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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 104 70
Rank change year-on-year +20 -34 +23
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 470 584 923
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 2.94% 4.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 3.27% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 332 354 754
10th Percentile £46,500 £40,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -6.67% +5.63%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,000 £96,188
90th Percentile £104,750 £98,181 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -

All Process and 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 13,820 17,850 20,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.98% 89.77% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,725 10,738 16,290
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 25 November 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 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.06%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 3 (0.64%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 323 (68.72%) Azure
2 259 (55.11%) AWS
3 120 (25.53%) Azure DevOps
4 116 (24.68%) GitHub
5 86 (18.30%) GCP
6 85 (18.09%) AWS CloudFormation
7 82 (17.45%) GitHub Actions
8 75 (15.96%) Serverless
9 53 (11.28%) SaaS
10 52 (11.06%) Entra ID
11 49 (10.43%) Azure Monitor
12 48 (10.21%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (9.15%) PaaS
14 41 (8.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
16 37 (7.87%) IaaS
17 35 (7.45%) Amazon ECS
18 34 (7.23%) Amazon EKS
18 34 (7.23%) Amazon S3
19 24 (5.11%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.77%) Firewall
2 46 (9.79%) VPN
3 31 (6.60%) WAN
4 27 (5.74%) DNS
5 26 (5.53%) LAN
6 23 (4.89%) Network Security
7 22 (4.68%) TCP/IP
8 14 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (2.77%) SD-WAN
10 10 (2.13%) BGP
11 8 (1.70%) DHCP
11 8 (1.70%) VLAN
12 7 (1.49%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.49%) VoIP
13 6 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.85%) Broadband
14 4 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.85%) OSPF
14 4 (0.85%) Wireless
14 4 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (4.68%) NoSQL
3 21 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.26%) SQL Server
5 19 (4.04%) Data Lake
6 18 (3.83%) DynamoDB
7 15 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (2.77%) MySQL
8 13 (2.77%) Redis
9 11 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.49%) Power BI
12 6 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.28%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.85%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
15 2 (0.43%) Big Data
15 2 (0.43%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 64 (13.62%) Jenkins
2 41 (8.72%) GitLab
3 33 (7.02%) Git
4 10 (2.13%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.70%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.49%) JIRA
7 6 (1.28%) git-flow
7 6 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.06%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.43%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.43%) JMeter
10 2 (0.43%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.21%) Snyk
11 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 129 (27.45%) Finance
2 111 (23.62%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.72%) Law
4 39 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.66%) Banking
6 29 (6.17%) Retail
7 28 (5.96%) Public Sector
8 27 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (4.89%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.98%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.77%) Legal
12 12 (2.55%) Back Office
13 7 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.49%) Games
13 7 (1.49%) Marketing
13 7 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.06%) Advertising
14 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.64%) Electronics
15 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 118 (25.11%) Senior
2 78 (16.60%) Cloud Engineer
3 71 (15.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 57 (12.13%) Lead
5 53 (11.28%) Architect
6 46 (9.79%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (8.51%) Developer
8 37 (7.87%) Platform Engineer
9 34 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (4.68%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 21 (4.47%) AWS Engineer
12 20 (4.26%) Senior DevOps
13 19 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
13 19 (4.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 18 (3.83%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.83%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 15 (3.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (2.98%) Infrastructure Architect
16 14 (2.98%) Lead DevOps
17 13 (2.77%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (10.64%) .NET
2 35 (7.45%) React
3 22 (4.68%) RESTful
4 20 (4.26%) Node.js
4 20 (4.26%) YAML
5 19 (4.04%) OAuth
6 17 (3.62%) Elastic Stack
7 15 (3.19%) CSS
8 14 (2.98%) AWS CDK
8 14 (2.98%) Django
8 14 (2.98%) HTML
8 14 (2.98%) REST
9 12 (2.55%) JSON
9 12 (2.55%) OAuth2
10 11 (2.34%) Kafka
10 11 (2.34%) Vue
11 10 (2.13%) .NET Core
12 8 (1.70%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.70%) ARM Templates
12 8 (1.70%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 122 (25.96%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.30%) Public Cloud
3 34 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (6.81%) Product Ownership
5 30 (6.38%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (4.04%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.62%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.40%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (2.34%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (1.49%) Operational Technology
15 6 (1.28%) Blog
15 6 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
17 4 (0.85%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 83 (17.66%) Linux
2 52 (11.06%) Windows
3 20 (4.26%) Unix
4 14 (2.98%) VMS
5 10 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.49%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.28%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.64%) CentOS
9 3 (0.64%) Debian
10 2 (0.43%) Android
10 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (71.28%) DevOps
2 310 (65.96%) CI/CD
3 154 (32.77%) Agile
4 116 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (21.70%) Observability
6 90 (19.15%) Containerisation
7 89 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (18.72%) Mentoring
9 83 (17.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 73 (15.53%) Analytics
11 70 (14.89%) Cloud Security
12 69 (14.68%) Roadmaps
13 68 (14.47%) Coaching
14 65 (13.83%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 64 (13.62%) AI
16 61 (12.98%) Incident Response
17 58 (12.34%) Software Engineering
18 55 (11.70%) Platform Engineering
19 54 (11.49%) Asset Management
20 52 (11.06%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 177 (37.66%) Python
2 111 (23.62%) PowerShell
3 89 (18.94%) Bash
4 77 (16.38%) Bicep
5 69 (14.68%) SQL
6 36 (7.66%) C#
7 35 (7.45%) JavaScript
8 32 (6.81%) TypeScript
9 26 (5.53%) Go
10 23 (4.89%) Java
11 4 (0.85%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.85%) PHP
12 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.43%) Groovy
12 2 (0.43%) XAML
13 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.70%) SC Cleared
3 52 (11.06%) Azure Certification
4 48 (10.21%) AWS Certification
5 27 (5.74%) Degree
6 19 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.40%) CCNP
8 16 (3.40%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.49%) PMP
11 5 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.06%) OSCP
12 4 (0.85%) CISSP
12 4 (0.85%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.85%) OSCE
13 3 (0.64%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (6.38%) NIST
3 26 (5.53%) GDPR
4 17 (3.62%) SOC 2
5 16 (3.40%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.98%) QA
7 8 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.70%) SLA
8 6 (1.28%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.28%) GRC
9 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.85%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 129 (27.45%) Docker
2 24 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.68%) Active Directory
4 22 (4.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.34%) vSphere
6 9 (1.91%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.28%) NFS
8 3 (0.64%) Firmware
8 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.43%) vCloud
10 1 (0.21%) HDFS
10 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 337 (71.70%) Terraform
2 165 (35.11%) Kubernetes
3 110 (23.40%) Ansible
4 58 (12.34%) Grafana
5 44 (9.36%) Prometheus
6 23 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.13%) Argo
8 8 (1.70%) SCOM
9 4 (0.85%) Cilium
10 3 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.21%) Rancher
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 108 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.17%) Cisco
3 28 (5.96%) VMware
4 18 (3.83%) Databricks
4 18 (3.83%) Google
5 16 (3.40%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.55%) Oracle
7 11 (2.34%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.13%) Splunk
9 9 (1.91%) Ab Initio
10 8 (1.70%) New Relic
11 7 (1.49%) Commvault
11 7 (1.49%) Pure Storage
12 6 (1.28%) Aruba
12 6 (1.28%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.28%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.06%) Mellanox
13 5 (1.06%) NVIDIA
14 4 (0.85%) Zscaler