Infrastructure as Code Contracts in England

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 117 99
Rank change year-on-year +38 -18 +12
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 772 706 1,214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.18% 1.92% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 2.22% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 483 878
10th Percentile £400 £408 £460
25th Percentile £463 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £653 £645 £694
90th Percentile £737 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 14
10th Percentile £25.25 £55.00 £52.50
25th Percentile £26.19 £55.31 £70.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% -19.87% +52.38%
75th Percentile £71.85 £73.69 £85.00
90th Percentile £81.02 £76.25 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year - -13.46% +64.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,171 31,821 44,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.22% 86.48% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,511 20,850 31,044
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,250 1,565
10th Percentile £14.21 £12.92 £10.68
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.02 £36.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -20.49% -2.14% +52.24%
75th Percentile £63.29 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in England

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in England

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in England

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in England

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in England

Infrastructure as Code
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
London +55 490 £550 - 742
North of England +18 80 £525 -4.55% 279
South East +9 80 £569 -6.03% 353
North West +13 45 £488 -11.36% 174
South West +28 40 £622 +8.17% 90
Midlands +14 32 £550 +2.33% 91
Yorkshire +3 27 £550 -4.14% 88
West Midlands +12 23 £645 +17.18% 59
East of England +39 11 £550 +10.00% 43
East Midlands +16 9 £475 +5.56% 27
North East +3 8 £550 - 21
Infrastructure as Code
UK

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 30 (3.89%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.72%) nginx
3 19 (2.46%) Confluence
4 18 (2.33%) Apache
5 12 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.91%) Traefik
7 5 (0.65%) IIS
7 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) Camunda
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Shopify
2 3 (0.39%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 393 (50.91%) AWS
2 348 (45.08%) Azure
3 137 (17.75%) AWS CloudFormation
4 130 (16.84%) Serverless
5 126 (16.32%) Azure DevOps
6 123 (15.93%) GitHub
7 110 (14.25%) GCP
8 77 (9.97%) AWS Lambda
9 75 (9.72%) PaaS
10 72 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
11 65 (8.42%) Amazon S3
12 64 (8.29%) IaaS
13 61 (7.90%) Azure AKS
14 59 (7.64%) Amazon EKS
15 56 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
16 54 (6.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 52 (6.74%) Amazon EC2
18 45 (5.83%) Entra ID
19 44 (5.70%) SaaS
20 37 (4.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 98 (12.69%) Firewall
2 83 (10.75%) DNS
3 60 (7.77%) VPN
4 40 (5.18%) TCP/IP
5 26 (3.37%) Network Security
6 21 (2.72%) NGFW
7 20 (2.59%) DHCP
7 20 (2.59%) HTTP
8 16 (2.07%) WAN
9 14 (1.81%) SD-WAN
10 11 (1.42%) BGP
10 11 (1.42%) SAN
11 9 (1.17%) MPLS
12 8 (1.04%) Internet
13 6 (0.78%) Kerberos
13 6 (0.78%) VSAN
14 5 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (0.65%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.52%) OSPF
15 4 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.74%) Amazon RDS
2 37 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (4.66%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (3.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 26 (3.37%) MongoDB
7 25 (3.24%) SQL Server
8 21 (2.72%) DynamoDB
8 21 (2.72%) Power BI
8 21 (2.72%) Relational Database
9 19 (2.46%) Data Lake
10 18 (2.33%) Hadoop
11 17 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
13 15 (1.94%) Big Data
14 13 (1.68%) Apache Hive
15 10 (1.30%) Delta Lake
16 9 (1.17%) Apache Iceberg
16 9 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 159 (20.60%) Jenkins
2 135 (17.49%) GitLab
3 80 (10.36%) Git
4 41 (5.31%) JIRA
5 26 (3.37%) SonarQube
6 19 (2.46%) CircleCI
7 13 (1.68%) Selenium
8 10 (1.30%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.17%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.17%) Maven
9 9 (1.17%) REST Assured
10 8 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (1.04%) Terragrunt
11 7 (0.91%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.65%) Poetry
13 4 (0.52%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.39%) Chocolatey
14 3 (0.39%) JMeter
15 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
16 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 185 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 120 (15.54%) Finance
3 77 (9.97%) Public Sector
4 62 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (5.70%) Banking
6 16 (2.07%) Financial Institution
7 14 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (1.68%) Marketing
9 12 (1.55%) Military
10 11 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.17%) Law
11 9 (1.17%) Retail
12 8 (1.04%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.65%) Legal
16 4 (0.52%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.52%) Multimedia
16 4 (0.52%) Police
17 3 (0.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 200 (25.91%) DevOps Engineer
2 125 (16.19%) Senior
3 110 (14.25%) Architect
4 94 (12.18%) Azure Engineer
5 91 (11.79%) AWS Engineer
6 65 (8.42%) Developer
7 63 (8.16%) Platform Engineer
8 62 (8.03%) Cloud Engineer
9 60 (7.77%) Lead
10 50 (6.48%) AWS DevOps
11 47 (6.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 42 (5.44%) Senior DevOps
13 39 (5.05%) Data Engineer
14 38 (4.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 37 (4.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 31 (4.02%) Azure Architect
16 31 (4.02%) Cloud Architect
16 31 (4.02%) Software Engineer
17 27 (3.50%) Network Engineer
18 26 (3.37%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.77%) ARM Templates
2 48 (6.22%) .NET
3 47 (6.09%) Kafka
4 34 (4.40%) React
5 33 (4.27%) Elastic Stack
6 32 (4.15%) Node.js
7 30 (3.89%) REST
8 27 (3.50%) YAML
9 23 (2.98%) AWS CDK
10 22 (2.85%) ADO
10 22 (2.85%) OAuth
11 21 (2.72%) OpenTelemetry
12 20 (2.59%) RESTful
13 17 (2.20%) JSON
14 16 (2.07%) cloud-init
14 16 (2.07%) GraphQL
15 15 (1.94%) Spring
16 14 (1.81%) .NET Framework
17 11 (1.42%) Java EE
17 11 (1.42%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.08%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.61%) Public Cloud
3 36 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (2.72%) PKI
5 19 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.07%) Anti-Spyware
8 13 (1.68%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.04%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.91%) Hedge funds
13 7 (0.91%) Replication
13 7 (0.91%) Security Posture
14 6 (0.78%) Clustering
14 6 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (0.78%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 149 (19.30%) Linux
2 54 (6.99%) Windows
3 44 (5.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 31 (4.02%) Unix
5 23 (2.98%) Windows Server
6 21 (2.72%) CentOS
7 8 (1.04%) VMS
8 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.39%) Rocky
9 3 (0.39%) Solaris
9 3 (0.39%) SUSE
10 2 (0.26%) Android
10 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.13%) VyOS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (59.72%) DevOps
2 437 (56.61%) CI/CD
3 261 (33.81%) Containerisation
4 182 (23.58%) Agile
5 169 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
6 105 (13.60%) Migration
7 102 (13.21%) Continuous Integration
8 99 (12.82%) Microservices
9 97 (12.56%) Configuration Management
10 92 (11.92%) Observability
11 90 (11.66%) Infrastructure Automation
11 90 (11.66%) Software Engineering
12 89 (11.53%) Test Automation
13 86 (11.14%) Cloud Security
14 73 (9.46%) Platform Engineering
15 66 (8.55%) High Availability
16 63 (8.16%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 62 (8.03%) Analytics
17 62 (8.03%) Mentoring
18 49 (6.35%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 333 (43.13%) Python
2 129 (16.71%) Bash
3 122 (15.80%) PowerShell
4 107 (13.86%) SQL
5 91 (11.79%) Java
6 73 (9.46%) Bicep
7 62 (8.03%) Go
8 61 (7.90%) C#
9 54 (6.99%) JavaScript
10 43 (5.57%) TypeScript
11 16 (2.07%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.42%) Perl
14 9 (1.17%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.04%) RPG
15 8 (1.04%) RPG IV
16 7 (0.91%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.65%) R
17 5 (0.65%) Ruby
17 5 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 208 (26.94%) Security Cleared
2 169 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.25%) AWS Certification
4 46 (5.96%) Degree
5 33 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 25 (3.24%) DV Cleared
7 24 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 19 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
12 10 (1.30%) CCNP
13 9 (1.17%) MCSE
14 7 (0.91%) CISSP
15 6 (0.78%) OCP
15 6 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
16 4 (0.52%) CCNA
16 4 (0.52%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.37%) GDPR
1 26 (3.37%) NCSC
2 22 (2.85%) NIST
3 20 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.81%) QA
6 12 (1.55%) SLA
7 11 (1.42%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.30%) HIPAA
9 8 (1.04%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.13%) FedRAMP
13 1 (0.13%) GxP
13 1 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 219 (28.37%) Docker
2 45 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 30 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.30%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.17%) vSphere
7 6 (0.78%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.39%) FreeRADIUS
9 3 (0.39%) iptables
9 3 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.26%) Lustre
11 1 (0.13%) Ceph
11 1 (0.13%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) Samba
11 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 586 (75.91%) Terraform
2 356 (46.11%) Kubernetes
3 193 (25.00%) Ansible
4 92 (11.92%) Grafana
4 92 (11.92%) Prometheus
5 42 (5.44%) Puppet
6 28 (3.63%) Progress Chef
7 27 (3.50%) Packer
8 20 (2.59%) Rancher
9 18 (2.33%) Istio
10 17 (2.20%) Podman
11 16 (2.07%) ZABBIX
12 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
13 11 (1.42%) Consul
13 11 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (1.30%) Argo
14 10 (1.30%) Docker Swarm
14 10 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (1.17%) FortiGate
15 9 (1.17%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 113 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 56 (7.25%) VMware
3 39 (5.05%) Google
4 37 (4.79%) Databricks
5 36 (4.66%) Splunk
6 30 (3.89%) Palo Alto
7 29 (3.76%) Red Hat
8 24 (3.11%) Cisco
9 20 (2.59%) Oracle
10 18 (2.33%) CheckPoint
10 18 (2.33%) ServiceNow
11 17 (2.20%) Infoblox
12 14 (1.81%) SAP
13 12 (1.55%) Cloudera
14 11 (1.42%) Okta
15 10 (1.30%) Fortinet
16 9 (1.17%) SolarWinds
17 8 (1.04%) Apple
17 8 (1.04%) IBM
17 8 (1.04%) Salesforce