IaaS Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 335 306
Rank change year-on-year -80 -29 -53
Contract jobs citing IaaS 280 244 279
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.74% 0.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.48% 1.95% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 157 191
10th Percentile £406 £368 £400
25th Percentile £463 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £685
90th Percentile £688 £761 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +8.00% -16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £52.10 £30.28 £38.96
25th Percentile £53.38 £30.69 £43.97
Median hourly rate £55.50 £31.39 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +76.84% -40.82% -32.01%
75th Percentile £65.25 £32.08 £61.71
90th Percentile £71.10 £32.49 £66.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £32.77 £69.38
% change year-on-year +69.36% -52.76% -11.06%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,915 12,541 13,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.61% 37.95% 34.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,557 8,377 8,732
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 616 295 187
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.31
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.30 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -21.59% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.33 £64.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.27 £33.00
% change year-on-year +55.68% -41.61% +26.92%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in the UK

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS

IaaS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England -82 238 £538 -5.37% 222
UK excluding London -52 146 £540 +8.00% 150
London -81 114 £538 -10.42% 97
Work from Home -49 76 £521 -6.79% 67
South East -50 51 £613 +22.50% 48
North of England -50 41 £515 +39.95% 48
Scotland -23 25 £568 +8.10% 4
Yorkshire -30 23 £538 -17.31% 18
Midlands -30 19 £500 -19.09% 23
North West -53 16 £500 +39.28% 28
East Midlands -6 11 £500 +11.11% 10
West Midlands -47 8 £612 -12.57% 13
East of England -19 6 £450 -37.39% 11
South West -34 5 £600 +4.35% 9
North East -38 5 £638 +10.87% 3
Wales - 2 £438 - 6

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.86%) Apache
3 7 (2.50%) Confluence
4 6 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.07%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 195 (69.64%) Azure
2 180 (64.29%) PaaS
3 91 (32.50%) SaaS
4 82 (29.29%) Entra ID
5 46 (16.43%) AWS
6 40 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (13.57%) GitHub
8 31 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (8.21%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (7.50%) Azure AKS
11 16 (5.71%) Azure Key Vault
11 16 (5.71%) Serverless
12 15 (5.36%) GCP
13 12 (4.29%) OCI
14 11 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (3.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (3.21%) Power Platform
16 7 (2.50%) Azure App Service
16 7 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 71 (25.36%) Firewall
2 55 (19.64%) DNS
3 23 (8.21%) VPN
4 18 (6.43%) DHCP
5 17 (6.07%) BIG-IP
5 17 (6.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 17 (6.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 14 (5.00%) SAN
7 12 (4.29%) Network Security
7 12 (4.29%) VLAN
8 8 (2.86%) NAS
9 7 (2.50%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.14%) Internet
10 6 (2.14%) SSL
11 5 (1.79%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.79%) SMTP
11 5 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.07%) IPv4
12 3 (1.07%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (1.07%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.43%) Azure SQL Database
1 18 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.00%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.57%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.86%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.79%) Power BI
7 4 (1.43%) Db2
7 4 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.43%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.07%) Big Data
9 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.71%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.36%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.36%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.36%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 29 (10.36%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.64%) JIRA
3 16 (5.71%) Git
4 4 (1.43%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.43%) GitLab
4 4 (1.43%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (1.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.71%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 68 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.14%) Finance
3 31 (11.07%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.29%) Banking
6 10 (3.57%) Legal
7 8 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.07%) Military
9 3 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Back Office
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.36%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (25.36%) Architect
2 69 (24.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 60 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
4 52 (18.57%) Cloud Engineer
5 34 (12.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (11.79%) Senior
7 32 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (9.29%) Azure Architect
9 25 (8.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (5.71%) Lead
11 13 (4.64%) Cloud Architect
11 13 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (4.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.29%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.93%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.57%) Project Manager
15 9 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
16 8 (2.86%) Developer
17 7 (2.50%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (20.71%) Terraform
2 19 (6.79%) REST
3 13 (4.64%) Middleware
4 12 (4.29%) .NET
4 12 (4.29%) JSON
5 8 (2.86%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.86%) Entity Framework
6 7 (2.50%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.50%) .NET Framework
6 7 (2.50%) XML
7 6 (2.14%) OAuth
7 6 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.79%) React
8 5 (1.79%) SAML
9 4 (1.43%) LDAP
9 4 (1.43%) SOAP
9 4 (1.43%) Web Services
10 3 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.07%) OpenID
10 3 (1.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.07%) Data Centre
2 44 (15.71%) Cloud Native
3 21 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.50%) Public Cloud
4 14 (5.00%) Private Cloud
5 13 (4.64%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.57%) PKI
8 8 (2.86%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.14%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.79%) Clustering
11 5 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.79%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.79%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (21.79%) Windows
2 51 (18.21%) Linux
3 27 (9.64%) Windows Server
4 23 (8.21%) Unix
5 14 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.21%) Android
6 9 (3.21%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.86%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.86%) VMS
8 6 (2.14%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.36%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (36.07%) CI/CD
2 99 (35.36%) DevOps
3 95 (33.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 74 (26.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (25.71%) Migration
6 62 (22.14%) Agile
7 45 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (13.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (11.79%) Cloud Security
11 32 (11.43%) RBAC
12 30 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 27 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (9.29%) Analytics
14 26 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
14 26 (9.29%) ITIL
15 24 (8.57%) Containerisation
15 24 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (8.21%) Identity Access Management
16 23 (8.21%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (19.29%) PowerShell
1 54 (19.29%) Python
2 39 (13.93%) SQL
3 31 (11.07%) Bicep
4 17 (6.07%) ActionScript
5 11 (3.93%) Bash
5 11 (3.93%) Perl
6 9 (3.21%) C#
7 7 (2.50%) C
7 7 (2.50%) C++
8 5 (1.79%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.79%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.43%) Java
9 4 (1.43%) Ruby
10 3 (1.07%) Groovy
10 3 (1.07%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.36%) Scala
11 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 61 (21.79%) SC Cleared
3 35 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 29 (10.36%) Degree
5 21 (7.50%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.93%) CISSP
8 10 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.57%) PMI Certification
9 9 (3.21%) CISM
10 8 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.86%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.50%) GIAC
12 6 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.14%) SANS
12 6 (2.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.79%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.79%) CRISC
13 5 (1.79%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.29%) NIST
3 11 (3.93%) NCSC
4 10 (3.57%) GDPR
5 8 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
5 8 (2.86%) SLA
6 7 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.14%) ISO 31000
8 3 (1.07%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.07%) GRC
9 2 (0.71%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.71%) QA
9 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (19.29%) Active Directory
2 28 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 28 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.79%) Docker
4 10 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (2.50%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.50%) NFS
5 7 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.79%) vSphere
8 4 (1.43%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.43%) Postfix
8 4 (1.43%) Varnish
9 3 (1.07%) Sendmail
9 3 (1.07%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.71%) Firmware
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.71%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.36%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (11.79%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.29%) Ansible
2 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.29%) Puppet
3 9 (3.21%) Progress Chef
4 8 (2.86%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.50%) SCCM
6 5 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.43%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.43%) Grafana
7 4 (1.43%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.43%) vMotion
8 3 (1.07%) CASB
8 3 (1.07%) Check_MK
8 3 (1.07%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.07%) Nagios
8 3 (1.07%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.07%) WSUS
9 2 (0.71%) Salt
9 2 (0.71%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 110 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.21%) VMware
3 21 (7.50%) Oracle
4 18 (6.43%) Databricks
5 17 (6.07%) F5
6 9 (3.21%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.21%) SaltStack
7 8 (2.86%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.86%) Google
7 8 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.86%) Splunk
8 7 (2.50%) Citrix
9 6 (2.14%) Cisco
9 6 (2.14%) Commvault
10 5 (1.79%) Okta
10 5 (1.79%) Sybase
10 5 (1.79%) Tenable
10 5 (1.79%) Veeam
11 4 (1.43%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.43%) Greenplum