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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 233 235
Rank change year-on-year -51 +2 -34
Contract jobs citing IaaS 139 124 175
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 1.01% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.75% 2.35% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 64 112
10th Percentile £409 £433 £400
25th Percentile £450 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £688 £688 £775
90th Percentile £725 £751 £780
England median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
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 £55.00 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 7,935 5,269 6,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.14% 43.02% 39.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,458 3,566 5,088
10th Percentile £356 £351 £350
25th Percentile £426 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £780
England median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 63 68
10th Percentile £20.84 £22.60 £17.32
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.35 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +20.56% -50.48%
75th Percentile £56.00 £48.13 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.40 £72.50 £55.75
England median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.46
% change year-on-year +61.02% +18.83% -38.69%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -30 11 £638 +6.25% 13
West London - 1 £475 - 6
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 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.60%) Apache
4 3 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (2.16%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (2.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 123 (88.49%) PaaS
2 104 (74.82%) Azure
3 56 (40.29%) SaaS
4 24 (17.27%) AWS
5 21 (15.11%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (15.11%) Entra ID
6 20 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (13.67%) OCI
8 13 (9.35%) Azure AKS
8 13 (9.35%) Serverless
9 12 (8.63%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (7.91%) GitHub
11 10 (7.19%) GCP
12 8 (5.76%) Power Platform
13 7 (5.04%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (5.04%) Datadog
13 7 (5.04%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (4.32%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (23.02%) DNS
2 27 (19.42%) Firewall
3 18 (12.95%) VPN
4 17 (12.23%) DHCP
5 8 (5.76%) SAN
5 8 (5.76%) SMTP
6 6 (4.32%) VLAN
6 6 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.60%) MPLS
7 5 (3.60%) Network Security
8 4 (2.88%) Internet
9 2 (1.44%) IPv4
10 1 (0.72%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.76%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.60%) Power BI
4 4 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.44%) Big Data
6 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.44%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.44%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.72%) Db2
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) Git
2 7 (5.04%) Chocolatey
3 6 (4.32%) JIRA
4 5 (3.60%) Postman
4 5 (3.60%) SoapUI
5 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (21.58%) Finance
2 25 (17.99%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.95%) Banking
4 16 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.91%) Legal
6 9 (6.47%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.60%) Law
10 3 (2.16%) Local Government
10 3 (2.16%) Marketing
10 3 (2.16%) Military
11 2 (1.44%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.44%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.44%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.72%) French Language
12 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (26.62%) Architect
1 37 (26.62%) Azure Engineer
2 28 (20.14%) Cloud Engineer
3 23 (16.55%) Senior
4 18 (12.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (10.07%) Azure Architect
6 11 (7.91%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (6.47%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.47%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (6.47%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (6.47%) Senior IT Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Principal Cloud Engineer
9 7 (5.04%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.04%) Lead
10 6 (4.32%) NetApp Engineer
10 6 (4.32%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.47%) REST
1 9 (6.47%) XML
2 8 (5.76%) .NET
2 8 (5.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (5.04%) OAuth
4 6 (4.32%) JSON
4 6 (4.32%) SOAP
4 6 (4.32%) Web Services
4 6 (4.32%) YAML
5 5 (3.60%) ARM Templates
5 5 (3.60%) JWT
5 5 (3.60%) XSLT
6 4 (2.88%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.88%) Middleware
7 3 (2.16%) XML Messaging
8 1 (0.72%) EDI
8 1 (0.72%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Cloud Native
1 13 (9.35%) Public Cloud
2 9 (6.47%) Clustering
2 9 (6.47%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (6.47%) PKI
3 8 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.04%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.04%) Virtual Team
5 6 (4.32%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.88%) Distributed Applications
7 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.44%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.44%) IoT
9 2 (1.44%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.74%) Windows
2 21 (15.11%) Linux
3 19 (13.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (5.04%) Unix
4 7 (5.04%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.44%) Android
5 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.72%) CentOS
6 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.53%) Migration
2 47 (33.81%) DevOps
3 36 (25.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 32 (23.02%) CI/CD
5 30 (21.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (19.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (19.42%) TOGAF
7 24 (17.27%) Containerisation
8 19 (13.67%) Roadmaps
9 17 (12.23%) Cloud Security
9 17 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (11.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (10.79%) Project Delivery
12 14 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (9.35%) DevSecOps
13 13 (9.35%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (9.35%) ITIL
13 13 (9.35%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.86%) PowerShell
2 18 (12.95%) SQL
3 17 (12.23%) Python
4 12 (8.63%) Bicep
5 8 (5.76%) Bash
6 5 (3.60%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.88%) Java
7 4 (2.88%) Ruby
8 3 (2.16%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.44%) C#
9 2 (1.44%) Groovy
9 2 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.44%) Perl
10 1 (0.72%) C
Qualifications
1 38 (27.34%) Security Cleared
2 31 (22.30%) Azure Certification
3 23 (16.55%) SC Cleared
4 13 (9.35%) DV Cleared
5 12 (8.63%) Degree
5 12 (8.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.32%) CISSP
8 4 (2.88%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.44%) CCSP
10 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.44%) OSCP
10 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.44%) PMP
10 2 (1.44%) SANS
11 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.72%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) SLA
2 7 (5.04%) GDPR
3 4 (2.88%) NIST
3 4 (2.88%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.16%) NCSC
5 2 (1.44%) Basel III
5 2 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.44%) GAAP
5 2 (1.44%) IFRS
5 2 (1.44%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.44%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (18.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (15.11%) Docker
3 10 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.76%) BitLocker
4 8 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 8 (5.76%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.32%) Postfix
5 6 (4.32%) Varnish
6 5 (3.60%) NFS
7 4 (2.88%) Sendmail
8 3 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.44%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.44%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (32.37%) Terraform
2 25 (17.99%) Kubernetes
3 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (9.35%) Ansible
5 8 (5.76%) Puppet
5 8 (5.76%) vCenter Server
5 8 (5.76%) vMotion
6 7 (5.04%) SCCM
7 6 (4.32%) HAProxy
8 3 (2.16%) Control-M
9 2 (1.44%) Nagios
9 2 (1.44%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.72%) QRadar
10 1 (0.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (41.01%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.67%) Oracle
2 19 (13.67%) VMware
3 12 (8.63%) Citrix
4 10 (7.19%) SAP
5 7 (5.04%) AppDynamics
5 7 (5.04%) Dynatrace
5 7 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.04%) Tenable
6 6 (4.32%) Google
6 6 (4.32%) NetApp
7 5 (3.60%) iManage
7 5 (3.60%) Intapp
7 5 (3.60%) Litera
7 5 (3.60%) Workday
8 4 (2.88%) Databricks
8 4 (2.88%) Rapid7
9 3 (2.16%) Aderant
9 3 (2.16%) Informatica
10 2 (1.44%) Ariba