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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 248 243
Rank change year-on-year -75 -5 -18
Contract jobs citing IaaS 124 123 153
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.62% 0.92% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.50% 2.13% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 73 103
10th Percentile £388 £420 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £694
90th Percentile £688 £825 £780
England median daily rate £525 £571 £600
% change year-on-year -7.98% -4.92% +4.35%
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 8,291 5,781 6,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.29% 43.19% 41.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,669 3,959 4,743
10th Percentile £360 £340 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £675
90th Percentile £748 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 91 53
10th Percentile £19.15 £23.00 £20.40
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.08 £23.80
Median hourly rate £34.23 £30.00 £30.59
Median % change year-on-year +14.10% -1.93% -30.48%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.13 £44.50
90th Percentile £76.42 £72.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%

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 1 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 1 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 -26 15 £590 +0.64% 6
South London -15 1 £525 +16.67%
West London - 1 £475 - 2
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 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.03%) Apache
3 4 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.81%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 100 (80.65%) PaaS
2 96 (77.42%) Azure
3 48 (38.71%) SaaS
4 28 (22.58%) AWS
5 25 (20.16%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (20.16%) Entra ID
6 13 (10.48%) GitHub
7 12 (9.68%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (8.87%) Azure AKS
8 11 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (8.87%) Serverless
9 9 (7.26%) OCI
10 8 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (4.84%) Datadog
11 6 (4.84%) GCP
11 6 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (4.03%) Azure Functions
12 5 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (4.03%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.77%) Firewall
2 26 (20.97%) DNS
3 18 (14.52%) DHCP
4 15 (12.10%) VPN
5 14 (11.29%) SAN
6 7 (5.65%) NAS
6 7 (5.65%) VLAN
7 6 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.03%) SMTP
9 4 (3.23%) Kerberos
9 4 (3.23%) Network Security
10 3 (2.42%) Internet
10 3 (2.42%) IPv4
11 2 (1.61%) SSL
12 1 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.48%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (4.84%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.03%) Db2
4 5 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.42%) Big Data
6 3 (2.42%) Power BI
7 2 (1.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (1.61%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.61%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Git
2 8 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.84%) Chocolatey
4 5 (4.03%) JIRA
5 4 (3.23%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (3.23%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.42%) GitLab
7 1 (0.81%) Postman
7 1 (0.81%) SoapUI
General
1 28 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.97%) Finance
3 14 (11.29%) Public Sector
4 13 (10.48%) Banking
5 12 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Legal
7 4 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.42%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.81%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.81%) Local Government
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Military
9 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (24.19%) Architect
1 30 (24.19%) Azure Engineer
2 21 (16.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (15.32%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (13.71%) Senior
5 15 (12.10%) Azure Architect
6 13 (10.48%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.87%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (8.06%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 10 (8.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 9 (7.26%) Cloud Architect
9 9 (7.26%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.65%) Developer
10 7 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (4.03%) Incident Manager
12 5 (4.03%) Major Incident Manager
12 5 (4.03%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (25.00%) Terraform
2 13 (10.48%) REST
3 11 (8.87%) Middleware
4 7 (5.65%) .NET
5 6 (4.84%) JSON
5 6 (4.84%) XML
6 5 (4.03%) Entity Framework
7 4 (3.23%) .NET Core
7 4 (3.23%) .NET Framework
7 4 (3.23%) LDAP
7 4 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (3.23%) React
7 4 (3.23%) SOAP
7 4 (3.23%) Web Services
8 3 (2.42%) OAuth
8 3 (2.42%) XSLT
9 2 (1.61%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.61%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.61%) SAML
9 2 (1.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.52%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.87%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.87%) PKI
3 9 (7.26%) Public Cloud
4 8 (6.45%) Private Cloud
5 7 (5.65%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.84%) Clustering
6 6 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (4.03%) Mainframe
7 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.42%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.61%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.61%) IoT
9 2 (1.61%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.77%) Windows
2 20 (16.13%) Linux
3 14 (11.29%) Unix
4 11 (8.87%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.23%) VMS
7 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.61%) Android
8 2 (1.61%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.61%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.48%) DevOps
2 41 (33.06%) CI/CD
3 38 (30.65%) Migration
4 31 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (23.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (17.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (14.52%) ITIL
10 16 (12.90%) Containerisation
10 16 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
12 13 (10.48%) Agile
12 13 (10.48%) IT Strategy
13 12 (9.68%) Infrastructure Automation
14 11 (8.87%) Analytics
15 10 (8.06%) Configuration Management
15 10 (8.06%) ITSM
15 10 (8.06%) Project Delivery
15 10 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.94%) PowerShell
2 19 (15.32%) Python
3 16 (12.90%) SQL
4 14 (11.29%) Bicep
5 8 (6.45%) Bash
6 7 (5.65%) Perl
7 6 (4.84%) C#
8 5 (4.03%) C
8 5 (4.03%) C++
9 4 (3.23%) TypeScript
10 3 (2.42%) Groovy
10 3 (2.42%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.42%) Ruby
10 3 (2.42%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 36 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 23 (18.55%) Azure Certification
3 21 (16.94%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.29%) Degree
5 11 (8.87%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.42%) CISSP
7 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.61%) CCNP
8 2 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.61%) GIAC
8 2 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.81%) CEH
9 1 (0.81%) GCIA
9 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) SLA
2 4 (3.23%) GDPR
3 3 (2.42%) NCSC
4 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) NIST
5 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (8.87%) Docker
4 8 (6.45%) NFS
5 6 (4.84%) Hyper-V
6 5 (4.03%) BitLocker
6 5 (4.03%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (3.23%) Postfix
7 4 (3.23%) Varnish
8 3 (2.42%) Sendmail
8 3 (2.42%) Terminal Services
8 3 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (13.71%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.06%) Ansible
2 10 (8.06%) Puppet
3 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (5.65%) Progress Chef
4 7 (5.65%) SCCM
5 5 (4.03%) vCenter Server
5 5 (4.03%) vMotion
6 4 (3.23%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.23%) HAProxy
7 3 (2.42%) Nagios
8 1 (0.81%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.81%) Grafana
8 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.81%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (37.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.32%) VMware
3 11 (8.87%) Oracle
4 6 (4.84%) AppDynamics
4 6 (4.84%) Dynatrace
4 6 (4.84%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.84%) Tenable
5 5 (4.03%) Citrix
5 5 (4.03%) Greenplum
5 5 (4.03%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.03%) SaltStack
5 5 (4.03%) SAP
5 5 (4.03%) Splunk
5 5 (4.03%) Sybase
6 3 (2.42%) Cisco
6 3 (2.42%) Databricks
6 3 (2.42%) Google
6 3 (2.42%) HP
6 3 (2.42%) iManage
6 3 (2.42%) Symantec