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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 256 238
Rank change year-on-year -44 -18 -21
Contract jobs citing IaaS 143 117 152
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.87% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.71% 2.01% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 68 107
10th Percentile £406 £434 £400
25th Percentile £450 £499 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £738
90th Percentile £700 £775 £780
England median daily rate £550 £571 £609
% change year-on-year -3.59% -6.24% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £55.25 £31.39 £69.38
% change year-on-year +76.04% -54.76% -11.06%

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 8,364 5,823 6,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.42% 43.08% 40.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,695 3,988 4,779
10th Percentile £363 £337 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -3.52% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £656 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 90 50
10th Percentile £18.90 £22.95 £20.45
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.83 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +4.76% -49.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.00 £40.25
90th Percentile £76.93 £72.68 £58.35
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.15 £24.15
% change year-on-year +35.76% +8.28% -25.23%

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 August 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 August 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 -18 17 £608 +1.25% 6
South London -6 1 £525 +16.67%
West London - 1 £475 -
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 12 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.20%) Apache
3 5 (3.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.70%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 118 (82.52%) PaaS
2 114 (79.72%) Azure
3 58 (40.56%) SaaS
4 29 (20.28%) AWS
5 28 (19.58%) Entra ID
6 26 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (13.29%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (9.09%) Azure AKS
9 12 (8.39%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (8.39%) GitHub
9 12 (8.39%) Serverless
10 11 (7.69%) OCI
11 9 (6.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 9 (6.29%) Datadog
12 6 (4.20%) GCP
12 6 (4.20%) Power Platform
12 6 (4.20%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (3.50%) Azure Functions
13 5 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (23.78%) DNS
1 34 (23.78%) Firewall
2 22 (15.38%) DHCP
3 19 (13.29%) VPN
4 17 (11.89%) SAN
5 9 (6.29%) VLAN
5 9 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (4.90%) NAS
7 6 (4.20%) Network Security
7 6 (4.20%) SMTP
8 4 (2.80%) Internet
8 4 (2.80%) Kerberos
9 3 (2.10%) IPv4
9 3 (2.10%) MPLS
10 2 (1.40%) SSL
11 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.20%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.50%) Db2
5 4 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (2.80%) Power BI
6 3 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.10%) Big Data
7 2 (1.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (1.40%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.40%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (9.09%) Git
2 9 (6.29%) Chocolatey
3 8 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.50%) JIRA
5 4 (2.80%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (2.80%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.10%) GitLab
7 2 (1.40%) Postman
7 2 (1.40%) SoapUI
General
1 33 (23.08%) Finance
2 32 (22.38%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.59%) Banking
4 15 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.79%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.59%) Legal
7 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.80%) Law
9 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.70%) Local Government
11 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (26.57%) Architect
2 35 (24.48%) Azure Engineer
3 22 (15.38%) Senior
4 21 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (13.99%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) Azure Architect
7 12 (8.39%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (6.99%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (5.59%) IT Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Developer
12 7 (4.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Senior IT Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.79%) REST
2 11 (7.69%) Middleware
3 8 (5.59%) .NET
4 7 (4.90%) JSON
4 7 (4.90%) XML
5 5 (3.50%) Entity Framework
5 5 (3.50%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (3.50%) SOAP
5 5 (3.50%) Web Services
6 4 (2.80%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.80%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.80%) LDAP
6 4 (2.80%) OAuth
6 4 (2.80%) React
6 4 (2.80%) XSLT
7 2 (1.40%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.40%) JWT
7 2 (1.40%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.40%) SAML
7 2 (1.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.99%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.79%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.39%) PKI
3 12 (8.39%) Public Cloud
4 10 (6.99%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (6.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (4.90%) Clustering
7 7 (4.90%) Private Cloud
8 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
9 5 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (3.50%) Mainframe
10 4 (2.80%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (2.10%) Management Information System
11 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (24.48%) Windows
2 21 (14.69%) Linux
3 15 (10.49%) Windows Server
4 14 (9.79%) Unix
5 4 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.80%) VMS
5 4 (2.80%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.40%) Android
6 2 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.27%) DevOps
2 48 (33.57%) Migration
3 42 (29.37%) CI/CD
4 33 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (22.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (19.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (14.69%) ITIL
10 18 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (11.89%) Containerisation
12 15 (10.49%) IT Strategy
13 14 (9.79%) Platform Engineering
13 14 (9.79%) Project Delivery
13 14 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (9.79%) TOGAF
14 13 (9.09%) Agile
14 13 (9.09%) ITSM
15 12 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
16 11 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 20 (13.99%) Python
3 17 (11.89%) SQL
4 16 (11.19%) Bicep
5 9 (6.29%) Bash
6 6 (4.20%) C#
6 6 (4.20%) Perl
7 5 (3.50%) C
8 4 (2.80%) C++
8 4 (2.80%) Ruby
8 4 (2.80%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.80%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.10%) Groovy
9 3 (2.10%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.28%) Azure Certification
3 24 (16.78%) SC Cleared
4 15 (10.49%) Degree
5 12 (8.39%) DV Cleared
6 8 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.10%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.10%) CISSP
10 2 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (1.40%) GIAC
10 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.70%) CEH
11 1 (0.70%) CISM
11 1 (0.70%) GCIA
11 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.70%) SSCP
11 1 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) SLA
2 4 (2.80%) GDPR
3 3 (2.10%) NCSC
4 2 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (19.58%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.09%) Docker
4 9 (6.29%) NFS
5 6 (4.20%) BitLocker
5 6 (4.20%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.20%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (4.20%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.50%) Postfix
6 5 (3.50%) Varnish
6 5 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.80%) Sendmail
7 4 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (2.10%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.40%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (23.08%) Terraform
2 19 (13.29%) Kubernetes
3 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (8.39%) Ansible
5 10 (6.99%) Puppet
5 10 (6.99%) SCCM
6 6 (4.20%) Progress Chef
6 6 (4.20%) vCenter Server
6 6 (4.20%) vMotion
7 5 (3.50%) HAProxy
8 4 (2.80%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.10%) Nagios
10 1 (0.70%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.70%) Grafana
10 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.70%) QRadar
10 1 (0.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (42.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.48%) VMware
3 13 (9.09%) Oracle
4 9 (6.29%) AppDynamics
4 9 (6.29%) Citrix
4 9 (6.29%) Dynatrace
4 9 (6.29%) Tenable
5 6 (4.20%) SAP
5 6 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.50%) Greenplum
6 5 (3.50%) Splunk
6 5 (3.50%) Sybase
7 4 (2.80%) Databricks
7 4 (2.80%) iManage
7 4 (2.80%) Intapp
7 4 (2.80%) Litera
7 4 (2.80%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.80%) SaltStack
8 3 (2.10%) HP
8 3 (2.10%) NetApp