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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 168 139
Rank change year-on-year +98 -29 -56
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 669 325 762
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.44% 2.15% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 2.27% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 437 235 624
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,694
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.66% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £89,063
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £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 15,975 14,300 30,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.12% 94.60% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,436 8,372 23,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 21 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.39%) Apache
3 14 (2.09%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.75%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.75%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.45%) Confluence
7 2 (0.30%) Camunda
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 413 (61.73%) AWS
2 301 (44.99%) Azure
3 106 (15.84%) GitHub
4 104 (15.55%) Serverless
5 101 (15.10%) GCP
6 90 (13.45%) Azure DevOps
7 81 (12.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 70 (10.46%) GitHub Actions
9 58 (8.67%) PaaS
10 50 (7.47%) Amazon S3
10 50 (7.47%) SaaS
11 47 (7.03%) Amazon EKS
11 47 (7.03%) IaaS
12 45 (6.73%) Amazon EC2
13 44 (6.58%) Azure AKS
13 44 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
14 40 (5.98%) Entra ID
15 36 (5.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 35 (5.23%) AWS Lambda
17 33 (4.93%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (11.06%) Broadband
2 68 (10.16%) Firewall
3 34 (5.08%) DNS
3 34 (5.08%) VPN
4 28 (4.19%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.14%) BGP
6 17 (2.54%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (2.09%) LAN
7 14 (2.09%) WAN
8 13 (1.94%) VLAN
9 12 (1.79%) OSPF
10 10 (1.49%) DHCP
10 10 (1.49%) Network Security
11 9 (1.35%) VXLAN
12 8 (1.20%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.90%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.90%) WebEx
14 5 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.75%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (13.00%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (6.73%) MongoDB
3 38 (5.68%) Relational Database
4 33 (4.93%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.63%) Metadata
6 30 (4.48%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (3.59%) Data Lake
8 22 (3.29%) SQL Server
9 20 (2.99%) RDBMS
10 14 (2.09%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (1.94%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.79%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.35%) Big Data
14 9 (1.35%) MySQL
14 9 (1.35%) Redis
15 7 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (10.01%) Git
2 49 (7.32%) GitLab
3 36 (5.38%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.69%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.20%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.90%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.90%) JMeter
6 6 (0.90%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.75%) JIRA
7 5 (0.75%) Locust
7 5 (0.75%) NUnit
7 5 (0.75%) Selenium
8 4 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.60%) Storybook
9 3 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.45%) MLflow
10 2 (0.30%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 184 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.80%) Finance
3 68 (10.16%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (5.98%) Banking
7 34 (5.08%) Law
7 34 (5.08%) Retail
8 31 (4.63%) Games
9 22 (3.29%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.24%) Billing
11 12 (1.79%) Back Office
11 12 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.79%) Marketing
12 10 (1.49%) Legal
12 10 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.20%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.05%) Aviation
15 6 (0.90%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 173 (25.86%) Senior
2 132 (19.73%) Lead
3 87 (13.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 83 (12.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 73 (10.91%) Developer
5 73 (10.91%) Platform Engineer
6 57 (8.52%) AWS Engineer
7 51 (7.62%) Azure Engineer
8 50 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (6.73%) Software Engineer
10 44 (6.58%) Architect
11 33 (4.93%) Data Engineer
12 32 (4.78%) Senior DevOps
13 31 (4.63%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 28 (4.19%) Python Engineer
14 28 (4.19%) Senior Developer
15 27 (4.04%) Lead Developer
16 23 (3.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 21 (3.14%) Python Developer
18 20 (2.99%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.62%) React
2 49 (7.32%) RESTful
3 46 (6.88%) REST
4 40 (5.98%) Node.js
5 38 (5.68%) .NET
6 33 (4.93%) AWS CDK
6 33 (4.93%) Spring
7 27 (4.04%) Spring Boot
8 26 (3.89%) YAML
9 25 (3.74%) OpenTelemetry
10 24 (3.59%) ARM Templates
11 22 (3.29%) Elastic Stack
11 22 (3.29%) Kafka
12 17 (2.54%) Django
12 17 (2.54%) Next.js
12 17 (2.54%) PyTorch
13 16 (2.39%) FastAPI
13 16 (2.39%) PySpark
13 16 (2.39%) React Native
13 16 (2.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 206 (30.79%) Cloud Native
2 70 (10.46%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (7.17%) Video\Live Streaming
4 40 (5.98%) Product Ownership
5 39 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 32 (4.78%) Low-Code
7 26 (3.89%) Data Centre
8 25 (3.74%) Security Posture
9 24 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (3.14%) Public Cloud
11 20 (2.99%) Onboarding
12 19 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (2.84%) Mobile App
13 15 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (1.79%) Blog
16 11 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (1.49%) Algorithms
17 10 (1.49%) Podcast
17 10 (1.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 117 (17.49%) Linux
2 36 (5.38%) Windows
3 33 (4.93%) Unix
4 22 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.79%) Android
6 11 (1.64%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.75%) VMS
8 4 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.30%) CentOS
11 1 (0.15%) Debian
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 478 (71.45%) CI/CD
2 385 (57.55%) DevOps
3 230 (34.38%) Observability
4 213 (31.84%) Mentoring
5 208 (31.09%) Agile
6 192 (28.70%) Containerisation
7 168 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 164 (24.51%) Platform Engineering
9 157 (23.47%) AI
10 148 (22.12%) Software Engineering
11 136 (20.33%) Technical Leadership
11 136 (20.33%) Test Automation
12 111 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (15.84%) Microservices
14 100 (14.95%) Full-Stack Development
15 99 (14.80%) Roadmaps
16 97 (14.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 80 (11.96%) Analytics
17 80 (11.96%) Machine Learning
18 68 (10.16%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 304 (45.44%) Python
2 111 (16.59%) Java
3 107 (15.99%) Bash
4 80 (11.96%) PowerShell
5 78 (11.66%) Go
6 77 (11.51%) SQL
7 75 (11.21%) JavaScript
8 72 (10.76%) Bicep
9 69 (10.31%) TypeScript
10 41 (6.13%) C#
11 14 (2.09%) Scala
12 9 (1.35%) C++
13 7 (1.05%) PHP
14 6 (0.90%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.90%) Ruby
15 5 (0.75%) Groovy
15 5 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.75%) Rust
16 2 (0.30%) C
16 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 103 (15.40%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.07%) Azure Certification
4 52 (7.77%) Degree
5 44 (6.58%) AWS Certification
6 20 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.94%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.35%) CCNP
11 6 (0.90%) CCNA
12 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 4 (0.60%) LPIC
12 4 (0.60%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.60%) MCSE
12 4 (0.60%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.60%) VCAP
12 4 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.23%) QA
2 29 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.24%) GDPR
3 15 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.24%) PCI DSS
4 14 (2.09%) SOC 2
5 8 (1.20%) NIST
6 5 (0.75%) WCAG
7 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.30%) IFRS
8 2 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 172 (25.71%) Docker
2 32 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 29 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.39%) vSphere
5 10 (1.49%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.60%) Firmware
9 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 402 (60.09%) Terraform
2 228 (34.08%) Kubernetes
3 108 (16.14%) Ansible
4 71 (10.61%) Grafana
4 71 (10.61%) Prometheus
5 36 (5.38%) Argo
6 24 (3.59%) Kustomize
7 14 (2.09%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.09%) Puppet
8 12 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.49%) Istio
10 8 (1.20%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.90%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.90%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.90%) Packer
12 5 (0.75%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.75%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.30%) MIIS
Vendors
1 117 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.58%) Google
3 43 (6.43%) VMware
4 31 (4.63%) Cisco
5 24 (3.59%) Palo Alto
6 20 (2.99%) Databricks
6 20 (2.99%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.94%) Fortinet
7 13 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.79%) Splunk
9 11 (1.64%) F5
10 8 (1.20%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.05%) CyberArk
12 6 (0.90%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.90%) Juniper
12 6 (0.90%) NetApp
12 6 (0.90%) Oracle
13 5 (0.75%) Arista
13 5 (0.75%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.75%) SolarWinds