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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 158 131
Rank change year-on-year +88 -27 -50
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 596 352 769
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.22% 2.41% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.53% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 384 251 658
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £100,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 15,340 13,907 29,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 95.05% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,890 8,636 23,352
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 15 May 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 15 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.01%) Apache
3 10 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.01%) Confluence
5 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 363 (60.91%) AWS
2 283 (47.48%) Azure
3 103 (17.28%) GitHub
4 96 (16.11%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (15.27%) GCP
5 91 (15.27%) Serverless
6 73 (12.25%) GitHub Actions
7 72 (12.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 47 (7.89%) Amazon EKS
9 44 (7.38%) PaaS
10 43 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
11 41 (6.88%) SaaS
12 40 (6.71%) Amazon S3
13 38 (6.38%) Amazon EC2
14 36 (6.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 34 (5.70%) AWS Lambda
16 33 (5.54%) Entra ID
16 33 (5.54%) IaaS
17 31 (5.20%) Azure AKS
18 30 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 70 (11.74%) Firewall
2 54 (9.06%) Broadband
3 30 (5.03%) DNS
4 27 (4.53%) VPN
5 26 (4.36%) TCP/IP
6 18 (3.02%) BGP
7 17 (2.85%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (2.35%) LAN
9 12 (2.01%) WAN
10 11 (1.85%) VLAN
11 10 (1.68%) DHCP
11 10 (1.68%) OSPF
12 9 (1.51%) Network Security
13 7 (1.17%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.17%) VXLAN
14 6 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (1.01%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.01%) WebEx
15 5 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.84%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.41%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.70%) MongoDB
3 32 (5.37%) NoSQL
4 31 (5.20%) Relational Database
5 29 (4.87%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (4.19%) Data Lake
6 25 (4.19%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.52%) Metadata
8 18 (3.02%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.35%) Delta Lake
11 13 (2.18%) DynamoDB
12 11 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.68%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.51%) MySQL
15 8 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.17%) Big Data
16 7 (1.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 60 (10.07%) Git
2 38 (6.38%) GitLab
3 32 (5.37%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.02%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.34%) JIRA
6 7 (1.17%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.17%) JMeter
7 6 (1.01%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.01%) Locust
7 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.84%) NUnit
8 5 (0.84%) Selenium
8 5 (0.84%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.84%) Storybook
9 3 (0.50%) MLflow
10 2 (0.34%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 151 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 106 (17.79%) Finance
3 59 (9.90%) Public Sector
4 55 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.88%) Banking
7 34 (5.70%) Retail
8 28 (4.70%) Law
9 23 (3.86%) Telecoms
10 22 (3.69%) Games
11 18 (3.02%) Billing
12 12 (2.01%) Back Office
12 12 (2.01%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.01%) Marketing
13 9 (1.51%) Legal
14 8 (1.34%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.17%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.01%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.84%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 160 (26.85%) Senior
2 118 (19.80%) Lead
3 73 (12.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (11.58%) DevOps Engineer
4 69 (11.58%) Platform Engineer
5 65 (10.91%) Developer
6 51 (8.56%) Azure Engineer
6 51 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 47 (7.89%) AWS Engineer
8 39 (6.54%) Software Engineer
9 32 (5.37%) Architect
10 31 (5.20%) Data Engineer
11 30 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
12 27 (4.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 25 (4.19%) Lead Developer
13 25 (4.19%) Python Engineer
14 21 (3.52%) Senior Developer
14 21 (3.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 19 (3.19%) Lead DevOps
15 19 (3.19%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.55%) React
1 45 (7.55%) RESTful
2 39 (6.54%) REST
3 37 (6.21%) .NET
4 35 (5.87%) Node.js
5 31 (5.20%) AWS CDK
5 31 (5.20%) Spring
6 26 (4.36%) Elastic Stack
6 26 (4.36%) Spring Boot
7 23 (3.86%) YAML
8 22 (3.69%) OpenTelemetry
9 19 (3.19%) Kafka
10 17 (2.85%) Django
10 17 (2.85%) OAuth
11 16 (2.68%) ARM Templates
11 16 (2.68%) OpenAPI
11 16 (2.68%) React Native
11 16 (2.68%) Swagger
12 15 (2.52%) JSON
12 15 (2.52%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 160 (26.85%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 36 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 31 (5.20%) Video\Live Streaming
6 26 (4.36%) Data Centre
7 24 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (3.86%) Low-Code
8 23 (3.86%) Security Posture
9 21 (3.52%) Onboarding
10 20 (3.36%) Mobile App
11 17 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (2.68%) Public Cloud
13 15 (2.52%) Legacy Applications
14 13 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (2.01%) Blog
16 10 (1.68%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
17 9 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 116 (19.46%) Linux
2 37 (6.21%) Windows
3 35 (5.87%) Unix
4 21 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.01%) Android
6 11 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.67%) VMS
8 2 (0.34%) CentOS
8 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (69.97%) CI/CD
2 363 (60.91%) DevOps
3 197 (33.05%) Agile
4 196 (32.89%) Observability
5 190 (31.88%) Mentoring
6 160 (26.85%) Containerisation
7 148 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 139 (23.32%) Platform Engineering
9 128 (21.48%) Software Engineering
10 125 (20.97%) Test Automation
11 112 (18.79%) AI
12 108 (18.12%) Technical Leadership
13 102 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
14 94 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 86 (14.43%) Full-Stack Development
16 85 (14.26%) Microservices
17 81 (13.59%) Roadmaps
18 72 (12.08%) Analytics
19 63 (10.57%) Coaching
20 62 (10.40%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 264 (44.30%) Python
2 100 (16.78%) Java
3 90 (15.10%) Bash
4 73 (12.25%) PowerShell
4 73 (12.25%) SQL
5 70 (11.74%) JavaScript
6 66 (11.07%) Go
7 60 (10.07%) Bicep
8 57 (9.56%) TypeScript
9 40 (6.71%) C#
10 15 (2.52%) Scala
11 8 (1.34%) C++
12 7 (1.17%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.01%) PHP
14 5 (0.84%) Ruby
14 5 (0.84%) Rust
15 3 (0.50%) Groovy
16 2 (0.34%) C
16 2 (0.34%) Perl
16 2 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (13.59%) Security Cleared
2 73 (12.25%) SC Cleared
3 53 (8.89%) Degree
4 44 (7.38%) Azure Certification
5 42 (7.05%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.18%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.51%) CCNP
11 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.01%) CCNA
13 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 4 (0.67%) LPIC
14 4 (0.67%) MCSE
14 4 (0.67%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.67%) VCAP
14 4 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.37%) QA
2 26 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.36%) Accessibility
4 18 (3.02%) GDPR
5 17 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.52%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.35%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.51%) NIST
9 5 (0.84%) WCAG
10 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 155 (26.01%) Docker
2 24 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.69%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.18%) vSphere
5 11 (1.85%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.67%) Firmware
7 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) vCloud
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 373 (62.58%) Terraform
2 204 (34.23%) Kubernetes
3 107 (17.95%) Ansible
4 65 (10.91%) Grafana
5 64 (10.74%) Prometheus
6 28 (4.70%) Argo
7 22 (3.69%) Kustomize
8 13 (2.18%) Puppet
8 13 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (1.85%) Progress Chef
10 7 (1.17%) Proxmox
11 6 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.84%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.84%) Istio
12 5 (0.84%) Packer
13 4 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.67%) logstash
13 4 (0.67%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 101 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.71%) Google
3 38 (6.38%) VMware
4 31 (5.20%) Cisco
5 22 (3.69%) Palo Alto
6 20 (3.36%) Databricks
7 18 (3.02%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.01%) Splunk
10 11 (1.85%) F5
10 11 (1.85%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.34%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.17%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.17%) NetApp
13 6 (1.01%) Ab Initio
13 6 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.01%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.01%) Juniper
14 5 (0.84%) Arista
14 5 (0.84%) Okta