Infrastructure as Code Contracts

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Infrastructure as Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 88 103
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 +5
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 897 1,603 2,307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.07% 2.68% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 2.98% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 629 1,152 1,686
10th Percentile £405 £455 £455
25th Percentile £463 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £645 £675 £678
90th Percentile £713 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 4
10th Percentile £55.00 £51.45 £40.81
25th Percentile £55.31 £57.00 £44.27
Median hourly rate £62.50 £78.00 £48.46
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +60.97% -21.21%
75th Percentile £75.94 £83.25 £50.91
90th Percentile £77.75 £85.70 £53.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £78.00 £49.54
% change year-on-year -13.46% +57.45% +80.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure as Code is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure as Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure as Code over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the UK

Infrastructure as Code
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -19 722 £550 -8.33% 420
London -22 388 £550 -12.00% 196
UK excluding London -6 377 £550 - 258
Work from Home -15 353 £525 -12.50% 263
South East +66 119 £605 +0.83% 55
Scotland -1 84 £513 +3.02% 19
North of England -7 83 £550 -8.33% 70
South West -38 53 £550 -9.28% 41
North West -24 45 £550 -7.37% 41
Yorkshire +21 35 £569 -5.21% 20
Midlands +12 33 £538 -1.15% 44
West Midlands +23 30 £550 +4.76% 29
Wales +19 7 £650 - 7
East of England +11 6 £475 -8.65% 9
East Midlands +14 3 £450 -18.18% 15
North East +4 3 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £640 - 15

Infrastructure as Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (3.23%) Confluence
2 27 (3.01%) OpenStack
3 18 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.78%) nginx
5 11 (1.23%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.78%) Apache
7 6 (0.67%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.45%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.45%) Luigi
8 4 (0.45%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.33%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.22%) CMS
10 2 (0.22%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 437 (48.72%) AWS
2 389 (43.37%) Azure
3 162 (18.06%) Serverless
4 142 (15.83%) Azure DevOps
5 139 (15.50%) GCP
6 123 (13.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 118 (13.15%) AWS Lambda
8 101 (11.26%) Amazon S3
9 85 (9.48%) Amazon EC2
10 81 (9.03%) GitHub
11 78 (8.70%) IaaS
12 68 (7.58%) PaaS
13 57 (6.35%) Amazon EKS
14 56 (6.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 56 (6.24%) SaaS
15 55 (6.13%) OpenShift
16 50 (5.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 41 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
18 38 (4.24%) Entra ID
19 35 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 122 (13.60%) Firewall
2 75 (8.36%) DNS
3 56 (6.24%) VPN
4 50 (5.57%) TCP/IP
5 42 (4.68%) DHCP
6 33 (3.68%) Network Security
7 26 (2.90%) LAN
7 26 (2.90%) WAN
8 24 (2.68%) WLAN
9 23 (2.56%) HTTP
10 21 (2.34%) IPsec
10 21 (2.34%) Wireless
11 18 (2.01%) OSPF
12 16 (1.78%) VSAN
13 15 (1.67%) BGP
14 14 (1.56%) VLAN
15 12 (1.34%) SSL
16 11 (1.23%) SAN
16 11 (1.23%) SNA
17 10 (1.11%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.47%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (5.24%) Amazon RDS
3 45 (5.02%) Elasticsearch
4 39 (4.35%) NoSQL
5 37 (4.12%) MySQL
6 33 (3.68%) Amazon Aurora
7 31 (3.46%) MongoDB
7 31 (3.46%) SQL Server
8 26 (2.90%) BigQuery
9 23 (2.56%) Data Lake
10 22 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 18 (2.01%) Relational Database
13 17 (1.90%) DynamoDB
14 16 (1.78%) Oracle Database
15 14 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
16 12 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
16 12 (1.34%) Big Data
17 10 (1.11%) RDBMS
17 10 (1.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 194 (21.63%) Jenkins
2 163 (18.17%) Git
3 129 (14.38%) GitLab
4 51 (5.69%) JIRA
5 29 (3.23%) SonarQube
6 24 (2.68%) Selenium
7 17 (1.90%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.67%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.56%) Burp Suite
9 14 (1.56%) CircleCI
10 13 (1.45%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.34%) REST Assured
12 9 (1.00%) Travis CI
13 8 (0.89%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.78%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.67%) AppScan
15 6 (0.67%) Terragrunt
15 6 (0.67%) Visual Studio
16 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 230 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 97 (10.81%) Finance
3 95 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 53 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.35%) Banking
6 23 (2.56%) Retail
7 17 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (1.78%) Law
9 15 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.00%) Electronics
10 9 (1.00%) Marketing
11 8 (0.89%) Legal
11 8 (0.89%) Police
12 7 (0.78%) Back Office
12 7 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.67%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.56%) German Language
Job Titles
1 193 (21.52%) DevOps Engineer
2 130 (14.49%) Architect
3 111 (12.37%) Developer
4 95 (10.59%) Senior
5 94 (10.48%) Azure Engineer
6 91 (10.14%) AWS Engineer
7 80 (8.92%) Cloud Engineer
8 65 (7.25%) Lead
9 62 (6.91%) AWS DevOps
10 57 (6.35%) Platform Engineer
11 55 (6.13%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 50 (5.57%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 46 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 42 (4.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 40 (4.46%) Cloud Architect
16 33 (3.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 32 (3.57%) Software Engineer
18 30 (3.34%) DevSecOps Engineer
19 26 (2.90%) Site Engineer
20 25 (2.79%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (6.91%) Elastic Stack
1 62 (6.91%) REST
2 61 (6.80%) ARM Templates
3 56 (6.24%) YAML
4 54 (6.02%) AWS CDK
5 38 (4.24%) .NET
6 32 (3.57%) React
7 30 (3.34%) Node.js
8 27 (3.01%) JSON
9 24 (2.68%) SOAP
10 23 (2.56%) Kafka
11 20 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
11 20 (2.23%) RESTful
12 19 (2.12%) CSS
12 19 (2.12%) HTML
13 16 (1.78%) Lambda Expressions
13 16 (1.78%) OAuth
13 16 (1.78%) Spring
14 15 (1.67%) GraphQL
15 13 (1.45%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.47%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.35%) PKI
3 34 (3.79%) Public Cloud
4 27 (3.01%) Data Centre
5 25 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.23%) Mobile App
6 20 (2.23%) Replication
7 19 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (1.90%) IoT
10 16 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (1.78%) Management Information System
11 15 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.67%) Product Ownership
12 13 (1.45%) Clustering
12 13 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 228 (25.42%) Linux
2 97 (10.81%) Windows
3 62 (6.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 55 (6.13%) Windows Server
5 37 (4.12%) Unix
6 28 (3.12%) CentOS
7 20 (2.23%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (1.11%) VMS
10 9 (1.00%) Oracle Linux
11 8 (0.89%) Solaris
12 7 (0.78%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.45%) Alpine Linux
14 3 (0.33%) Android
14 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.33%) Debian
14 3 (0.33%) Windows 2000
14 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (59.53%) DevOps
2 491 (54.74%) CI/CD
3 309 (34.45%) Agile
4 218 (24.30%) Containerisation
5 142 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
6 123 (13.71%) Continuous Integration
7 117 (13.04%) Microservices
8 112 (12.49%) Cloud Security
9 104 (11.59%) Test Automation
10 95 (10.59%) Configuration Management
11 91 (10.14%) Scrum
12 90 (10.03%) Analytics
13 85 (9.48%) Migration
14 82 (9.14%) DevSecOps
15 79 (8.81%) Software Engineering
16 72 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 67 (7.47%) Platform Engineering
18 63 (7.02%) Observability
19 62 (6.91%) Roadmaps
19 62 (6.91%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 361 (40.25%) Python
2 164 (18.28%) PowerShell
3 156 (17.39%) Bash
4 120 (13.38%) Java
5 110 (12.26%) SQL
6 72 (8.03%) C#
7 68 (7.58%) TypeScript
8 67 (7.47%) JavaScript
9 55 (6.13%) Bicep
10 47 (5.24%) Go
11 45 (5.02%) Shell Script
12 19 (2.12%) Ruby
13 17 (1.90%) Perl
14 15 (1.67%) VB
14 15 (1.67%) VBScript
15 14 (1.56%) Groovy
16 9 (1.00%) PHP
17 8 (0.89%) Scala
18 5 (0.56%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.33%) Julia
Qualifications
1 236 (26.31%) Security Cleared
2 185 (20.62%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.70%) Degree
4 48 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (5.24%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 21 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.78%) CISSP
11 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.78%) OSCP
12 4 (0.45%) CCNP
12 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.45%) SANS
13 3 (0.33%) CCIE
13 3 (0.33%) GIAC
13 3 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.24%) NIST
1 38 (4.24%) QA
2 31 (3.46%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.01%) GDPR
5 17 (1.90%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.56%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.78%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 6 (0.67%) NCSC
10 4 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.45%) SLA
11 3 (0.33%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 257 (28.65%) Docker
2 64 (7.13%) Active Directory
3 55 (6.13%) Virtual Machines
4 52 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 31 (3.46%) VMware NSX
6 20 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.67%) vSphere
9 10 (1.11%) vCloud
10 5 (0.56%) Firmware
10 5 (0.56%) Hyper-V
11 4 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 3 (0.33%) KVM
13 2 (0.22%) Squid
14 1 (0.11%) Ceph
14 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.11%) NFS
14 1 (0.11%) XenApp
14 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 562 (62.65%) Terraform
2 309 (34.45%) Kubernetes
3 242 (26.98%) Ansible
4 119 (13.27%) Grafana
5 80 (8.92%) Prometheus
6 66 (7.36%) Puppet
7 50 (5.57%) Progress Chef
8 40 (4.46%) Kibana
9 30 (3.34%) logstash
10 26 (2.90%) SCCM
11 23 (2.56%) vCenter Server
12 21 (2.34%) Packer
13 19 (2.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 19 (2.12%) Docker Swarm
14 18 (2.01%) vRealize
15 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
16 16 (1.78%) SCOM
17 15 (1.67%) WSUS
18 14 (1.56%) FortiGate
19 13 (1.45%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 123 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 79 (8.81%) VMware
3 61 (6.80%) Google
4 52 (5.80%) Oracle
5 42 (4.68%) Splunk
6 37 (4.12%) Cisco
7 34 (3.79%) Red Hat
8 31 (3.46%) Palo Alto
9 27 (3.01%) Fortinet
10 23 (2.56%) Databricks
11 21 (2.34%) Dell
12 20 (2.23%) Juniper
13 19 (2.12%) SAP
14 16 (1.78%) Amdocs
14 16 (1.78%) F5
15 15 (1.67%) ServiceNow
16 14 (1.56%) Salesforce
17 11 (1.23%) Extreme Networks
18 10 (1.11%) CyberArk
18 10 (1.11%) HP