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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 102 107
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +42
Contract jobs citing IaaS 19 19 42
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.08% 0.91% 1.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.59% 2.33% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 32
10th Percentile £459 £406 £444
25th Percentile £499 £504 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £621 £560 £613
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £771 £681 £725
90th Percentile £826 £767 £865
Central London median daily rate £621 £568 £600
% change year-on-year +9.47% -5.42% +1.69%

All Cloud 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 735 814 1,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.74% 38.98% 40.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 524 781
10th Percentile £343 £400 £356
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £766 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £23.68 £32.05 -
25th Percentile £30.69 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £56.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.46% +148.89% +9.76%
75th Percentile £58.96 £76.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.53 £85.95 £56.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -10.71% +68.67% +1.22%

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 18 November 2025.

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 (5.26%) CICS
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (94.74%) Azure
2 12 (63.16%) PaaS
2 12 (63.16%) SaaS
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (26.32%) GCP
5 4 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (15.79%) GitHub
7 2 (10.53%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (10.53%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (10.53%) AWS
7 2 (10.53%) Azure AKS
7 2 (10.53%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (10.53%) Boomi
7 2 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
7 2 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (10.53%) iPaaS
7 2 (10.53%) Mimecast
8 1 (5.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) Network Security
3 1 (5.26%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) MPLS
3 1 (5.26%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Legal
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Migration Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.26%) ADO
2 1 (5.26%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Cloud Native
2 3 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (10.53%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Mainframe
4 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) AIX
3 1 (5.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Cloud Security
1 6 (31.58%) Migration
1 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (21.05%) Change Management
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.79%) Cloud Operations
4 3 (15.79%) Cost Optimisation
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Security Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) TOGAF
5 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
5 2 (10.53%) DevSecOps
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Bicep
1 3 (15.79%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) COBOL
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Azure Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (10.53%) MCITP
5 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.26%) CCSP
5 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.26%) CISSP
5 1 (5.26%) OSCP
5 1 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) GRC
3 2 (10.53%) NCSC
3 2 (10.53%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (10.53%) SLA
3 2 (10.53%) SOC 2
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Terraform
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
4 2 (10.53%) SCOM
5 1 (5.26%) Grafana
5 1 (5.26%) Istio
5 1 (5.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Google
3 3 (15.79%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco
4 2 (10.53%) HP
4 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
4 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
4 2 (10.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (10.53%) SAP
5 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.26%) LogRhythm
5 1 (5.26%) NetApp
5 1 (5.26%) Rapid7
5 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow