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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 117 104
Rank change year-on-year +40 -13 -17
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 551 442 853
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 3.00% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 3.15% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 352 290 723
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,629 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,750 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% +3.08% -2.65%
75th Percentile £85,688 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £74,870 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% +3.27% -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 14,323 14,051 27,011
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.46% 95.24% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,353 8,959 22,405
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
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 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £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 7 March 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 12 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (2.00%) Apache
2 11 (2.00%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.73%) Confluence
4 4 (0.73%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 326 (59.17%) AWS
2 313 (56.81%) Azure
3 132 (23.96%) Azure DevOps
4 128 (23.23%) GitHub
5 95 (17.24%) GCP
5 95 (17.24%) GitHub Actions
6 89 (16.15%) AWS CloudFormation
6 89 (16.15%) Serverless
7 59 (10.71%) Azure Monitor
8 56 (10.16%) SaaS
9 54 (9.80%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (9.62%) Entra ID
10 53 (9.62%) PaaS
11 48 (8.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 47 (8.53%) Amazon S3
12 47 (8.53%) AWS Lambda
13 42 (7.62%) IaaS
14 39 (7.08%) Amazon ECS
15 37 (6.72%) dbt
16 36 (6.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 63 (11.43%) Firewall
2 36 (6.53%) VPN
3 33 (5.99%) Broadband
4 25 (4.54%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.72%) DNS
6 13 (2.36%) BGP
6 13 (2.36%) Network Security
7 12 (2.18%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (2.18%) VLAN
8 9 (1.63%) WAN
9 5 (0.91%) LAN
9 5 (0.91%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.91%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.73%) DHCP
10 4 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.54%) WebEx
12 2 (0.36%) IPsec
12 2 (0.36%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.99%) NoSQL
2 37 (6.72%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (4.36%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.99%) Relational Database
6 21 (3.81%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.45%) RDBMS
8 17 (3.09%) Redis
9 15 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (2.54%) Delta Lake
10 14 (2.54%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.54%) Metadata
11 13 (2.36%) MongoDB
11 13 (2.36%) MySQL
12 10 (1.81%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.54%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 52 (9.44%) Jenkins
2 38 (6.90%) Git
2 38 (6.90%) GitLab
3 19 (3.45%) Jaeger
4 9 (1.63%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.45%) JIRA
5 8 (1.45%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.27%) JMeter
7 6 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.09%) git-flow
8 5 (0.91%) Storybook
9 4 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.73%) Locust
9 4 (0.73%) 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%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 146 (26.50%) Finance
2 137 (24.86%) Social Skills
3 58 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 48 (8.71%) Banking
6 45 (8.17%) Retail
7 37 (6.72%) Law
8 27 (4.90%) Telecoms
9 24 (4.36%) Financial Institution
10 20 (3.63%) Back Office
11 16 (2.90%) Billing
12 12 (2.18%) Marketing
13 7 (1.27%) Games
13 7 (1.27%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.27%) Legal
13 7 (1.27%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.91%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 139 (25.23%) Senior
2 92 (16.70%) Lead
3 85 (15.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 66 (11.98%) Platform Engineer
5 61 (11.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
7 50 (9.07%) Developer
8 48 (8.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (7.99%) AWS Engineer
10 30 (5.44%) Architect
11 28 (5.08%) Software Engineer
12 24 (4.36%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 24 (4.36%) Data Engineer
12 24 (4.36%) Senior DevOps
13 21 (3.81%) Lead DevOps
14 20 (3.63%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 18 (3.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 17 (3.09%) AWS Platform Engineer
17 15 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
17 15 (2.72%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.99%) React
2 41 (7.44%) .NET
3 35 (6.35%) Elastic Stack
4 32 (5.81%) RESTful
5 28 (5.08%) Node.js
6 27 (4.90%) Spring
7 26 (4.72%) OAuth
8 24 (4.36%) YAML
9 23 (4.17%) Spring Boot
10 22 (3.99%) Django
11 21 (3.81%) AWS CDK
11 21 (3.81%) OpenTelemetry
11 21 (3.81%) REST
12 20 (3.63%) JSON
13 19 (3.45%) OpenAPI
13 19 (3.45%) Swagger
14 18 (3.27%) CSS
14 18 (3.27%) Kafka
15 17 (3.09%) HTML
16 15 (2.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 134 (24.32%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (5.63%) Data Centre
5 29 (5.26%) Product Ownership
6 26 (4.72%) Public Cloud
7 23 (4.17%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.17%) Security Posture
8 20 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.90%) Blog
10 15 (2.72%) Legacy Applications
11 13 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.36%) Mobile App
12 12 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.81%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 125 (22.69%) Linux
2 49 (8.89%) Unix
3 48 (8.71%) Windows
4 14 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.00%) Android
6 10 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.81%) VMS
7 7 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.09%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.91%) CentOS
10 4 (0.73%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.18%) Debian
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (68.78%) DevOps
2 372 (67.51%) CI/CD
3 179 (32.49%) Agile
4 159 (28.86%) Mentoring
5 156 (28.31%) Observability
6 133 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 131 (23.77%) Containerisation
8 101 (18.33%) Platform Engineering
9 96 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
10 95 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 86 (15.61%) Coaching
12 82 (14.88%) AI
12 82 (14.88%) Software Engineering
13 80 (14.52%) Analytics
14 79 (14.34%) Roadmaps
15 75 (13.61%) Incident Response
16 72 (13.07%) Cloud Security
17 69 (12.52%) Test Automation
18 67 (12.16%) Technical Leadership
19 59 (10.71%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 221 (40.11%) Python
2 102 (18.51%) Bash
3 101 (18.33%) PowerShell
4 81 (14.70%) Java
5 80 (14.52%) Bicep
5 80 (14.52%) SQL
6 56 (10.16%) JavaScript
7 55 (9.98%) Go
8 38 (6.90%) TypeScript
9 37 (6.72%) C#
10 12 (2.18%) 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 87 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.80%) AWS Certification
4 45 (8.17%) Azure Certification
5 38 (6.90%) Degree
6 18 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.18%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.27%) CCNP
12 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.91%) OSCP
14 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 4 (0.73%) CCNA
14 4 (0.73%) OSCE
14 4 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (4.90%) GDPR
3 25 (4.54%) PCI DSS
3 25 (4.54%) SOC 2
4 23 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.17%) QA
5 19 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 19 (3.45%) NIST
6 8 (1.45%) SLA
7 7 (1.27%) GRC
8 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.73%) EU AI Act
9 3 (0.54%) WCAG
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 175 (31.76%) Docker
2 32 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.17%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.54%) VMware NSX
6 12 (2.18%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (2.00%) vSphere
8 5 (0.91%) Firmware
9 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.36%) vCloud
11 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 389 (70.60%) Terraform
2 193 (35.03%) Kubernetes
3 116 (21.05%) Ansible
4 77 (13.97%) Grafana
5 75 (13.61%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.72%) Argo
7 19 (3.45%) Kustomize
8 14 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (2.00%) Puppet
9 11 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.27%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.09%) Proxmox
11 6 (1.09%) SCOM
12 5 (0.91%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.73%) Cilium
13 4 (0.73%) logstash
13 4 (0.73%) Packer
13 4 (0.73%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
15 2 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 96 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.53%) VMware
3 44 (7.99%) Google
4 23 (4.17%) Cisco
5 22 (3.99%) Databricks
6 17 (3.09%) Splunk
7 14 (2.54%) Ab Initio
8 11 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.81%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.63%) New Relic
10 9 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.45%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.27%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.27%) Oracle
13 6 (1.09%) Dell
14 5 (0.91%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.73%) AppDynamics
15 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
15 4 (0.73%) Juniper
15 4 (0.73%) NetApp