Infrastructure as Code Contracts in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 58 78 111
Rank change year-on-year +20 +33 +23
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 44 68 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.91% 2.53% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 2.91% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 51 23
10th Percentile £415 £413 £465
25th Percentile £500 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £624 £605 £555
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% +9.01% +5.71%
75th Percentile £675 £622 £681
90th Percentile £743 £688 £720
South East median daily rate £593 £605 £600
% change year-on-year -2.07% +0.83% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure as Code
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire 0 27 £578 -4.55% 43
Buckinghamshire +25 17 £629 +6.62% 29
Infrastructure as Code
South East

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 33 (75.00%) Azure
2 20 (45.45%) AWS
3 12 (27.27%) Azure Monitor
4 10 (22.73%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (22.73%) IaaS
4 10 (22.73%) SaaS
5 9 (20.45%) PaaS
6 6 (13.64%) Entra ID
7 5 (11.36%) Azure API Management
7 5 (11.36%) GitHub
7 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (9.09%) Azure AKS
9 3 (6.82%) Azure Storage
10 2 (4.55%) Azure Table
10 2 (4.55%) GCP
10 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
11 1 (2.27%) Amazon Cognito
11 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.00%) VSAN
2 4 (9.09%) Firewall
3 3 (6.82%) BGP
3 3 (6.82%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (6.82%) DNS
3 3 (6.82%) MPLS
3 3 (6.82%) NGFW
3 3 (6.82%) OSPF
3 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
3 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.82%) VPN
3 3 (6.82%) WAN
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (4.55%) VLAN
5 1 (2.27%) DHCP
5 1 (2.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) SSDT
3 2 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.55%) Power BI
4 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.27%) MySQL
4 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (22.73%) GitLab
2 9 (20.45%) Cucumber
2 9 (20.45%) Jenkins
2 9 (20.45%) JIRA
2 9 (20.45%) REST Assured
2 9 (20.45%) Selenium
2 9 (20.45%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Law
4 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Architect
2 11 (25.00%) Senior
2 11 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 10 (22.73%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (22.73%) Senior Architect
3 10 (22.73%) Senior Technical Architect
4 9 (20.45%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Java Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Java Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Java Software Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 4 (9.09%) Principal Architect
7 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (4.55%) Lead DevOps
8 2 (4.55%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (29.55%) ARM Templates
2 10 (22.73%) REST
3 9 (20.45%) Java EE
4 6 (13.64%) OAuth
5 3 (6.82%) YAML
6 2 (4.55%) .NET
6 2 (4.55%) .NET Core
6 2 (4.55%) ADO
6 2 (4.55%) GraphQL
6 2 (4.55%) React
7 1 (2.27%) Apollo GraphQL
7 1 (2.27%) Jinja
7 1 (2.27%) JSON
7 1 (2.27%) NETCONF
7 1 (2.27%) Node.js
7 1 (2.27%) RESTCONF
7 1 (2.27%) RESTful
7 1 (2.27%) SOAP
7 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 11 (25.00%) PKI
2 8 (18.18%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Linux
2 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (4.55%) Windows
3 1 (2.27%) VMS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (72.73%) Containerisation
2 31 (70.45%) DevOps
3 28 (63.64%) CI/CD
4 25 (56.82%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (34.09%) ITIL
5 15 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (34.09%) TOGAF
6 14 (31.82%) Configuration Management
6 14 (31.82%) Continuous Delivery
6 14 (31.82%) Microservices
6 14 (31.82%) Zachman Framework
7 12 (27.27%) DevSecOps
7 12 (27.27%) Software Engineering
8 10 (22.73%) Agile
8 10 (22.73%) IT Strategy
8 10 (22.73%) Matrix Organization
8 10 (22.73%) Technology Strategy
9 9 (20.45%) Software Architecture
9 9 (20.45%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (20.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) PowerShell
2 10 (22.73%) Java
3 9 (20.45%) Python
4 6 (13.64%) Bicep
5 3 (6.82%) C#
6 2 (4.55%) Bash
6 2 (4.55%) SQL
7 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.27%) VB
7 1 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 25 (56.82%) SC Cleared
3 17 (38.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (34.09%) MCSE
5 11 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (15.91%) Azure Certification
7 6 (13.64%) CCNP
7 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.27%) Degree
9 1 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (2.27%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.82%) NCSC
1 14 (31.82%) NIST
2 10 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (27.27%) Docker
2 11 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (25.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (56.82%) Terraform
2 16 (36.36%) Kubernetes
3 13 (29.55%) Ansible
4 9 (20.45%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (20.45%) Podman
5 3 (6.82%) Grafana
5 3 (6.82%) Prometheus
5 3 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.27%) Puppet
6 1 (2.27%) SCCM
6 1 (2.27%) SCOM
6 1 (2.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (34.09%) VMware
2 12 (27.27%) Cisco
3 11 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.82%) UiPath
6 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.27%) Google
6 1 (2.27%) Splunk