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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 115 79
Rank change year-on-year +36 -36 +12
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 491 493 860
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 2.99% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 3.19% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 325 302 727
10th Percentile £46,328 £44,960 £47,813
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,313 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.84%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £104,500 £97,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 13,114 15,432 20,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.46% 93.53% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,324 9,112 16,422
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,938 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 11 January 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 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.22%) Apache
6 5 (1.02%) Confluence
7 4 (0.81%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 328 (66.80%) Azure
2 266 (54.18%) AWS
3 144 (29.33%) Azure DevOps
4 129 (26.27%) GitHub
5 91 (18.53%) GCP
6 87 (17.72%) GitHub Actions
7 85 (17.31%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (14.87%) Serverless
9 64 (13.03%) Azure Monitor
10 52 (10.59%) Entra ID
11 48 (9.78%) AWS Lambda
12 47 (9.57%) SaaS
13 44 (8.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (8.15%) Amazon EKS
15 37 (7.54%) Amazon S3
15 37 (7.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 37 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (7.33%) PaaS
17 34 (6.92%) IaaS
18 33 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.22%) Firewall
2 43 (8.76%) VPN
3 25 (5.09%) DNS
4 24 (4.89%) WAN
5 23 (4.68%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.87%) LAN
6 19 (3.87%) Network Security
7 16 (3.26%) Broadband
8 13 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (2.24%) SD-WAN
10 10 (2.04%) BGP
11 8 (1.63%) DHCP
11 8 (1.63%) VLAN
12 7 (1.43%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.43%) VoIP
13 6 (1.22%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.61%) OSPF
15 3 (0.61%) SAN
15 3 (0.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.33%) NoSQL
2 29 (5.91%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (4.68%) Data Lake
3 23 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.07%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.26%) DynamoDB
6 16 (3.26%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.65%) MySQL
7 13 (2.65%) RDBMS
7 13 (2.65%) Redis
8 12 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (2.24%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.43%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 64 (13.03%) Jenkins
2 40 (8.15%) Git
2 40 (8.15%) GitLab
3 13 (2.65%) Jaeger
4 10 (2.04%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.63%) JIRA
6 7 (1.43%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.22%) git-flow
8 5 (1.02%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.02%) Storybook
9 3 (0.61%) JMeter
9 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.41%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.41%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.20%) Serenity BDD
11 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 153 (31.16%) Finance
2 108 (22.00%) Social Skills
3 38 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.54%) Banking
4 37 (7.54%) Law
5 34 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.50%) Retail
8 25 (5.09%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.26%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.44%) Back Office
11 11 (2.24%) Billing
11 11 (2.24%) Legal
12 7 (1.43%) Games
12 7 (1.43%) Marketing
13 6 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Health Technology
14 5 (1.02%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (25.25%) Senior
2 85 (17.31%) Cloud Engineer
3 67 (13.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 65 (13.24%) Lead
5 60 (12.22%) Azure Engineer
6 44 (8.96%) Developer
6 44 (8.96%) Platform Engineer
7 42 (8.55%) Architect
8 38 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (5.70%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (4.28%) Senior DevOps
11 19 (3.87%) Lead DevOps
11 19 (3.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 19 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.67%) Infrastructure Architect
12 18 (3.67%) Software Engineer
13 17 (3.46%) Data Engineer
13 17 (3.46%) Linux Engineer
14 16 (3.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.15%) .NET
1 40 (8.15%) React
2 30 (6.11%) Elastic Stack
3 26 (5.30%) Node.js
3 26 (5.30%) OAuth
3 26 (5.30%) RESTful
4 20 (4.07%) YAML
5 16 (3.26%) AWS CDK
5 16 (3.26%) JSON
5 16 (3.26%) OpenAPI
5 16 (3.26%) Spring
5 16 (3.26%) Swagger
6 15 (3.05%) CSS
6 15 (3.05%) Django
6 15 (3.05%) OpenTelemetry
7 14 (2.85%) HTML
7 14 (2.85%) OAuth2
8 13 (2.65%) GraphQL
8 13 (2.65%) Kafka
9 12 (2.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 120 (24.44%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.13%) Data Centre
3 31 (6.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (6.31%) Product Ownership
4 29 (5.91%) Public Cloud
5 23 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (4.07%) Security Posture
7 16 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (3.26%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.85%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.83%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.63%) Blog
11 8 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (1.43%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.02%) Hedge funds
15 4 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (21.59%) Linux
2 55 (11.20%) Windows
3 33 (6.72%) Unix
4 14 (2.85%) VMS
5 11 (2.24%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.22%) Android
8 6 (1.22%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.81%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.61%) CentOS
10 3 (0.61%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (73.52%) DevOps
2 325 (66.19%) CI/CD
3 163 (33.20%) Agile
4 121 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 120 (24.44%) Observability
6 116 (23.63%) Mentoring
7 102 (20.77%) Containerisation
8 86 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 85 (17.31%) Coaching
10 82 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
11 80 (16.29%) Analytics
12 76 (15.48%) Cloud Security
12 76 (15.48%) Roadmaps
13 72 (14.66%) Incident Response
14 71 (14.46%) Platform Engineering
15 69 (14.05%) AI
15 69 (14.05%) Asset Management
16 66 (13.44%) Software Engineering
17 64 (13.03%) High Availability
18 62 (12.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 187 (38.09%) Python
2 107 (21.79%) PowerShell
3 92 (18.74%) Bash
4 85 (17.31%) Bicep
5 78 (15.89%) SQL
6 46 (9.37%) Java
7 41 (8.35%) JavaScript
8 36 (7.33%) C#
9 35 (7.13%) Go
10 33 (6.72%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.63%) Scala
12 4 (0.81%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.41%) PHP
13 2 (0.41%) XAML
14 1 (0.20%) C++
14 1 (0.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 66 (13.44%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.81%) AWS Certification
3 53 (10.79%) SC Cleared
4 50 (10.18%) Azure Certification
5 27 (5.50%) Degree
6 18 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (2.85%) CCNP
10 9 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.63%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.43%) PMI Certification
12 7 (1.43%) PMP
13 5 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.02%) OSCP
14 4 (0.81%) CISSP
14 4 (0.81%) CREST Certified
14 4 (0.81%) OSCE
15 3 (0.61%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.30%) GDPR
2 26 (5.30%) NIST
3 17 (3.46%) PCI DSS
3 17 (3.46%) SOC 2
4 16 (3.26%) Accessibility
5 15 (3.05%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.44%) QA
7 8 (1.63%) SLA
8 6 (1.22%) GRC
9 4 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.81%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
System Software
1 149 (30.35%) Docker
2 25 (5.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.67%) Active Directory
5 17 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (2.44%) vSphere
7 10 (2.04%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.22%) NFS
8 6 (1.22%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.61%) Firmware
9 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.41%) vCloud
11 1 (0.20%) HDFS
11 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 372 (75.76%) Terraform
2 181 (36.86%) Kubernetes
3 116 (23.63%) Ansible
4 67 (13.65%) Grafana
5 63 (12.83%) Prometheus
6 22 (4.48%) Argo
7 21 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (2.65%) Kustomize
9 8 (1.63%) SCOM
10 4 (0.81%) Cilium
10 4 (0.81%) logstash
11 3 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.20%) Icinga
13 1 (0.20%) Kibana
13 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.20%) Puppet
13 1 (0.20%) Rancher
13 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.13%) Google
3 33 (6.72%) VMware
4 24 (4.89%) Cisco
5 18 (3.67%) Databricks
6 14 (2.85%) Ab Initio
7 12 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.44%) Splunk
8 9 (1.83%) New Relic
9 8 (1.63%) Oracle
10 7 (1.43%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.43%) Commvault
10 7 (1.43%) Pure Storage
11 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.02%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.02%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.81%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.81%) Dell
12 4 (0.81%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.81%) PagerDuty