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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 106 66
Rank change year-on-year +19 -40 +27
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 474 569 951
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.10% 2.90% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 3.26% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 336 339 759
10th Percentile £46,500 £42,719 £48,750
25th Percentile £58,438 £55,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,474 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -

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 13,995 17,460 20,232
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.51% 88.87% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,795 10,393 16,353
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
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 £99,380 £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 20 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 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.05%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) Confluence
5 3 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 322 (67.93%) Azure
2 264 (55.70%) AWS
3 113 (23.84%) Azure DevOps
3 113 (23.84%) GitHub
4 87 (18.35%) AWS CloudFormation
4 87 (18.35%) GCP
5 80 (16.88%) GitHub Actions
6 77 (16.24%) Serverless
7 53 (11.18%) Entra ID
7 53 (11.18%) SaaS
8 50 (10.55%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (10.13%) Azure Monitor
10 44 (9.28%) PaaS
11 40 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
12 39 (8.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 38 (8.02%) IaaS
14 35 (7.38%) Amazon ECS
14 35 (7.38%) Amazon S3
15 34 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
16 23 (4.85%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.66%) Firewall
2 47 (9.92%) VPN
3 31 (6.54%) WAN
4 28 (5.91%) DNS
5 26 (5.49%) LAN
6 23 (4.85%) Network Security
7 22 (4.64%) TCP/IP
8 14 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (2.74%) SD-WAN
10 10 (2.11%) 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 (0.84%) Broadband
14 4 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.84%) OSPF
14 4 (0.84%) Wireless
14 4 (0.84%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.33%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (4.43%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.22%) DynamoDB
3 20 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.01%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.80%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.74%) MySQL
7 13 (2.74%) Redis
8 11 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (1.69%) Power BI
10 7 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.27%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
14 2 (0.42%) Big Data
14 2 (0.42%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 63 (13.29%) Jenkins
2 41 (8.65%) GitLab
3 32 (6.75%) Git
4 10 (2.11%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.69%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.48%) JIRA
7 6 (1.27%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.27%) git-flow
7 6 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.63%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.42%) JMeter
9 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.21%) Snyk
10 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 129 (27.22%) Finance
2 114 (24.05%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.65%) Law
4 39 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.59%) Banking
6 31 (6.54%) Public Sector
7 29 (6.12%) Retail
8 28 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (4.85%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.95%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.74%) Back Office
11 13 (2.74%) Legal
12 7 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.48%) Games
12 7 (1.48%) Marketing
12 7 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.84%) Advertising
15 3 (0.63%) Electronics
15 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 120 (25.32%) Senior
2 82 (17.30%) Cloud Engineer
3 72 (15.19%) DevOps Engineer
4 57 (12.03%) Lead
5 54 (11.39%) Architect
6 42 (8.86%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (8.44%) Developer
8 37 (7.81%) Platform Engineer
9 33 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (5.06%) AWS Engineer
11 22 (4.64%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 20 (4.22%) Cloud Architect
12 20 (4.22%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (4.22%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 18 (3.80%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (3.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 14 (2.95%) Infrastructure Architect
14 14 (2.95%) Lead DevOps
14 14 (2.95%) Senior Developer
14 14 (2.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (10.55%) .NET
2 35 (7.38%) React
3 21 (4.43%) Node.js
4 20 (4.22%) RESTful
5 19 (4.01%) YAML
6 17 (3.59%) Elastic Stack
6 17 (3.59%) OAuth
7 16 (3.38%) REST
8 15 (3.16%) CSS
9 14 (2.95%) Django
9 14 (2.95%) HTML
10 13 (2.74%) AWS CDK
11 11 (2.32%) JSON
11 11 (2.32%) Kafka
11 11 (2.32%) OAuth2
11 11 (2.32%) Vue
12 10 (2.11%) Spring
13 9 (1.90%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.90%) .NET Framework
14 8 (1.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 118 (24.89%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.23%) Public Cloud
3 35 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (6.75%) Product Ownership
5 30 (6.33%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.80%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.59%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.38%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (2.32%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.90%) 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
16 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
16 5 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
17 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 82 (17.30%) Linux
2 51 (10.76%) Windows
3 20 (4.22%) Unix
4 13 (2.74%) VMS
5 10 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.48%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.63%) CentOS
9 3 (0.63%) 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
1 339 (71.52%) DevOps
2 312 (65.82%) CI/CD
3 154 (32.49%) Agile
4 116 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (20.89%) Observability
6 93 (19.62%) Containerisation
7 92 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (19.20%) Mentoring
9 82 (17.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 73 (15.40%) Analytics
11 71 (14.98%) Roadmaps
12 68 (14.35%) Cloud Security
13 66 (13.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 65 (13.71%) AI
14 65 (13.71%) Coaching
15 59 (12.45%) Incident Response
15 59 (12.45%) Software Engineering
16 55 (11.60%) Platform Engineering
17 52 (10.97%) ITIL
18 51 (10.76%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 179 (37.76%) Python
2 109 (23.00%) PowerShell
3 89 (18.78%) Bash
4 74 (15.61%) Bicep
5 67 (14.14%) SQL
6 35 (7.38%) C#
6 35 (7.38%) JavaScript
7 33 (6.96%) TypeScript
8 26 (5.49%) Go
9 25 (5.27%) Java
10 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.84%) PHP
11 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.42%) Groovy
11 2 (0.42%) XAML
12 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 57 (12.03%) SC Cleared
3 50 (10.55%) Azure Certification
4 47 (9.92%) AWS Certification
5 27 (5.70%) Degree
6 19 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.38%) CCNP
8 16 (3.38%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.48%) PMP
11 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.05%) OSCP
12 4 (0.84%) CISSP
12 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.84%) OSCE
13 3 (0.63%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (6.33%) NIST
3 25 (5.27%) GDPR
4 17 (3.59%) SOC 2
5 16 (3.38%) PCI DSS
5 16 (3.38%) QA
6 8 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.69%) SLA
7 6 (1.27%) GRC
8 5 (1.05%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.84%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 130 (27.43%) Docker
2 24 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.64%) Active Directory
4 22 (4.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.32%) vSphere
6 9 (1.90%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.27%) NFS
8 3 (0.63%) Firmware
8 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.63%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.42%) vCloud
10 1 (0.21%) HDFS
10 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 340 (71.73%) Terraform
2 166 (35.02%) Kubernetes
3 111 (23.42%) Ansible
4 58 (12.24%) Grafana
5 44 (9.28%) Prometheus
6 23 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.32%) Argo
8 8 (1.69%) SCOM
9 4 (0.84%) Cilium
10 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.21%) Icinga
12 1 (0.21%) Kibana
12 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 108 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.12%) Cisco
3 28 (5.91%) VMware
4 19 (4.01%) Databricks
5 18 (3.80%) Google
6 16 (3.38%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.53%) Oracle
8 11 (2.32%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.11%) Splunk
10 8 (1.69%) Ab Initio
11 7 (1.48%) Commvault
11 7 (1.48%) New Relic
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 (1.05%) Mellanox
13 5 (1.05%) NVIDIA
13 5 (1.05%) PagerDuty