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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 145 143
Rank change year-on-year +78 -2 -73
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 831 386 565
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 2.32% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 2.50% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 541 295 419
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,810 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +16.76% -10.00%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,750 £103,000
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 18,760 15,439 21,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 92.96% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,517 8,929 15,511
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,852 £40,600 £43,750
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 £77,500 £78,005
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 14 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 20 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.05%) Apache
2 17 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.72%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.48%) Camunda
6 3 (0.36%) Confluence
6 3 (0.36%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
7 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 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 458 (55.11%) Azure
2 453 (54.51%) AWS
3 156 (18.77%) GCP
4 114 (13.72%) GitHub
5 110 (13.24%) Serverless
6 99 (11.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 98 (11.79%) Azure DevOps
8 74 (8.90%) PaaS
9 66 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
10 63 (7.58%) Cloud Computing
11 60 (7.22%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (6.86%) SaaS
13 55 (6.62%) Azure AKS
14 54 (6.50%) IaaS
15 52 (6.26%) Amazon S3
16 41 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
16 41 (4.93%) Power Platform
17 36 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (3.97%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 77 (9.27%) WAN
2 76 (9.15%) LAN
3 62 (7.46%) Firewall
4 54 (6.50%) Broadband
5 46 (5.54%) DNS
6 45 (5.42%) VPN
7 44 (5.29%) TCP/IP
8 21 (2.53%) DHCP
9 20 (2.41%) BGP
10 17 (2.05%) Network Security
10 17 (2.05%) OSPF
11 14 (1.68%) VXLAN
12 13 (1.56%) VLAN
13 12 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (1.08%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.96%) Ethernet VPN
16 7 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
16 7 (0.84%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.84%) WebEx
17 6 (0.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (11.67%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (5.29%) MongoDB
3 43 (5.17%) Metadata
4 31 (3.73%) Relational Database
5 28 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.37%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 23 (2.77%) DynamoDB
7 20 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (2.29%) Delta Lake
9 16 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.68%) Data Vault
10 14 (1.68%) MySQL
10 14 (1.68%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.32%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.96%) Big Data
14 5 (0.60%) Power BI
14 5 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (10.23%) Git
2 49 (5.90%) GitLab
3 45 (5.42%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.08%) NUnit
5 8 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.72%) JMeter
7 5 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.60%) Locust
7 5 (0.60%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.48%) JIRA
8 4 (0.48%) Snyk
9 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.36%) MLflow
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 308 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 185 (22.26%) Finance
3 82 (9.87%) Public Sector
4 70 (8.42%) Law
5 66 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
6 62 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (4.81%) Banking
9 34 (4.09%) Games
10 25 (3.01%) Retail
11 21 (2.53%) Legal
12 17 (2.05%) Marketing
12 17 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.32%) Local Government
13 11 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.84%) Aviation
16 6 (0.72%) Advertising
16 6 (0.72%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 225 (27.08%) Senior
2 136 (16.37%) Lead
3 134 (16.13%) Architect
4 101 (12.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (11.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (8.78%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (8.54%) Developer
8 69 (8.30%) Platform Engineer
9 67 (8.06%) Systems Architect
10 64 (7.70%) Software Engineer
11 47 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 45 (5.42%) Python Engineer
13 43 (5.17%) AWS Engineer
14 38 (4.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 36 (4.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 35 (4.21%) Data Engineer
17 34 (4.09%) Site Engineer
18 31 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
19 28 (3.37%) Senior Developer
19 28 (3.37%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (8.42%) React
2 53 (6.38%) REST
3 47 (5.66%) Node.js
3 47 (5.66%) RESTful
4 45 (5.42%) .NET
5 39 (4.69%) AWS CDK
6 29 (3.49%) ARM Templates
7 27 (3.25%) Kafka
8 25 (3.01%) Next.js
8 25 (3.01%) PySpark
9 24 (2.89%) Spring
9 24 (2.89%) YAML
10 20 (2.41%) CSS
11 18 (2.17%) Spring Boot
12 17 (2.05%) FastAPI
13 15 (1.81%) .NET Core
13 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.56%) PyTorch
15 12 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
15 12 (1.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 237 (28.52%) Cloud Native
2 89 (10.71%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (6.02%) Public Cloud
4 45 (5.42%) Video\Live Streaming
5 43 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 39 (4.69%) Product Ownership
7 34 (4.09%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (3.73%) Low-Code
8 31 (3.73%) Security Posture
9 26 (3.13%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.17%) Podcast
11 17 (2.05%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.81%) Blog
12 15 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.68%) Replication
13 14 (1.68%) Virtual Team
14 13 (1.56%) Mobile App
15 11 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.20%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.88%) Linux
2 63 (7.58%) Windows
3 30 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.77%) Unix
5 13 (1.56%) VMS
6 4 (0.48%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (68.11%) CI/CD
2 422 (50.78%) DevOps
3 282 (33.94%) Observability
4 263 (31.65%) Containerisation
5 242 (29.12%) Mentoring
6 232 (27.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 224 (26.96%) Agile
8 212 (25.51%) AI
9 200 (24.07%) Software Engineering
10 194 (23.35%) Technical Leadership
11 181 (21.78%) Platform Engineering
12 166 (19.98%) Roadmaps
13 139 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
14 136 (16.37%) Test Automation
15 124 (14.92%) Microservices
16 114 (13.72%) Full-Stack Development
17 110 (13.24%) Analytics
18 97 (11.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 96 (11.55%) Machine Learning
20 94 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 352 (42.36%) Python
2 111 (13.36%) Bicep
3 106 (12.76%) SQL
4 102 (12.27%) PowerShell
5 92 (11.07%) Bash
6 90 (10.83%) Java
7 84 (10.11%) TypeScript
8 69 (8.30%) Go
9 64 (7.70%) JavaScript
10 50 (6.02%) C#
11 20 (2.41%) Scala
12 14 (1.68%) Ruby
13 13 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.96%) PHP
15 7 (0.84%) C++
15 7 (0.84%) Groovy
16 4 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.36%) Rust
18 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 136 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 126 (15.16%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.23%) Azure Certification
4 62 (7.46%) Degree
5 34 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (3.61%) AWS Certification
7 26 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.13%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.81%) CCNP
9 15 (1.81%) SnowPro
10 8 (0.96%) CCNA
11 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.72%) CCIE
12 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.60%) VCAP
13 5 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.48%) LPIC
14 4 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.10%) GRC
2 47 (5.66%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.45%) QA
4 16 (1.93%) GDPR
5 15 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.81%) NIST
6 10 (1.20%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.72%) SLA
8 6 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.60%) NCSC
9 5 (0.60%) WCAG
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS
10 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 161 (19.37%) Docker
2 46 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 39 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (3.13%) vSphere
5 19 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.36%) Firmware
10 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 460 (55.35%) Terraform
2 225 (27.08%) Kubernetes
3 91 (10.95%) Ansible
4 80 (9.63%) Grafana
5 46 (5.54%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.53%) Argo
7 17 (2.05%) Istio
8 14 (1.68%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.32%) Puppet
10 9 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.84%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.48%) linkerd
14 3 (0.36%) Cilium
14 3 (0.36%) Packer
14 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 245 (29.48%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.38%) Google
3 42 (5.05%) VMware
4 31 (3.73%) Cisco
5 30 (3.61%) Databricks
6 26 (3.13%) Palo Alto
7 21 (2.53%) Red Hat
8 20 (2.41%) Oracle
9 17 (2.05%) Fortinet
10 15 (1.81%) Splunk
11 14 (1.68%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.44%) OpenAI
12 12 (1.44%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (1.32%) Okta
14 10 (1.20%) Informatica
14 10 (1.20%) Salesforce
15 9 (1.08%) F5
15 9 (1.08%) NetApp
16 8 (0.96%) Arista
17 6 (0.72%) HubSpot