Infrastructure Automation Contracts in England

Infrastructure Automation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Infrastructure Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Automation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 513 521
Rank change year-on-year +109 +8 -72
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 147 124 267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.26% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.29% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 91 214
10th Percentile £388 £456 £413
25th Percentile £475 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £689 £700 £633
90th Percentile £700 £775 £707
UK median daily rate £585 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.36% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £65.31 - -
25th Percentile £69.53 - -
Median hourly rate £71.87 - -
75th Percentile £74.15 - -
90th Percentile £78.26 - -
UK median hourly rate £71.87 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure Automation 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Infrastructure Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Automation in England

Infrastructure Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Automation in England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Automation in England

Infrastructure Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Automation in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Automation in England

Infrastructure Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Automation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Automation in England

Infrastructure Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Automation in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Automation in England

Infrastructure Automation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +84 67 £525 -16.00% 28
South West +43 45 £700 +27.27% 7
South East +21 22 £585 +6.36% 8
North of England +32 17 £463 -19.57% 13
Midlands +29 13 £582 +28.62% 3
North West +27 12 £475 -15.56% 8
West Midlands +20 12 £582 +36.94% 3
Yorkshire +21 5 £390 -48.00% 4
East Midlands +12 1 £625 +30.21%
Infrastructure Automation
UK

Infrastructure Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 28 (19.05%) Confluence
2 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.72%) Apache
4 3 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.68%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.68%) IIS
6 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 43 (29.25%) AWS
1 43 (29.25%) Azure
2 24 (16.33%) GCP
3 16 (10.88%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (10.20%) Serverless
5 10 (6.80%) PaaS
6 9 (6.12%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.44%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (5.44%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (5.44%) IaaS
8 7 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (4.76%) OpenShift
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Functions
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Storage
9 6 (4.08%) Power Automate
9 6 (4.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.12%) TCP/IP
2 8 (5.44%) Firewall
3 6 (4.08%) DNS
4 5 (3.40%) HTTP
4 5 (3.40%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (3.40%) VPN
5 4 (2.72%) DHCP
5 4 (2.72%) Network Security
6 3 (2.04%) NAS
6 3 (2.04%) SAN
6 3 (2.04%) SNA
6 3 (2.04%) VSAN
7 2 (1.36%) DKIM
7 2 (1.36%) DMARC
7 2 (1.36%) InfiniBand
7 2 (1.36%) IPsec
8 1 (0.68%) BGP
8 1 (0.68%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.68%) Internet
8 1 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.48%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (4.76%) Big Data
2 7 (4.76%) Data Lake
2 7 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.08%) OLTP
4 4 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.72%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (2.04%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.04%) MySQL
5 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.36%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.36%) Redis
6 2 (1.36%) SQLite
7 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.68%) Flink
7 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (28.57%) Git
2 35 (23.81%) Jenkins
3 32 (21.77%) JIRA
4 27 (18.37%) Bitbucket
5 22 (14.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (4.76%) GitLab
7 6 (4.08%) Visual Studio Team System
8 5 (3.40%) JUnit
9 2 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.36%) Selenium
9 2 (1.36%) Snyk
9 2 (1.36%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.68%) Mockito
10 1 (0.68%) Pa11y
10 1 (0.68%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.68%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.68%) TestCafe
10 1 (0.68%) TestNG
General
1 32 (21.77%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (12.24%) Aerospace
4 11 (7.48%) Finance
5 10 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.72%) Banking
7 2 (1.36%) Retail
8 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Electronics
8 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (23.81%) Developer
2 20 (13.61%) Senior
3 14 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
4 12 (8.16%) Architect
4 12 (8.16%) Automation Engineer
5 9 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (6.12%) VMware Engineer
6 8 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.76%) Consultant
7 7 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (4.08%) Lead
8 6 (4.08%) Software Engineer
9 5 (3.40%) Automation Architect
9 5 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.40%) Python Developer
10 4 (2.72%) AWS DevOps
10 4 (2.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 4 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
10 4 (2.72%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (21.77%) .NET
2 22 (14.97%) .NET Core
3 20 (13.61%) YAML
4 9 (6.12%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (6.12%) LDAP
5 8 (5.44%) XML
6 7 (4.76%) ARM Templates
6 7 (4.76%) Web Services
7 6 (4.08%) JSON
8 5 (3.40%) .NET Framework
8 5 (3.40%) React
8 5 (3.40%) SAML
9 4 (2.72%) ModSecurity
9 4 (2.72%) OpenID
10 3 (2.04%) AngularJS
10 3 (2.04%) Kafka
10 3 (2.04%) OAuth
11 2 (1.36%) Fluent Bit
11 2 (1.36%) Loki
11 2 (1.36%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.12%) PKI
2 8 (5.44%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.76%) CMDB
3 7 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.72%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.36%) Clustering
6 2 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.36%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (39.46%) Linux
2 27 (18.37%) Windows
3 19 (12.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.72%) Unix
4 4 (2.72%) VMS
5 3 (2.04%) Windows 2000
5 3 (2.04%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (43.54%) Infrastructure as Code
2 59 (40.14%) CI/CD
3 50 (34.01%) DevOps
4 48 (32.65%) Configuration Management
5 41 (27.89%) Agile
5 41 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (23.13%) Continuous Integration
7 31 (21.09%) Deployment Automation
8 28 (19.05%) Task Automation
9 26 (17.69%) Test Automation
10 22 (14.97%) OO
10 22 (14.97%) OOP
11 20 (13.61%) Containerisation
12 16 (10.88%) Scrum
12 16 (10.88%) Validation
13 15 (10.20%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 14 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
14 14 (9.52%) Microservices
15 13 (8.84%) Migration
15 13 (8.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 74 (50.34%) PowerShell
2 62 (42.18%) Python
3 32 (21.77%) Java
4 13 (8.84%) Go
5 11 (7.48%) C#
6 10 (6.80%) SQL
7 9 (6.12%) Bash
8 6 (4.08%) Kotlin
8 6 (4.08%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.40%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.40%) PHP
9 5 (3.40%) TypeScript
10 3 (2.04%) Bicep
11 1 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.68%) C++
11 1 (0.68%) Ruby
11 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 65 (44.22%) Security Cleared
2 54 (36.73%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.16%) Degree
4 10 (6.80%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.72%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.04%) VCAP
7 3 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.04%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.68%) NCSC
2 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (29.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (19.73%) Docker
3 18 (12.24%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (10.20%) Active Directory
5 12 (8.16%) VMware NSX
6 6 (4.08%) vSphere
7 5 (3.40%) Hyper-V
7 5 (3.40%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (2.72%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.36%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 2 (1.36%) KVM
10 1 (0.68%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 80 (54.42%) Terraform
2 71 (48.30%) Ansible
3 48 (32.65%) Kubernetes
4 26 (17.69%) PowerCLI
5 22 (14.97%) Puppet
6 18 (12.24%) Progress Chef
7 14 (9.52%) Salt
8 8 (5.44%) vRealize
8 8 (5.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 6 (4.08%) Grafana
9 6 (4.08%) Prometheus
10 5 (3.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (2.72%) Argo
11 4 (2.72%) OPNET
12 3 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (2.04%) vCenter Server
13 2 (1.36%) Kibana
13 2 (1.36%) Kustomize
13 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (1.36%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (32.65%) VMware
2 26 (17.69%) Atlassian
3 23 (15.65%) Dell
3 23 (15.65%) Microsoft
4 22 (14.97%) HP
5 21 (14.29%) Red Hat
6 13 (8.84%) SaltStack
7 11 (7.48%) Google
8 5 (3.40%) Cisco
8 5 (3.40%) Splunk
9 3 (2.04%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.04%) Juniper
9 3 (2.04%) Oracle
10 2 (1.36%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.36%) McAfee
10 2 (1.36%) NVIDIA
10 2 (1.36%) SAP
10 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.68%) Databricks
11 1 (0.68%) Ping Identity