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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 114 80
Rank change year-on-year +35 -34 +7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 503 488 849
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 2.96% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 3.16% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 333 297 719
10th Percentile £46,446 £44,174 £47,526
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £104,750 £97,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.69% - -3.33%

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 13,292 15,442 20,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.37% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,469 9,092 16,280
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 15 January 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 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.58%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.19%) Confluence
6 5 (0.99%) Apache
7 4 (0.80%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 330 (65.61%) Azure
2 274 (54.47%) AWS
3 146 (29.03%) Azure DevOps
4 130 (25.84%) GitHub
5 94 (18.69%) GCP
6 87 (17.30%) GitHub Actions
7 85 (16.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 76 (15.11%) Serverless
9 65 (12.92%) Azure Monitor
10 52 (10.34%) Entra ID
11 48 (9.54%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (9.54%) SaaS
12 45 (8.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 41 (8.15%) Amazon EKS
14 38 (7.55%) Amazon S3
14 38 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
15 37 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (7.16%) PaaS
17 34 (6.76%) Amazon ECS
17 34 (6.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.13%) Firewall
2 42 (8.35%) VPN
3 25 (4.97%) DNS
4 22 (4.37%) TCP/IP
4 22 (4.37%) WAN
5 19 (3.78%) Network Security
6 17 (3.38%) LAN
7 16 (3.18%) Broadband
8 12 (2.39%) BGP
8 12 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.99%) SD-WAN
10 8 (1.59%) DHCP
10 8 (1.59%) VLAN
11 6 (1.19%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (1.19%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.19%) VoIP
12 4 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.60%) OSPF
13 3 (0.60%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.16%) NoSQL
2 30 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (4.77%) Data Lake
3 24 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.98%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.18%) DynamoDB
6 16 (3.18%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.58%) MySQL
7 13 (2.58%) RDBMS
7 13 (2.58%) Redis
8 12 (2.39%) Delta Lake
8 12 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.59%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.80%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 64 (12.72%) Jenkins
2 41 (8.15%) Git
3 40 (7.95%) GitLab
4 13 (2.58%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.99%) TeamCity
6 9 (1.79%) JIRA
7 7 (1.39%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.19%) git-flow
9 5 (0.99%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.99%) Storybook
10 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.60%) JMeter
12 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.40%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.40%) Selenium
13 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
13 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 157 (31.21%) Finance
2 115 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 40 (7.95%) Banking
4 39 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.55%) Law
6 35 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (6.16%) Public Sector
8 30 (5.96%) Retail
9 26 (5.17%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.38%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.58%) Back Office
12 12 (2.39%) Billing
13 11 (2.19%) Legal
14 9 (1.79%) Marketing
15 7 (1.39%) Games
16 6 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.19%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.99%) Publishing
17 5 (0.99%) Tech for Good
18 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (25.65%) Senior
2 85 (16.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 69 (13.72%) Lead
4 68 (13.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 59 (11.73%) Azure Engineer
6 49 (9.74%) Platform Engineer
7 45 (8.95%) Developer
8 42 (8.35%) Architect
9 40 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (5.96%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (3.98%) Lead DevOps
13 19 (3.78%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (3.78%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.58%) Data Engineer
14 18 (3.58%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (3.58%) Software Engineer
15 17 (3.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 17 (3.38%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.15%) .NET
2 40 (7.95%) React
3 30 (5.96%) Elastic Stack
4 27 (5.37%) Node.js
5 26 (5.17%) RESTful
6 25 (4.97%) OAuth
7 20 (3.98%) YAML
8 17 (3.38%) Spring
9 16 (3.18%) AWS CDK
9 16 (3.18%) Django
9 16 (3.18%) JSON
9 16 (3.18%) OpenAPI
9 16 (3.18%) Swagger
10 15 (2.98%) CSS
10 15 (2.98%) OpenTelemetry
11 14 (2.78%) HTML
11 14 (2.78%) OAuth2
12 13 (2.58%) GraphQL
12 13 (2.58%) Kafka
12 13 (2.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 125 (24.85%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.55%) Data Centre
3 31 (6.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (6.16%) Product Ownership
4 29 (5.77%) Public Cloud
5 24 (4.77%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (4.37%) Security Posture
7 16 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (3.18%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.78%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.19%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.79%) Blog
11 9 (1.79%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (1.19%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.19%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.99%) Hedge funds
15 4 (0.80%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 109 (21.67%) Linux
2 55 (10.93%) Windows
3 33 (6.56%) Unix
4 14 (2.78%) VMS
5 10 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.39%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.19%) Android
8 6 (1.19%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.60%) CentOS
10 3 (0.60%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (72.76%) DevOps
2 335 (66.60%) CI/CD
3 166 (33.00%) Agile
4 127 (25.25%) Observability
5 125 (24.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 120 (23.86%) Mentoring
7 106 (21.07%) Containerisation
8 88 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 85 (16.90%) Coaching
10 84 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
11 83 (16.50%) Analytics
12 77 (15.31%) Cloud Security
12 77 (15.31%) Platform Engineering
13 76 (15.11%) Roadmaps
14 71 (14.12%) AI
14 71 (14.12%) Incident Response
15 69 (13.72%) Asset Management
16 68 (13.52%) Software Engineering
17 65 (12.92%) High Availability
18 63 (12.52%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 191 (37.97%) Python
2 107 (21.27%) PowerShell
3 93 (18.49%) Bash
4 85 (16.90%) Bicep
5 79 (15.71%) SQL
6 49 (9.74%) Java
7 42 (8.35%) JavaScript
8 37 (7.36%) C#
9 36 (7.16%) Go
10 34 (6.76%) TypeScript
11 9 (1.79%) Scala
12 4 (0.80%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.80%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.40%) C++
13 2 (0.40%) PHP
13 2 (0.40%) Rust
13 2 (0.40%) XAML
Qualifications
1 70 (13.92%) Security Cleared
2 57 (11.33%) AWS Certification
2 57 (11.33%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.74%) Azure Certification
4 28 (5.57%) Degree
5 18 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (3.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.58%) CCNP
9 9 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.19%) PMP
12 5 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.80%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.80%) OSCE
13 4 (0.80%) OSCP
14 3 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.17%) GDPR
3 25 (4.97%) NIST
4 18 (3.58%) PCI DSS
4 18 (3.58%) SOC 2
5 16 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 16 (3.18%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.39%) QA
7 8 (1.59%) SLA
8 6 (1.19%) GRC
9 4 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.80%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
System Software
1 154 (30.62%) Docker
2 28 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.58%) Active Directory
4 18 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.39%) vSphere
6 11 (2.19%) VMware NSX
7 10 (1.99%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.19%) NFS
9 3 (0.60%) Firmware
9 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.40%) vCloud
11 1 (0.20%) HDFS
11 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 379 (75.35%) Terraform
2 187 (37.18%) Kubernetes
3 118 (23.46%) Ansible
4 71 (14.12%) Grafana
5 67 (13.32%) Prometheus
6 22 (4.37%) Argo
7 21 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (2.58%) Kustomize
9 8 (1.59%) SCOM
10 4 (0.80%) Cilium
10 4 (0.80%) logstash
11 3 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.60%) Puppet
12 2 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.40%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.20%) Icinga
13 1 (0.20%) Kibana
13 1 (0.20%) Nagios
Vendors
1 100 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.36%) VMware
3 35 (6.96%) Google
4 24 (4.77%) Cisco
5 19 (3.78%) Databricks
6 14 (2.78%) Ab Initio
7 12 (2.39%) Splunk
8 10 (1.99%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.79%) New Relic
10 8 (1.59%) Oracle
11 7 (1.39%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.19%) Commvault
12 6 (1.19%) Pure Storage
13 5 (0.99%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.99%) SolarWinds
13 5 (0.99%) Zscaler
14 4 (0.80%) AppDynamics
14 4 (0.80%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.80%) PagerDuty
14 4 (0.80%) Palo Alto