Infrastructure as Code Contracts in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 104 101
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 79 83 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.40% 1.74% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.03% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 49 97
10th Percentile £367 £425 £456
25th Percentile £441 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £641 £600 £663
90th Percentile £739 £646 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the North of England

Infrastructure as Code
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +14 42 £488 -11.36% 177
Yorkshire -1 26 £550 -3.30% 67
North East +7 10 £558 - 19
Infrastructure as Code
England

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 11 (13.92%) nginx
2 7 (8.86%) Traefik
3 5 (6.33%) Apache
4 3 (3.80%) Tomcat
5 2 (2.53%) Apache Spark
5 2 (2.53%) IIS
5 2 (2.53%) WebSphere
5 2 (2.53%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 55 (69.62%) AWS
2 28 (35.44%) AWS CloudFormation
3 22 (27.85%) Azure
4 18 (22.78%) Amazon ECS
5 15 (18.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 12 (15.19%) GitHub
7 11 (13.92%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (13.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (12.66%) AWS Fargate
8 10 (12.66%) Entra ID
8 10 (12.66%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (12.66%) Serverless
9 9 (11.39%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (11.39%) Amazon S3
9 9 (11.39%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (11.39%) GCP
10 7 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.80%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (3.80%) AWS KMS
12 2 (2.53%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) DNS
2 10 (12.66%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.33%) Firewall
4 3 (3.80%) DHCP
5 2 (2.53%) Calico
6 1 (1.27%) HTTP
6 1 (1.27%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.27%) Network Security
6 1 (1.27%) SAN
6 1 (1.27%) SSL
6 1 (1.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.25%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.53%) Delta Lake
3 2 (2.53%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.53%) MySQL
3 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.27%) InfluxDB
4 1 (1.27%) Metadata
4 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (41.77%) Jenkins
2 28 (35.44%) GitLab
3 8 (10.13%) Git
4 3 (3.80%) JIRA
4 3 (3.80%) Maven
4 3 (3.80%) Selenium
5 2 (2.53%) CircleCI
5 2 (2.53%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.27%) TestNG
General
1 17 (21.52%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.66%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Banking
3 8 (10.13%) Finance
4 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Military
6 2 (2.53%) Electronics
6 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.53%) Marketing
6 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (43.04%) DevOps Engineer
2 27 (34.18%) Senior
3 18 (22.78%) Senior DevOps
4 15 (18.99%) Architect
5 14 (17.72%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 10 (12.66%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Software Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) AWS DevOps
8 6 (7.59%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (5.06%) Data Architect
10 4 (5.06%) Lead
10 4 (5.06%) Principal Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Data Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Lead DevOps
11 3 (3.80%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.52%) cloud-init
2 16 (20.25%) Kafka
3 9 (11.39%) Keycloak
4 8 (10.13%) ARM Templates
4 8 (10.13%) OAuth
5 7 (8.86%) Node.js
6 5 (6.33%) .NET
6 5 (6.33%) React
6 5 (6.33%) RESTful
7 4 (5.06%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (5.06%) OAuth2
7 4 (5.06%) OpenID
7 4 (5.06%) SAML
8 3 (3.80%) AWS CDK
8 3 (3.80%) pytest
8 3 (3.80%) REST
9 2 (2.53%) ADO
9 2 (2.53%) GraphQL
9 2 (2.53%) Playwright
9 2 (2.53%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) PKI
2 8 (10.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.53%) Clustering
3 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.27%) BYOD
4 1 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.27%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.27%) NHS
4 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (43.04%) Linux
2 22 (27.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 20 (25.32%) CentOS
3 20 (25.32%) Unix
4 5 (6.33%) Windows
5 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.53%) Android
6 2 (2.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (78.48%) CI/CD
2 57 (72.15%) DevOps
3 24 (30.38%) Continuous Integration
4 18 (22.78%) Agile
4 18 (22.78%) Cloud Security
5 17 (21.52%) Containerisation
6 16 (20.25%) Observability
6 16 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (16.46%) Secrets Management
8 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure Automation
8 11 (13.92%) Microservices
9 10 (12.66%) Analytics
9 10 (12.66%) Software Engineering
9 10 (12.66%) Test Automation
10 9 (11.39%) Deployment Automation
10 9 (11.39%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 9 (11.39%) Identity Management
10 9 (11.39%) Static Application Security Testing
11 8 (10.13%) Continuous Deployment
11 8 (10.13%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 39 (49.37%) Python
2 29 (36.71%) Bash
3 18 (22.78%) Go
4 9 (11.39%) SQL
5 7 (8.86%) Java
6 6 (7.59%) TypeScript
7 4 (5.06%) Bicep
7 4 (5.06%) JavaScript
7 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
7 4 (5.06%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.27%) ActionScript
8 1 (1.27%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (1.27%) C#
8 1 (1.27%) Groovy
8 1 (1.27%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.27%) Perl
8 1 (1.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (37.97%) Security Cleared
2 20 (25.32%) SC Cleared
3 13 (16.46%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.53%) Degree
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.27%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) NCSC
2 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.27%) NIST
3 1 (1.27%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) SLA
3 1 (1.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (24.05%) Docker
2 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (78.48%) Terraform
2 37 (46.84%) Kubernetes
3 20 (25.32%) Packer
4 19 (24.05%) Prometheus
5 18 (22.78%) Grafana
6 14 (17.72%) Istio
7 12 (15.19%) Ansible
8 11 (13.92%) ZABBIX
9 9 (11.39%) Consul
9 9 (11.39%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (11.39%) linkerd
9 9 (11.39%) Rancher
10 7 (8.86%) HAProxy
11 4 (5.06%) Kibana
12 3 (3.80%) Kustomize
13 2 (2.53%) Nagios
13 2 (2.53%) Progress Chef
13 2 (2.53%) Puppet
13 2 (2.53%) WSUS
14 1 (1.27%) Graylog
Vendors
1 9 (11.39%) Okta
1 9 (11.39%) Splunk
2 7 (8.86%) Apple
2 7 (8.86%) ESET
3 5 (6.33%) IBM
4 4 (5.06%) Databricks
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.06%) SAP
4 4 (5.06%) VMware
5 3 (3.80%) AppDynamics
5 3 (3.80%) Cisco
5 3 (3.80%) HP
6 2 (2.53%) Ariba
6 2 (2.53%) Dell
6 2 (2.53%) Google
6 2 (2.53%) PagerDuty
6 2 (2.53%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.27%) Brio
7 1 (1.27%) Brocade
7 1 (1.27%) IBM Sterling