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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 144 140
Rank change year-on-year +77 -4 -69
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 822 389 580
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 2.36% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.54% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 535 297 442
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,850 £43,200
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,810 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +16.76% -10.00%
75th Percentile £90,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,750 £101,250 £102,500
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 18,735 15,321 22,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.93% 87.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,552 9,025 15,867
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.02% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 7 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 19 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (1.82%) Apache
2 15 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.49%) Camunda
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 3 (0.36%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) IIS
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%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 457 (55.60%) AWS
2 453 (55.11%) Azure
3 155 (18.86%) GCP
4 113 (13.75%) GitHub
4 113 (13.75%) Serverless
5 106 (12.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 97 (11.80%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (9.49%) PaaS
8 69 (8.39%) Cloud Computing
9 64 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
10 62 (7.54%) GitHub Actions
11 59 (7.18%) SaaS
12 53 (6.45%) IaaS
13 52 (6.33%) Amazon S3
14 50 (6.08%) Azure AKS
15 41 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
16 40 (4.87%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (4.87%) Power Platform
17 39 (4.74%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (4.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.25%) LAN
1 76 (9.25%) WAN
2 63 (7.66%) Firewall
3 54 (6.57%) Broadband
4 49 (5.96%) TCP/IP
5 46 (5.60%) DNS
5 46 (5.60%) VPN
6 19 (2.31%) DHCP
7 18 (2.19%) BGP
8 16 (1.95%) Network Security
8 16 (1.95%) OSPF
9 13 (1.58%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (1.58%) VLAN
9 13 (1.58%) VXLAN
10 9 (1.09%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (0.85%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.85%) WebEx
12 6 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (12.04%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.23%) MongoDB
3 42 (5.11%) Metadata
4 29 (3.53%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
5 27 (3.28%) Data Lake
5 27 (3.28%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (2.31%) DynamoDB
8 18 (2.19%) Delta Lake
9 15 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (1.58%) Data Vault
10 13 (1.58%) MySQL
10 13 (1.58%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (1.46%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.22%) Redis
13 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.85%) Big Data
15 6 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 83 (10.10%) Git
2 47 (5.72%) GitLab
3 42 (5.11%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.09%) NUnit
5 8 (0.97%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.73%) JMeter
7 5 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.61%) Locust
7 5 (0.61%) Selenium
8 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.49%) JIRA
8 4 (0.49%) Snyk
9 3 (0.36%) MLflow
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 302 (36.74%) Social Skills
2 183 (22.26%) Finance
3 73 (8.88%) Public Sector
4 72 (8.76%) Law
5 65 (7.91%) Presentation Skills
6 61 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (4.87%) Banking
9 33 (4.01%) Games
10 28 (3.41%) Retail
11 19 (2.31%) Legal
12 18 (2.19%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.07%) Marketing
14 10 (1.22%) Local Government
14 10 (1.22%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.85%) Advertising
16 7 (0.85%) Aviation
17 6 (0.73%) Legal Technology
18 5 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 217 (26.40%) Senior
2 137 (16.67%) Lead
3 132 (16.06%) Architect
4 101 (12.29%) DevOps Engineer
5 94 (11.44%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (8.88%) Developer
6 73 (8.88%) Platform Engineer
7 70 (8.52%) Azure Engineer
8 67 (8.15%) Systems Architect
9 61 (7.42%) Software Engineer
10 44 (5.35%) Python Engineer
11 43 (5.23%) AWS Engineer
12 41 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (4.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 35 (4.26%) Data Engineer
14 35 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 32 (3.89%) Site Engineer
16 31 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
17 29 (3.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 28 (3.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (8.27%) React
2 53 (6.45%) REST
3 46 (5.60%) .NET
4 45 (5.47%) Node.js
4 45 (5.47%) RESTful
5 39 (4.74%) AWS CDK
6 30 (3.65%) ARM Templates
7 25 (3.04%) Next.js
7 25 (3.04%) Spring
7 25 (3.04%) YAML
8 23 (2.80%) Kafka
8 23 (2.80%) PySpark
9 19 (2.31%) Spring Boot
10 18 (2.19%) CSS
10 18 (2.19%) FastAPI
11 17 (2.07%) Django
12 15 (1.82%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.70%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.58%) JSON
14 13 (1.58%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 233 (28.35%) Cloud Native
2 90 (10.95%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (5.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 45 (5.47%) Public Cloud
3 45 (5.47%) Video\Live Streaming
4 40 (4.87%) Product Ownership
5 35 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (3.89%) Low-Code
7 30 (3.65%) Security Posture
8 24 (2.92%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.19%) Podcast
10 17 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.70%) Blog
12 14 (1.70%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.70%) Replication
12 14 (1.70%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 107 (13.02%) Linux
2 56 (6.81%) Windows
3 24 (2.92%) Unix
3 24 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.58%) VMS
5 5 (0.61%) Android
6 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (68.61%) CI/CD
2 424 (51.58%) DevOps
3 281 (34.18%) Observability
4 259 (31.51%) Containerisation
5 237 (28.83%) Mentoring
6 230 (27.98%) Agile
7 226 (27.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (25.91%) AI
9 195 (23.72%) Software Engineering
10 187 (22.75%) Technical Leadership
11 183 (22.26%) Platform Engineering
12 164 (19.95%) Roadmaps
13 139 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
13 139 (16.91%) Test Automation
14 124 (15.09%) Microservices
15 112 (13.63%) Full-Stack Development
16 110 (13.38%) Analytics
17 97 (11.80%) Machine Learning
18 96 (11.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 90 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 352 (42.82%) Python
2 108 (13.14%) Bicep
3 104 (12.65%) SQL
4 100 (12.17%) PowerShell
5 94 (11.44%) Java
6 92 (11.19%) Bash
7 81 (9.85%) TypeScript
8 70 (8.52%) Go
9 63 (7.66%) JavaScript
10 50 (6.08%) C#
11 19 (2.31%) Scala
12 14 (1.70%) Ruby
13 13 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.97%) PHP
15 7 (0.85%) C++
15 7 (0.85%) Groovy
16 5 (0.61%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.36%) Rust
19 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 137 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 127 (15.45%) SC Cleared
3 81 (9.85%) Azure Certification
4 62 (7.54%) Degree
5 32 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (3.53%) AWS Certification
7 26 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 23 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.70%) SnowPro
10 13 (1.58%) CCNP
11 9 (1.09%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.97%) CCNA
13 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.61%) CCIE
15 4 (0.49%) LPIC
15 4 (0.49%) MCSE
15 4 (0.49%) VCAP
15 4 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.18%) GRC
2 47 (5.72%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.62%) QA
4 15 (1.82%) GDPR
5 14 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.70%) NIST
6 9 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.61%) WCAG
9 4 (0.49%) NCSC
10 3 (0.36%) SLA
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 164 (19.95%) Docker
2 44 (5.35%) Active Directory
3 38 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.04%) vSphere
5 17 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.49%) Firmware
8 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 458 (55.72%) Terraform
2 225 (27.37%) Kubernetes
3 90 (10.95%) Ansible
4 77 (9.37%) Grafana
5 45 (5.47%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.43%) Argo
7 16 (1.95%) Istio
8 15 (1.82%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.46%) Puppet
10 9 (1.09%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.73%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.73%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.61%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.49%) linkerd
15 3 (0.36%) Packer
15 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 232 (28.22%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.69%) Google
3 42 (5.11%) VMware
4 31 (3.77%) Cisco
5 29 (3.53%) Databricks
6 27 (3.28%) Palo Alto
7 21 (2.55%) Red Hat
8 19 (2.31%) Oracle
9 17 (2.07%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.70%) Splunk
11 12 (1.46%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.46%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.34%) Okta
12 11 (1.34%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.22%) F5
13 10 (1.22%) Informatica
13 10 (1.22%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.85%) Arista
14 7 (0.85%) NetApp
15 6 (0.73%) SolarWinds