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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 231 226
Rank change year-on-year -31 -5 -4
Contract jobs citing IaaS 145 126 174
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.93% 0.93% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.11% 2.24% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 60 101
10th Percentile £425 £432 £425
25th Percentile £513 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -1.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £838 £650 £738
90th Percentile - £751 £775
England median daily rate £600 £585 £575
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.74% +2.22%
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 - - £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 6,870 5,621 6,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.93% 41.49% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,704 3,775 5,050
10th Percentile £348 £355 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 51 80
10th Percentile £18.00 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +11.48% -10.29%
75th Percentile £52.96 £57.25 £53.56
90th Percentile £70.50 £73.75 £62.63
England median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year +36.36% +27.08% -13.44%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -9 12 £568 -21.72% 10
South London -13 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 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.07%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.38%) Apache
3 2 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (2.07%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 84 (57.93%) PaaS
2 77 (53.10%) Azure
3 45 (31.03%) SaaS
4 23 (15.86%) OCI
5 20 (13.79%) AWS
5 20 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (13.79%) Entra ID
6 17 (11.72%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (8.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (8.97%) GCP
7 13 (8.97%) Serverless
8 12 (8.28%) GitHub
9 11 (7.59%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (6.90%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (6.21%) Azure AKS
12 7 (4.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (4.83%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (4.14%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (4.14%) Amazon S3
13 6 (4.14%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.79%) Firewall
2 14 (9.66%) DNS
3 13 (8.97%) VPN
4 7 (4.83%) DHCP
4 7 (4.83%) Network Security
5 6 (4.14%) MPLS
5 6 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.76%) SMTP
6 4 (2.76%) VLAN
7 3 (2.07%) SAN
8 2 (1.38%) WAN
9 1 (0.69%) BGP
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.69%) DMVPN
9 1 (0.69%) Internet
9 1 (0.69%) IPsec
9 1 (0.69%) LAN
9 1 (0.69%) OSPF
9 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.07%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.38%) Big Data
7 2 (1.38%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.69%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.69%) Flink
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.69%) Power BI
8 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (8.97%) Git
2 11 (7.59%) Postman
3 5 (3.45%) SoapUI
4 4 (2.76%) JIRA
5 3 (2.07%) Chocolatey
5 3 (2.07%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.69%) GitLab
6 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.69%) Selenium
6 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (29.66%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 19 (13.10%) Finance
4 11 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.83%) Banking
6 7 (4.83%) Marketing
7 6 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.14%) Legal
8 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.07%) Local Government
8 3 (2.07%) Military
9 2 (1.38%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.38%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.38%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.69%) Front Office
10 1 (0.69%) Law
10 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (35.17%) Architect
2 22 (15.17%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (13.79%) Senior
4 15 (10.34%) Azure Architect
4 15 (10.34%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (6.90%) Integration Engineer
6 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (5.52%) Principal Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Principal Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Cloud Specialist
9 6 (4.14%) Consultant
9 6 (4.14%) Integration Specialist
9 6 (4.14%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Lead
9 6 (4.14%) Oracle Specialist
9 6 (4.14%) Senior IT Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Site Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (3.45%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (26.21%) REST
2 37 (25.52%) JSON
3 13 (8.97%) OAuth
3 13 (8.97%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (8.97%) XML
4 11 (7.59%) SOAP
5 10 (6.90%) JWT
5 10 (6.90%) Web Services
5 10 (6.90%) XSLT
6 8 (5.52%) .NET
6 8 (5.52%) YAML
7 7 (4.83%) ARM Templates
8 4 (2.76%) Kafka
9 3 (2.07%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.07%) Entity Framework
9 3 (2.07%) Node.js
9 3 (2.07%) React
9 3 (2.07%) XML Messaging
10 2 (1.38%) EDI
10 2 (1.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.69%) PKI
2 27 (18.62%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (10.34%) Cloud Native
4 14 (9.66%) Public Cloud
5 6 (4.14%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.76%) Clustering
6 4 (2.76%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.76%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.07%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.38%) Genomics
8 2 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.48%) Windows
2 18 (12.41%) Linux
3 15 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.38%) CentOS
5 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.38%) VMS
6 1 (0.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (33.79%) DevOps
2 46 (31.72%) Agile
3 40 (27.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 35 (24.14%) CI/CD
5 33 (22.76%) Configuration Management
6 31 (21.38%) Migration
7 26 (17.93%) Key Management
8 25 (17.24%) Containerisation
9 20 (13.79%) Cloud Security
9 20 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 18 (12.41%) TOGAF
11 17 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (11.03%) Identity Access Management
12 16 (11.03%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (10.34%) ERP
13 15 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (9.66%) Disaster Recovery
15 13 (8.97%) Computer Science
15 13 (8.97%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 41 (28.28%) PowerShell
2 21 (14.48%) SQL
3 19 (13.10%) Python
4 9 (6.21%) Bicep
4 9 (6.21%) Java
5 7 (4.83%) Bash
6 4 (2.76%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (2.76%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.69%) C#
7 1 (0.69%) Go
7 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (38.62%) Security Cleared
2 48 (33.10%) SC Cleared
3 22 (15.17%) Azure Certification
4 19 (13.10%) Degree
5 13 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (6.21%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (4.83%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.14%) CISSP
8 6 (4.14%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.07%) CCSP
10 3 (2.07%) OSCP
10 3 (2.07%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.07%) SANS
11 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.38%) PMP
12 1 (0.69%) CCDP
12 1 (0.69%) CCNP
12 1 (0.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.83%) GDPR
2 6 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.14%) NIST
3 5 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.07%) SLA
6 2 (1.38%) Basel III
6 2 (1.38%) GAAP
6 2 (1.38%) GRC
6 2 (1.38%) IFRS
6 2 (1.38%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.38%) IFRS 9
6 2 (1.38%) NCSC
7 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.69%) QA
7 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (15.17%) Docker
2 18 (12.41%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.76%) BitLocker
4 4 (2.76%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.69%) Firmware
6 1 (0.69%) Postfix
6 1 (0.69%) Varnish
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (32.41%) Terraform
2 23 (15.86%) Kubernetes
3 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (7.59%) Ansible
5 10 (6.90%) Puppet
6 6 (4.14%) Grafana
7 4 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.76%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.76%) vMotion
8 3 (2.07%) Control-M
8 3 (2.07%) SCCM
9 1 (0.69%) Argo
9 1 (0.69%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (33.79%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.79%) Oracle
3 11 (7.59%) Google
3 11 (7.59%) VMware
4 7 (4.83%) SAP
5 6 (4.14%) Citrix
5 6 (4.14%) PagerDuty
6 5 (3.45%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.76%) NetApp
8 3 (2.07%) AppDynamics
8 3 (2.07%) Cisco
8 3 (2.07%) Databricks
8 3 (2.07%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.07%) Informatica
8 3 (2.07%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.07%) Tenable
8 3 (2.07%) Workday
9 2 (1.38%) iManage
9 2 (1.38%) Intapp