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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 235 223
Rank change year-on-year -12 -12 +18
Contract jobs citing IaaS 127 127 181
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.90% 0.90% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.02% 2.20% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 64 109
10th Percentile £464 £440 £392
25th Percentile £513 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £838 £650 £725
90th Percentile - £742 £775
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +6.67%

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 6,284 5,785 6,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.29% 41.05% 37.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,295 3,894 5,061
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £765
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 43 66
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.45 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £23.80 £20.69
Median hourly rate £26.40 £31.00 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -14.84% -12.22% +36.64%
75th Percentile £55.44 £49.18 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £64.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.41 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.20% +26.27% -0.03%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +4 16 £565 -22.07% 6
South London -7 5 £530 +11.58%
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 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.36%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.36%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.57%) Apache
3 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.79%) CICS
4 1 (0.79%) CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Luigi
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (2.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 67 (52.76%) Azure
2 58 (45.67%) PaaS
3 37 (29.13%) SaaS
4 23 (18.11%) Entra ID
5 17 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (12.60%) AWS
7 15 (11.81%) OCI
8 13 (10.24%) GCP
8 13 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (7.87%) Serverless
10 9 (7.09%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (7.09%) GitHub
11 8 (6.30%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (6.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (6.30%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (5.51%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (5.51%) Amazon S3
12 7 (5.51%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (5.51%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (4.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.60%) Firewall
2 12 (9.45%) DNS
3 10 (7.87%) VPN
4 7 (5.51%) DHCP
4 7 (5.51%) Network Security
5 5 (3.94%) MPLS
6 3 (2.36%) SMTP
6 3 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.57%) WAN
8 1 (0.79%) BGP
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.79%) Internet
8 1 (0.79%) IPsec
8 1 (0.79%) LAN
8 1 (0.79%) NAS
8 1 (0.79%) OSPF
8 1 (0.79%) PSTN
8 1 (0.79%) VLAN
8 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.24%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.30%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.36%) Big Data
4 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.36%) Oracle ODI
4 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.57%) Power BI
5 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) AllegroGraph
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.79%) ArangoDB
6 1 (0.79%) Azkaban
6 1 (0.79%) CrateDB
6 1 (0.79%) Flink
6 1 (0.79%) MemSQL
6 1 (0.79%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Git
2 8 (6.30%) Postman
3 4 (3.15%) JIRA
4 3 (2.36%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.57%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.79%) ERwin
6 1 (0.79%) GitLab
6 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.79%) Selenium
6 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 36 (28.35%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (18.90%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.81%) Finance
4 10 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.72%) Marketing
6 5 (3.94%) Banking
7 4 (3.15%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Legal
9 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.57%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.57%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Billing
10 1 (0.79%) French Language
10 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (36.22%) Architect
2 15 (11.81%) Senior
3 14 (11.02%) Cloud Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Azure Architect
5 10 (7.87%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (7.09%) Integration Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Consultant
9 6 (4.72%) Site Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Lead
11 4 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
11 4 (3.15%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Oracle Consultant
11 4 (3.15%) Senior Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Service Manager
11 4 (3.15%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Technical Architect
12 3 (2.36%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 3 (2.36%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (27.56%) REST
2 34 (26.77%) JSON
3 11 (8.66%) YAML
4 10 (7.87%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (7.87%) XML
5 8 (6.30%) OAuth
5 8 (6.30%) SOAP
6 7 (5.51%) ARM Templates
6 7 (5.51%) JWT
6 7 (5.51%) Web Services
6 7 (5.51%) XSLT
7 5 (3.94%) .NET
7 5 (3.94%) Kafka
8 4 (3.15%) FastAPI
8 4 (3.15%) pytest
9 3 (2.36%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.36%) Entity Framework
9 3 (2.36%) Node.js
9 3 (2.36%) React
9 3 (2.36%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.83%) PKI
2 26 (20.47%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (12.60%) Cloud Native
4 10 (7.87%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.15%) Genomics
6 4 (3.15%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.36%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.36%) Clustering
7 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.36%) Life Science
7 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.57%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.79%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.32%) Windows
2 19 (14.96%) Linux
2 19 (14.96%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.57%) VMS
5 1 (0.79%) AIX
5 1 (0.79%) CentOS
5 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.79%) Solaris
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.80%) Agile
2 42 (33.07%) DevOps
3 33 (25.98%) Configuration Management
4 32 (25.20%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (22.83%) CI/CD
6 26 (20.47%) Key Management
7 21 (16.54%) Containerisation
8 19 (14.96%) Migration
9 14 (11.02%) Cloud Security
9 14 (11.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (10.24%) Identity Access Management
10 13 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (9.45%) ERP
11 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (9.45%) Project Delivery
11 12 (9.45%) Roadmaps
11 12 (9.45%) Software Engineering
12 11 (8.66%) Computer Science
12 11 (8.66%) Unit Testing
13 10 (7.87%) AI
Programming Languages
1 44 (34.65%) PowerShell
2 22 (17.32%) Python
3 21 (16.54%) SQL
4 14 (11.02%) Bicep
5 10 (7.87%) Bash
6 6 (4.72%) Java
7 4 (3.15%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.57%) C#
8 2 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.57%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.79%) COBOL
9 1 (0.79%) Go
9 1 (0.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 47 (37.01%) SC Cleared
3 19 (14.96%) Degree
4 15 (11.81%) Azure Certification
5 10 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.15%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.15%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.36%) CISSP
7 3 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.36%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.57%) MCITP
8 2 (1.57%) PMP
9 1 (0.79%) CCDE
9 1 (0.79%) CCIE
9 1 (0.79%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.94%) GDPR
3 4 (3.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.36%) SLA
4 3 (2.36%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.57%) Basel III
5 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.57%) GAAP
5 2 (1.57%) GRC
5 2 (1.57%) IFRS
5 2 (1.57%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.57%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.57%) NCSC
5 2 (1.57%) NIST
6 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 22 (17.32%) Docker
2 20 (15.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.15%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.36%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.36%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (2.36%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.79%) Firmware
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (31.50%) Terraform
2 17 (13.39%) Kubernetes
3 12 (9.45%) Ansible
4 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (7.87%) Puppet
5 6 (4.72%) Grafana
6 4 (3.15%) Packer
7 3 (2.36%) Control-M
7 3 (2.36%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.36%) vMotion
8 2 (1.57%) SCOM
8 2 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.79%) Argo
9 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (35.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.60%) Oracle
3 12 (9.45%) Google
4 8 (6.30%) VMware
5 6 (4.72%) PagerDuty
5 6 (4.72%) SAP
6 4 (3.15%) Cisco
6 4 (3.15%) Informatica
6 4 (3.15%) NetApp
7 3 (2.36%) Citrix
7 3 (2.36%) Databricks
7 3 (2.36%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.36%) Workday
8 2 (1.57%) HP
8 2 (1.57%) IBM
8 2 (1.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.79%) Adobe
9 1 (0.79%) Red Hat