IaaS Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 242 230
Rank change year-on-year -48 -12 -19
Contract jobs citing IaaS 141 125 171
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.92% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.72% 2.16% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 73 113
10th Percentile £406 £420 £400
25th Percentile £450 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £763
90th Percentile £725 £758 £780
England median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -71.11%
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £31.39 £26.00
% change year-on-year +75.24% +20.71% -66.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,214 5,786 6,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.60% 42.77% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,623 3,941 5,121
10th Percentile £361 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 79 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.08 £22.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +7.79% -50.96%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £67.50 £64.60
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in London

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IaaS

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in London

IaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IaaS

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the London region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Central London -20 12 £625 +4.17% 7
South London -13 1 £525 +16.67%
West London - 1 £475 - 4
IaaS
England

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.26%) Apache
2 6 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.71%) CloudStack
3 1 (0.71%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (87.94%) PaaS
2 112 (79.43%) Azure
3 59 (41.84%) SaaS
4 30 (21.28%) AWS
5 24 (17.02%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (16.31%) Entra ID
7 19 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (10.64%) Azure AKS
8 15 (10.64%) GitHub
9 13 (9.22%) OCI
10 11 (7.80%) Serverless
11 10 (7.09%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (7.09%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (6.38%) GCP
13 8 (5.67%) Datadog
14 7 (4.96%) Power Platform
14 7 (4.96%) SuccessFactors
15 6 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (3.55%) AWS CloudFormation
16 5 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (23.40%) DNS
2 31 (21.99%) Firewall
3 20 (14.18%) DHCP
4 19 (13.48%) VPN
5 13 (9.22%) SAN
6 7 (4.96%) SMTP
6 7 (4.96%) VLAN
6 7 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.55%) NAS
7 5 (3.55%) Network Security
8 4 (2.84%) Internet
9 3 (2.13%) IPv4
9 3 (2.13%) Kerberos
9 3 (2.13%) MPLS
10 1 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.84%) Db2
5 4 (2.84%) Power BI
6 3 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.13%) Big Data
7 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.42%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (7.09%) Git
2 8 (5.67%) Chocolatey
3 4 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.84%) JetBrains Rider
3 4 (2.84%) Postman
3 4 (2.84%) SoapUI
3 4 (2.84%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 31 (21.99%) Finance
2 26 (18.44%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.77%) Banking
4 14 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.09%) Legal
7 6 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.55%) Law
8 5 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.13%) Military
10 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.42%) Legal Technology
10 2 (1.42%) Local Government
11 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.71%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (29.79%) Architect
2 36 (25.53%) Azure Engineer
3 25 (17.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (16.31%) Senior
5 19 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (12.77%) Azure Architect
7 12 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (7.80%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (7.09%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 10 (7.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (6.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.38%) IT Engineer
10 9 (6.38%) Senior IT Engineer
11 8 (5.67%) Cloud Architect
12 7 (4.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.96%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.26%) Applications Architect
13 6 (4.26%) Developer
14 5 (3.55%) Oracle Specialist
14 5 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.51%) REST
2 10 (7.09%) .NET
3 9 (6.38%) Middleware
4 6 (4.26%) OAuth
5 5 (3.55%) Entity Framework
5 5 (3.55%) JSON
5 5 (3.55%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (3.55%) SOAP
5 5 (3.55%) Web Services
5 5 (3.55%) XML
6 4 (2.84%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.84%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.84%) JWT
6 4 (2.84%) React
6 4 (2.84%) XSLT
7 3 (2.13%) LDAP
7 3 (2.13%) YAML
8 2 (1.42%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.71%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.06%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.64%) Data Centre
3 13 (9.22%) Public Cloud
4 11 (7.80%) PKI
5 9 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (5.67%) Clustering
7 7 (4.96%) Onboarding
8 6 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (3.55%) Virtual Team
10 4 (2.84%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (2.84%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (2.84%) Mainframe
11 3 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (2.13%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (24.11%) Windows
2 20 (14.18%) Linux
3 16 (11.35%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.09%) Unix
5 5 (3.55%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.42%) Android
6 2 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.71%) CentOS
7 1 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.71%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (36.17%) DevOps
2 45 (31.91%) Migration
3 35 (24.82%) CI/CD
4 31 (21.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (21.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 29 (20.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (15.60%) TOGAF
8 19 (13.48%) Containerisation
9 18 (12.77%) Roadmaps
9 18 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (12.06%) ITIL
10 17 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (11.35%) Cloud Security
11 16 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (10.64%) Platform Engineering
12 15 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (9.22%) ITSM
14 12 (8.51%) IT Strategy
14 12 (8.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.73%) PowerShell
2 16 (11.35%) Python
2 16 (11.35%) SQL
3 14 (9.93%) Bicep
4 9 (6.38%) Bash
5 6 (4.26%) C#
6 5 (3.55%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.84%) Ruby
7 4 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.42%) Groovy
8 2 (1.42%) Java
8 2 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.42%) Perl
8 2 (1.42%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.71%) C
Qualifications
1 37 (26.24%) Security Cleared
2 31 (21.99%) Azure Certification
3 24 (17.02%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.51%) DV Cleared
5 10 (7.09%) Degree
6 9 (6.38%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.84%) CISSP
8 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.13%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.71%) CISM
10 1 (0.71%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.71%) GIAC
10 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.71%) OSCP
10 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.71%) RHCE
10 1 (0.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.38%) SLA
2 6 (4.26%) GDPR
3 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.13%) NCSC
3 3 (2.13%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.42%) NIST
4 2 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.71%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (19.15%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.35%) Docker
3 10 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.67%) NFS
5 7 (4.96%) BitLocker
5 7 (4.96%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.96%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.26%) Postfix
6 6 (4.26%) Varnish
7 4 (2.84%) Sendmail
8 3 (2.13%) Terminal Services
8 3 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.42%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (27.66%) Terraform
2 23 (16.31%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (9.22%) Ansible
5 8 (5.67%) SCCM
6 7 (4.96%) Puppet
6 7 (4.96%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.96%) vMotion
7 6 (4.26%) HAProxy
8 3 (2.13%) CA Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.13%) Nagios
9 2 (1.42%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.71%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.71%) Grafana
10 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.71%) QRadar
10 1 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (42.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.18%) VMware
3 15 (10.64%) Oracle
4 11 (7.80%) Citrix
5 8 (5.67%) AppDynamics
5 8 (5.67%) Dynatrace
5 8 (5.67%) Tenable
6 7 (4.96%) SAP
7 6 (4.26%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.55%) Google
8 5 (3.55%) iManage
8 5 (3.55%) Intapp
8 5 (3.55%) Litera
9 4 (2.84%) Databricks
9 4 (2.84%) Greenplum
9 4 (2.84%) NetApp
9 4 (2.84%) Sybase
10 3 (2.13%) Aderant
10 3 (2.13%) HP
10 3 (2.13%) Symantec