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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 255 238
Rank change year-on-year -79 -17 -15
Contract jobs citing IaaS 119 118 143
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.58% 0.88% 0.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 2.02% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 70 91
10th Percentile £386 £418 £413
25th Percentile £450 £496 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £739 £688
90th Percentile £677 £848 £780
England median daily rate £531 £573 £600
% change year-on-year -7.21% -4.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £55.50 £31.39 £69.38
% change year-on-year +76.84% -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 8,348 5,834 6,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.00% 43.32% 41.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,734 3,973 4,699
10th Percentile £360 £340 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 94 46
10th Percentile £17.60 £23.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £23.08 £25.15 £24.16
Median hourly rate £29.28 £31.00 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +0.67% -23.49%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 £71.13
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 16 £590 -1.67% 9
South London - 1 £525 -
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 5 (4.20%) Apache
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.84%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 94 (78.99%) PaaS
2 93 (78.15%) Azure
3 45 (37.82%) SaaS
4 28 (23.53%) AWS
5 26 (21.85%) Entra ID
6 24 (20.17%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (10.08%) Serverless
8 11 (9.24%) GitHub
9 10 (8.40%) Azure AKS
9 10 (8.40%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (6.72%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (5.88%) OCI
13 6 (5.04%) GCP
14 5 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (4.20%) Azure Functions
14 5 (4.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (4.20%) Datadog
15 4 (3.36%) Azure App Service
15 4 (3.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.01%) DNS
1 25 (21.01%) Firewall
2 17 (14.29%) DHCP
3 14 (11.76%) VPN
4 13 (10.92%) SAN
5 7 (5.88%) NAS
5 7 (5.88%) VLAN
6 6 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (4.20%) SMTP
8 4 (3.36%) Kerberos
8 4 (3.36%) Network Security
9 3 (2.52%) IPv4
10 2 (1.68%) Internet
10 2 (1.68%) SSL
11 1 (0.84%) HTTP
11 1 (0.84%) SNMP
11 1 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (5.04%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.20%) Db2
5 4 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.36%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.52%) Big Data
6 3 (2.52%) Power BI
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.68%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.84%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (10.92%) Git
2 8 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.20%) Chocolatey
4 4 (3.36%) GitLab
4 4 (3.36%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 29 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.81%) Finance
3 14 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.56%) Banking
6 4 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Legal
7 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Law
9 1 (0.84%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.84%) Local Government
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Military
9 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (25.21%) Architect
2 26 (21.85%) Azure Engineer
3 18 (15.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 16 (13.45%) Azure Architect
4 16 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (13.45%) Senior
5 10 (8.40%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (7.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.56%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (6.72%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 8 (6.72%) Cloud Architect
7 8 (6.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 7 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (5.04%) Lead
9 6 (5.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Developer
10 5 (4.20%) Incident Manager
10 5 (4.20%) Major Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (24.37%) Terraform
2 12 (10.08%) REST
3 11 (9.24%) Middleware
4 7 (5.88%) .NET
5 5 (4.20%) Entity Framework
5 5 (4.20%) JSON
5 5 (4.20%) XML
6 4 (3.36%) .NET Core
6 4 (3.36%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.36%) LDAP
6 4 (3.36%) React
6 4 (3.36%) Web Services
7 3 (2.52%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (2.52%) SOAP
8 2 (1.68%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.68%) OAuth
8 2 (1.68%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.68%) SAML
8 2 (1.68%) XSLT
9 1 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.08%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.40%) PKI
4 8 (6.72%) Private Cloud
4 8 (6.72%) Public Cloud
5 7 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (4.20%) Clustering
7 5 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (4.20%) Mainframe
7 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.52%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.68%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.37%) Windows
2 20 (16.81%) Linux
3 14 (11.76%) Unix
4 11 (9.24%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (4.20%) VMS
6 3 (2.52%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.68%) Android
7 2 (1.68%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.84%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.97%) DevOps
2 41 (34.45%) CI/CD
3 39 (32.77%) Migration
4 31 (26.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 25 (21.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (18.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (12.61%) ITIL
9 14 (11.76%) Agile
9 14 (11.76%) Containerisation
9 14 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (10.08%) IT Strategy
10 12 (10.08%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (9.24%) Analytics
11 11 (9.24%) Infrastructure Automation
12 10 (8.40%) Configuration Management
12 10 (8.40%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.40%) Service Delivery
13 9 (7.56%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.81%) PowerShell
1 20 (16.81%) Python
2 17 (14.29%) SQL
3 13 (10.92%) Bicep
4 8 (6.72%) Bash
5 7 (5.88%) Perl
6 6 (5.04%) C#
7 5 (4.20%) C
7 5 (4.20%) C++
8 4 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.52%) Groovy
9 3 (2.52%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.52%) Ruby
9 3 (2.52%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.84%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (30.25%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.33%) SC Cleared
3 19 (15.97%) Azure Certification
4 14 (11.76%) Degree
5 9 (7.56%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.52%) CISSP
8 2 (1.68%) CCNP
8 2 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.68%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.68%) GIAC
8 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.68%) OSCP
8 2 (1.68%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.88%) SLA
2 4 (3.36%) GDPR
3 3 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.52%) NCSC
4 2 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.84%) NIST
5 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.40%) Docker
4 8 (6.72%) NFS
5 6 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.20%) Hyper-V
6 5 (4.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (3.36%) BitLocker
7 4 (3.36%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (3.36%) Postfix
7 4 (3.36%) Varnish
7 4 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.52%) Sendmail
8 3 (2.52%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.56%) Ansible
2 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.56%) Puppet
3 7 (5.88%) Progress Chef
4 6 (5.04%) SCCM
5 4 (3.36%) CA Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.36%) HAProxy
5 4 (3.36%) vCenter Server
5 4 (3.36%) vMotion
6 3 (2.52%) Nagios
7 1 (0.84%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.84%) Grafana
7 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.84%) QRadar
Vendors
1 39 (32.77%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.13%) VMware
3 9 (7.56%) Oracle
4 6 (5.04%) Splunk
5 5 (4.20%) AppDynamics
5 5 (4.20%) Dynatrace
5 5 (4.20%) Greenplum
5 5 (4.20%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.20%) SaltStack
5 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.20%) Sybase
5 5 (4.20%) Tenable
6 4 (3.36%) Citrix
6 4 (3.36%) Databricks
6 4 (3.36%) Okta
7 3 (2.52%) Cisco
7 3 (2.52%) Google
7 3 (2.52%) HP
7 3 (2.52%) SAP
7 3 (2.52%) Symantec