IaaS Contracts in England

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 266 213
Rank change year-on-year +13 -53 -16
Contract jobs citing IaaS 236 319 598
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 0.87% 1.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.63% 2.73% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 201 419
10th Percentile £413 £400 £450
25th Percentile £492 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £628 £700 £697
90th Percentile £689 £780 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 10
10th Percentile - - £52.50
25th Percentile - £25.50 £70.73
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - -66.67% +3.31%
75th Percentile - £26.50 £81.49
90th Percentile - - £91.25
UK median hourly rate - £26.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year - -66.67% +3.31%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,960 11,670 17,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.13% 31.92% 36.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,219 8,418 13,172
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £636 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 321 304
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.04 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £21.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -34.98% +50.23%
75th Percentile £36.38 £33.25 £65.81
90th Percentile £72.38 £65.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.69% -38.94% +56.25%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS in England.

Daily rate trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in England

IaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS in England.

Hourly rate trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
London +28 146 £585 -2.50% 131
South East +58 41 £575 +15.00% 64
North of England +4 29 £534 +6.80% 32
North West -1 18 £510 +2.00% 16
North East +5 10 £567 -1.39% 5
Midlands +8 8 £575 +9.52% 18
West Midlands +9 7 £569 +22.97% 13
Yorkshire +8 7 £650 +33.33% 11
South West +2 5 £500 -23.08% 12
East of England - 3 £751 - 8
East Midlands +3 1 £575 -2.13% 5
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (10.59%) Confluence
3 8 (3.39%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.85%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.85%) nginx
5 2 (0.85%) SAS
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 154 (65.25%) PaaS
2 151 (63.98%) Azure
3 96 (40.68%) SaaS
4 85 (36.02%) AWS
5 62 (26.27%) Entra ID
5 62 (26.27%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (17.37%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (16.10%) GCP
8 24 (10.17%) Serverless
9 20 (8.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (6.36%) Azure AKS
11 14 (5.93%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (5.93%) OpenShift
12 13 (5.51%) GitHub
13 11 (4.66%) Snowflake
14 10 (4.24%) Amazon S3
15 8 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (3.39%) Azure Storage
16 7 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.58%) Firewall
2 37 (15.68%) DNS
3 19 (8.05%) VPN
4 17 (7.20%) DHCP
5 16 (6.78%) Network Security
6 13 (5.51%) MPLS
7 11 (4.66%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (3.81%) SAN
8 9 (3.81%) SMTP
9 7 (2.97%) VSAN
10 4 (1.69%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.69%) SSL
11 3 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.27%) HTTPS
11 3 (1.27%) NGFW
12 2 (0.85%) IPsec
12 2 (0.85%) NAS
12 2 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.05%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.63%) Amazon Redshift
2 18 (7.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (4.66%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.81%) Big Data
4 9 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.81%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.54%) Data Lake
6 5 (2.12%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.27%) MySQL
7 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.85%) Power BI
8 2 (0.85%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.42%) Parquet
9 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (11.44%) JIRA
2 14 (5.93%) ScriptRunner
3 9 (3.81%) Git
4 8 (3.39%) GitLab
4 8 (3.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.85%) Maven
5 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.42%) MSI
6 1 (0.42%) Serena SBM
6 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.42%) Subversion
6 1 (0.42%) Vagrant
General
1 36 (15.25%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.29%) Finance
3 20 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.51%) Telecoms
5 12 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.39%) Marketing
7 7 (2.97%) Legal
8 5 (2.12%) Banking
8 5 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.12%) Spanish Language
9 4 (1.69%) Local Government
10 3 (1.27%) Military
10 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Law
12 1 (0.42%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.42%) French Language
12 1 (0.42%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.42%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (26.69%) Architect
2 40 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (13.98%) Azure Engineer
4 29 (12.29%) Senior
5 23 (9.75%) Azure Architect
6 20 (8.47%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (7.63%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (7.20%) Lead
9 15 (6.36%) Cloud Architect
10 14 (5.93%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 12 (5.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 12 (5.08%) Enterprise Architect
13 11 (4.66%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
13 11 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (4.66%) Support Engineer
14 10 (4.24%) Analyst
14 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.08%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.97%) CSS
2 7 (2.97%) HTML
3 6 (2.54%) OAuth
3 6 (2.54%) REST
3 6 (2.54%) SAML
4 5 (2.12%) ADO
4 5 (2.12%) OpenID
5 4 (1.69%) .NET
5 4 (1.69%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (1.69%) React
5 4 (1.69%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.27%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.27%) Kafka
6 3 (1.27%) Spring
7 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.85%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.85%) LDAP
7 2 (0.85%) Node.js
7 2 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.20%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (5.93%) PKI
4 14 (5.93%) Public Cloud
5 13 (5.51%) Clustering
5 13 (5.51%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.81%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.69%) Replication
8 4 (1.69%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.27%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.27%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (26.69%) Windows
2 48 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 29 (12.29%) Linux
4 5 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.27%) Solaris
6 3 (1.27%) VMS
6 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.85%) Debian
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.42%) CentOS
8 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.42%) Unix
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (36.44%) DevOps
2 63 (26.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (24.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (22.88%) Migration
5 49 (20.76%) Agile
5 49 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (17.37%) CI/CD
7 38 (16.10%) Cloud Security
8 35 (14.83%) Project Delivery
9 34 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (11.86%) Containerisation
11 26 (11.02%) Enterprise Architecture
11 26 (11.02%) Roadmaps
12 24 (10.17%) Analytics
13 22 (9.32%) Disaster Recovery
14 19 (8.05%) High Availability
14 19 (8.05%) Information Security
15 17 (7.20%) Data Loss Prevention
15 17 (7.20%) ITIL
15 17 (7.20%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.46%) PowerShell
2 41 (17.37%) Python
3 35 (14.83%) SQL
4 21 (8.90%) Bicep
5 14 (5.93%) Bash
5 14 (5.93%) Groovy
6 10 (4.24%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.81%) Java
8 7 (2.97%) C#
9 6 (2.54%) Ruby
10 5 (2.12%) PHP
11 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.85%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.42%) Go
12 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.42%) Perl
12 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (17.80%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.68%) Azure Certification
3 28 (11.86%) Degree
3 28 (11.86%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.39%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.54%) CREST Certified
8 4 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.69%) CCNA
8 4 (1.69%) CCSAS
8 4 (1.69%) CEH
8 4 (1.69%) GIAC
8 4 (1.69%) GPEN
8 4 (1.69%) GWAPT
8 4 (1.69%) OSCP
8 4 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.66%) GDPR
2 9 (3.81%) SLA
3 7 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.12%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.69%) NCSC
6 4 (1.69%) NIST
6 4 (1.69%) PMO
7 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.27%) QA
8 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.42%) GAAP
9 1 (0.42%) GRC
9 1 (0.42%) IFRS
System Software
1 79 (33.47%) Active Directory
2 42 (17.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (13.98%) Docker
4 27 (11.44%) vSphere
5 16 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (5.08%) Hyper-V
7 11 (4.66%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (4.24%) VMware NSX
9 9 (3.81%) BitLocker
9 9 (3.81%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (3.81%) Terminal Services
10 6 (2.54%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.85%) RACF
12 1 (0.42%) Firmware
12 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.42%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 59 (25.00%) Terraform
2 45 (19.07%) Kubernetes
3 43 (18.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (12.29%) Ansible
5 12 (5.08%) Puppet
6 9 (3.81%) Nagios
6 9 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (3.81%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.81%) vMotion
7 6 (2.54%) SCCM
8 4 (1.69%) Grafana
8 4 (1.69%) Packer
8 4 (1.69%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.27%) Nessus
10 2 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.85%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.85%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.85%) vRealize
10 2 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 2 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 109 (46.19%) Microsoft
2 53 (22.46%) VMware
3 16 (6.78%) Google
4 14 (5.93%) Atlassian
5 11 (4.66%) Oracle
6 10 (4.24%) Cisco
7 9 (3.81%) Citrix
7 9 (3.81%) HP
7 9 (3.81%) Red Hat
7 9 (3.81%) Symantec
8 8 (3.39%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.97%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.54%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.12%) Dell
11 5 (2.12%) EMC
11 5 (2.12%) Qualys
12 4 (1.69%) SAP
13 3 (1.27%) IBM
13 3 (1.27%) Salesforce
13 3 (1.27%) Veeam