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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 148 151
Rank change year-on-year +81 +3 -81
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 833 381 553
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 2.30% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 2.48% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 545 292 405
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +14.81% -9.40%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,000 £101,125 £102,500
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 18,872 15,371 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,617 8,911 15,260
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 18 August 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 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.04%) Apache
3 16 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.72%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.48%) Camunda
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 3 (0.36%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 462 (55.46%) Azure
2 455 (54.62%) AWS
3 156 (18.73%) GCP
4 116 (13.93%) GitHub
5 114 (13.69%) Serverless
6 100 (12.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 99 (11.88%) Azure DevOps
8 75 (9.00%) PaaS
9 69 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
10 63 (7.56%) Cloud Computing
11 62 (7.44%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (6.84%) Azure AKS
12 57 (6.84%) SaaS
13 55 (6.60%) IaaS
14 53 (6.36%) Amazon S3
15 44 (5.28%) AWS Lambda
15 44 (5.28%) Azure Monitor
16 42 (5.04%) Power Platform
17 36 (4.32%) Amazon EC2
17 36 (4.32%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.12%) WAN
2 75 (9.00%) LAN
3 64 (7.68%) Firewall
4 50 (6.00%) Broadband
5 49 (5.88%) DNS
6 48 (5.76%) VPN
7 47 (5.64%) TCP/IP
8 24 (2.88%) DHCP
9 20 (2.40%) BGP
10 18 (2.16%) Network Security
11 17 (2.04%) OSPF
12 14 (1.68%) VXLAN
13 12 (1.44%) VLAN
14 11 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (1.08%) SD-WAN
16 8 (0.96%) Ethernet VPN
17 6 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
17 6 (0.72%) HTTP
17 6 (0.72%) Unified Communications
17 6 (0.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (5.52%) MongoDB
3 41 (4.92%) Metadata
4 31 (3.72%) Relational Database
5 30 (3.60%) Data Lake
6 28 (3.36%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (2.88%) DynamoDB
8 20 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (2.28%) Delta Lake
10 18 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.80%) MySQL
11 15 (1.80%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.68%) Data Vault
13 11 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.32%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.96%) Big Data
16 5 (0.60%) Power BI
16 5 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (10.20%) Git
2 49 (5.88%) GitLab
3 46 (5.52%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.08%) NUnit
5 8 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.72%) JMeter
7 5 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.60%) Locust
7 5 (0.60%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.48%) JIRA
8 4 (0.48%) Snyk
9 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.36%) MLflow
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 308 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 187 (22.45%) Finance
3 84 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.28%) Law
5 66 (7.92%) Presentation Skills
6 61 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (4.92%) Banking
9 35 (4.20%) Games
10 24 (2.88%) Retail
11 21 (2.52%) Legal
12 17 (2.04%) Marketing
13 16 (1.92%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.44%) Local Government
15 11 (1.32%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.84%) Aviation
18 6 (0.72%) Advertising
18 6 (0.72%) Legal Technology
19 5 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 228 (27.37%) Senior
2 137 (16.45%) Architect
3 134 (16.09%) Lead
4 102 (12.24%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (11.52%) Cloud Engineer
6 76 (9.12%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (8.52%) Developer
8 69 (8.28%) Platform Engineer
9 67 (8.04%) Systems Architect
10 64 (7.68%) Software Engineer
11 48 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 45 (5.40%) Python Engineer
13 43 (5.16%) AWS Engineer
14 38 (4.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 36 (4.32%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 34 (4.08%) Data Engineer
16 34 (4.08%) Site Engineer
17 31 (3.72%) Senior DevOps
18 28 (3.36%) Senior Software Engineer
18 28 (3.36%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (8.16%) React
2 53 (6.36%) REST
3 50 (6.00%) RESTful
4 48 (5.76%) Node.js
5 46 (5.52%) .NET
6 38 (4.56%) AWS CDK
7 29 (3.48%) ARM Templates
8 28 (3.36%) Kafka
9 24 (2.88%) Next.js
9 24 (2.88%) PySpark
9 24 (2.88%) Spring
9 24 (2.88%) YAML
10 20 (2.40%) CSS
11 18 (2.16%) Spring Boot
12 17 (2.04%) FastAPI
13 15 (1.80%) .NET Core
13 15 (1.80%) AngularJS
14 12 (1.44%) Django
14 12 (1.44%) JSON
14 12 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 239 (28.69%) Cloud Native
2 91 (10.92%) Distributed Systems
3 51 (6.12%) Public Cloud
4 44 (5.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (4.92%) Video\Live Streaming
6 40 (4.80%) Product Ownership
7 33 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (3.72%) Low-Code
8 31 (3.72%) Security Posture
9 26 (3.12%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.16%) Podcast
11 17 (2.04%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.80%) Blog
12 15 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.80%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.56%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.56%) Replication
14 11 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.85%) Linux
2 66 (7.92%) Windows
3 32 (3.84%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.88%) Unix
5 13 (1.56%) VMS
6 4 (0.48%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (68.07%) CI/CD
2 424 (50.90%) DevOps
3 282 (33.85%) Observability
4 266 (31.93%) Containerisation
5 241 (28.93%) Mentoring
6 232 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 226 (27.13%) Agile
8 209 (25.09%) AI
9 200 (24.01%) Software Engineering
10 192 (23.05%) Technical Leadership
11 182 (21.85%) Platform Engineering
12 163 (19.57%) Roadmaps
13 144 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
14 135 (16.21%) Test Automation
15 127 (15.25%) Microservices
16 115 (13.81%) Analytics
17 113 (13.57%) Full-Stack Development
18 97 (11.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 97 (11.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 94 (11.28%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 348 (41.78%) Python
2 114 (13.69%) Bicep
3 107 (12.85%) SQL
4 106 (12.73%) PowerShell
5 95 (11.40%) Bash
6 91 (10.92%) Java
7 83 (9.96%) TypeScript
8 69 (8.28%) Go
9 63 (7.56%) JavaScript
10 51 (6.12%) C#
11 19 (2.28%) Scala
12 13 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (1.56%) Ruby
13 8 (0.96%) PHP
14 7 (0.84%) C++
14 7 (0.84%) Groovy
15 4 (0.48%) Rust
15 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.36%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 136 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 125 (15.01%) SC Cleared
3 87 (10.44%) Azure Certification
4 62 (7.44%) Degree
5 34 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (3.84%) AWS Certification
7 27 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (3.12%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.80%) CCNP
10 15 (1.80%) SnowPro
11 8 (0.96%) CCNA
12 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.72%) CCIE
13 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.60%) VCAP
14 5 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.48%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.08%) GRC
2 47 (5.64%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.32%) QA
4 16 (1.92%) GDPR
5 15 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.80%) NIST
6 11 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.84%) SLA
9 6 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.60%) NCSC
10 5 (0.60%) WCAG
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 163 (19.57%) Docker
2 50 (6.00%) Active Directory
3 41 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.00%) vSphere
5 21 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.24%) Firmware
9 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 466 (55.94%) Terraform
2 227 (27.25%) Kubernetes
3 91 (10.92%) Ansible
4 79 (9.48%) Grafana
5 46 (5.52%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.52%) Argo
7 17 (2.04%) Istio
8 14 (1.68%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.20%) Puppet
10 9 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.84%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.48%) linkerd
15 3 (0.36%) Cilium
15 3 (0.36%) Packer
15 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 252 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.48%) Google
3 44 (5.28%) VMware
4 31 (3.72%) Databricks
5 29 (3.48%) Cisco
6 25 (3.00%) Palo Alto
7 20 (2.40%) Oracle
7 20 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 16 (1.92%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.68%) Dynatrace
9 14 (1.68%) Splunk
10 12 (1.44%) Informatica
10 12 (1.44%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.44%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.32%) Okta
12 9 (1.08%) F5
12 9 (1.08%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.96%) Arista
13 8 (0.96%) NetApp
14 6 (0.72%) Zscaler