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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 130 122
Rank change year-on-year +57 -8 -54
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 810 402 596
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 2.43% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 2.59% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 542 297 365
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +5.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £101,250 £105,000
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 20,108 15,510 19,787
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.68% 88.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,355 8,405 11,799
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,188
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,015 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -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 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 29 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 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.22%) Apache
3 16 (1.98%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.74%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.62%) Camunda
5 5 (0.62%) CMS
5 5 (0.62%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.37%) Confluence
6 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.37%) IIS
6 3 (0.37%) nginx
6 3 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
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 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 463 (57.16%) Azure
2 432 (53.33%) AWS
3 151 (18.64%) GCP
4 137 (16.91%) GitHub
5 113 (13.95%) Serverless
6 111 (13.70%) Azure DevOps
7 95 (11.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 76 (9.38%) PaaS
9 74 (9.14%) GitHub Actions
10 69 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
11 66 (8.15%) SaaS
12 64 (7.90%) Cloud Computing
13 60 (7.41%) Azure AKS
14 59 (7.28%) IaaS
15 58 (7.16%) Amazon S3
16 55 (6.79%) Azure Monitor
17 50 (6.17%) Entra ID
18 45 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
19 44 (5.43%) Power Platform
20 39 (4.81%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 73 (9.01%) WAN
2 69 (8.52%) LAN
3 53 (6.54%) Firewall
3 53 (6.54%) VPN
4 47 (5.80%) DNS
5 43 (5.31%) TCP/IP
6 42 (5.19%) Broadband
7 24 (2.96%) DHCP
8 20 (2.47%) BGP
9 19 (2.35%) Network Security
10 16 (1.98%) OSPF
11 14 (1.73%) VXLAN
12 8 (0.99%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.99%) VLAN
13 7 (0.86%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.62%) HTTP
14 5 (0.62%) NGFW
14 5 (0.62%) Wireless
15 4 (0.49%) NX-OS
16 3 (0.37%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.36%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.31%) Metadata
3 37 (4.57%) MongoDB
4 30 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.46%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.33%) SQL Server
7 26 (3.21%) Data Lake
8 25 (3.09%) DynamoDB
9 24 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
10 23 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (2.47%) Delta Lake
12 17 (2.10%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (2.10%) Data Vault
13 13 (1.60%) MySQL
14 11 (1.36%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.11%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.99%) Big Data
17 7 (0.86%) Power BI
17 7 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (9.63%) Git
2 50 (6.17%) GitLab
2 50 (6.17%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.86%) Bitbucket
3 7 (0.86%) JIRA
4 6 (0.74%) NUnit
5 5 (0.62%) Poetry
6 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.49%) JUnit
6 4 (0.49%) Snyk
6 4 (0.49%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.37%) Postman
7 3 (0.37%) Selenium
7 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.25%) Mockito
8 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) Vagrant
General
1 322 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 188 (23.21%) Finance
3 99 (12.22%) Public Sector
4 68 (8.40%) Law
5 63 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
6 60 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 45 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (4.94%) Banking
9 28 (3.46%) Games
10 26 (3.21%) Retail
11 16 (1.98%) Legal
12 13 (1.60%) Marketing
13 11 (1.36%) Local Government
13 11 (1.36%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Police
16 5 (0.62%) Advertising
16 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.62%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.49%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 242 (29.88%) Senior
2 143 (17.65%) Architect
3 126 (15.56%) Lead
4 104 (12.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 100 (12.35%) DevOps Engineer
6 80 (9.88%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (8.77%) Software Engineer
8 66 (8.15%) Platform Engineer
8 66 (8.15%) Systems Architect
9 59 (7.28%) Developer
10 52 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 40 (4.94%) AWS Engineer
12 39 (4.81%) Python Engineer
13 38 (4.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.57%) Data Engineer
14 37 (4.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.44%) Site Engineer
16 32 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
17 28 (3.46%) Technical Leader
18 27 (3.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 463 (57.16%) Terraform
2 73 (9.01%) React
3 49 (6.05%) Node.js
4 46 (5.68%) .NET
4 46 (5.68%) RESTful
5 44 (5.43%) REST
6 31 (3.83%) Kafka
6 31 (3.83%) PySpark
7 30 (3.70%) AWS CDK
8 27 (3.33%) ARM Templates
9 23 (2.84%) Next.js
10 21 (2.59%) Spring
11 18 (2.22%) CSS
12 17 (2.10%) YAML
13 16 (1.98%) Spring Boot
14 15 (1.85%) .NET Core
15 14 (1.73%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.60%) FastAPI
16 13 (1.60%) OAuth
16 13 (1.60%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 227 (28.02%) Cloud Native
2 101 (12.47%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 40 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.32%) Video\Live Streaming
6 31 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (3.46%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.09%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.96%) Low-Code
10 21 (2.59%) Product Ownership
11 19 (2.35%) Blog
11 19 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.98%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.98%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.60%) Podcast
14 12 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.36%) PKI
16 10 (1.23%) Mobile App
16 10 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 90 (11.11%) Linux
2 64 (7.90%) Windows
3 28 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.09%) Unix
5 12 (1.48%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (69.51%) CI/CD
2 402 (49.63%) DevOps
3 283 (34.94%) Observability
4 254 (31.36%) Containerisation
5 244 (30.12%) Mentoring
6 220 (27.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 218 (26.91%) AI
8 200 (24.69%) Agile
9 198 (24.44%) Software Engineering
10 172 (21.23%) Technical Leadership
11 168 (20.74%) Platform Engineering
12 166 (20.49%) Roadmaps
13 154 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
14 127 (15.68%) Analytics
15 117 (14.44%) Microservices
16 114 (14.07%) Test Automation
17 109 (13.46%) Cloud Security
18 95 (11.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 94 (11.60%) Full-Stack Development
20 91 (11.23%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 331 (40.86%) Python
2 120 (14.81%) Bicep
3 115 (14.20%) PowerShell
4 112 (13.83%) SQL
5 98 (12.10%) Bash
6 88 (10.86%) Java
7 82 (10.12%) TypeScript
8 71 (8.77%) Go
9 54 (6.67%) JavaScript
10 50 (6.17%) C#
11 20 (2.47%) Scala
12 14 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.36%) Ruby
14 9 (1.11%) Groovy
15 8 (0.99%) PHP
16 7 (0.86%) C++
17 6 (0.74%) Rust
18 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
19 2 (0.25%) C
19 2 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 145 (17.90%) Security Cleared
2 133 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.86%) Azure Certification
4 48 (5.93%) Degree
5 38 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (4.32%) AWS Certification
7 22 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.47%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.10%) SnowPro
10 12 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.11%) CCNP
12 8 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.62%) CCNA
14 5 (0.62%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.49%) CCIE
16 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.16%) GRC
2 52 (6.42%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.35%) GDPR
3 19 (2.35%) QA
4 18 (2.22%) NIST
5 16 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.36%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.11%) SLA
8 9 (1.11%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.74%) NCSC
10 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.12%) IASME
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 158 (19.51%) Docker
2 50 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 31 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (2.22%) vSphere
6 7 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 213 (26.30%) Kubernetes
2 86 (10.62%) Ansible
3 77 (9.51%) Grafana
4 46 (5.68%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.72%) Argo
6 18 (2.22%) Istio
7 17 (2.10%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.23%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.99%) Kustomize
10 8 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.86%) Puppet
12 6 (0.74%) Packer
13 5 (0.62%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.49%) Cilium
14 4 (0.49%) linkerd
15 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
16 2 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
16 2 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 268 (33.09%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.91%) Google
3 33 (4.07%) Databricks
3 33 (4.07%) VMware
4 23 (2.84%) Dynatrace
4 23 (2.84%) Oracle
5 15 (1.85%) Cisco
5 15 (1.85%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.60%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.48%) Informatica
7 12 (1.48%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.48%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.36%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.36%) Okta
9 10 (1.23%) Splunk
10 8 (0.99%) Arista
11 7 (0.86%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.74%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.74%) Zscaler
13 5 (0.62%) Ping Identity