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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 121 109
Rank change year-on-year +45 -12 -22
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 558 395 840
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.33% 2.85% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 2.99% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 356 281 711
10th Percentile £46,125 £46,672 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,870 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +6.08% -2.65%
75th Percentile £85,125 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 14,265 13,196 27,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.18% 95.34% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,356 8,763 22,811
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,411 £34,000
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 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 13 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 13 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.79%) Apache
2 10 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.72%) Confluence
5 4 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Camunda
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 332 (59.50%) AWS
2 313 (56.09%) Azure
3 129 (23.12%) Azure DevOps
3 129 (23.12%) GitHub
4 99 (17.74%) GCP
5 95 (17.03%) GitHub Actions
6 93 (16.67%) Serverless
7 92 (16.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 57 (10.22%) SaaS
9 56 (10.04%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (9.68%) Amazon EKS
10 54 (9.68%) PaaS
11 50 (8.96%) Amazon S3
11 50 (8.96%) Entra ID
12 48 (8.60%) AWS Lambda
13 44 (7.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 41 (7.35%) IaaS
15 39 (6.99%) dbt
16 38 (6.81%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (6.81%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (11.83%) Firewall
2 35 (6.27%) VPN
3 32 (5.73%) Broadband
4 26 (4.66%) TCP/IP
5 17 (3.05%) DNS
6 14 (2.51%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (2.15%) BGP
7 12 (2.15%) Network Security
8 11 (1.97%) VLAN
9 7 (1.25%) WAN
10 4 (0.72%) DHCP
10 4 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.72%) LAN
10 4 (0.72%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.54%) WebEx
12 2 (0.36%) DSL
12 2 (0.36%) Modbus
12 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.89%) NoSQL
2 38 (6.81%) Amazon RDS
2 38 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (5.02%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.30%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.94%) Data Lake
6 20 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.41%) RDBMS
8 16 (2.87%) Redis
9 15 (2.69%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (2.69%) MySQL
10 14 (2.51%) Delta Lake
10 14 (2.51%) Metadata
11 13 (2.33%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (0.90%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 51 (9.14%) Jenkins
2 42 (7.53%) Git
2 42 (7.53%) GitLab
3 19 (3.41%) Jaeger
4 9 (1.61%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.43%) JIRA
5 8 (1.43%) JMeter
5 8 (1.43%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.25%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.08%) git-flow
8 5 (0.90%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.90%) Locust
8 5 (0.90%) Storybook
8 5 (0.90%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.72%) Selenium
10 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.54%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.36%) NUnit
11 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.18%) Jasmine
General
1 143 (25.63%) Finance
2 140 (25.09%) Social Skills
3 61 (10.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 57 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 48 (8.60%) Banking
7 45 (8.06%) Retail
8 37 (6.63%) Law
9 28 (5.02%) Telecoms
10 24 (4.30%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.58%) Back Office
12 16 (2.87%) Billing
13 12 (2.15%) Marketing
14 8 (1.43%) Legal
15 7 (1.25%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.25%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.90%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.90%) Military
16 5 (0.90%) Publishing
17 4 (0.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 135 (24.19%) Senior
2 94 (16.85%) Lead
3 86 (15.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (12.01%) Platform Engineer
5 62 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (10.22%) Azure Engineer
7 53 (9.50%) Developer
8 48 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 42 (7.53%) AWS Engineer
10 28 (5.02%) Architect
10 28 (5.02%) Software Engineer
11 24 (4.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.30%) Data Engineer
12 23 (4.12%) Senior DevOps
13 21 (3.76%) Lead DevOps
14 20 (3.58%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 17 (3.05%) AWS Platform Engineer
15 17 (3.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 15 (2.69%) Operations Engineer
16 15 (2.69%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.06%) React
2 44 (7.89%) .NET
3 35 (6.27%) Elastic Stack
4 34 (6.09%) RESTful
5 31 (5.56%) Node.js
6 28 (5.02%) Spring
7 27 (4.84%) REST
8 26 (4.66%) YAML
9 25 (4.48%) OAuth
10 23 (4.12%) AWS CDK
10 23 (4.12%) Django
10 23 (4.12%) Spring Boot
11 22 (3.94%) JSON
12 21 (3.76%) OpenTelemetry
13 20 (3.58%) CSS
13 20 (3.58%) OpenAPI
13 20 (3.58%) Swagger
14 19 (3.41%) HTML
14 19 (3.41%) Kafka
15 15 (2.69%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 138 (24.73%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 33 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.38%) Data Centre
4 30 (5.38%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.66%) Public Cloud
6 24 (4.30%) Security Posture
7 23 (4.12%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.87%) Blog
10 15 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (2.51%) Mobile App
12 13 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (1.79%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
15 8 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
16 7 (1.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (23.12%) Linux
2 50 (8.96%) Unix
3 48 (8.60%) Windows
4 14 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.97%) Android
6 10 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.79%) VMS
7 7 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.08%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.90%) CentOS
10 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.18%) Debian
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (68.46%) CI/CD
2 381 (68.28%) DevOps
3 189 (33.87%) Agile
4 163 (29.21%) Mentoring
5 158 (28.32%) Observability
6 142 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 136 (24.37%) Containerisation
8 107 (19.18%) Platform Engineering
9 97 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 93 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (16.13%) Software Engineering
12 80 (14.34%) AI
12 80 (14.34%) Analytics
13 79 (14.16%) Coaching
13 79 (14.16%) Roadmaps
14 77 (13.80%) Test Automation
15 76 (13.62%) Incident Response
16 72 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (12.72%) Cloud Security
18 59 (10.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 225 (40.32%) Python
2 101 (18.10%) Bash
3 100 (17.92%) PowerShell
4 85 (15.23%) Java
5 80 (14.34%) SQL
6 78 (13.98%) Bicep
7 59 (10.57%) JavaScript
8 51 (9.14%) Go
9 39 (6.99%) TypeScript
10 38 (6.81%) C#
11 12 (2.15%) Scala
12 8 (1.43%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.54%) Ruby
14 3 (0.54%) Rust
15 2 (0.36%) C++
15 2 (0.36%) PHP
15 2 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (14.87%) Security Cleared
2 72 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.96%) AWS Certification
4 45 (8.06%) Azure Certification
5 42 (7.53%) Degree
6 19 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.08%) CCNP
12 5 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.90%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.90%) OSCP
12 5 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.72%) OSCE
13 4 (0.72%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (4.84%) GDPR
3 26 (4.66%) SOC 2
4 25 (4.48%) PCI DSS
4 25 (4.48%) QA
5 23 (4.12%) Data Quality
6 20 (3.58%) Accessibility
7 17 (3.05%) NIST
8 7 (1.25%) GRC
8 7 (1.25%) SLA
9 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.72%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.72%) WCAG
11 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 170 (30.47%) Docker
2 31 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.12%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.51%) VMware NSX
5 12 (2.15%) vSphere
6 11 (1.97%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.72%) Firmware
9 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.36%) vCloud
11 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 393 (70.43%) Terraform
2 193 (34.59%) Kubernetes
3 118 (21.15%) Ansible
4 76 (13.62%) Prometheus
5 75 (13.44%) Grafana
6 27 (4.84%) Argo
7 19 (3.41%) Kustomize
8 12 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (1.97%) Puppet
9 11 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.25%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.08%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.90%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.90%) SCOM
13 4 (0.72%) Cilium
13 4 (0.72%) logstash
13 4 (0.72%) Packer
13 4 (0.72%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
15 2 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 98 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.24%) Google
2 46 (8.24%) VMware
3 24 (4.30%) Cisco
4 22 (3.94%) Databricks
5 17 (3.05%) Splunk
6 13 (2.33%) Ab Initio
6 13 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 11 (1.97%) Palo Alto
7 11 (1.97%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.61%) New Relic
9 8 (1.43%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.25%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.08%) F5
11 6 (1.08%) Juniper
11 6 (1.08%) Oracle
12 5 (0.90%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.72%) Dell
13 4 (0.72%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.72%) NetApp