IaaS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 112 95
Rank change year-on-year -7 -17 +36
Contract jobs citing IaaS 12 13 39
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.57% 0.63% 1.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.37% 1.53% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 24
10th Percentile £436 £538 £445
25th Percentile £511 £575 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £725 £563
Median % change year-on-year -21.72% +28.89% -2.17%
75th Percentile £713 £751 £725
90th Percentile £760 £769 £775
London median daily rate £638 £593 £600
% change year-on-year +7.59% -1.25% +4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Central London

IaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 877 849 982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.76% 41.46% 37.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 548 706
10th Percentile £333 £363 £350
25th Percentile £427 £463 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £741 £744
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 13
10th Percentile £20.82 £28.13 £13.60
25th Percentile £25.47 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +84.21% -45.71%
75th Percentile £44.72 - £23.75
90th Percentile £52.16 £41.88 £49.95
London median hourly rate £34.00 £31.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year +7.94% +3.28% -10.29%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

IaaS job vacancy trend in Central London

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IaaS

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in Central London over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in Central London

IaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IaaS

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. 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
City of London -6 12 £568 -23.10% 8
IaaS
London

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) PaaS
3 5 (41.67%) SaaS
4 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) GCP
5 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (16.67%) Boomi
5 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 2 (16.67%) GitHub
5 2 (16.67%) iPaaS
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (16.67%) Mimecast
5 2 (16.67%) OCI
6 1 (8.33%) Amazon ECR
6 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (8.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) Postman
1 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Migration Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (8.33%) JWT
2 1 (8.33%) OAuth
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (8.33%) Spring
2 1 (8.33%) Web Services
2 1 (8.33%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 4 (33.33%) DevOps
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Operations
3 3 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (16.67%) SIEM
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (8.33%) CCSP
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) OSCP
2 1 (8.33%) SANS
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GRC
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) NCSC
1 2 (16.67%) NIST
1 2 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Terraform
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Google
3 3 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (16.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle
5 1 (8.33%) Rapid7