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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 119 127
Rank change year-on-year +52 +8 -40
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 595 371 805
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 2.84% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.00% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 376 275 681
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,039 £75,360 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +6.78% -5.27%
75th Percentile £86,563 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 14,491 12,382 29,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.28% 94.81% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10,130 8,894 23,509
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,800
25th Percentile £44,972 £46,000 £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 £80,250 £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 12 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 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.51%) Apache
3 8 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.01%) Confluence
5 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.50%) IIS
6 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 368 (61.85%) AWS
2 309 (51.93%) Azure
3 123 (20.67%) GitHub
4 117 (19.66%) Azure DevOps
4 117 (19.66%) GCP
5 97 (16.30%) Serverless
6 95 (15.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 87 (14.62%) GitHub Actions
8 61 (10.25%) Amazon EKS
9 56 (9.41%) SaaS
10 48 (8.07%) Amazon S3
11 47 (7.90%) AWS Lambda
12 45 (7.56%) PaaS
13 43 (7.23%) Azure Monitor
14 41 (6.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
15 40 (6.72%) dbt
16 38 (6.39%) Amazon EC2
17 37 (6.22%) Entra ID
18 36 (6.05%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 74 (12.44%) Firewall
2 38 (6.39%) Broadband
3 32 (5.38%) TCP/IP
3 32 (5.38%) VPN
4 17 (2.86%) DNS
5 16 (2.69%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (2.18%) BGP
6 13 (2.18%) Network Security
7 12 (2.02%) VLAN
8 10 (1.68%) LAN
8 10 (1.68%) WAN
9 7 (1.18%) DHCP
10 5 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.84%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.84%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.84%) WebEx
11 4 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.50%) Modbus
13 2 (0.34%) HTTP
13 2 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.40%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (7.39%) NoSQL
3 38 (6.39%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (5.38%) SQL Server
5 27 (4.54%) Relational Database
6 21 (3.53%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.53%) MongoDB
7 20 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (3.19%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (2.35%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.35%) Metadata
10 14 (2.35%) Redis
11 13 (2.18%) Delta Lake
12 12 (2.02%) MySQL
13 11 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.34%) BigQuery
16 6 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 54 (9.08%) Git
2 47 (7.90%) GitLab
3 44 (7.39%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.19%) Jaeger
5 10 (1.68%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.51%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.51%) JIRA
6 9 (1.51%) JMeter
7 7 (1.18%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.01%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.01%) Locust
8 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.84%) NUnit
9 5 (0.84%) Selenium
9 5 (0.84%) Storybook
10 4 (0.67%) git-flow
11 3 (0.50%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.50%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.34%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 154 (25.88%) Social Skills
2 142 (23.87%) Finance
3 69 (11.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.24%) Banking
4 55 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 52 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (8.40%) Retail
7 39 (6.55%) Law
8 30 (5.04%) Telecoms
9 26 (4.37%) Financial Institution
10 22 (3.70%) Back Office
11 18 (3.03%) Billing
12 14 (2.35%) Marketing
13 8 (1.34%) Games
13 8 (1.34%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.34%) Legal
14 7 (1.18%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.84%) Military
16 5 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 151 (25.38%) Senior
2 110 (18.49%) Lead
3 85 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
4 68 (11.43%) DevOps Engineer
5 67 (11.26%) Platform Engineer
6 60 (10.08%) Developer
7 57 (9.58%) Azure Engineer
7 57 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 44 (7.39%) AWS Engineer
9 30 (5.04%) Software Engineer
10 28 (4.71%) Architect
11 27 (4.54%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 26 (4.37%) Data Engineer
12 26 (4.37%) Senior DevOps
13 22 (3.70%) Lead DevOps
14 21 (3.53%) Python Engineer
15 20 (3.36%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 18 (3.03%) AWS Platform Engineer
16 18 (3.03%) Lead Developer
16 18 (3.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.90%) React
2 46 (7.73%) .NET
3 37 (6.22%) REST
4 36 (6.05%) RESTful
5 35 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
6 33 (5.55%) Node.js
7 30 (5.04%) Django
7 30 (5.04%) Spring
8 28 (4.71%) AWS CDK
9 25 (4.20%) OAuth
9 25 (4.20%) YAML
10 24 (4.03%) Spring Boot
11 21 (3.53%) OpenAPI
11 21 (3.53%) OpenTelemetry
11 21 (3.53%) Swagger
12 19 (3.19%) CSS
12 19 (3.19%) FastAPI
12 19 (3.19%) HTML
12 19 (3.19%) JSON
12 19 (3.19%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 157 (26.39%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 37 (6.22%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (6.22%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.54%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.54%) Security Posture
5 23 (3.87%) Public Cloud
6 20 (3.36%) Mobile App
6 20 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.69%) Blog
8 16 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
8 16 (2.69%) Video\Live Streaming
9 12 (2.02%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.51%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 134 (22.52%) Linux
2 50 (8.40%) Unix
3 48 (8.07%) Windows
4 20 (3.36%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.35%) Android
6 13 (2.18%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.01%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.01%) VMS
9 5 (0.84%) CentOS
10 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (70.08%) CI/CD
2 396 (66.55%) DevOps
3 205 (34.45%) Agile
4 175 (29.41%) Observability
5 174 (29.24%) Mentoring
6 154 (25.88%) Containerisation
7 152 (25.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 121 (20.34%) Platform Engineering
9 113 (18.99%) Software Engineering
10 107 (17.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 105 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (16.13%) Test Automation
13 88 (14.79%) Technical Leadership
14 86 (14.45%) AI
15 81 (13.61%) Roadmaps
16 74 (12.44%) Incident Response
17 72 (12.10%) Analytics
17 72 (12.10%) Coaching
18 71 (11.93%) Cloud Security
18 71 (11.93%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 245 (41.18%) Python
2 95 (15.97%) Java
3 94 (15.80%) Bash
4 84 (14.12%) SQL
5 83 (13.95%) PowerShell
6 71 (11.93%) Bicep
7 66 (11.09%) JavaScript
8 61 (10.25%) Go
9 45 (7.56%) TypeScript
10 39 (6.55%) C#
11 12 (2.02%) Scala
12 9 (1.51%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.84%) Ruby
15 4 (0.67%) C++
15 4 (0.67%) Rust
16 2 (0.34%) PHP
16 2 (0.34%) VB
17 1 (0.17%) C
17 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 80 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.24%) Degree
4 47 (7.90%) AWS Certification
5 41 (6.89%) Azure Certification
6 19 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.69%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.51%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.34%) CCNP
11 7 (1.18%) CREST Certified
11 7 (1.18%) OSCP
12 6 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (1.01%) CCNA
12 6 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.84%) LPIC
13 5 (0.84%) MCSE
13 5 (0.84%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (5.38%) QA
3 26 (4.37%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.37%) SOC 2
4 25 (4.20%) GDPR
5 22 (3.70%) Accessibility
6 21 (3.53%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.52%) NIST
8 7 (1.18%) GRC
9 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.01%) SLA
10 5 (0.84%) WCAG
11 4 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.67%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 176 (29.58%) Docker
2 26 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.19%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.35%) vSphere
5 13 (2.18%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.67%) Firmware
9 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.34%) vCloud
11 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 414 (69.58%) Terraform
2 215 (36.13%) Kubernetes
3 123 (20.67%) Ansible
4 75 (12.61%) Prometheus
5 74 (12.44%) Grafana
6 27 (4.54%) Argo
7 19 (3.19%) Kustomize
8 13 (2.18%) Puppet
9 12 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.34%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.18%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.84%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.67%) Cilium
13 4 (0.67%) logstash
13 4 (0.67%) Packer
13 4 (0.67%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 2 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 95 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.73%) Google
3 41 (6.89%) VMware
4 30 (5.04%) Cisco
5 21 (3.53%) Databricks
6 20 (3.36%) Splunk
7 14 (2.35%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.35%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.68%) Ab Initio
10 9 (1.51%) New Relic
11 8 (1.34%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.34%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.18%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.18%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.01%) F5
13 6 (1.01%) Juniper
13 6 (1.01%) NetApp
13 6 (1.01%) Oracle
14 5 (0.84%) AppDynamics