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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 53 98
Rank change year-on-year +17 +45 -3
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 1,124 639 422
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.61% 4.70% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 5.10% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 426 290
10th Percentile £413 £394 £400
25th Percentile £463 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £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% -27.87%
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 17,817 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,764 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.89 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.81 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +18 137 £575 -8.00% 75
South London -4 18 £520 +5.05% 3
West London -7 15 £625 +26.26% 15
East London +6 7 £588 - 14
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 53 (4.72%) Confluence
2 43 (3.83%) Apache Spark
3 35 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (2.58%) Apache
5 14 (1.25%) Jupyter
6 12 (1.07%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.44%) 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%) Camunda
12 1 (0.089%) Apache Synapse
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
1 595 (52.94%) AWS
2 575 (51.16%) Azure
3 297 (26.42%) GitHub
4 214 (19.04%) GitHub Actions
5 208 (18.51%) Azure DevOps
6 199 (17.70%) GCP
7 194 (17.26%) Serverless
8 162 (14.41%) Amazon S3
9 146 (12.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 132 (11.74%) AWS Lambda
11 109 (9.70%) Amazon EKS
12 83 (7.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 80 (7.12%) Entra ID
14 78 (6.94%) Azure AKS
15 74 (6.58%) Amazon ECS
16 65 (5.78%) Amazon EC2
17 64 (5.69%) Power Platform
18 58 (5.16%) Azure Monitor
18 58 (5.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 51 (4.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (7.21%) Firewall
2 53 (4.72%) DNS
3 46 (4.09%) Network Security
4 43 (3.83%) VPN
5 28 (2.49%) WAN
6 18 (1.60%) BGP
7 15 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.16%) Internet
8 13 (1.16%) SSL
9 11 (0.98%) DHCP
10 10 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
10 10 (0.89%) IOS XR
10 10 (0.89%) NX-OS
11 9 (0.80%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.71%) OSPF
12 8 (0.71%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.62%) HTTP
14 5 (0.44%) MPLS
14 5 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (0.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.98%) Amazon Athena
2 50 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.36%) Power BI
4 46 (4.09%) Data Lake
5 39 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
6 37 (3.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 36 (3.20%) Delta Lake
8 35 (3.11%) MongoDB
9 32 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (2.76%) DynamoDB
11 29 (2.58%) SQL Server
12 28 (2.49%) BigQuery
13 24 (2.14%) NoSQL
14 22 (1.96%) Redis
15 20 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
16 19 (1.69%) Metadata
17 14 (1.25%) Big Data
17 14 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
18 13 (1.16%) Relational Database
19 12 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 177 (15.75%) Jenkins
2 169 (15.04%) GitLab
3 166 (14.77%) Git
4 64 (5.69%) JIRA
5 14 (1.25%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.25%) MLflow
5 14 (1.25%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.16%) Snyk
7 10 (0.89%) JUnit
8 9 (0.80%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.80%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.71%) JMeter
9 8 (0.71%) Mockito
10 7 (0.62%) Terragrunt
11 6 (0.53%) Postman
12 5 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.36%) git-flow
13 4 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 217 (19.31%) Social Skills
2 189 (16.81%) Finance
3 168 (14.95%) Public Sector
4 67 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (5.87%) Banking
6 29 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.33%) Retail
10 13 (1.16%) Law
11 12 (1.07%) Legal
12 10 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (0.89%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.71%) Local Government
14 7 (0.62%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.53%) Front Office
15 6 (0.53%) Police
16 5 (0.44%) Military
16 5 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 245 (21.80%) DevOps Engineer
2 182 (16.19%) Architect
3 175 (15.57%) Senior
4 131 (11.65%) Lead
5 124 (11.03%) Cloud Engineer
6 122 (10.85%) Azure Engineer
7 97 (8.63%) Platform Engineer
8 94 (8.36%) AWS Engineer
9 93 (8.27%) Data Engineer
10 79 (7.03%) Developer
11 65 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 51 (4.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 47 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
14 46 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
14 46 (4.09%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 46 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
15 44 (3.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 44 (3.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 38 (3.38%) GCP Engineer
17 35 (3.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.38%) Kafka
2 75 (6.67%) REST
3 59 (5.25%) PySpark
4 53 (4.72%) RESTful
5 49 (4.36%) Node.js
6 44 (3.91%) React
7 41 (3.65%) OAuth
8 37 (3.29%) .NET
9 35 (3.11%) ARM Templates
10 34 (3.02%) OAuth2
11 32 (2.85%) Spring
11 32 (2.85%) YAML
12 29 (2.58%) Spring Boot
13 27 (2.40%) AngularJS
14 24 (2.14%) OpenID
15 21 (1.87%) Elastic Stack
15 21 (1.87%) OpenTelemetry
16 20 (1.78%) FastAPI
17 18 (1.60%) GraphQL
17 18 (1.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 329 (29.27%) Cloud Native
2 84 (7.47%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 34 (3.02%) Security Posture
6 32 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.40%) Data Centre
8 24 (2.14%) Enterprise Cloud
8 24 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.96%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.69%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.60%) PKI
13 16 (1.42%) Management Information System
14 13 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.07%) NHS
15 12 (1.07%) Private Cloud
15 12 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (9.70%) Linux
2 74 (6.58%) Windows
3 25 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.42%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.16%) Unix
7 11 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.80%) VMS
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.18%) CentOS
12 2 (0.18%) zOS
13 1 (0.089%) AIX
13 1 (0.089%) Debian
13 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 850 (75.62%) CI/CD
2 701 (62.37%) DevOps
3 324 (28.83%) Containerisation
4 268 (23.84%) Agile
5 253 (22.51%) Platform Engineering
6 251 (22.33%) Observability
7 212 (18.86%) AI
8 168 (14.95%) Test Automation
9 154 (13.70%) Software Engineering
10 151 (13.43%) Migration
11 144 (12.81%) Microservices
12 143 (12.72%) Analytics
13 132 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 120 (10.68%) Mentoring
14 120 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
15 119 (10.59%) Event-Driven
15 119 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 117 (10.41%) Cloud Security
17 114 (10.14%) Machine Learning
17 114 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 496 (44.13%) Python
2 186 (16.55%) SQL
3 174 (15.48%) Bash
4 160 (14.23%) PowerShell
5 127 (11.30%) Java
6 117 (10.41%) Bicep
7 64 (5.69%) C#
8 63 (5.60%) TypeScript
9 60 (5.34%) JavaScript
10 41 (3.65%) Go
11 21 (1.87%) Scala
12 17 (1.51%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.42%) Ruby
14 10 (0.89%) Groovy
15 6 (0.53%) C
16 5 (0.44%) Korn
16 5 (0.44%) Perl
17 4 (0.36%) C++
17 4 (0.36%) Cypher
18 3 (0.27%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 411 (36.57%) Security Cleared
2 385 (34.25%) SC Cleared
3 85 (7.56%) Azure Certification
4 51 (4.54%) AWS Certification
4 51 (4.54%) DV Cleared
5 40 (3.56%) Degree
6 24 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.69%) CCNP
10 18 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.33%) CISSP
12 10 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.80%) CISM
14 8 (0.71%) GIAC
14 8 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.62%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 39 (3.47%) QA
3 36 (3.20%) GDPR
4 30 (2.67%) NIST
5 29 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.87%) NCSC
7 20 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.36%) COBIT
11 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.36%) SLA
12 2 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.18%) GRC
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.089%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.089%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.089%) PMO
System Software
1 295 (26.25%) Docker
2 45 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 34 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.80%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.62%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.53%) vSphere
9 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.18%) OpenSSH
10 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.089%) NFS
11 1 (0.089%) Samba
11 1 (0.089%) Squid
11 1 (0.089%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 867 (77.14%) Terraform
2 444 (39.50%) Kubernetes
3 170 (15.12%) Ansible
4 129 (11.48%) Grafana
5 118 (10.50%) Prometheus
6 27 (2.40%) Argo
6 27 (2.40%) Puppet
7 15 (1.33%) Packer
7 15 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (0.98%) Kubeflow
10 10 (0.89%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.53%) Control-M
11 6 (0.53%) Kibana
11 6 (0.53%) systemd
11 6 (0.53%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.44%) Istio
12 5 (0.44%) Salt
12 5 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 188 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 87 (7.74%) Databricks
3 86 (7.65%) Google
4 59 (5.25%) Splunk
5 40 (3.56%) Oracle
6 36 (3.20%) VMware
7 26 (2.31%) Cisco
8 24 (2.14%) Dynatrace
9 22 (1.96%) OpenAI
10 18 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.51%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.25%) Okta
13 13 (1.16%) Arista
13 13 (1.16%) Fortinet
14 12 (1.07%) Foundry
15 11 (0.98%) Zscaler
16 10 (0.89%) Informatica
17 9 (0.80%) AppDynamics
17 9 (0.80%) Red Hat
18 8 (0.71%) CyberArk