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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 105 67
Rank change year-on-year +20 -38 +25
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 472 585 944
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 2.90% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 3.25% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 333 353 758
10th Percentile £46,500 £41,594 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -6.67% +6.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,000 £96,188
90th Percentile £104,500 £97,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.71% -4.01% -

All Process and 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 13,960 17,980 20,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.28% 89.12% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,790 10,859 16,513
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,644
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 November 2025.

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 20 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.06%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 3 (0.64%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 325 (68.86%) Azure
2 261 (55.30%) AWS
3 120 (25.42%) Azure DevOps
4 116 (24.58%) GitHub
5 87 (18.43%) AWS CloudFormation
5 87 (18.43%) GCP
6 82 (17.37%) GitHub Actions
7 77 (16.31%) Serverless
8 54 (11.44%) SaaS
9 53 (11.23%) Entra ID
10 50 (10.59%) AWS Lambda
11 49 (10.38%) Azure Monitor
12 44 (9.32%) PaaS
13 41 (8.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
15 38 (8.05%) IaaS
16 35 (7.42%) Amazon ECS
16 35 (7.42%) Amazon EKS
17 34 (7.20%) Amazon S3
18 24 (5.08%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.71%) Firewall
2 46 (9.75%) VPN
3 31 (6.57%) WAN
4 27 (5.72%) DNS
5 26 (5.51%) LAN
6 23 (4.87%) Network Security
7 22 (4.66%) TCP/IP
8 14 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (2.75%) SD-WAN
10 10 (2.12%) BGP
11 8 (1.69%) DHCP
11 8 (1.69%) VLAN
12 7 (1.48%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.48%) VoIP
13 6 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.85%) Broadband
14 4 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.85%) OSPF
14 4 (0.85%) Wireless
14 4 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (4.66%) NoSQL
3 21 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.24%) SQL Server
5 19 (4.03%) Data Lake
5 19 (4.03%) DynamoDB
6 15 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.75%) MySQL
7 13 (2.75%) Redis
8 11 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.48%) Power BI
11 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.27%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.85%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
14 2 (0.42%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 64 (13.56%) Jenkins
2 41 (8.69%) GitLab
3 33 (6.99%) Git
4 10 (2.12%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.69%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.48%) JIRA
7 6 (1.27%) git-flow
7 6 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.06%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.42%) JMeter
10 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.21%) Snyk
11 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 128 (27.12%) Finance
2 113 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.69%) Law
4 39 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.63%) Banking
6 29 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.14%) Retail
7 28 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (4.87%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.97%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.75%) Legal
11 12 (2.54%) Back Office
12 7 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.48%) Games
12 7 (1.48%) Marketing
12 7 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Advertising
13 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.64%) Electronics
14 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 119 (25.21%) Senior
2 79 (16.74%) Cloud Engineer
3 71 (15.04%) DevOps Engineer
4 57 (12.08%) Lead
5 54 (11.44%) Architect
6 46 (9.75%) Azure Engineer
7 41 (8.69%) Developer
8 37 (7.84%) Platform Engineer
9 34 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (4.66%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 21 (4.45%) AWS Engineer
12 20 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
12 20 (4.24%) Senior DevOps
13 19 (4.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 18 (3.81%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 15 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (2.97%) Infrastructure Architect
16 14 (2.97%) Lead DevOps
16 14 (2.97%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (10.59%) .NET
2 34 (7.20%) React
3 22 (4.66%) RESTful
4 21 (4.45%) Node.js
5 20 (4.24%) YAML
6 19 (4.03%) OAuth
7 17 (3.60%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (3.18%) CSS
9 14 (2.97%) AWS CDK
9 14 (2.97%) Django
9 14 (2.97%) HTML
9 14 (2.97%) REST
10 12 (2.54%) JSON
10 12 (2.54%) OAuth2
11 11 (2.33%) Kafka
11 11 (2.33%) Vue
12 10 (2.12%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.69%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.69%) ARM Templates
13 8 (1.69%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 121 (25.64%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.26%) Public Cloud
3 35 (7.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (6.78%) Product Ownership
5 30 (6.36%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (4.03%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.60%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.39%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (2.33%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (1.48%) Operational Technology
15 6 (1.27%) Blog
15 6 (1.27%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
17 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 83 (17.58%) Linux
2 52 (11.02%) Windows
3 20 (4.24%) Unix
4 14 (2.97%) VMS
5 10 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.48%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.64%) CentOS
9 3 (0.64%) Debian
10 2 (0.42%) Android
10 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (71.61%) DevOps
2 312 (66.10%) CI/CD
3 155 (32.84%) Agile
4 115 (24.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (21.61%) Observability
6 90 (19.07%) Containerisation
7 89 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (18.64%) Mentoring
9 83 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 73 (15.47%) Analytics
11 70 (14.83%) Cloud Security
12 69 (14.62%) Roadmaps
13 68 (14.41%) Coaching
14 66 (13.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 65 (13.77%) AI
16 61 (12.92%) Incident Response
17 57 (12.08%) Software Engineering
18 56 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
19 54 (11.44%) Asset Management
20 52 (11.02%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 178 (37.71%) Python
2 111 (23.52%) PowerShell
3 89 (18.86%) Bash
4 77 (16.31%) Bicep
5 69 (14.62%) SQL
6 36 (7.63%) C#
7 35 (7.42%) JavaScript
8 31 (6.57%) TypeScript
9 26 (5.51%) Go
10 23 (4.87%) Java
11 4 (0.85%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.85%) PHP
12 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.42%) Groovy
12 2 (0.42%) XAML
13 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 56 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 52 (11.02%) Azure Certification
4 48 (10.17%) AWS Certification
5 27 (5.72%) Degree
6 19 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.39%) CCNP
8 16 (3.39%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.48%) PMP
11 5 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.06%) OSCP
12 4 (0.85%) CISSP
12 4 (0.85%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.85%) OSCE
13 3 (0.64%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (6.36%) NIST
3 26 (5.51%) GDPR
4 17 (3.60%) SOC 2
5 16 (3.39%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.97%) QA
7 8 (1.69%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.69%) SLA
8 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.27%) GRC
9 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.85%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 129 (27.33%) Docker
2 24 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.66%) Active Directory
4 22 (4.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.33%) vSphere
6 9 (1.91%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.27%) NFS
8 3 (0.64%) Firmware
8 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.42%) vCloud
10 1 (0.21%) HDFS
10 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 339 (71.82%) Terraform
2 165 (34.96%) Kubernetes
3 110 (23.31%) Ansible
4 58 (12.29%) Grafana
5 44 (9.32%) Prometheus
6 23 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.33%) Argo
8 8 (1.69%) SCOM
9 4 (0.85%) Cilium
10 3 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.21%) logstash
12 1 (0.21%) Nagios
12 1 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.21%) Rancher
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 108 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.14%) Cisco
3 28 (5.93%) VMware
4 18 (3.81%) Databricks
4 18 (3.81%) Google
5 16 (3.39%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.54%) Oracle
7 11 (2.33%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.12%) Splunk
9 9 (1.91%) Ab Initio
10 8 (1.69%) New Relic
11 7 (1.48%) Commvault
11 7 (1.48%) Pure Storage
12 6 (1.27%) Aruba
12 6 (1.27%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.27%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.06%) Mellanox
13 5 (1.06%) NVIDIA
13 5 (1.06%) PagerDuty