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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 157 129
Rank change year-on-year +86 -28 -46
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 613 347 775
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 2.37% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 2.50% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 398 247 661
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.66% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,188 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,300 £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 15,563 13,877 29,569
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 94.97% 90.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11,091 8,168 23,322
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -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 22 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 16 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (1.96%) Apache
3 10 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.82%) Confluence
5 4 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 376 (61.34%) AWS
2 288 (46.98%) Azure
3 104 (16.97%) GitHub
4 95 (15.50%) GCP
5 93 (15.17%) Serverless
6 90 (14.68%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (11.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 71 (11.58%) GitHub Actions
9 47 (7.67%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (7.34%) PaaS
11 43 (7.01%) Azure Monitor
12 42 (6.85%) SaaS
13 41 (6.69%) Amazon S3
14 39 (6.36%) Amazon EC2
15 36 (5.87%) Entra ID
16 34 (5.55%) Azure AKS
16 34 (5.55%) IaaS
17 33 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
18 32 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 31 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (11.26%) Firewall
2 58 (9.46%) Broadband
3 31 (5.06%) DNS
4 27 (4.40%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.40%) VPN
5 19 (3.10%) BGP
6 17 (2.77%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (2.28%) LAN
8 12 (1.96%) VLAN
8 12 (1.96%) WAN
9 11 (1.79%) OSPF
10 10 (1.63%) DHCP
10 10 (1.63%) Network Security
11 8 (1.31%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.14%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.98%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.98%) WebEx
14 5 (0.82%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.82%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.58%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.55%) MongoDB
2 34 (5.55%) Relational Database
3 30 (4.89%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (4.89%) NoSQL
4 25 (4.08%) Metadata
5 24 (3.92%) Data Lake
6 23 (3.75%) SQL Server
7 18 (2.94%) RDBMS
8 14 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (2.28%) Delta Lake
9 13 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 11 (1.79%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.47%) MySQL
13 8 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.14%) Big Data
14 7 (1.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 61 (9.95%) Git
2 39 (6.36%) GitLab
3 31 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.94%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.14%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.14%) JMeter
6 6 (0.98%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.98%) JIRA
6 6 (0.98%) Locust
6 6 (0.98%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.82%) NUnit
7 5 (0.82%) Selenium
7 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.82%) Storybook
8 3 (0.49%) MLflow
9 2 (0.33%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.33%) MSI
9 2 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 159 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 105 (17.13%) Finance
3 60 (9.79%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.69%) Banking
7 35 (5.71%) Retail
8 29 (4.73%) Law
9 22 (3.59%) Games
9 22 (3.59%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.61%) Billing
11 12 (1.96%) Back Office
11 12 (1.96%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.96%) Marketing
12 9 (1.47%) Legal
12 9 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.31%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.98%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.82%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 160 (26.10%) Senior
2 123 (20.07%) Lead
3 80 (13.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 71 (11.58%) DevOps Engineer
5 68 (11.09%) Platform Engineer
6 67 (10.93%) Developer
7 51 (8.32%) Azure Engineer
8 50 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 49 (7.99%) AWS Engineer
10 43 (7.01%) Software Engineer
11 34 (5.55%) Architect
12 31 (5.06%) Data Engineer
12 31 (5.06%) Senior DevOps
13 28 (4.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 26 (4.24%) Lead Developer
14 26 (4.24%) Python Engineer
15 22 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 19 (3.10%) AWS Platform Engineer
16 19 (3.10%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.67%) React
2 43 (7.01%) RESTful
3 41 (6.69%) REST
4 37 (6.04%) Node.js
5 34 (5.55%) .NET
6 33 (5.38%) AWS CDK
7 32 (5.22%) Spring
8 27 (4.40%) Spring Boot
9 24 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
9 24 (3.92%) YAML
10 23 (3.75%) OpenTelemetry
11 20 (3.26%) Kafka
12 18 (2.94%) ARM Templates
13 17 (2.77%) Django
14 16 (2.61%) React Native
15 15 (2.45%) JSON
15 15 (2.45%) Next.js
15 15 (2.45%) OAuth
15 15 (2.45%) OpenAPI
15 15 (2.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 164 (26.75%) Cloud Native
2 51 (8.32%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.20%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (5.71%) Video\Live Streaming
6 25 (4.08%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (3.75%) Low-Code
9 21 (3.43%) Security Posture
10 20 (3.26%) Mobile App
11 19 (3.10%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (2.45%) Public Cloud
14 14 (2.28%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (1.96%) Blog
16 10 (1.63%) Algorithms
17 9 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (1.47%) Private Cloud
17 9 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 114 (18.60%) Linux
2 35 (5.71%) Windows
3 33 (5.38%) Unix
4 22 (3.59%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.96%) Android
6 11 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.49%) VMS
9 2 (0.33%) CentOS
9 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (70.31%) CI/CD
2 367 (59.87%) DevOps
3 200 (32.63%) Observability
4 197 (32.14%) Mentoring
5 196 (31.97%) Agile
6 171 (27.90%) Containerisation
7 150 (24.47%) Platform Engineering
8 149 (24.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 132 (21.53%) Software Engineering
10 125 (20.39%) Test Automation
11 119 (19.41%) AI
12 117 (19.09%) Technical Leadership
13 101 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
14 94 (15.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 91 (14.85%) Microservices
16 88 (14.36%) Full-Stack Development
17 86 (14.03%) Roadmaps
18 73 (11.91%) Analytics
19 62 (10.11%) High Availability
20 61 (9.95%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 270 (44.05%) Python
2 103 (16.80%) Java
3 89 (14.52%) Bash
4 73 (11.91%) JavaScript
5 70 (11.42%) PowerShell
6 68 (11.09%) SQL
7 65 (10.60%) Go
8 62 (10.11%) TypeScript
9 59 (9.62%) Bicep
10 39 (6.36%) C#
11 15 (2.45%) Scala
12 9 (1.47%) C++
13 7 (1.14%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.98%) PHP
15 5 (0.82%) Ruby
15 5 (0.82%) Rust
16 4 (0.65%) Groovy
17 2 (0.33%) C
17 2 (0.33%) Perl
17 2 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 78 (12.72%) SC Cleared
3 55 (8.97%) Degree
4 47 (7.67%) Azure Certification
5 45 (7.34%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.10%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.12%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.47%) CCNP
11 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.98%) CCNA
13 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.65%) LPIC
13 4 (0.65%) MCSE
13 4 (0.65%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.65%) VCAP
13 4 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.38%) QA
2 27 (4.40%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.10%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.94%) GDPR
5 17 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.45%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.28%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.47%) NIST
9 5 (0.82%) WCAG
10 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.33%) IFRS
11 2 (0.33%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 162 (26.43%) Docker
2 24 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.12%) vSphere
4 11 (1.79%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.65%) Firmware
6 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 379 (61.83%) Terraform
2 210 (34.26%) Kubernetes
3 107 (17.46%) Ansible
4 65 (10.60%) Grafana
4 65 (10.60%) Prometheus
5 30 (4.89%) Argo
6 22 (3.59%) Kustomize
7 13 (2.12%) Puppet
8 12 (1.96%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.14%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.98%) Istio
11 5 (0.82%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.82%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.82%) Packer
12 4 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.65%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.49%) logstash
13 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 99 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.85%) Google
3 39 (6.36%) VMware
4 31 (5.06%) Cisco
5 23 (3.75%) Palo Alto
6 19 (3.10%) Databricks
7 17 (2.77%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.28%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.79%) F5
10 11 (1.79%) Splunk
11 8 (1.31%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.14%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.14%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.98%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.98%) Juniper
13 6 (0.98%) NetApp
14 5 (0.82%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.82%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.82%) SolarWinds