IaaS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 109 92
Rank change year-on-year -4 -17 +38
Contract jobs citing IaaS 12 9 40
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.64% 0.48% 1.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.55% 1.20% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 27
10th Percentile £436 £530 £438
25th Percentile £495 £575 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +10.87%
75th Percentile £713 £738 £725
90th Percentile £760 £773 £775
Central London median daily rate £563 £600 £606
% change year-on-year -6.25% -1.03% +7.78%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 773 752 929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.20% 40.02% 38.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 478 674
10th Percentile £347 £400 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 11
10th Percentile £26.66 - -
25th Percentile £34.19 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 - £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £46.11 - £43.38
90th Percentile £49.83 - £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% +55.56% -4.26%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in the City of London

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IaaS

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in the City of London

IaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IaaS

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) PaaS
2 6 (50.00%) SaaS
3 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (16.67%) Boomi
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) GitHub
4 2 (16.67%) iPaaS
4 2 (16.67%) Mimecast
5 1 (8.33%) Amazon ECR
5 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (8.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
5 1 (8.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
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%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
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
3 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) REST
1 1 (8.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Operations
3 3 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.33%) MCITP
3 1 (8.33%) OSCP
3 1 (8.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (16.67%) GRC
2 2 (16.67%) NCSC
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (8.33%) GDPR
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) 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%) HP
5 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle
5 1 (8.33%) Rapid7