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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 124 110
Rank change year-on-year +49 -14 -23
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 569 400 837
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 2.88% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 3.03% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 361 285 705
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,803 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% -2.79%
75th Percentile £85,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -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 14,366 13,216 27,580
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.17% 95.27% 92.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,452 8,852 22,837
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,478 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 15 March 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 15 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (1.93%) Apache
3 10 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.58%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.70%) Confluence
6 4 (0.70%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Camunda
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 342 (60.11%) AWS
2 316 (55.54%) Azure
3 130 (22.85%) Azure DevOps
4 129 (22.67%) GitHub
5 101 (17.75%) GCP
6 95 (16.70%) GitHub Actions
7 94 (16.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 94 (16.52%) Serverless
8 57 (10.02%) SaaS
9 56 (9.84%) Amazon EKS
9 56 (9.84%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (9.49%) PaaS
11 51 (8.96%) Amazon S3
12 50 (8.79%) Entra ID
13 49 (8.61%) AWS Lambda
14 45 (7.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 41 (7.21%) IaaS
16 40 (7.03%) Amazon ECS
17 39 (6.85%) dbt
18 38 (6.68%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 67 (11.78%) Firewall
2 37 (6.50%) Broadband
3 35 (6.15%) VPN
4 28 (4.92%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.16%) DNS
6 14 (2.46%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (2.11%) BGP
7 12 (2.11%) Network Security
8 11 (1.93%) VLAN
9 7 (1.23%) WAN
10 4 (0.70%) DHCP
10 4 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.70%) LAN
10 4 (0.70%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.53%) Modbus
11 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.53%) WebEx
12 2 (0.35%) DSL
12 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.91%) NoSQL
2 43 (7.56%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (6.85%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (4.92%) SQL Server
5 24 (4.22%) Relational Database
6 23 (4.04%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (3.34%) RDBMS
9 18 (3.16%) MongoDB
10 16 (2.81%) Redis
11 15 (2.64%) DynamoDB
11 15 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.64%) MySQL
12 14 (2.46%) Delta Lake
12 14 (2.46%) Metadata
13 10 (1.76%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
16 5 (0.88%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 52 (9.14%) Jenkins
2 44 (7.73%) Git
3 42 (7.38%) GitLab
4 19 (3.34%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.58%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.41%) JIRA
6 8 (1.41%) JMeter
6 8 (1.41%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.23%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.05%) git-flow
9 5 (0.88%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.88%) Locust
9 5 (0.88%) Storybook
9 5 (0.88%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.70%) Selenium
11 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.53%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.35%) NUnit
12 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 144 (25.31%) Finance
2 140 (24.60%) Social Skills
3 61 (10.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 58 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 48 (8.44%) Banking
7 45 (7.91%) Retail
8 37 (6.50%) Law
9 28 (4.92%) Telecoms
10 24 (4.22%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.51%) Back Office
12 16 (2.81%) Billing
13 12 (2.11%) Marketing
14 9 (1.58%) Games
15 8 (1.41%) Legal
16 7 (1.23%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.23%) Tech for Good
17 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.88%) Military
18 5 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 141 (24.78%) Senior
2 96 (16.87%) Lead
3 86 (15.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 68 (11.95%) Platform Engineer
5 63 (11.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
7 55 (9.67%) Developer
8 48 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 42 (7.38%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (5.45%) Architect
11 28 (4.92%) Software Engineer
12 25 (4.39%) Senior DevOps
13 24 (4.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 24 (4.22%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.87%) Lead DevOps
15 20 (3.51%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 18 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 17 (2.99%) AWS Platform Engineer
18 16 (2.81%) Senior Developer
19 15 (2.64%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.91%) .NET
1 45 (7.91%) React
2 35 (6.15%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (6.15%) RESTful
3 33 (5.80%) REST
4 31 (5.45%) Node.js
5 28 (4.92%) Spring
6 26 (4.57%) OAuth
6 26 (4.57%) YAML
7 24 (4.22%) AWS CDK
8 23 (4.04%) Django
8 23 (4.04%) Spring Boot
9 22 (3.87%) JSON
10 21 (3.69%) OpenTelemetry
11 20 (3.51%) CSS
11 20 (3.51%) OpenAPI
11 20 (3.51%) Swagger
12 19 (3.34%) HTML
12 19 (3.34%) Kafka
13 15 (2.64%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 141 (24.78%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 35 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 34 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.27%) Data Centre
6 26 (4.57%) Public Cloud
7 25 (4.39%) Security Posture
8 23 (4.04%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.81%) Blog
11 15 (2.64%) Legacy Applications
11 15 (2.64%) Video\Live Streaming
12 14 (2.46%) Mobile App
13 13 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (1.76%) Management Information System
16 8 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
17 7 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 131 (23.02%) Linux
2 50 (8.79%) Unix
3 48 (8.44%) Windows
4 14 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.93%) Android
6 10 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.76%) VMS
7 7 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.05%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.88%) CentOS
10 4 (0.70%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.18%) Debian
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (67.84%) CI/CD
2 385 (67.66%) DevOps
3 190 (33.39%) Agile
4 164 (28.82%) Mentoring
5 160 (28.12%) Observability
6 147 (25.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 140 (24.60%) Containerisation
8 113 (19.86%) Platform Engineering
9 98 (17.22%) Software Engineering
10 97 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 93 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
12 87 (15.29%) AI
13 83 (14.59%) Test Automation
14 82 (14.41%) Analytics
15 80 (14.06%) Roadmaps
16 79 (13.88%) Coaching
17 78 (13.71%) Incident Response
18 73 (12.83%) Technical Leadership
19 71 (12.48%) Cloud Security
20 61 (10.72%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 232 (40.77%) Python
2 101 (17.75%) Bash
3 100 (17.57%) PowerShell
4 85 (14.94%) Java
5 82 (14.41%) SQL
6 78 (13.71%) Bicep
7 59 (10.37%) JavaScript
8 56 (9.84%) Go
9 39 (6.85%) C#
9 39 (6.85%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.11%) Scala
11 8 (1.41%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.05%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.53%) Ruby
13 3 (0.53%) Rust
14 2 (0.35%) C++
14 2 (0.35%) PHP
14 2 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 72 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.79%) AWS Certification
4 45 (7.91%) Azure Certification
5 42 (7.38%) Degree
6 19 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.46%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.41%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.05%) CCNP
12 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.88%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.88%) OSCP
12 5 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.70%) OSCE
13 4 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (5.27%) QA
3 27 (4.75%) GDPR
4 26 (4.57%) SOC 2
5 25 (4.39%) PCI DSS
6 23 (4.04%) Data Quality
7 21 (3.69%) Accessibility
8 17 (2.99%) NIST
9 7 (1.23%) GRC
9 7 (1.23%) SLA
10 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.70%) WCAG
12 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 172 (30.23%) Docker
2 31 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.04%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.46%) VMware NSX
5 12 (2.11%) vSphere
6 11 (1.93%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.70%) Firmware
9 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.35%) vCloud
11 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 396 (69.60%) Terraform
2 197 (34.62%) Kubernetes
3 118 (20.74%) Ansible
4 76 (13.36%) Grafana
4 76 (13.36%) Prometheus
5 27 (4.75%) Argo
6 19 (3.34%) Kustomize
7 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.93%) Puppet
8 11 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 6 (1.05%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.88%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.88%) SCOM
12 4 (0.70%) Cilium
12 4 (0.70%) logstash
12 4 (0.70%) Packer
12 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 98 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.08%) Google
2 46 (8.08%) VMware
3 24 (4.22%) Cisco
4 22 (3.87%) Databricks
5 17 (2.99%) Splunk
6 13 (2.28%) Ab Initio
6 13 (2.28%) Red Hat
7 11 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 11 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.58%) New Relic
9 8 (1.41%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.23%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.05%) F5
11 6 (1.05%) Juniper
11 6 (1.05%) Oracle
12 5 (0.88%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.70%) Dell
13 4 (0.70%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.70%) NetApp