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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 122 128
Rank change year-on-year +48 +6 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 795 412 604
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 2.53% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 2.71% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 528 308 383
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,063 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £84,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

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 19,826 15,207 20,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.45% 93.22% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,213 8,631 12,628
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,812 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 18 September 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 20 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.26%) Apache
3 15 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.75%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.50%) Confluence
8 3 (0.38%) Camunda
8 3 (0.38%) CMS
8 3 (0.38%) IIS
8 3 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
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%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 459 (57.74%) Azure
2 422 (53.08%) AWS
3 149 (18.74%) GCP
4 124 (15.60%) GitHub
5 104 (13.08%) Serverless
6 103 (12.96%) Azure DevOps
7 93 (11.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 74 (9.31%) PaaS
9 70 (8.81%) GitHub Actions
10 68 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
11 64 (8.05%) Cloud Computing
12 60 (7.55%) Azure AKS
13 58 (7.30%) SaaS
14 57 (7.17%) IaaS
15 54 (6.79%) Amazon S3
16 49 (6.16%) Azure Monitor
17 42 (5.28%) AWS Lambda
17 42 (5.28%) Entra ID
18 41 (5.16%) Power Platform
19 35 (4.40%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 74 (9.31%) WAN
2 71 (8.93%) LAN
3 54 (6.79%) Firewall
4 50 (6.29%) VPN
5 47 (5.91%) DNS
6 43 (5.41%) Broadband
6 43 (5.41%) TCP/IP
7 24 (3.02%) DHCP
8 19 (2.39%) BGP
9 17 (2.14%) OSPF
10 16 (2.01%) Network Security
11 14 (1.76%) VXLAN
12 9 (1.13%) VLAN
13 8 (1.01%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (1.01%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.75%) HTTP
15 5 (0.63%) NGFW
15 5 (0.63%) Wireless
16 4 (0.50%) NX-OS
16 4 (0.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (5.16%) Metadata
3 38 (4.78%) MongoDB
4 28 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (3.52%) Relational Database
5 26 (3.27%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 23 (2.89%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (2.52%) Delta Lake
10 16 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (2.01%) Data Vault
11 13 (1.64%) MySQL
12 11 (1.38%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.13%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.01%) Big Data
15 6 (0.75%) Redis
16 5 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 80 (10.06%) Git
2 47 (5.91%) GitLab
2 47 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.88%) Bitbucket
3 7 (0.88%) JIRA
3 7 (0.88%) NUnit
4 5 (0.63%) Poetry
5 4 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.50%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) Snyk
6 3 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.38%) Postman
6 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.25%) JMeter
7 2 (0.25%) JUnit
7 2 (0.25%) MLflow
7 2 (0.25%) MSI
7 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 308 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 185 (23.27%) Finance
3 85 (10.69%) Public Sector
4 68 (8.55%) Law
5 64 (8.05%) Presentation Skills
6 56 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
7 45 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (5.03%) Banking
9 29 (3.65%) Games
10 22 (2.77%) Retail
11 18 (2.26%) Legal
12 14 (1.76%) Marketing
13 12 (1.51%) Local Government
14 11 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.88%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.63%) Advertising
17 5 (0.63%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.50%) Aviation
18 4 (0.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 228 (28.68%) Senior
2 133 (16.73%) Architect
3 125 (15.72%) Lead
4 103 (12.96%) Cloud Engineer
5 94 (11.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 81 (10.19%) Azure Engineer
7 67 (8.43%) Platform Engineer
8 66 (8.30%) Systems Architect
9 62 (7.80%) Developer
9 62 (7.80%) Software Engineer
10 54 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 39 (4.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 38 (4.78%) Python Engineer
13 37 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
13 37 (4.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 36 (4.53%) Site Engineer
15 35 (4.40%) Data Engineer
16 29 (3.65%) Technical Leader
17 28 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
18 27 (3.40%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 456 (57.36%) Terraform
2 68 (8.55%) React
3 48 (6.04%) Node.js
4 47 (5.91%) RESTful
5 42 (5.28%) .NET
6 39 (4.91%) REST
7 32 (4.03%) AWS CDK
8 30 (3.77%) Kafka
8 30 (3.77%) PySpark
9 29 (3.65%) ARM Templates
10 21 (2.64%) Next.js
11 19 (2.39%) CSS
12 18 (2.26%) Spring
12 18 (2.26%) YAML
13 14 (1.76%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.64%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.64%) FastAPI
14 13 (1.64%) OpenTelemetry
14 13 (1.64%) Spring Boot
15 12 (1.51%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 223 (28.05%) Cloud Native
2 93 (11.70%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.91%) Public Cloud
4 40 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.40%) Video\Live Streaming
6 31 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (3.27%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.14%) Low-Code
8 25 (3.14%) Product Ownership
9 24 (3.02%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.26%) Blog
11 16 (2.01%) Virtual Team
12 15 (1.89%) Podcast
13 14 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.51%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.38%) PKI
16 10 (1.26%) AI Agents
16 10 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.26%) Mobile App
16 10 (1.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 92 (11.57%) Linux
2 64 (8.05%) Windows
3 29 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.02%) Unix
5 13 (1.64%) VMS
6 3 (0.38%) Android
6 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (68.81%) CI/CD
2 392 (49.31%) DevOps
3 278 (34.97%) Observability
4 246 (30.94%) Containerisation
5 234 (29.43%) Mentoring
6 212 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 209 (26.29%) AI
8 201 (25.28%) Agile
9 186 (23.40%) Software Engineering
10 172 (21.64%) Technical Leadership
11 167 (21.01%) Platform Engineering
12 158 (19.87%) Roadmaps
13 151 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
14 119 (14.97%) Analytics
15 109 (13.71%) Microservices
16 108 (13.58%) Test Automation
17 99 (12.45%) Cloud Security
18 96 (12.08%) Full-Stack Development
19 95 (11.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 92 (11.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 327 (41.13%) Python
2 119 (14.97%) Bicep
3 115 (14.47%) PowerShell
4 108 (13.58%) SQL
5 96 (12.08%) Bash
6 80 (10.06%) Java
6 80 (10.06%) TypeScript
7 69 (8.68%) Go
8 55 (6.92%) JavaScript
9 48 (6.04%) C#
10 20 (2.52%) Scala
11 14 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.38%) Ruby
13 8 (1.01%) Groovy
14 7 (0.88%) C++
14 7 (0.88%) PHP
15 6 (0.75%) Rust
16 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.25%) C
17 2 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 131 (16.48%) Security Cleared
2 118 (14.84%) SC Cleared
3 84 (10.57%) Azure Certification
4 51 (6.42%) Degree
5 38 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (3.90%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.64%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.14%) SnowPro
10 13 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.38%) CCNP
12 6 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.75%) CCNA
13 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.63%) CCIE
13 5 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.38%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.30%) GRC
2 50 (6.29%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.64%) QA
4 16 (2.01%) GDPR
4 16 (2.01%) NIST
5 13 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.13%) SLA
7 7 (0.88%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.75%) NCSC
9 5 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 150 (18.87%) Docker
2 51 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (2.52%) vSphere
6 16 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.88%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 203 (25.53%) Kubernetes
2 87 (10.94%) Ansible
3 70 (8.81%) Grafana
4 46 (5.79%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.64%) Argo
6 18 (2.26%) Istio
7 16 (2.01%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.26%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.01%) Kustomize
10 8 (1.01%) Puppet
10 8 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.63%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.50%) linkerd
12 4 (0.50%) Packer
13 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.38%) Cilium
13 3 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 259 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.79%) Google
3 35 (4.40%) VMware
4 31 (3.90%) Databricks
5 21 (2.64%) Oracle
6 17 (2.14%) Cisco
6 17 (2.14%) Palo Alto
7 16 (2.01%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.51%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.51%) Informatica
9 12 (1.51%) Okta
9 12 (1.51%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.51%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.38%) Splunk
11 8 (1.01%) Arista
12 6 (0.75%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.75%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.75%) SolarWinds
12 6 (0.75%) Zscaler