Infrastructure as Code Contracts with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 77 101
Rank change year-on-year -14 +24 -16
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 344 682 1,142
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.35% 2.81% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 3.14% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 521 884
10th Percentile £405 £450 £441
25th Percentile £475 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £675 £652
90th Percentile £675 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £56.45 £20.90 -
25th Percentile £58.63 £40.25 £38.50
Median hourly rate £63.50 £56.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% +41.88% -34.96%
75th Percentile £69.63 £63.75 £41.50
90th Percentile £72.55 - -
UK median hourly rate £69.75 £78.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.58% +95.00% -34.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Infrastructure as Code
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure as Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure as Code trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure as Code.

Infrastructure as Code daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Infrastructure as Code daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure as Code.

Infrastructure as Code hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Infrastructure as Code hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.36%) Confluence
3 8 (2.33%) nginx
4 6 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.74%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.16%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.16%) Luigi
5 4 (1.16%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.58%) Apache
8 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 175 (50.87%) AWS
2 164 (47.67%) Azure
3 69 (20.06%) Serverless
4 62 (18.02%) AWS CloudFormation
5 54 (15.70%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (15.12%) Amazon S3
7 49 (14.24%) GCP
8 47 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (9.01%) Amazon EC2
9 31 (9.01%) Entra ID
10 30 (8.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 30 (8.72%) GitHub
11 28 (8.14%) Azure Monitor
12 27 (7.85%) OpenShift
13 25 (7.27%) Amazon EKS
13 25 (7.27%) IaaS
14 23 (6.69%) Azure Storage
15 22 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (6.40%) PaaS
16 18 (5.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.15%) Firewall
2 44 (12.79%) DNS
3 30 (8.72%) DHCP
4 22 (6.40%) TCP/IP
5 15 (4.36%) Network Security
6 14 (4.07%) VPN
7 7 (2.03%) HTTP
7 7 (2.03%) LAN
7 7 (2.03%) VLAN
8 5 (1.45%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.45%) IPsec
8 5 (1.45%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.45%) NAS
8 5 (1.45%) SAN
8 5 (1.45%) WAN
8 5 (1.45%) WLAN
9 3 (0.87%) BGP
9 3 (0.87%) OSPF
10 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.47%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (9.30%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (5.81%) Amazon Aurora
4 16 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (4.07%) MongoDB
5 14 (4.07%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.49%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (3.49%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.20%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.20%) MySQL
8 10 (2.91%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (2.91%) BigQuery
8 10 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.33%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.74%) Amazon QuickSight
10 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.45%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.45%) InfluxDB
11 5 (1.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 73 (21.22%) Jenkins
2 61 (17.73%) Git
3 54 (15.70%) GitLab
4 31 (9.01%) JIRA
5 14 (4.07%) Selenium
6 11 (3.20%) SonarQube
7 10 (2.91%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.33%) REST Assured
8 8 (2.33%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.74%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.45%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.45%) Travis CI
10 5 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (1.16%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.58%) Liquibase
13 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.58%) Terragrunt
General
1 105 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.21%) Public Sector
3 32 (9.30%) Finance
4 23 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.78%) Banking
6 11 (3.20%) Law
7 7 (2.03%) Police
8 6 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.16%) Legal
9 4 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.87%) Marketing
11 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.58%) Retail
11 2 (0.58%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.29%) Electronics
12 1 (0.29%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Military
12 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (28.78%) DevOps Engineer
2 48 (13.95%) Developer
3 44 (12.79%) Senior
4 40 (11.63%) Azure Engineer
5 32 (9.30%) Architect
5 32 (9.30%) AWS Engineer
6 26 (7.56%) AWS DevOps
7 25 (7.27%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 23 (6.69%) Platform Engineer
9 22 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
10 20 (5.81%) Active Directory Support
11 19 (5.52%) Azure Specialist
12 18 (5.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 18 (5.23%) Data Engineer
12 18 (5.23%) Lead
13 14 (4.07%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (4.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.07%) Support Specialist
14 13 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
15 12 (3.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.95%) ARM Templates
2 34 (9.88%) AWS CDK
3 30 (8.72%) YAML
4 29 (8.43%) REST
5 19 (5.52%) Elastic Stack
6 18 (5.23%) React
7 16 (4.65%) .NET
7 16 (4.65%) Node.js
8 14 (4.07%) JSON
9 11 (3.20%) ADO
9 11 (3.20%) CSS
9 11 (3.20%) HTML
10 10 (2.91%) RabbitMQ
11 9 (2.62%) OAuth
11 9 (2.62%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.33%) Java EE
12 8 (2.33%) SOAP
12 8 (2.33%) Spring
13 7 (2.03%) LDAP
13 7 (2.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.43%) PKI
2 22 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.49%) Replication
5 10 (2.91%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.62%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.74%) Clustering
8 6 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.45%) Tandem
10 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.16%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.87%) IoT
12 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 99 (28.78%) Linux
2 50 (14.53%) Windows
3 30 (8.72%) Windows Server
4 21 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (5.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.65%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.33%) Unix
8 5 (1.45%) CentOS
8 5 (1.45%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (1.45%) Solaris
9 3 (0.87%) VMS
10 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.58%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.58%) Windows 2000
10 2 (0.58%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (72.67%) DevOps
2 207 (60.17%) CI/CD
3 111 (32.27%) Agile
4 85 (24.71%) Containerisation
5 70 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (14.83%) Continuous Integration
6 51 (14.83%) Test Automation
7 47 (13.66%) Analytics
8 45 (13.08%) Microservices
9 39 (11.34%) Configuration Management
10 36 (10.47%) Migration
11 33 (9.59%) High Availability
12 31 (9.01%) Software Engineering
13 29 (8.43%) Platform Engineering
14 28 (8.14%) RBAC
15 27 (7.85%) Cloud Security
15 27 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (7.85%) Scrum
16 26 (7.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 26 (7.56%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 124 (36.05%) Python
2 83 (24.13%) PowerShell
3 53 (15.41%) Bash
4 50 (14.53%) Bicep
5 44 (12.79%) SQL
6 43 (12.50%) Java
7 42 (12.21%) C#
8 32 (9.30%) TypeScript
9 25 (7.27%) JavaScript
10 20 (5.81%) VB
10 20 (5.81%) VBScript
11 16 (4.65%) Go
12 10 (2.91%) Shell Script
13 8 (2.33%) PHP
14 7 (2.03%) Groovy
15 6 (1.74%) Ruby
16 3 (0.87%) Perl
17 2 (0.58%) Rust
17 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 89 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 73 (21.22%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.88%) Degree
4 26 (7.56%) DV Cleared
5 20 (5.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.20%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.58%) CISSP
9 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.58%) OSCP
9 2 (0.58%) SANS
10 1 (0.29%) CCNP
10 1 (0.29%) CEH
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.29%) GIAC
10 1 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.36%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.07%) QA
3 12 (3.49%) GDPR
3 12 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.49%) NIST
4 6 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.87%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 106 (30.81%) Docker
2 48 (13.95%) Active Directory
3 33 (9.59%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (6.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.16%) vSphere
7 3 (0.87%) Firmware
7 3 (0.87%) vCloud
7 3 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.58%) Squid
9 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 223 (64.83%) Terraform
2 128 (37.21%) Kubernetes
3 87 (25.29%) Ansible
4 55 (15.99%) Grafana
5 30 (8.72%) Prometheus
6 25 (7.27%) Puppet
7 21 (6.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 21 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (6.10%) SCOM
8 20 (5.81%) SCCM
8 20 (5.81%) WSUS
9 19 (5.52%) Progress Chef
10 13 (3.78%) Kibana
11 11 (3.20%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (2.33%) Podman
13 7 (2.03%) logstash
14 5 (1.45%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (1.45%) Netcool
14 5 (1.45%) Tivoli
14 5 (1.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 63 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.98%) Oracle
3 21 (6.10%) VMware
4 19 (5.52%) Google
5 17 (4.94%) Splunk
6 12 (3.49%) Databricks
6 12 (3.49%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.62%) Cisco
8 8 (2.33%) Dell
9 7 (2.03%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.03%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.74%) HP
10 6 (1.74%) IBM
10 6 (1.74%) Juniper
10 6 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.74%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.45%) EMC
11 5 (1.45%) Isilon
11 5 (1.45%) Qualys
11 5 (1.45%) Serena