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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 170 134
Rank change year-on-year +98 -36 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 653 331 768
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.40% 2.23% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 2.35% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 432 238 641
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.66% -6.67%
75th Percentile £86,563 £90,000 £88,750
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 15,829 14,071 30,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.52% 94.77% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11,309 8,239 23,590
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% -9.69%

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 3 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 (3.22%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.45%) Apache
3 14 (2.14%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.77%) Jupyter
4 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 2 (0.31%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 402 (61.56%) AWS
2 298 (45.64%) Azure
3 105 (16.08%) GitHub
4 102 (15.62%) GCP
5 100 (15.31%) Serverless
6 92 (14.09%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (12.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 69 (10.57%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (8.27%) PaaS
10 49 (7.50%) Amazon S3
11 48 (7.35%) Amazon EKS
11 48 (7.35%) SaaS
12 45 (6.89%) Amazon EC2
13 43 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
13 43 (6.58%) IaaS
14 41 (6.28%) Azure AKS
15 39 (5.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 38 (5.82%) Entra ID
17 35 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
18 32 (4.90%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.57%) Firewall
2 64 (9.80%) Broadband
3 33 (5.05%) DNS
4 31 (4.75%) VPN
5 28 (4.29%) TCP/IP
6 20 (3.06%) BGP
7 17 (2.60%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (2.14%) LAN
9 13 (1.99%) VLAN
9 13 (1.99%) WAN
10 12 (1.84%) OSPF
11 10 (1.53%) DHCP
11 10 (1.53%) Network Security
12 9 (1.38%) VXLAN
13 8 (1.23%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.92%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.92%) WebEx
15 5 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.77%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (12.25%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (5.67%) Relational Database
3 36 (5.51%) MongoDB
4 33 (5.05%) NoSQL
5 32 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
6 29 (4.44%) Metadata
7 25 (3.83%) Data Lake
8 23 (3.52%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.91%) RDBMS
10 15 (2.30%) DynamoDB
11 12 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (1.84%) Delta Lake
12 11 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.68%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.53%) MySQL
14 9 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.38%) Big Data
14 9 (1.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 66 (10.11%) Git
2 49 (7.50%) GitLab
3 36 (5.51%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.76%) Jaeger
5 8 (1.23%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.92%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.92%) JMeter
6 6 (0.92%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.77%) Locust
7 5 (0.77%) NUnit
7 5 (0.77%) Selenium
7 5 (0.77%) Storybook
8 4 (0.61%) JIRA
8 4 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.46%) MLflow
10 2 (0.31%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.31%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 175 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 100 (15.31%) Finance
3 67 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (6.13%) Banking
7 34 (5.21%) Retail
8 32 (4.90%) Law
9 22 (3.37%) Games
9 22 (3.37%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.30%) Billing
11 12 (1.84%) Back Office
11 12 (1.84%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.84%) Marketing
12 10 (1.53%) Legal
12 10 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.23%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.07%) Aviation
15 6 (0.92%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 164 (25.11%) Senior
2 131 (20.06%) Lead
3 87 (13.32%) Cloud Engineer
4 85 (13.02%) DevOps Engineer
5 71 (10.87%) Platform Engineer
6 69 (10.57%) Developer
7 58 (8.88%) AWS Engineer
8 53 (8.12%) Azure Engineer
9 50 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (7.04%) Software Engineer
11 37 (5.67%) Architect
12 33 (5.05%) Data Engineer
13 32 (4.90%) Senior DevOps
14 31 (4.75%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 27 (4.13%) Python Engineer
16 26 (3.98%) Lead Developer
17 23 (3.52%) Senior Developer
17 23 (3.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 20 (3.06%) Technical Leader
19 19 (2.91%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.81%) React
2 46 (7.04%) REST
3 41 (6.28%) Node.js
3 41 (6.28%) RESTful
4 38 (5.82%) .NET
5 33 (5.05%) AWS CDK
5 33 (5.05%) Spring
6 27 (4.13%) Spring Boot
7 26 (3.98%) YAML
8 24 (3.68%) OpenTelemetry
9 23 (3.52%) Elastic Stack
10 21 (3.22%) ARM Templates
10 21 (3.22%) Kafka
11 18 (2.76%) Django
12 17 (2.60%) PyTorch
12 17 (2.60%) React Native
13 16 (2.45%) CSS
13 16 (2.45%) FastAPI
13 16 (2.45%) Next.js
13 16 (2.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 188 (28.79%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.04%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 39 (5.97%) Video\Live Streaming
4 38 (5.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (3.98%) Data Centre
6 24 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.52%) Low-Code
7 23 (3.52%) Security Posture
8 21 (3.22%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.06%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (2.76%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
12 13 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (1.84%) Blog
14 10 (1.53%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.38%) Private Cloud
15 9 (1.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 118 (18.07%) Linux
2 35 (5.36%) Windows
3 33 (5.05%) Unix
4 22 (3.37%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.84%) Android
6 11 (1.68%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.46%) VMS
9 2 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (71.06%) CI/CD
2 385 (58.96%) DevOps
3 216 (33.08%) Observability
4 210 (32.16%) Mentoring
5 206 (31.55%) Agile
6 192 (29.40%) Containerisation
7 160 (24.50%) Platform Engineering
8 155 (23.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 140 (21.44%) AI
10 139 (21.29%) Software Engineering
11 129 (19.75%) Technical Leadership
12 127 (19.45%) Test Automation
13 108 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
14 103 (15.77%) Microservices
15 96 (14.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 94 (14.40%) Roadmaps
17 89 (13.63%) Full-Stack Development
18 77 (11.79%) Analytics
19 68 (10.41%) Cloud Security
19 68 (10.41%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 294 (45.02%) Python
2 110 (16.85%) Java
3 107 (16.39%) Bash
4 81 (12.40%) PowerShell
5 76 (11.64%) JavaScript
6 75 (11.49%) SQL
7 69 (10.57%) Go
8 67 (10.26%) TypeScript
9 66 (10.11%) Bicep
10 41 (6.28%) C#
11 13 (1.99%) Scala
12 9 (1.38%) C++
13 7 (1.07%) PHP
14 6 (0.92%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.92%) Ruby
15 5 (0.77%) Rust
16 4 (0.61%) Groovy
17 3 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
18 2 (0.31%) C
18 2 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 100 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 93 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.27%) Degree
4 50 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 45 (6.89%) AWS Certification
6 20 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.99%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.38%) CCNP
11 6 (0.92%) CCNA
12 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 4 (0.61%) LPIC
12 4 (0.61%) MCSE
12 4 (0.61%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.61%) VCAP
12 4 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.36%) QA
2 27 (4.13%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.45%) GDPR
4 16 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.30%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.14%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.38%) NIST
8 5 (0.77%) WCAG
9 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.31%) IFRS
10 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 173 (26.49%) Docker
2 28 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 27 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.14%) vSphere
5 10 (1.53%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.61%) Firmware
9 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 398 (60.95%) Terraform
2 228 (34.92%) Kubernetes
3 110 (16.85%) Ansible
4 74 (11.33%) Grafana
4 74 (11.33%) Prometheus
5 35 (5.36%) Argo
6 24 (3.68%) Kustomize
7 14 (2.14%) Puppet
8 13 (1.99%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.38%) Istio
11 8 (1.23%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.92%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.92%) Packer
13 5 (0.77%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.77%) ZABBIX
14 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
15 2 (0.31%) MIIS
Vendors
1 108 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.89%) Google
3 41 (6.28%) VMware
4 31 (4.75%) Cisco
5 24 (3.68%) Palo Alto
6 20 (3.06%) Red Hat
7 19 (2.91%) Databricks
8 13 (1.99%) Fortinet
8 13 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.84%) Splunk
10 11 (1.68%) F5
11 8 (1.23%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.07%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.92%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.92%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.92%) Juniper
13 6 (0.92%) NetApp
13 6 (0.92%) Oracle
14 5 (0.77%) Arista
14 5 (0.77%) SolarWinds