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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 123 134
Rank change year-on-year +50 +11 -49
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 579 364 795
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.23% 2.72% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.87% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 376 270 676
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,450 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,180 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +6.52% -5.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 14,887 12,677 29,712
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.14% 94.72% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,419 8,968 23,636
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -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 23 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 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.73%) Apache
3 8 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.04%) Confluence
5 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.52%) IIS
6 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
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
1 350 (60.45%) AWS
2 298 (51.47%) Azure
3 114 (19.69%) GitHub
4 110 (19.00%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (16.75%) GCP
5 97 (16.75%) Serverless
6 81 (13.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 80 (13.82%) GitHub Actions
8 58 (10.02%) Amazon EKS
9 47 (8.12%) SaaS
10 44 (7.60%) Amazon S3
10 44 (7.60%) AWS Lambda
10 44 (7.60%) PaaS
11 43 (7.43%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (6.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 38 (6.56%) Entra ID
13 36 (6.22%) Amazon EC2
14 33 (5.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 32 (5.53%) IaaS
16 30 (5.18%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (12.09%) Firewall
2 38 (6.56%) Broadband
3 29 (5.01%) VPN
4 25 (4.32%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.63%) DNS
6 16 (2.76%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (2.07%) BGP
7 12 (2.07%) LAN
8 11 (1.90%) WAN
9 9 (1.55%) DHCP
9 9 (1.55%) Network Security
9 9 (1.55%) VLAN
10 6 (1.04%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.86%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.86%) WebEx
12 4 (0.69%) HTTP
13 3 (0.52%) OSPF
13 3 (0.52%) SSL
13 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (7.08%) NoSQL
3 32 (5.53%) SQL Server
4 30 (5.18%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (5.01%) Relational Database
6 21 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.28%) Data Lake
7 19 (3.28%) RDBMS
8 18 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.59%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.59%) Metadata
10 13 (2.25%) Delta Lake
10 13 (2.25%) MySQL
11 11 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.73%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.38%) BigQuery
14 7 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
16 5 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (9.67%) Git
2 41 (7.08%) GitLab
3 36 (6.22%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.28%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.55%) JIRA
6 8 (1.38%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.38%) JMeter
6 8 (1.38%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.04%) Locust
7 6 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.86%) NUnit
8 5 (0.86%) Selenium
8 5 (0.86%) Storybook
9 3 (0.52%) git-flow
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
1 147 (25.39%) Social Skills
2 123 (21.24%) Finance
3 58 (10.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.50%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (7.08%) Banking
7 37 (6.39%) Retail
8 30 (5.18%) Law
9 27 (4.66%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.11%) Billing
11 14 (2.42%) Back Office
11 14 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.42%) Marketing
12 8 (1.38%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.38%) Legal
13 7 (1.21%) Games
14 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.04%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 144 (24.87%) Senior
2 111 (19.17%) Lead
3 85 (14.68%) Cloud Engineer
4 66 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
5 62 (10.71%) Developer
6 61 (10.54%) Platform Engineer
7 57 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 53 (9.15%) Azure Engineer
9 42 (7.25%) AWS Engineer
10 34 (5.87%) Software Engineer
11 28 (4.84%) Senior DevOps
12 27 (4.66%) Architect
13 26 (4.49%) Data Engineer
14 24 (4.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 22 (3.80%) Lead Developer
15 22 (3.80%) Lead DevOps
15 22 (3.80%) Python Engineer
16 19 (3.28%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 19 (3.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 18 (3.11%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (8.46%) React
2 43 (7.43%) .NET
3 37 (6.39%) Node.js
4 36 (6.22%) REST
5 34 (5.87%) RESTful
6 30 (5.18%) Elastic Stack
6 30 (5.18%) Spring
7 29 (5.01%) AWS CDK
8 24 (4.15%) OAuth
8 24 (4.15%) Spring Boot
8 24 (4.15%) YAML
9 22 (3.80%) Kafka
9 22 (3.80%) OpenTelemetry
10 20 (3.45%) Django
10 20 (3.45%) OpenAPI
10 20 (3.45%) Swagger
11 17 (2.94%) CSS
11 17 (2.94%) FastAPI
11 17 (2.94%) HTML
11 17 (2.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 150 (25.91%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.74%) Product Ownership
3 37 (6.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 29 (5.01%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.15%) Security Posture
6 23 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 20 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 18 (3.11%) Legacy Applications
9 16 (2.76%) Video\Live Streaming
10 14 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (2.25%) Blog
11 13 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.55%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.55%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 117 (20.21%) Linux
2 40 (6.91%) Windows
3 38 (6.56%) Unix
4 20 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.42%) Android
6 13 (2.25%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.04%) VMS
8 5 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.52%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (69.26%) CI/CD
2 380 (65.63%) DevOps
3 206 (35.58%) Agile
4 184 (31.78%) Mentoring
5 173 (29.88%) Observability
6 158 (27.29%) Containerisation
7 143 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 124 (21.42%) Platform Engineering
9 112 (19.34%) Software Engineering
10 103 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 102 (17.62%) Test Automation
12 96 (16.58%) Technical Leadership
13 85 (14.68%) AI
14 82 (14.16%) Roadmaps
15 79 (13.64%) Microservices
16 72 (12.44%) Coaching
17 69 (11.92%) Analytics
18 67 (11.57%) Incident Response
19 65 (11.23%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 236 (40.76%) Python
2 93 (16.06%) Java
3 92 (15.89%) Bash
4 80 (13.82%) SQL
5 76 (13.13%) PowerShell
6 69 (11.92%) JavaScript
7 68 (11.74%) Bicep
8 56 (9.67%) Go
9 51 (8.81%) TypeScript
10 43 (7.43%) C#
11 14 (2.42%) Scala
12 8 (1.38%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.04%) C++
14 5 (0.86%) PHP
14 5 (0.86%) Ruby
14 5 (0.86%) Rust
15 2 (0.35%) C
15 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.35%) Perl
15 2 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.23%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.46%) Degree
4 42 (7.25%) AWS Certification
5 37 (6.39%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.07%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.55%) CCNP
9 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.21%) CCNA
11 6 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.86%) LPIC
12 5 (0.86%) MCSE
12 5 (0.86%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.86%) 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 31 (5.35%) QA
2 23 (3.97%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.63%) GDPR
4 18 (3.11%) SOC 2
5 17 (2.94%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.07%) NIST
7 6 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.86%) WCAG
9 4 (0.69%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.17%) SLA
11 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 160 (27.63%) Docker
2 26 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.63%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.25%) vSphere
5 12 (2.07%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.69%) Firmware
7 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 390 (67.36%) Terraform
2 208 (35.92%) Kubernetes
3 113 (19.52%) Ansible
4 72 (12.44%) Prometheus
5 70 (12.09%) Grafana
6 31 (5.35%) Argo
7 23 (3.97%) Kustomize
8 14 (2.42%) Puppet
9 13 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.55%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.21%) Proxmox
12 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.86%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.86%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.69%) Istio
14 4 (0.69%) logstash
14 4 (0.69%) Packer
14 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
15 3 (0.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 100 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.08%) VMware
3 39 (6.74%) Google
4 30 (5.18%) Cisco
5 21 (3.63%) Databricks
6 18 (3.11%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.42%) Splunk
8 13 (2.25%) Palo Alto
9 12 (2.07%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.55%) Ab Initio
11 7 (1.21%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.21%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.21%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.21%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.21%) New Relic
12 6 (1.04%) F5
12 6 (1.04%) Juniper
12 6 (1.04%) NetApp
13 5 (0.86%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.86%) SolarWinds