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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 107 92
Rank change year-on-year -6 -15 +37
Contract jobs citing IaaS 11 11 39
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.57% 0.60% 1.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.38% 1.46% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 26
10th Percentile £433 £575 £438
25th Percentile £494 £609 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £738 £563
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +31.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £722 £751 £725
90th Percentile £765 £774 £775
Central London median daily rate £565 £725 £550
% change year-on-year -22.07% +31.82% -4.35%

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 797 751 912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.55% 40.99% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 472 657
10th Percentile £327 £400 £363
25th Percentile £417 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £740
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 11
10th Percentile £27.83 - £12.75
25th Percentile £35.88 £46.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.78 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +150.00% -55.81%
75th Percentile £49.83 £48.75 £36.25
90th Percentile £55.19 - £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £29.74 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.04% +84.21% -24.00%

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 12 February 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) PaaS
2 5 (45.45%) SaaS
3 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) GCP
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (18.18%) Boomi
4 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 2 (18.18%) GitHub
4 2 (18.18%) iPaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (18.18%) Mimecast
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (9.09%) AWS
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (9.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Migration Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Platform Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Cloud Operations
3 3 (27.27%) Cost Optimisation
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) SIEM
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (9.09%) CCSP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) OSCP
2 1 (9.09%) SANS
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GRC
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NCSC
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
1 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Terraform
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Google
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
4 2 (18.18%) Salesforce
4 2 (18.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
5 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
5 1 (9.09%) LogRhythm
5 1 (9.09%) Rapid7