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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 157 131
Rank change year-on-year +85 -26 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 592 352 772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.23% 2.42% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 2.55% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 381 251 660
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £107,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.81% -5.90%

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 15,186 13,820 29,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.80% 95.08% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,784 8,648 23,364
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 13 May 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 16 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.03%) Apache
3 10 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.01%) Confluence
5 4 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 362 (61.15%) AWS
2 286 (48.31%) Azure
3 106 (17.91%) GitHub
4 98 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (15.54%) GCP
6 89 (15.03%) Serverless
7 76 (12.84%) GitHub Actions
8 70 (11.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 47 (7.94%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (7.26%) PaaS
11 42 (7.09%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (6.93%) SaaS
13 39 (6.59%) Amazon S3
14 37 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
15 35 (5.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 34 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
17 33 (5.57%) Entra ID
18 32 (5.41%) IaaS
19 31 (5.24%) Azure AKS
19 31 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 66 (11.15%) Firewall
2 54 (9.12%) Broadband
3 27 (4.56%) VPN
4 26 (4.39%) DNS
4 26 (4.39%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.87%) Cisco ASA
6 14 (2.36%) BGP
6 14 (2.36%) LAN
7 12 (2.03%) WAN
8 11 (1.86%) VLAN
9 10 (1.69%) DHCP
10 9 (1.52%) Network Security
11 7 (1.18%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (1.01%) OSPF
12 6 (1.01%) Unified Communications
12 6 (1.01%) WebEx
13 4 (0.68%) HTTP
14 3 (0.51%) SSL
14 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.74%) MongoDB
3 32 (5.41%) NoSQL
4 31 (5.24%) Relational Database
5 28 (4.73%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (4.22%) Data Lake
6 25 (4.22%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.55%) Metadata
8 18 (3.04%) RDBMS
9 16 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.36%) Delta Lake
11 13 (2.20%) DynamoDB
12 11 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.69%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.52%) MySQL
15 8 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
17 6 (1.01%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 60 (10.14%) Git
2 40 (6.76%) GitLab
3 34 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.04%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.35%) JIRA
6 7 (1.18%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.18%) JMeter
7 6 (1.01%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.01%) Locust
7 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.84%) NUnit
8 5 (0.84%) Selenium
8 5 (0.84%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.84%) Storybook
9 3 (0.51%) MLflow
10 2 (0.34%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 145 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 109 (18.41%) Finance
3 58 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 54 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.93%) Banking
7 34 (5.74%) Retail
8 26 (4.39%) Law
9 25 (4.22%) Telecoms
10 22 (3.72%) Games
11 18 (3.04%) Billing
12 12 (2.03%) Back Office
12 12 (2.03%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.03%) Marketing
13 9 (1.52%) Legal
14 8 (1.35%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.18%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.01%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.68%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 158 (26.69%) Senior
2 118 (19.93%) Lead
3 74 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (11.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 68 (11.49%) Platform Engineer
6 65 (10.98%) Developer
7 53 (8.95%) Azure Engineer
8 51 (8.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (7.60%) AWS Engineer
10 39 (6.59%) Software Engineer
11 32 (5.41%) Architect
12 30 (5.07%) Data Engineer
12 30 (5.07%) Senior DevOps
13 27 (4.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 25 (4.22%) Lead Developer
14 25 (4.22%) Python Engineer
15 21 (3.55%) Senior Developer
15 21 (3.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 20 (3.38%) Lead DevOps
17 19 (3.21%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.77%) RESTful
2 44 (7.43%) React
3 39 (6.59%) REST
4 37 (6.25%) .NET
5 35 (5.91%) Node.js
6 31 (5.24%) Spring
7 30 (5.07%) AWS CDK
8 26 (4.39%) Elastic Stack
8 26 (4.39%) Spring Boot
9 23 (3.89%) YAML
10 22 (3.72%) OpenTelemetry
11 20 (3.38%) Kafka
12 19 (3.21%) OAuth
13 17 (2.87%) Django
13 17 (2.87%) OpenAPI
13 17 (2.87%) Swagger
14 16 (2.70%) React Native
15 15 (2.53%) ARM Templates
15 15 (2.53%) JSON
16 14 (2.36%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 161 (27.20%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.94%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.42%) Product Ownership
4 36 (6.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 31 (5.24%) Video\Live Streaming
6 24 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.89%) Low-Code
7 23 (3.89%) Security Posture
8 22 (3.72%) Data Centre
9 21 (3.55%) Onboarding
10 20 (3.38%) Mobile App
11 16 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (2.70%) Public Cloud
12 15 (2.53%) Legacy Applications
13 13 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
14 12 (2.03%) Blog
15 10 (1.69%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (19.26%) Linux
2 37 (6.25%) Windows
3 35 (5.91%) Unix
4 21 (3.55%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.03%) Android
6 11 (1.86%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.68%) VMS
8 2 (0.34%) CentOS
8 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (70.10%) CI/CD
2 362 (61.15%) DevOps
3 198 (33.45%) Agile
4 196 (33.11%) Observability
5 186 (31.42%) Mentoring
6 161 (27.20%) Containerisation
7 147 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 136 (22.97%) Platform Engineering
9 129 (21.79%) Software Engineering
10 124 (20.95%) Test Automation
11 110 (18.58%) AI
12 105 (17.74%) Technical Leadership
13 100 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
14 90 (15.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 85 (14.36%) Full-Stack Development
16 83 (14.02%) Microservices
17 80 (13.51%) Roadmaps
18 72 (12.16%) Analytics
19 64 (10.81%) Incident Response
20 62 (10.47%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 263 (44.43%) Python
2 100 (16.89%) Java
3 89 (15.03%) Bash
4 74 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 72 (12.16%) SQL
6 70 (11.82%) JavaScript
7 66 (11.15%) Go
8 61 (10.30%) Bicep
9 56 (9.46%) TypeScript
10 41 (6.93%) C#
11 15 (2.53%) Scala
12 8 (1.35%) C++
13 7 (1.18%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.01%) PHP
15 5 (0.84%) Ruby
15 5 (0.84%) Rust
16 3 (0.51%) Groovy
17 2 (0.34%) C
17 2 (0.34%) Perl
17 2 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 79 (13.34%) Security Cleared
2 71 (11.99%) SC Cleared
3 53 (8.95%) Degree
4 44 (7.43%) Azure Certification
5 42 (7.09%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.87%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.20%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.52%) CCNP
11 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.01%) CCNA
13 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 4 (0.68%) LPIC
14 4 (0.68%) MCSE
14 4 (0.68%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.68%) VCAP
14 4 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.41%) QA
2 27 (4.56%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 18 (3.04%) GDPR
5 17 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.53%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.36%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.52%) NIST
9 5 (0.84%) WCAG
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 156 (26.35%) Docker
2 24 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.72%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.20%) vSphere
5 11 (1.86%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.68%) Firmware
7 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) vCloud
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 374 (63.18%) Terraform
2 204 (34.46%) Kubernetes
3 108 (18.24%) Ansible
4 68 (11.49%) Grafana
5 67 (11.32%) Prometheus
6 28 (4.73%) Argo
7 22 (3.72%) Kustomize
8 13 (2.20%) Puppet
8 13 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (1.86%) Progress Chef
10 7 (1.18%) Proxmox
11 6 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.84%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.84%) Istio
12 5 (0.84%) Packer
13 4 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.68%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.68%) logstash
13 4 (0.68%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 101 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.76%) Google
3 38 (6.42%) VMware
4 31 (5.24%) Cisco
5 19 (3.21%) Databricks
6 18 (3.04%) Palo Alto
6 18 (3.04%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.03%) Splunk
9 11 (1.86%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.35%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.18%) Ab Initio
11 7 (1.18%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.18%) F5
11 7 (1.18%) NetApp
12 6 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.01%) Juniper
13 5 (0.84%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.84%) Okta
13 5 (0.84%) SolarWinds