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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 129 129
Rank change year-on-year +57 0 -60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 788 392 595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 2.42% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 2.60% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 519 294 379
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,325 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,505 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +8.93% -2.78%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £103,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

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 19,495 15,078 20,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.33% 93.14% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,036 8,555 12,692
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.28%) Apache
3 15 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.76%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.51%) Confluence
8 3 (0.38%) Camunda
8 3 (0.38%) IIS
8 3 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 448 (56.85%) Azure
2 420 (53.30%) AWS
3 150 (19.04%) GCP
4 119 (15.10%) GitHub
5 103 (13.07%) Serverless
6 99 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (11.55%) AWS CloudFormation
8 72 (9.14%) PaaS
9 69 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (8.25%) GitHub Actions
11 64 (8.12%) Cloud Computing
12 59 (7.49%) Azure AKS
13 57 (7.23%) SaaS
14 56 (7.11%) IaaS
15 54 (6.85%) Amazon S3
16 49 (6.22%) Azure Monitor
17 42 (5.33%) AWS Lambda
18 40 (5.08%) Entra ID
18 40 (5.08%) Power Platform
19 33 (4.19%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.64%) WAN
2 73 (9.26%) LAN
3 54 (6.85%) Firewall
4 48 (6.09%) VPN
5 47 (5.96%) DNS
6 43 (5.46%) Broadband
7 42 (5.33%) TCP/IP
8 24 (3.05%) DHCP
9 19 (2.41%) BGP
10 17 (2.16%) Network Security
10 17 (2.16%) OSPF
11 14 (1.78%) VXLAN
12 10 (1.27%) VLAN
13 9 (1.14%) SD-WAN
14 8 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.76%) HTTP
15 6 (0.76%) Wireless
16 5 (0.63%) NGFW
17 4 (0.51%) NX-OS
17 4 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (11.17%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (5.20%) Metadata
3 38 (4.82%) MongoDB
4 29 (3.68%) Relational Database
5 26 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 25 (3.17%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.05%) Data Lake
8 23 (2.92%) DynamoDB
9 22 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (2.54%) Delta Lake
11 18 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (2.03%) Data Vault
13 13 (1.65%) MySQL
14 11 (1.40%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.14%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.02%) Big Data
17 5 (0.63%) Apache Iceberg
17 5 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 79 (10.03%) Git
2 46 (5.84%) GitLab
3 45 (5.71%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.89%) JIRA
4 7 (0.89%) NUnit
5 6 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.63%) Poetry
7 4 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.51%) Selenium
7 4 (0.51%) Snyk
8 3 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.38%) Postman
8 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) JMeter
9 2 (0.25%) JUnit
9 2 (0.25%) MLflow
9 2 (0.25%) MSI
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 307 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 185 (23.48%) Finance
3 80 (10.15%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.76%) Law
5 64 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
6 55 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 42 (5.33%) Banking
9 29 (3.68%) Games
10 23 (2.92%) Retail
11 19 (2.41%) Legal
12 14 (1.78%) Marketing
13 13 (1.65%) Local Government
14 11 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.63%) Advertising
17 5 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.63%) Aviation
18 4 (0.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 225 (28.55%) Senior
2 133 (16.88%) Architect
3 125 (15.86%) Lead
4 101 (12.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 92 (11.68%) DevOps Engineer
6 78 (9.90%) Azure Engineer
7 66 (8.38%) Systems Architect
8 65 (8.25%) Platform Engineer
9 63 (7.99%) Software Engineer
10 62 (7.87%) Developer
11 52 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 39 (4.95%) Python Engineer
13 38 (4.82%) AWS Engineer
14 37 (4.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.70%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.57%) Site Engineer
16 35 (4.44%) Data Engineer
17 29 (3.68%) Technical Leader
18 28 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
19 27 (3.43%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 452 (57.36%) Terraform
2 65 (8.25%) React
3 48 (6.09%) Node.js
4 47 (5.96%) RESTful
5 40 (5.08%) .NET
6 37 (4.70%) REST
7 33 (4.19%) AWS CDK
8 30 (3.81%) Kafka
8 30 (3.81%) PySpark
9 27 (3.43%) ARM Templates
10 21 (2.66%) Spring
11 20 (2.54%) Next.js
12 18 (2.28%) CSS
12 18 (2.28%) YAML
13 16 (2.03%) Spring Boot
14 14 (1.78%) FastAPI
15 13 (1.65%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.65%) OpenTelemetry
16 12 (1.52%) .NET Core
16 12 (1.52%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 225 (28.55%) Cloud Native
2 91 (11.55%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.96%) Public Cloud
4 40 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.44%) Video\Live Streaming
6 31 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (3.55%) Product Ownership
8 27 (3.43%) Security Posture
9 25 (3.17%) Data Centre
9 25 (3.17%) Low-Code
10 18 (2.28%) Blog
11 16 (2.03%) Podcast
11 16 (2.03%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.65%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.40%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.40%) PKI
14 11 (1.40%) Replication
15 10 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.14%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 88 (11.17%) Linux
2 60 (7.61%) Windows
3 29 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.54%) Unix
5 13 (1.65%) VMS
6 3 (0.38%) Android
6 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (68.53%) CI/CD
2 383 (48.60%) DevOps
3 273 (34.64%) Observability
4 246 (31.22%) Containerisation
5 232 (29.44%) Mentoring
6 209 (26.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 207 (26.27%) AI
8 202 (25.63%) Agile
9 189 (23.98%) Software Engineering
10 174 (22.08%) Technical Leadership
11 165 (20.94%) Platform Engineering
12 158 (20.05%) Roadmaps
13 150 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
14 116 (14.72%) Analytics
15 110 (13.96%) Microservices
16 108 (13.71%) Test Automation
17 97 (12.31%) Full-Stack Development
18 96 (12.18%) Cloud Security
19 94 (11.93%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 91 (11.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 325 (41.24%) Python
2 115 (14.59%) Bicep
3 111 (14.09%) PowerShell
4 105 (13.32%) SQL
5 94 (11.93%) Bash
6 83 (10.53%) Java
7 80 (10.15%) TypeScript
8 66 (8.38%) Go
9 54 (6.85%) JavaScript
10 45 (5.71%) C#
11 20 (2.54%) Scala
12 13 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.52%) Ruby
14 7 (0.89%) C++
14 7 (0.89%) Groovy
14 7 (0.89%) PHP
15 6 (0.76%) Rust
16 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.25%) C
17 2 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 129 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.53%) Azure Certification
4 53 (6.73%) Degree
5 36 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (3.93%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.66%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.16%) SnowPro
10 14 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.52%) CCNP
12 6 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.76%) CCIE
12 6 (0.76%) CCNA
13 5 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.38%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.36%) GRC
2 50 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.92%) QA
4 16 (2.03%) NIST
5 14 (1.78%) GDPR
6 11 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.14%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.14%) SLA
8 6 (0.76%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.76%) NCSC
9 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 151 (19.16%) Docker
2 50 (6.35%) Active Directory
3 33 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (2.66%) vSphere
6 15 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.89%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 204 (25.89%) Kubernetes
2 87 (11.04%) Ansible
3 70 (8.88%) Grafana
4 45 (5.71%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.66%) Argo
6 18 (2.28%) Istio
7 16 (2.03%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.27%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.02%) Kustomize
10 8 (1.02%) Puppet
10 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.51%) linkerd
11 4 (0.51%) Packer
11 4 (0.51%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.38%) Cilium
12 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 254 (32.23%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.73%) Google
3 35 (4.44%) VMware
4 30 (3.81%) Databricks
5 21 (2.66%) Oracle
6 19 (2.41%) Cisco
6 19 (2.41%) Palo Alto
7 16 (2.03%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.78%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.78%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.52%) Informatica
9 12 (1.52%) Okta
9 12 (1.52%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.52%) ScienceLogic
9 12 (1.52%) Splunk
10 8 (1.02%) Arista
11 6 (0.76%) ForgeRock
11 6 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.76%) SolarWinds
11 6 (0.76%) Zscaler