Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure as Code Job Trends

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 114 128
Rank change year-on-year +43 +14 -41
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 591 370 807
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 2.80% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 2.96% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 374 274 685
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £75,360 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% +6.78% -5.27%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -3.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Infrastructure as Code falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure as Code job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure as Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Infrastructure as Code salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 16 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.52%) Apache
3 8 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.02%) Confluence
5 4 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.51%) IIS
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 362 (61.25%) AWS
2 308 (52.12%) Azure
3 118 (19.97%) GitHub
4 117 (19.80%) GCP
5 115 (19.46%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (16.24%) Serverless
7 91 (15.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 84 (14.21%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (10.32%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (9.48%) SaaS
11 48 (8.12%) Amazon S3
12 47 (7.95%) AWS Lambda
13 44 (7.45%) PaaS
14 43 (7.28%) Azure Monitor
15 40 (6.77%) Amazon ECS
16 39 (6.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 39 (6.60%) dbt
17 38 (6.43%) Amazon EC2
17 38 (6.43%) Entra ID
18 35 (5.92%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 74 (12.52%) Firewall
2 38 (6.43%) Broadband
3 32 (5.41%) TCP/IP
4 31 (5.25%) VPN
5 18 (3.05%) DNS
6 16 (2.71%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (2.20%) BGP
7 13 (2.20%) Network Security
8 11 (1.86%) VLAN
9 10 (1.69%) LAN
9 10 (1.69%) WAN
10 8 (1.35%) DHCP
11 5 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.85%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.85%) WebEx
12 4 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.51%) Modbus
14 2 (0.34%) HTTP
14 2 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.63%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (7.11%) NoSQL
3 38 (6.43%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (5.41%) SQL Server
5 27 (4.57%) Relational Database
6 21 (3.55%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (3.55%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.21%) RDBMS
8 15 (2.54%) DynamoDB
8 15 (2.54%) Metadata
9 14 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.20%) Delta Lake
11 12 (2.03%) MySQL
11 12 (2.03%) Redis
12 11 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.35%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 54 (9.14%) Git
2 43 (7.28%) GitLab
3 40 (6.77%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.21%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.69%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.52%) JIRA
6 9 (1.52%) JMeter
7 6 (1.02%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.02%) Locust
7 6 (1.02%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.85%) NUnit
8 5 (0.85%) Selenium
8 5 (0.85%) Storybook
9 4 (0.68%) git-flow
10 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.51%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.34%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 156 (26.40%) Social Skills
2 143 (24.20%) Finance
3 69 (11.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (9.14%) Banking
5 53 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 51 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
7 50 (8.46%) Retail
8 39 (6.60%) Law
9 28 (4.74%) Telecoms
10 26 (4.40%) Financial Institution
11 22 (3.72%) Back Office
12 18 (3.05%) Billing
13 14 (2.37%) Marketing
14 8 (1.35%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.35%) Legal
15 7 (1.18%) Games
15 7 (1.18%) Tech for Good
16 6 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (25.38%) Senior
2 111 (18.78%) Lead
3 83 (14.04%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (11.34%) DevOps Engineer
5 64 (10.83%) Platform Engineer
6 60 (10.15%) Developer
7 57 (9.64%) Azure Engineer
8 56 (9.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 43 (7.28%) AWS Engineer
10 30 (5.08%) Architect
10 30 (5.08%) Software Engineer
11 27 (4.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 26 (4.40%) Senior DevOps
13 25 (4.23%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.72%) Lead DevOps
15 21 (3.55%) Python Engineer
16 20 (3.38%) Lead Cloud Engineer
17 19 (3.21%) Lead Developer
18 18 (3.05%) Operations Engineer
18 18 (3.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.61%) .NET
1 45 (7.61%) React
2 36 (6.09%) REST
2 36 (6.09%) RESTful
3 35 (5.92%) Node.js
4 32 (5.41%) Elastic Stack
5 30 (5.08%) Spring
6 28 (4.74%) Django
7 27 (4.57%) AWS CDK
8 25 (4.23%) OAuth
9 24 (4.06%) Spring Boot
10 23 (3.89%) YAML
11 22 (3.72%) OpenTelemetry
12 21 (3.55%) OpenAPI
12 21 (3.55%) Swagger
13 19 (3.21%) Kafka
14 18 (3.05%) CSS
14 18 (3.05%) FastAPI
14 18 (3.05%) HTML
14 18 (3.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 159 (26.90%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 38 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 37 (6.26%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (4.57%) Security Posture
6 26 (4.40%) Data Centre
7 21 (3.55%) Public Cloud
8 20 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (3.38%) Mobile App
8 20 (3.38%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.88%) Legacy Applications
10 16 (2.71%) Blog
10 16 (2.71%) Video\Live Streaming
11 12 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.35%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 130 (22.00%) Linux
2 46 (7.78%) Unix
2 46 (7.78%) Windows
3 20 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.37%) Android
5 13 (2.20%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.02%) VMS
7 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) CentOS
8 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (70.05%) CI/CD
2 392 (66.33%) DevOps
3 206 (34.86%) Agile
4 176 (29.78%) Observability
5 175 (29.61%) Mentoring
6 153 (25.89%) Containerisation
7 152 (25.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 123 (20.81%) Platform Engineering
9 113 (19.12%) Software Engineering
10 106 (17.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 104 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (16.07%) Test Automation
13 92 (15.57%) Technical Leadership
14 86 (14.55%) AI
15 83 (14.04%) Roadmaps
16 74 (12.52%) Microservices
17 73 (12.35%) Analytics
17 73 (12.35%) Coaching
17 73 (12.35%) Incident Response
18 70 (11.84%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 240 (40.61%) Python
2 97 (16.41%) Java
3 92 (15.57%) Bash
4 80 (13.54%) SQL
5 78 (13.20%) PowerShell
6 70 (11.84%) Bicep
7 65 (11.00%) JavaScript
8 60 (10.15%) Go
9 45 (7.61%) TypeScript
10 39 (6.60%) C#
11 12 (2.03%) Scala
12 9 (1.52%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.85%) C++
14 5 (0.85%) Ruby
15 4 (0.68%) Rust
16 2 (0.34%) PHP
16 2 (0.34%) VB
17 1 (0.17%) C
17 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (13.37%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.51%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.12%) AWS Certification
3 48 (8.12%) Degree
4 42 (7.11%) Azure Certification
5 17 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.35%) CCNP
10 7 (1.18%) CREST Certified
10 7 (1.18%) OSCP
11 6 (1.02%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (1.02%) CCNA
12 5 (0.85%) LPIC
12 5 (0.85%) MCSE
12 5 (0.85%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.68%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (5.41%) QA
3 26 (4.40%) PCI DSS
4 25 (4.23%) GDPR
4 25 (4.23%) SOC 2
5 22 (3.72%) Accessibility
6 21 (3.55%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.54%) NIST
8 7 (1.18%) GRC
9 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.85%) SLA
10 5 (0.85%) WCAG
11 4 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.68%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.17%) IFRS
13 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 168 (28.43%) Docker
2 25 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.21%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.20%) vSphere
5 12 (2.03%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.68%) Firmware
8 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.34%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 407 (68.87%) Terraform
2 214 (36.21%) Kubernetes
3 118 (19.97%) Ansible
4 75 (12.69%) Prometheus
5 73 (12.35%) Grafana
6 29 (4.91%) Argo
7 21 (3.55%) Kustomize
8 14 (2.37%) Puppet
9 12 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.52%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.18%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.68%) Cilium
13 4 (0.68%) logstash
13 4 (0.68%) Packer
13 4 (0.68%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 96 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.61%) Google
3 40 (6.77%) VMware
4 29 (4.91%) Cisco
5 21 (3.55%) Databricks
6 17 (2.88%) Splunk
7 16 (2.71%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.20%) Palo Alto
8 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.69%) Ab Initio
10 9 (1.52%) New Relic
11 8 (1.35%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.18%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.18%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.18%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.02%) F5
13 6 (1.02%) Juniper
13 6 (1.02%) NetApp
13 6 (1.02%) Okta
14 5 (0.85%) AppDynamics