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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 127 125
Rank change year-on-year +53 -2 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 819 409 600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.28% 2.42% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 2.58% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 543 297 369
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +5.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £101,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.04%

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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 20 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.20%) Apache
3 16 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.73%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.61%) Camunda
5 5 (0.61%) CMS
5 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.49%) Confluence
7 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.37%) nginx
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 463 (56.53%) Azure
2 439 (53.60%) AWS
3 154 (18.80%) GCP
4 137 (16.73%) GitHub
5 111 (13.55%) Serverless
6 110 (13.43%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (11.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 78 (9.52%) PaaS
9 76 (9.28%) GitHub Actions
10 69 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
11 68 (8.30%) SaaS
12 64 (7.81%) Cloud Computing
13 61 (7.45%) Azure AKS
13 61 (7.45%) IaaS
14 57 (6.96%) Amazon S3
15 54 (6.59%) Azure Monitor
16 48 (5.86%) Entra ID
17 45 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
18 44 (5.37%) Power Platform
19 39 (4.76%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (8.91%) WAN
2 69 (8.42%) LAN
3 58 (7.08%) VPN
4 56 (6.84%) Firewall
5 47 (5.74%) DNS
6 44 (5.37%) TCP/IP
7 42 (5.13%) Broadband
8 23 (2.81%) DHCP
9 22 (2.69%) BGP
10 21 (2.56%) Network Security
11 16 (1.95%) OSPF
12 14 (1.71%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.98%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.98%) VLAN
14 7 (0.85%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.61%) HTTP
15 5 (0.61%) NGFW
15 5 (0.61%) Wireless
16 4 (0.49%) NX-OS
16 4 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.23%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.25%) Metadata
3 35 (4.27%) MongoDB
4 29 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.42%) Relational Database
6 26 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (3.17%) Data Lake
7 25 (3.05%) DynamoDB
7 25 (3.05%) SQL Server
8 23 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (2.44%) Delta Lake
10 17 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (2.08%) Data Vault
11 13 (1.59%) MySQL
12 10 (1.22%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.10%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.98%) Big Data
15 7 (0.85%) Power BI
15 7 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 76 (9.28%) Git
2 53 (6.47%) Jenkins
3 51 (6.23%) GitLab
4 9 (1.10%) TeamCity
5 8 (0.98%) JIRA
6 5 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.61%) Poetry
7 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.49%) JUnit
7 4 (0.49%) NUnit
7 4 (0.49%) Snyk
8 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.37%) Postman
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Mockito
9 2 (0.24%) MSI
9 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 326 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 193 (23.57%) Finance
3 102 (12.45%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.42%) Law
5 63 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 62 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (4.88%) Banking
9 28 (3.42%) Games
9 28 (3.42%) Retail
10 16 (1.95%) Legal
11 13 (1.59%) Marketing
12 11 (1.34%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.22%) Local Government
14 8 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.73%) Police
16 5 (0.61%) Advertising
16 5 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.61%) Back Office
16 5 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 248 (30.28%) Senior
2 143 (17.46%) Architect
3 126 (15.38%) Lead
4 108 (13.19%) DevOps Engineer
5 105 (12.82%) Cloud Engineer
6 81 (9.89%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (8.67%) Software Engineer
8 68 (8.30%) Platform Engineer
9 66 (8.06%) Systems Architect
10 57 (6.96%) Developer
11 55 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 39 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
13 38 (4.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.52%) Data Engineer
14 37 (4.52%) Python Engineer
14 37 (4.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.40%) Site Engineer
16 32 (3.91%) Senior DevOps
16 32 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
17 28 (3.42%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 470 (57.39%) Terraform
2 71 (8.67%) React
3 48 (5.86%) Node.js
4 44 (5.37%) .NET
5 43 (5.25%) REST
5 43 (5.25%) RESTful
6 31 (3.79%) PySpark
7 30 (3.66%) Kafka
8 29 (3.54%) ARM Templates
8 29 (3.54%) AWS CDK
9 23 (2.81%) Next.js
10 21 (2.56%) Spring
11 18 (2.20%) CSS
12 16 (1.95%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.95%) YAML
13 15 (1.83%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.59%) Middleware
14 13 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
15 12 (1.47%) FastAPI
15 12 (1.47%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 232 (28.33%) Cloud Native
2 103 (12.58%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.74%) Public Cloud
4 40 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.27%) Video\Live Streaming
6 32 (3.91%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (3.79%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.05%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.93%) Low-Code
10 21 (2.56%) Blog
11 20 (2.44%) Product Ownership
12 18 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (2.20%) Management Information System
13 16 (1.95%) Virtual Team
14 13 (1.59%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.59%) Podcast
15 12 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.34%) PKI
17 10 (1.22%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 97 (11.84%) Linux
2 63 (7.69%) Windows
3 29 (3.54%) Unix
4 27 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.47%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (69.72%) CI/CD
2 408 (49.82%) DevOps
3 282 (34.43%) Observability
4 258 (31.50%) Containerisation
5 255 (31.14%) Mentoring
6 224 (27.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 223 (27.23%) AI
8 201 (24.54%) Agile
9 196 (23.93%) Software Engineering
10 175 (21.37%) Technical Leadership
11 171 (20.88%) Platform Engineering
12 165 (20.15%) Roadmaps
13 162 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
14 128 (15.63%) Analytics
15 117 (14.29%) Microservices
16 116 (14.16%) Test Automation
17 115 (14.04%) Cloud Security
18 97 (11.84%) Coaching
19 95 (11.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 92 (11.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 336 (41.03%) Python
2 120 (14.65%) Bicep
3 117 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 111 (13.55%) SQL
5 101 (12.33%) Bash
6 92 (11.23%) Java
7 80 (9.77%) TypeScript
8 77 (9.40%) Go
9 52 (6.35%) JavaScript
10 50 (6.11%) C#
11 20 (2.44%) Scala
12 14 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.34%) Ruby
14 9 (1.10%) Groovy
15 8 (0.98%) PHP
16 7 (0.85%) C++
17 6 (0.73%) Rust
18 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.37%) C
20 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 145 (17.70%) Security Cleared
2 133 (16.24%) SC Cleared
3 86 (10.50%) Azure Certification
4 50 (6.11%) Degree
5 39 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (4.27%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.08%) SnowPro
10 14 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.10%) CCNP
12 8 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.61%) CCNA
14 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.49%) CCIE
15 4 (0.49%) CISM
15 4 (0.49%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.08%) GRC
2 52 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.81%) NIST
4 19 (2.32%) GDPR
5 18 (2.20%) QA
6 17 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.47%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.34%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.10%) SLA
10 6 (0.73%) NCSC
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 158 (19.29%) Docker
2 49 (5.98%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (2.20%) vSphere
7 7 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 216 (26.37%) Kubernetes
2 88 (10.74%) Ansible
3 80 (9.77%) Grafana
4 47 (5.74%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.81%) Argo
6 18 (2.20%) Istio
6 18 (2.20%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.22%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.98%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.85%) Puppet
11 6 (0.73%) Cilium
11 6 (0.73%) Packer
11 6 (0.73%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.49%) linkerd
13 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.24%) SCCM
14 2 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 268 (32.72%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.08%) Google
3 34 (4.15%) VMware
4 33 (4.03%) Databricks
5 23 (2.81%) Dynatrace
5 23 (2.81%) Oracle
6 15 (1.83%) Cisco
6 15 (1.83%) Palo Alto
7 13 (1.59%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.47%) Informatica
8 12 (1.47%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.47%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.34%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.22%) Okta
10 10 (1.22%) Splunk
11 8 (0.98%) Arista
12 7 (0.85%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.73%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.73%) Zscaler
14 5 (0.61%) YouTube