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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 240 220
Rank change year-on-year -5 -20 +9
Contract jobs citing IaaS 138 120 183
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.93% 0.88% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.11% 2.13% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 56 108
10th Percentile £450 £443 £400
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £838 £650 £738
90th Percentile - £747 £775
England median daily rate £575 £575 £588
% change year-on-year - -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -52.73%

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 6,532 5,635 6,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.25% 41.48% 37.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,479 3,724 5,149
10th Percentile £347 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 47 78
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £17.55
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.69 £31.35 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +2.77% +5.17%
75th Percentile £54.31 £54.75 £53.44
90th Percentile £76.50 £68.50 £62.88
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% +22.22% -8.16%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 -8 12 £563 -15.09% 6
South London -7 5 £530 -
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 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.17%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) Luigi
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.62%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 73 (52.90%) Azure
2 72 (52.17%) PaaS
3 42 (30.43%) SaaS
4 23 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 20 (14.49%) AWS
5 20 (14.49%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (13.77%) OCI
7 15 (10.87%) GCP
8 14 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (8.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (8.70%) GitHub
10 11 (7.97%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (7.97%) Serverless
11 10 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (5.07%) Azure AKS
12 7 (5.07%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (5.07%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (4.35%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.04%) Firewall
2 13 (9.42%) DNS
3 12 (8.70%) VPN
4 7 (5.07%) DHCP
4 7 (5.07%) Network Security
5 5 (3.62%) MPLS
6 4 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.17%) SMTP
8 2 (1.45%) VLAN
8 2 (1.45%) WAN
9 1 (0.72%) BGP
9 1 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.72%) DMVPN
9 1 (0.72%) IPsec
9 1 (0.72%) NGFW
9 1 (0.72%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.72%) OSPF
9 1 (0.72%) SAN
9 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.07%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.17%) Big Data
4 3 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.17%) Oracle ODI
4 3 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.45%) Power BI
6 1 (0.72%) AllegroGraph
6 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.72%) ArangoDB
6 1 (0.72%) Azkaban
6 1 (0.72%) CrateDB
6 1 (0.72%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.72%) MemSQL
6 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.72%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 15 (10.87%) Git
2 10 (7.25%) Postman
3 4 (2.90%) JIRA
3 4 (2.90%) SoapUI
4 3 (2.17%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.72%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.72%) ERwin
5 1 (0.72%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.72%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (29.71%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.32%) Finance
4 11 (7.97%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.25%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.07%) Marketing
7 5 (3.62%) Banking
7 5 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.62%) Legal
8 3 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.17%) Local Government
8 3 (2.17%) Military
8 3 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.45%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.45%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.72%) Billing
10 1 (0.72%) French Language
10 1 (0.72%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 49 (35.51%) Architect
2 19 (13.77%) Cloud Engineer
3 18 (13.04%) Senior
4 15 (10.87%) Azure Architect
5 13 (9.42%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (6.52%) Integration Engineer
7 8 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Consultant
8 6 (4.35%) Site Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (3.62%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Cloud Specialist
9 5 (3.62%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Integration Specialist
9 5 (3.62%) Lead
9 5 (3.62%) Oracle Specialist
9 5 (3.62%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Security Engineer
10 4 (2.90%) Principal Cloud Engineer
10 4 (2.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (26.81%) REST
2 36 (26.09%) JSON
3 12 (8.70%) OAuth
3 12 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (8.70%) XML
4 10 (7.25%) SOAP
4 10 (7.25%) YAML
5 9 (6.52%) .NET
5 9 (6.52%) JWT
5 9 (6.52%) Web Services
5 9 (6.52%) XSLT
6 7 (5.07%) ARM Templates
7 5 (3.62%) Kafka
8 3 (2.17%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.17%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.17%) FastAPI
8 3 (2.17%) Node.js
8 3 (2.17%) pytest
8 3 (2.17%) React
8 3 (2.17%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.01%) PKI
2 27 (19.57%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (10.87%) Cloud Native
4 12 (8.70%) Public Cloud
5 6 (4.35%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.17%) Clustering
7 3 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.17%) Genomics
7 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.17%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.45%) Life Science
8 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Windows
2 18 (13.04%) Linux
3 17 (12.32%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.45%) CentOS
5 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.45%) VMS
6 1 (0.72%) Unix
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.78%) DevOps
2 47 (34.06%) Agile
3 38 (27.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (24.64%) CI/CD
5 33 (23.91%) Configuration Management
6 26 (18.84%) Key Management
7 25 (18.12%) Containerisation
8 24 (17.39%) Migration
9 18 (13.04%) Cloud Security
9 18 (13.04%) Roadmaps
10 17 (12.32%) Identity Access Management
11 15 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (10.14%) Computer Science
12 14 (10.14%) ERP
12 14 (10.14%) TOGAF
13 13 (9.42%) AI
13 13 (9.42%) Data Protection
13 13 (9.42%) DevSecOps
13 13 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 43 (31.16%) PowerShell
2 24 (17.39%) Python
3 22 (15.94%) SQL
4 12 (8.70%) Bicep
5 10 (7.25%) Bash
5 10 (7.25%) Java
6 4 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (2.90%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.45%) C#
7 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.72%) Go
8 1 (0.72%) Scala
8 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (39.86%) Security Cleared
2 49 (35.51%) SC Cleared
3 21 (15.22%) Degree
4 17 (12.32%) Azure Certification
5 13 (9.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.35%) CISSP
6 6 (4.35%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.17%) CCSP
8 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.17%) OSCP
8 3 (2.17%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.17%) SANS
9 2 (1.45%) PMP
10 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.72%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) GDPR
1 8 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.35%) NIST
3 5 (3.62%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.45%) Basel III
6 2 (1.45%) GAAP
6 2 (1.45%) GRC
6 2 (1.45%) IFRS
6 2 (1.45%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.45%) IFRS 9
6 2 (1.45%) NCSC
6 2 (1.45%) SLA
6 2 (1.45%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 24 (17.39%) Docker
2 18 (13.04%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.17%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.72%) Firmware
6 1 (0.72%) Postfix
6 1 (0.72%) Varnish
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (32.61%) Terraform
2 23 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 12 (8.70%) Ansible
4 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (7.25%) Puppet
5 6 (4.35%) Grafana
6 4 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.17%) Control-M
7 3 (2.17%) Packer
7 3 (2.17%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.17%) vMotion
8 1 (0.72%) Argo
8 1 (0.72%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.72%) SCCM
8 1 (0.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.32%) Oracle
3 14 (10.14%) Google
4 8 (5.80%) VMware
5 7 (5.07%) SAP
6 6 (4.35%) PagerDuty
7 5 (3.62%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.90%) Citrix
8 4 (2.90%) Informatica
9 3 (2.17%) Cisco
9 3 (2.17%) Databricks
9 3 (2.17%) NetApp
9 3 (2.17%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.17%) Workday
10 2 (1.45%) Aderant
10 2 (1.45%) IBM
10 2 (1.45%) iManage
10 2 (1.45%) Intapp
10 2 (1.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud