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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 118 115
Rank change year-on-year +39 -3 -29
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 562 384 821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 2.94% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 3.10% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 346 281 704
10th Percentile £46,446 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,813 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,360 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +6.78% -4.30%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £74,254 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +3.45% -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 14,370 12,407 28,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.57% 95.09% 91.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,532 8,764 23,078
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,763
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 24 March 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 14 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.60%) Apache
3 8 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.25%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.71%) Confluence
6 4 (0.71%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Camunda
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 344 (61.21%) AWS
2 307 (54.63%) Azure
3 125 (22.24%) Azure DevOps
4 123 (21.89%) GitHub
5 105 (18.68%) GCP
6 94 (16.73%) Serverless
7 91 (16.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 90 (16.01%) GitHub Actions
9 57 (10.14%) SaaS
10 55 (9.79%) Amazon EKS
11 50 (8.90%) Amazon S3
12 49 (8.72%) Azure Monitor
13 47 (8.36%) AWS Lambda
14 46 (8.19%) PaaS
15 43 (7.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 40 (7.12%) Entra ID
17 39 (6.94%) dbt
18 38 (6.76%) Amazon ECS
19 37 (6.58%) Amazon EC2
20 35 (6.23%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.57%) Firewall
2 38 (6.76%) Broadband
3 29 (5.16%) TCP/IP
3 29 (5.16%) VPN
4 15 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (2.31%) DNS
5 13 (2.31%) Network Security
6 12 (2.14%) BGP
7 11 (1.96%) VLAN
8 8 (1.42%) WAN
9 7 (1.25%) LAN
10 4 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.71%) DHCP
10 4 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.71%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.71%) WebEx
11 3 (0.53%) Modbus
12 2 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.01%) NoSQL
1 45 (8.01%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (6.76%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (5.16%) SQL Server
4 25 (4.45%) Relational Database
5 21 (3.74%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.38%) MongoDB
6 19 (3.38%) RDBMS
7 15 (2.67%) DynamoDB
7 15 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (2.67%) MySQL
7 15 (2.67%) Redis
8 14 (2.49%) Metadata
9 13 (2.31%) Delta Lake
10 10 (1.78%) Amazon Aurora
10 10 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.89%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 49 (8.72%) Jenkins
2 44 (7.83%) Git
3 41 (7.30%) GitLab
4 19 (3.38%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.60%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.42%) JIRA
6 8 (1.42%) JMeter
6 8 (1.42%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.25%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.07%) git-flow
8 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.89%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.89%) Locust
9 5 (0.89%) Selenium
9 5 (0.89%) Storybook
10 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.53%) NUnit
10 3 (0.53%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.36%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
General
1 139 (24.73%) Finance
2 137 (24.38%) Social Skills
3 64 (11.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (9.07%) Public Sector
6 49 (8.72%) Banking
7 46 (8.19%) Retail
8 39 (6.94%) Law
9 29 (5.16%) Telecoms
10 24 (4.27%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.56%) Back Office
12 16 (2.85%) Billing
13 13 (2.31%) Marketing
14 11 (1.96%) Legal
15 9 (1.60%) Games
16 7 (1.25%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.25%) Tech for Good
17 6 (1.07%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.89%) Military
18 5 (0.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 141 (25.09%) Senior
2 98 (17.44%) Lead
3 82 (14.59%) Cloud Engineer
4 65 (11.57%) Platform Engineer
5 62 (11.03%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (10.32%) Developer
7 52 (9.25%) Azure Engineer
8 50 (8.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (7.12%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (5.52%) Architect
11 28 (4.98%) Software Engineer
12 24 (4.27%) Senior DevOps
13 23 (4.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 22 (3.91%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.91%) Lead DevOps
15 20 (3.56%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 19 (3.38%) Senior Developer
17 17 (3.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 16 (2.85%) AWS Platform Engineer
19 15 (2.67%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.19%) .NET
2 45 (8.01%) React
3 35 (6.23%) Elastic Stack
3 35 (6.23%) REST
3 35 (6.23%) RESTful
4 31 (5.52%) Node.js
4 31 (5.52%) Spring
5 26 (4.63%) Spring Boot
5 26 (4.63%) YAML
6 25 (4.45%) OAuth
7 24 (4.27%) AWS CDK
7 24 (4.27%) Django
8 21 (3.74%) JSON
9 20 (3.56%) CSS
9 20 (3.56%) OpenAPI
9 20 (3.56%) OpenTelemetry
9 20 (3.56%) Swagger
10 19 (3.38%) HTML
11 18 (3.20%) Kafka
12 15 (2.67%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 143 (25.44%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.76%) Product Ownership
3 35 (6.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.34%) Data Centre
6 26 (4.63%) Security Posture
7 25 (4.45%) Public Cloud
8 19 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (3.38%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.85%) Blog
9 16 (2.85%) Video\Live Streaming
10 15 (2.67%) Legacy Applications
10 15 (2.67%) Mobile App
11 13 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.78%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (1.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 134 (23.84%) Linux
2 50 (8.90%) Unix
3 49 (8.72%) Windows
4 15 (2.67%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.96%) Android
6 10 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.42%) VMS
8 7 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.07%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.89%) CentOS
11 4 (0.71%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.18%) Debian
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (69.04%) CI/CD
2 384 (68.33%) DevOps
3 195 (34.70%) Agile
4 161 (28.65%) Mentoring
5 157 (27.94%) Observability
6 151 (26.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 145 (25.80%) Containerisation
8 111 (19.75%) Platform Engineering
9 103 (18.33%) Software Engineering
10 100 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 90 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (15.84%) AI
12 89 (15.84%) Test Automation
13 81 (14.41%) Roadmaps
14 78 (13.88%) Incident Response
15 76 (13.52%) Technical Leadership
16 75 (13.35%) Coaching
17 73 (12.99%) Analytics
18 69 (12.28%) Cloud Security
19 64 (11.39%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 232 (41.28%) Python
2 98 (17.44%) Bash
3 89 (15.84%) Java
3 89 (15.84%) PowerShell
4 79 (14.06%) SQL
5 74 (13.17%) Bicep
6 59 (10.50%) JavaScript
7 57 (10.14%) Go
8 39 (6.94%) C#
9 37 (6.58%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.14%) Scala
11 9 (1.60%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.07%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.71%) Ruby
14 3 (0.53%) Rust
15 2 (0.36%) C++
15 2 (0.36%) PHP
15 2 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (13.35%) Security Cleared
2 63 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.72%) AWS Certification
4 44 (7.83%) Degree
5 39 (6.94%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.49%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.42%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.25%) CCNP
11 6 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.89%) CCNA
12 5 (0.89%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.89%) LPIC
12 5 (0.89%) MCSE
12 5 (0.89%) OSCP
12 5 (0.89%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.71%) OSCE
13 4 (0.71%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.87%) QA
2 31 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.45%) GDPR
3 25 (4.45%) PCI DSS
3 25 (4.45%) SOC 2
4 21 (3.74%) Accessibility
4 21 (3.74%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.67%) NIST
6 7 (1.25%) GRC
6 7 (1.25%) SLA
7 5 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.71%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 172 (30.60%) Docker
2 26 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.85%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.49%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.49%) vSphere
5 8 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.89%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.71%) Firmware
8 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.36%) vCloud
10 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 389 (69.22%) Terraform
2 197 (35.05%) Kubernetes
3 119 (21.17%) Ansible
4 73 (12.99%) Prometheus
5 71 (12.63%) Grafana
6 26 (4.63%) Argo
7 19 (3.38%) Kustomize
8 12 (2.14%) Puppet
9 11 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.25%) Progress Chef
12 6 (1.07%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.89%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.71%) Cilium
14 4 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.71%) logstash
14 4 (0.71%) Packer
14 4 (0.71%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.36%) MIIS
Vendors
1 89 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.19%) Google
3 41 (7.30%) VMware
4 28 (4.98%) Cisco
5 21 (3.74%) Databricks
6 18 (3.20%) Splunk
7 14 (2.49%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.31%) Palo Alto
9 12 (2.14%) Ab Initio
9 12 (2.14%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.60%) New Relic
11 8 (1.42%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.25%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.25%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.07%) F5
13 6 (1.07%) Juniper
13 6 (1.07%) Oracle
14 5 (0.89%) NetApp
15 4 (0.71%) Dell