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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 115 84
Rank change year-on-year +39 -31 +7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 518 480 878
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.35% 2.93% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 3.11% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 342 288 745
10th Percentile £46,451 £44,987 £47,720
25th Percentile £57,813 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,750 £72,500 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% +0.69% +2.86%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,556 £110,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £74,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +2.76% -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 13,454 15,421 22,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.93% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,565 9,081 18,236
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 January 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 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.74%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.35%) Apache
6 6 (1.16%) Confluence
7 4 (0.77%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 333 (64.29%) Azure
2 283 (54.63%) AWS
3 146 (28.19%) Azure DevOps
4 134 (25.87%) GitHub
5 93 (17.95%) GCP
6 91 (17.57%) GitHub Actions
7 90 (17.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 78 (15.06%) Serverless
9 66 (12.74%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (10.42%) Entra ID
11 48 (9.27%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (9.27%) SaaS
12 47 (9.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 45 (8.69%) Amazon EKS
14 40 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
15 39 (7.53%) Amazon S3
15 39 (7.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 37 (7.14%) IaaS
17 36 (6.95%) PaaS
18 35 (6.76%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.78%) Firewall
2 43 (8.30%) VPN
3 25 (4.83%) DNS
4 23 (4.44%) Broadband
5 21 (4.05%) TCP/IP
6 20 (3.86%) WAN
7 18 (3.47%) Network Security
8 15 (2.90%) LAN
9 12 (2.32%) BGP
10 11 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (1.93%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.54%) DHCP
13 7 (1.35%) VLAN
14 6 (1.16%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.16%) VoIP
15 5 (0.97%) Fibre Channel
16 4 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
16 4 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
17 3 (0.58%) SAN
17 3 (0.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.69%) NoSQL
2 30 (5.79%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (4.63%) Data Lake
3 24 (4.63%) SQL Server
4 23 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.25%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.67%) RDBMS
8 16 (3.09%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.70%) MySQL
10 13 (2.51%) Delta Lake
10 13 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (2.32%) Redis
12 10 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.74%) MongoDB
14 7 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
17 4 (0.77%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 62 (11.97%) Jenkins
2 39 (7.53%) Git
2 39 (7.53%) GitLab
3 19 (3.67%) Jaeger
4 10 (1.93%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.74%) JIRA
5 9 (1.74%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.16%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.16%) git-flow
7 5 (0.97%) Storybook
8 4 (0.77%) JMeter
8 4 (0.77%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.58%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.58%) Selenium
10 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.19%) Locust
10 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 160 (30.89%) Finance
2 117 (22.59%) Social Skills
3 41 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (7.72%) Banking
5 38 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (6.76%) Law
7 31 (5.98%) Public Sector
8 30 (5.79%) Retail
9 24 (4.63%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.28%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.51%) Back Office
12 12 (2.32%) Billing
13 11 (2.12%) Legal
14 9 (1.74%) Marketing
15 7 (1.35%) Games
16 6 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.16%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.16%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.97%) Publishing
18 4 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 135 (26.06%) Senior
2 86 (16.60%) Cloud Engineer
3 76 (14.67%) Lead
4 67 (12.93%) DevOps Engineer
5 59 (11.39%) Azure Engineer
6 54 (10.42%) Platform Engineer
7 48 (9.27%) Developer
8 42 (8.11%) Architect
9 41 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (5.79%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (4.05%) Lead DevOps
11 21 (4.05%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (3.86%) Data Engineer
12 20 (3.86%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (3.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.47%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (3.47%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.49%) .NET
2 42 (8.11%) React
3 37 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
4 29 (5.60%) RESTful
5 27 (5.21%) Node.js
6 26 (5.02%) OAuth
7 21 (4.05%) OpenTelemetry
8 20 (3.86%) Spring
8 20 (3.86%) YAML
9 19 (3.67%) OpenAPI
9 19 (3.67%) Swagger
10 18 (3.47%) AWS CDK
11 17 (3.28%) CSS
12 16 (3.09%) Django
12 16 (3.09%) HTML
12 16 (3.09%) JSON
13 15 (2.90%) Kafka
13 15 (2.90%) Spring Boot
14 14 (2.70%) GraphQL
14 14 (2.70%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 126 (24.32%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.95%) Data Centre
3 32 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 31 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (5.21%) Public Cloud
6 24 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (4.44%) Security Posture
8 16 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.90%) Onboarding
10 14 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.32%) Management Information System
13 11 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (1.93%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.74%) Blog
16 7 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
17 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
17 6 (1.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 6 (1.16%) Operational Technology
18 5 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 120 (23.17%) Linux
2 55 (10.62%) Windows
3 40 (7.72%) Unix
4 14 (2.70%) VMS
5 12 (2.32%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.74%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.54%) Android
8 8 (1.54%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.97%) CentOS
10 4 (0.77%) Debian
10 4 (0.77%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (72.01%) DevOps
2 340 (65.64%) CI/CD
3 175 (33.78%) Agile
4 131 (25.29%) Mentoring
5 129 (24.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 129 (24.90%) Observability
6 114 (22.01%) Containerisation
7 90 (17.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 86 (16.60%) Coaching
8 86 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (16.02%) Analytics
9 83 (16.02%) Roadmaps
10 81 (15.64%) Platform Engineering
11 78 (15.06%) Cloud Security
12 71 (13.71%) Software Engineering
13 70 (13.51%) AI
13 70 (13.51%) High Availability
13 70 (13.51%) Incident Response
14 69 (13.32%) Asset Management
15 59 (11.39%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 201 (38.80%) Python
2 112 (21.62%) PowerShell
3 101 (19.50%) Bash
4 89 (17.18%) Bicep
5 84 (16.22%) SQL
6 60 (11.58%) Java
7 51 (9.85%) JavaScript
8 45 (8.69%) Go
9 40 (7.72%) C#
10 35 (6.76%) TypeScript
11 11 (2.12%) Scala
12 4 (0.77%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.77%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.39%) Rust
13 2 (0.39%) VB
13 2 (0.39%) XAML
14 1 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (14.67%) Security Cleared
2 64 (12.36%) AWS Certification
3 60 (11.58%) SC Cleared
4 48 (9.27%) Azure Certification
5 28 (5.41%) Degree
6 17 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (2.32%) CCNP
10 11 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.12%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.16%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.16%) PMP
13 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.77%) CISSP
14 4 (0.77%) CREST Certified
14 4 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.77%) OSCE
14 4 (0.77%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.21%) GDPR
2 27 (5.21%) NIST
3 19 (3.67%) PCI DSS
4 18 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 18 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.47%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.32%) QA
6 8 (1.54%) SLA
7 6 (1.16%) GRC
8 4 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.77%) EU AI Act
9 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 163 (31.47%) Docker
2 28 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.86%) Active Directory
5 18 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.51%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.32%) Hyper-V
8 11 (2.12%) vSphere
9 5 (0.97%) NFS
10 3 (0.58%) Firmware
10 3 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.39%) vCloud
12 1 (0.19%) HDFS
12 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 392 (75.68%) Terraform
2 194 (37.45%) Kubernetes
3 127 (24.52%) Ansible
4 75 (14.48%) Prometheus
5 73 (14.09%) Grafana
6 28 (5.41%) Argo
7 22 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (3.67%) Kustomize
9 8 (1.54%) SCOM
10 6 (1.16%) Puppet
11 5 (0.97%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.77%) Cilium
12 4 (0.77%) logstash
12 4 (0.77%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.58%) Dell DRAC
14 2 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.39%) Packer
14 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.19%) CASB
15 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 104 (20.08%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.11%) Google
3 40 (7.72%) VMware
4 22 (4.25%) Cisco
5 19 (3.67%) Databricks
6 14 (2.70%) Ab Initio
6 14 (2.70%) Splunk
7 10 (1.93%) Oracle
7 10 (1.93%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.74%) New Relic
9 8 (1.54%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.16%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.97%) Commvault
11 5 (0.97%) Pure Storage
11 5 (0.97%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.97%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.77%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.77%) Cribl.io
12 4 (0.77%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.77%) PagerDuty