IaaS Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IaaS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.67% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
North West median daily rate £363 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -23.68% -9.52% +5.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 91 84 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 30.43% 40.19% 24.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 51 30
10th Percentile £133 £143 £161
25th Percentile £133 £169 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £152 £250 £350
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -28.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £489 £500 £477
90th Percentile £525 £600 £605
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - £17.44 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - +9.00% -8.57%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £21.05
North West median hourly rate £43.84 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +81.32% +15.14% -58.00%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

IaaS job vacancy trend in Merseyside

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing IaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing IaaS

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 4 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
Liverpool - 2 £500 - 1
IaaS
North West

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft