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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 162 129
Rank change year-on-year +91 -33 -44
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 641 341 768
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.36% 2.35% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 2.48% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 425 240 652
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,938 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,180 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +7.40% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £99,600 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 15,823 13,768 29,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.03% 94.85% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 8,032 23,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,826 £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 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 18 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.18%) Apache
3 12 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.78%) Confluence
4 5 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.31%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 393 (61.31%) AWS
2 301 (46.96%) Azure
3 107 (16.69%) GitHub
4 100 (15.60%) GCP
5 98 (15.29%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (14.66%) Serverless
7 79 (12.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 72 (11.23%) GitHub Actions
9 50 (7.80%) PaaS
10 48 (7.49%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (7.18%) Amazon S3
12 45 (7.02%) Azure Monitor
12 45 (7.02%) SaaS
13 44 (6.86%) Amazon EC2
14 39 (6.08%) Azure AKS
14 39 (6.08%) IaaS
15 38 (5.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 37 (5.77%) Entra ID
17 33 (5.15%) AWS Lambda
18 32 (4.99%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.76%) Firewall
2 59 (9.20%) Broadband
3 32 (4.99%) DNS
4 28 (4.37%) VPN
5 27 (4.21%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.96%) BGP
7 17 (2.65%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (2.18%) LAN
9 12 (1.87%) VLAN
9 12 (1.87%) WAN
10 11 (1.72%) OSPF
11 10 (1.56%) DHCP
11 10 (1.56%) Network Security
12 8 (1.25%) VXLAN
13 7 (1.09%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.94%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.94%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.94%) WebEx
15 5 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.78%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.70%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.62%) Relational Database
3 35 (5.46%) MongoDB
4 32 (4.99%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (3.90%) Data Lake
6 25 (3.90%) Metadata
7 24 (3.74%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.81%) RDBMS
9 14 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (2.18%) Delta Lake
9 14 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 11 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.72%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.56%) MySQL
12 9 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.40%) Redis
13 8 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (10.45%) Git
2 46 (7.18%) GitLab
3 37 (5.77%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.81%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.25%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.09%) JMeter
7 6 (0.94%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.94%) JIRA
7 6 (0.94%) Locust
7 6 (0.94%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.78%) NUnit
8 5 (0.78%) Selenium
8 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.78%) Storybook
9 3 (0.47%) MLflow
10 2 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.31%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.31%) MSI
10 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 167 (26.05%) Social Skills
2 108 (16.85%) Finance
3 65 (10.14%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (6.40%) Banking
7 34 (5.30%) Retail
8 30 (4.68%) Law
9 22 (3.43%) Games
9 22 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.65%) Billing
11 12 (1.87%) Back Office
11 12 (1.87%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.87%) Marketing
12 10 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.40%) Legal
14 8 (1.25%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.09%) Aviation
15 7 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.94%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 163 (25.43%) Senior
2 127 (19.81%) Lead
3 88 (13.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 80 (12.48%) DevOps Engineer
5 72 (11.23%) Platform Engineer
6 67 (10.45%) Developer
7 56 (8.74%) Azure Engineer
8 55 (8.58%) AWS Engineer
9 51 (7.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (7.18%) Software Engineer
11 36 (5.62%) Architect
12 32 (4.99%) Data Engineer
12 32 (4.99%) Senior DevOps
13 31 (4.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 26 (4.06%) Lead Developer
14 26 (4.06%) Python Engineer
15 23 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (3.43%) Senior Developer
17 19 (2.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 19 (2.96%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.64%) React
2 45 (7.02%) REST
3 42 (6.55%) RESTful
4 40 (6.24%) Node.js
5 37 (5.77%) .NET
6 33 (5.15%) AWS CDK
6 33 (5.15%) Spring
7 28 (4.37%) YAML
8 27 (4.21%) Spring Boot
9 24 (3.74%) Elastic Stack
10 23 (3.59%) OpenTelemetry
11 20 (3.12%) ARM Templates
11 20 (3.12%) Kafka
12 17 (2.65%) Django
12 17 (2.65%) React Native
13 16 (2.50%) CSS
13 16 (2.50%) JSON
13 16 (2.50%) OAuth
14 15 (2.34%) OpenAPI
14 15 (2.34%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 175 (27.30%) Cloud Native
2 55 (8.58%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
3 38 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.46%) Video\Live Streaming
5 25 (3.90%) Data Centre
6 24 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.59%) Low-Code
8 21 (3.28%) Onboarding
8 21 (3.28%) Security Posture
9 20 (3.12%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (2.81%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
12 14 (2.18%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (1.87%) Blog
14 10 (1.56%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.40%) Private Cloud
15 9 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 119 (18.56%) Linux
2 36 (5.62%) Windows
3 33 (5.15%) Unix
4 23 (3.59%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.87%) Android
6 11 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.47%) VMS
9 2 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (70.51%) CI/CD
2 385 (60.06%) DevOps
3 214 (33.39%) Observability
4 205 (31.98%) Agile
5 204 (31.83%) Mentoring
6 185 (28.86%) Containerisation
7 162 (25.27%) Platform Engineering
8 154 (24.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 137 (21.37%) Software Engineering
10 129 (20.12%) AI
11 127 (19.81%) Test Automation
12 124 (19.34%) Technical Leadership
13 108 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
14 98 (15.29%) Microservices
15 96 (14.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 90 (14.04%) Roadmaps
17 88 (13.73%) Full-Stack Development
18 77 (12.01%) Analytics
19 66 (10.30%) Cloud Security
20 64 (9.98%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 285 (44.46%) Python
2 107 (16.69%) Java
3 103 (16.07%) Bash
4 82 (12.79%) PowerShell
5 75 (11.70%) JavaScript
6 74 (11.54%) SQL
7 68 (10.61%) Go
8 65 (10.14%) Bicep
9 64 (9.98%) TypeScript
10 40 (6.24%) C#
11 15 (2.34%) Scala
12 9 (1.40%) C++
13 7 (1.09%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.94%) PHP
15 5 (0.78%) Ruby
15 5 (0.78%) Rust
16 4 (0.62%) Groovy
17 2 (0.31%) C
17 2 (0.31%) Perl
17 2 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 94 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 87 (13.57%) SC Cleared
3 55 (8.58%) Degree
4 48 (7.49%) Azure Certification
5 45 (7.02%) AWS Certification
6 20 (3.12%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.40%) CCNP
10 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.94%) CCNA
12 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 4 (0.62%) LPIC
12 4 (0.62%) MCSE
12 4 (0.62%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.62%) VCAP
12 4 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.46%) QA
2 29 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.96%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.65%) GDPR
5 16 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.34%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.18%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.40%) NIST
9 5 (0.78%) WCAG
10 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.31%) IFRS
11 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 171 (26.68%) Docker
2 25 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.03%) vSphere
4 11 (1.72%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.62%) Firmware
8 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 400 (62.40%) Terraform
2 224 (34.95%) Kubernetes
3 109 (17.00%) Ansible
4 72 (11.23%) Grafana
4 72 (11.23%) Prometheus
5 34 (5.30%) Argo
6 22 (3.43%) Kustomize
7 14 (2.18%) Puppet
8 13 (2.03%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.25%) Istio
11 7 (1.09%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.78%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.78%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.78%) Packer
14 4 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (0.62%) ZABBIX
15 3 (0.47%) logstash
Vendors
1 108 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.02%) Google
3 40 (6.24%) VMware
4 31 (4.84%) Cisco
5 23 (3.59%) Palo Alto
6 19 (2.96%) Databricks
7 17 (2.65%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.87%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.87%) Splunk
10 11 (1.72%) F5
11 8 (1.25%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.09%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.94%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.94%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.94%) Juniper
13 6 (0.94%) NetApp
13 6 (0.94%) Oracle
14 5 (0.78%) Ab Initio