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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 154 133
Rank change year-on-year +80 -21 -52
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 609 363 771
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 2.40% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 2.53% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 392 263 658
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £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 £88,750
90th Percentile £99,900 £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 15,547 14,351 29,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 95.06% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,029 8,676 23,362
10th Percentile £34,460 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -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 20 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 16 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (1.97%) Apache
3 10 (1.64%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.82%) Confluence
5 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 372 (61.08%) AWS
2 287 (47.13%) Azure
3 106 (17.41%) GitHub
4 95 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (15.44%) GCP
6 93 (15.27%) Serverless
7 74 (12.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (11.99%) GitHub Actions
9 48 (7.88%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (7.06%) PaaS
11 42 (6.90%) Amazon S3
11 42 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (6.73%) SaaS
13 39 (6.40%) Amazon EC2
14 35 (5.75%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (5.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 34 (5.58%) Entra ID
16 33 (5.42%) Azure AKS
17 32 (5.25%) IaaS
18 29 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (11.66%) Firewall
2 58 (9.52%) Broadband
3 30 (4.93%) DNS
4 27 (4.43%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.43%) VPN
5 19 (3.12%) BGP
6 17 (2.79%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (2.30%) LAN
8 12 (1.97%) VLAN
8 12 (1.97%) WAN
9 11 (1.81%) OSPF
10 10 (1.64%) DHCP
10 10 (1.64%) Network Security
11 8 (1.31%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.15%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.99%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.99%) WebEx
14 5 (0.82%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.82%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.33%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.58%) MongoDB
3 32 (5.25%) Relational Database
4 31 (5.09%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.93%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (4.11%) Metadata
7 24 (3.94%) Data Lake
7 24 (3.94%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.96%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.30%) Delta Lake
11 13 (2.13%) DynamoDB
12 11 (1.81%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.48%) MySQL
15 8 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.15%) Big Data
16 7 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 60 (9.85%) Git
2 38 (6.24%) GitLab
3 32 (5.25%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.96%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.15%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.15%) JMeter
6 6 (0.99%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.99%) JIRA
6 6 (0.99%) Locust
6 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.82%) NUnit
7 5 (0.82%) Selenium
7 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.82%) Storybook
8 3 (0.49%) MLflow
9 2 (0.33%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.33%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 156 (25.62%) Social Skills
2 107 (17.57%) Finance
3 59 (9.69%) Public Sector
4 55 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.73%) Banking
7 35 (5.75%) Retail
8 28 (4.60%) Law
9 22 (3.61%) Games
9 22 (3.61%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.79%) Billing
11 12 (1.97%) Back Office
11 12 (1.97%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.97%) Marketing
12 9 (1.48%) Legal
13 8 (1.31%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.99%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.82%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 161 (26.44%) Senior
2 122 (20.03%) Lead
3 77 (12.64%) Cloud Engineer
4 71 (11.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 68 (11.17%) Platform Engineer
6 66 (10.84%) Developer
7 52 (8.54%) Azure Engineer
8 51 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 48 (7.88%) AWS Engineer
10 41 (6.73%) Software Engineer
11 33 (5.42%) Architect
12 31 (5.09%) Data Engineer
13 30 (4.93%) Senior DevOps
14 27 (4.43%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 26 (4.27%) Python Engineer
16 25 (4.11%) Lead Developer
17 22 (3.61%) Senior Developer
18 21 (3.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 19 (3.12%) AWS Platform Engineer
19 19 (3.12%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.72%) React
2 45 (7.39%) RESTful
3 40 (6.57%) REST
4 36 (5.91%) .NET
5 34 (5.58%) AWS CDK
5 34 (5.58%) Node.js
6 32 (5.25%) Spring
7 27 (4.43%) Spring Boot
8 25 (4.11%) Elastic Stack
9 24 (3.94%) YAML
10 22 (3.61%) OpenTelemetry
11 19 (3.12%) Kafka
12 17 (2.79%) Django
12 17 (2.79%) OAuth
13 16 (2.63%) ARM Templates
13 16 (2.63%) OpenAPI
13 16 (2.63%) React Native
13 16 (2.63%) Swagger
14 15 (2.46%) JSON
14 15 (2.46%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 164 (26.93%) Cloud Native
2 50 (8.21%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.24%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (5.75%) Video\Live Streaming
5 25 (4.11%) Data Centre
6 24 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.78%) Low-Code
8 22 (3.61%) Security Posture
9 20 (3.28%) Mobile App
10 19 (3.12%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (2.46%) Legacy Applications
12 15 (2.46%) Public Cloud
13 13 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
14 12 (1.97%) Blog
15 10 (1.64%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.48%) Private Cloud
16 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 114 (18.72%) Linux
2 35 (5.75%) Windows
3 34 (5.58%) Unix
4 21 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.97%) Android
6 11 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.66%) VMS
8 2 (0.33%) CentOS
8 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (70.77%) CI/CD
2 368 (60.43%) DevOps
3 200 (32.84%) Observability
4 198 (32.51%) Agile
5 197 (32.35%) Mentoring
6 166 (27.26%) Containerisation
7 149 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 146 (23.97%) Platform Engineering
9 131 (21.51%) Software Engineering
10 125 (20.53%) Test Automation
11 118 (19.38%) AI
12 117 (19.21%) Technical Leadership
13 101 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
14 95 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 88 (14.45%) Microservices
16 87 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
17 86 (14.12%) Roadmaps
18 71 (11.66%) Analytics
19 63 (10.34%) Incident Response
20 62 (10.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 270 (44.33%) Python
2 102 (16.75%) Java
3 89 (14.61%) Bash
4 72 (11.82%) JavaScript
5 71 (11.66%) PowerShell
6 70 (11.49%) SQL
7 66 (10.84%) Go
8 60 (9.85%) TypeScript
9 59 (9.69%) Bicep
10 39 (6.40%) C#
11 15 (2.46%) Scala
12 8 (1.31%) C++
13 7 (1.15%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.99%) PHP
15 5 (0.82%) Ruby
15 5 (0.82%) Rust
16 4 (0.66%) Groovy
17 2 (0.33%) C
17 2 (0.33%) Perl
17 2 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (13.96%) Security Cleared
2 77 (12.64%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.54%) Degree
4 45 (7.39%) AWS Certification
4 45 (7.39%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.13%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.48%) CCNP
10 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.99%) CCNA
12 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.66%) LPIC
13 4 (0.66%) MCSE
13 4 (0.66%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.66%) VCAP
13 4 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.42%) QA
2 27 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.96%) GDPR
5 17 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.30%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.48%) NIST
9 5 (0.82%) WCAG
10 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.33%) IFRS
11 2 (0.33%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 160 (26.27%) Docker
2 23 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.13%) vSphere
4 11 (1.81%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.66%) Firmware
7 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 377 (61.90%) Terraform
2 208 (34.15%) Kubernetes
3 107 (17.57%) Ansible
4 65 (10.67%) Grafana
5 64 (10.51%) Prometheus
6 28 (4.60%) Argo
7 22 (3.61%) Kustomize
8 13 (2.13%) Puppet
9 12 (1.97%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.15%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.99%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.99%) Istio
12 5 (0.82%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.82%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.82%) Packer
13 4 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.66%) logstash
13 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 99 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.73%) Google
3 37 (6.08%) VMware
4 31 (5.09%) Cisco
5 23 (3.78%) Palo Alto
6 19 (3.12%) Databricks
7 17 (2.79%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.97%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.81%) F5
10 11 (1.81%) Splunk
11 8 (1.31%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.15%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.99%) Ab Initio
13 6 (0.99%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.99%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.99%) Juniper
13 6 (0.99%) NetApp
14 5 (0.82%) Arista
14 5 (0.82%) Okta