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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 238 224
Rank change year-on-year -27 -14 +21
Contract jobs citing IaaS 119 142 204
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.83% 0.90% 1.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.89% 2.21% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 82 130
10th Percentile £452 £415 £381
25th Percentile £513 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £838 £650 £725
90th Percentile - £733 £775
England median daily rate £568 £585 £588
% change year-on-year -2.99% -0.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
England median hourly rate £31.39 £69.38 £87.50
% change year-on-year -54.76% -20.71% +59.09%

All Cloud 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 6,310 6,434 7,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.93% 40.92% 38.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,286 4,388 5,431
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £424 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 38 64
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.81 £18.28
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.98 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -7.28% +23.77%
75th Percentile £46.38 £58.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.30 £74.63
England median hourly rate £26.30 £32.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.81% +28.00% +11.11%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 +4 19 £568 -9.20% 6
South London -2 5 £530 +11.58% 2
North London - 2 £550 -
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 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.68%) Apache
2 2 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) CICS
3 1 (0.84%) CMS
3 1 (0.84%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) Luigi
3 1 (0.84%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.84%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (52.94%) Azure
2 53 (44.54%) PaaS
3 40 (33.61%) SaaS
4 21 (17.65%) AWS
5 19 (15.97%) Entra ID
5 19 (15.97%) GCP
6 13 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (8.40%) GitHub
8 9 (7.56%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (7.56%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (6.72%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (6.72%) OCI
10 7 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (5.88%) Amazon S3
10 7 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (5.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (5.04%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.61%) Firewall
2 9 (7.56%) DNS
2 9 (7.56%) VPN
3 8 (6.72%) Network Security
4 5 (4.20%) WAN
5 4 (3.36%) DHCP
5 4 (3.36%) MPLS
5 4 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.68%) BGP
6 2 (1.68%) Internet
6 2 (1.68%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.84%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.84%) IPsec
7 1 (0.84%) LAN
7 1 (0.84%) NGFW
7 1 (0.84%) OSPF
7 1 (0.84%) PSTN
7 1 (0.84%) SAN
7 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.56%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.72%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.52%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.68%) MySQL
5 2 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.84%) AllegroGraph
6 1 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.84%) ArangoDB
6 1 (0.84%) CrateDB
6 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.84%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.84%) Power BI
6 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.84%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 10 (8.40%) Git
2 4 (3.36%) Postman
3 3 (2.52%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.84%) ERwin
5 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.84%) JIRA
5 1 (0.84%) Selenium
5 1 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (31.09%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (15.97%) Finance
2 19 (15.97%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.72%) Banking
5 6 (5.04%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Local Government
6 4 (3.36%) Marketing
6 4 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.68%) Legal
8 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Billing
9 1 (0.84%) Front Office
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Retail
9 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (43.70%) Architect
2 13 (10.92%) Cloud Engineer
2 13 (10.92%) Senior
3 10 (8.40%) Azure Architect
4 7 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (5.88%) Consultant
4 7 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (5.04%) DevOps Engineer
5 6 (5.04%) Senior Architect
5 6 (5.04%) Site Engineer
6 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (4.20%) Integration Engineer
6 5 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.36%) Cloud Architect
7 4 (3.36%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (3.36%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.36%) Senior Enterprise Architect
7 4 (3.36%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.36%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (26.05%) JSON
1 31 (26.05%) REST
2 8 (6.72%) YAML
3 5 (4.20%) Kafka
3 5 (4.20%) OAuth
4 4 (3.36%) FastAPI
4 4 (3.36%) JWT
4 4 (3.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (3.36%) pytest
4 4 (3.36%) SOAP
4 4 (3.36%) Web Services
4 4 (3.36%) XML
4 4 (3.36%) XSLT
5 3 (2.52%) .NET
5 3 (2.52%) Node.js
6 2 (1.68%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.68%) LangGraph
6 2 (1.68%) pydantic
6 2 (1.68%) React
7 1 (0.84%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.85%) PKI
1 26 (21.85%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (13.45%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (5.04%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.36%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (3.36%) Genomics
6 3 (2.52%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.52%) Life Science
6 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.52%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.68%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.68%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.97%) Windows
2 18 (15.13%) Linux
3 15 (12.61%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.52%) VMS
5 2 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.84%) AIX
6 1 (0.84%) CentOS
6 1 (0.84%) Solaris
6 1 (0.84%) Unix
6 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.84%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.02%) Agile
2 38 (31.93%) DevOps
3 33 (27.73%) Configuration Management
4 28 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (21.85%) Key Management
6 25 (21.01%) CI/CD
7 21 (17.65%) Containerisation
8 19 (15.97%) Cloud Security
9 17 (14.29%) Migration
10 15 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (8.40%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (8.40%) Project Delivery
13 9 (7.56%) AI
13 9 (7.56%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (7.56%) Software Engineering
13 9 (7.56%) Test Automation
13 9 (7.56%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (32.77%) PowerShell
2 24 (20.17%) Python
3 15 (12.61%) Bicep
4 12 (10.08%) SQL
5 11 (9.24%) Bash
6 3 (2.52%) Java
6 3 (2.52%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.68%) C#
7 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.84%) C
8 1 (0.84%) COBOL
8 1 (0.84%) Go
8 1 (0.84%) Scala
8 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (40.34%) Security Cleared
2 45 (37.82%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.45%) Degree
4 11 (9.24%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.36%) CISSP
7 3 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.68%) CCIE
8 2 (1.68%) CCNP
8 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.68%) MCITP
9 1 (0.84%) CCDE
9 1 (0.84%) CCDP
9 1 (0.84%) CCSP
9 1 (0.84%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (8.40%) GDPR
3 5 (4.20%) SOC 2
4 4 (3.36%) QA
5 3 (2.52%) NIST
5 3 (2.52%) SLA
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.68%) GRC
6 2 (1.68%) NCSC
6 2 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.84%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (16.81%) Docker
2 17 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.84%) Firmware
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (31.09%) Terraform
2 17 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 10 (8.40%) Ansible
4 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (5.88%) Puppet
6 6 (5.04%) Grafana
7 4 (3.36%) Packer
8 2 (1.68%) SCOM
8 2 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.84%) Argo
9 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.84%) SCCM
9 1 (0.84%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 40 (33.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.76%) Google
3 10 (8.40%) Oracle
4 7 (5.88%) VMware
5 6 (5.04%) PagerDuty
6 5 (4.20%) Cisco
7 3 (2.52%) HP
7 3 (2.52%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.68%) Citrix
8 2 (1.68%) Databricks
8 2 (1.68%) F5
8 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.68%) SAP
8 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.84%) Adobe
9 1 (0.84%) IBM
9 1 (0.84%) Informatica
9 1 (0.84%) NetApp