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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 125 122
Rank change year-on-year +51 -3 -55
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 809 400 602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.28% 2.45% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 2.62% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 542 300 374
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,375 £104,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 20 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.22%) Apache
3 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.85%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.74%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.62%) Confluence
6 5 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.49%) Camunda
7 4 (0.49%) CMS
8 3 (0.37%) IIS
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.25%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 465 (57.48%) Azure
2 428 (52.90%) AWS
3 152 (18.79%) GCP
4 134 (16.56%) GitHub
5 111 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
5 111 (13.72%) Serverless
6 93 (11.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 77 (9.52%) PaaS
8 72 (8.90%) GitHub Actions
9 69 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (8.03%) SaaS
11 64 (7.91%) Cloud Computing
12 61 (7.54%) Azure AKS
13 59 (7.29%) IaaS
14 55 (6.80%) Amazon S3
14 55 (6.80%) Azure Monitor
15 50 (6.18%) Entra ID
16 44 (5.44%) Power Platform
17 43 (5.32%) AWS Lambda
18 39 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 74 (9.15%) WAN
2 70 (8.65%) LAN
3 55 (6.80%) Firewall
4 52 (6.43%) VPN
5 48 (5.93%) DNS
6 43 (5.32%) TCP/IP
7 42 (5.19%) Broadband
8 24 (2.97%) DHCP
9 19 (2.35%) BGP
10 18 (2.22%) Network Security
11 16 (1.98%) OSPF
12 14 (1.73%) VXLAN
13 9 (1.11%) VLAN
14 8 (0.99%) Ethernet VPN
15 7 (0.87%) SD-WAN
16 5 (0.62%) HTTP
16 5 (0.62%) NGFW
16 5 (0.62%) Wireless
17 4 (0.49%) NX-OS
17 4 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.37%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.32%) Metadata
3 37 (4.57%) MongoDB
4 30 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (3.71%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.34%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.09%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.97%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (2.47%) Delta Lake
10 17 (2.10%) Data Vault
11 16 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.61%) MySQL
13 11 (1.36%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.11%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.99%) Big Data
16 7 (0.87%) Power BI
16 7 (0.87%) Redis
Development Applications
1 82 (10.14%) Git
2 49 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 48 (5.93%) GitLab
4 9 (1.11%) JIRA
5 7 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.74%) NUnit
7 5 (0.62%) Poetry
8 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.49%) Snyk
8 4 (0.49%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.37%) JUnit
9 3 (0.37%) Postman
9 3 (0.37%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.25%) JMeter
10 2 (0.25%) MLflow
10 2 (0.25%) MSI
10 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 322 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 192 (23.73%) Finance
3 95 (11.74%) Public Sector
4 68 (8.41%) Law
5 63 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
6 58 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (5.07%) Banking
9 28 (3.46%) Games
10 26 (3.21%) Retail
11 16 (1.98%) Legal
12 14 (1.73%) Marketing
13 12 (1.48%) Local Government
14 11 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.74%) Police
16 6 (0.74%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.62%) Advertising
17 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 238 (29.42%) Senior
2 142 (17.55%) Architect
3 127 (15.70%) Lead
4 103 (12.73%) Cloud Engineer
5 97 (11.99%) DevOps Engineer
6 81 (10.01%) Azure Engineer
7 67 (8.28%) Platform Engineer
7 67 (8.28%) Software Engineer
8 66 (8.16%) Systems Architect
9 61 (7.54%) Developer
10 53 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 39 (4.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 39 (4.82%) Python Engineer
12 37 (4.57%) AWS Engineer
12 37 (4.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 36 (4.45%) Data Engineer
13 36 (4.45%) Site Engineer
14 30 (3.71%) Senior Software Engineer
15 29 (3.58%) Technical Leader
16 27 (3.34%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (57.35%) Terraform
2 71 (8.78%) React
3 49 (6.06%) Node.js
4 46 (5.69%) RESTful
5 43 (5.32%) .NET
5 43 (5.32%) REST
6 32 (3.96%) AWS CDK
7 31 (3.83%) PySpark
8 30 (3.71%) Kafka
9 27 (3.34%) ARM Templates
10 22 (2.72%) Next.js
11 20 (2.47%) Spring
12 19 (2.35%) CSS
13 17 (2.10%) YAML
14 15 (1.85%) Spring Boot
15 14 (1.73%) .NET Core
15 14 (1.73%) AngularJS
15 14 (1.73%) FastAPI
16 13 (1.61%) OAuth
16 13 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 229 (28.31%) Cloud Native
2 98 (12.11%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.81%) Public Cloud
4 41 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.33%) Video\Live Streaming
6 31 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (3.46%) Security Posture
8 24 (2.97%) Data Centre
8 24 (2.97%) Low-Code
9 22 (2.72%) Product Ownership
10 19 (2.35%) Blog
10 19 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.98%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.98%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.73%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.61%) Podcast
14 12 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.48%) PKI
15 11 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 91 (11.25%) Linux
2 63 (7.79%) Windows
3 29 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.09%) Unix
5 13 (1.61%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (69.22%) CI/CD
2 400 (49.44%) DevOps
3 283 (34.98%) Observability
4 251 (31.03%) Containerisation
5 242 (29.91%) Mentoring
6 216 (26.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (26.45%) AI
8 203 (25.09%) Agile
9 197 (24.35%) Software Engineering
10 170 (21.01%) Technical Leadership
11 168 (20.77%) Platform Engineering
12 165 (20.40%) Roadmaps
13 153 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
14 128 (15.82%) Analytics
15 115 (14.22%) Microservices
16 111 (13.72%) Test Automation
17 107 (13.23%) Cloud Security
18 96 (11.87%) Full-Stack Development
19 95 (11.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 91 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 331 (40.91%) Python
2 121 (14.96%) Bicep
3 116 (14.34%) PowerShell
4 112 (13.84%) SQL
5 98 (12.11%) Bash
6 87 (10.75%) Java
7 83 (10.26%) TypeScript
8 70 (8.65%) Go
9 55 (6.80%) JavaScript
10 48 (5.93%) C#
11 20 (2.47%) Scala
12 14 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.36%) Ruby
14 8 (0.99%) Groovy
14 8 (0.99%) PHP
15 7 (0.87%) C++
16 6 (0.74%) Rust
17 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.25%) C
18 2 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 140 (17.31%) Security Cleared
2 128 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.88%) Azure Certification
4 49 (6.06%) Degree
5 38 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (3.96%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.60%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.10%) SnowPro
10 12 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.11%) CCNP
12 8 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.62%) CCNA
14 5 (0.62%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.49%) CCIE
16 3 (0.37%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.17%) GRC
2 51 (6.30%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.47%) QA
4 18 (2.22%) GDPR
4 18 (2.22%) NIST
5 15 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.11%) SLA
9 8 (0.99%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.74%) NCSC
11 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.12%) IASME
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 154 (19.04%) Docker
2 52 (6.43%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (2.35%) vSphere
6 18 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 211 (26.08%) Kubernetes
2 86 (10.63%) Ansible
3 79 (9.77%) Grafana
4 47 (5.81%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.60%) Argo
6 18 (2.22%) Istio
7 17 (2.10%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.24%) FortiGate
8 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.99%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.87%) Puppet
12 6 (0.74%) Packer
13 5 (0.62%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.49%) Cilium
14 4 (0.49%) linkerd
15 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
15 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
16 2 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 270 (33.37%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.92%) Google
3 34 (4.20%) VMware
4 32 (3.96%) Databricks
5 23 (2.84%) Dynatrace
6 22 (2.72%) Oracle
7 16 (1.98%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.85%) Cisco
9 13 (1.61%) Red Hat
10 12 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.48%) Informatica
10 12 (1.48%) Okta
10 12 (1.48%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.48%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.36%) Splunk
12 8 (0.99%) Arista
13 7 (0.87%) ForgeRock
14 6 (0.74%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.74%) Zscaler
15 5 (0.62%) Ping Identity