Infrastructure as Code Contracts

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Infrastructure as Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 92 105
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 919 1,451 2,208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.13% 2.59% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.89% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 1,064 1,616
10th Percentile £405 £450 £455
25th Percentile £475 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +11.63%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £678
90th Percentile £688 £760 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £555 £550
% change year-on-year +3.60% +0.91% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 1
10th Percentile £55.00 £58.18 -
25th Percentile £57.19 £70.50 £38.50
Median hourly rate £69.75 £78.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% +95.00% -34.16%
75th Percentile £77.13 £83.25 £41.50
90th Percentile £104.00 £90.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.75 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year -10.58% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure as Code is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure as Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure as Code within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -4 769 £550 -8.33% 470
London -11 411 £550 -8.33% 220
UK excluding London -11 383 £575 +3.60% 279
Work from Home -14 344 £538 -10.33% 269
South East +65 135 £605 -6.92% 54
North of England +16 103 £550 -8.33% 69
South West -38 64 £600 -2.04% 50
Scotland -23 62 £500 +1.11% 26
Yorkshire +39 54 £565 -5.83% 25
Midlands +26 45 £564 +7.33% 54
North West -5 45 £550 -6.38% 40
West Midlands +21 43 £576 +11.30% 42
East of England -2 6 £500 +5.26% 19
North East 0 4 - - 4
Wales +17 2 £666 +11.04% 5
East Midlands +8 2 £450 -18.18% 12
Northern Ireland - 1 £640 - 5

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (3.48%) Confluence
2 24 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (2.18%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.85%) nginx
6 16 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.76%) Anypoint
7 7 (0.76%) Apache
8 5 (0.54%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.44%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.44%) Luigi
10 3 (0.33%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.22%) CMS
11 2 (0.22%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.22%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Gliffy
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 419 (45.59%) AWS
2 394 (42.87%) Azure
3 164 (17.85%) Serverless
4 149 (16.21%) GCP
5 134 (14.58%) Azure DevOps
6 126 (13.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 112 (12.19%) AWS Lambda
8 108 (11.75%) Amazon S3
9 88 (9.58%) GitHub
10 75 (8.16%) Amazon EC2
11 74 (8.05%) IaaS
12 67 (7.29%) PaaS
13 57 (6.20%) OpenShift
14 54 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 53 (5.77%) Entra ID
15 53 (5.77%) SaaS
16 49 (5.33%) Azure Monitor
17 47 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
18 45 (4.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 40 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 108 (11.75%) Firewall
2 80 (8.71%) DNS
3 46 (5.01%) VPN
4 43 (4.68%) DHCP
5 42 (4.57%) TCP/IP
6 30 (3.26%) Network Security
7 21 (2.29%) WAN
8 20 (2.18%) HTTP
9 19 (2.07%) LAN
10 15 (1.63%) IPsec
11 14 (1.52%) WLAN
12 12 (1.31%) OSPF
13 11 (1.20%) VSAN
14 10 (1.09%) VLAN
14 10 (1.09%) Wireless
15 9 (0.98%) BGP
15 9 (0.98%) HTTPS
15 9 (0.98%) SSL
16 8 (0.87%) IPv4
16 8 (0.87%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
4 37 (4.03%) NoSQL
5 35 (3.81%) BigQuery
5 35 (3.81%) MySQL
6 32 (3.48%) SQL Server
7 31 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 31 (3.37%) MongoDB
8 30 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 27 (2.94%) Amazon Aurora
9 27 (2.94%) Relational Database
10 26 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
12 18 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
12 18 (1.96%) Big Data
13 17 (1.85%) DynamoDB
14 16 (1.74%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.20%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.09%) Redis
Development Applications
1 196 (21.33%) Jenkins
2 177 (19.26%) Git
3 139 (15.13%) GitLab
4 54 (5.88%) JIRA
5 29 (3.16%) SonarQube
6 23 (2.50%) Selenium
7 18 (1.96%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.63%) CircleCI
8 15 (1.63%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.52%) Burp Suite
10 12 (1.31%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.20%) Artifactory
11 11 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 11 (1.20%) Travis CI
12 9 (0.98%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.76%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.65%) AppScan
15 5 (0.54%) Subversion
15 5 (0.54%) Terragrunt
15 5 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 258 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 91 (9.90%) Finance
3 82 (8.92%) Public Sector
4 59 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (5.55%) Banking
6 21 (2.29%) Retail
7 17 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (1.74%) Law
9 15 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (0.87%) Legal
10 8 (0.87%) Police
11 7 (0.76%) Back Office
11 7 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.65%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.65%) Marketing
13 5 (0.54%) Electronics
14 4 (0.44%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.33%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 205 (22.31%) DevOps Engineer
2 151 (16.43%) Architect
3 99 (10.77%) Developer
4 97 (10.55%) Azure Engineer
5 96 (10.45%) Senior
6 83 (9.03%) AWS Engineer
7 69 (7.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 63 (6.86%) Platform Engineer
9 61 (6.64%) AWS DevOps
10 56 (6.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 44 (4.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 41 (4.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 41 (4.46%) Lead
13 39 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (4.03%) Cloud Architect
15 36 (3.92%) Software Engineer
16 33 (3.59%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 30 (3.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
18 28 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
19 26 (2.83%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (8.60%) YAML
2 71 (7.73%) ARM Templates
3 55 (5.98%) AWS CDK
4 54 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
5 53 (5.77%) REST
6 44 (4.79%) .NET
7 40 (4.35%) Node.js
8 36 (3.92%) React
9 29 (3.16%) Kafka
10 27 (2.94%) JSON
11 22 (2.39%) RabbitMQ
11 22 (2.39%) SOAP
12 20 (2.18%) Spring
13 19 (2.07%) RESTful
14 15 (1.63%) HTML
14 15 (1.63%) Spring Boot
15 14 (1.52%) CSS
15 14 (1.52%) OAuth
15 14 (1.52%) XML
16 13 (1.41%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.88%) PKI
2 48 (5.22%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.24%) Public Cloud
4 26 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.61%) Product Ownership
6 23 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 19 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (1.96%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.85%) Replication
11 16 (1.74%) IoT
11 16 (1.74%) Management Information System
12 14 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.31%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 10 (1.09%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 238 (25.90%) Linux
2 110 (11.97%) Windows
3 77 (8.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 56 (6.09%) Windows Server
5 30 (3.26%) Unix
6 24 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (2.07%) CentOS
9 17 (1.85%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.20%) VMS
11 7 (0.76%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.65%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.54%) Solaris
14 4 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
14 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.33%) Android
15 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.33%) Windows 2000
15 3 (0.33%) Windows XP
16 2 (0.22%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (62.13%) DevOps
2 505 (54.95%) CI/CD
3 288 (31.34%) Agile
4 249 (27.09%) Containerisation
5 167 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
6 126 (13.71%) Continuous Integration
6 126 (13.71%) Microservices
7 115 (12.51%) Test Automation
8 112 (12.19%) Cloud Security
9 108 (11.75%) Configuration Management
10 104 (11.32%) Analytics
11 96 (10.45%) DevSecOps
12 87 (9.47%) Migration
13 81 (8.81%) Scrum
14 78 (8.49%) Software Engineering
15 76 (8.27%) Platform Engineering
16 74 (8.05%) Infrastructure Automation
17 68 (7.40%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 65 (7.07%) Observability
19 64 (6.96%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 346 (37.65%) Python
2 191 (20.78%) PowerShell
3 155 (16.87%) Bash
4 116 (12.62%) SQL
5 115 (12.51%) Java
6 79 (8.60%) C#
7 74 (8.05%) Bicep
8 72 (7.83%) TypeScript
9 47 (5.11%) JavaScript
10 44 (4.79%) Go
11 41 (4.46%) Shell Script
12 20 (2.18%) VB
12 20 (2.18%) VBScript
13 15 (1.63%) Ruby
14 11 (1.20%) Groovy
15 8 (0.87%) PHP
16 7 (0.76%) Scala
17 5 (0.54%) Perl
18 4 (0.44%) C
18 4 (0.44%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 241 (26.22%) Security Cleared
2 194 (21.11%) SC Cleared
3 93 (10.12%) Degree
4 56 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (5.77%) DV Cleared
6 34 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 25 (2.72%) AWS Certification
8 20 (2.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 12 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.98%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.76%) CISSP
12 7 (0.76%) OSCP
13 4 (0.44%) CCNP
13 4 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.44%) SANS
14 3 (0.33%) CCIE
14 3 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.57%) QA
2 39 (4.24%) NIST
3 24 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.96%) PCI DSS
5 17 (1.85%) GDPR
5 17 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.63%) Disclosure Scotland
7 9 (0.98%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.44%) NCSC
10 3 (0.33%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 287 (31.23%) Docker
2 78 (8.49%) Active Directory
3 70 (7.62%) Virtual Machines
4 64 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (2.83%) VMware NSX
6 22 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.52%) vSphere
9 10 (1.09%) vCloud
10 5 (0.54%) Firmware
10 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.22%) Squid
13 1 (0.11%) Ceph
13 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.11%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) NFS
13 1 (0.11%) XenApp
13 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 601 (65.40%) Terraform
2 340 (37.00%) Kubernetes
3 243 (26.44%) Ansible
4 113 (12.30%) Grafana
5 75 (8.16%) Prometheus
6 74 (8.05%) Puppet
7 61 (6.64%) Progress Chef
8 35 (3.81%) Kibana
9 31 (3.37%) SCCM
10 26 (2.83%) logstash
11 24 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
12 22 (2.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 22 (2.39%) Docker Swarm
13 21 (2.29%) SCOM
14 20 (2.18%) WSUS
15 18 (1.96%) vCenter Server
16 17 (1.85%) Salt
17 16 (1.74%) Podman
18 14 (1.52%) Istio
18 14 (1.52%) Packer
Vendors
1 143 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 89 (9.68%) VMware
3 74 (8.05%) Google
4 55 (5.98%) Red Hat
5 52 (5.66%) Oracle
6 45 (4.90%) Splunk
7 31 (3.37%) Cisco
8 25 (2.72%) Databricks
9 21 (2.29%) Fortinet
10 19 (2.07%) Salesforce
11 18 (1.96%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.85%) Juniper
12 17 (1.85%) SAP
13 16 (1.74%) SaltStack
14 14 (1.52%) Dell
15 13 (1.41%) Amdocs
16 11 (1.20%) Atlassian
17 10 (1.09%) CyberArk
18 7 (0.76%) ServiceNow
18 7 (0.76%) WSO2