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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 126 110
Rank change year-on-year +52 -16 -23
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 548 407 846
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 2.91% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 3.05% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 348 284 715
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,150 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,870 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +6.08% -2.65%
75th Percentile £85,500 £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 14,134 13,349 27,568
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.17% 95.35% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,211 8,833 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,411 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £75,772
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% -11.41%

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 10 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 13 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (2.01%) Apache
2 11 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.82%) 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
1 323 (58.94%) AWS
2 308 (56.20%) Azure
3 128 (23.36%) Azure DevOps
4 125 (22.81%) GitHub
5 98 (17.88%) GCP
6 92 (16.79%) GitHub Actions
7 89 (16.24%) Serverless
8 88 (16.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 58 (10.58%) Azure Monitor
10 56 (10.22%) SaaS
11 53 (9.67%) Amazon EKS
11 53 (9.67%) Entra ID
11 53 (9.67%) PaaS
12 47 (8.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 47 (8.58%) Amazon S3
12 47 (8.58%) AWS Lambda
13 42 (7.66%) IaaS
14 39 (7.12%) Amazon ECS
15 38 (6.93%) dbt
16 36 (6.57%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.13%) Firewall
2 33 (6.02%) VPN
3 32 (5.84%) Broadband
4 25 (4.56%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.55%) DNS
6 12 (2.19%) BGP
6 12 (2.19%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (2.19%) Network Security
7 11 (2.01%) VLAN
8 7 (1.28%) WAN
9 4 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.73%) LAN
9 4 (0.73%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (0.55%) DHCP
10 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.55%) WebEx
11 2 (0.36%) DSL
11 2 (0.36%) Modbus
11 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.03%) NoSQL
2 37 (6.75%) Amazon RDS
2 37 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (4.38%) Relational Database
3 24 (4.38%) SQL Server
4 22 (4.01%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.47%) RDBMS
7 17 (3.10%) Redis
8 15 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (2.55%) Delta Lake
9 14 (2.55%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.55%) Metadata
10 13 (2.37%) MongoDB
10 13 (2.37%) MySQL
11 10 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.73%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 50 (9.12%) Jenkins
2 40 (7.30%) Git
3 37 (6.75%) GitLab
4 19 (3.47%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.64%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.46%) JIRA
6 8 (1.46%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.28%) JMeter
8 6 (1.09%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.09%) git-flow
9 5 (0.91%) Storybook
10 4 (0.73%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.73%) Locust
10 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.55%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.55%) Selenium
12 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 147 (26.82%) Finance
2 138 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 58 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 47 (8.58%) Banking
7 45 (8.21%) Retail
8 36 (6.57%) Law
9 26 (4.74%) Telecoms
10 24 (4.38%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.65%) Back Office
12 16 (2.92%) Billing
13 12 (2.19%) Marketing
14 7 (1.28%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.28%) Legal
14 7 (1.28%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.91%) Games
15 5 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.91%) Military
15 5 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 137 (25.00%) Senior
2 92 (16.79%) Lead
3 84 (15.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 65 (11.86%) Platform Engineer
5 62 (11.31%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (10.58%) Azure Engineer
7 49 (8.94%) Developer
8 48 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (8.21%) AWS Engineer
10 29 (5.29%) Software Engineer
11 28 (5.11%) Architect
12 25 (4.56%) Data Engineer
13 24 (4.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 24 (4.38%) Senior DevOps
14 21 (3.83%) Lead DevOps
15 20 (3.65%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 18 (3.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 17 (3.10%) AWS Platform Engineer
18 15 (2.74%) Operations Engineer
18 15 (2.74%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.66%) .NET
1 42 (7.66%) React
2 35 (6.39%) Elastic Stack
3 32 (5.84%) RESTful
4 28 (5.11%) Node.js
5 27 (4.93%) Spring
6 26 (4.74%) OAuth
7 23 (4.20%) REST
7 23 (4.20%) Spring Boot
7 23 (4.20%) YAML
8 22 (4.01%) Django
9 21 (3.83%) AWS CDK
9 21 (3.83%) OpenTelemetry
10 20 (3.65%) JSON
11 19 (3.47%) OpenAPI
11 19 (3.47%) Swagger
12 18 (3.28%) CSS
12 18 (3.28%) Kafka
13 17 (3.10%) HTML
14 15 (2.74%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 133 (24.27%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.93%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 29 (5.29%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.56%) Public Cloud
6 23 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 23 (4.20%) Security Posture
7 20 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.92%) Blog
9 15 (2.74%) Legacy Applications
10 13 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.37%) Mobile App
11 12 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.82%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.09%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 124 (22.63%) Linux
2 49 (8.94%) Unix
3 47 (8.58%) Windows
4 14 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.01%) Android
6 10 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.82%) VMS
7 7 (1.28%) 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
1 375 (68.43%) DevOps
2 372 (67.88%) CI/CD
3 179 (32.66%) Agile
4 160 (29.20%) Mentoring
5 156 (28.47%) Observability
6 131 (23.91%) Containerisation
6 131 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (18.43%) Platform Engineering
8 97 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 85 (15.51%) Coaching
11 84 (15.33%) Software Engineering
12 81 (14.78%) Analytics
13 80 (14.60%) AI
14 78 (14.23%) Roadmaps
15 74 (13.50%) Incident Response
16 70 (12.77%) Cloud Security
17 69 (12.59%) Test Automation
18 67 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (10.58%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 221 (40.33%) Python
2 101 (18.43%) Bash
3 100 (18.25%) PowerShell
4 82 (14.96%) Java
5 81 (14.78%) SQL
6 77 (14.05%) Bicep
7 56 (10.22%) JavaScript
8 54 (9.85%) Go
9 37 (6.75%) C#
9 37 (6.75%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.19%) Scala
11 8 (1.46%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.09%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.55%) Ruby
13 3 (0.55%) Rust
14 2 (0.36%) C++
14 2 (0.36%) VB
15 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.14%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.31%) AWS Certification
4 42 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 40 (7.30%) Degree
6 18 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.19%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.46%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.91%) CCNP
11 5 (0.91%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.91%) OSCP
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 4 (0.73%) OSCE
12 4 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.55%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (4.93%) GDPR
3 25 (4.56%) PCI DSS
3 25 (4.56%) SOC 2
4 24 (4.38%) Data Quality
4 24 (4.38%) QA
5 19 (3.47%) Accessibility
6 18 (3.28%) NIST
7 8 (1.46%) SLA
8 7 (1.28%) GRC
9 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.73%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.55%) WCAG
11 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 172 (31.39%) Docker
2 31 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.20%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 12 (2.19%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (2.01%) vSphere
8 4 (0.73%) Firmware
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.36%) vCloud
11 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 389 (70.99%) Terraform
2 191 (34.85%) Kubernetes
3 114 (20.80%) Ansible
4 76 (13.87%) Grafana
5 75 (13.69%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.74%) Argo
7 19 (3.47%) Kustomize
8 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (2.01%) Puppet
9 11 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.28%) 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 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
15 2 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 95 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.39%) VMware
3 45 (8.21%) Google
4 22 (4.01%) Databricks
5 21 (3.83%) Cisco
6 17 (3.10%) Splunk
7 14 (2.55%) Ab Initio
8 11 (2.01%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.82%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.64%) New Relic
10 9 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.46%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.28%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.28%) Oracle
13 5 (0.91%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.91%) Dell
14 4 (0.73%) AppDynamics
14 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.73%) Juniper
14 4 (0.73%) NetApp