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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 105 69
Rank change year-on-year +22 -36 +22
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 478 547 863
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.13% 3.09% 4.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.35% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 331 341 738
10th Percentile £46,446 £41,594 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £96,539
90th Percentile £103,750 £98,474 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%

All Process and 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 13,621 16,321 19,017
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.28% 92.29% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,730 9,931 15,296
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,153
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.20% -2.16%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%

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 December 2025.

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 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.05%) Apache
5 5 (1.05%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 330 (69.04%) Azure
2 258 (53.97%) AWS
3 136 (28.45%) Azure DevOps
4 125 (26.15%) GitHub
5 87 (18.20%) GCP
5 87 (18.20%) GitHub Actions
6 85 (17.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 75 (15.69%) Serverless
8 57 (11.92%) Azure Monitor
9 50 (10.46%) Entra ID
10 49 (10.25%) AWS Lambda
10 49 (10.25%) SaaS
11 44 (9.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 39 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
13 38 (7.95%) Amazon EKS
14 37 (7.74%) PaaS
15 36 (7.53%) Amazon ECS
15 36 (7.53%) Amazon S3
16 35 (7.32%) IaaS
17 32 (6.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 56 (11.72%) Firewall
2 44 (9.21%) VPN
3 26 (5.44%) DNS
4 25 (5.23%) WAN
5 22 (4.60%) TCP/IP
6 21 (4.39%) LAN
7 20 (4.18%) Network Security
8 14 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.51%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.88%) BGP
11 8 (1.67%) DHCP
11 8 (1.67%) VLAN
12 7 (1.46%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.46%) VoIP
13 6 (1.26%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.84%) Broadband
14 4 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.84%) Wireless
14 4 (0.84%) Wireshark
15 3 (0.63%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.28%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (4.81%) Data Lake
2 23 (4.81%) NoSQL
3 21 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.97%) DynamoDB
6 18 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.72%) MySQL
7 13 (2.72%) Redis
8 12 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.46%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.26%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.26%) Power BI
13 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 64 (13.39%) Jenkins
2 39 (8.16%) GitLab
3 38 (7.95%) Git
4 10 (2.09%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.88%) JIRA
6 7 (1.46%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.26%) git-flow
8 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.63%) JMeter
9 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.42%) Storybook
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.21%) Locust
11 1 (0.21%) Selenium
11 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 143 (29.92%) Finance
2 110 (23.01%) Social Skills
3 40 (8.37%) Law
4 38 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.74%) Banking
6 31 (6.49%) Retail
7 27 (5.65%) Public Sector
8 24 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (4.60%) Telecoms
10 15 (3.14%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.72%) Legal
12 12 (2.51%) Back Office
13 7 (1.46%) Games
13 7 (1.46%) Marketing
13 7 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.05%) Billing
15 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.63%) Advertising
16 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 120 (25.10%) Senior
2 75 (15.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 70 (14.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (12.34%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (10.67%) Architect
6 50 (10.46%) Lead
7 41 (8.58%) Developer
7 41 (8.58%) Platform Engineer
8 37 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (4.39%) AWS Engineer
9 21 (4.39%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 18 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (3.77%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 17 (3.56%) Senior DevOps
12 16 (3.35%) Infrastructure Architect
12 16 (3.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.14%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (3.14%) Lead DevOps
13 15 (3.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 14 (2.93%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.83%) .NET
2 38 (7.95%) React
3 27 (5.65%) OAuth
4 24 (5.02%) RESTful
5 22 (4.60%) YAML
6 21 (4.39%) Node.js
7 18 (3.77%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (3.35%) OAuth2
9 15 (3.14%) AWS CDK
9 15 (3.14%) Django
9 15 (3.14%) JSON
10 14 (2.93%) CSS
11 13 (2.72%) HTML
11 13 (2.72%) Kafka
12 12 (2.51%) GraphQL
12 12 (2.51%) OpenAPI
12 12 (2.51%) Swagger
13 11 (2.30%) REST
13 11 (2.30%) Vue
14 9 (1.88%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 123 (25.73%) Cloud Native
2 36 (7.53%) Public Cloud
3 32 (6.69%) Data Centre
3 32 (6.69%) Product Ownership
4 31 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (5.23%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.77%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.56%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.35%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.67%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.46%) Blog
13 7 (1.46%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.46%) Operational Technology
14 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 91 (19.04%) Linux
2 53 (11.09%) Windows
3 21 (4.39%) Unix
4 14 (2.93%) VMS
5 10 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.88%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.46%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.63%) CentOS
9 3 (0.63%) Debian
10 2 (0.42%) Android
10 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (72.38%) DevOps
2 327 (68.41%) CI/CD
3 166 (34.73%) Agile
4 121 (25.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (24.69%) Observability
6 93 (19.46%) Mentoring
7 92 (19.25%) Containerisation
8 84 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 84 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (17.15%) Coaching
10 79 (16.53%) Analytics
11 76 (15.90%) Cloud Security
12 68 (14.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 66 (13.81%) AI
13 66 (13.81%) Asset Management
13 66 (13.81%) Incident Response
14 64 (13.39%) Platform Engineering
15 63 (13.18%) Roadmaps
15 63 (13.18%) Software Engineering
16 54 (11.30%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 182 (38.08%) Python
2 117 (24.48%) PowerShell
3 91 (19.04%) Bash
4 85 (17.78%) Bicep
5 77 (16.11%) SQL
6 39 (8.16%) C#
7 34 (7.11%) JavaScript
8 33 (6.90%) TypeScript
9 25 (5.23%) Java
10 24 (5.02%) Go
11 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.84%) Scala
12 3 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.42%) PHP
13 2 (0.42%) XAML
14 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 67 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.67%) Azure Certification
2 51 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 45 (9.41%) AWS Certification
4 28 (5.86%) Degree
5 19 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 17 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.35%) CCNP
8 12 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.67%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.46%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.46%) PMP
12 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.05%) CISSP
12 5 (1.05%) OSCP
13 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.84%) OSCE
14 3 (0.63%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.65%) NIST
3 25 (5.23%) GDPR
4 18 (3.77%) PCI DSS
4 18 (3.77%) SOC 2
5 16 (3.35%) QA
6 12 (2.51%) Accessibility
7 11 (2.30%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.67%) SLA
9 6 (1.26%) GRC
10 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.84%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 135 (28.24%) Docker
2 23 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 22 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (3.56%) Active Directory
5 12 (2.51%) vSphere
6 9 (1.88%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.26%) NFS
8 4 (0.84%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.63%) Firmware
9 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.42%) vCloud
11 1 (0.21%) HDFS
11 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 351 (73.43%) Terraform
2 170 (35.56%) Kubernetes
3 104 (21.76%) Ansible
4 63 (13.18%) Grafana
5 50 (10.46%) Prometheus
6 21 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.30%) Argo
8 8 (1.67%) SCOM
9 4 (0.84%) Cilium
9 4 (0.84%) logstash
10 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.21%) Icinga
12 1 (0.21%) Kibana
12 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.21%) Rancher
12 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.07%) VMware
3 23 (4.81%) Cisco
4 20 (4.18%) Databricks
5 19 (3.97%) Google
6 15 (3.14%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.72%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.51%) Splunk
9 11 (2.30%) Oracle
10 9 (1.88%) New Relic
11 7 (1.46%) Commvault
11 7 (1.46%) Pure Storage
12 6 (1.26%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.26%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.05%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.84%) AppDynamics
14 4 (0.84%) Dell
14 4 (0.84%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.84%) Foundry
14 4 (0.84%) PagerDuty