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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 225 227
Rank change year-on-year -59 +2 -27
Contract jobs citing IaaS 142 121 169
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 1.00% 0.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.83% 2.34% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 63 105
10th Percentile £408 £430 £400
25th Percentile £450 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.69% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £689 £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 7,762 5,179 6,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.32% 42.91% 38.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,367 3,523 5,025
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £542 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -1.53% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.39% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 60 70
10th Percentile £20.87 £22.27 £17.63
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.12
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.29% -50.25%
75th Percentile £56.00 £44.69 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.33 £67.50 £58.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.01 £21.37
% change year-on-year +57.97% +17.01% -38.94%

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 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 3 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 -31 9 £650 +8.33% 11
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 (10.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.93%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.52%) Apache
4 3 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (2.11%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.41%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.70%) Confluence
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 124 (87.32%) PaaS
2 106 (74.65%) Azure
3 59 (41.55%) SaaS
4 23 (16.20%) Entra ID
5 22 (15.49%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (15.49%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (15.49%) OCI
6 21 (14.79%) AWS
7 15 (10.56%) Serverless
8 12 (8.45%) Azure Key Vault
9 11 (7.75%) Azure AKS
10 10 (7.04%) GitHub
11 9 (6.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (5.63%) GCP
12 8 (5.63%) Power Platform
12 8 (5.63%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (4.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (4.93%) Datadog
14 6 (4.23%) Azure API Management
15 5 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (21.13%) DNS
2 26 (18.31%) Firewall
3 15 (10.56%) VPN
4 14 (9.86%) DHCP
5 8 (5.63%) SAN
6 7 (4.93%) SMTP
7 6 (4.23%) MPLS
7 6 (4.23%) VLAN
7 6 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.82%) Internet
8 4 (2.82%) Network Security
9 1 (0.70%) IPv4
9 1 (0.70%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.52%) Power BI
4 3 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.41%) Big Data
5 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.41%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.70%) DB2
Development Applications
1 15 (10.56%) Git
2 8 (5.63%) Postman
3 7 (4.93%) Chocolatey
4 6 (4.23%) JIRA
4 6 (4.23%) SoapUI
5 4 (2.82%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (21.13%) Finance
1 30 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.68%) Banking
3 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.75%) Legal
5 9 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.63%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Law
8 4 (2.82%) Military
9 3 (2.11%) Marketing
10 2 (1.41%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.41%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.41%) Local Government
11 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.70%) French Language
11 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (27.46%) Architect
2 35 (24.65%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (19.01%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (15.49%) Senior
5 16 (11.27%) Azure Architect
6 15 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (6.34%) IT Engineer
8 9 (6.34%) Principal Engineer
8 9 (6.34%) Senior IT Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Oracle Specialist
9 8 (5.63%) Principal Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Applications Architect
10 7 (4.93%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Lead
10 7 (4.93%) NetApp Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Storage Engineer
11 6 (4.23%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.45%) REST
2 11 (7.75%) .NET
2 11 (7.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (7.75%) XML
3 9 (6.34%) OAuth
3 9 (6.34%) SOAP
4 8 (5.63%) ARM Templates
4 8 (5.63%) JSON
4 8 (5.63%) Web Services
5 7 (4.93%) JWT
5 7 (4.93%) XSLT
6 6 (4.23%) YAML
7 4 (2.82%) Entity Framework
7 4 (2.82%) Middleware
8 3 (2.11%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.11%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.70%) EDI
9 1 (0.70%) Kafka
9 1 (0.70%) React
9 1 (0.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Public Cloud
2 14 (9.86%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.34%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (5.63%) Clustering
4 8 (5.63%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (5.63%) Virtual Team
5 7 (4.93%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.93%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (4.93%) PKI
6 5 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.52%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.82%) Distributed Applications
7 4 (2.82%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.41%) IoT
8 2 (1.41%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.83%) Windows
2 20 (14.08%) Linux
3 17 (11.97%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.93%) Unix
4 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.41%) Android
5 2 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.70%) CentOS
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.80%) DevOps
2 47 (33.10%) Migration
3 36 (25.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 32 (22.54%) CI/CD
5 28 (19.72%) TOGAF
6 27 (19.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (18.31%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (15.49%) Containerisation
8 22 (15.49%) Roadmaps
9 20 (14.08%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (11.97%) Cloud Security
11 16 (11.27%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (10.56%) ERP
13 14 (9.86%) Architectural Patterns
13 14 (9.86%) DevSecOps
13 14 (9.86%) Project Delivery
14 13 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (8.45%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.61%) PowerShell
2 22 (15.49%) SQL
3 17 (11.97%) Python
4 14 (9.86%) Bicep
5 7 (4.93%) Bash
5 7 (4.93%) Java
6 5 (3.52%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.82%) Ruby
8 3 (2.11%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.41%) C#
9 2 (1.41%) Groovy
9 2 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.41%) Perl
10 1 (0.70%) C
10 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (27.46%) Security Cleared
2 34 (23.94%) Azure Certification
3 25 (17.61%) SC Cleared
4 13 (9.15%) Degree
4 13 (9.15%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (8.45%) DV Cleared
6 11 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.23%) CISSP
7 6 (4.23%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.41%) CCSP
9 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.41%) OSCP
9 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.41%) PMP
9 2 (1.41%) SANS
10 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.63%) SLA
2 7 (4.93%) GDPR
3 4 (2.82%) NIST
3 4 (2.82%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.11%) NCSC
5 2 (1.41%) Basel III
5 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.41%) GAAP
5 2 (1.41%) IFRS
5 2 (1.41%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.41%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (18.31%) Active Directory
2 19 (13.38%) Docker
3 9 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.93%) BitLocker
4 7 (4.93%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.93%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (4.93%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.23%) Postfix
5 6 (4.23%) Varnish
6 5 (3.52%) NFS
7 4 (2.82%) Sendmail
8 2 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 44 (30.99%) Terraform
2 23 (16.20%) Kubernetes
3 15 (10.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (8.45%) Ansible
5 7 (4.93%) Puppet
5 7 (4.93%) SCCM
5 7 (4.93%) vCenter Server
5 7 (4.93%) vMotion
6 6 (4.23%) HAProxy
7 3 (2.11%) Control-M
8 2 (1.41%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.70%) QRadar
9 1 (0.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (41.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.49%) Oracle
3 17 (11.97%) VMware
4 11 (7.75%) Citrix
4 11 (7.75%) SAP
5 7 (4.93%) AppDynamics
5 7 (4.93%) Dynatrace
5 7 (4.93%) NetApp
5 7 (4.93%) Tenable
6 6 (4.23%) Databricks
6 6 (4.23%) iManage
6 6 (4.23%) Intapp
6 6 (4.23%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.52%) Workday
8 4 (2.82%) Aderant
8 4 (2.82%) Google
8 4 (2.82%) Rapid7
9 3 (2.11%) Informatica
10 2 (1.41%) Ariba
10 2 (1.41%) IBM