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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 151 144
Rank change year-on-year +83 -7 -69
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 797 382 589
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.60% 2.32% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 2.49% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 520 286 462
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,375 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,810 £68,950
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +14.30% -8.07%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £104,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -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 18,379 15,333 23,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.97% 93.03% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 13,361 9,055 17,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 31 July 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 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (1.88%) Apache
3 14 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.75%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.63%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.38%) Camunda
7 3 (0.38%) Confluence
7 3 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
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%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 444 (55.71%) AWS
2 438 (54.96%) Azure
3 142 (17.82%) GCP
4 112 (14.05%) Serverless
5 109 (13.68%) GitHub
6 98 (12.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 96 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (9.91%) PaaS
9 68 (8.53%) Cloud Computing
10 63 (7.90%) GitHub Actions
11 60 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
12 56 (7.03%) SaaS
13 54 (6.78%) IaaS
14 52 (6.52%) Amazon S3
15 50 (6.27%) Azure AKS
16 41 (5.14%) Azure Monitor
17 40 (5.02%) Power Platform
18 39 (4.89%) Amazon EC2
18 39 (4.89%) AWS Lambda
19 34 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.54%) LAN
1 76 (9.54%) WAN
2 63 (7.90%) Firewall
3 53 (6.65%) Broadband
4 47 (5.90%) VPN
5 42 (5.27%) TCP/IP
6 41 (5.14%) DNS
7 18 (2.26%) BGP
8 17 (2.13%) Network Security
9 16 (2.01%) OSPF
10 15 (1.88%) DHCP
11 14 (1.76%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (1.63%) VLAN
12 13 (1.63%) VXLAN
13 9 (1.13%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (0.88%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.88%) WebEx
15 6 (0.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (12.30%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.40%) MongoDB
3 40 (5.02%) Metadata
4 28 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 26 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (3.14%) Data Lake
6 25 (3.14%) SQL Server
7 22 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (2.38%) DynamoDB
9 16 (2.01%) Delta Lake
10 13 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (1.63%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (1.51%) MySQL
12 11 (1.38%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.38%) Data Vault
13 10 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.25%) Redis
14 7 (0.88%) Big Data
15 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 81 (10.16%) Git
2 48 (6.02%) GitLab
3 43 (5.40%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.00%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.00%) NUnit
5 6 (0.75%) JMeter
6 5 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.63%) Locust
7 4 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.50%) JIRA
7 4 (0.50%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) MLflow
8 3 (0.38%) Snyk
8 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.25%) MSI
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Postman
9 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 289 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 175 (21.96%) Finance
3 72 (9.03%) Law
4 70 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 64 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (7.90%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.77%) Banking
9 33 (4.14%) Games
10 27 (3.39%) Retail
11 19 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.01%) Marketing
13 15 (1.88%) Legal
14 11 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.88%) Advertising
16 7 (0.88%) Aviation
16 7 (0.88%) Local Government
17 6 (0.75%) Billing
17 6 (0.75%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 208 (26.10%) Senior
2 136 (17.06%) Lead
3 130 (16.31%) Architect
4 96 (12.05%) DevOps Engineer
5 93 (11.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 72 (9.03%) Platform Engineer
7 71 (8.91%) Developer
8 68 (8.53%) Azure Engineer
9 67 (8.41%) Systems Architect
10 55 (6.90%) Software Engineer
11 43 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
12 41 (5.14%) Python Engineer
13 38 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 36 (4.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 34 (4.27%) Data Engineer
16 30 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
17 29 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 28 (3.51%) Senior Developer
18 28 (3.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
19 27 (3.39%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (7.78%) React
2 54 (6.78%) REST
3 44 (5.52%) Node.js
3 44 (5.52%) RESTful
4 42 (5.27%) .NET
5 38 (4.77%) AWS CDK
6 31 (3.89%) ARM Templates
7 26 (3.26%) YAML
8 24 (3.01%) Next.js
8 24 (3.01%) Spring
9 22 (2.76%) Kafka
10 21 (2.63%) PySpark
11 19 (2.38%) Spring Boot
12 18 (2.26%) FastAPI
13 17 (2.13%) Django
14 16 (2.01%) CSS
15 14 (1.76%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.63%) JSON
16 13 (1.63%) PyTorch
17 12 (1.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 231 (28.98%) Cloud Native
2 86 (10.79%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (5.65%) Video\Live Streaming
4 43 (5.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 41 (5.14%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.02%) Low-Code
7 29 (3.64%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.14%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.26%) Podcast
10 17 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.01%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.76%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.76%) Replication
12 14 (1.76%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.25%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.25%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 103 (12.92%) Linux
2 52 (6.52%) Windows
3 21 (2.63%) Unix
3 21 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.63%) VMS
5 5 (0.63%) Android
6 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (69.01%) CI/CD
2 411 (51.57%) DevOps
3 270 (33.88%) Observability
4 255 (31.99%) Containerisation
5 222 (27.85%) Mentoring
6 221 (27.73%) Agile
7 217 (27.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 207 (25.97%) AI
9 183 (22.96%) Software Engineering
10 180 (22.58%) Technical Leadership
11 176 (22.08%) Platform Engineering
12 163 (20.45%) Roadmaps
13 139 (17.44%) Test Automation
14 137 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
15 123 (15.43%) Microservices
16 107 (13.43%) Full-Stack Development
17 103 (12.92%) Analytics
18 94 (11.79%) Machine Learning
19 87 (10.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 84 (10.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 344 (43.16%) Python
2 105 (13.17%) Bicep
3 101 (12.67%) SQL
4 94 (11.79%) PowerShell
5 91 (11.42%) Bash
6 90 (11.29%) Java
7 78 (9.79%) TypeScript
8 70 (8.78%) Go
9 65 (8.16%) JavaScript
10 47 (5.90%) C#
11 16 (2.01%) Scala
12 13 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.51%) Ruby
14 8 (1.00%) PHP
15 7 (0.88%) C++
15 7 (0.88%) Groovy
16 5 (0.63%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.50%) Rust
17 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 123 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 113 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.54%) Azure Certification
4 59 (7.40%) Degree
5 30 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (3.39%) AWS Certification
7 22 (2.76%) DV Cleared
8 21 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.63%) CCNP
11 12 (1.51%) SnowPro
12 9 (1.13%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.00%) CCNA
14 6 (0.75%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.63%) CCIE
16 4 (0.50%) LPIC
16 4 (0.50%) MCSE
16 4 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.40%) GRC
2 44 (5.52%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.77%) QA
4 15 (1.88%) GDPR
5 14 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.76%) NIST
6 10 (1.25%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.63%) WCAG
9 3 (0.38%) NCSC
10 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) SLA
10 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 163 (20.45%) Docker
2 40 (5.02%) Active Directory
3 35 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.14%) vSphere
5 14 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.50%) Firmware
9 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 446 (55.96%) Terraform
2 224 (28.11%) Kubernetes
3 88 (11.04%) Ansible
4 75 (9.41%) Grafana
5 46 (5.77%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.51%) Argo
7 15 (1.88%) Istio
7 15 (1.88%) Progress Chef
8 13 (1.63%) Puppet
9 9 (1.13%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.88%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.75%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.50%) linkerd
14 3 (0.38%) Packer
14 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 224 (28.11%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.90%) Google
3 40 (5.02%) VMware
4 31 (3.89%) Cisco
5 28 (3.51%) Databricks
5 28 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 20 (2.51%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 17 (2.13%) Oracle
8 13 (1.63%) Splunk
9 12 (1.51%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.38%) F5
10 11 (1.38%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.25%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.25%) Informatica
11 10 (1.25%) Okta
12 9 (1.13%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.88%) Arista
13 7 (0.88%) NetApp
14 6 (0.75%) Juniper