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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 148 144
Rank change year-on-year +80 -4 -75
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 826 392 563
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 2.37% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.55% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 537 302 426
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,275 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,810 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +14.22% -8.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,500 £101,125 £103,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -6.67%

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 18,798 15,349 21,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.91% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,570 9,030 15,663
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 August 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 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (1.94%) Apache
2 16 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.48%) Camunda
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 3 (0.36%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
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%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 458 (55.45%) AWS
2 456 (55.21%) Azure
3 155 (18.77%) GCP
4 114 (13.80%) GitHub
4 114 (13.80%) Serverless
5 107 (12.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 97 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
7 79 (9.56%) PaaS
8 68 (8.23%) Cloud Computing
9 64 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
10 63 (7.63%) GitHub Actions
11 60 (7.26%) SaaS
12 55 (6.66%) IaaS
13 53 (6.42%) Amazon S3
14 50 (6.05%) Azure AKS
15 41 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
15 41 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
15 41 (4.96%) Power Platform
16 39 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
17 33 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.20%) LAN
1 76 (9.20%) WAN
2 64 (7.75%) Firewall
3 54 (6.54%) Broadband
4 49 (5.93%) TCP/IP
5 48 (5.81%) DNS
6 46 (5.57%) VPN
7 21 (2.54%) DHCP
8 18 (2.18%) BGP
9 16 (1.94%) Network Security
9 16 (1.94%) OSPF
10 13 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (1.57%) VLAN
10 13 (1.57%) VXLAN
11 9 (1.09%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (0.85%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.85%) WebEx
13 6 (0.73%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (12.11%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.21%) Metadata
2 43 (5.21%) MongoDB
3 30 (3.63%) Relational Database
4 27 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
4 27 (3.27%) Data Lake
4 27 (3.27%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (2.30%) DynamoDB
7 18 (2.18%) Delta Lake
8 16 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.57%) Data Vault
9 13 (1.57%) MySQL
9 13 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.45%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.21%) Redis
12 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.85%) Big Data
14 6 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 84 (10.17%) Git
2 47 (5.69%) GitLab
3 42 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.09%) NUnit
5 8 (0.97%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.73%) JMeter
7 5 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.61%) Locust
7 5 (0.61%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.48%) JIRA
8 4 (0.48%) Snyk
9 3 (0.36%) MLflow
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 304 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 184 (22.28%) Finance
3 73 (8.84%) Public Sector
4 72 (8.72%) Law
5 65 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
6 59 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (4.84%) Banking
9 33 (4.00%) Games
10 28 (3.39%) Retail
11 19 (2.30%) Legal
12 18 (2.18%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.06%) Marketing
14 11 (1.33%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.21%) Local Government
16 8 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.85%) Advertising
17 7 (0.85%) Aviation
18 6 (0.73%) Legal Technology
18 6 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 218 (26.39%) Senior
2 137 (16.59%) Lead
3 133 (16.10%) Architect
4 102 (12.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 95 (11.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (8.84%) Platform Engineer
7 72 (8.72%) Developer
8 71 (8.60%) Azure Engineer
9 67 (8.11%) Systems Architect
10 62 (7.51%) Software Engineer
11 44 (5.33%) Python Engineer
12 43 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
13 42 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (4.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 35 (4.24%) Data Engineer
15 35 (4.24%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 32 (3.87%) Senior DevOps
16 32 (3.87%) Site Engineer
17 29 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 28 (3.39%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (8.23%) React
2 53 (6.42%) REST
3 46 (5.57%) Node.js
3 46 (5.57%) RESTful
4 45 (5.45%) .NET
5 39 (4.72%) AWS CDK
6 30 (3.63%) ARM Templates
7 25 (3.03%) Spring
7 25 (3.03%) YAML
8 24 (2.91%) Kafka
8 24 (2.91%) Next.js
9 23 (2.78%) PySpark
10 19 (2.30%) CSS
10 19 (2.30%) Spring Boot
11 17 (2.06%) Django
11 17 (2.06%) FastAPI
12 15 (1.82%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.69%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.57%) JSON
14 13 (1.57%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 235 (28.45%) Cloud Native
2 90 (10.90%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 45 (5.45%) Public Cloud
3 45 (5.45%) Video\Live Streaming
4 40 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 35 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (3.87%) Low-Code
7 31 (3.75%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.03%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.18%) Podcast
10 17 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.94%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.69%) Blog
12 14 (1.69%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.69%) Replication
12 14 (1.69%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.21%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.95%) Linux
2 57 (6.90%) Windows
3 25 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.91%) Unix
5 13 (1.57%) VMS
6 5 (0.61%) Android
7 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (68.40%) CI/CD
2 423 (51.21%) DevOps
3 282 (34.14%) Observability
4 260 (31.48%) Containerisation
5 239 (28.93%) Mentoring
6 231 (27.97%) Agile
7 230 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (25.79%) AI
9 196 (23.73%) Software Engineering
10 188 (22.76%) Technical Leadership
11 184 (22.28%) Platform Engineering
12 165 (19.98%) Roadmaps
13 137 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
13 137 (16.59%) Test Automation
14 124 (15.01%) Microservices
15 112 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
16 111 (13.44%) Analytics
17 97 (11.74%) Machine Learning
18 96 (11.62%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 91 (11.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 350 (42.37%) Python
2 109 (13.20%) Bicep
3 104 (12.59%) SQL
4 100 (12.11%) PowerShell
5 94 (11.38%) Java
6 91 (11.02%) Bash
7 82 (9.93%) TypeScript
8 70 (8.47%) Go
9 63 (7.63%) JavaScript
10 51 (6.17%) C#
11 19 (2.30%) Scala
12 13 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (1.57%) Ruby
13 8 (0.97%) PHP
14 7 (0.85%) C++
14 7 (0.85%) Groovy
15 4 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.36%) Rust
17 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 138 (16.71%) Security Cleared
2 128 (15.50%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.05%) Azure Certification
4 64 (7.75%) Degree
5 32 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (3.63%) AWS Certification
7 26 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.69%) CCNP
9 14 (1.69%) SnowPro
10 9 (1.09%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.97%) CCNA
12 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.61%) CCIE
13 5 (0.61%) VCAP
13 5 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.48%) LPIC
14 4 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.14%) GRC
2 47 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.36%) QA
4 16 (1.94%) GDPR
4 16 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.82%) NIST
6 10 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.61%) WCAG
9 4 (0.48%) NCSC
9 4 (0.48%) SLA
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 166 (20.10%) Docker
2 46 (5.57%) Active Directory
3 39 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (3.15%) vSphere
5 17 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.36%) Firmware
10 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 458 (55.45%) Terraform
2 227 (27.48%) Kubernetes
3 90 (10.90%) Ansible
4 77 (9.32%) Grafana
5 45 (5.45%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.42%) Argo
7 16 (1.94%) Istio
8 15 (1.82%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.33%) Puppet
10 9 (1.09%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.73%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.73%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.61%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.48%) linkerd
15 3 (0.36%) Packer
15 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 235 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.66%) Google
3 43 (5.21%) VMware
4 31 (3.75%) Cisco
5 29 (3.51%) Databricks
6 27 (3.27%) Palo Alto
7 22 (2.66%) Red Hat
8 20 (2.42%) Oracle
9 17 (2.06%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.69%) Splunk
11 12 (1.45%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.45%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.33%) Okta
13 10 (1.21%) F5
13 10 (1.21%) Informatica
13 10 (1.21%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.21%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.97%) NetApp
15 7 (0.85%) Arista
16 6 (0.73%) HubSpot