IaaS Contracts in London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for IaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IaaS 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 228 204 188
Rank change year-on-year -24 -16 -7
Contract jobs citing IaaS 173 345 613
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.98% 1.27% 1.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.59% 3.27% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 230 421
10th Percentile £418 £425 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £775 £697 £675
90th Percentile £780 £775 £750
England median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £58.00 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £66.25 £73.15
Median hourly rate £26.00 £80.00 £74.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.50% +7.39% +26.26%
75th Percentile £26.50 £91.25 £75.84
90th Percentile - £98.00 -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.50
% change year-on-year -66.67% +3.31% +26.89%

All Cloud Skills
London

IaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,676 10,565 16,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.70% 39.02% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,924 7,715 12,114
10th Percentile £341 £375 £400
25th Percentile £444 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £763
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 91 86
10th Percentile £17.78 £20.00 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.06 £24.00 £21.10
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +5.50%
75th Percentile £38.28 £70.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £62.13 £88.30 £79.13
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in London

IaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS in London.

Daily rate trend for IaaS in London

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in London

IaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS in London.

Hourly rate trend for IaaS in London

IaaS
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 IaaS within the London region 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
Central London -6 26 £538 -7.53% 10
East London -15 1 £770 +2.67%
North London - 1 £425 -
IaaS
England

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 16 (9.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.94%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.78%) Site Server
4 8 (4.62%) Confluence
5 2 (1.16%) Apache
5 2 (1.16%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 106 (61.27%) Azure
2 105 (60.69%) PaaS
3 83 (47.98%) SaaS
4 43 (24.86%) AWS
5 35 (20.23%) Entra ID
6 30 (17.34%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (14.45%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (12.14%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (9.25%) Serverless
10 14 (8.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (8.09%) GCP
11 12 (6.94%) Amazon S3
12 11 (6.36%) Mimecast
13 8 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (4.62%) Nutanix
13 8 (4.62%) Power Platform
13 8 (4.62%) Rubrik
14 6 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (26.01%) Firewall
2 25 (14.45%) DNS
3 12 (6.94%) DHCP
4 10 (5.78%) VPN
5 9 (5.20%) Kerberos
5 9 (5.20%) MPLS
5 9 (5.20%) NAS
5 9 (5.20%) SAN
5 9 (5.20%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.62%) VLAN
7 6 (3.47%) LAN
7 6 (3.47%) WAN
8 3 (1.73%) Internet
8 3 (1.73%) WLAN
9 2 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.16%) SSL
9 2 (1.16%) Wireless
10 1 (0.58%) IPsec
10 1 (0.58%) Network Security
10 1 (0.58%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.51%) GIS
2 11 (6.36%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.89%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.73%) Power BI
7 3 (1.73%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.16%) Big Data
8 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.16%) MySQL
8 2 (1.16%) OLAP
8 2 (1.16%) OLTP
8 2 (1.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (8.09%) Jenkins
2 12 (6.94%) Git
3 10 (5.78%) JIRA
4 8 (4.62%) TeamCity
5 5 (2.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.73%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.16%) GitLab
7 2 (1.16%) Gradle
7 2 (1.16%) Maven
8 1 (0.58%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.58%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 50 (28.90%) Finance
2 29 (16.76%) Social Skills
3 21 (12.14%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.94%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.36%) Banking
6 10 (5.78%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.20%) Electronics
7 9 (5.20%) Marketing
8 8 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.47%) Legal
11 5 (2.89%) French Language
12 4 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.73%) Law
14 2 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
14 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.16%) Italian Language
14 2 (1.16%) Retail
15 1 (0.58%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 58 (33.53%) Architect
2 28 (16.18%) Senior
3 26 (15.03%) Security Architect
4 20 (11.56%) Senior Architect
5 19 (10.98%) Cloud Architect
5 19 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (10.98%) Senior Security Architect
6 11 (6.36%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.36%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.78%) Azure Architect
7 10 (5.78%) Cloud Security Architect
7 10 (5.78%) Developer
7 10 (5.78%) Enterprise Architect
8 9 (5.20%) Consultant
9 7 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 6 (3.47%) AWS Architect
11 5 (2.89%) GIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.14%) REST
2 11 (6.36%) LDAP
3 7 (4.05%) .NET
4 6 (3.47%) AngularJS
4 6 (3.47%) OAuth
4 6 (3.47%) OpenID
4 6 (3.47%) SAML
5 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
5 5 (2.89%) Middleware
6 4 (2.31%) YAML
7 3 (1.73%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.16%) JSON
8 2 (1.16%) Kafka
9 1 (0.58%) CSS3
9 1 (0.58%) HTML5
9 1 (0.58%) Lambda Expressions
9 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.58%) React
9 1 (0.58%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 1 (0.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.09%) Mobile App
2 13 (7.51%) IoT
3 11 (6.36%) Management Information System
4 9 (5.20%) Clustering
4 9 (5.20%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.20%) Replication
5 7 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.47%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.47%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (2.89%) CMDB
8 4 (2.31%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.31%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.31%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.73%) Tandem
10 2 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (21.97%) Windows
2 29 (16.76%) Windows Server
3 24 (13.87%) Linux
4 14 (8.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (6.36%) Solaris
6 8 (4.62%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (2.89%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (2.31%) Unix
9 3 (1.73%) VMS
10 2 (1.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.75%) DevOps
2 44 (25.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 40 (23.12%) Cloud Security
4 36 (20.81%) Agile
5 30 (17.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (15.61%) Security Architecture
7 23 (13.29%) Migration
8 22 (12.72%) Data Loss Prevention
9 20 (11.56%) Deployment Automation
10 19 (10.98%) Information Security
11 18 (10.40%) CI/CD
12 16 (9.25%) Design Patterns
13 15 (8.67%) Change Management
13 15 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (8.67%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (8.67%) DevSecOps
13 15 (8.67%) Project Delivery
13 15 (8.67%) Roadmaps
14 14 (8.09%) SDLC
14 14 (8.09%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.65%) PowerShell
1 34 (19.65%) Python
2 11 (6.36%) JavaScript
2 11 (6.36%) SQL
3 10 (5.78%) Korn
4 9 (5.20%) Bash
5 4 (2.31%) C#
5 4 (2.31%) Java
6 3 (1.73%) Ruby
7 2 (1.16%) Bicep
7 2 (1.16%) Go
8 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 17 (9.83%) Degree
3 16 (9.25%) Azure Certification
4 12 (6.94%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.47%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.89%) CISSP
6 5 (2.89%) GIAC
6 5 (2.89%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.89%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (2.31%) APMP
7 4 (2.31%) CCSK
7 4 (2.31%) CISA
7 4 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.31%) CRISC
7 4 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.31%) PMP
8 3 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.73%) FFIEC
8 3 (1.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.56%) NIST
2 16 (9.25%) GDPR
3 8 (4.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.89%) SLA
5 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.73%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.16%) GRC
6 2 (1.16%) QA
7 1 (0.58%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.58%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (20.81%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.67%) Docker
4 6 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.58%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (24.86%) Terraform
2 19 (10.98%) Ansible
3 18 (10.40%) Kubernetes
3 18 (10.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.62%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (4.62%) Netcool
4 8 (4.62%) Tivoli
4 8 (4.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 6 (3.47%) Grafana
6 5 (2.89%) Puppet
7 4 (2.31%) SCCM
8 3 (1.73%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.73%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.16%) Nessus
9 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (36.42%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.18%) Oracle
3 20 (11.56%) VMware
4 13 (7.51%) ESRI
5 11 (6.36%) Citrix
5 11 (6.36%) SAP
6 10 (5.78%) Cisco
6 10 (5.78%) HP
7 9 (5.20%) IBM
8 8 (4.62%) CyberArk
8 8 (4.62%) Dell
8 8 (4.62%) EMC
8 8 (4.62%) Isilon
8 8 (4.62%) Qualys
8 8 (4.62%) Serena
8 8 (4.62%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.62%) Splunk
9 7 (4.05%) Okta
9 7 (4.05%) Salesforce
10 6 (3.47%) Red Hat