IaaS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 256 231
Rank change year-on-year +19 -25 -21
Contract jobs citing IaaS 122 149 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.90% 0.70% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.81% 2.72% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 101 165
10th Percentile £406 £413 £428
25th Percentile £425 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £615 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +11.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £675 £694
90th Percentile £658 - £770
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 8
10th Percentile - - £61.80
25th Percentile - £25.50 £71.19
Median hourly rate £32.77 £26.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.04% -66.67% +3.31%
75th Percentile - £26.50 -
90th Percentile - £30.82 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £32.77 £26.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +26.04% -66.67% +4.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,345 5,474 7,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.06% 25.78% 32.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,977 3,782 5,433
10th Percentile £250 £225 £250
25th Percentile £381 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £601
90th Percentile £650 £669 £694
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 276 225
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.50 £16.84
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.77 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% -21.56% +39.37%
75th Percentile £34.02 £43.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £59.38 £70.00 £75.30
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -37.14% +59.09%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
South East +53 44 £575 +12.20% 56
Scotland +20 32 £530 -18.54% 12
North of England +13 32 £510 -0.49% 51
North West -3 20 £474 -5.25% 36
North East +10 11 £534 -7.13% 3
Midlands +6 9 £618 +23.60% 23
West Midlands +3 7 £800 +77.78% 10
Yorkshire -3 7 £650 +23.81% 12
East of England - 6 £676 - 12
South West +3 5 £800 +23.08% 18
Wales +6 2 £650 +52.94% 3
East Midlands +4 2 £513 -12.77% 13
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (17.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.92%) Confluence
3 5 (4.10%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.64%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.64%) SAS
5 1 (0.82%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 72 (59.02%) PaaS
2 68 (55.74%) Azure
3 35 (28.69%) SaaS
4 25 (20.49%) Entra ID
5 19 (15.57%) AWS
5 19 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (10.66%) OpenShift
8 12 (9.84%) GCP
9 11 (9.02%) Azure AKS
10 9 (7.38%) Azure Storage
11 7 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (4.10%) Serverless
13 4 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (3.28%) OCI
14 3 (2.46%) Azure API Management
14 3 (2.46%) Azure Event Grid
14 3 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (27.05%) Firewall
2 27 (22.13%) DNS
3 21 (17.21%) DHCP
4 15 (12.30%) Network Security
5 11 (9.02%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (8.20%) SAN
6 10 (8.20%) VPN
7 8 (6.56%) SMTP
8 5 (4.10%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (1.64%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.82%) FTP
10 1 (0.82%) Internet
10 1 (0.82%) NGFW
10 1 (0.82%) SSL
10 1 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.30%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (6.56%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (6.56%) Big Data
3 8 (6.56%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (6.56%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.46%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.46%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.64%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (1.64%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.82%) Parquet
6 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (13.11%) JIRA
2 12 (9.84%) Git
3 11 (9.02%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.28%) ScriptRunner
5 2 (1.64%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.64%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.64%) Postman
5 2 (1.64%) Selenium
5 2 (1.64%) Subversion
5 2 (1.64%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.64%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.82%) Mockito
6 1 (0.82%) Toad
General
1 22 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.11%) Finance
3 15 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.66%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.20%) Telecoms
6 7 (5.74%) Banking
7 4 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.28%) Local Government
8 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Automotive
9 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (19.67%) Azure Engineer
2 23 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (13.11%) Architect
3 16 (13.11%) VMware Engineer
4 13 (10.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 13 (10.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (9.84%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (9.84%) 3rd Line Support
5 12 (9.84%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 12 (9.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 12 (9.84%) Infrastructure Support
5 12 (9.84%) Lead
5 12 (9.84%) Senior
5 12 (9.84%) Support Engineer
6 11 (9.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 11 (9.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 9 (7.38%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) Python Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.74%) ADO
2 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
2 5 (4.10%) Node.js
2 5 (4.10%) REST
2 5 (4.10%) SAML
3 4 (3.28%) .NET
3 4 (3.28%) ARM Templates
3 4 (3.28%) OAuth
3 4 (3.28%) OpenID
4 3 (2.46%) Middleware
4 3 (2.46%) SOAP
5 2 (1.64%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.64%) YAML
6 1 (0.82%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.82%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.82%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.82%) JWT
6 1 (0.82%) MACH
6 1 (0.82%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Virtual Team
2 12 (9.84%) Data Centre
3 11 (9.02%) PKI
4 10 (8.20%) Clustering
4 10 (8.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (6.56%) Management Information System
6 8 (6.56%) Product Ownership
7 6 (4.92%) Cloud Native
8 5 (4.10%) Security Posture
9 4 (3.28%) Replication
10 3 (2.46%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.64%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.64%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.64%) NHS
11 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.82%) CMDB
12 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (38.52%) Windows
2 34 (27.87%) Linux
3 27 (22.13%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.20%) Unix
5 3 (2.46%) AIX
5 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.64%) Solaris
7 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.61%) DevOps
2 35 (28.69%) Agile
3 29 (23.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (20.49%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (20.49%) High Availability
5 23 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 18 (14.75%) Migration
8 15 (12.30%) Information Security
8 15 (12.30%) ITIL
9 14 (11.48%) CI/CD
9 14 (11.48%) Roadmaps
9 14 (11.48%) Scrum
10 13 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (10.66%) Kanban
11 12 (9.84%) Continuous Integration
11 12 (9.84%) Mentoring
12 11 (9.02%) Project Delivery
12 11 (9.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.05%) SQL
2 32 (26.23%) PowerShell
3 21 (17.21%) Python
4 9 (7.38%) Bicep
4 9 (7.38%) Erlang
4 9 (7.38%) Perl
4 9 (7.38%) Prolog
5 6 (4.92%) Java
6 5 (4.10%) C#
6 5 (4.10%) PHP
7 4 (3.28%) Groovy
7 4 (3.28%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.46%) Bash
9 2 (1.64%) C++
9 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.64%) VBA
9 2 (1.64%) VBScript
10 1 (0.82%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.30%) DV Cleared
3 11 (9.02%) Azure Certification
3 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (7.38%) Degree
4 9 (7.38%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (3.28%) CISM
6 4 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (3.28%) CRISC
7 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.46%) CCNA
8 2 (1.64%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.64%) ISEB
8 2 (1.64%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.64%) OSCE
8 2 (1.64%) VCAP
8 2 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.20%) SLA
2 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.64%) GDPR
3 2 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (0.82%) NCSC
4 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 40 (32.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (20.49%) vSphere
4 15 (12.30%) Docker
5 10 (8.20%) Hyper-V
6 9 (7.38%) DFS Replication
7 8 (6.56%) BitLocker
7 8 (6.56%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (6.56%) Terminal Services
7 8 (6.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (6.56%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (5.74%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (2.46%) VMware NSX
10 2 (1.64%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (18.85%) Kubernetes
2 21 (17.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (10.66%) Terraform
4 10 (8.20%) Puppet
5 9 (7.38%) Ansible
6 8 (6.56%) Nagios
6 8 (6.56%) vCenter Server
6 8 (6.56%) vMotion
7 6 (4.92%) Grafana
8 3 (2.46%) SCCM
9 2 (1.64%) Data Guard
9 2 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (1.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (1.64%) Oracle Flashback
9 2 (1.64%) vRealize
9 2 (1.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.82%) Packer
10 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 50 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 49 (40.16%) VMware
3 12 (9.84%) Oracle
4 10 (8.20%) Citrix
5 9 (7.38%) HP
6 8 (6.56%) Google
6 8 (6.56%) Symantec
7 5 (4.10%) AppDynamics
7 5 (4.10%) Atlassian
8 4 (3.28%) Cisco
8 4 (3.28%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.46%) Dynatrace
9 3 (2.46%) IBM
9 3 (2.46%) Informatica
9 3 (2.46%) Meraki
9 3 (2.46%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.46%) Veeam
10 2 (1.64%) Dell
10 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.64%) ServiceNow