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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 154 136
Rank change year-on-year +84 -18 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 780 378 657
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.60% 2.29% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 2.46% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 503 280 525
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £49,700
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £77,500 £68,900
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +12.48% -8.13%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,126 £105,000
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 17,944 15,366 25,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 93.22% 88.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,066 9,085 19,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,789 £34,089
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 July 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 22 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.79%) Apache
3 13 (1.67%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.64%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.38%) Confluence
6 3 (0.38%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 434 (55.64%) AWS
2 421 (53.97%) Azure
3 124 (15.90%) GCP
4 115 (14.74%) Serverless
5 108 (13.85%) GitHub
6 94 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
7 90 (11.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 79 (10.13%) PaaS
9 66 (8.46%) Cloud Computing
9 66 (8.46%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (7.05%) Amazon S3
10 55 (7.05%) IaaS
10 55 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
11 54 (6.92%) SaaS
12 50 (6.41%) Azure AKS
13 43 (5.51%) Amazon EC2
13 43 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
14 41 (5.26%) Power Platform
15 40 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
16 39 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 75 (9.62%) LAN
1 75 (9.62%) WAN
2 62 (7.95%) Firewall
3 57 (7.31%) Broadband
4 51 (6.54%) VPN
5 40 (5.13%) DNS
6 36 (4.62%) TCP/IP
7 21 (2.69%) BGP
8 16 (2.05%) Network Security
8 16 (2.05%) OSPF
9 15 (1.92%) VLAN
10 13 (1.67%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (1.67%) DHCP
10 13 (1.67%) VXLAN
11 9 (1.15%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.90%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.77%) HTTP
13 6 (0.77%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (12.56%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.51%) MongoDB
3 42 (5.38%) Metadata
4 29 (3.72%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (3.33%) Relational Database
6 24 (3.08%) Data Lake
6 24 (3.08%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (2.18%) DynamoDB
9 14 (1.79%) Delta Lake
10 13 (1.67%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (1.54%) MySQL
12 11 (1.41%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.28%) Redis
14 9 (1.15%) Data Vault
15 7 (0.90%) Big Data
16 6 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 80 (10.26%) Git
2 49 (6.28%) GitLab
3 44 (5.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.03%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.90%) NUnit
6 6 (0.77%) JMeter
7 5 (0.64%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.64%) JIRA
7 5 (0.64%) Locust
8 4 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.38%) MLflow
9 3 (0.38%) Selenium
10 2 (0.26%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.26%) MSI
10 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 275 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 172 (22.05%) Finance
3 74 (9.49%) Law
4 72 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 65 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
7 57 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.87%) Banking
9 32 (4.10%) Retail
10 31 (3.97%) Games
11 18 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.79%) Marketing
13 12 (1.54%) Legal
14 10 (1.28%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.15%) Back Office
15 9 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.03%) Billing
16 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.90%) Aviation
18 6 (0.77%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 195 (25.00%) Senior
2 133 (17.05%) Lead
3 126 (16.15%) Architect
4 91 (11.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 91 (11.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 75 (9.62%) Platform Engineer
6 70 (8.97%) Developer
7 67 (8.59%) Systems Architect
8 65 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
9 51 (6.54%) AWS Engineer
9 51 (6.54%) Software Engineer
10 47 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 38 (4.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 36 (4.62%) Python Engineer
13 33 (4.23%) Data Engineer
14 31 (3.97%) Senior DevOps
15 29 (3.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 29 (3.72%) Senior Developer
16 23 (2.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 23 (2.95%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.18%) React
2 51 (6.54%) REST
3 48 (6.15%) RESTful
4 40 (5.13%) Node.js
5 38 (4.87%) .NET
6 36 (4.62%) AWS CDK
7 31 (3.97%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.33%) Spring
8 26 (3.33%) YAML
9 22 (2.82%) Next.js
9 22 (2.82%) Spring Boot
10 21 (2.69%) Kafka
11 19 (2.44%) PySpark
12 18 (2.31%) FastAPI
13 17 (2.18%) Django
13 17 (2.18%) PyTorch
14 16 (2.05%) TensorFlow
15 15 (1.92%) CSS
16 13 (1.67%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 233 (29.87%) Cloud Native
2 83 (10.64%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (6.28%) Video\Live Streaming
4 44 (5.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 43 (5.51%) Product Ownership
6 39 (5.00%) Public Cloud
7 32 (4.10%) Low-Code
8 29 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (3.33%) Data Centre
9 26 (3.33%) Security Posture
10 23 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (2.82%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.31%) Podcast
13 15 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.92%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.67%) Blog
14 13 (1.67%) Replication
14 13 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.54%) Virtual Team
16 10 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 93 (11.92%) Linux
2 49 (6.28%) Windows
3 19 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.79%) Unix
5 13 (1.67%) VMS
6 6 (0.77%) Android
7 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (68.72%) CI/CD
2 397 (50.90%) DevOps
3 259 (33.21%) Observability
4 251 (32.18%) Containerisation
5 218 (27.95%) Mentoring
6 212 (27.18%) Agile
7 202 (25.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 200 (25.64%) AI
9 179 (22.95%) Platform Engineering
10 175 (22.44%) Technical Leadership
11 171 (21.92%) Software Engineering
12 163 (20.90%) Roadmaps
13 141 (18.08%) Test Automation
14 138 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
15 121 (15.51%) Microservices
16 104 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
17 99 (12.69%) Analytics
18 95 (12.18%) Machine Learning
19 92 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 82 (10.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 334 (42.82%) Python
2 99 (12.69%) Bash
2 99 (12.69%) Bicep
3 96 (12.31%) SQL
4 95 (12.18%) PowerShell
5 91 (11.67%) Java
6 75 (9.62%) TypeScript
7 69 (8.85%) Go
8 62 (7.95%) JavaScript
9 42 (5.38%) C#
10 14 (1.79%) Scala
11 13 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.41%) Ruby
13 9 (1.15%) PHP
14 7 (0.90%) C++
14 7 (0.90%) Groovy
15 5 (0.64%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.51%) Rust
16 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 108 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 98 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 71 (9.10%) Azure Certification
4 55 (7.05%) Degree
5 28 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (3.46%) AWS Certification
7 18 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.67%) CCNP
10 10 (1.28%) SnowPro
11 9 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.03%) CCNA
13 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.64%) CCIE
13 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.51%) LPIC
14 4 (0.51%) MCSE
14 4 (0.51%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.56%) GRC
2 40 (5.13%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.13%) QA
3 16 (2.05%) GDPR
4 15 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.54%) SOC 2
7 10 (1.28%) NIST
8 7 (0.90%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.64%) WCAG
10 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 157 (20.13%) Docker
2 43 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 32 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.95%) vSphere
5 13 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.51%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 426 (54.62%) Terraform
2 227 (29.10%) Kubernetes
3 87 (11.15%) Ansible
4 72 (9.23%) Grafana
5 47 (6.03%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.56%) Argo
7 15 (1.92%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.79%) Istio
9 13 (1.67%) Puppet
10 12 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.15%) FortiGate
11 9 (1.15%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.77%) Kustomize
13 5 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.51%) linkerd
14 4 (0.51%) Packer
15 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 212 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.00%) VMware
3 36 (4.62%) Google
4 30 (3.85%) Cisco
5 27 (3.46%) Palo Alto
6 25 (3.21%) Databricks
7 19 (2.44%) Red Hat
8 17 (2.18%) Oracle
9 16 (2.05%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.54%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.54%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.41%) F5
11 11 (1.41%) Splunk
12 10 (1.28%) Okta
13 9 (1.15%) Informatica
14 7 (0.90%) Arista
14 7 (0.90%) CyberArk
14 7 (0.90%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.90%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.77%) Zscaler