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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 106 65
Rank change year-on-year +22 -41 +28
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 474 566 970
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.10% 2.89% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 3.25% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 337 337 771
10th Percentile £46,500 £42,438 £48,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £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 £103,500 £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 13,987 17,399 20,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.56% 88.82% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,773 10,336 16,477
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,521
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 £98,750 £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 19 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 21 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (4.43%) 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
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 323 (68.14%) Azure
2 262 (55.27%) AWS
3 113 (23.84%) Azure DevOps
4 112 (23.63%) GitHub
5 86 (18.14%) AWS CloudFormation
5 86 (18.14%) GCP
6 79 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
7 77 (16.24%) Serverless
8 54 (11.39%) Entra ID
9 53 (11.18%) SaaS
10 50 (10.55%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (10.13%) Azure Monitor
12 44 (9.28%) PaaS
13 41 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
14 38 (8.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 38 (8.02%) IaaS
15 35 (7.38%) Amazon ECS
15 35 (7.38%) Amazon S3
16 34 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
17 23 (4.85%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (13.08%) Firewall
2 48 (10.13%) VPN
3 32 (6.75%) WAN
4 28 (5.91%) DNS
5 26 (5.49%) LAN
6 24 (5.06%) Network Security
7 22 (4.64%) TCP/IP
8 14 (2.95%) SD-WAN
8 14 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (2.32%) BGP
10 8 (1.69%) DHCP
10 8 (1.69%) VLAN
11 7 (1.48%) Unified Communications
11 7 (1.48%) VoIP
12 6 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (1.05%) OSPF
14 4 (0.84%) Broadband
14 4 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.84%) Wireless
14 4 (0.84%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.33%) Amazon RDS
2 20 (4.22%) Data Lake
2 20 (4.22%) DynamoDB
2 20 (4.22%) NoSQL
2 20 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.74%) MySQL
5 13 (2.74%) Redis
6 11 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.90%) Power BI
8 8 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.63%) Tableau
13 2 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 61 (12.87%) Jenkins
2 40 (8.44%) GitLab
3 33 (6.96%) 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
9 2 (0.42%) Subversion
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 128 (27.00%) Finance
2 113 (23.84%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.65%) Law
4 39 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.38%) Banking
6 32 (6.75%) Public Sector
7 29 (6.12%) Retail
8 28 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (4.64%) 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 53 (11.18%) Architect
6 41 (8.65%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (8.44%) Developer
8 36 (7.59%) 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%) Lead DevOps
14 14 (2.95%) Senior Developer
14 14 (2.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (2.74%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (10.34%) .NET
2 35 (7.38%) React
3 20 (4.22%) Node.js
3 20 (4.22%) RESTful
4 19 (4.01%) YAML
5 17 (3.59%) OAuth
6 16 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
6 16 (3.38%) REST
7 14 (2.95%) CSS
7 14 (2.95%) Django
8 13 (2.74%) AWS CDK
8 13 (2.74%) HTML
9 11 (2.32%) JSON
9 11 (2.32%) Kafka
9 11 (2.32%) OAuth2
10 10 (2.11%) Spring
10 10 (2.11%) Vue
11 9 (1.90%) .NET Core
11 9 (1.90%) .NET Framework
12 8 (1.69%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 118 (24.89%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.02%) Public Cloud
3 34 (7.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (6.75%) Product Ownership
5 30 (6.33%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (3.80%) Security Posture
9 17 (3.59%) Onboarding
10 16 (3.38%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.32%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 7 (1.48%) Data Structures
15 7 (1.48%) Operational Technology
16 6 (1.27%) Blog
17 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
17 5 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
18 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 81 (17.09%) Linux
2 51 (10.76%) Windows
3 19 (4.01%) 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
1 338 (71.31%) DevOps
2 311 (65.61%) CI/CD
3 153 (32.28%) Agile
4 115 (24.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (20.89%) Observability
6 92 (19.41%) Containerisation
6 92 (19.41%) Mentoring
7 91 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
8 83 (17.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 74 (15.61%) Analytics
10 69 (14.56%) Roadmaps
11 67 (14.14%) Cloud Security
12 66 (13.92%) Coaching
13 65 (13.71%) AI
14 64 (13.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 59 (12.45%) Incident Response
16 58 (12.24%) Software Engineering
17 54 (11.39%) Platform Engineering
18 51 (10.76%) Asset Management
18 51 (10.76%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 179 (37.76%) Python
2 108 (22.78%) PowerShell
3 88 (18.57%) Bash
4 74 (15.61%) Bicep
5 67 (14.14%) SQL
6 35 (7.38%) JavaScript
7 34 (7.17%) C#
8 33 (6.96%) TypeScript
9 26 (5.49%) Go
10 25 (5.27%) Java
11 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.84%) PHP
12 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.42%) Groovy
12 2 (0.42%) XAML
13 1 (0.21%) Julia
13 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.21%) R
13 1 (0.21%) Scala
13 1 (0.21%) VBA
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 26 (5.49%) 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%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.48%) PMP
12 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.05%) OSCP
13 4 (0.84%) CISSP
13 4 (0.84%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.84%) OSCE
14 3 (0.63%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (6.54%) NIST
3 26 (5.49%) 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
1 129 (27.22%) Docker
2 24 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
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
1 339 (71.52%) Terraform
2 165 (34.81%) Kubernetes
3 109 (23.00%) Ansible
4 57 (12.03%) Grafana
5 43 (9.07%) Prometheus
6 24 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.32%) Argo
8 8 (1.69%) SCOM
9 4 (0.84%) Cilium
9 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.21%) Icinga
12 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.21%) Nagios
12 1 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.21%) Rancher
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 109 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.33%) 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
7 12 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.90%) Splunk
9 8 (1.69%) Ab Initio
10 7 (1.48%) Commvault
10 7 (1.48%) New Relic
10 7 (1.48%) Pure Storage
11 6 (1.27%) Aruba
11 6 (1.27%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.27%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.05%) Mellanox
12 5 (1.05%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.05%) PagerDuty