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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 55 95
Rank change year-on-year +20 +40 -4
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,117 621 431
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.62% 4.57% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 4.96% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 408 301
10th Percentile £414 £393 £377
25th Percentile £474 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £670 £669
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
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 £70.60 £68.44
% change year-on-year -0.85% +3.16% -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 17,688 12,531 14,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.21% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,675 8,382 10,562
10th Percentile £363 £329 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 239 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.13
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -11.76% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +13 135 £583 -6.80% 69
South London +1 18 £520 +5.05% 2
West London -3 16 £625 +26.26% 15
East London +4 6 £575 - 11
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 50 (4.48%) Confluence
2 43 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 33 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (2.78%) Apache
5 14 (1.25%) Jupyter
6 12 (1.07%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.36%) nginx
9 4 (0.36%) SAS
10 3 (0.27%) CMS
10 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
11 2 (0.18%) Camunda
12 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.090%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.090%) Maximo
2 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.090%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 596 (53.36%) AWS
2 568 (50.85%) Azure
3 294 (26.32%) GitHub
4 212 (18.98%) GitHub Actions
5 204 (18.26%) GCP
6 201 (17.99%) Azure DevOps
7 193 (17.28%) Serverless
8 163 (14.59%) Amazon S3
9 152 (13.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 132 (11.82%) AWS Lambda
11 110 (9.85%) Amazon EKS
12 85 (7.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 77 (6.89%) Azure AKS
13 77 (6.89%) Entra ID
14 76 (6.80%) Amazon ECS
15 68 (6.09%) Power Platform
16 65 (5.82%) Amazon EC2
17 59 (5.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 58 (5.19%) Azure Monitor
19 50 (4.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.34%) Firewall
2 52 (4.66%) DNS
3 47 (4.21%) Network Security
4 41 (3.67%) VPN
5 27 (2.42%) WAN
6 18 (1.61%) BGP
7 15 (1.34%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.16%) Internet
9 12 (1.07%) SSL
10 10 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
10 10 (0.90%) IOS XR
10 10 (0.90%) NX-OS
11 9 (0.81%) DHCP
11 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.72%) HTTP
12 8 (0.72%) OSPF
12 8 (0.72%) VXLAN
13 6 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
14 5 (0.45%) MPLS
14 5 (0.45%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.10%) Amazon Athena
2 53 (4.74%) Power BI
3 51 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
4 50 (4.48%) Data Lake
5 39 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
6 38 (3.40%) Delta Lake
7 37 (3.31%) Amazon Redshift
8 35 (3.13%) MongoDB
9 32 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (2.78%) BigQuery
10 31 (2.78%) DynamoDB
11 29 (2.60%) SQL Server
12 24 (2.15%) NoSQL
13 23 (2.06%) Redis
14 20 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
14 20 (1.79%) Metadata
15 14 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
15 14 (1.25%) Tableau
16 13 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
16 13 (1.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 176 (15.76%) Jenkins
2 166 (14.86%) Git
3 164 (14.68%) GitLab
4 62 (5.55%) JIRA
5 14 (1.25%) MLflow
5 14 (1.25%) Snyk
5 14 (1.25%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.16%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.90%) Artifactory
7 10 (0.90%) JUnit
8 9 (0.81%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.72%) JMeter
9 8 (0.72%) Mockito
10 6 (0.54%) Postman
11 5 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.36%) git-flow
13 3 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
13 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 210 (18.80%) Social Skills
2 186 (16.65%) Finance
3 169 (15.13%) Public Sector
4 64 (5.73%) Banking
5 62 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.34%) Retail
10 13 (1.16%) Law
11 12 (1.07%) Legal
12 10 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.72%) Local Government
14 6 (0.54%) Front Office
14 6 (0.54%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.54%) Police
15 5 (0.45%) Military
15 5 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 244 (21.84%) DevOps Engineer
2 185 (16.56%) Architect
3 179 (16.03%) Senior
4 125 (11.19%) Lead
5 124 (11.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 118 (10.56%) Azure Engineer
7 96 (8.59%) AWS Engineer
8 95 (8.50%) Platform Engineer
9 94 (8.42%) Data Engineer
10 78 (6.98%) Developer
11 60 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 49 (4.39%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 49 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
13 48 (4.30%) AWS DevOps
14 47 (4.21%) Senior DevOps
14 47 (4.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 45 (4.03%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 41 (3.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 38 (3.40%) GCP Engineer
18 35 (3.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.43%) Kafka
2 73 (6.54%) REST
3 61 (5.46%) PySpark
4 54 (4.83%) RESTful
5 48 (4.30%) Node.js
6 44 (3.94%) React
7 41 (3.67%) OAuth
8 36 (3.22%) ARM Templates
9 35 (3.13%) .NET
10 34 (3.04%) OAuth2
11 32 (2.86%) Spring
11 32 (2.86%) YAML
12 29 (2.60%) Spring Boot
13 26 (2.33%) AngularJS
14 24 (2.15%) OpenID
15 22 (1.97%) OpenTelemetry
16 21 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
17 20 (1.79%) FastAPI
18 19 (1.70%) AWS CDK
19 18 (1.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 323 (28.92%) Cloud Native
2 83 (7.43%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 34 (3.04%) Security Posture
6 31 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 25 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (2.15%) Public Cloud
10 22 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
11 19 (1.70%) AI Agents
11 19 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.43%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.43%) PKI
13 14 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.07%) Private Cloud
15 12 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (0.98%) NHS
16 11 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 108 (9.67%) Linux
2 71 (6.36%) Windows
3 23 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.43%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.16%) Unix
7 11 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.81%) VMS
9 4 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.18%) Android
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) CentOS
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) zOS
12 1 (0.090%) AIX
12 1 (0.090%) Debian
12 1 (0.090%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 842 (75.38%) CI/CD
2 700 (62.67%) DevOps
3 322 (28.83%) Containerisation
4 264 (23.63%) Agile
5 254 (22.74%) Platform Engineering
6 242 (21.67%) Observability
7 209 (18.71%) AI
8 161 (14.41%) Test Automation
9 152 (13.61%) Software Engineering
10 151 (13.52%) Migration
11 146 (13.07%) Microservices
12 145 (12.98%) Analytics
13 128 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 119 (10.65%) Mentoring
15 117 (10.47%) Cloud Security
15 117 (10.47%) Event-Driven
16 114 (10.21%) Machine Learning
17 111 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 111 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
18 107 (9.58%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 489 (43.78%) Python
2 184 (16.47%) SQL
3 170 (15.22%) Bash
4 160 (14.32%) PowerShell
5 120 (10.74%) Java
6 117 (10.47%) Bicep
7 61 (5.46%) C#
7 61 (5.46%) TypeScript
8 57 (5.10%) JavaScript
9 42 (3.76%) Go
10 23 (2.06%) Scala
11 18 (1.61%) Shell Script
12 17 (1.52%) Ruby
13 9 (0.81%) Groovy
14 6 (0.54%) C
15 5 (0.45%) Cypher
16 4 (0.36%) Perl
17 3 (0.27%) C++
17 3 (0.27%) SAS Macro
17 3 (0.27%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 412 (36.88%) Security Cleared
2 387 (34.65%) SC Cleared
3 84 (7.52%) Azure Certification
4 52 (4.66%) AWS Certification
5 50 (4.48%) DV Cleared
6 40 (3.58%) Degree
7 24 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (1.70%) CCNP
11 15 (1.34%) CISSP
12 10 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.81%) CISM
13 9 (0.81%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.72%) GIAC
15 7 (0.63%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (7.16%) Data Quality
2 37 (3.31%) GDPR
2 37 (3.31%) QA
3 32 (2.86%) NIST
4 30 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.97%) NCSC
6 20 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.81%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.36%) COBIT
10 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.36%) SLA
11 3 (0.27%) GRC
12 2 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.090%) NIST 800
System Software
1 294 (26.32%) Docker
2 44 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.63%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.36%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) OpenSSH
10 1 (0.090%) NFS
10 1 (0.090%) Samba
10 1 (0.090%) Squid
10 1 (0.090%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 864 (77.35%) Terraform
2 438 (39.21%) Kubernetes
3 169 (15.13%) Ansible
4 126 (11.28%) Grafana
5 116 (10.38%) Prometheus
6 26 (2.33%) Argo
6 26 (2.33%) Puppet
7 16 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (1.34%) Packer
9 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
10 11 (0.98%) Kubeflow
11 9 (0.81%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.54%) Kibana
12 6 (0.54%) systemd
12 6 (0.54%) vCenter Server
13 5 (0.45%) Control-M
13 5 (0.45%) Istio
13 5 (0.45%) Salt
14 4 (0.36%) Podman
Vendors
1 184 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 87 (7.79%) Google
3 86 (7.70%) Databricks
4 59 (5.28%) Splunk
5 39 (3.49%) Oracle
6 32 (2.86%) VMware
7 27 (2.42%) Cisco
8 24 (2.15%) Dynatrace
9 22 (1.97%) OpenAI
10 19 (1.70%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.25%) Fortinet
12 14 (1.25%) Okta
13 13 (1.16%) Arista
14 11 (0.98%) Foundry
14 11 (0.98%) Zscaler
15 10 (0.90%) AppDynamics
15 10 (0.90%) Informatica
16 9 (0.81%) CyberArk
16 9 (0.81%) Red Hat