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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 103 69
Rank change year-on-year +20 -34 +22
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 476 579 910
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.12% 2.95% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 3.26% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 331 352 758
10th Percentile £46,500 £41,594 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,391 £57,612
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -6.67% +5.63%
75th Percentile £89,250 £88,750 £96,539
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,376 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.71% -4.01% -

All Process and 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 13,869 17,760 19,877
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.80% 90.35% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,747 10,711 16,110
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 November 2025.

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 19 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.78%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.05%) Apache
6 3 (0.63%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 330 (69.33%) Azure
2 260 (54.62%) AWS
3 124 (26.05%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (25.21%) GitHub
5 87 (18.28%) GCP
6 86 (18.07%) GitHub Actions
7 85 (17.86%) AWS CloudFormation
8 74 (15.55%) Serverless
9 53 (11.13%) SaaS
10 51 (10.71%) Azure Monitor
10 51 (10.71%) Entra ID
11 48 (10.08%) AWS Lambda
12 42 (8.82%) PaaS
13 41 (8.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 39 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
15 37 (7.77%) IaaS
16 35 (7.35%) Amazon ECS
17 34 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
17 34 (7.14%) Amazon S3
18 25 (5.25%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.97%) Firewall
2 44 (9.24%) VPN
3 28 (5.88%) WAN
4 26 (5.46%) DNS
5 24 (5.04%) LAN
6 22 (4.62%) Network Security
6 22 (4.62%) TCP/IP
7 14 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.52%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.89%) BGP
10 8 (1.68%) DHCP
10 8 (1.68%) VLAN
11 7 (1.47%) Unified Communications
11 7 (1.47%) VoIP
12 6 (1.26%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.84%) Broadband
13 4 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.84%) Wireless
13 4 (0.84%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.63%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.67%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (4.62%) NoSQL
3 19 (3.99%) Data Lake
3 19 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.99%) SQL Server
4 18 (3.78%) DynamoDB
5 17 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.73%) Redis
7 12 (2.52%) MySQL
8 11 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.47%) Power BI
11 6 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.26%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
14 2 (0.42%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 66 (13.87%) Jenkins
2 41 (8.61%) GitLab
3 33 (6.93%) Git
4 10 (2.10%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.68%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.47%) JIRA
7 6 (1.26%) git-flow
8 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.63%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.63%) JMeter
10 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.21%) Locust
11 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.21%) Selenium
11 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 137 (28.78%) Finance
2 109 (22.90%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.61%) Law
4 38 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.77%) Banking
6 30 (6.30%) Retail
7 27 (5.67%) Public Sector
8 26 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (4.83%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.94%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.73%) Legal
12 12 (2.52%) Back Office
13 7 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.47%) Games
13 7 (1.47%) Marketing
13 7 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Advertising
14 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.63%) Electronics
15 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 120 (25.21%) Senior
2 78 (16.39%) Cloud Engineer
3 72 (15.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 56 (11.76%) Lead
5 55 (11.55%) Architect
6 50 (10.50%) Azure Engineer
7 41 (8.61%) Developer
8 36 (7.56%) Platform Engineer
9 35 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (4.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 20 (4.20%) Senior DevOps
12 19 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
12 19 (3.99%) Cloud Architect
12 19 (3.99%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 18 (3.78%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (3.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.15%) Infrastructure Architect
14 15 (3.15%) Lead DevOps
14 15 (3.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (2.73%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (10.08%) .NET
2 35 (7.35%) React
3 23 (4.83%) OAuth
4 22 (4.62%) RESTful
5 21 (4.41%) YAML
6 19 (3.99%) Node.js
7 18 (3.78%) Elastic Stack
8 14 (2.94%) AWS CDK
8 14 (2.94%) Django
8 14 (2.94%) OAuth2
9 13 (2.73%) CSS
9 13 (2.73%) JSON
10 12 (2.52%) HTML
10 12 (2.52%) Kafka
10 12 (2.52%) REST
11 10 (2.10%) GraphQL
11 10 (2.10%) Vue
12 9 (1.89%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.68%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.68%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 122 (25.63%) Cloud Native
2 41 (8.61%) Public Cloud
3 32 (6.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (6.72%) Product Ownership
4 30 (6.30%) Data Centre
5 23 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (3.99%) Security Posture
7 17 (3.57%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.36%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (2.31%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (1.47%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.26%) Blog
14 6 (1.26%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
15 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
16 4 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 86 (18.07%) Linux
2 52 (10.92%) Windows
3 21 (4.41%) Unix
4 14 (2.94%) VMS
5 10 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.47%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.47%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.63%) CentOS
8 3 (0.63%) Debian
9 2 (0.42%) Android
9 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (71.64%) DevOps
2 322 (67.65%) CI/CD
3 161 (33.82%) Agile
4 121 (25.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 106 (22.27%) Observability
6 91 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (18.91%) Containerisation
7 90 (18.91%) Mentoring
8 84 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 75 (15.76%) Coaching
10 74 (15.55%) Analytics
11 73 (15.34%) Cloud Security
12 69 (14.50%) Roadmaps
13 66 (13.87%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 64 (13.45%) AI
14 64 (13.45%) Incident Response
15 60 (12.61%) Asset Management
16 58 (12.18%) Software Engineering
17 56 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
18 53 (11.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 179 (37.61%) Python
2 114 (23.95%) PowerShell
3 89 (18.70%) Bash
4 80 (16.81%) Bicep
5 72 (15.13%) SQL
6 37 (7.77%) C#
7 35 (7.35%) JavaScript
8 32 (6.72%) TypeScript
9 26 (5.46%) Go
10 24 (5.04%) Java
11 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.42%) Groovy
13 2 (0.42%) PHP
13 2 (0.42%) XAML
14 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.34%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.92%) Azure Certification
4 48 (10.08%) AWS Certification
5 26 (5.46%) Degree
6 19 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.36%) CCNP
8 16 (3.36%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.47%) PMP
11 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.05%) OSCP
12 4 (0.84%) CISSP
12 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.84%) OSCE
13 3 (0.63%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.09%) NIST
3 27 (5.67%) GDPR
4 17 (3.57%) SOC 2
5 16 (3.36%) PCI DSS
6 15 (3.15%) QA
7 8 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.68%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.68%) SLA
8 6 (1.26%) GRC
9 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.84%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 132 (27.73%) Docker
2 24 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (4.41%) Active Directory
6 11 (2.31%) vSphere
7 9 (1.89%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.26%) NFS
9 3 (0.63%) Firmware
9 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.63%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.42%) vCloud
11 1 (0.21%) HDFS
11 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 345 (72.48%) Terraform
2 167 (35.08%) Kubernetes
3 108 (22.69%) Ansible
4 60 (12.61%) Grafana
5 46 (9.66%) Prometheus
6 22 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.31%) Argo
8 8 (1.68%) SCOM
9 4 (0.84%) Cilium
10 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.42%) logstash
11 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.21%) Icinga
12 1 (0.21%) Kibana
12 1 (0.21%) Nagios
12 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.88%) VMware
3 26 (5.46%) Cisco
4 18 (3.78%) Databricks
4 18 (3.78%) Google
5 16 (3.36%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.31%) Ab Initio
6 11 (2.31%) Oracle
6 11 (2.31%) Splunk
7 8 (1.68%) New Relic
7 8 (1.68%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.47%) Commvault
8 7 (1.47%) Pure Storage
9 6 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.26%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.84%) Aruba
10 4 (0.84%) Dell
10 4 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.84%) Foundry
10 4 (0.84%) PagerDuty