Infrastructure as Code Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 56 99
Rank change year-on-year +21 +43 -9
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,122 616 436
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.65% 4.53% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.34% 4.91% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 396 307
10th Percentile £413 £392 £376
25th Percentile £474 £447 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £670 £660
90th Percentile £750 £750 £749
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £58.03 £53.95 -
25th Percentile £59.94 £55.38 -
Median hourly rate £68.50 £59.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% +7.73% -35.29%
75th Percentile £73.94 £61.63 -
90th Percentile £75.63 £62.15 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £68.44
% change year-on-year +12.00% -8.68% -12.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,691 12,549 15,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.03% 92.21% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,395 11,020
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £440 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £768 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 234 284
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.46 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +6.93% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.84 £50.38 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Infrastructure as Code job vacancy trend in London

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure as Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in London

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure as Code.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in London

Infrastructure as Code
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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
Central London +17 134 £595 -4.88% 61
West London -2 18 £625 +26.26% 54
South London +1 15 £503 +1.52% 1
East London +3 5 £512 - 12
Infrastructure as Code
England

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 45 (4.01%) Apache Spark
2 43 (3.83%) Confluence
3 32 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (2.67%) Apache
5 13 (1.16%) Jupyter
6 12 (1.07%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.27%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
11 2 (0.18%) Camunda
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.089%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.089%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.089%) Maximo
2 1 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.089%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 603 (53.74%) AWS
2 566 (50.45%) Azure
3 302 (26.92%) GitHub
4 211 (18.81%) GitHub Actions
5 201 (17.91%) Azure DevOps
6 200 (17.83%) Serverless
7 195 (17.38%) GCP
8 171 (15.24%) Amazon S3
9 166 (14.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 136 (12.12%) AWS Lambda
11 112 (9.98%) Amazon EKS
12 91 (8.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 89 (7.93%) Amazon ECS
14 75 (6.68%) Power Platform
15 73 (6.51%) Azure AKS
15 73 (6.51%) Entra ID
16 65 (5.79%) Amazon EC2
17 64 (5.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 57 (5.08%) Azure Monitor
19 53 (4.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (7.04%) Firewall
2 47 (4.19%) DNS
2 47 (4.19%) Network Security
3 38 (3.39%) VPN
4 29 (2.58%) WAN
5 19 (1.69%) BGP
6 12 (1.07%) SSL
6 12 (1.07%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.98%) Internet
7 11 (0.98%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (0.89%) IOS XR
8 10 (0.89%) NX-OS
9 9 (0.80%) OSPF
10 8 (0.71%) HTTP
11 7 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
11 7 (0.62%) VXLAN
12 6 (0.53%) NAS
12 6 (0.53%) SAN
13 5 (0.45%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.53%) Amazon Athena
2 57 (5.08%) Data Lake
2 57 (5.08%) Power BI
3 47 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
4 43 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
5 39 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 38 (3.39%) Delta Lake
7 35 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (2.94%) MongoDB
9 32 (2.85%) SQL Server
10 29 (2.58%) BigQuery
11 27 (2.41%) DynamoDB
12 23 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (2.05%) NoSQL
13 20 (1.78%) Metadata
13 20 (1.78%) Redis
14 16 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
15 15 (1.34%) Tableau
16 13 (1.16%) Big Data
17 12 (1.07%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 181 (16.13%) Jenkins
2 162 (14.44%) GitLab
3 161 (14.35%) Git
4 59 (5.26%) JIRA
5 14 (1.25%) Artifactory
5 14 (1.25%) MLflow
5 14 (1.25%) Snyk
6 13 (1.16%) SonarQube
7 12 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.89%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.89%) JUnit
9 8 (0.71%) JMeter
9 8 (0.71%) Mockito
10 6 (0.53%) Postman
11 5 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.36%) git-flow
12 4 (0.36%) Terragrunt
13 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.27%) Vite
General
1 230 (20.50%) Social Skills
2 194 (17.29%) Finance
3 159 (14.17%) Public Sector
4 67 (5.97%) Banking
5 60 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.16%) Law
9 13 (1.16%) Retail
10 11 (0.98%) Legal
11 9 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (0.80%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.62%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.62%) Local Government
13 6 (0.53%) Front Office
13 6 (0.53%) Police
14 5 (0.45%) Military
14 5 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 244 (21.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 190 (16.93%) Architect
3 174 (15.51%) Senior
4 125 (11.14%) Cloud Engineer
4 125 (11.14%) Lead
5 118 (10.52%) Azure Engineer
6 105 (9.36%) Data Engineer
7 100 (8.91%) AWS Engineer
8 90 (8.02%) Platform Engineer
9 72 (6.42%) Developer
10 58 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 50 (4.46%) AWS DevOps
12 48 (4.28%) Senior DevOps
12 48 (4.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 47 (4.19%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 46 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
15 44 (3.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 37 (3.30%) GCP Engineer
18 34 (3.03%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (7.31%) Kafka
2 66 (5.88%) PySpark
3 64 (5.70%) REST
4 50 (4.46%) RESTful
5 48 (4.28%) Node.js
6 44 (3.92%) React
7 43 (3.83%) OAuth
8 40 (3.57%) .NET
9 34 (3.03%) OAuth2
9 34 (3.03%) OpenID
10 30 (2.67%) ARM Templates
10 30 (2.67%) YAML
11 27 (2.41%) Spring
12 26 (2.32%) AngularJS
13 24 (2.14%) SAML
13 24 (2.14%) Spring Boot
14 23 (2.05%) AWS CDK
14 23 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
14 23 (2.05%) OpenTelemetry
15 18 (1.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 333 (29.68%) Cloud Native
2 78 (6.95%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (3.03%) Security Posture
5 33 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 30 (2.67%) Data Centre
7 24 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (2.14%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
9 18 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.52%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.43%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.16%) PKI
13 12 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.98%) NHS
14 11 (0.98%) Private Cloud
14 11 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 111 (9.89%) Linux
2 74 (6.60%) Windows
3 22 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 22 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.43%) Unix
5 13 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 11 (0.98%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.62%) VMS
8 4 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.18%) Android
10 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.18%) CentOS
10 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.089%) AIX
11 1 (0.089%) Debian
11 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (76.20%) CI/CD
2 710 (63.28%) DevOps
3 322 (28.70%) Containerisation
4 251 (22.37%) Agile
5 248 (22.10%) Platform Engineering
6 238 (21.21%) Observability
7 206 (18.36%) AI
8 157 (13.99%) Analytics
9 154 (13.73%) Test Automation
10 144 (12.83%) Migration
11 139 (12.39%) Microservices
11 139 (12.39%) Software Engineering
12 131 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (10.78%) Mentoring
14 120 (10.70%) Cloud Security
15 114 (10.16%) Data Modelling
16 111 (9.89%) Event-Driven
17 110 (9.80%) Data Engineering
18 109 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
18 109 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 494 (44.03%) Python
2 192 (17.11%) SQL
3 160 (14.26%) Bash
4 150 (13.37%) PowerShell
5 120 (10.70%) Java
6 110 (9.80%) Bicep
7 65 (5.79%) C#
8 61 (5.44%) TypeScript
9 55 (4.90%) JavaScript
10 43 (3.83%) Go
11 24 (2.14%) Scala
12 17 (1.52%) Ruby
12 17 (1.52%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.71%) Groovy
14 6 (0.53%) C
15 4 (0.36%) Cypher
16 3 (0.27%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.27%) Perl
16 3 (0.27%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.18%) Korn
Qualifications
1 422 (37.61%) Security Cleared
2 398 (35.47%) SC Cleared
3 76 (6.77%) Azure Certification
4 55 (4.90%) AWS Certification
5 44 (3.92%) Degree
6 43 (3.83%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.52%) CISSP
13 16 (1.43%) CCNP
14 13 (1.16%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (0.80%) CISM
16 8 (0.71%) GIAC
16 8 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.62%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 43 (3.83%) NIST
3 42 (3.74%) GDPR
4 39 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.85%) NCSC
6 31 (2.76%) QA
7 19 (1.69%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.69%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.45%) SLA
10 4 (0.36%) COBIT
10 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.27%) GRC
12 2 (0.18%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.089%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.089%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.089%) NIST 800
System Software
1 285 (25.40%) Docker
2 42 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.07%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.27%) vSphere
10 2 (0.18%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.089%) NFS
11 1 (0.089%) Samba
11 1 (0.089%) Squid
11 1 (0.089%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 869 (77.45%) Terraform
2 435 (38.77%) Kubernetes
3 168 (14.97%) Ansible
4 119 (10.61%) Grafana
4 119 (10.61%) Prometheus
5 27 (2.41%) Puppet
6 26 (2.32%) Argo
7 16 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.16%) Packer
9 11 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.98%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.89%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.53%) Istio
11 6 (0.53%) Kibana
12 5 (0.45%) Salt
12 5 (0.45%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.36%) Control-M
14 3 (0.27%) SCCM
14 3 (0.27%) yum
Vendors
1 173 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 90 (8.02%) Databricks
3 79 (7.04%) Google
4 66 (5.88%) Splunk
5 37 (3.30%) Oracle
6 30 (2.67%) VMware
7 23 (2.05%) Cisco
8 22 (1.96%) Dynatrace
9 20 (1.78%) OpenAI
10 19 (1.69%) CyberArk
10 19 (1.69%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.16%) Fortinet
12 13 (1.16%) Okta
13 12 (1.07%) Arista
13 12 (1.07%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.98%) Foundry
14 11 (0.98%) Zscaler
15 10 (0.89%) AppDynamics
15 10 (0.89%) Informatica