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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 111 70
Rank change year-on-year +27 -41 +19
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 475 513 847
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.14% 3.00% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.22% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 316 314 718
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,587 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,313 £56,854
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% -0.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £103,125 £97,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 13,414 15,924 19,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.55% 93.02% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,496 9,556 15,380
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 31 December 2025.

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 20 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.26%) Apache
6 5 (1.05%) Confluence
7 4 (0.84%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 323 (68.00%) Azure
2 254 (53.47%) AWS
3 138 (29.05%) Azure DevOps
4 128 (26.95%) GitHub
5 90 (18.95%) GCP
6 87 (18.32%) GitHub Actions
7 84 (17.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 71 (14.95%) Serverless
9 59 (12.42%) Azure Monitor
10 50 (10.53%) Entra ID
11 48 (10.11%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (9.26%) SaaS
13 43 (9.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 39 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
15 38 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (7.58%) Amazon S3
16 36 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (7.16%) PaaS
18 33 (6.95%) Amazon ECS
19 32 (6.74%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (12.42%) Firewall
2 43 (9.05%) VPN
3 25 (5.26%) DNS
4 24 (5.05%) WAN
5 23 (4.84%) TCP/IP
6 19 (4.00%) LAN
6 19 (4.00%) Network Security
7 13 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.32%) SD-WAN
9 10 (2.11%) BGP
9 10 (2.11%) Broadband
10 8 (1.68%) DHCP
10 8 (1.68%) VLAN
11 7 (1.47%) Unified Communications
11 7 (1.47%) VoIP
12 6 (1.26%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.63%) OSPF
14 3 (0.63%) SAN
14 3 (0.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.11%) NoSQL
2 28 (5.89%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (5.05%) Data Lake
4 22 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (4.21%) SQL Server
6 19 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (3.58%) DynamoDB
8 13 (2.74%) MySQL
8 13 (2.74%) Redis
9 12 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.89%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.47%) RDBMS
14 6 (1.26%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.05%) Power BI
16 4 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 62 (13.05%) Jenkins
2 40 (8.42%) GitLab
3 38 (8.00%) Git
4 10 (2.11%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.68%) JIRA
6 7 (1.47%) Jaeger
6 7 (1.47%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.26%) git-flow
8 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.05%) Storybook
9 3 (0.63%) JMeter
10 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.21%) Selenium
11 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 147 (30.95%) Finance
2 106 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 38 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (8.00%) Banking
4 37 (7.79%) Law
5 31 (6.53%) Retail
6 28 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (5.89%) Public Sector
7 24 (5.05%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.37%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.74%) Back Office
10 11 (2.32%) Legal
11 8 (1.68%) Billing
12 7 (1.47%) Games
12 7 (1.47%) Marketing
13 6 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 119 (25.05%) Senior
2 79 (16.63%) Cloud Engineer
3 66 (13.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (12.42%) Azure Engineer
5 55 (11.58%) Lead
6 44 (9.26%) Architect
7 41 (8.63%) Developer
7 41 (8.63%) Platform Engineer
8 38 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
10 19 (4.00%) Lead DevOps
10 19 (4.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 18 (3.79%) Infrastructure Architect
12 17 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (3.58%) Senior DevOps
13 16 (3.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.16%) Data Engineer
14 15 (3.16%) Lead DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.16%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.21%) .NET
2 38 (8.00%) React
3 26 (5.47%) OAuth
3 26 (5.47%) RESTful
4 25 (5.26%) Node.js
5 24 (5.05%) Elastic Stack
6 21 (4.42%) YAML
7 16 (3.37%) AWS CDK
7 16 (3.37%) JSON
7 16 (3.37%) OpenAPI
7 16 (3.37%) Swagger
8 15 (3.16%) Django
9 14 (2.95%) CSS
9 14 (2.95%) OAuth2
10 13 (2.74%) GraphQL
10 13 (2.74%) HTML
10 13 (2.74%) Kafka
11 11 (2.32%) REST
11 11 (2.32%) Vue
12 10 (2.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 121 (25.47%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.37%) Data Centre
3 31 (6.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (6.53%) Product Ownership
4 29 (6.11%) Public Cloud
5 24 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.00%) Security Posture
7 16 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (3.37%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.95%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.68%) Blog
10 8 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.47%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.47%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.26%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.84%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 98 (20.63%) Linux
2 55 (11.58%) Windows
3 27 (5.68%) Unix
4 14 (2.95%) VMS
5 11 (2.32%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.47%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.84%) Android
8 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.63%) CentOS
9 3 (0.63%) Debian
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (72.84%) DevOps
2 321 (67.58%) CI/CD
3 158 (33.26%) Agile
4 120 (25.26%) Observability
5 118 (24.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (21.68%) Mentoring
7 95 (20.00%) Containerisation
8 88 (18.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 85 (17.89%) Coaching
10 81 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
11 80 (16.84%) Analytics
12 75 (15.79%) Cloud Security
13 72 (15.16%) Incident Response
14 70 (14.74%) Roadmaps
15 69 (14.53%) AI
15 69 (14.53%) Asset Management
16 66 (13.89%) Platform Engineering
16 66 (13.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 64 (13.47%) Software Engineering
18 54 (11.37%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 182 (38.32%) Python
2 108 (22.74%) PowerShell
3 88 (18.53%) Bash
4 84 (17.68%) Bicep
5 79 (16.63%) SQL
6 35 (7.37%) JavaScript
7 34 (7.16%) C#
7 34 (7.16%) Java
8 32 (6.74%) TypeScript
9 29 (6.11%) Go
10 6 (1.26%) Scala
11 4 (0.84%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.42%) PHP
12 2 (0.42%) XAML
13 1 (0.21%) C++
13 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.21%) Rust
Qualifications
1 65 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 52 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 50 (10.53%) AWS Certification
4 48 (10.11%) Azure Certification
5 26 (5.47%) Degree
6 18 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (2.95%) CCNP
10 9 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.89%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.68%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.47%) PMI Certification
12 7 (1.47%) PMP
13 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.05%) OSCP
14 4 (0.84%) CISSP
14 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
14 4 (0.84%) OSCE
15 3 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.47%) GDPR
2 26 (5.47%) NIST
3 17 (3.58%) PCI DSS
3 17 (3.58%) SOC 2
4 16 (3.37%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.74%) QA
6 8 (1.68%) SLA
7 6 (1.26%) GRC
8 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.84%) EU AI Act
9 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 141 (29.68%) Docker
2 26 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.79%) Active Directory
4 18 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.53%) vSphere
6 10 (2.11%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.26%) NFS
7 6 (1.26%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.63%) Firmware
8 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.42%) vCloud
10 1 (0.21%) HDFS
10 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 359 (75.58%) Terraform
2 170 (35.79%) Kubernetes
3 110 (23.16%) Ansible
4 67 (14.11%) Grafana
5 57 (12.00%) Prometheus
6 21 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (3.37%) Argo
8 8 (1.68%) SCOM
9 7 (1.47%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.84%) Cilium
10 4 (0.84%) logstash
11 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.21%) CASB
13 1 (0.21%) Icinga
13 1 (0.21%) Kibana
13 1 (0.21%) Rancher
13 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 100 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.16%) VMware
3 29 (6.11%) Google
4 24 (5.05%) Cisco
5 19 (4.00%) Databricks
6 14 (2.95%) Ab Initio
7 13 (2.74%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.53%) Splunk
9 9 (1.89%) New Relic
9 9 (1.89%) Oracle
10 7 (1.47%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.47%) Commvault
10 7 (1.47%) Pure Storage
11 6 (1.26%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.05%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.05%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.84%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.84%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.84%) PagerDuty
13 4 (0.84%) Palo Alto