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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 149 138
Rank change year-on-year +81 -11 -67
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 827 390 567
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.65% 2.37% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 2.55% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 537 301 431
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,810 £68,900
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +14.38% -8.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,500 £101,250 £102,500
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 18,792 15,324 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,561 9,021 15,723
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +0.34% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
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 8 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 19 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (1.93%) Apache
2 16 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.60%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.48%) Camunda
7 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 3 (0.36%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 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 (55.38%) AWS
2 456 (55.14%) Azure
3 156 (18.86%) GCP
4 114 (13.78%) Serverless
5 113 (13.66%) GitHub
6 107 (12.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 97 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (9.55%) PaaS
9 69 (8.34%) Cloud Computing
10 64 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
11 62 (7.50%) GitHub Actions
12 60 (7.26%) SaaS
13 54 (6.53%) IaaS
14 53 (6.41%) Amazon S3
15 50 (6.05%) Azure AKS
16 41 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
16 41 (4.96%) Power Platform
17 39 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (3.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 76 (9.19%) LAN
1 76 (9.19%) WAN
2 64 (7.74%) Firewall
3 54 (6.53%) Broadband
4 49 (5.93%) TCP/IP
5 47 (5.68%) DNS
6 46 (5.56%) VPN
7 20 (2.42%) DHCP
8 18 (2.18%) BGP
9 16 (1.93%) Network Security
9 16 (1.93%) OSPF
10 13 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (1.57%) VLAN
10 13 (1.57%) VXLAN
11 9 (1.09%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (0.85%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.85%) WebEx
13 6 (0.73%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (11.97%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (5.20%) Metadata
2 43 (5.20%) MongoDB
3 29 (3.51%) Relational Database
4 27 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
4 27 (3.26%) Data Lake
4 27 (3.26%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (2.30%) DynamoDB
7 18 (2.18%) Delta Lake
8 16 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.57%) Data Vault
9 13 (1.57%) MySQL
9 13 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.45%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.21%) Redis
12 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.85%) Big Data
14 6 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 83 (10.04%) Git
2 47 (5.68%) GitLab
3 42 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.09%) NUnit
5 8 (0.97%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.73%) 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%) MLflow
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 304 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 184 (22.25%) Finance
3 73 (8.83%) Public Sector
4 72 (8.71%) Law
5 65 (7.86%) Presentation Skills
6 61 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (4.84%) Banking
9 33 (3.99%) Games
10 28 (3.39%) Retail
11 19 (2.30%) Legal
12 18 (2.18%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.06%) Marketing
14 10 (1.21%) Local Government
14 10 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.85%) Advertising
16 7 (0.85%) Aviation
17 6 (0.73%) Legal Technology
17 6 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 217 (26.24%) Senior
2 137 (16.57%) Lead
3 133 (16.08%) Architect
4 101 (12.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 95 (11.49%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (8.83%) Developer
6 73 (8.83%) Platform Engineer
7 71 (8.59%) Azure Engineer
8 67 (8.10%) Systems Architect
9 62 (7.50%) Software Engineer
10 44 (5.32%) Python Engineer
11 43 (5.20%) AWS Engineer
12 41 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (4.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 35 (4.23%) Data Engineer
14 35 (4.23%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 32 (3.87%) Site Engineer
16 31 (3.75%) Senior DevOps
17 29 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 28 (3.39%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (8.22%) React
2 53 (6.41%) REST
3 46 (5.56%) .NET
3 46 (5.56%) RESTful
4 45 (5.44%) Node.js
5 39 (4.72%) AWS CDK
6 30 (3.63%) ARM Templates
7 25 (3.02%) Next.js
7 25 (3.02%) Spring
7 25 (3.02%) YAML
8 24 (2.90%) Kafka
9 23 (2.78%) PySpark
10 19 (2.30%) Spring Boot
11 18 (2.18%) CSS
11 18 (2.18%) FastAPI
12 17 (2.06%) Django
13 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.69%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.57%) JSON
15 13 (1.57%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 235 (28.42%) Cloud Native
2 90 (10.88%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (5.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 45 (5.44%) Public Cloud
3 45 (5.44%) Video\Live Streaming
4 40 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 35 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (3.87%) Low-Code
7 31 (3.75%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.02%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.18%) Podcast
10 17 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.93%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.69%) Blog
12 14 (1.69%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.69%) Replication
12 14 (1.69%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.21%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.94%) Linux
2 56 (6.77%) Windows
3 24 (2.90%) Unix
3 24 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.57%) VMS
5 5 (0.60%) Android
6 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (68.44%) CI/CD
2 425 (51.39%) DevOps
3 282 (34.10%) Observability
4 260 (31.44%) Containerisation
5 238 (28.78%) Mentoring
6 232 (28.05%) Agile
7 230 (27.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (25.76%) AI
9 196 (23.70%) Software Engineering
10 188 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
11 184 (22.25%) Platform Engineering
12 165 (19.95%) Roadmaps
13 140 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
14 139 (16.81%) Test Automation
15 124 (14.99%) Microservices
16 112 (13.54%) Full-Stack Development
17 111 (13.42%) Analytics
18 97 (11.73%) Machine Learning
19 96 (11.61%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 91 (11.00%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 353 (42.68%) Python
2 109 (13.18%) Bicep
3 104 (12.58%) SQL
4 101 (12.21%) PowerShell
5 95 (11.49%) Java
6 92 (11.12%) Bash
7 81 (9.79%) TypeScript
8 70 (8.46%) Go
9 64 (7.74%) JavaScript
10 51 (6.17%) C#
11 19 (2.30%) Scala
12 14 (1.69%) Ruby
13 13 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.97%) PHP
15 7 (0.85%) C++
15 7 (0.85%) Groovy
16 5 (0.60%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.36%) Rust
19 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 139 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 129 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.04%) Azure Certification
4 65 (7.86%) Degree
5 32 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (3.63%) AWS Certification
7 27 (3.26%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.69%) CCNP
10 14 (1.69%) SnowPro
11 9 (1.09%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.97%) CCNA
13 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.60%) CCIE
14 5 (0.60%) VCAP
14 5 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.48%) LPIC
15 4 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.13%) GRC
2 47 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.59%) QA
4 16 (1.93%) GDPR
4 16 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.81%) NIST
6 10 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.60%) WCAG
9 4 (0.48%) NCSC
9 4 (0.48%) SLA
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
1 165 (19.95%) Docker
2 45 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 39 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (3.14%) vSphere
5 17 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.48%) Firmware
8 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 460 (55.62%) Terraform
2 226 (27.33%) Kubernetes
3 91 (11.00%) Ansible
4 77 (9.31%) Grafana
5 45 (5.44%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.42%) Argo
7 16 (1.93%) Istio
8 15 (1.81%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.45%) Puppet
10 9 (1.09%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.73%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.73%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.60%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.48%) linkerd
15 3 (0.36%) Packer
15 3 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 234 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.65%) Google
3 43 (5.20%) VMware
4 32 (3.87%) Cisco
5 29 (3.51%) Databricks
6 27 (3.26%) Palo Alto
7 22 (2.66%) Red Hat
8 19 (2.30%) Oracle
9 17 (2.06%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.69%) Splunk
11 12 (1.45%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.45%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.33%) Okta
12 11 (1.33%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.21%) F5
13 10 (1.21%) Informatica
13 10 (1.21%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.97%) NetApp
15 7 (0.85%) Arista
16 6 (0.73%) HubSpot