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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 128 143
Rank change year-on-year +57 +15 -74
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 813 390 562
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.48% 2.43% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 2.61% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 534 294 382
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -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 19,138 14,917 20,728
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 92.96% 87.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,805 8,582 13,608
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,266 £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 4 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 22 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.21%) Apache
3 15 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.74%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.49%) Camunda
7 3 (0.37%) Confluence
7 3 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) 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%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 455 (55.97%) Azure
2 439 (54.00%) AWS
3 154 (18.94%) GCP
4 123 (15.13%) GitHub
5 109 (13.41%) Serverless
6 102 (12.55%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (12.18%) AWS CloudFormation
8 72 (8.86%) PaaS
9 69 (8.49%) GitHub Actions
9 69 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
10 63 (7.75%) Cloud Computing
11 59 (7.26%) Azure AKS
12 57 (7.01%) Amazon S3
13 56 (6.89%) SaaS
14 55 (6.77%) IaaS
15 48 (5.90%) Azure Monitor
16 45 (5.54%) AWS Lambda
17 41 (5.04%) Power Platform
18 38 (4.67%) Entra ID
19 35 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 75 (9.23%) WAN
2 73 (8.98%) LAN
3 59 (7.26%) Firewall
4 51 (6.27%) DNS
5 49 (6.03%) VPN
6 48 (5.90%) Broadband
7 45 (5.54%) TCP/IP
8 25 (3.08%) DHCP
9 19 (2.34%) BGP
10 17 (2.09%) Network Security
10 17 (2.09%) OSPF
11 14 (1.72%) VXLAN
12 10 (1.23%) VLAN
13 9 (1.11%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.98%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (0.74%) HTTP
15 6 (0.74%) Wireless
16 5 (0.62%) NGFW
17 4 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (11.81%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.29%) MongoDB
3 41 (5.04%) Metadata
4 31 (3.81%) Relational Database
5 28 (3.44%) SQL Server
6 27 (3.32%) Data Lake
7 25 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (2.83%) DynamoDB
9 21 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (2.46%) Delta Lake
11 16 (1.97%) Data Vault
12 15 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (1.85%) MySQL
13 12 (1.48%) NoSQL
14 11 (1.35%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.98%) Big Data
16 5 (0.62%) Redis
17 4 (0.49%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 83 (10.21%) Git
2 51 (6.27%) GitLab
3 45 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.11%) NUnit
5 7 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.74%) JIRA
7 5 (0.62%) Selenium
8 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.49%) Poetry
8 4 (0.49%) Snyk
9 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.37%) JMeter
9 3 (0.37%) MLflow
9 3 (0.37%) Postman
9 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.25%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.25%) JUnit
10 2 (0.25%) MSI
10 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 306 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 186 (22.88%) Finance
3 80 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 68 (8.36%) Law
5 64 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
6 57 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
7 47 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (5.04%) Banking
9 34 (4.18%) Games
10 21 (2.58%) Retail
11 20 (2.46%) Legal
12 14 (1.72%) Local Government
12 14 (1.72%) Marketing
13 11 (1.35%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.35%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.86%) Aviation
16 5 (0.62%) Advertising
16 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.62%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 227 (27.92%) Senior
2 136 (16.73%) Architect
3 128 (15.74%) Lead
4 100 (12.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 98 (12.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 76 (9.35%) Azure Engineer
7 68 (8.36%) Platform Engineer
8 67 (8.24%) Systems Architect
9 66 (8.12%) Developer
10 62 (7.63%) Software Engineer
11 50 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 43 (5.29%) Python Engineer
13 39 (4.80%) AWS Engineer
14 37 (4.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.43%) Site Engineer
16 35 (4.31%) Data Engineer
17 29 (3.57%) Technical Leader
18 28 (3.44%) Senior DevOps
19 27 (3.32%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (57.07%) Terraform
2 67 (8.24%) React
3 50 (6.15%) Node.js
3 50 (6.15%) RESTful
4 49 (6.03%) REST
5 44 (5.41%) .NET
6 37 (4.55%) AWS CDK
7 30 (3.69%) Kafka
8 29 (3.57%) ARM Templates
8 29 (3.57%) PySpark
9 22 (2.71%) Next.js
9 22 (2.71%) YAML
10 20 (2.46%) CSS
10 20 (2.46%) Spring
11 16 (1.97%) FastAPI
12 14 (1.72%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.72%) Spring Boot
13 13 (1.60%) .NET Core
13 13 (1.60%) OpenTelemetry
14 12 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 231 (28.41%) Cloud Native
2 92 (11.32%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (5.90%) Public Cloud
4 40 (4.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (4.92%) Video\Live Streaming
5 36 (4.43%) Product Ownership
6 32 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (3.69%) Low-Code
8 29 (3.57%) Security Posture
9 26 (3.20%) Data Centre
10 17 (2.09%) Blog
10 17 (2.09%) Podcast
11 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.60%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.48%) Mobile App
15 11 (1.35%) PKI
15 11 (1.35%) Replication
16 10 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 94 (11.56%) Linux
2 62 (7.63%) Windows
3 30 (3.69%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.71%) Unix
5 13 (1.60%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (68.51%) CI/CD
2 399 (49.08%) DevOps
3 280 (34.44%) Observability
4 256 (31.49%) Containerisation
5 236 (29.03%) Mentoring
6 222 (27.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (26.08%) Agile
8 210 (25.83%) AI
9 202 (24.85%) Software Engineering
10 179 (22.02%) Technical Leadership
11 178 (21.89%) Platform Engineering
12 163 (20.05%) Roadmaps
13 145 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (15.38%) Test Automation
15 122 (15.01%) Analytics
16 117 (14.39%) Microservices
17 108 (13.28%) Full-Stack Development
18 96 (11.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 94 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 93 (11.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 342 (42.07%) Python
2 118 (14.51%) Bicep
3 111 (13.65%) PowerShell
4 106 (13.04%) SQL
5 95 (11.69%) Bash
6 84 (10.33%) Java
7 82 (10.09%) TypeScript
8 70 (8.61%) Go
9 59 (7.26%) JavaScript
10 47 (5.78%) C#
11 20 (2.46%) Scala
12 13 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (1.60%) Ruby
13 8 (0.98%) PHP
14 7 (0.86%) C++
14 7 (0.86%) Groovy
15 5 (0.62%) Rust
16 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.25%) C
17 2 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 130 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 118 (14.51%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.46%) Azure Certification
4 57 (7.01%) Degree
5 37 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (3.81%) AWS Certification
7 26 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.83%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.09%) SnowPro
10 15 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.60%) CCNP
12 7 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (0.86%) CCNA
13 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.74%) CCIE
13 6 (0.74%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.62%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.37%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.13%) GRC
2 50 (6.15%) Data Quality
3 30 (3.69%) QA
4 15 (1.85%) GDPR
4 15 (1.85%) NIST
5 14 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.11%) SLA
7 8 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.62%) NCSC
8 5 (0.62%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) IFRS
9 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.25%) WCAG
10 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 157 (19.31%) Docker
2 50 (6.15%) Active Directory
3 34 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (2.71%) vSphere
5 14 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 215 (26.45%) Kubernetes
2 89 (10.95%) Ansible
3 75 (9.23%) Grafana
4 46 (5.66%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.71%) Argo
6 18 (2.21%) Istio
7 14 (1.72%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.23%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.98%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.98%) Puppet
10 7 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.49%) linkerd
11 4 (0.49%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.37%) Cilium
12 3 (0.37%) Packer
12 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 254 (31.24%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.64%) Google
3 36 (4.43%) VMware
4 30 (3.69%) Databricks
5 22 (2.71%) Cisco
6 21 (2.58%) Palo Alto
7 20 (2.46%) Oracle
8 16 (1.97%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.97%) Red Hat
9 14 (1.72%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.48%) Informatica
10 12 (1.48%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.48%) ScienceLogic
10 12 (1.48%) Splunk
11 11 (1.35%) Okta
12 8 (0.98%) Arista
12 8 (0.98%) Salesforce
13 7 (0.86%) F5
14 6 (0.74%) NetApp
14 6 (0.74%) SolarWinds