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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 155 132
Rank change year-on-year +82 -23 -51
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 623 344 772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 2.37% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 2.50% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 408 243 659
10th Percentile £52,355 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,625 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.66% -6.67%
75th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £97,950 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 15,634 13,776 29,586
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.80% 94.93% 90.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,154 8,069 23,338
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,742 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,248 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -9.84%

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 23 May 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 18 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.25%) Apache
3 12 (1.93%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.80%) Confluence
4 5 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.16%) Camunda
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 382 (61.32%) AWS
2 292 (46.87%) Azure
3 105 (16.85%) GitHub
4 96 (15.41%) GCP
5 93 (14.93%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (14.93%) Serverless
6 75 (12.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 72 (11.56%) GitHub Actions
8 47 (7.54%) Amazon EKS
9 46 (7.38%) PaaS
10 44 (7.06%) Amazon S3
11 43 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
12 42 (6.74%) Amazon EC2
12 42 (6.74%) SaaS
13 36 (5.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 36 (5.78%) Entra ID
14 35 (5.62%) IaaS
15 34 (5.46%) Azure AKS
16 33 (5.30%) AWS Lambda
17 31 (4.98%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (11.08%) Firewall
2 58 (9.31%) Broadband
3 31 (4.98%) DNS
4 28 (4.49%) VPN
5 27 (4.33%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.05%) BGP
7 17 (2.73%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (2.25%) LAN
9 12 (1.93%) VLAN
9 12 (1.93%) WAN
10 11 (1.77%) OSPF
11 10 (1.61%) DHCP
11 10 (1.61%) Network Security
12 8 (1.28%) VXLAN
13 7 (1.12%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.96%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.96%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.96%) WebEx
15 5 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.80%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.46%) MongoDB
2 34 (5.46%) Relational Database
3 30 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (4.82%) NoSQL
4 25 (4.01%) Data Lake
4 25 (4.01%) Metadata
5 24 (3.85%) SQL Server
6 18 (2.89%) RDBMS
7 14 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.25%) Delta Lake
7 14 (2.25%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.77%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 10 (1.61%) MySQL
10 9 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.28%) Big Data
11 8 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 62 (9.95%) Git
2 44 (7.06%) GitLab
3 34 (5.46%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.89%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.28%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.12%) JMeter
7 6 (0.96%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.96%) JIRA
7 6 (0.96%) Locust
7 6 (0.96%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.80%) NUnit
8 5 (0.80%) Selenium
8 5 (0.80%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.80%) Storybook
9 3 (0.48%) MLflow
10 2 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.32%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.32%) MSI
10 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 160 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 106 (17.01%) Finance
3 62 (9.95%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.58%) Banking
7 35 (5.62%) Retail
8 29 (4.65%) Law
9 22 (3.53%) Games
9 22 (3.53%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.57%) Billing
11 12 (1.93%) Back Office
11 12 (1.93%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.93%) Marketing
12 9 (1.44%) Legal
12 9 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.28%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.96%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.80%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 160 (25.68%) Senior
2 124 (19.90%) Lead
3 83 (13.32%) Cloud Engineer
4 74 (11.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 71 (11.40%) Platform Engineer
6 67 (10.75%) Developer
7 54 (8.67%) Azure Engineer
8 52 (8.35%) AWS Engineer
9 51 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 43 (6.90%) Software Engineer
11 34 (5.46%) Architect
12 32 (5.14%) Data Engineer
13 31 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
14 30 (4.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 26 (4.17%) Lead Developer
15 26 (4.17%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.53%) Senior Developer
16 22 (3.53%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 19 (3.05%) AWS Platform Engineer
17 19 (3.05%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.54%) React
2 43 (6.90%) RESTful
3 41 (6.58%) REST
4 37 (5.94%) Node.js
5 35 (5.62%) .NET
6 33 (5.30%) AWS CDK
7 32 (5.14%) Spring
8 27 (4.33%) Spring Boot
9 25 (4.01%) YAML
10 24 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
11 23 (3.69%) OpenTelemetry
12 20 (3.21%) Kafka
13 18 (2.89%) ARM Templates
14 17 (2.73%) Django
15 16 (2.57%) React Native
16 15 (2.41%) JSON
16 15 (2.41%) Next.js
16 15 (2.41%) OAuth
16 15 (2.41%) OpenAPI
16 15 (2.41%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 171 (27.45%) Cloud Native
2 52 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.10%) Product Ownership
4 37 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (5.62%) Video\Live Streaming
6 25 (4.01%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (3.69%) Low-Code
9 21 (3.37%) Security Posture
10 20 (3.21%) Mobile App
11 19 (3.05%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (2.41%) Public Cloud
14 14 (2.25%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (1.93%) Blog
16 10 (1.61%) Algorithms
17 9 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (1.44%) Private Cloud
17 9 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 114 (18.30%) Linux
2 35 (5.62%) Windows
3 33 (5.30%) Unix
4 22 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.93%) Android
6 11 (1.77%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.48%) VMS
9 2 (0.32%) CentOS
9 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (70.47%) CI/CD
2 374 (60.03%) DevOps
3 204 (32.74%) Observability
4 201 (32.26%) Agile
5 198 (31.78%) Mentoring
6 178 (28.57%) Containerisation
7 153 (24.56%) Platform Engineering
8 151 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 132 (21.19%) Software Engineering
10 127 (20.39%) Test Automation
11 121 (19.42%) AI
12 119 (19.10%) Technical Leadership
13 103 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
14 95 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 93 (14.93%) Microservices
16 88 (14.13%) Full-Stack Development
17 86 (13.80%) Roadmaps
18 74 (11.88%) Analytics
19 63 (10.11%) Machine Learning
19 63 (10.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 276 (44.30%) Python
2 105 (16.85%) Java
3 95 (15.25%) Bash
4 75 (12.04%) PowerShell
5 73 (11.72%) JavaScript
6 71 (11.40%) SQL
7 66 (10.59%) Go
8 62 (9.95%) TypeScript
9 60 (9.63%) Bicep
10 39 (6.26%) C#
11 15 (2.41%) Scala
12 9 (1.44%) C++
13 7 (1.12%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.96%) PHP
15 5 (0.80%) Ruby
15 5 (0.80%) Rust
16 4 (0.64%) Groovy
17 2 (0.32%) C
17 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 82 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 55 (8.83%) Degree
4 48 (7.70%) Azure Certification
5 45 (7.22%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.05%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.09%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.44%) CCNP
11 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.96%) CCNA
13 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.64%) LPIC
13 4 (0.64%) MCSE
13 4 (0.64%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.64%) VCAP
13 4 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.46%) QA
2 28 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.89%) GDPR
5 17 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.25%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.44%) NIST
9 5 (0.80%) WCAG
10 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 167 (26.81%) Docker
2 24 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.09%) vSphere
4 11 (1.77%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.64%) Firmware
6 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 386 (61.96%) Terraform
2 215 (34.51%) Kubernetes
3 109 (17.50%) Ansible
4 69 (11.08%) Grafana
4 69 (11.08%) Prometheus
5 32 (5.14%) Argo
6 22 (3.53%) Kustomize
7 14 (2.25%) Puppet
8 13 (2.09%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.12%) Istio
10 7 (1.12%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.80%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.80%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.80%) Packer
13 4 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.64%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.48%) logstash
Vendors
1 101 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.90%) Google
3 39 (6.26%) VMware
4 31 (4.98%) Cisco
5 23 (3.69%) Palo Alto
6 19 (3.05%) Databricks
7 17 (2.73%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.25%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.93%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.93%) Splunk
10 11 (1.77%) F5
11 8 (1.28%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.12%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.96%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.96%) Juniper
13 6 (0.96%) NetApp
14 5 (0.80%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.80%) Arista
14 5 (0.80%) HubSpot