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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 126 126
Rank change year-on-year +51 0 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 820 404 595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 2.41% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 2.57% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 545 298 364
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £60,000 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +6.43% -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £101,250 £104,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.04%

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 20,199 15,729 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.99% 93.79% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,414 8,417 11,709
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,042
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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 30 September 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 20 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.20%) Apache
3 16 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.73%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.61%) Camunda
5 5 (0.61%) CMS
5 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.49%) Confluence
7 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.37%) nginx
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 467 (56.95%) Azure
2 440 (53.66%) AWS
3 155 (18.90%) GCP
4 139 (16.95%) GitHub
5 113 (13.78%) Serverless
6 111 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (11.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 76 (9.27%) GitHub Actions
8 76 (9.27%) PaaS
9 69 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
10 67 (8.17%) SaaS
11 64 (7.80%) Cloud Computing
12 61 (7.44%) Azure AKS
13 59 (7.20%) IaaS
14 58 (7.07%) Amazon S3
15 55 (6.71%) Azure Monitor
16 50 (6.10%) Entra ID
17 45 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
18 44 (5.37%) Power Platform
19 39 (4.76%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (8.90%) WAN
2 69 (8.41%) LAN
3 54 (6.59%) Firewall
3 54 (6.59%) VPN
4 48 (5.85%) DNS
5 44 (5.37%) TCP/IP
6 42 (5.12%) Broadband
7 24 (2.93%) DHCP
8 21 (2.56%) BGP
9 20 (2.44%) Network Security
10 16 (1.95%) OSPF
11 14 (1.71%) VXLAN
12 8 (0.98%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.98%) VLAN
13 7 (0.85%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.61%) HTTP
14 5 (0.61%) NGFW
14 5 (0.61%) Wireless
15 4 (0.49%) NX-OS
16 3 (0.37%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (11.34%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.24%) Metadata
3 37 (4.51%) MongoDB
4 30 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.41%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.29%) SQL Server
7 26 (3.17%) Data Lake
8 25 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.05%) DynamoDB
9 23 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (2.44%) Delta Lake
11 17 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (2.07%) Data Vault
12 13 (1.59%) MySQL
13 11 (1.34%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.10%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.98%) Big Data
16 7 (0.85%) Power BI
16 7 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (9.51%) Git
2 53 (6.46%) Jenkins
3 52 (6.34%) GitLab
4 8 (0.98%) JIRA
4 8 (0.98%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.85%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.73%) NUnit
7 5 (0.61%) Poetry
8 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.49%) JUnit
8 4 (0.49%) Snyk
9 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.37%) Postman
9 3 (0.37%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.24%) Mockito
10 2 (0.24%) MSI
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 325 (39.63%) Social Skills
2 190 (23.17%) Finance
3 100 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.41%) Law
5 63 (7.68%) Presentation Skills
6 62 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (5.00%) Banking
9 28 (3.41%) Games
10 27 (3.29%) Retail
11 16 (1.95%) Legal
12 13 (1.59%) Marketing
13 11 (1.34%) Local Government
13 11 (1.34%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.73%) Police
16 5 (0.61%) Advertising
16 5 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.61%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.49%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 244 (29.76%) Senior
2 143 (17.44%) Architect
3 126 (15.37%) Lead
4 105 (12.80%) Cloud Engineer
4 105 (12.80%) DevOps Engineer
5 80 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
6 71 (8.66%) Software Engineer
7 68 (8.29%) Platform Engineer
8 66 (8.05%) Systems Architect
9 60 (7.32%) Developer
10 55 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 40 (4.88%) AWS Engineer
12 39 (4.76%) Python Engineer
13 38 (4.63%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.51%) Data Engineer
14 37 (4.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.39%) Site Engineer
16 32 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
17 28 (3.41%) Senior DevOps
17 28 (3.41%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 471 (57.44%) Terraform
2 73 (8.90%) React
3 49 (5.98%) Node.js
4 47 (5.73%) .NET
5 46 (5.61%) RESTful
6 44 (5.37%) REST
7 31 (3.78%) Kafka
7 31 (3.78%) PySpark
8 30 (3.66%) AWS CDK
9 27 (3.29%) ARM Templates
10 23 (2.80%) Next.js
11 21 (2.56%) Spring
12 18 (2.20%) CSS
13 17 (2.07%) YAML
14 16 (1.95%) Spring Boot
15 15 (1.83%) .NET Core
16 14 (1.71%) AngularJS
17 13 (1.59%) FastAPI
17 13 (1.59%) OAuth
17 13 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 232 (28.29%) Cloud Native
2 102 (12.44%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.73%) Public Cloud
4 40 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.27%) Video\Live Streaming
6 32 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (3.66%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.05%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.93%) Low-Code
10 22 (2.68%) Product Ownership
11 20 (2.44%) Blog
12 19 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (2.07%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.95%) Virtual Team
15 13 (1.59%) Onboarding
15 13 (1.59%) Podcast
16 12 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (1.34%) PKI
18 10 (1.22%) Data Structures
18 10 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 93 (11.34%) Linux
2 64 (7.80%) Windows
3 28 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.17%) Unix
5 12 (1.46%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (69.63%) CI/CD
2 409 (49.88%) DevOps
3 284 (34.63%) Observability
4 254 (30.98%) Containerisation
5 250 (30.49%) Mentoring
6 224 (27.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 222 (27.07%) AI
8 202 (24.63%) Agile
9 198 (24.15%) Software Engineering
10 177 (21.59%) Technical Leadership
11 173 (21.10%) Platform Engineering
12 166 (20.24%) Roadmaps
13 160 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
14 127 (15.49%) Analytics
15 118 (14.39%) Microservices
16 116 (14.15%) Test Automation
17 112 (13.66%) Cloud Security
18 96 (11.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 94 (11.46%) Full-Stack Development
20 93 (11.34%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 335 (40.85%) Python
2 120 (14.63%) Bicep
3 115 (14.02%) PowerShell
4 113 (13.78%) SQL
5 101 (12.32%) Bash
6 92 (11.22%) Java
7 84 (10.24%) TypeScript
8 75 (9.15%) Go
9 54 (6.59%) JavaScript
10 51 (6.22%) C#
11 20 (2.44%) Scala
12 14 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.34%) Ruby
14 9 (1.10%) Groovy
15 8 (0.98%) PHP
16 7 (0.85%) C++
17 6 (0.73%) Rust
18 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.37%) C
20 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 147 (17.93%) Security Cleared
2 135 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.73%) Azure Certification
4 48 (5.85%) Degree
5 39 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (4.27%) AWS Certification
7 22 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.07%) SnowPro
10 13 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.10%) CCNP
12 8 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.61%) CCNA
14 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.49%) CCIE
16 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.07%) GRC
2 52 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.44%) NIST
4 19 (2.32%) GDPR
4 19 (2.32%) QA
5 17 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.34%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.22%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.10%) SLA
10 6 (0.73%) NCSC
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) IASME
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 158 (19.27%) Docker
2 50 (6.10%) Active Directory
3 31 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (2.20%) vSphere
7 7 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 218 (26.59%) Kubernetes
2 90 (10.98%) Ansible
3 78 (9.51%) Grafana
4 46 (5.61%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.93%) Argo
6 18 (2.20%) Istio
6 18 (2.20%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.22%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.98%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.85%) Puppet
11 6 (0.73%) Packer
12 5 (0.61%) Cilium
12 5 (0.61%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.49%) linkerd
14 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.24%) SCCM
15 2 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 269 (32.80%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.95%) Google
3 33 (4.02%) Databricks
3 33 (4.02%) VMware
4 23 (2.80%) Dynatrace
4 23 (2.80%) Oracle
5 15 (1.83%) Cisco
5 15 (1.83%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.59%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.46%) Informatica
7 12 (1.46%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.46%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.34%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.34%) Okta
9 10 (1.22%) Splunk
10 8 (0.98%) Arista
11 7 (0.85%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.73%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.73%) Zscaler
13 5 (0.61%) Ping Identity