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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 236 225
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 -11
Contract jobs citing IaaS 153 126 177
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.93% 0.97% 0.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.13% 2.31% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 62 105
10th Percentile £424 £437 £403
25th Percentile £513 £496 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £838 £650 £770
90th Percentile - £750 £780
England median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
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 - - -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 7,190 5,463 6,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.87% 41.90% 37.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,931 3,776 4,976
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 43 77
10th Percentile £18.15 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +10.79% -23.94%
75th Percentile £51.46 £55.50 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £63.00
England median hourly rate £38.54 £26.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +48.23% +23.81% -16.00%

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 March 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 March 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 -17 8 £606 -8.49% 3
South London -12 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 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.96%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.31%) Apache
4 2 (1.31%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.65%) CMS
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (4.58%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.31%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.31%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 100 (65.36%) PaaS
2 86 (56.21%) Azure
3 53 (34.64%) SaaS
4 24 (15.69%) OCI
5 23 (15.03%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (14.38%) Entra ID
6 22 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (13.73%) AWS
8 14 (9.15%) GitHub
9 13 (8.50%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (7.84%) Azure AKS
11 11 (7.19%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (7.19%) Serverless
12 10 (6.54%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (6.54%) GCP
13 8 (5.23%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (4.58%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (4.58%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (4.58%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 26 (16.99%) Firewall
2 23 (15.03%) DNS
3 16 (10.46%) VPN
4 12 (7.84%) DHCP
5 8 (5.23%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (4.58%) MPLS
7 6 (3.92%) SAN
7 6 (3.92%) SMTP
7 6 (3.92%) VLAN
8 5 (3.27%) Network Security
9 3 (1.96%) Internet
10 2 (1.31%) WAN
11 1 (0.65%) BGP
11 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.65%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.65%) IPsec
11 1 (0.65%) LAN
11 1 (0.65%) OSPF
11 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.96%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.31%) Big Data
5 2 (1.31%) Power BI
5 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.65%) Flink
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (9.15%) Git
2 11 (7.19%) Postman
3 6 (3.92%) Chocolatey
3 6 (3.92%) JIRA
3 6 (3.92%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.96%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (18.95%) Finance
3 28 (18.30%) Social Skills
4 14 (9.15%) Banking
5 11 (7.19%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.23%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.58%) Legal
8 6 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.61%) Marketing
10 3 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.96%) Local Government
10 3 (1.96%) Military
11 2 (1.31%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.31%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.31%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.31%) Law
11 2 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.65%) Billing
12 1 (0.65%) French Language
12 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (34.64%) Architect
2 25 (16.34%) Azure Engineer
3 24 (15.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 24 (15.69%) Senior
4 16 (10.46%) Azure Architect
5 11 (7.19%) Integration Engineer
6 10 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) IT Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Senior IT Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Principal Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Lead
10 6 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (3.92%) Cloud Specialist
10 6 (3.92%) Integration Specialist
10 6 (3.92%) NetApp Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Oracle Specialist
10 6 (3.92%) Site Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (24.84%) REST
2 36 (23.53%) JSON
3 13 (8.50%) OAuth
3 13 (8.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (8.50%) XML
4 11 (7.19%) SOAP
5 10 (6.54%) JWT
5 10 (6.54%) XSLT
6 9 (5.88%) .NET
6 9 (5.88%) Web Services
7 8 (5.23%) YAML
8 7 (4.58%) ARM Templates
9 4 (2.61%) Kafka
10 3 (1.96%) .NET Core
10 3 (1.96%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.96%) Node.js
10 3 (1.96%) XML Messaging
11 2 (1.31%) EDI
11 2 (1.31%) Middleware
11 2 (1.31%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.92%) PKI
2 27 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (11.11%) Cloud Native
4 14 (9.15%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.58%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.92%) Clustering
6 6 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.92%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.92%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.61%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.96%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.96%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.31%) Genomics
10 2 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.31%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.03%) Windows
2 18 (11.76%) Linux
3 15 (9.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.92%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.65%) CentOS
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.68%) DevOps
2 44 (28.76%) Agile
3 39 (25.49%) Infrastructure as Code
3 39 (25.49%) Migration
4 34 (22.22%) Configuration Management
5 33 (21.57%) CI/CD
6 27 (17.65%) Containerisation
6 27 (17.65%) Key Management
7 24 (15.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (13.73%) Cloud Security
8 21 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (13.73%) TOGAF
9 19 (12.42%) Roadmaps
10 18 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (10.46%) DevSecOps
11 16 (10.46%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (10.46%) Project Delivery
12 15 (9.80%) ERP
12 15 (9.80%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 43 (28.10%) PowerShell
2 21 (13.73%) SQL
3 20 (13.07%) Python
4 11 (7.19%) Bicep
5 8 (5.23%) Bash
5 8 (5.23%) Java
6 4 (2.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (2.61%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.31%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.65%) C
8 1 (0.65%) Ruby
8 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (36.60%) Security Cleared
2 46 (30.07%) SC Cleared
3 29 (18.95%) Azure Certification
4 19 (12.42%) Degree
5 14 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (6.54%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.92%) CISSP
8 6 (3.92%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.96%) CCSP
10 3 (1.96%) OSCP
10 3 (1.96%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.96%) SANS
11 2 (1.31%) PMP
12 1 (0.65%) CCNP
12 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.65%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.58%) SLA
2 6 (3.92%) GDPR
2 6 (3.92%) NIST
3 5 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.27%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.31%) Basel III
6 2 (1.31%) GAAP
6 2 (1.31%) GRC
6 2 (1.31%) IFRS
6 2 (1.31%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.31%) IFRS 9
6 2 (1.31%) NCSC
7 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.65%) PMO
7 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 25 (16.34%) Docker
2 24 (15.69%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.92%) BitLocker
4 6 (3.92%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.92%) Microsoft App-V
4 6 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.31%) Postfix
5 2 (1.31%) Varnish
5 2 (1.31%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
6 1 (0.65%) NFS
6 1 (0.65%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (30.07%) Terraform
2 24 (15.69%) Kubernetes
3 15 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (8.50%) Ansible
5 12 (7.84%) Puppet
6 6 (3.92%) Grafana
6 6 (3.92%) SCCM
6 6 (3.92%) vCenter Server
6 6 (3.92%) vMotion
7 3 (1.96%) Control-M
7 3 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.31%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (39.22%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.73%) Oracle
3 17 (11.11%) VMware
4 10 (6.54%) Citrix
5 8 (5.23%) Google
6 6 (3.92%) AppDynamics
6 6 (3.92%) Dynatrace
6 6 (3.92%) NetApp
6 6 (3.92%) PagerDuty
6 6 (3.92%) SAP
6 6 (3.92%) Tenable
7 5 (3.27%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.96%) Aderant
8 3 (1.96%) Databricks
8 3 (1.96%) iManage
8 3 (1.96%) Informatica
8 3 (1.96%) Intapp
8 3 (1.96%) Workday
9 2 (1.31%) IBM
9 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow