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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 151 137
Rank change year-on-year +79 -14 -57
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 761 371 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 2.25% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 2.41% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 501 276 569
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £76,430 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +9.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £90,625 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,001 £105,000
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 17,644 15,382 28,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 93.39% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,905 9,093 21,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 11 July 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 22 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.10%) Apache
3 13 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.66%) Jupyter
4 5 (0.66%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.53%) Confluence
6 3 (0.39%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Weka
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 440 (57.82%) AWS
2 388 (50.99%) Azure
3 119 (15.64%) Serverless
4 114 (14.98%) GCP
5 112 (14.72%) GitHub
6 96 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
7 90 (11.83%) AWS CloudFormation
8 79 (10.38%) PaaS
9 68 (8.94%) GitHub Actions
10 58 (7.62%) IaaS
11 56 (7.36%) Amazon S3
12 55 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
12 55 (7.23%) SaaS
13 50 (6.57%) Azure AKS
14 45 (5.91%) Amazon EC2
14 45 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
14 45 (5.91%) Azure Monitor
15 40 (5.26%) Power Platform
16 39 (5.12%) Cloud Computing
17 38 (4.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.41%) Broadband
1 64 (8.41%) Firewall
2 50 (6.57%) VPN
3 47 (6.18%) LAN
3 47 (6.18%) WAN
4 40 (5.26%) DNS
5 32 (4.20%) TCP/IP
6 21 (2.76%) BGP
7 15 (1.97%) Cisco ASA
7 15 (1.97%) VLAN
8 14 (1.84%) Network Security
8 14 (1.84%) OSPF
9 12 (1.58%) DHCP
10 11 (1.45%) VXLAN
11 9 (1.18%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.79%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.79%) WebEx
13 5 (0.66%) HTTP
13 5 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (12.48%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (5.91%) MongoDB
3 40 (5.26%) Metadata
4 32 (4.20%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.81%) Amazon RDS
6 27 (3.55%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.15%) Data Lake
8 22 (2.89%) NoSQL
9 21 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (2.23%) DynamoDB
11 15 (1.97%) Delta Lake
12 13 (1.71%) MySQL
13 12 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (1.45%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (1.31%) Redis
16 9 (1.18%) RDBMS
17 8 (1.05%) Big Data
17 8 (1.05%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 81 (10.64%) Git
2 46 (6.04%) GitLab
3 42 (5.52%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.18%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.92%) JMeter
5 7 (0.92%) NUnit
6 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.79%) Jaeger
6 6 (0.79%) JIRA
7 5 (0.66%) Locust
7 5 (0.66%) Selenium
8 4 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.53%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.39%) MLflow
9 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.26%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.26%) MSI
10 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 248 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 142 (18.66%) Finance
3 75 (9.86%) Law
4 73 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (5.26%) Banking
8 35 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (4.34%) Retail
10 31 (4.07%) Games
11 20 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.71%) Marketing
13 12 (1.58%) Legal
14 10 (1.31%) Back Office
14 10 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.31%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.18%) Billing
16 7 (0.92%) Aviation
17 6 (0.79%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 193 (25.36%) Senior
2 138 (18.13%) Lead
3 96 (12.61%) Architect
4 91 (11.96%) Cloud Engineer
5 89 (11.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 78 (10.25%) Platform Engineer
7 73 (9.59%) Developer
8 61 (8.02%) Azure Engineer
9 53 (6.96%) AWS Engineer
10 50 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 49 (6.44%) Software Engineer
12 40 (5.26%) Systems Architect
13 35 (4.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 33 (4.34%) Data Engineer
14 33 (4.34%) Python Engineer
15 30 (3.94%) Senior Developer
15 30 (3.94%) Senior DevOps
16 28 (3.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 24 (3.15%) Technical Leader
18 23 (3.02%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.36%) React
2 51 (6.70%) RESTful
3 50 (6.57%) REST
4 42 (5.52%) .NET
4 42 (5.52%) Node.js
5 38 (4.99%) AWS CDK
6 31 (4.07%) ARM Templates
7 29 (3.81%) Spring
8 26 (3.42%) YAML
9 24 (3.15%) Spring Boot
10 23 (3.02%) Kafka
11 22 (2.89%) Next.js
12 19 (2.50%) FastAPI
12 19 (2.50%) PySpark
13 18 (2.37%) Django
14 17 (2.23%) CSS
14 17 (2.23%) PyTorch
15 16 (2.10%) TensorFlow
16 14 (1.84%) AngularJS
16 14 (1.84%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 235 (30.88%) Cloud Native
2 79 (10.38%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (6.31%) Video\Live Streaming
4 44 (5.78%) Product Ownership
5 43 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (4.99%) Public Cloud
7 32 (4.20%) Low-Code
8 29 (3.81%) Security Posture
9 27 (3.55%) Data Centre
10 26 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (3.02%) Onboarding
13 18 (2.37%) Podcast
14 16 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.97%) Mobile App
16 14 (1.84%) Blog
17 13 (1.71%) Virtual Team
18 11 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
18 11 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (13.80%) Linux
2 52 (6.83%) Windows
3 20 (2.63%) Unix
3 20 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.71%) VMS
5 8 (1.05%) Android
6 7 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (70.17%) CI/CD
2 405 (53.22%) DevOps
3 256 (33.64%) Observability
4 231 (30.35%) Containerisation
5 224 (29.43%) Agile
6 222 (29.17%) Mentoring
7 203 (26.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 192 (25.23%) AI
9 181 (23.78%) Platform Engineering
10 171 (22.47%) Technical Leadership
11 167 (21.94%) Software Engineering
12 144 (18.92%) Test Automation
13 141 (18.53%) Roadmaps
14 135 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
15 124 (16.29%) Microservices
16 104 (13.67%) Full-Stack Development
17 100 (13.14%) Analytics
18 95 (12.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 91 (11.96%) Machine Learning
20 80 (10.51%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 336 (44.15%) Python
2 107 (14.06%) Bash
3 103 (13.53%) Java
4 99 (13.01%) Bicep
5 98 (12.88%) SQL
6 97 (12.75%) PowerShell
7 75 (9.86%) Go
7 75 (9.86%) TypeScript
8 71 (9.33%) JavaScript
9 46 (6.04%) C#
10 16 (2.10%) Scala
11 13 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.45%) Ruby
13 9 (1.18%) PHP
14 8 (1.05%) C++
15 7 (0.92%) Groovy
16 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.66%) Rust
17 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 113 (14.85%) Security Cleared
2 100 (13.14%) SC Cleared
3 68 (8.94%) Azure Certification
4 56 (7.36%) Degree
5 33 (4.34%) AWS Certification
6 28 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.63%) DV Cleared
8 19 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.45%) CCNP
10 11 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.18%) SnowPro
12 8 (1.05%) CCNA
13 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.53%) LPIC
14 4 (0.53%) MCSE
14 4 (0.53%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.39%) QA
2 39 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 32 (4.20%) GRC
4 17 (2.23%) GDPR
5 16 (2.10%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.71%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.45%) NIST
9 9 (1.18%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.66%) WCAG
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.26%) NCSC
12 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 166 (21.81%) Docker
2 43 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 36 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (3.15%) vSphere
5 13 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.05%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.53%) Firmware
10 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 434 (57.03%) Terraform
2 239 (31.41%) Kubernetes
3 100 (13.14%) Ansible
4 74 (9.72%) Grafana
5 57 (7.49%) Prometheus
6 26 (3.42%) Argo
7 17 (2.23%) Progress Chef
7 17 (2.23%) Puppet
8 13 (1.71%) Istio
8 13 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.58%) Kustomize
10 10 (1.31%) Proxmox
11 9 (1.18%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.92%) ZABBIX
13 6 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.79%) Packer
14 5 (0.66%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
16 3 (0.39%) linkerd
Vendors
1 183 (24.05%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.31%) VMware
3 34 (4.47%) Google
4 30 (3.94%) Cisco
5 27 (3.55%) Palo Alto
6 24 (3.15%) Databricks
7 20 (2.63%) Red Hat
8 17 (2.23%) Oracle
9 16 (2.10%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.71%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.58%) ScienceLogic
11 12 (1.58%) Splunk
12 11 (1.45%) F5
13 9 (1.18%) Okta
14 7 (0.92%) CyberArk
14 7 (0.92%) Informatica
14 7 (0.92%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.79%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.79%) Juniper
15 6 (0.79%) NetApp