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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 120 132
Rank change year-on-year +44 +12 -45
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 576 360 781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.18% 2.67% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 2.82% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 376 265 668
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,200 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +9.15% -5.33%

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 15,001 12,760 29,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.74% 91.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,522 8,867 23,508
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +5.22% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 29 April 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 14 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (1.91%) Apache
3 10 (1.74%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.04%) Confluence
5 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 347 (60.24%) AWS
2 294 (51.04%) Azure
3 109 (18.92%) GitHub
4 105 (18.23%) Azure DevOps
5 99 (17.19%) GCP
6 92 (15.97%) Serverless
7 78 (13.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 78 (13.54%) GitHub Actions
8 53 (9.20%) Amazon EKS
9 46 (7.99%) SaaS
10 42 (7.29%) PaaS
11 41 (7.12%) Azure Monitor
12 40 (6.94%) Amazon S3
13 39 (6.77%) AWS Lambda
14 37 (6.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 35 (6.08%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (5.73%) Azure Data Factory
16 33 (5.73%) Entra ID
17 30 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
17 30 (5.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (12.15%) Firewall
2 38 (6.60%) Broadband
3 28 (4.86%) VPN
4 26 (4.51%) TCP/IP
5 23 (3.99%) DNS
6 16 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (2.26%) BGP
8 12 (2.08%) LAN
9 11 (1.91%) WAN
10 10 (1.74%) DHCP
10 10 (1.74%) Network Security
10 10 (1.74%) VLAN
11 6 (1.04%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.87%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.87%) WebEx
13 4 (0.69%) HTTP
13 4 (0.69%) OSPF
14 3 (0.52%) SSL
14 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (6.77%) NoSQL
3 30 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (5.03%) Relational Database
4 29 (5.03%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.82%) Data Lake
6 20 (3.47%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.30%) RDBMS
8 17 (2.95%) Metadata
9 14 (2.43%) Delta Lake
10 13 (2.26%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.91%) MySQL
12 10 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.39%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.04%) Big Data
14 6 (1.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (9.38%) Git
2 43 (7.47%) GitLab
3 37 (6.42%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.30%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.56%) JIRA
6 8 (1.39%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.39%) JMeter
6 8 (1.39%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.04%) Locust
7 6 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.87%) NUnit
8 5 (0.87%) Selenium
8 5 (0.87%) Storybook
9 3 (0.52%) MLflow
9 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.35%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.35%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.35%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
General
1 143 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 117 (20.31%) Finance
3 57 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 57 (9.90%) Public Sector
4 50 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.12%) Banking
6 37 (6.42%) Retail
7 30 (5.21%) Law
8 27 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.13%) Billing
10 14 (2.43%) Back Office
10 14 (2.43%) Financial Institution
10 14 (2.43%) Marketing
11 8 (1.39%) Health Technology
11 8 (1.39%) Legal
12 7 (1.22%) Games
12 7 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.04%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 142 (24.65%) Senior
2 113 (19.62%) Lead
3 81 (14.06%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (11.98%) DevOps Engineer
5 63 (10.94%) Platform Engineer
6 61 (10.59%) Developer
7 55 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 51 (8.85%) Azure Engineer
9 43 (7.47%) AWS Engineer
10 32 (5.56%) Software Engineer
11 31 (5.38%) Architect
12 29 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
13 28 (4.86%) Data Engineer
14 25 (4.34%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 23 (3.99%) Lead Developer
15 23 (3.99%) Lead DevOps
16 22 (3.82%) Python Engineer
17 20 (3.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 19 (3.30%) Team Leader
19 18 (3.13%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.47%) React
2 40 (6.94%) .NET
3 36 (6.25%) REST
4 34 (5.90%) Node.js
5 32 (5.56%) RESTful
6 30 (5.21%) Elastic Stack
6 30 (5.21%) Spring
7 28 (4.86%) AWS CDK
8 25 (4.34%) Spring Boot
9 24 (4.17%) YAML
10 23 (3.99%) Kafka
10 23 (3.99%) OpenTelemetry
11 21 (3.65%) OAuth
12 18 (3.13%) Django
12 18 (3.13%) OpenAPI
12 18 (3.13%) Swagger
13 16 (2.78%) ARM Templates
13 16 (2.78%) JSON
13 16 (2.78%) React Native
14 15 (2.60%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 150 (26.04%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.60%) Product Ownership
3 37 (6.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 30 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 22 (3.82%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.47%) Mobile App
7 20 (3.47%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.30%) Public Cloud
9 18 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
10 16 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
11 15 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (2.26%) Blog
12 13 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.56%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (20.31%) Linux
2 40 (6.94%) Windows
3 38 (6.60%) Unix
4 20 (3.47%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.08%) Android
6 11 (1.91%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.87%) VMS
8 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.52%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (68.75%) CI/CD
2 375 (65.10%) DevOps
3 203 (35.24%) Agile
4 184 (31.94%) Mentoring
5 176 (30.56%) Observability
6 159 (27.60%) Containerisation
7 138 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 127 (22.05%) Platform Engineering
9 107 (18.58%) Software Engineering
10 102 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (17.71%) Technical Leadership
10 102 (17.71%) Test Automation
11 100 (17.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 90 (15.63%) AI
13 84 (14.58%) Roadmaps
14 79 (13.72%) Microservices
15 69 (11.98%) Analytics
16 67 (11.63%) Incident Response
17 65 (11.28%) Coaching
17 65 (11.28%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 238 (41.32%) Python
2 95 (16.49%) Java
3 92 (15.97%) Bash
4 78 (13.54%) SQL
5 75 (13.02%) PowerShell
6 69 (11.98%) JavaScript
7 67 (11.63%) Bicep
8 56 (9.72%) Go
9 50 (8.68%) TypeScript
10 40 (6.94%) C#
11 15 (2.60%) Scala
12 8 (1.39%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.04%) C++
14 5 (0.87%) PHP
14 5 (0.87%) Ruby
14 5 (0.87%) Rust
15 2 (0.35%) C
15 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.35%) Perl
15 2 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.68%) Degree
4 42 (7.29%) AWS Certification
5 38 (6.60%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.26%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.56%) CCNP
10 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.22%) CCNA
12 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.87%) LPIC
12 5 (0.87%) MCSE
12 5 (0.87%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.69%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.03%) QA
2 24 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.99%) Accessibility
4 21 (3.65%) GDPR
4 21 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (3.13%) SOC 2
6 17 (2.95%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.91%) NIST
8 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.87%) WCAG
9 4 (0.69%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) IFRS
10 2 (0.35%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.35%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 159 (27.60%) Docker
2 26 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.82%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.26%) vSphere
5 11 (1.91%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.69%) Firmware
8 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) vCloud
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 384 (66.67%) Terraform
2 211 (36.63%) Kubernetes
3 113 (19.62%) Ansible
4 71 (12.33%) Prometheus
5 70 (12.15%) Grafana
6 30 (5.21%) Argo
7 23 (3.99%) Kustomize
8 14 (2.43%) Puppet
9 13 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.56%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.22%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.87%) Istio
12 5 (0.87%) Packer
13 4 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.69%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.69%) logstash
13 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 99 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.12%) Google
3 40 (6.94%) VMware
4 30 (5.21%) Cisco
5 22 (3.82%) Databricks
6 18 (3.13%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.43%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.43%) Splunk
8 12 (2.08%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.39%) Ab Initio
9 8 (1.39%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.22%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.22%) CheckPoint
10 7 (1.22%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.04%) F5
11 6 (1.04%) Juniper
11 6 (1.04%) NetApp
11 6 (1.04%) New Relic
12 5 (0.87%) AppDynamics
12 5 (0.87%) SolarWinds