IaaS Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 56 58
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing IaaS 9 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.02% 1.50% 1.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.62% 3.38% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £788 - £538
90th Percentile - - £581
West Yorkshire median daily rate £775 £650 £525
% change year-on-year +19.23% +23.81% -4.55%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 343 207 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 38.71% 44.33% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 136 175
10th Percentile £313 £263 £285
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £600 £638 £673
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile - £31.59 -
25th Percentile - £31.76 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £91.69 -
Median % change year-on-year -84.46% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 -
90th Percentile £75.80 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £62.40 £15.00
% change year-on-year -77.16% +316.00% -72.22%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in Leeds

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing IaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing IaaS

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) AWS
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
1 8 (88.89%) PaaS
1 8 (88.89%) SaaS
2 7 (77.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) IPsec
1 5 (55.56%) Kerberos
1 5 (55.56%) SSL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Architect
2 7 (77.78%) Senior
3 6 (66.67%) Senior Architect
3 6 (66.67%) Senior Technical Architect
3 6 (66.67%) Technical Architect
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Technical Architect
5 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
5 1 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Technical Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 5 (55.56%) OAuth
2 5 (55.56%) OAuth2
2 5 (55.56%) OpenID
2 5 (55.56%) SAML
2 5 (55.56%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
1 8 (88.89%) ArchiMate
1 8 (88.89%) Architectural Patterns
1 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
1 8 (88.89%) Collaborative Working
1 8 (88.89%) DevOps
1 8 (88.89%) Microservices
1 8 (88.89%) UML
2 7 (77.78%) Security Architecture
3 6 (66.67%) BPEL
3 6 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 6 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 6 (66.67%) SOA
3 6 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
4 5 (55.56%) Design Patterns
4 5 (55.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft