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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 118 116
Rank change year-on-year +47 -2 -31
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 576 370 810
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.39% 2.87% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 3.03% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 361 275 684
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,780 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +7.37% -5.27%
75th Percentile £85,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -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 14,197 12,222 28,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.45% 94.81% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,911 8,883 23,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 6 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 17 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.56%) Apache
3 8 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.04%) Confluence
5 3 (0.52%) IIS
5 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 359 (62.33%) AWS
2 302 (52.43%) Azure
3 123 (21.35%) GitHub
4 117 (20.31%) Azure DevOps
5 113 (19.62%) GCP
6 94 (16.32%) Serverless
7 89 (15.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 88 (15.28%) GitHub Actions
9 59 (10.24%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (9.72%) SaaS
11 49 (8.51%) Amazon S3
12 46 (7.99%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (7.47%) Azure Monitor
13 43 (7.47%) PaaS
14 41 (7.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (6.94%) dbt
16 39 (6.77%) Amazon ECS
17 37 (6.42%) Amazon EC2
18 36 (6.25%) Entra ID
18 36 (6.25%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 71 (12.33%) Firewall
2 38 (6.60%) Broadband
3 31 (5.38%) VPN
4 30 (5.21%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
6 15 (2.60%) DNS
7 13 (2.26%) BGP
7 13 (2.26%) Network Security
8 12 (2.08%) VLAN
9 9 (1.56%) LAN
9 9 (1.56%) WAN
10 5 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.87%) DHCP
10 5 (0.87%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.87%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.87%) WebEx
11 4 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.52%) Modbus
13 2 (0.35%) HTTP
13 2 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (7.81%) NoSQL
3 37 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (5.21%) SQL Server
5 28 (4.86%) Relational Database
6 21 (3.65%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.47%) MongoDB
8 19 (3.30%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (2.60%) Redis
10 14 (2.43%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.43%) Metadata
11 13 (2.26%) Delta Lake
11 13 (2.26%) MySQL
12 11 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.39%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 52 (9.03%) Git
2 47 (8.16%) Jenkins
3 44 (7.64%) GitLab
4 19 (3.30%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.74%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.56%) JIRA
6 9 (1.56%) JMeter
7 8 (1.39%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.39%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.04%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.04%) Locust
8 6 (1.04%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.87%) git-flow
9 5 (0.87%) NUnit
9 5 (0.87%) Selenium
9 5 (0.87%) Storybook
10 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.52%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 144 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 137 (23.78%) Finance
3 68 (11.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (9.20%) Banking
4 53 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 51 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (8.51%) Retail
7 40 (6.94%) Law
8 30 (5.21%) Telecoms
9 25 (4.34%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.65%) Back Office
11 18 (3.13%) Billing
12 14 (2.43%) Marketing
13 9 (1.56%) Games
13 9 (1.56%) Legal
14 7 (1.22%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.22%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.87%) Military
16 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 141 (24.48%) Senior
2 107 (18.58%) Lead
3 83 (14.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 66 (11.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 65 (11.28%) Platform Engineer
6 61 (10.59%) Developer
7 54 (9.38%) Azure Engineer
8 53 (9.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (7.64%) AWS Engineer
10 28 (4.86%) Architect
10 28 (4.86%) Software Engineer
11 26 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 25 (4.34%) Data Engineer
12 25 (4.34%) Senior DevOps
13 22 (3.82%) Lead DevOps
14 20 (3.47%) Lead Cloud Engineer
14 20 (3.47%) Python Engineer
15 18 (3.13%) AWS Platform Engineer
16 17 (2.95%) Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (2.95%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.33%) React
2 46 (7.99%) .NET
3 39 (6.77%) REST
4 36 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
4 36 (6.25%) RESTful
5 33 (5.73%) Node.js
6 31 (5.38%) Spring
7 29 (5.03%) Django
8 27 (4.69%) AWS CDK
9 26 (4.51%) YAML
10 25 (4.34%) OAuth
10 25 (4.34%) Spring Boot
11 21 (3.65%) OpenAPI
11 21 (3.65%) Swagger
12 20 (3.47%) CSS
12 20 (3.47%) HTML
12 20 (3.47%) OpenTelemetry
13 19 (3.30%) JSON
13 19 (3.30%) Kafka
14 18 (3.13%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 149 (25.87%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 36 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.86%) Data Centre
5 26 (4.51%) Security Posture
6 23 (3.99%) Public Cloud
7 20 (3.47%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.30%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.78%) Blog
10 16 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
11 15 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
12 12 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.56%) Management Information System
16 8 (1.39%) Data Structures
16 8 (1.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 135 (23.44%) Linux
2 50 (8.68%) Unix
3 47 (8.16%) Windows
4 17 (2.95%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.26%) Android
6 12 (2.08%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.22%) VMS
8 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.87%) CentOS
10 4 (0.69%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (70.14%) CI/CD
2 387 (67.19%) DevOps
3 201 (34.90%) Agile
4 163 (28.30%) Observability
5 162 (28.13%) Mentoring
6 149 (25.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 146 (25.35%) Containerisation
8 114 (19.79%) Platform Engineering
9 110 (19.10%) Software Engineering
10 102 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 97 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
12 92 (15.97%) Test Automation
13 84 (14.58%) AI
14 82 (14.24%) Technical Leadership
15 76 (13.19%) Roadmaps
16 74 (12.85%) Incident Response
17 69 (11.98%) Analytics
18 68 (11.81%) Cloud Security
18 68 (11.81%) Coaching
19 67 (11.63%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 238 (41.32%) Python
2 93 (16.15%) Bash
3 92 (15.97%) Java
4 85 (14.76%) SQL
5 81 (14.06%) PowerShell
6 71 (12.33%) Bicep
7 65 (11.28%) JavaScript
8 60 (10.42%) Go
9 43 (7.47%) TypeScript
10 39 (6.77%) C#
11 12 (2.08%) Scala
12 9 (1.56%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.04%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.69%) Ruby
15 3 (0.52%) Rust
16 2 (0.35%) C++
16 2 (0.35%) PHP
16 2 (0.35%) VB
17 1 (0.17%) Perl
17 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 78 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.46%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.16%) AWS Certification
3 47 (8.16%) Degree
4 39 (6.77%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.22%) CCNP
10 6 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.04%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.04%) OSCP
10 6 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (0.87%) CCNA
11 5 (0.87%) LPIC
11 5 (0.87%) MCSE
11 5 (0.87%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.69%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.73%) QA
2 32 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.51%) SOC 2
4 25 (4.34%) PCI DSS
5 24 (4.17%) GDPR
6 22 (3.82%) Accessibility
7 21 (3.65%) Data Quality
8 14 (2.43%) NIST
9 7 (1.22%) GRC
10 6 (1.04%) SLA
11 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.87%) WCAG
12 4 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.69%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 174 (30.21%) Docker
2 26 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.95%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.43%) vSphere
5 13 (2.26%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.69%) Firmware
9 2 (0.35%) vCloud
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 400 (69.44%) Terraform
2 207 (35.94%) Kubernetes
3 122 (21.18%) Ansible
4 73 (12.67%) Prometheus
5 72 (12.50%) Grafana
6 27 (4.69%) Argo
7 19 (3.30%) Kustomize
8 13 (2.26%) Puppet
9 12 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.39%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.22%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.69%) Cilium
13 4 (0.69%) logstash
13 4 (0.69%) Packer
13 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 91 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.99%) Google
3 41 (7.12%) VMware
4 30 (5.21%) Cisco
5 21 (3.65%) Databricks
6 19 (3.30%) Splunk
7 14 (2.43%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.43%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.74%) Ab Initio
10 9 (1.56%) New Relic
11 8 (1.39%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.39%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.22%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.22%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.04%) F5
13 6 (1.04%) Juniper
13 6 (1.04%) NetApp
14 5 (0.87%) AppDynamics
14 5 (0.87%) Oracle