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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 168 142
Rank change year-on-year +94 -26 -59
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 681 332 759
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 2.17% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 2.29% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 450 237 609
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,150 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.66% -6.04%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -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 16,294 14,504 30,743
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 94.61% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,745 8,418 23,751
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 16 June 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 21 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.35%) Apache
3 13 (1.91%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.73%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.44%) Confluence
7 2 (0.29%) Camunda
7 2 (0.29%) WordPress
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 422 (61.97%) AWS
2 308 (45.23%) Azure
3 111 (16.30%) Serverless
4 107 (15.71%) GitHub
5 99 (14.54%) GCP
6 93 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (12.33%) AWS CloudFormation
8 69 (10.13%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (8.96%) PaaS
10 55 (8.08%) Amazon S3
11 51 (7.49%) SaaS
12 49 (7.20%) IaaS
13 48 (7.05%) Amazon EKS
14 46 (6.75%) Amazon EC2
14 46 (6.75%) Azure AKS
14 46 (6.75%) Azure Monitor
15 38 (5.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 38 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
15 38 (5.58%) Entra ID
16 35 (5.14%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.01%) Broadband
2 68 (9.99%) Firewall
3 37 (5.43%) VPN
4 35 (5.14%) DNS
5 29 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 22 (3.23%) BGP
7 17 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
8 15 (2.20%) WAN
9 14 (2.06%) LAN
9 14 (2.06%) VLAN
10 13 (1.91%) OSPF
11 11 (1.62%) Network Security
12 10 (1.47%) DHCP
12 10 (1.47%) VXLAN
13 9 (1.32%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.88%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.88%) WebEx
15 5 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.73%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (13.07%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (6.61%) MongoDB
3 39 (5.73%) Relational Database
4 34 (4.99%) Metadata
4 34 (4.99%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (3.38%) Data Lake
6 23 (3.38%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.08%) RDBMS
8 16 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (2.20%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.06%) Delta Lake
11 12 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (1.62%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.32%) MySQL
14 9 (1.32%) Redis
15 8 (1.17%) Big Data
16 7 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 72 (10.57%) Git
2 50 (7.34%) GitLab
3 38 (5.58%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.64%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.17%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.88%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.88%) JMeter
6 6 (0.88%) NUnit
6 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.73%) JIRA
7 5 (0.73%) Locust
7 5 (0.73%) Selenium
8 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.44%) MLflow
9 3 (0.44%) Storybook
10 2 (0.29%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.29%) Vagrant
General
1 191 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 98 (14.39%) Finance
3 69 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 60 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (5.73%) Banking
7 35 (5.14%) Law
8 33 (4.85%) Retail
9 31 (4.55%) Games
10 22 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.06%) Billing
12 12 (1.76%) Marketing
13 11 (1.62%) Back Office
13 11 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.47%) Legal
14 10 (1.47%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.17%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.03%) Aviation
17 6 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 177 (25.99%) Senior
2 133 (19.53%) Lead
3 87 (12.78%) Cloud Engineer
4 86 (12.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 76 (11.16%) Developer
6 75 (11.01%) Platform Engineer
7 58 (8.52%) AWS Engineer
8 51 (7.49%) Azure Engineer
9 50 (7.34%) Architect
10 47 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 44 (6.46%) Software Engineer
12 33 (4.85%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 32 (4.70%) Data Engineer
13 32 (4.70%) Senior DevOps
14 30 (4.41%) Senior Developer
15 28 (4.11%) Python Engineer
16 27 (3.96%) Lead Developer
17 23 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 21 (3.08%) Python Developer
18 21 (3.08%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.78%) React
2 48 (7.05%) RESTful
3 46 (6.75%) REST
4 40 (5.87%) .NET
4 40 (5.87%) Node.js
5 36 (5.29%) AWS CDK
6 33 (4.85%) Spring
7 27 (3.96%) Spring Boot
8 26 (3.82%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.82%) YAML
9 25 (3.67%) OpenTelemetry
10 22 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
11 21 (3.08%) Kafka
12 19 (2.79%) Next.js
13 18 (2.64%) PySpark
14 17 (2.50%) Django
14 17 (2.50%) FastAPI
14 17 (2.50%) PyTorch
15 16 (2.35%) CSS
15 16 (2.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 214 (31.42%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.43%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (7.05%) Video\Live Streaming
4 41 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 40 (5.87%) Product Ownership
6 32 (4.70%) Low-Code
7 27 (3.96%) Security Posture
8 26 (3.82%) Data Centre
9 24 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (3.38%) Public Cloud
11 21 (3.08%) Onboarding
12 19 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (2.64%) Mobile App
14 15 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
16 12 (1.76%) Podcast
16 12 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.62%) Blog
18 10 (1.47%) Algorithms
18 10 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 118 (17.33%) Linux
2 36 (5.29%) Windows
3 32 (4.70%) Unix
4 19 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.76%) Android
6 11 (1.62%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.03%) VMS
8 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.29%) CentOS
11 1 (0.15%) Debian
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (71.22%) CI/CD
2 390 (57.27%) DevOps
3 234 (34.36%) Observability
4 215 (31.57%) Mentoring
5 210 (30.84%) Agile
6 196 (28.78%) Containerisation
7 172 (25.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 168 (24.67%) AI
8 168 (24.67%) Platform Engineering
9 149 (21.88%) Software Engineering
10 144 (21.15%) Technical Leadership
11 134 (19.68%) Test Automation
12 112 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (16.15%) Microservices
14 105 (15.42%) Roadmaps
15 103 (15.12%) Full-Stack Development
16 94 (13.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 86 (12.63%) Analytics
18 85 (12.48%) Machine Learning
19 70 (10.28%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 309 (45.37%) Python
2 111 (16.30%) Java
3 110 (16.15%) Bash
4 81 (11.89%) SQL
5 80 (11.75%) Go
6 79 (11.60%) Bicep
6 79 (11.60%) PowerShell
7 75 (11.01%) JavaScript
8 72 (10.57%) TypeScript
9 43 (6.31%) C#
10 16 (2.35%) Scala
11 9 (1.32%) C++
12 7 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.03%) PHP
12 7 (1.03%) Ruby
13 6 (0.88%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.73%) Groovy
14 5 (0.73%) Rust
15 2 (0.29%) C
15 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 104 (15.27%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 58 (8.52%) Azure Certification
4 52 (7.64%) Degree
5 46 (6.75%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.94%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.91%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.32%) CCNP
12 6 (0.88%) CCNA
13 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.59%) LPIC
13 4 (0.59%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.59%) MCSE
13 4 (0.59%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.59%) VCAP
13 4 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.14%) QA
2 32 (4.70%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.06%) GDPR
3 14 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 13 (1.91%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.91%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.03%) NIST
6 5 (0.73%) WCAG
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.29%) IFRS
8 2 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 173 (25.40%) Docker
2 33 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 31 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.64%) vSphere
5 10 (1.47%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.59%) Firmware
9 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 413 (60.65%) Terraform
2 232 (34.07%) Kubernetes
3 109 (16.01%) Ansible
4 73 (10.72%) Grafana
4 73 (10.72%) Prometheus
5 37 (5.43%) Argo
6 24 (3.52%) Kustomize
7 15 (2.20%) Progress Chef
7 15 (2.20%) Puppet
8 12 (1.76%) Istio
8 12 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.32%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.03%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.88%) Packer
11 6 (0.88%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (0.44%) linkerd
Vendors
1 121 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.46%) Google
2 44 (6.46%) VMware
3 31 (4.55%) Cisco
4 25 (3.67%) Palo Alto
5 22 (3.23%) Databricks
6 20 (2.94%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.06%) Fortinet
8 13 (1.91%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.62%) F5
9 11 (1.62%) Splunk
10 8 (1.17%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.03%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.03%) Oracle
12 6 (0.88%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.88%) Juniper
12 6 (0.88%) NetApp
12 6 (0.88%) ScienceLogic
12 6 (0.88%) Zscaler
13 5 (0.73%) Okta