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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 154 138
Rank change year-on-year +80 -16 -59
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 754 370 727
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 2.28% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 2.43% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 490 274 584
10th Percentile £51,939 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,313 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £76,430 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% +9.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £90,375 £87,500
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 17,480 15,224 29,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.73% 93.65% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,756 9,023 22,315
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 8 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 (2.79%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (1.99%) Apache
3 13 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.66%) Jupyter
4 5 (0.66%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.53%) Confluence
6 3 (0.40%) WordPress
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Weka
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 442 (58.62%) AWS
2 377 (50.00%) Azure
3 120 (15.92%) Serverless
4 112 (14.85%) GitHub
5 108 (14.32%) GCP
6 96 (12.73%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (12.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 78 (10.34%) PaaS
9 68 (9.02%) GitHub Actions
10 58 (7.69%) IaaS
11 56 (7.43%) Amazon S3
12 54 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
13 53 (7.03%) SaaS
14 48 (6.37%) Azure AKS
15 46 (6.10%) Amazon EKS
15 46 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
16 45 (5.97%) Amazon EC2
17 40 (5.31%) Power Platform
18 39 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
19 38 (5.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 70 (9.28%) Broadband
2 64 (8.49%) Firewall
3 50 (6.63%) VPN
4 47 (6.23%) LAN
4 47 (6.23%) WAN
5 39 (5.17%) DNS
6 31 (4.11%) TCP/IP
7 21 (2.79%) BGP
8 15 (1.99%) Cisco ASA
8 15 (1.99%) VLAN
9 14 (1.86%) Network Security
9 14 (1.86%) OSPF
10 11 (1.46%) DHCP
10 11 (1.46%) VXLAN
11 9 (1.19%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.80%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.80%) WebEx
13 5 (0.66%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.66%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (5.97%) MongoDB
3 38 (5.04%) Metadata
4 37 (4.91%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
6 28 (3.71%) NoSQL
7 27 (3.58%) SQL Server
8 22 (2.92%) Data Lake
9 21 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (2.25%) DynamoDB
11 15 (1.99%) RDBMS
12 14 (1.86%) Delta Lake
13 13 (1.72%) MySQL
14 12 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (1.46%) BigQuery
16 10 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (1.19%) Redis
18 8 (1.06%) Big Data
19 7 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 79 (10.48%) Git
2 46 (6.10%) GitLab
3 40 (5.31%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.59%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.19%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.93%) NUnit
7 6 (0.80%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.80%) JIRA
7 6 (0.80%) JMeter
8 5 (0.66%) Locust
8 5 (0.66%) Selenium
9 4 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.53%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.40%) MLflow
11 2 (0.27%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.27%) MSI
11 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 244 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 141 (18.70%) Finance
3 73 (9.68%) Law
3 73 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 65 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.91%) Banking
7 35 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.11%) Games
8 31 (4.11%) Retail
9 20 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.59%) Legal
10 12 (1.59%) Marketing
11 11 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.33%) Back Office
12 10 (1.33%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.33%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.06%) Billing
14 7 (0.93%) Aviation
15 6 (0.80%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 191 (25.33%) Senior
2 142 (18.83%) Lead
3 94 (12.47%) Architect
4 90 (11.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 88 (11.67%) DevOps Engineer
6 77 (10.21%) Platform Engineer
7 74 (9.81%) Developer
8 58 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
9 54 (7.16%) AWS Engineer
10 49 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 48 (6.37%) Software Engineer
12 40 (5.31%) Systems Architect
13 34 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 31 (4.11%) Data Engineer
14 31 (4.11%) Python Engineer
15 30 (3.98%) Senior Developer
15 30 (3.98%) Senior DevOps
16 28 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 25 (3.32%) Technical Leader
18 24 (3.18%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.43%) React
2 50 (6.63%) RESTful
3 49 (6.50%) REST
4 43 (5.70%) Node.js
5 42 (5.57%) .NET
6 38 (5.04%) AWS CDK
7 31 (4.11%) ARM Templates
7 31 (4.11%) Spring
8 26 (3.45%) YAML
9 25 (3.32%) Spring Boot
10 22 (2.92%) Kafka
10 22 (2.92%) Next.js
11 19 (2.52%) FastAPI
11 19 (2.52%) OpenTelemetry
12 18 (2.39%) PySpark
13 17 (2.25%) CSS
13 17 (2.25%) Django
13 17 (2.25%) PyTorch
14 16 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (2.12%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 233 (30.90%) Cloud Native
2 77 (10.21%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (6.37%) Video\Live Streaming
4 43 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 42 (5.57%) Product Ownership
6 38 (5.04%) Public Cloud
7 32 (4.24%) Low-Code
8 29 (3.85%) Security Posture
9 27 (3.58%) Data Centre
10 25 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (3.05%) Onboarding
13 18 (2.39%) Podcast
14 15 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (1.86%) Mobile App
16 13 (1.72%) Blog
16 13 (1.72%) Virtual Team
17 12 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
18 11 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.72%) Linux
2 49 (6.50%) Windows
3 26 (3.45%) Unix
4 19 (2.52%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.72%) VMS
6 9 (1.19%) Android
7 8 (1.06%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.27%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (69.63%) CI/CD
2 407 (53.98%) DevOps
3 251 (33.29%) Observability
4 235 (31.17%) Containerisation
5 230 (30.50%) Mentoring
6 228 (30.24%) Agile
7 199 (26.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 190 (25.20%) AI
9 178 (23.61%) Platform Engineering
10 168 (22.28%) Technical Leadership
11 163 (21.62%) Software Engineering
12 144 (19.10%) Roadmaps
13 143 (18.97%) Test Automation
14 135 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
15 123 (16.31%) Microservices
16 106 (14.06%) Full-Stack Development
17 98 (13.00%) Analytics
18 93 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 90 (11.94%) Machine Learning
20 78 (10.34%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 334 (44.30%) Python
2 112 (14.85%) Bash
3 108 (14.32%) Java
4 98 (13.00%) Bicep
5 95 (12.60%) SQL
6 93 (12.33%) PowerShell
7 78 (10.34%) Go
8 77 (10.21%) JavaScript
9 76 (10.08%) TypeScript
10 46 (6.10%) C#
11 15 (1.99%) Scala
12 13 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.46%) Ruby
14 9 (1.19%) PHP
15 8 (1.06%) C++
16 7 (0.93%) Groovy
17 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.53%) Rust
19 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
19 2 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 112 (14.85%) Security Cleared
2 100 (13.26%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.89%) Azure Certification
4 55 (7.29%) Degree
5 40 (5.31%) AWS Certification
6 28 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.65%) DV Cleared
8 19 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.59%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.46%) CCNP
12 8 (1.06%) CCNA
12 8 (1.06%) SnowPro
13 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.53%) LPIC
14 4 (0.53%) MCSE
14 4 (0.53%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.31%) QA
2 36 (4.77%) Data Quality
3 32 (4.24%) GRC
4 16 (2.12%) GDPR
4 16 (2.12%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.59%) SOC 2
7 10 (1.33%) NIST
8 9 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.66%) WCAG
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.27%) NCSC
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 171 (22.68%) Docker
2 42 (5.57%) Active Directory
3 35 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (3.18%) vSphere
5 13 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.06%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.53%) Firmware
10 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 432 (57.29%) Terraform
2 244 (32.36%) Kubernetes
3 104 (13.79%) Ansible
4 71 (9.42%) Grafana
5 62 (8.22%) Prometheus
6 31 (4.11%) Argo
7 18 (2.39%) Kustomize
8 17 (2.25%) Progress Chef
9 16 (2.12%) Puppet
10 13 (1.72%) Istio
11 12 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (1.33%) Proxmox
13 9 (1.19%) FortiGate
14 7 (0.93%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
15 6 (0.80%) Packer
16 5 (0.66%) AWS Copilot
17 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
18 3 (0.40%) linkerd
Vendors
1 176 (23.34%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.23%) VMware
3 37 (4.91%) Google
4 30 (3.98%) Cisco
5 27 (3.58%) Palo Alto
6 23 (3.05%) Databricks
7 20 (2.65%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.12%) Fortinet
8 16 (2.12%) Oracle
9 13 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.59%) ScienceLogic
10 12 (1.59%) Splunk
11 11 (1.46%) F5
12 7 (0.93%) CyberArk
12 7 (0.93%) Okta
12 7 (0.93%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.80%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.80%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.80%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.80%) Zscaler