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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 124 122
Rank change year-on-year +49 -2 -56
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 810 411 587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 2.46% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 2.63% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 540 300 361
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £101,375 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 10 October 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 19 (2.35%) Apache
2 18 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.10%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.86%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.74%) CMS
7 5 (0.62%) Camunda
8 4 (0.49%) Confluence
8 4 (0.49%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.49%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.37%) IIS
9 3 (0.37%) nginx
9 3 (0.37%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
10 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 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 458 (56.54%) Azure
2 433 (53.46%) AWS
3 148 (18.27%) GCP
4 140 (17.28%) GitHub
5 112 (13.83%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (13.70%) Serverless
7 90 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 77 (9.51%) GitHub Actions
8 77 (9.51%) PaaS
9 73 (9.01%) SaaS
10 69 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
11 65 (8.02%) Cloud Computing
12 60 (7.41%) IaaS
13 59 (7.28%) Amazon S3
14 58 (7.16%) Azure AKS
15 54 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
16 52 (6.42%) Entra ID
17 47 (5.80%) Power Platform
18 45 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
19 42 (5.19%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (9.01%) WAN
2 68 (8.40%) LAN
3 58 (7.16%) Firewall
3 58 (7.16%) VPN
4 45 (5.56%) DNS
5 44 (5.43%) TCP/IP
6 42 (5.19%) Broadband
7 25 (3.09%) BGP
7 25 (3.09%) Network Security
8 20 (2.47%) DHCP
9 16 (1.98%) OSPF
10 15 (1.85%) VXLAN
11 11 (1.36%) VLAN
12 9 (1.11%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.62%) NGFW
14 5 (0.62%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.62%) Wireless
15 4 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
15 4 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (11.85%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.31%) Metadata
3 34 (4.20%) MongoDB
4 30 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
6 27 (3.33%) Relational Database
7 26 (3.21%) Data Lake
8 25 (3.09%) DynamoDB
9 23 (2.84%) SQL Server
10 20 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (2.47%) Delta Lake
11 18 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (2.10%) Data Vault
13 13 (1.60%) MySQL
14 10 (1.23%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.11%) Power BI
16 8 (0.99%) Big Data
17 7 (0.86%) Redis
18 6 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
18 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 72 (8.89%) Git
2 51 (6.30%) GitLab
2 51 (6.30%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.48%) TeamCity
4 8 (0.99%) JIRA
5 5 (0.62%) Poetry
5 5 (0.62%) Snyk
6 4 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.49%) JUnit
6 4 (0.49%) NUnit
7 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.37%) Postman
7 3 (0.37%) Selenium
7 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) MLflow
8 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) Vagrant
General
1 323 (39.88%) Social Skills
2 192 (23.70%) Finance
3 105 (12.96%) Public Sector
4 66 (8.15%) Law
5 63 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
6 60 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (4.57%) Banking
9 28 (3.46%) Games
10 26 (3.21%) Retail
11 14 (1.73%) Legal
11 14 (1.73%) Marketing
12 11 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.23%) Local Government
14 8 (0.99%) Police
15 7 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.74%) Back Office
16 6 (0.74%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.74%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.62%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 247 (30.49%) Senior
2 141 (17.41%) Architect
3 123 (15.19%) Lead
4 107 (13.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 104 (12.84%) Cloud Engineer
6 82 (10.12%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (9.51%) Software Engineer
8 68 (8.40%) Platform Engineer
9 65 (8.02%) Systems Architect
10 56 (6.91%) Developer
11 51 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 39 (4.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 38 (4.69%) AWS Engineer
14 37 (4.57%) Data Engineer
14 37 (4.57%) Python Engineer
14 37 (4.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.44%) Site Engineer
16 35 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
17 32 (3.95%) Senior DevOps
18 30 (3.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (57.28%) Terraform
2 71 (8.77%) React
3 50 (6.17%) .NET
4 49 (6.05%) Node.js
5 46 (5.68%) REST
6 43 (5.31%) RESTful
7 32 (3.95%) PySpark
8 28 (3.46%) Kafka
9 27 (3.33%) AWS CDK
10 26 (3.21%) ARM Templates
11 22 (2.72%) Next.js
12 20 (2.47%) Spring
13 18 (2.22%) CSS
14 16 (1.98%) .NET Core
14 16 (1.98%) Spring Boot
14 16 (1.98%) YAML
15 14 (1.73%) OAuth
15 14 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
16 12 (1.48%) Middleware
16 12 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 230 (28.40%) Cloud Native
2 105 (12.96%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 35 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (4.32%) Video\Live Streaming
5 33 (4.07%) Security Posture
6 31 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (3.46%) Data Centre
8 24 (2.96%) Low-Code
8 24 (2.96%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.84%) Blog
10 18 (2.22%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.10%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.48%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.48%) Podcast
15 11 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.36%) Replication
16 10 (1.23%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 100 (12.35%) Linux
2 62 (7.65%) Windows
3 30 (3.70%) Unix
4 26 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.48%) VMS
6 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (69.51%) CI/CD
2 396 (48.89%) DevOps
3 274 (33.83%) Observability
4 256 (31.60%) Containerisation
5 249 (30.74%) Mentoring
6 224 (27.65%) AI
7 220 (27.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 196 (24.20%) Software Engineering
9 194 (23.95%) Agile
10 174 (21.48%) Technical Leadership
11 170 (20.99%) Platform Engineering
12 162 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
13 158 (19.51%) Roadmaps
14 127 (15.68%) Analytics
15 120 (14.81%) Test Automation
16 118 (14.57%) Cloud Security
17 116 (14.32%) Microservices
18 95 (11.73%) Coaching
19 90 (11.11%) Machine Learning
20 88 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 334 (41.23%) Python
2 123 (15.19%) Bicep
3 119 (14.69%) PowerShell
4 114 (14.07%) SQL
5 100 (12.35%) Bash
6 93 (11.48%) Java
7 78 (9.63%) TypeScript
8 77 (9.51%) Go
9 55 (6.79%) C#
10 50 (6.17%) JavaScript
11 20 (2.47%) Scala
12 13 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.23%) Ruby
14 9 (1.11%) PHP
15 8 (0.99%) Groovy
16 7 (0.86%) Rust
17 6 (0.74%) C++
18 3 (0.37%) C
18 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
19 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 150 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 136 (16.79%) SC Cleared
3 87 (10.74%) Azure Certification
4 49 (6.05%) Degree
5 40 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (4.20%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (2.10%) SnowPro
10 10 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.11%) CCNP
12 7 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.86%) CISM
12 7 (0.86%) CISSP
13 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.74%) CCSP
13 6 (0.74%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.62%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.16%) GRC
2 55 (6.79%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.96%) NIST
4 20 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.35%) PCI DSS
6 18 (2.22%) GDPR
6 18 (2.22%) QA
7 15 (1.85%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.60%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.11%) SLA
10 6 (0.74%) NCSC
11 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) IASME
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 159 (19.63%) Docker
2 47 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.35%) vSphere
7 7 (0.86%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) LXC
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 208 (25.68%) Kubernetes
2 86 (10.62%) Ansible
3 84 (10.37%) Grafana
4 46 (5.68%) Prometheus
5 25 (3.09%) Argo
6 20 (2.47%) Istio
7 18 (2.22%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.23%) Kustomize
9 9 (1.11%) Cilium
9 9 (1.11%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.99%) Packer
10 8 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.86%) Puppet
12 5 (0.62%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.49%) linkerd
14 3 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
14 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.25%) SCCM
15 2 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 267 (32.96%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.53%) Google
3 35 (4.32%) VMware
4 33 (4.07%) Databricks
5 25 (3.09%) Dynatrace
6 22 (2.72%) Oracle
7 16 (1.98%) Cisco
7 16 (1.98%) Palo Alto
7 16 (1.98%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.48%) Fortinet
8 12 (1.48%) Informatica
8 12 (1.48%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.36%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.23%) Splunk
11 9 (1.11%) Okta
12 8 (0.99%) Arista
13 7 (0.86%) ForgeRock
14 6 (0.74%) Zscaler
15 5 (0.62%) Ping Identity
15 5 (0.62%) YouTube