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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 150 132
Rank change year-on-year +80 -18 -54
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 772 377 680
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.59% 2.28% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 2.45% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 498 281 541
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +7.66% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 17,794 15,412 26,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 93.25% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 9,129 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 20 July 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 (2.72%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.81%) Apache
3 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.42%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.78%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.65%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.39%) Confluence
7 3 (0.39%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Weka
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 434 (56.22%) AWS
2 411 (53.24%) Azure
3 120 (15.54%) GCP
4 113 (14.64%) Serverless
5 107 (13.86%) GitHub
6 94 (12.18%) Azure DevOps
7 92 (11.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 79 (10.23%) PaaS
9 66 (8.55%) GitHub Actions
10 59 (7.64%) Cloud Computing
11 57 (7.38%) IaaS
12 56 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
13 54 (6.99%) Amazon S3
14 52 (6.74%) SaaS
15 50 (6.48%) Azure AKS
16 43 (5.57%) Amazon EC2
16 43 (5.57%) Azure Monitor
17 41 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
17 41 (5.31%) Power Platform
18 38 (4.92%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.68%) LAN
1 67 (8.68%) WAN
2 62 (8.03%) Broadband
2 62 (8.03%) Firewall
3 51 (6.61%) VPN
4 40 (5.18%) DNS
5 35 (4.53%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.46%) BGP
7 15 (1.94%) Network Security
7 15 (1.94%) VLAN
8 14 (1.81%) OSPF
9 13 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (1.55%) DHCP
11 11 (1.42%) VXLAN
12 9 (1.17%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.78%) HTTP
13 6 (0.78%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.78%) WebEx
14 5 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (12.56%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.57%) MongoDB
3 40 (5.18%) Metadata
4 32 (4.15%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.76%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (3.37%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.11%) Data Lake
8 21 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (2.33%) NoSQL
10 17 (2.20%) DynamoDB
11 14 (1.81%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.55%) MySQL
13 10 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.30%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.30%) Redis
14 8 (1.04%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.04%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 78 (10.10%) Git
2 47 (6.09%) GitLab
3 42 (5.44%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.04%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.91%) NUnit
6 6 (0.78%) JMeter
7 5 (0.65%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.65%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.65%) JIRA
7 5 (0.65%) Locust
8 4 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.39%) MLflow
9 3 (0.39%) Selenium
10 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.26%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 265 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 161 (20.85%) Finance
3 74 (9.59%) Law
4 71 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 64 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (7.12%) Presentation Skills
8 38 (4.92%) Banking
9 31 (4.02%) Games
10 29 (3.76%) Retail
11 17 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.68%) Marketing
13 12 (1.55%) Legal
14 10 (1.30%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.17%) Back Office
15 9 (1.17%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.04%) Billing
16 8 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.91%) Aviation
18 6 (0.78%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 191 (24.74%) Senior
2 136 (17.62%) Lead
3 117 (15.16%) Architect
4 93 (12.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 89 (11.53%) DevOps Engineer
6 77 (9.97%) Platform Engineer
7 70 (9.07%) Developer
8 64 (8.29%) Azure Engineer
9 60 (7.77%) Systems Architect
10 51 (6.61%) AWS Engineer
11 50 (6.48%) Software Engineer
12 48 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 36 (4.66%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 34 (4.40%) Python Engineer
15 32 (4.15%) Data Engineer
16 31 (4.02%) Senior DevOps
17 29 (3.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 29 (3.76%) Senior Developer
18 23 (2.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 23 (2.98%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.12%) React
2 49 (6.35%) REST
3 48 (6.22%) RESTful
4 40 (5.18%) Node.js
5 39 (5.05%) .NET
6 38 (4.92%) AWS CDK
7 32 (4.15%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.37%) Spring
8 26 (3.37%) YAML
9 22 (2.85%) Next.js
9 22 (2.85%) Spring Boot
10 21 (2.72%) Kafka
11 18 (2.33%) FastAPI
11 18 (2.33%) PySpark
12 17 (2.20%) Django
12 17 (2.20%) PyTorch
13 16 (2.07%) TensorFlow
14 15 (1.94%) CSS
15 14 (1.81%) OpenTelemetry
16 13 (1.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 231 (29.92%) Cloud Native
2 83 (10.75%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (6.35%) Video\Live Streaming
4 43 (5.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 43 (5.57%) Product Ownership
5 38 (4.92%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.15%) Low-Code
7 27 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (3.37%) Security Posture
9 24 (3.11%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (2.85%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.33%) Podcast
13 15 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.81%) Mobile App
15 13 (1.68%) Blog
15 13 (1.68%) Replication
15 13 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.55%) Virtual Team
17 10 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 99 (12.82%) Linux
2 50 (6.48%) Windows
3 20 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.46%) Unix
5 13 (1.68%) VMS
6 6 (0.78%) Android
7 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (68.52%) CI/CD
2 400 (51.81%) DevOps
3 256 (33.16%) Observability
4 248 (32.12%) Containerisation
5 221 (28.63%) Mentoring
6 215 (27.85%) Agile
7 200 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 193 (25.00%) AI
9 180 (23.32%) Platform Engineering
10 170 (22.02%) Technical Leadership
11 169 (21.89%) Software Engineering
12 159 (20.60%) Roadmaps
13 142 (18.39%) Test Automation
14 137 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
15 121 (15.67%) Microservices
16 104 (13.47%) Full-Stack Development
17 97 (12.56%) Analytics
18 93 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 91 (11.79%) Machine Learning
20 79 (10.23%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 335 (43.39%) Python
2 103 (13.34%) Bash
3 100 (12.95%) Bicep
4 98 (12.69%) PowerShell
5 96 (12.44%) Java
5 96 (12.44%) SQL
6 74 (9.59%) Go
6 74 (9.59%) TypeScript
7 67 (8.68%) JavaScript
8 43 (5.57%) C#
9 14 (1.81%) Scala
10 13 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (1.42%) Ruby
12 9 (1.17%) PHP
13 7 (0.91%) C++
13 7 (0.91%) Groovy
14 5 (0.65%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.52%) Rust
15 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 108 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 97 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.94%) Azure Certification
4 55 (7.12%) Degree
5 32 (4.15%) AWS Certification
6 27 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.33%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.42%) CCNP
11 9 (1.17%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.17%) SnowPro
12 8 (1.04%) CCNA
13 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.52%) LPIC
14 4 (0.52%) MCSE
14 4 (0.52%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.52%) VCAP
14 4 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.74%) GRC
2 40 (5.18%) QA
3 39 (5.05%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.20%) GDPR
5 16 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.55%) NIST
7 12 (1.55%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.91%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.65%) WCAG
10 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 160 (20.73%) Docker
2 42 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.98%) vSphere
5 13 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.52%) Firmware
8 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 428 (55.44%) Terraform
2 233 (30.18%) Kubernetes
3 93 (12.05%) Ansible
4 72 (9.33%) Grafana
5 52 (6.74%) Prometheus
6 25 (3.24%) Argo
7 16 (2.07%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.81%) Puppet
9 13 (1.68%) Istio
10 12 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
11 11 (1.42%) Kustomize
12 9 (1.17%) FortiGate
12 9 (1.17%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.65%) ZABBIX
15 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
15 4 (0.52%) Packer
16 3 (0.39%) linkerd
Vendors
1 206 (26.68%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.44%) VMware
3 39 (5.05%) Google
4 28 (3.63%) Cisco
5 27 (3.50%) Palo Alto
6 23 (2.98%) Databricks
7 19 (2.46%) Red Hat
8 17 (2.20%) Oracle
9 16 (2.07%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.55%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.42%) F5
11 11 (1.42%) Splunk
12 9 (1.17%) Informatica
12 9 (1.17%) Okta
13 7 (0.91%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.91%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.91%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.78%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.78%) Zscaler