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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 78 100
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 -16
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 338 713 1,167
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.24% 2.84% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 3.17% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 530 904
10th Percentile £405 £450 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% +6.48%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £650
90th Percentile £675 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £55.25 £25.20 -
25th Percentile £55.63 £51.00 £38.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +37.50% -34.96%
75th Percentile £66.63 £57.50 £41.50
90th Percentile £71.35 £84.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £78.00 £47.38
% change year-on-year -13.46% +64.64% -22.97%

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 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 18 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.03%) Confluence
3 8 (2.37%) nginx
4 7 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.07%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.18%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.18%) Luigi
6 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.59%) Apache
8 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Gliffy
1 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 176 (52.07%) AWS
2 166 (49.11%) Azure
3 68 (20.12%) Serverless
4 57 (16.86%) AWS CloudFormation
5 55 (16.27%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (15.68%) AWS Lambda
7 48 (14.20%) Amazon S3
8 47 (13.91%) GCP
9 39 (11.54%) Amazon EC2
10 30 (8.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 30 (8.88%) GitHub
11 29 (8.58%) Amazon EKS
12 28 (8.28%) Entra ID
13 26 (7.69%) IaaS
14 25 (7.40%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (7.10%) PaaS
15 24 (7.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 23 (6.80%) OpenShift
17 19 (5.62%) Azure Storage
17 19 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.86%) Firewall
2 40 (11.83%) DNS
3 28 (8.28%) DHCP
4 23 (6.80%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.14%) VPN
6 13 (3.85%) Network Security
7 9 (2.66%) VLAN
8 7 (2.07%) Kerberos
8 7 (2.07%) LAN
8 7 (2.07%) NAS
8 7 (2.07%) SAN
9 6 (1.78%) HTTP
9 6 (1.78%) WLAN
10 5 (1.48%) IPsec
10 5 (1.48%) WAN
11 4 (1.18%) HTTPS
11 4 (1.18%) SNA
11 4 (1.18%) Wireless
12 3 (0.89%) BGP
12 3 (0.89%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.47%) Amazon RDS
1 32 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.33%) Amazon Aurora
2 18 (5.33%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (5.33%) SQL Server
3 17 (5.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (4.73%) MongoDB
5 15 (4.44%) MySQL
5 15 (4.44%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.96%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.37%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.07%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.07%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.48%) InfluxDB
11 5 (1.48%) Informix
11 5 (1.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 71 (21.01%) Jenkins
2 60 (17.75%) Git
3 48 (14.20%) GitLab
4 34 (10.06%) JIRA
5 14 (4.14%) Selenium
6 11 (3.25%) SonarQube
7 10 (2.96%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.66%) TeamCity
9 8 (2.37%) REST Assured
10 6 (1.78%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.48%) CircleCI
11 5 (1.48%) Travis CI
11 5 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (1.18%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.18%) Burp Suite
12 4 (1.18%) Terragrunt
13 3 (0.89%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.59%) Gradle
14 2 (0.59%) Jaeger
General
1 93 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.61%) Public Sector
3 36 (10.65%) Finance
4 21 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.25%) Law
6 9 (2.66%) Banking
7 7 (2.07%) Police
8 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.48%) Marketing
10 4 (1.18%) Legal
11 3 (0.89%) Electronics
11 3 (0.89%) Retail
11 3 (0.89%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Military
13 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (28.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 53 (15.68%) Developer
3 39 (11.54%) Senior
4 37 (10.95%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (10.36%) Azure Engineer
6 28 (8.28%) Architect
7 27 (7.99%) AWS DevOps
8 26 (7.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 24 (7.10%) Lead
10 23 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (6.21%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (5.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 19 (5.62%) Azure Specialist
13 19 (5.62%) Data Engineer
14 16 (4.73%) Active Directory Support
15 15 (4.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 14 (4.14%) Active Directory Specialist
16 14 (4.14%) Software Engineer
16 14 (4.14%) Support Specialist
17 12 (3.55%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (13.31%) ARM Templates
2 32 (9.47%) YAML
3 31 (9.17%) AWS CDK
4 27 (7.99%) REST
5 22 (6.51%) .NET
6 21 (6.21%) Elastic Stack
7 17 (5.03%) JSON
8 16 (4.73%) Node.js
8 16 (4.73%) React
9 11 (3.25%) ADO
10 10 (2.96%) OAuth
10 10 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (2.96%) SOAP
11 9 (2.66%) CSS
11 9 (2.66%) LDAP
12 8 (2.37%) HTML
12 8 (2.37%) Java EE
12 8 (2.37%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.37%) XML
13 7 (2.07%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.69%) PKI
2 19 (5.62%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.14%) Replication
5 9 (2.66%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.37%) Clustering
7 6 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.48%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.48%) Tandem
9 4 (1.18%) Distributed Applications
9 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.89%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.89%) IoT
10 3 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 97 (28.70%) Linux
2 47 (13.91%) Windows
3 29 (8.58%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (5.33%) Ubuntu
6 16 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (4.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.66%) CentOS
8 8 (2.37%) Unix
9 7 (2.07%) Oracle Linux
9 7 (2.07%) Solaris
10 2 (0.59%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.59%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.59%) VMS
10 2 (0.59%) Windows 2000
10 2 (0.59%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (72.19%) DevOps
2 207 (61.24%) CI/CD
3 115 (34.02%) Agile
4 66 (19.53%) Containerisation
5 62 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 48 (14.20%) Test Automation
8 46 (13.61%) Microservices
9 41 (12.13%) Analytics
10 37 (10.95%) Software Engineering
11 36 (10.65%) Configuration Management
12 33 (9.76%) High Availability
12 33 (9.76%) Migration
13 30 (8.88%) Scrum
14 26 (7.69%) Cloud Security
14 26 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
14 26 (7.69%) Mentoring
14 26 (7.69%) Software Delivery
15 25 (7.40%) Platform Engineering
16 24 (7.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 128 (37.87%) Python
2 76 (22.49%) PowerShell
3 51 (15.09%) Bash
4 46 (13.61%) Java
5 44 (13.02%) C#
6 43 (12.72%) SQL
7 41 (12.13%) Bicep
8 33 (9.76%) TypeScript
9 30 (8.88%) JavaScript
10 20 (5.92%) Go
11 16 (4.73%) VB
11 16 (4.73%) VBScript
12 11 (3.25%) Shell Script
13 9 (2.66%) PHP
14 8 (2.37%) Groovy
14 8 (2.37%) Ruby
15 3 (0.89%) Perl
16 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.30%) C
17 1 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 85 (25.15%) Security Cleared
2 70 (20.71%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.88%) Degree
4 18 (5.33%) DV Cleared
5 16 (4.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.37%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.07%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.59%) OSCP
10 2 (0.59%) SANS
11 1 (0.30%) CCNP
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.30%) CISSP
11 1 (0.30%) GIAC
11 1 (0.30%) MCSE
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.14%) QA
3 13 (3.85%) GDPR
4 11 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.25%) NIST
5 7 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.18%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.30%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 96 (28.40%) Docker
2 48 (14.20%) Active Directory
3 30 (8.88%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (2.07%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.18%) vSphere
8 3 (0.89%) Firmware
8 3 (0.89%) vCloud
9 2 (0.59%) Squid
10 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 213 (63.02%) Terraform
2 120 (35.50%) Kubernetes
3 91 (26.92%) Ansible
4 52 (15.38%) Grafana
5 30 (8.88%) Prometheus
6 28 (8.28%) Puppet
7 21 (6.21%) Progress Chef
8 19 (5.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 17 (5.03%) SCOM
10 16 (4.73%) SCCM
10 16 (4.73%) WSUS
11 15 (4.44%) Kibana
12 10 (2.96%) Docker Swarm
13 9 (2.66%) logstash
14 8 (2.37%) Podman
15 7 (2.07%) EMC NetWorker
15 7 (2.07%) Netcool
15 7 (2.07%) Tivoli
15 7 (2.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 57 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.10%) Oracle
3 19 (5.62%) VMware
4 18 (5.33%) Splunk
5 16 (4.73%) Google
6 14 (4.14%) Databricks
7 12 (3.55%) Cisco
7 12 (3.55%) Dell
8 10 (2.96%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.66%) CyberArk
10 8 (2.37%) HP
10 8 (2.37%) IBM
11 7 (2.07%) EMC
11 7 (2.07%) Isilon
11 7 (2.07%) Qualys
11 7 (2.07%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.07%) Serena
12 6 (1.78%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.78%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.48%) Juniper