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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 125 118
Rank change year-on-year +51 -7 -53
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 812 412 593
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 2.45% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 2.61% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 544 301 365
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £105,000
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 19,983 15,760 19,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.57% 93.83% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,257 8,411 11,456
10th Percentile £33,900 £29,750 £35,134
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 8 October 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 (2.34%) Apache
2 18 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.09%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.86%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.74%) CMS
6 5 (0.62%) Camunda
6 5 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.49%) Confluence
7 4 (0.49%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.37%) IIS
8 3 (0.37%) nginx
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
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 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 462 (56.90%) Azure
2 433 (53.33%) AWS
3 149 (18.35%) GCP
4 136 (16.75%) GitHub
5 114 (14.04%) Serverless
6 112 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (11.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 77 (9.48%) PaaS
9 75 (9.24%) GitHub Actions
10 73 (8.99%) SaaS
11 70 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
12 65 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
13 61 (7.51%) Azure AKS
13 61 (7.51%) IaaS
14 57 (7.02%) Amazon S3
15 55 (6.77%) Azure Monitor
16 53 (6.53%) Entra ID
17 45 (5.54%) AWS Lambda
18 44 (5.42%) Power Platform
19 43 (5.30%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (8.99%) WAN
2 68 (8.37%) LAN
3 58 (7.14%) VPN
4 56 (6.90%) Firewall
5 46 (5.67%) DNS
6 44 (5.42%) TCP/IP
7 42 (5.17%) Broadband
8 24 (2.96%) Network Security
9 23 (2.83%) BGP
10 21 (2.59%) DHCP
11 15 (1.85%) OSPF
12 14 (1.72%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.99%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.99%) VLAN
14 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.62%) NGFW
15 5 (0.62%) Wireless
16 4 (0.49%) HTTP
16 4 (0.49%) NX-OS
16 4 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (11.58%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.30%) Metadata
3 35 (4.31%) MongoDB
4 30 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
6 27 (3.33%) Relational Database
7 26 (3.20%) Data Lake
8 25 (3.08%) DynamoDB
9 24 (2.96%) SQL Server
10 20 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (2.46%) Delta Lake
11 18 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (2.09%) Data Vault
13 13 (1.60%) MySQL
14 10 (1.23%) NoSQL
15 8 (0.99%) Big Data
16 7 (0.86%) Power BI
16 7 (0.86%) Redis
17 6 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
17 6 (0.74%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 71 (8.74%) Git
2 52 (6.40%) GitLab
3 51 (6.28%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.35%) TeamCity
5 8 (0.99%) JIRA
6 5 (0.62%) Poetry
6 5 (0.62%) Snyk
7 4 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.49%) JUnit
7 4 (0.49%) NUnit
8 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.37%) Postman
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.25%) MLflow
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) Vagrant
General
1 324 (39.90%) Social Skills
2 192 (23.65%) Finance
3 105 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 66 (8.13%) Law
5 63 (7.76%) Presentation Skills
6 60 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (4.43%) Banking
9 28 (3.45%) Games
10 25 (3.08%) Retail
11 14 (1.72%) Legal
12 13 (1.60%) Marketing
13 11 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.23%) Local Government
15 8 (0.99%) Police
16 7 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.74%) Back Office
17 6 (0.74%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.62%) Advertising
18 5 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 248 (30.54%) Senior
2 142 (17.49%) Architect
3 124 (15.27%) Lead
4 105 (12.93%) DevOps Engineer
5 103 (12.68%) Cloud Engineer
6 84 (10.34%) Azure Engineer
7 73 (8.99%) Software Engineer
8 69 (8.50%) Platform Engineer
9 65 (8.00%) Systems Architect
10 58 (7.14%) Developer
11 54 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 40 (4.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 38 (4.68%) AWS Engineer
14 37 (4.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 36 (4.43%) Python Engineer
15 36 (4.43%) Site Engineer
16 35 (4.31%) Data Engineer
17 33 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
18 30 (3.69%) Senior DevOps
19 29 (3.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (57.14%) Terraform
2 72 (8.87%) React
3 49 (6.03%) .NET
3 49 (6.03%) Node.js
4 46 (5.67%) REST
5 43 (5.30%) RESTful
6 32 (3.94%) PySpark
7 29 (3.57%) Kafka
8 28 (3.45%) AWS CDK
9 27 (3.33%) ARM Templates
10 23 (2.83%) Next.js
11 20 (2.46%) Spring
12 18 (2.22%) CSS
13 16 (1.97%) .NET Core
13 16 (1.97%) Spring Boot
13 16 (1.97%) YAML
14 14 (1.72%) OAuth
14 14 (1.72%) OpenTelemetry
15 12 (1.48%) Middleware
15 12 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 232 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 103 (12.68%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.79%) Public Cloud
4 38 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (4.31%) Video\Live Streaming
6 33 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (3.94%) Security Posture
8 26 (3.20%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.96%) Low-Code
10 23 (2.83%) Management Information System
11 22 (2.71%) Blog
12 18 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (2.22%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.85%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.48%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.48%) Podcast
15 10 (1.23%) PKI
15 10 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 95 (11.70%) Linux
2 63 (7.76%) Windows
3 29 (3.57%) Unix
4 27 (3.33%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.48%) VMS
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (69.33%) CI/CD
2 398 (49.01%) DevOps
3 278 (34.24%) Observability
4 256 (31.53%) Containerisation
5 253 (31.16%) Mentoring
6 222 (27.34%) AI
6 222 (27.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 197 (24.26%) Agile
8 193 (23.77%) Software Engineering
9 174 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
10 172 (21.18%) Technical Leadership
11 160 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
12 159 (19.58%) Roadmaps
13 127 (15.64%) Analytics
14 119 (14.66%) Cloud Security
15 117 (14.41%) Test Automation
16 116 (14.29%) Microservices
17 96 (11.82%) Coaching
18 93 (11.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 92 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 331 (40.76%) Python
2 122 (15.02%) Bicep
3 118 (14.53%) PowerShell
4 111 (13.67%) SQL
5 99 (12.19%) Bash
6 91 (11.21%) Java
7 79 (9.73%) TypeScript
8 77 (9.48%) Go
9 54 (6.65%) C#
10 51 (6.28%) JavaScript
11 20 (2.46%) Scala
12 13 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.23%) Ruby
14 9 (1.11%) PHP
15 8 (0.99%) Groovy
16 7 (0.86%) Rust
17 6 (0.74%) C++
18 3 (0.37%) C
18 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
19 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 148 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 135 (16.63%) SC Cleared
3 88 (10.84%) Azure Certification
4 50 (6.16%) Degree
5 40 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (4.31%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.46%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.09%) SnowPro
10 16 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.11%) CCNP
13 6 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.74%) CISM
13 6 (0.74%) CISSP
13 6 (0.74%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.62%) CCSP
14 5 (0.62%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.14%) GRC
2 53 (6.53%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.83%) NIST
4 21 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.34%) GDPR
6 18 (2.22%) PCI DSS
6 18 (2.22%) QA
7 14 (1.72%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.48%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.11%) SLA
10 6 (0.74%) NCSC
11 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) IASME
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 159 (19.58%) Docker
2 48 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (2.22%) vSphere
7 7 (0.86%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 210 (25.86%) Kubernetes
2 85 (10.47%) Ansible
3 82 (10.10%) Grafana
4 46 (5.67%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.96%) Argo
6 19 (2.34%) Istio
7 17 (2.09%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.23%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.11%) Kustomize
9 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.99%) Cilium
10 8 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.86%) Packer
12 6 (0.74%) Puppet
13 5 (0.62%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.49%) linkerd
15 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
16 2 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
16 2 (0.25%) SCCM
16 2 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 267 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.39%) Google
3 33 (4.06%) Databricks
3 33 (4.06%) VMware
4 25 (3.08%) Dynatrace
5 22 (2.71%) Oracle
6 15 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 14 (1.72%) Cisco
7 14 (1.72%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.48%) Informatica
8 12 (1.48%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.35%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.35%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.11%) Okta
10 9 (1.11%) Splunk
11 8 (0.99%) Arista
12 7 (0.86%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.74%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.74%) Zscaler
14 5 (0.62%) YouTube