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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 172 139
Rank change year-on-year +100 -33 -57
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 656 328 762
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.41% 2.21% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 2.33% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 433 236 635
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.66% -6.67%
75th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%

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 15,838 14,066 30,071
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.29% 94.75% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,315 8,250 23,532
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 4 June 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 21 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.44%) Apache
3 14 (2.13%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.76%) Jupyter
4 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 2 (0.30%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 404 (61.59%) AWS
2 301 (45.88%) Azure
3 108 (16.46%) GitHub
4 102 (15.55%) GCP
4 102 (15.55%) Serverless
5 93 (14.18%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 72 (10.98%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (8.38%) PaaS
9 49 (7.47%) Amazon S3
9 49 (7.47%) SaaS
10 46 (7.01%) Amazon EKS
11 44 (6.71%) Amazon EC2
11 44 (6.71%) IaaS
12 43 (6.55%) Azure AKS
12 43 (6.55%) Azure Monitor
13 39 (5.95%) Entra ID
14 37 (5.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 35 (5.34%) AWS Lambda
16 32 (4.88%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.52%) Firewall
2 64 (9.76%) Broadband
3 33 (5.03%) DNS
4 32 (4.88%) VPN
5 28 (4.27%) TCP/IP
6 21 (3.20%) BGP
7 17 (2.59%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (2.13%) LAN
8 14 (2.13%) WAN
9 13 (1.98%) VLAN
10 12 (1.83%) OSPF
11 10 (1.52%) DHCP
11 10 (1.52%) Network Security
12 9 (1.37%) VXLAN
13 8 (1.22%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.91%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.91%) WebEx
15 5 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.76%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (5.64%) Relational Database
3 36 (5.49%) MongoDB
4 33 (5.03%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.57%) Amazon RDS
5 30 (4.57%) Metadata
6 25 (3.81%) Data Lake
7 23 (3.51%) SQL Server
8 19 (2.90%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.29%) DynamoDB
10 13 (1.98%) Delta Lake
11 12 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.68%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.52%) MySQL
14 9 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.37%) Big Data
14 9 (1.37%) Redis
15 8 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 66 (10.06%) Git
2 50 (7.62%) GitLab
3 37 (5.64%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.74%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.22%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.91%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.91%) JMeter
6 6 (0.91%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.76%) Locust
7 5 (0.76%) NUnit
7 5 (0.76%) Selenium
8 4 (0.61%) JIRA
8 4 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.61%) Storybook
9 3 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.46%) MLflow
10 2 (0.30%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.30%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 176 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 101 (15.40%) Finance
3 67 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (6.10%) Banking
7 34 (5.18%) Retail
8 32 (4.88%) Law
9 22 (3.35%) Games
9 22 (3.35%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.29%) Billing
11 12 (1.83%) Back Office
11 12 (1.83%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.83%) Marketing
12 10 (1.52%) Legal
12 10 (1.52%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.22%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.07%) Aviation
15 6 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 166 (25.30%) Senior
2 131 (19.97%) Lead
3 86 (13.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 85 (12.96%) DevOps Engineer
5 72 (10.98%) Platform Engineer
6 69 (10.52%) Developer
7 56 (8.54%) AWS Engineer
8 54 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
9 50 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (6.86%) Software Engineer
11 39 (5.95%) Architect
12 33 (5.03%) Data Engineer
13 32 (4.88%) Senior DevOps
14 31 (4.73%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 27 (4.12%) Python Engineer
16 26 (3.96%) Lead Developer
17 23 (3.51%) Senior Developer
17 23 (3.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 20 (3.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 20 (3.05%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.77%) React
2 46 (7.01%) REST
3 41 (6.25%) RESTful
4 40 (6.10%) Node.js
5 38 (5.79%) .NET
6 34 (5.18%) AWS CDK
7 33 (5.03%) Spring
8 27 (4.12%) Spring Boot
9 26 (3.96%) YAML
10 24 (3.66%) OpenTelemetry
11 23 (3.51%) Elastic Stack
12 22 (3.35%) ARM Templates
13 21 (3.20%) Kafka
14 18 (2.74%) Django
15 17 (2.59%) Next.js
15 17 (2.59%) PyTorch
16 16 (2.44%) FastAPI
16 16 (2.44%) PySpark
16 16 (2.44%) React Native
16 16 (2.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 192 (29.27%) Cloud Native
2 59 (8.99%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 39 (5.95%) Product Ownership
3 39 (5.95%) Video\Live Streaming
4 26 (3.96%) Data Centre
5 24 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.51%) Low-Code
6 23 (3.51%) Security Posture
7 21 (3.20%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.90%) Mobile App
8 19 (2.90%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
10 13 (1.98%) Legacy Applications
11 12 (1.83%) Blog
12 10 (1.52%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.37%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 117 (17.84%) Linux
2 35 (5.34%) Windows
3 33 (5.03%) Unix
4 22 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.83%) Android
6 11 (1.68%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.46%) VMS
9 2 (0.30%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (71.19%) CI/CD
2 386 (58.84%) DevOps
3 217 (33.08%) Observability
4 210 (32.01%) Mentoring
5 207 (31.55%) Agile
6 192 (29.27%) Containerisation
7 162 (24.70%) Platform Engineering
8 157 (23.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 140 (21.34%) AI
10 138 (21.04%) Software Engineering
11 131 (19.97%) Technical Leadership
12 128 (19.51%) Test Automation
13 109 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
14 104 (15.85%) Microservices
15 97 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 96 (14.63%) Roadmaps
17 90 (13.72%) Full-Stack Development
18 78 (11.89%) Analytics
19 69 (10.52%) Machine Learning
20 67 (10.21%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 295 (44.97%) Python
2 110 (16.77%) Java
3 105 (16.01%) Bash
4 81 (12.35%) PowerShell
5 76 (11.59%) JavaScript
5 76 (11.59%) SQL
6 69 (10.52%) Go
7 68 (10.37%) Bicep
7 68 (10.37%) TypeScript
8 41 (6.25%) C#
9 14 (2.13%) Scala
10 9 (1.37%) C++
11 7 (1.07%) PHP
12 6 (0.91%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.91%) Ruby
13 5 (0.76%) Groovy
13 5 (0.76%) Rust
14 3 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.30%) C
15 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 103 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.93%) Azure Certification
3 52 (7.93%) Degree
4 45 (6.86%) AWS Certification
5 20 (3.05%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.98%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.37%) CCNP
11 6 (0.91%) CCNA
12 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 4 (0.61%) LPIC
12 4 (0.61%) MCSE
12 4 (0.61%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.61%) VCAP
12 4 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.34%) QA
2 28 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.44%) GDPR
3 16 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.29%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.13%) SOC 2
6 9 (1.37%) NIST
7 5 (0.76%) WCAG
8 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.30%) IFRS
9 2 (0.30%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) GRC
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 173 (26.37%) Docker
2 29 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 27 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.13%) vSphere
5 10 (1.52%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.61%) Firmware
9 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 400 (60.98%) Terraform
2 228 (34.76%) Kubernetes
3 110 (16.77%) Ansible
4 72 (10.98%) Grafana
4 72 (10.98%) Prometheus
5 35 (5.34%) Argo
6 24 (3.66%) Kustomize
7 14 (2.13%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.13%) Puppet
8 12 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.37%) Istio
10 8 (1.22%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.91%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.91%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.91%) Packer
12 5 (0.76%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.76%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.30%) MIIS
Vendors
1 111 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.71%) Google
3 41 (6.25%) VMware
4 31 (4.73%) Cisco
5 24 (3.66%) Palo Alto
6 20 (3.05%) Databricks
6 20 (3.05%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.98%) Fortinet
7 13 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.83%) Splunk
9 11 (1.68%) F5
10 8 (1.22%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.07%) CyberArk
12 6 (0.91%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.91%) Juniper
12 6 (0.91%) NetApp
12 6 (0.91%) Oracle
13 5 (0.76%) Arista
13 5 (0.76%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.76%) SolarWinds