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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 119 84
Rank change year-on-year +43 -35 +7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 529 471 919
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.38% 2.90% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 3.08% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 348 281 785
10th Percentile £46,446 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.11% +1.43%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,474 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -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 13,571 15,317 24,005
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.79% 94.32% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 9,003 19,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 27 January 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 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.70%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.32%) Apache
6 6 (1.13%) Confluence
7 4 (0.76%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 336 (63.52%) Azure
2 294 (55.58%) AWS
3 145 (27.41%) Azure DevOps
4 135 (25.52%) GitHub
5 93 (17.58%) GitHub Actions
6 92 (17.39%) AWS CloudFormation
7 90 (17.01%) GCP
8 80 (15.12%) Serverless
9 66 (12.48%) Azure Monitor
10 62 (11.72%) Entra ID
11 53 (10.02%) SaaS
12 51 (9.64%) Amazon EKS
13 50 (9.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 49 (9.26%) AWS Lambda
15 42 (7.94%) Amazon S3
16 40 (7.56%) IaaS
17 39 (7.37%) Azure Data Factory
17 39 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
17 39 (7.37%) PaaS
18 36 (6.81%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (11.72%) Firewall
2 45 (8.51%) VPN
3 24 (4.54%) DNS
4 23 (4.35%) Broadband
5 22 (4.16%) TCP/IP
6 18 (3.40%) WAN
7 17 (3.21%) Network Security
8 13 (2.46%) BGP
8 13 (2.46%) LAN
9 10 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.70%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.70%) VLAN
11 8 (1.51%) DHCP
12 5 (0.95%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.95%) VoIP
13 4 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.76%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.57%) IPsec
14 3 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.51%) NoSQL
2 32 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (4.54%) Data Lake
3 24 (4.54%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (4.54%) SQL Server
4 22 (4.16%) Relational Database
5 20 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.59%) RDBMS
7 16 (3.02%) DynamoDB
8 14 (2.65%) MySQL
9 13 (2.46%) Delta Lake
9 13 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (2.27%) Redis
11 10 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.70%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.95%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.76%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 63 (11.91%) Jenkins
2 39 (7.37%) Git
3 38 (7.18%) GitLab
4 19 (3.59%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.89%) JIRA
5 10 (1.89%) TeamCity
6 8 (1.51%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.13%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.13%) git-flow
8 5 (0.95%) Storybook
9 4 (0.76%) JMeter
9 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.57%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.57%) Selenium
11 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 164 (31.00%) Finance
2 119 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (8.32%) Banking
5 39 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (7.18%) Law
7 35 (6.62%) Retail
8 23 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.97%) Financial Institution
10 17 (3.21%) Back Office
11 14 (2.65%) Billing
12 11 (2.08%) Legal
13 9 (1.70%) Marketing
14 7 (1.32%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.32%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.13%) Games
16 5 (0.95%) Publishing
17 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (25.90%) Senior
2 91 (17.20%) Cloud Engineer
3 73 (13.80%) Lead
4 64 (12.10%) DevOps Engineer
5 61 (11.53%) Azure Engineer
6 57 (10.78%) Platform Engineer
7 50 (9.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 48 (9.07%) Developer
9 40 (7.56%) Architect
10 38 (7.18%) AWS Engineer
11 22 (4.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.16%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (3.78%) Data Engineer
12 20 (3.78%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.59%) Lead DevOps
13 19 (3.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.40%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (3.40%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.13%) .NET
2 41 (7.75%) React
3 36 (6.81%) Elastic Stack
4 31 (5.86%) RESTful
5 27 (5.10%) Node.js
6 26 (4.91%) OAuth
7 21 (3.97%) OpenTelemetry
8 20 (3.78%) Spring
8 20 (3.78%) YAML
9 19 (3.59%) AWS CDK
9 19 (3.59%) OpenAPI
9 19 (3.59%) Swagger
10 17 (3.21%) CSS
11 16 (3.02%) Django
11 16 (3.02%) HTML
11 16 (3.02%) JSON
11 16 (3.02%) Spring Boot
12 15 (2.84%) Kafka
13 14 (2.65%) GraphQL
13 14 (2.65%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 127 (24.01%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.18%) Data Centre
3 34 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 33 (6.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (4.91%) Public Cloud
7 23 (4.35%) Security Posture
8 21 (3.97%) Onboarding
9 19 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (2.46%) Blog
13 12 (2.27%) Management Information System
14 11 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (2.08%) Mobile App
15 7 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
16 6 (1.13%) Data Structures
16 6 (1.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 6 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
17 5 (0.95%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 118 (22.31%) Linux
2 55 (10.40%) Windows
3 40 (7.56%) Unix
4 14 (2.65%) VMS
5 12 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.70%) Android
6 9 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.70%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.95%) CentOS
8 4 (0.76%) Debian
8 4 (0.76%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (70.13%) DevOps
2 342 (64.65%) CI/CD
3 169 (31.95%) Agile
4 137 (25.90%) Mentoring
5 130 (24.57%) Observability
6 128 (24.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 114 (21.55%) Containerisation
8 97 (18.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 92 (17.39%) Coaching
10 90 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (16.64%) Platform Engineering
12 84 (15.88%) Analytics
13 83 (15.69%) Roadmaps
14 77 (14.56%) Cloud Security
15 75 (14.18%) Software Engineering
16 70 (13.23%) AI
17 69 (13.04%) Asset Management
18 68 (12.85%) High Availability
19 66 (12.48%) Incident Response
20 57 (10.78%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 206 (38.94%) Python
2 117 (22.12%) PowerShell
3 110 (20.79%) Bash
4 89 (16.82%) Bicep
5 84 (15.88%) SQL
6 64 (12.10%) Java
7 50 (9.45%) JavaScript
8 48 (9.07%) Go
9 39 (7.37%) C#
10 35 (6.62%) TypeScript
11 11 (2.08%) Scala
12 4 (0.76%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.38%) C++
13 2 (0.38%) Rust
13 2 (0.38%) VB
13 2 (0.38%) XAML
14 1 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 75 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.48%) AWS Certification
3 60 (11.34%) SC Cleared
4 48 (9.07%) Azure Certification
5 29 (5.48%) Degree
6 17 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.08%) CCNP
9 11 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.89%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.95%) PMP
13 4 (0.76%) CISSP
13 4 (0.76%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.76%) OSCE
13 4 (0.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.10%) GDPR
3 26 (4.91%) NIST
4 24 (4.54%) PCI DSS
5 22 (4.16%) SOC 2
6 18 (3.40%) Accessibility
6 18 (3.40%) Data Quality
7 12 (2.27%) QA
8 8 (1.51%) SLA
9 6 (1.13%) GRC
10 4 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.76%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 162 (30.62%) Docker
2 27 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.91%) Active Directory
4 20 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.46%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.27%) Hyper-V
8 10 (1.89%) vSphere
9 4 (0.76%) NFS
10 3 (0.57%) Firmware
10 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.38%) vCloud
12 1 (0.19%) HDFS
12 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 397 (75.05%) Terraform
2 196 (37.05%) Kubernetes
3 125 (23.63%) Ansible
4 73 (13.80%) Prometheus
5 72 (13.61%) Grafana
6 26 (4.91%) Argo
7 22 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (3.59%) Kustomize
9 8 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.32%) SCOM
11 6 (1.13%) Puppet
12 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.76%) Cilium
13 4 (0.76%) logstash
13 4 (0.76%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
15 2 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.38%) Packer
15 2 (0.38%) Proxmox
16 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 101 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.94%) Google
3 40 (7.56%) VMware
4 20 (3.78%) Cisco
5 19 (3.59%) Databricks
6 14 (2.65%) Ab Initio
6 14 (2.65%) Splunk
7 9 (1.70%) New Relic
7 9 (1.70%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.51%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.51%) Oracle
9 6 (1.13%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.13%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.95%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.76%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.76%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.76%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.76%) PagerDuty
11 4 (0.76%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.76%) SolarWinds