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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 115 97
Rank change year-on-year +37 -18 -9
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 552 456 855
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.36% 3.02% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 3.17% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 351 285 733
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% -2.65%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £96,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -3.33%

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 14,117 14,367 25,565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.85% 95.11% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,762 21,237
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 26 February 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 14 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.63%) Apache
5 4 (0.72%) Confluence
5 4 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 323 (58.51%) Azure
2 322 (58.33%) AWS
3 135 (24.46%) Azure DevOps
4 131 (23.73%) GitHub
5 98 (17.75%) GCP
6 95 (17.21%) GitHub Actions
7 94 (17.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 88 (15.94%) Serverless
9 61 (11.05%) Azure Monitor
10 59 (10.69%) Entra ID
11 54 (9.78%) Amazon EKS
12 51 (9.24%) SaaS
13 50 (9.06%) PaaS
14 48 (8.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 47 (8.51%) Amazon S3
15 47 (8.51%) AWS Lambda
16 42 (7.61%) IaaS
17 40 (7.25%) Amazon ECS
18 37 (6.70%) Azure Data Factory
19 35 (6.34%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 62 (11.23%) Firewall
2 39 (7.07%) VPN
3 32 (5.80%) Broadband
4 24 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.62%) DNS
6 12 (2.17%) BGP
6 12 (2.17%) Network Security
7 11 (1.99%) VLAN
7 11 (1.99%) WAN
8 9 (1.63%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.27%) DHCP
9 7 (1.27%) LAN
10 5 (0.91%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.72%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.36%) DSL
12 2 (0.36%) IPsec
12 2 (0.36%) OSPF
12 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.61%) NoSQL
2 37 (6.70%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (4.35%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.80%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.44%) Data Lake
7 19 (3.44%) RDBMS
8 17 (3.08%) Redis
9 16 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.36%) Delta Lake
10 13 (2.36%) DynamoDB
10 13 (2.36%) Metadata
10 13 (2.36%) MySQL
11 11 (1.99%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 55 (9.96%) Jenkins
2 38 (6.88%) GitLab
3 37 (6.70%) Git
4 19 (3.44%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.45%) JIRA
6 8 (1.45%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.09%) git-flow
8 5 (0.91%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.91%) Storybook
9 4 (0.72%) JMeter
9 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.54%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.54%) Selenium
11 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 155 (28.08%) Finance
2 133 (24.09%) Social Skills
3 54 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 48 (8.70%) Banking
6 42 (7.61%) Retail
7 40 (7.25%) Law
8 24 (4.35%) Financial Institution
8 24 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.62%) Back Office
10 16 (2.90%) Billing
11 10 (1.81%) Marketing
12 8 (1.45%) Legal
13 7 (1.27%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.27%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.09%) Games
15 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Military
15 5 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 142 (25.72%) Senior
2 91 (16.49%) Cloud Engineer
3 87 (15.76%) Lead
4 66 (11.96%) Platform Engineer
5 61 (11.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (10.69%) Azure Engineer
7 53 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (8.88%) Developer
9 42 (7.61%) AWS Engineer
10 32 (5.80%) Architect
11 28 (5.07%) Software Engineer
12 24 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
13 23 (4.17%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 22 (3.99%) Data Engineer
15 20 (3.62%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.62%) Lead DevOps
16 19 (3.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 16 (2.90%) AWS Platform Engineer
17 16 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
18 15 (2.72%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.97%) React
2 39 (7.07%) .NET
3 35 (6.34%) Elastic Stack
4 31 (5.62%) RESTful
5 28 (5.07%) Node.js
6 27 (4.89%) Spring
7 26 (4.71%) OAuth
8 23 (4.17%) Spring Boot
8 23 (4.17%) YAML
9 22 (3.99%) Django
10 21 (3.80%) OpenTelemetry
11 20 (3.62%) AWS CDK
12 19 (3.44%) JSON
12 19 (3.44%) OpenAPI
12 19 (3.44%) Swagger
13 18 (3.26%) CSS
14 17 (3.08%) HTML
15 16 (2.90%) Kafka
15 16 (2.90%) REST
16 15 (2.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 130 (23.55%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (5.80%) Data Centre
3 32 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 31 (5.62%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (4.71%) Public Cloud
6 23 (4.17%) Onboarding
7 22 (3.99%) Security Posture
8 21 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.90%) Blog
10 15 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (2.54%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (2.17%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.99%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
16 6 (1.09%) Data Structures
17 5 (0.91%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 128 (23.19%) Linux
2 51 (9.24%) Windows
3 48 (8.70%) Unix
4 13 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.17%) VMS
6 10 (1.81%) Android
6 10 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.91%) CentOS
10 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.36%) Debian
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (68.66%) DevOps
2 370 (67.03%) CI/CD
3 179 (32.43%) Agile
4 160 (28.99%) Mentoring
5 148 (26.81%) Observability
6 138 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 127 (23.01%) Containerisation
8 98 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 97 (17.57%) Platform Engineering
10 95 (17.21%) Coaching
11 85 (15.40%) Roadmaps
12 81 (14.67%) AI
12 81 (14.67%) Analytics
12 81 (14.67%) Software Engineering
13 74 (13.41%) Cloud Security
14 72 (13.04%) Incident Response
15 64 (11.59%) Test Automation
16 61 (11.05%) Asset Management
17 60 (10.87%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 223 (40.40%) Python
2 107 (19.38%) PowerShell
3 105 (19.02%) Bash
4 80 (14.49%) Bicep
5 79 (14.31%) Java
5 79 (14.31%) SQL
6 55 (9.96%) JavaScript
7 53 (9.60%) Go
8 38 (6.88%) TypeScript
9 35 (6.34%) C#
10 11 (1.99%) Scala
11 7 (1.27%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.09%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.54%) Rust
14 2 (0.36%) C++
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
14 2 (0.36%) VB
15 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 86 (15.58%) Security Cleared
2 74 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.33%) AWS Certification
4 43 (7.79%) Azure Certification
5 34 (6.16%) Degree
6 17 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.81%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.27%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.09%) CCNP
12 5 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.91%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.91%) OSCP
13 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.72%) OSCE
14 3 (0.54%) CCNA
14 3 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (4.71%) GDPR
3 25 (4.53%) PCI DSS
4 24 (4.35%) SOC 2
5 21 (3.80%) Data Quality
5 21 (3.80%) NIST
6 19 (3.44%) QA
7 16 (2.90%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.45%) SLA
9 6 (1.09%) GRC
10 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.72%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 176 (31.88%) Docker
2 29 (5.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.71%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (2.36%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.17%) Hyper-V
8 10 (1.81%) vSphere
9 5 (0.91%) Firmware
9 5 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.36%) vCloud
11 1 (0.18%) NFS
11 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 394 (71.38%) Terraform
2 197 (35.69%) Kubernetes
3 122 (22.10%) Ansible
4 74 (13.41%) Prometheus
5 73 (13.22%) Grafana
6 26 (4.71%) Argo
7 19 (3.44%) Kustomize
8 18 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.81%) Puppet
11 6 (1.09%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.09%) SCOM
12 5 (0.91%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.91%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.72%) Cilium
13 4 (0.72%) logstash
13 4 (0.72%) Packer
13 4 (0.72%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 94 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.15%) Google
3 43 (7.79%) VMware
4 21 (3.80%) Databricks
5 20 (3.62%) Cisco
6 16 (2.90%) Splunk
7 14 (2.54%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.17%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.63%) New Relic
9 9 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.45%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.27%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.27%) Oracle
12 6 (1.09%) Dell
13 4 (0.72%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.72%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.72%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.72%) PagerDuty
13 4 (0.72%) Zscaler