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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 162 132
Rank change year-on-year +90 -30 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 675 332 773
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.40% 2.17% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 2.29% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 446 237 620
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% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £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 16,250 14,485 30,759
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.82% 94.60% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,711 8,403 23,769
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 15 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 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.37%) Apache
3 13 (1.93%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.74%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.44%) Confluence
7 2 (0.30%) Camunda
7 2 (0.30%) 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
1 420 (62.22%) AWS
2 305 (45.19%) Azure
3 107 (15.85%) Serverless
4 106 (15.70%) GitHub
5 100 (14.81%) GCP
6 90 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (12.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 69 (10.22%) GitHub Actions
9 58 (8.59%) PaaS
10 54 (8.00%) Amazon S3
11 50 (7.41%) SaaS
12 48 (7.11%) Amazon EKS
13 46 (6.81%) Amazon EC2
13 46 (6.81%) IaaS
14 44 (6.52%) Azure AKS
14 44 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
15 38 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
15 38 (5.63%) Entra ID
16 37 (5.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 34 (5.04%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.11%) Broadband
2 68 (10.07%) Firewall
3 35 (5.19%) DNS
3 35 (5.19%) VPN
4 29 (4.30%) TCP/IP
5 22 (3.26%) BGP
6 17 (2.52%) Cisco ASA
7 15 (2.22%) WAN
8 14 (2.07%) LAN
8 14 (2.07%) VLAN
9 13 (1.93%) OSPF
10 11 (1.63%) Network Security
11 10 (1.48%) DHCP
11 10 (1.48%) VXLAN
12 9 (1.33%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.89%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.89%) WebEx
14 5 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.74%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (13.19%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (6.67%) MongoDB
3 39 (5.78%) Relational Database
4 34 (5.04%) NoSQL
5 32 (4.74%) Metadata
6 31 (4.59%) Amazon RDS
7 23 (3.41%) Data Lake
7 23 (3.41%) SQL Server
8 21 (3.11%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.22%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (1.93%) Delta Lake
12 11 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (1.63%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.33%) MySQL
14 9 (1.33%) Redis
15 8 (1.19%) Big Data
16 7 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 70 (10.37%) Git
2 50 (7.41%) GitLab
3 38 (5.63%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.67%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.19%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.89%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.89%) JMeter
6 6 (0.89%) NUnit
6 6 (0.89%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.74%) JIRA
7 5 (0.74%) Locust
7 5 (0.74%) Selenium
8 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.44%) MLflow
9 3 (0.44%) Storybook
10 2 (0.30%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 187 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 97 (14.37%) Finance
3 68 (10.07%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (5.78%) Banking
7 33 (4.89%) Law
7 33 (4.89%) Retail
8 31 (4.59%) Games
9 22 (3.26%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.07%) Billing
11 12 (1.78%) Marketing
12 11 (1.63%) Back Office
12 11 (1.63%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.48%) Legal
13 10 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.19%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.04%) Aviation
16 6 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 175 (25.93%) Senior
2 134 (19.85%) Lead
3 86 (12.74%) Cloud Engineer
3 86 (12.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (11.26%) Developer
5 75 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
6 57 (8.44%) AWS Engineer
7 50 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
8 47 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 46 (6.81%) Architect
10 44 (6.52%) Software Engineer
11 33 (4.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 32 (4.74%) Data Engineer
12 32 (4.74%) Senior DevOps
13 30 (4.44%) Senior Developer
14 28 (4.15%) Python Engineer
15 27 (4.00%) Lead Developer
16 23 (3.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 21 (3.11%) Python Developer
17 21 (3.11%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.85%) React
2 48 (7.11%) RESTful
3 46 (6.81%) REST
4 40 (5.93%) .NET
4 40 (5.93%) Node.js
5 35 (5.19%) AWS CDK
6 33 (4.89%) Spring
7 27 (4.00%) Spring Boot
8 26 (3.85%) YAML
9 25 (3.70%) ARM Templates
9 25 (3.70%) OpenTelemetry
10 22 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
11 21 (3.11%) Kafka
12 19 (2.81%) Next.js
13 17 (2.52%) Django
13 17 (2.52%) FastAPI
13 17 (2.52%) PySpark
13 17 (2.52%) PyTorch
14 16 (2.37%) CSS
14 16 (2.37%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 213 (31.56%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.52%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (7.11%) Video\Live Streaming
4 40 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (5.93%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.74%) Low-Code
6 26 (3.85%) Data Centre
7 25 (3.70%) Security Posture
8 24 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (3.11%) Onboarding
9 21 (3.11%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (2.67%) Mobile App
12 15 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (1.63%) Blog
14 11 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.48%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.48%) Podcast
15 10 (1.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 118 (17.48%) Linux
2 35 (5.19%) Windows
3 32 (4.74%) Unix
4 20 (2.96%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.78%) Android
6 11 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.74%) VMS
8 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.30%) CentOS
11 1 (0.15%) Debian
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (71.26%) CI/CD
2 387 (57.33%) DevOps
3 232 (34.37%) Observability
4 213 (31.56%) Mentoring
5 208 (30.81%) Agile
6 195 (28.89%) Containerisation
7 170 (25.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 167 (24.74%) Platform Engineering
9 163 (24.15%) AI
10 147 (21.78%) Software Engineering
11 142 (21.04%) Technical Leadership
12 133 (19.70%) Test Automation
13 110 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
14 109 (16.15%) Microservices
15 103 (15.26%) Full-Stack Development
16 101 (14.96%) Roadmaps
17 94 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 83 (12.30%) Analytics
18 83 (12.30%) Machine Learning
19 68 (10.07%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 307 (45.48%) Python
2 110 (16.30%) Java
3 108 (16.00%) Bash
4 79 (11.70%) Go
5 78 (11.56%) SQL
6 77 (11.41%) PowerShell
7 75 (11.11%) Bicep
7 75 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 72 (10.67%) TypeScript
9 42 (6.22%) C#
10 15 (2.22%) Scala
11 9 (1.33%) C++
12 7 (1.04%) PHP
12 7 (1.04%) Ruby
13 6 (0.89%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.74%) Groovy
14 5 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.74%) Rust
15 2 (0.30%) C
15 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 103 (15.26%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.22%) SC Cleared
3 55 (8.15%) Azure Certification
4 52 (7.70%) Degree
5 45 (6.67%) AWS Certification
6 20 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.93%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.33%) CCNP
12 6 (0.89%) CCNA
13 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
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 (5.19%) QA
2 30 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.07%) GDPR
3 14 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.07%) PCI DSS
4 13 (1.93%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.93%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.04%) NIST
6 5 (0.74%) WCAG
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.30%) IFRS
8 2 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.30%) 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 (25.63%) Docker
2 31 (4.59%) Active Directory
3 29 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.37%) vSphere
5 10 (1.48%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.59%) Firmware
9 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 407 (60.30%) Terraform
2 232 (34.37%) Kubernetes
3 110 (16.30%) Ansible
4 73 (10.81%) Grafana
4 73 (10.81%) Prometheus
5 37 (5.48%) Argo
6 24 (3.56%) Kustomize
7 15 (2.22%) Progress Chef
7 15 (2.22%) Puppet
8 12 (1.78%) Istio
8 12 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.33%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.04%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.89%) Packer
11 6 (0.89%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.74%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (0.44%) linkerd
Vendors
1 117 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.52%) Google
3 43 (6.37%) VMware
4 31 (4.59%) Cisco
5 25 (3.70%) Palo Alto
6 21 (3.11%) Databricks
7 20 (2.96%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.07%) Fortinet
9 13 (1.93%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.63%) F5
10 11 (1.63%) Splunk
11 8 (1.19%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.04%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.04%) Oracle
13 6 (0.89%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.89%) Juniper
13 6 (0.89%) NetApp
13 6 (0.89%) Zscaler
14 5 (0.74%) Arista
14 5 (0.74%) Okta