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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 120 127
Rank change year-on-year +55 +7 -41
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 601 367 798
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 2.76% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 2.91% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 379 273 679
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £75,360 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% +6.78% -5.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £94,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 14,826 12,623 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.16% 94.77% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,367 8,945 23,614
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,202 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,205 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +8.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 20 April 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 16 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.50%) Apache
3 8 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.00%) Confluence
5 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.50%) IIS
6 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 368 (61.23%) AWS
2 315 (52.41%) Azure
3 118 (19.63%) GitHub
4 116 (19.30%) Azure DevOps
4 116 (19.30%) GCP
5 97 (16.14%) Serverless
6 92 (15.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 85 (14.14%) GitHub Actions
8 61 (10.15%) Amazon EKS
9 55 (9.15%) SaaS
10 47 (7.82%) Amazon S3
10 47 (7.82%) AWS Lambda
11 45 (7.49%) Azure Monitor
12 44 (7.32%) PaaS
13 40 (6.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 40 (6.66%) Amazon ECS
14 38 (6.32%) Amazon EC2
14 38 (6.32%) dbt
15 37 (6.16%) Entra ID
16 34 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (12.31%) Firewall
2 38 (6.32%) Broadband
3 33 (5.49%) TCP/IP
3 33 (5.49%) VPN
4 20 (3.33%) DNS
5 16 (2.66%) Cisco ASA
6 14 (2.33%) BGP
7 13 (2.16%) Network Security
8 12 (2.00%) LAN
9 11 (1.83%) VLAN
9 11 (1.83%) WAN
10 10 (1.66%) DHCP
11 6 (1.00%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.83%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.83%) WebEx
13 4 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.50%) HTTP
14 3 (0.50%) OSPF
14 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (6.82%) NoSQL
3 38 (6.32%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (5.32%) SQL Server
5 27 (4.49%) Relational Database
6 22 (3.66%) MongoDB
7 21 (3.49%) Data Lake
8 20 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (3.16%) RDBMS
10 16 (2.66%) Metadata
11 15 (2.50%) DynamoDB
12 13 (2.16%) Delta Lake
12 13 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.83%) MySQL
13 11 (1.83%) Redis
14 10 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.33%) BigQuery
16 7 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 56 (9.32%) Git
2 43 (7.15%) GitLab
3 40 (6.66%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.16%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.66%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.50%) JIRA
6 9 (1.50%) JMeter
7 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.00%) Locust
7 6 (1.00%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.00%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.83%) NUnit
8 5 (0.83%) Selenium
8 5 (0.83%) Storybook
9 3 (0.50%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.50%) git-flow
9 3 (0.50%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.33%) MLflow
10 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 156 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 144 (23.96%) Finance
3 69 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.15%) Banking
5 54 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 51 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (8.15%) Retail
8 39 (6.49%) Law
9 28 (4.66%) Telecoms
10 26 (4.33%) Financial Institution
11 22 (3.66%) Back Office
12 18 (3.00%) Billing
13 14 (2.33%) Marketing
14 8 (1.33%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.33%) Legal
15 7 (1.16%) Games
16 6 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.00%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 154 (25.62%) Senior
2 113 (18.80%) Lead
3 87 (14.48%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (11.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 65 (10.82%) Platform Engineer
6 59 (9.82%) Developer
7 58 (9.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 56 (9.32%) Azure Engineer
9 44 (7.32%) AWS Engineer
10 32 (5.32%) Software Engineer
11 30 (4.99%) Architect
12 27 (4.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 27 (4.49%) Senior DevOps
13 26 (4.33%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.66%) Lead DevOps
15 21 (3.49%) Python Engineer
16 20 (3.33%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 20 (3.33%) Lead Developer
17 19 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 19 (3.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.65%) React
2 44 (7.32%) .NET
3 37 (6.16%) Node.js
4 36 (5.99%) REST
4 36 (5.99%) RESTful
5 32 (5.32%) Elastic Stack
6 30 (4.99%) Spring
7 28 (4.66%) AWS CDK
8 27 (4.49%) Django
9 25 (4.16%) OAuth
10 24 (3.99%) Spring Boot
10 24 (3.99%) YAML
11 23 (3.83%) OpenTelemetry
12 21 (3.49%) OpenAPI
12 21 (3.49%) Swagger
13 20 (3.33%) Kafka
14 18 (3.00%) ARM Templates
14 18 (3.00%) FastAPI
14 18 (3.00%) JSON
15 17 (2.83%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (26.46%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 38 (6.32%) Product Ownership
4 37 (6.16%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (4.49%) Security Posture
6 26 (4.33%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.66%) Public Cloud
8 21 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (3.33%) Mobile App
9 20 (3.33%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.83%) Legacy Applications
11 16 (2.66%) Blog
11 16 (2.66%) Video\Live Streaming
12 12 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.50%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.50%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 129 (21.46%) Linux
2 47 (7.82%) Windows
3 45 (7.49%) Unix
4 21 (3.49%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.33%) Android
6 13 (2.16%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.00%) VMS
8 5 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.67%) CentOS
9 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (70.22%) CI/CD
2 396 (65.89%) DevOps
3 208 (34.61%) Agile
4 181 (30.12%) Mentoring
4 181 (30.12%) Observability
5 158 (26.29%) Containerisation
6 153 (25.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 126 (20.97%) Platform Engineering
8 116 (19.30%) Software Engineering
9 111 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (17.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 100 (16.64%) Test Automation
12 94 (15.64%) Technical Leadership
13 88 (14.64%) AI
14 86 (14.31%) Roadmaps
15 76 (12.65%) Microservices
16 74 (12.31%) Analytics
17 73 (12.15%) Coaching
17 73 (12.15%) Incident Response
18 71 (11.81%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 245 (40.77%) Python
2 98 (16.31%) Java
3 95 (15.81%) Bash
4 81 (13.48%) PowerShell
5 80 (13.31%) SQL
6 70 (11.65%) Bicep
7 68 (11.31%) JavaScript
8 60 (9.98%) Go
9 48 (7.99%) TypeScript
10 41 (6.82%) C#
11 13 (2.16%) Scala
12 8 (1.33%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.00%) C++
13 6 (1.00%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.83%) Ruby
14 5 (0.83%) Rust
15 3 (0.50%) PHP
16 2 (0.33%) C
16 2 (0.33%) VB
17 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 80 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.48%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.15%) Degree
4 48 (7.99%) AWS Certification
5 41 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.50%) CCNP
11 7 (1.16%) CCNA
11 7 (1.16%) CREST Certified
11 7 (1.16%) OSCP
12 6 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.83%) LPIC
13 5 (0.83%) MCSE
13 5 (0.83%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (5.16%) QA
3 26 (4.33%) GDPR
3 26 (4.33%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.33%) SOC 2
4 23 (3.83%) Accessibility
5 21 (3.49%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.66%) NIST
7 7 (1.16%) GRC
8 6 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.83%) SLA
9 5 (0.83%) WCAG
10 4 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.67%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 170 (28.29%) Docker
2 25 (4.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.33%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.16%) vSphere
5 12 (2.00%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.67%) Firmware
7 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.33%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 416 (69.22%) Terraform
2 216 (35.94%) Kubernetes
3 119 (19.80%) Ansible
4 75 (12.48%) Prometheus
5 73 (12.15%) Grafana
6 29 (4.83%) Argo
7 21 (3.49%) Kustomize
8 14 (2.33%) Puppet
9 12 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.50%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.16%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.83%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.83%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.67%) Cilium
13 4 (0.67%) logstash
13 4 (0.67%) Packer
13 4 (0.67%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 101 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.49%) Google
3 40 (6.66%) VMware
4 30 (4.99%) Cisco
5 21 (3.49%) Databricks
6 17 (2.83%) Splunk
7 16 (2.66%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.16%) Palo Alto
9 12 (2.00%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.66%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.33%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.33%) New Relic
12 7 (1.16%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.16%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.00%) F5
13 6 (1.00%) Juniper
13 6 (1.00%) NetApp
13 6 (1.00%) Okta
14 5 (0.83%) Dynatrace