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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 120 122
Rank change year-on-year +50 +2 -35
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 585 367 813
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.40% 2.84% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 3.00% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 368 272 687
10th Percentile £52,355 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +6.78% -5.27%
75th Percentile £86,563 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £98,250 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,640 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.85% +4.33% -3.33%

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 14,365 12,253 29,055
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.40% 94.79% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,024 8,885 23,521
10th Percentile £31,788 £32,500 £33,769
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%

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 9 April 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 17 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.54%) Apache
3 8 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.03%) Confluence
5 4 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.51%) IIS
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 363 (62.05%) AWS
2 307 (52.48%) Azure
3 122 (20.85%) GitHub
4 116 (19.83%) Azure DevOps
5 114 (19.49%) GCP
6 96 (16.41%) Serverless
7 92 (15.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 87 (14.87%) GitHub Actions
9 60 (10.26%) Amazon EKS
10 55 (9.40%) SaaS
11 48 (8.21%) Amazon S3
12 47 (8.03%) AWS Lambda
13 44 (7.52%) PaaS
14 43 (7.35%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (7.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 40 (6.84%) Amazon ECS
16 40 (6.84%) dbt
17 38 (6.50%) Amazon EC2
18 37 (6.32%) Entra ID
19 36 (6.15%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.48%) Firewall
2 38 (6.50%) Broadband
3 31 (5.30%) TCP/IP
3 31 (5.30%) VPN
4 16 (2.74%) Cisco ASA
4 16 (2.74%) DNS
5 13 (2.22%) BGP
5 13 (2.22%) Network Security
6 12 (2.05%) VLAN
7 9 (1.54%) LAN
7 9 (1.54%) WAN
8 6 (1.03%) DHCP
9 5 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.85%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.85%) WebEx
10 4 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.51%) Modbus
12 2 (0.34%) HTTP
12 2 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.55%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (7.52%) NoSQL
3 38 (6.50%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (5.47%) SQL Server
5 28 (4.79%) Relational Database
6 21 (3.59%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.42%) MongoDB
8 19 (3.25%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (2.39%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.39%) Metadata
10 14 (2.39%) Redis
11 13 (2.22%) Delta Lake
12 12 (2.05%) MySQL
13 11 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.37%) BigQuery
16 6 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 54 (9.23%) Git
2 46 (7.86%) Jenkins
3 45 (7.69%) GitLab
4 19 (3.25%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.71%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.54%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.54%) JIRA
6 9 (1.54%) JMeter
7 7 (1.20%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.03%) Locust
8 6 (1.03%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.85%) NUnit
9 5 (0.85%) Selenium
9 5 (0.85%) Storybook
10 4 (0.68%) git-flow
11 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.51%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.34%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 150 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 140 (23.93%) Finance
3 68 (11.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 53 (9.06%) Banking
6 49 (8.38%) Retail
7 40 (6.84%) Law
8 30 (5.13%) Telecoms
9 25 (4.27%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.59%) Back Office
11 18 (3.08%) Billing
12 14 (2.39%) Marketing
13 10 (1.71%) Legal
14 8 (1.37%) Games
15 7 (1.20%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.20%) Tech for Good
16 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.85%) Military
17 5 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 145 (24.79%) Senior
2 108 (18.46%) Lead
3 85 (14.53%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (11.45%) DevOps Engineer
5 65 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
6 60 (10.26%) Developer
7 55 (9.40%) Azure Engineer
8 54 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (7.52%) AWS Engineer
10 30 (5.13%) Architect
11 28 (4.79%) Software Engineer
12 26 (4.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 26 (4.44%) Senior DevOps
13 25 (4.27%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.76%) Lead DevOps
15 20 (3.42%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.42%) Python Engineer
16 18 (3.08%) AWS Platform Engineer
16 18 (3.08%) Operations Engineer
16 18 (3.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.86%) React
2 45 (7.69%) .NET
3 38 (6.50%) REST
4 36 (6.15%) Elastic Stack
4 36 (6.15%) RESTful
5 34 (5.81%) Node.js
6 31 (5.30%) Spring
7 29 (4.96%) Django
8 26 (4.44%) AWS CDK
9 25 (4.27%) OAuth
9 25 (4.27%) Spring Boot
9 25 (4.27%) YAML
10 21 (3.59%) OpenAPI
10 21 (3.59%) OpenTelemetry
10 21 (3.59%) Swagger
11 19 (3.25%) CSS
11 19 (3.25%) HTML
11 19 (3.25%) JSON
11 19 (3.25%) Kafka
12 18 (3.08%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 151 (25.81%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
2 38 (6.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 35 (5.98%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.62%) Data Centre
5 26 (4.44%) Security Posture
6 22 (3.76%) Public Cloud
7 20 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.25%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.74%) Blog
10 16 (2.74%) Video\Live Streaming
11 15 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
12 12 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.54%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.37%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 135 (23.08%) Linux
2 50 (8.55%) Unix
3 48 (8.21%) Windows
4 19 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.22%) Android
6 12 (2.05%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.03%) VMS
9 5 (0.85%) CentOS
10 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (70.26%) CI/CD
2 392 (67.01%) DevOps
3 202 (34.53%) Agile
4 167 (28.55%) Observability
5 166 (28.38%) Mentoring
6 152 (25.98%) Containerisation
6 152 (25.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 118 (20.17%) Platform Engineering
8 112 (19.15%) Software Engineering
9 104 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 101 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
11 93 (15.90%) Test Automation
12 85 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
13 84 (14.36%) AI
14 81 (13.85%) Roadmaps
15 74 (12.65%) Incident Response
16 71 (12.14%) Analytics
17 70 (11.97%) Cloud Security
17 70 (11.97%) Microservices
18 69 (11.79%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 242 (41.37%) Python
2 95 (16.24%) Java
3 94 (16.07%) Bash
4 84 (14.36%) SQL
5 82 (14.02%) PowerShell
6 72 (12.31%) Bicep
7 66 (11.28%) JavaScript
8 60 (10.26%) Go
9 43 (7.35%) TypeScript
10 38 (6.50%) C#
11 12 (2.05%) Scala
12 9 (1.54%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.03%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.85%) Ruby
15 3 (0.51%) C++
15 3 (0.51%) Rust
16 2 (0.34%) PHP
16 2 (0.34%) VB
17 1 (0.17%) Perl
17 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.62%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.21%) AWS Certification
3 48 (8.21%) Degree
4 41 (7.01%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.74%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.20%) CCNP
10 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.03%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.03%) OSCP
10 6 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (0.85%) CCNA
11 5 (0.85%) LPIC
11 5 (0.85%) MCSE
11 5 (0.85%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.68%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (5.47%) QA
3 26 (4.44%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.44%) SOC 2
4 24 (4.10%) GDPR
5 22 (3.76%) Accessibility
6 21 (3.59%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.56%) NIST
8 7 (1.20%) GRC
9 6 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.03%) SLA
10 5 (0.85%) WCAG
11 4 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.68%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 175 (29.91%) Docker
2 26 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.08%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.39%) vSphere
5 13 (2.22%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.68%) Firmware
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.34%) vCloud
11 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 407 (69.57%) Terraform
2 212 (36.24%) Kubernetes
3 123 (21.03%) Ansible
4 75 (12.82%) Grafana
4 75 (12.82%) Prometheus
5 27 (4.62%) Argo
6 19 (3.25%) Kustomize
7 13 (2.22%) Puppet
8 12 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.37%) Progress Chef
10 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (1.20%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.85%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.68%) Cilium
12 4 (0.68%) logstash
12 4 (0.68%) Packer
12 4 (0.68%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 96 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.86%) Google
3 41 (7.01%) VMware
4 30 (5.13%) Cisco
5 21 (3.59%) Databricks
6 20 (3.42%) Splunk
7 14 (2.39%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.39%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.22%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.71%) Ab Initio
10 9 (1.54%) New Relic
11 8 (1.37%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.37%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.20%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.20%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.03%) F5
13 6 (1.03%) Juniper
13 6 (1.03%) NetApp
13 6 (1.03%) Oracle
14 5 (0.85%) AppDynamics