IaaS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 213 205
Rank change year-on-year -31 -8 +14
Contract jobs citing IaaS 154 260 395
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.11% 1.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.93% 3.33% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 195 294
10th Percentile £387 £445 £411
25th Percentile £450 £503 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% +4.27% +5.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £700 £759 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 2
10th Percentile - £61.50 £72.50
25th Percentile £25.50 £70.73 £75.12
Median hourly rate £26.00 £77.35 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year -66.39% -5.51% +121.24%
75th Percentile £26.50 £78.00 £86.23
90th Percentile - £79.99 £87.42
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.50
% change year-on-year -66.67% +3.31% +24.28%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,262 7,815 9,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.69% 33.31% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,730 5,780 7,206
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £370 £408 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 231 279
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.38 £15.15
Median hourly rate £17.69 £24.62 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.15% +29.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £26.50 £64.75 £25.13
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £21.19 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% +59.09% -2.22%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
North of England +7 45 £500 -9.09% 14
South West +11 44 £650 +4.63% 16
North West +19 32 £500 -4.76% 5
South East -16 32 £500 -13.04% 26
Scotland +36 21 £600 +9.09% 10
Midlands +20 13 £525 -23.64% 19
Yorkshire -11 11 £488 -11.36% 7
West Midlands +8 10 £463 -32.73% 11
East Midlands +23 3 £588 +14.63% 8
North East +9 2 £575 -14.81% 2
Wales +19 1 £425 +6.25%
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.65%) CMS
3 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 103 (66.88%) PaaS
2 86 (55.84%) SaaS
3 67 (43.51%) Azure
4 35 (22.73%) Cloud Computing
5 26 (16.88%) AWS
6 13 (8.44%) Entra ID
7 11 (7.14%) Google Workspace
8 9 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (2.60%) AWS CodeBuild
12 4 (2.60%) AWS CodeDeploy
12 4 (2.60%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (2.60%) Azure API Management
13 3 (1.95%) Azure Event Grid
13 3 (1.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (1.95%) Azure Pipelines
13 3 (1.95%) GCP
13 3 (1.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (20.78%) LAN
1 32 (20.78%) WAN
2 24 (15.58%) DNS
3 14 (9.09%) VPN
4 10 (6.49%) Firewall
5 9 (5.84%) DHCP
6 6 (3.90%) Network Security
7 4 (2.60%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.30%) BGP
8 2 (1.30%) Internet
8 2 (1.30%) OSPF
8 2 (1.30%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.65%) IPsec
9 1 (0.65%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.65%) MPLS
9 1 (0.65%) NaaS
9 1 (0.65%) PBX
9 1 (0.65%) SAN
9 1 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) MongoDB
1 5 (3.25%) MySQL
1 5 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (3.25%) RDBMS
1 5 (3.25%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.95%) Big Data
2 3 (1.95%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.65%) Redis
3 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (7.79%) Git
2 11 (7.14%) JIRA
3 8 (5.19%) GitLab
4 6 (3.90%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.95%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.30%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.30%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.30%) Selenium
6 2 (1.30%) Subversion
6 2 (1.30%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.65%) GoCD
7 1 (0.65%) Hudson
7 1 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (30.52%) Public Sector
2 31 (20.13%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.74%) Finance
4 12 (7.79%) Legal
5 9 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.55%) Banking
7 6 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.60%) Back Office
9 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.60%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.60%) Marketing
10 3 (1.95%) Electronics
10 3 (1.95%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.30%) Law
12 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (40.26%) Architect
2 27 (17.53%) Network Architect
3 16 (10.39%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (7.79%) Senior
6 10 (6.49%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.19%) Lead
8 7 (4.55%) Analyst
8 7 (4.55%) AWS Architect
9 6 (3.90%) Azure Architect
9 6 (3.90%) Linux Engineer
9 6 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (3.25%) Consultant
10 5 (3.25%) Infrastructure Architect
10 5 (3.25%) Security Architect
11 4 (2.60%) Developer
11 4 (2.60%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (2.60%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.49%) Web Services
2 9 (5.84%) .NET
2 9 (5.84%) Middleware
3 5 (3.25%) JSON
3 5 (3.25%) REST
3 5 (3.25%) SOAP
4 3 (1.95%) J2EE
4 3 (1.95%) YAML
5 2 (1.30%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.65%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.65%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.65%) Redfish
6 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 33 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (6.49%) Virtual Team
3 6 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.25%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.25%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.25%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (3.25%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.95%) N-Tier
5 3 (1.95%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.95%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.30%) Clustering
6 2 (1.30%) CMDB
6 2 (1.30%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.30%) Replication
6 2 (1.30%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.94%) Windows
2 20 (12.99%) Linux
3 15 (9.74%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.84%) Unix
5 7 (4.55%) VMS
6 6 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.30%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.62%) Agile
2 36 (23.38%) Open Source
3 29 (18.83%) Zero Trust
4 28 (18.18%) Business Strategy
5 27 (17.53%) Network Management
6 22 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 22 (14.29%) DevOps
6 22 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (13.64%) Roadmaps
8 20 (12.99%) Migration
9 16 (10.39%) Cloud Security
9 16 (10.39%) Project Delivery
10 15 (9.74%) Containerisation
10 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.74%) Information Security
10 15 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (9.74%) Scrum
11 13 (8.44%) ITIL
11 13 (8.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.58%) Python
2 14 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.84%) Java
3 9 (5.84%) Perl
4 8 (5.19%) Bash
5 7 (4.55%) Shell Script
6 6 (3.90%) SQL
7 5 (3.25%) C#
8 3 (1.95%) Julia
8 3 (1.95%) PHP
8 3 (1.95%) Ruby
9 2 (1.30%) C++
9 2 (1.30%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.30%) VBA
9 2 (1.30%) VBScript
10 1 (0.65%) Bicep
10 1 (0.65%) C
Qualifications
1 50 (32.47%) Security Cleared
2 29 (18.83%) DV Cleared
3 21 (13.64%) Degree
4 17 (11.04%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.39%) Azure Certification
6 10 (6.49%) PMI Certification
6 10 (6.49%) PMP
7 9 (5.84%) APMP
8 6 (3.90%) CISSP
9 4 (2.60%) CISM
9 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.30%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.30%) ISEB
11 2 (1.30%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.30%) MCSE
11 2 (1.30%) VCAP
11 2 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.95%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.30%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.30%) NIST
3 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (12.99%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.84%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (5.19%) Docker
4 8 (5.19%) vSphere
5 7 (4.55%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.95%) Firmware
7 3 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.95%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.65%) KVM
8 1 (0.65%) NFS
8 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (12.34%) Terraform
2 15 (9.74%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.49%) Ansible
4 9 (5.84%) vRealize
5 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.90%) Packer
7 4 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.60%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.95%) WSUS
9 2 (1.30%) Puppet
9 2 (1.30%) SCCM
9 2 (1.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.65%) Nagios
10 1 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.65%) QRadar
10 1 (0.65%) SCOM
10 1 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (29.22%) Microsoft
2 28 (18.18%) VMware
3 20 (12.99%) Oracle
4 14 (9.09%) Google
5 10 (6.49%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.25%) Arqiva
6 5 (3.25%) Veritas
7 4 (2.60%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.95%) Cisco
8 3 (1.95%) SAP
8 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.30%) Citrix
9 2 (1.30%) Meraki
9 2 (1.30%) Splunk
10 1 (0.65%) Dell
10 1 (0.65%) HP
10 1 (0.65%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.65%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.65%) Remedy
10 1 (0.65%) Sophos