Infrastructure as Code Contracts in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 102 104
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 113 107 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.33% 1.97% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.18% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 83 137
10th Percentile £400 £488 £396
25th Percentile £444 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £681 £625
90th Percentile £645 £775 £655
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £69.50 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year -13.46% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Infrastructure as Code falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 4,902 6,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 90.08% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,411 3,372 4,591
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 209 251
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.75 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +30.96% +7.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.39 £34.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £56.38 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Infrastructure as Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Yorkshire +41 65 £514 -17.18% 21
North West -5 43 £550 -8.33% 37
North East -1 5 - - 2
Infrastructure as Code
England

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 14 (12.39%) Confluence
2 9 (7.96%) Apache Spark
3 5 (4.42%) nginx
4 3 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.65%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 70 (61.95%) AWS
2 51 (45.13%) Azure
3 27 (23.89%) GCP
4 26 (23.01%) Serverless
5 24 (21.24%) GitHub
6 19 (16.81%) Amazon S3
6 19 (16.81%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (15.04%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (14.16%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (11.50%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (9.73%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (8.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (7.96%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 9 (7.96%) Kong
13 6 (5.31%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (5.31%) Apigee
13 6 (5.31%) BrowserStack
13 6 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (5.31%) Snowflake
13 6 (5.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.04%) Firewall
2 12 (10.62%) VPN
3 11 (9.73%) DNS
4 9 (7.96%) HTTP
4 9 (7.96%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.42%) Network Security
5 5 (4.42%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (4.42%) SSL
6 3 (2.65%) BIG-IP
6 3 (2.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (2.65%) WAN
7 2 (1.77%) DAB
7 2 (1.77%) IPv4
7 2 (1.77%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.27%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (13.27%) Data Lake
2 14 (12.39%) MySQL
3 13 (11.50%) NoSQL
4 11 (9.73%) BigQuery
5 10 (8.85%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (7.96%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (7.96%) Big Data
6 9 (7.96%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (7.96%) Hadoop
6 9 (7.96%) MongoDB
7 7 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (6.19%) Relational Database
8 6 (5.31%) DynamoDB
9 5 (4.42%) SQL Server
10 3 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (2.65%) ClickHouse
11 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.77%) Delta Lake
11 2 (1.77%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (35.40%) Jenkins
2 35 (30.97%) Git
3 31 (27.43%) GitLab
4 12 (10.62%) JIRA
5 11 (9.73%) SonarQube
6 9 (7.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (7.96%) CircleCI
6 9 (7.96%) Travis CI
7 6 (5.31%) Cypress.io
8 4 (3.54%) AppScan
8 4 (3.54%) Burp Suite
9 2 (1.77%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.77%) Selenium
10 1 (0.88%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.88%) Maven
10 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.88%) TeamCity
General
1 25 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.39%) Banking
3 12 (10.62%) Finance
4 11 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.31%) Retail
6 2 (1.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.88%) Publishing
7 1 (0.88%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 43 (38.05%) DevOps Engineer
2 24 (21.24%) Architect
3 22 (19.47%) AWS DevOps
4 19 (16.81%) AWS Engineer
5 18 (15.93%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 14 (12.39%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 11 (9.73%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (9.73%) Site Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Software Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (7.08%) Full Stack Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) DevOps Automation Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Lead
10 6 (5.31%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) DevOps Platform Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) Junior
11 5 (4.42%) Junior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.27%) Kafka
2 13 (11.50%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (9.73%) JSON
3 11 (9.73%) YAML
4 9 (7.96%) React
4 9 (7.96%) XML
5 6 (5.31%) Next.js
5 6 (5.31%) Node.js
5 6 (5.31%) RESTful
6 5 (4.42%) AWS CDK
7 3 (2.65%) Apache Beam
7 3 (2.65%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.65%) Keycloak
7 3 (2.65%) Lambda Expressions
7 3 (2.65%) Spring
7 3 (2.65%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.77%) Jest
8 2 (1.77%) PySpark
8 2 (1.77%) SAML
8 2 (1.77%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.96%) Data Structures
1 9 (7.96%) Public Cloud
2 8 (7.08%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.88%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.81%) Linux
2 5 (4.42%) Windows
3 3 (2.65%) Android
3 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.65%) Unix
3 3 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.77%) Alpine Linux
4 2 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (83.19%) DevOps
2 78 (69.03%) CI/CD
3 55 (48.67%) Containerisation
4 41 (36.28%) Agile
5 25 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (21.24%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 23 (20.35%) Continuous Integration
8 22 (19.47%) High Availability
9 19 (16.81%) Microservices
10 17 (15.04%) Test Automation
11 16 (14.16%) Configuration Management
12 14 (12.39%) Analytics
12 14 (12.39%) Design Patterns
12 14 (12.39%) Scrum
13 13 (11.50%) ETL
13 13 (11.50%) Project Management
13 13 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (10.62%) Continuous Deployment
14 12 (10.62%) Migration
14 12 (10.62%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (52.21%) Python
2 35 (30.97%) Bash
3 29 (25.66%) SQL
4 23 (20.35%) Java
4 23 (20.35%) PowerShell
5 15 (13.27%) Go
6 12 (10.62%) JavaScript
6 12 (10.62%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.42%) Groovy
8 3 (2.65%) ActionScript
8 3 (2.65%) Bicep
8 3 (2.65%) Ruby
8 3 (2.65%) Scala
8 3 (2.65%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.88%) C#
9 1 (0.88%) C++
9 1 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.85%) AWS Certification
3 10 (8.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 5 (4.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 5 (4.42%) Degree
5 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.27%) QA
2 6 (5.31%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.65%) ISO 22301
3 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.65%) NIST
3 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
System Software
1 51 (45.13%) Docker
2 3 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 83 (73.45%) Terraform
2 54 (47.79%) Kubernetes
3 33 (29.20%) Ansible
4 24 (21.24%) Grafana
5 17 (15.04%) Prometheus
6 14 (12.39%) Progress Chef
6 14 (12.39%) Puppet
7 10 (8.85%) HP Fortify
8 9 (7.96%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (7.96%) Kibana
8 9 (7.96%) logstash
9 4 (3.54%) Graylog
9 4 (3.54%) Nessus
9 4 (3.54%) WebInspect
10 2 (1.77%) Istio
10 2 (1.77%) Kiali
Vendors
1 21 (18.58%) Splunk
2 17 (15.04%) Microsoft
3 12 (10.62%) Google
4 5 (4.42%) F5
5 4 (3.54%) Checkmarx
5 4 (3.54%) Veracode
6 3 (2.65%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.65%) Databricks
6 3 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.77%) Aruba
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco
7 2 (1.77%) Juniper
7 2 (1.77%) Meraki
7 2 (1.77%) Sage
7 2 (1.77%) Virgin Media
7 2 (1.77%) VMware
7 2 (1.77%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.88%) Confluent
8 1 (0.88%) Skytap
8 1 (0.88%) Tanium