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (4.51%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (4.17%) Puppet
9 7 (2.43%) Packer
10 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (2.08%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.08%) Proxmox
10 6 (2.08%) ZABBIX
11 5 (1.74%) Argo
12 3 (1.04%) Scalr
13 2 (0.69%) FlexNet
13 2 (0.69%) Istio
13 2 (0.69%) Rancher
14 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 86 (29.86%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.89%) VMware
3 19 (6.60%) Cisco
4 14 (4.86%) Palo Alto
5 11 (3.82%) Google
6 8 (2.78%) Citrix
6 8 (2.78%) NetApp
7 7 (2.43%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.43%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.08%) EMC
8 6 (2.08%) F5
8 6 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.08%) Splunk
8 6 (2.08%) Tenable
9 5 (1.74%) Databricks
10 4 (1.39%) Okta
11 3 (1.04%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.04%) ForgeRock
11 3 (1.04%) Ping Identity
11 3 (1.04%) SolarWinds