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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 518 558
Rank change year-on-year +52 +40 -71
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 384 163 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.37% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 250 114 167
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,800 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £75,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.13% +8.70% -1.43%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,250 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 85,804 43,854 61,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.92% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,130 24,461 33,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Automation in the UK

Infrastructure Automation
Top 17 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 28 September 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 +43 344 £70,400 -6.13% 424
UK excluding London -3 214 £65,000 +4.00% 207
London +2 133 £85,000 +4.62% 226
Work from Home -3 97 £70,000 -1.75% 165
North of England -15 82 £57,500 -8.00% 74
South West -39 47 £75,000 - 23
South East -21 46 £65,000 -13.33% 63
North West -22 40 £70,400 +8.31% 43
Yorkshire -8 24 £58,750 -6.00% 20
North East -45 24 £55,000 -16.98% 12
East of England -18 13 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Midlands -43 12 £62,000 +6.44% 22
Wales -53 11 £64,750 +15.11% 1
West Midlands -34 7 £62,000 +3.33% 9
East Midlands -33 5 £65,000 +11.59% 13
Scotland 0 2 - - 18
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 (2.60%) Apache
1 10 (2.60%) OpenStack
2 9 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.08%) nginx
4 7 (1.82%) Confluence
4 7 (1.82%) Jupyter
4 7 (1.82%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.30%) IIS
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.04%) SAS
7 3 (0.78%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.52%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.26%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 185 (48.18%) Azure
2 149 (38.80%) AWS
3 87 (22.66%) GitHub
4 66 (17.19%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (13.80%) Entra ID
5 53 (13.80%) GitHub Actions
6 48 (12.50%) GCP
7 47 (12.24%) Amazon S3
7 47 (12.24%) AWS CloudFormation
8 43 (11.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 41 (10.68%) Serverless
10 40 (10.42%) Amazon EKS
11 35 (9.11%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (8.59%) Amazon ECS
12 33 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (7.81%) Azure AKS
13 30 (7.81%) SaaS
14 22 (5.73%) PaaS
15 18 (4.69%) IaaS
15 18 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.89%) Firewall
2 37 (9.64%) VPN
3 23 (5.99%) DNS
4 22 (5.73%) Kerberos
5 19 (4.95%) Network Security
6 13 (3.39%) TCP/IP
7 11 (2.86%) DHCP
8 9 (2.34%) WAN
9 6 (1.56%) LAN
10 4 (1.04%) NAS
10 4 (1.04%) VLAN
10 4 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.04%) Wireless
11 3 (0.78%) BGP
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.52%) VSAN
12 2 (0.52%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.73%) Amazon RDS
1 22 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
3 8 (2.08%) DynamoDB
4 7 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.04%) Ataccama
7 4 (1.04%) IBM InfoSphere
7 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.04%) MySQL
7 4 (1.04%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.04%) TIBCO EBX
8 3 (0.78%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 51 (13.28%) GitLab
2 47 (12.24%) Jenkins
3 42 (10.94%) Git
4 17 (4.43%) JIRA
5 6 (1.56%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.30%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.78%) Snyk
8 3 (0.78%) Subversion
9 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.52%) Flyway
9 2 (0.52%) JMeter
9 2 (0.52%) Postman
9 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.26%) JUnit
10 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 73 (19.01%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.97%) Finance
3 37 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.69%) Law
7 13 (3.39%) Banking
7 13 (3.39%) Retail
8 10 (2.60%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.04%) Legal
11 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.78%) Police
13 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.52%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.26%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 97 (25.26%) Senior
2 93 (24.22%) DevOps Engineer
3 77 (20.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (14.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 56 (14.58%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (13.02%) Platform Engineer
7 38 (9.90%) Architect
8 32 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
9 26 (6.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 26 (6.77%) Lead
9 26 (6.77%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 24 (6.25%) Senior DevOps
11 22 (5.73%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 21 (5.47%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 18 (4.69%) Automation Engineer
14 17 (4.43%) AWS DevOps
14 17 (4.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 16 (4.17%) Administrator
16 14 (3.65%) Systems Administrator
17 13 (3.39%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (59.90%) Terraform
2 27 (7.03%) OpenID
3 26 (6.77%) SAML
4 24 (6.25%) OAuth
5 23 (5.99%) ARM Templates
6 19 (4.95%) LDAP
7 18 (4.69%) Node.js
7 18 (4.69%) REST
8 11 (2.86%) RESTful
9 9 (2.34%) .NET
9 9 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (2.08%) Kafka
11 7 (1.82%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.82%) PySpark
12 6 (1.56%) Loki
12 6 (1.56%) Pulumi
13 5 (1.30%) AWS CDK
13 5 (1.30%) OpenTofu
13 5 (1.30%) React
14 4 (1.04%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 95 (24.74%) Cloud Native
2 44 (11.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (7.03%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (5.99%) Private Cloud
5 21 (5.47%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.13%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.60%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (2.60%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.34%) Data Structures
10 9 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.08%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (1.82%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.82%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.56%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 119 (30.99%) Linux
2 71 (18.49%) Windows
3 29 (7.55%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.39%) Unix
6 9 (2.34%) Debian
7 7 (1.82%) Rocky
7 7 (1.82%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.82%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.26%) Android
10 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (67.45%) CI/CD
2 252 (65.63%) DevOps
3 226 (58.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 125 (32.55%) Platform Engineering
5 122 (31.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 105 (27.34%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (25.00%) Agile
8 94 (24.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 93 (24.22%) Cloud Security
10 88 (22.92%) Observability
11 87 (22.66%) Containerisation
12 66 (17.19%) Mentoring
13 60 (15.63%) Migration
14 59 (15.36%) AI
15 55 (14.32%) Technical Leadership
16 49 (12.76%) Deployment Automation
17 48 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
17 48 (12.50%) Roadmaps
17 48 (12.50%) Test Automation
18 45 (11.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 190 (49.48%) Python
2 128 (33.33%) Bash
3 127 (33.07%) PowerShell
4 51 (13.28%) SQL
5 33 (8.59%) Bicep
6 23 (5.99%) Go
7 20 (5.21%) Java
8 9 (2.34%) PHP
9 8 (2.08%) C#
10 6 (1.56%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.30%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.78%) Ruby
14 2 (0.52%) C
14 2 (0.52%) C++
14 2 (0.52%) Fortran
14 2 (0.52%) Rust
15 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 127 (33.07%) Security Cleared
2 69 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 37 (9.64%) DV Cleared
4 26 (6.77%) Degree
5 20 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (4.95%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.95%) Azure Certification
7 17 (4.43%) CISSP
8 14 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.56%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.52%) CCNP
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.52%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.39%) QA
3 11 (2.86%) NIST
4 8 (2.08%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.26%) GDPR
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 96 (25.00%) Docker
2 56 (14.58%) Active Directory
3 28 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.65%) vSphere
5 12 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (2.60%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.82%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.30%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.04%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.52%) Xen
12 1 (0.26%) GPFS
12 1 (0.26%) NFS
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 145 (37.76%) Kubernetes
2 108 (28.13%) Ansible
3 52 (13.54%) Grafana
4 45 (11.72%) Prometheus
5 21 (5.47%) Puppet
6 16 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (2.60%) Argo
8 9 (2.34%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.82%) Progress Chef
9 7 (1.82%) Proxmox
10 6 (1.56%) Istio
10 6 (1.56%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.78%) Packer
12 2 (0.52%) FlexNet
12 2 (0.52%) Podman
12 2 (0.52%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.52%) Rancher
Vendors
1 107 (27.86%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.98%) VMware
3 21 (5.47%) Google
4 14 (3.65%) Cisco
5 12 (3.13%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.08%) Databricks
7 7 (1.82%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.56%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.56%) Citrix
8 6 (1.56%) IBM
8 6 (1.56%) NetApp
8 6 (1.56%) Okta
8 6 (1.56%) Oracle
9 5 (1.30%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.30%) ForgeRock
10 4 (1.04%) Informatica
10 4 (1.04%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.04%) Ping Identity
10 4 (1.04%) Splunk
10 4 (1.04%) TIBCO