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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 138 143
Rank change year-on-year +67 +5 -74
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 830 391 564
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.61% 2.36% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 2.54% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 546 293 403
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,313 £61,250 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +11.11% -9.40%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £84,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

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 18,961 15,409 21,603
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.03% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,692 8,891 15,061
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 22 August 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 21 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.17%) Apache
3 16 (1.93%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.72%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.48%) Camunda
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 3 (0.36%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 459 (55.30%) Azure
2 451 (54.34%) AWS
3 157 (18.92%) GCP
4 118 (14.22%) GitHub
5 113 (13.61%) Serverless
6 100 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (11.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 76 (9.16%) PaaS
9 71 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
10 64 (7.71%) GitHub Actions
11 63 (7.59%) Cloud Computing
12 58 (6.99%) SaaS
13 57 (6.87%) Azure AKS
14 55 (6.63%) IaaS
15 54 (6.51%) Amazon S3
16 45 (5.42%) Azure Monitor
17 44 (5.30%) AWS Lambda
18 42 (5.06%) Power Platform
19 37 (4.46%) Entra ID
20 36 (4.34%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.16%) WAN
2 75 (9.04%) LAN
3 65 (7.83%) Firewall
4 51 (6.14%) DNS
5 50 (6.02%) Broadband
6 49 (5.90%) VPN
7 47 (5.66%) TCP/IP
8 25 (3.01%) DHCP
9 20 (2.41%) BGP
10 18 (2.17%) Network Security
11 17 (2.05%) OSPF
12 14 (1.69%) VXLAN
13 12 (1.45%) VLAN
14 10 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (1.08%) SD-WAN
16 8 (0.96%) Ethernet VPN
17 6 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
17 6 (0.72%) HTTP
17 6 (0.72%) Unified Communications
17 6 (0.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (11.93%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (5.54%) MongoDB
3 42 (5.06%) Metadata
4 32 (3.86%) Relational Database
5 30 (3.61%) Data Lake
6 28 (3.37%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (2.89%) DynamoDB
8 20 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (2.41%) Delta Lake
9 19 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (1.81%) Data Vault
10 15 (1.81%) MySQL
10 15 (1.81%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (1.33%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.96%) Big Data
15 5 (0.60%) Power BI
15 5 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 86 (10.36%) Git
2 49 (5.90%) GitLab
3 46 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.08%) NUnit
5 8 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.72%) JIRA
6 6 (0.72%) JMeter
7 5 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.60%) Locust
7 5 (0.60%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.48%) Snyk
9 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.36%) MLflow
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 309 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 188 (22.65%) Finance
3 84 (10.12%) Public Sector
4 70 (8.43%) Law
5 65 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
6 62 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (5.18%) Banking
9 35 (4.22%) Games
10 24 (2.89%) Retail
11 21 (2.53%) Legal
12 17 (2.05%) Marketing
13 15 (1.81%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.57%) Local Government
15 12 (1.45%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.84%) Aviation
18 6 (0.72%) Advertising
18 6 (0.72%) Legal Technology
19 5 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 228 (27.47%) Senior
2 137 (16.51%) Architect
3 129 (15.54%) Lead
4 98 (11.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 97 (11.69%) Cloud Engineer
6 76 (9.16%) Azure Engineer
7 70 (8.43%) Developer
8 69 (8.31%) Platform Engineer
9 67 (8.07%) Systems Architect
10 65 (7.83%) Software Engineer
11 51 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 46 (5.54%) Python Engineer
13 43 (5.18%) AWS Engineer
14 38 (4.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 37 (4.46%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 36 (4.34%) Site Engineer
17 35 (4.22%) Data Engineer
18 29 (3.49%) Senior DevOps
19 28 (3.37%) Senior Software Engineer
19 28 (3.37%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 469 (56.51%) Terraform
2 68 (8.19%) React
3 53 (6.39%) REST
4 50 (6.02%) RESTful
5 49 (5.90%) Node.js
6 46 (5.54%) .NET
7 37 (4.46%) AWS CDK
8 29 (3.49%) ARM Templates
8 29 (3.49%) Kafka
9 26 (3.13%) PySpark
10 24 (2.89%) Spring
11 23 (2.77%) Next.js
11 23 (2.77%) YAML
12 21 (2.53%) CSS
13 18 (2.17%) Spring Boot
14 17 (2.05%) FastAPI
15 15 (1.81%) .NET Core
15 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
16 12 (1.45%) Django
16 12 (1.45%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 238 (28.67%) Cloud Native
2 91 (10.96%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (6.02%) Public Cloud
4 42 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (4.94%) Video\Live Streaming
6 39 (4.70%) Product Ownership
7 32 (3.86%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (3.73%) Low-Code
8 31 (3.73%) Security Posture
9 27 (3.25%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.17%) Podcast
11 17 (2.05%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.81%) Blog
12 15 (1.81%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.57%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.57%) Replication
15 10 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.20%) PKI
15 10 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 101 (12.17%) Linux
2 65 (7.83%) Windows
3 32 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.77%) Unix
5 13 (1.57%) VMS
6 4 (0.48%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (67.95%) CI/CD
2 417 (50.24%) DevOps
3 281 (33.86%) Observability
4 266 (32.05%) Containerisation
5 238 (28.67%) Mentoring
6 231 (27.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 224 (26.99%) Agile
8 211 (25.42%) AI
9 202 (24.34%) Software Engineering
10 187 (22.53%) Technical Leadership
11 182 (21.93%) Platform Engineering
12 164 (19.76%) Roadmaps
13 144 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
14 134 (16.14%) Test Automation
15 125 (15.06%) Microservices
16 118 (14.22%) Analytics
17 113 (13.61%) Full-Stack Development
18 99 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 97 (11.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 94 (11.33%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 351 (42.29%) Python
2 116 (13.98%) Bicep
3 109 (13.13%) PowerShell
3 109 (13.13%) SQL
4 94 (11.33%) Bash
5 91 (10.96%) Java
6 83 (10.00%) TypeScript
7 69 (8.31%) Go
8 62 (7.47%) JavaScript
9 51 (6.14%) C#
10 20 (2.41%) Scala
11 13 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 13 (1.57%) Ruby
12 8 (0.96%) PHP
13 7 (0.84%) C++
13 7 (0.84%) Groovy
14 4 (0.48%) Rust
14 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.36%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 136 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 125 (15.06%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.60%) Azure Certification
4 62 (7.47%) Degree
5 36 (4.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (3.86%) AWS Certification
7 27 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.93%) SnowPro
10 14 (1.69%) CCNP
11 8 (0.96%) CCNA
12 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.72%) CCIE
13 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.48%) MCSE
14 4 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.11%) GRC
2 49 (5.90%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.34%) QA
4 16 (1.93%) GDPR
5 15 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.81%) NIST
6 11 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.08%) SLA
8 6 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.60%) NCSC
9 5 (0.60%) WCAG
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 164 (19.76%) Docker
2 50 (6.02%) Active Directory
3 39 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.01%) vSphere
5 22 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.24%) Firmware
9 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 223 (26.87%) Kubernetes
2 93 (11.20%) Ansible
3 81 (9.76%) Grafana
4 46 (5.54%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.53%) Argo
6 17 (2.05%) Istio
7 14 (1.69%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.20%) FortiGate
8 10 (1.20%) Puppet
9 7 (0.84%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.48%) linkerd
13 3 (0.36%) Cilium
13 3 (0.36%) Packer
13 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 253 (30.48%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.51%) Google
3 42 (5.06%) VMware
4 32 (3.86%) Databricks
5 28 (3.37%) Cisco
6 24 (2.89%) Palo Alto
7 20 (2.41%) Oracle
8 17 (2.05%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.93%) Dynatrace
9 16 (1.93%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.69%) Splunk
11 12 (1.45%) Informatica
11 12 (1.45%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.45%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.33%) Okta
13 9 (1.08%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.96%) Arista
14 8 (0.96%) F5
14 8 (0.96%) NetApp
15 6 (0.72%) Zscaler