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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 147 144
Rank change year-on-year +76 -3 -66
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 786 385 603
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.59% 2.34% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 2.51% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 506 286 474
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,875
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,245 £78,155 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +12.45% -7.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,001 £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 18,171 15,314 23,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 93.05% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 9,035 17,591
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 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 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (1.91%) Apache
3 14 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.89%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.64%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.38%) Camunda
7 3 (0.38%) Confluence
7 3 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 433 (55.09%) AWS
2 429 (54.58%) Azure
3 137 (17.43%) GCP
4 115 (14.63%) Serverless
5 109 (13.87%) GitHub
6 96 (12.21%) Azure DevOps
7 94 (11.96%) AWS CloudFormation
8 79 (10.05%) PaaS
9 68 (8.65%) Cloud Computing
10 65 (8.27%) GitHub Actions
11 58 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
12 55 (7.00%) SaaS
13 54 (6.87%) IaaS
14 51 (6.49%) Amazon S3
15 50 (6.36%) Azure AKS
16 41 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
16 41 (5.22%) Power Platform
17 40 (5.09%) Amazon EC2
18 39 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
19 34 (4.33%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (9.54%) LAN
1 75 (9.54%) WAN
2 61 (7.76%) Firewall
3 57 (7.25%) Broadband
4 49 (6.23%) VPN
5 41 (5.22%) DNS
6 40 (5.09%) TCP/IP
7 19 (2.42%) BGP
8 16 (2.04%) Network Security
8 16 (2.04%) OSPF
9 15 (1.91%) DHCP
10 13 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (1.65%) VLAN
10 13 (1.65%) VXLAN
11 9 (1.15%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.89%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.76%) HTTP
13 6 (0.76%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.76%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.47%) Metadata
2 43 (5.47%) MongoDB
3 27 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (3.44%) Relational Database
4 26 (3.31%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.18%) Data Lake
6 22 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.16%) DynamoDB
8 15 (1.91%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.65%) MySQL
9 13 (1.65%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.40%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.27%) Data Vault
12 10 (1.27%) Redis
13 7 (0.89%) Big Data
14 6 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 80 (10.18%) Git
2 47 (5.98%) GitLab
3 42 (5.34%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.02%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.02%) NUnit
5 6 (0.76%) JMeter
6 5 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.64%) Locust
7 4 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.51%) JIRA
7 4 (0.51%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) MLflow
8 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.25%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Postman
9 2 (0.25%) Snyk
9 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 284 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 173 (22.01%) Finance
3 72 (9.16%) Law
4 67 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.02%) Presentation Skills
6 55 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (4.45%) Banking
8 32 (4.07%) Games
9 27 (3.44%) Retail
10 18 (2.29%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.91%) Legal
11 15 (1.91%) Marketing
12 10 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.89%) Advertising
14 7 (0.89%) Aviation
14 7 (0.89%) Local Government
15 6 (0.76%) Billing
15 6 (0.76%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 202 (25.70%) Senior
2 135 (17.18%) Lead
3 128 (16.28%) Architect
4 94 (11.96%) DevOps Engineer
5 91 (11.58%) Cloud Engineer
6 72 (9.16%) Platform Engineer
7 70 (8.91%) Developer
8 67 (8.52%) Systems Architect
9 66 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
10 55 (7.00%) Software Engineer
11 43 (5.47%) AWS Engineer
12 38 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 38 (4.83%) Python Engineer
13 36 (4.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 34 (4.33%) Data Engineer
15 30 (3.82%) Senior DevOps
16 29 (3.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 29 (3.69%) Senior Developer
17 24 (3.05%) Technical Leader
18 23 (2.93%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.63%) React
2 54 (6.87%) REST
3 46 (5.85%) RESTful
4 43 (5.47%) Node.js
5 42 (5.34%) .NET
6 35 (4.45%) AWS CDK
7 31 (3.94%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.31%) Spring
8 26 (3.31%) YAML
9 22 (2.80%) Kafka
9 22 (2.80%) Next.js
10 21 (2.67%) Spring Boot
11 20 (2.54%) PySpark
12 18 (2.29%) FastAPI
13 17 (2.16%) Django
13 17 (2.16%) PyTorch
14 16 (2.04%) CSS
14 16 (2.04%) TensorFlow
15 14 (1.78%) AngularJS
15 14 (1.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 230 (29.26%) Cloud Native
2 85 (10.81%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (6.23%) Video\Live Streaming
4 42 (5.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (5.22%) Product Ownership
5 41 (5.22%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.07%) Low-Code
7 27 (3.44%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.18%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (2.29%) Podcast
10 16 (2.04%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.78%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.78%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.65%) Replication
12 13 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.40%) Blog
13 11 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.27%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 99 (12.60%) Linux
2 50 (6.36%) Windows
3 19 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.29%) Unix
5 13 (1.65%) VMS
6 5 (0.64%) Android
7 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (69.47%) CI/CD
2 405 (51.53%) DevOps
3 264 (33.59%) Observability
4 255 (32.44%) Containerisation
5 222 (28.24%) Mentoring
6 218 (27.74%) Agile
7 212 (26.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 204 (25.95%) AI
9 181 (23.03%) Software Engineering
10 180 (22.90%) Technical Leadership
11 177 (22.52%) Platform Engineering
12 166 (21.12%) Roadmaps
13 141 (17.94%) Test Automation
14 137 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
15 125 (15.90%) Microservices
16 106 (13.49%) Full-Stack Development
17 101 (12.85%) Analytics
18 97 (12.34%) Machine Learning
19 84 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 83 (10.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 340 (43.26%) Python
2 103 (13.10%) Bicep
3 100 (12.72%) SQL
4 93 (11.83%) PowerShell
5 91 (11.58%) Bash
5 91 (11.58%) Java
6 76 (9.67%) TypeScript
7 69 (8.78%) Go
8 66 (8.40%) JavaScript
9 46 (5.85%) C#
10 15 (1.91%) Scala
11 13 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (1.53%) Ruby
13 9 (1.15%) PHP
14 7 (0.89%) C++
14 7 (0.89%) Groovy
15 5 (0.64%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.51%) Rust
16 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 120 (15.27%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.54%) Azure Certification
4 58 (7.38%) Degree
5 29 (3.69%) AWS Certification
5 29 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.65%) CCNP
10 11 (1.40%) SnowPro
11 9 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.02%) CCNA
13 6 (0.76%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.64%) CCIE
15 4 (0.51%) LPIC
15 4 (0.51%) MCSE
15 4 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.51%) GRC
2 43 (5.47%) Data Quality
3 39 (4.96%) QA
4 16 (2.04%) GDPR
5 14 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.53%) NIST
7 10 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.15%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.02%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.64%) WCAG
11 3 (0.38%) NCSC
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 163 (20.74%) Docker
2 40 (5.09%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.93%) vSphere
5 13 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.51%) Firmware
9 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 432 (54.96%) Terraform
2 227 (28.88%) Kubernetes
3 85 (10.81%) Ansible
4 72 (9.16%) Grafana
5 47 (5.98%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.54%) Argo
7 15 (1.91%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.78%) Istio
9 13 (1.65%) Puppet
10 9 (1.15%) FortiGate
11 8 (1.02%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.76%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.51%) linkerd
14 4 (0.51%) Packer
15 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 221 (28.12%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.47%) Google
3 39 (4.96%) VMware
4 30 (3.82%) Cisco
5 27 (3.44%) Databricks
5 27 (3.44%) Palo Alto
6 20 (2.54%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.16%) Oracle
8 16 (2.04%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.53%) ScienceLogic
9 12 (1.53%) Splunk
10 11 (1.40%) F5
11 10 (1.27%) Informatica
11 10 (1.27%) Okta
12 8 (1.02%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.89%) Arista
13 7 (0.89%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.76%) NetApp
14 6 (0.76%) Zscaler