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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 116 95
Rank change year-on-year +40 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 550 452 864
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.35% 3.01% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 3.17% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 350 284 740
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% -2.65%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 14,086 14,271 25,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.07% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,148 8,671 21,423
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,867
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 February 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 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.45%) Apache
5 4 (0.73%) Confluence
5 4 (0.73%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 326 (59.27%) Azure
2 319 (58.00%) AWS
3 134 (24.36%) Azure DevOps
4 130 (23.64%) GitHub
5 97 (17.64%) GCP
6 95 (17.27%) AWS CloudFormation
7 94 (17.09%) GitHub Actions
8 85 (15.45%) Serverless
9 61 (11.09%) Azure Monitor
10 59 (10.73%) Entra ID
11 54 (9.82%) Amazon EKS
12 51 (9.27%) SaaS
13 50 (9.09%) PaaS
14 48 (8.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 47 (8.55%) Amazon S3
15 47 (8.55%) AWS Lambda
16 42 (7.64%) IaaS
17 39 (7.09%) Amazon ECS
18 37 (6.73%) Azure Data Factory
19 35 (6.36%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.09%) Firewall
2 39 (7.09%) VPN
3 32 (5.82%) Broadband
4 24 (4.36%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.64%) DNS
6 12 (2.18%) BGP
6 12 (2.18%) Network Security
7 10 (1.82%) VLAN
7 10 (1.82%) WAN
8 8 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.27%) DHCP
10 6 (1.09%) LAN
11 5 (0.91%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.55%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.36%) DSL
14 2 (0.36%) IPsec
14 2 (0.36%) OSPF
14 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.64%) NoSQL
2 37 (6.73%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (5.64%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.82%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.64%) Data Lake
6 20 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.45%) RDBMS
8 17 (3.09%) Redis
9 16 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.36%) Delta Lake
10 13 (2.36%) MySQL
11 12 (2.18%) DynamoDB
11 12 (2.18%) Metadata
12 10 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.82%) MongoDB
13 9 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.73%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 55 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 38 (6.91%) GitLab
3 37 (6.73%) Git
4 19 (3.45%) Jaeger
5 9 (1.64%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.45%) JIRA
6 8 (1.45%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.09%) git-flow
8 5 (0.91%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.91%) Storybook
9 4 (0.73%) JMeter
9 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.55%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.55%) Selenium
11 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 155 (28.18%) Finance
2 133 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 54 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 47 (8.55%) Banking
7 41 (7.45%) Law
7 41 (7.45%) Retail
8 24 (4.36%) Financial Institution
9 23 (4.18%) Telecoms
10 20 (3.64%) Back Office
11 16 (2.91%) Billing
12 10 (1.82%) Legal
13 9 (1.64%) Marketing
14 7 (1.27%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.27%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.09%) Games
16 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.91%) Military
16 5 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 140 (25.45%) Senior
2 91 (16.55%) Cloud Engineer
3 86 (15.64%) Lead
4 66 (12.00%) Platform Engineer
5 61 (11.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (10.73%) Azure Engineer
7 52 (9.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 48 (8.73%) Developer
9 41 (7.45%) AWS Engineer
10 34 (6.18%) Architect
11 27 (4.91%) Software Engineer
12 24 (4.36%) Senior DevOps
13 23 (4.18%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 21 (3.82%) Data Engineer
15 20 (3.64%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.64%) Lead DevOps
16 19 (3.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 17 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
18 16 (2.91%) AWS Platform Engineer
19 15 (2.73%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.18%) React
2 39 (7.09%) .NET
3 35 (6.36%) Elastic Stack
4 31 (5.64%) RESTful
5 28 (5.09%) Node.js
6 26 (4.73%) OAuth
7 25 (4.55%) Spring
8 23 (4.18%) YAML
9 21 (3.82%) Django
9 21 (3.82%) OpenTelemetry
9 21 (3.82%) Spring Boot
10 20 (3.64%) AWS CDK
11 19 (3.45%) JSON
11 19 (3.45%) OpenAPI
11 19 (3.45%) Swagger
12 18 (3.27%) CSS
13 17 (3.09%) HTML
14 15 (2.73%) GraphQL
14 15 (2.73%) Kafka
14 15 (2.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 130 (23.64%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (5.82%) Data Centre
3 32 (5.82%) Product Ownership
4 31 (5.64%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (4.73%) Public Cloud
6 22 (4.00%) Security Posture
7 21 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (3.82%) Onboarding
8 17 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (2.91%) Blog
9 16 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
11 12 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (2.18%) Mobile App
12 11 (2.00%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (1.09%) Data Structures
16 5 (0.91%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 127 (23.09%) Linux
2 50 (9.09%) Windows
3 48 (8.73%) Unix
4 12 (2.18%) VMS
4 12 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.82%) Android
5 10 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.91%) CentOS
9 4 (0.73%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.36%) Debian
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (68.36%) DevOps
2 369 (67.09%) CI/CD
3 179 (32.55%) Agile
4 157 (28.55%) Mentoring
5 147 (26.73%) Observability
6 139 (25.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 127 (23.09%) Containerisation
8 97 (17.64%) Platform Engineering
8 97 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
9 96 (17.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 95 (17.27%) Coaching
11 85 (15.45%) Roadmaps
12 83 (15.09%) Software Engineering
13 81 (14.73%) AI
13 81 (14.73%) Analytics
14 74 (13.45%) Cloud Security
15 72 (13.09%) Incident Response
16 61 (11.09%) Asset Management
16 61 (11.09%) Test Automation
17 60 (10.91%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 220 (40.00%) Python
2 107 (19.45%) PowerShell
3 105 (19.09%) Bash
4 80 (14.55%) Bicep
5 77 (14.00%) Java
5 77 (14.00%) SQL
6 55 (10.00%) JavaScript
7 53 (9.64%) Go
8 39 (7.09%) TypeScript
9 35 (6.36%) C#
10 11 (2.00%) Scala
11 6 (1.09%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.55%) Rust
13 2 (0.36%) C++
13 2 (0.36%) Ruby
13 2 (0.36%) VB
14 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 86 (15.64%) Security Cleared
2 74 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.55%) AWS Certification
4 42 (7.64%) Azure Certification
5 33 (6.00%) Degree
6 17 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.27%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.09%) CCNP
12 5 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.91%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.91%) OSCP
13 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.73%) OSCE
14 3 (0.55%) CCNA
14 3 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (4.73%) GDPR
3 25 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 24 (4.36%) SOC 2
5 21 (3.82%) NIST
6 20 (3.64%) Data Quality
7 19 (3.45%) QA
8 16 (2.91%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.45%) SLA
10 6 (1.09%) GRC
11 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.73%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 173 (31.45%) Docker
2 28 (5.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.73%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (2.36%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.18%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.64%) vSphere
9 5 (0.91%) Firmware
10 4 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.36%) vCloud
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.18%) NFS
12 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 391 (71.09%) Terraform
2 195 (35.45%) Kubernetes
3 121 (22.00%) Ansible
4 74 (13.45%) Prometheus
5 72 (13.09%) Grafana
6 26 (4.73%) Argo
7 19 (3.45%) Kustomize
8 18 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.82%) Puppet
11 6 (1.09%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.09%) SCOM
12 5 (0.91%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.91%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.73%) Cilium
13 4 (0.73%) logstash
13 4 (0.73%) Packer
13 4 (0.73%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
14 2 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 95 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.18%) Google
3 42 (7.64%) VMware
4 20 (3.64%) Databricks
5 19 (3.45%) Cisco
6 15 (2.73%) Splunk
7 14 (2.55%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.18%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.64%) New Relic
10 8 (1.45%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.27%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.27%) Oracle
11 7 (1.27%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.09%) Dell
13 4 (0.73%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.73%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.73%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.73%) PagerDuty
13 4 (0.73%) Zscaler