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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 265 274
Rank change year-on-year -109 +9 -37
Contract jobs citing IaaS 288 290 361
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.97% 0.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 2.57% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 190 241
10th Percentile £413 £406 £413
25th Percentile £463 £496 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £673 £675
90th Percentile £788 £838 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £564 £615
% change year-on-year +6.38% -8.29% +11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.77 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.84% +26.04% -66.67%
75th Percentile £55.25 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.40 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £32.77 £26.00
% change year-on-year +67.84% +26.04% -66.67%

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 17,960 11,288 14,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 37.80% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,998 7,611 10,028
10th Percentile £328 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £636
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 277 365
10th Percentile £16.54 £15.13 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +29.55% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.81 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.14 £20.77
% change year-on-year +95.98% -7.87% -22.36%

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 20 June 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
Top 15 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 20 June 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 -65 261 £588 +2.17% 74
London -54 138 £550 -8.33% 38
UK excluding London -101 130 £600 +6.38% 56
Work from Home -80 75 £600 - 27
South East -56 51 £700 +21.74% 34
North of England -58 49 £518 +1.47% 11
Yorkshire -33 33 £563 -13.46% 3
North West -47 16 £426 -2.53% 6
Scotland -29 11 £625 +18.04% 2
East of England -31 8 £575 -14.88% 3
Midlands -59 8 £522 -15.61% 5
South West -26 7 £575 -28.13% 4
West Midlands -60 6 £522 -34.81% 3
North East -42 4 £638 +19.38% 2
East Midlands -17 2 - - 2

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 16 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.78%) Apache
2 8 (2.78%) Confluence
3 7 (2.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.04%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.69%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.69%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.35%) Mendix
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.47%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 232 (80.56%) PaaS
2 186 (64.58%) Azure
3 101 (35.07%) SaaS
4 71 (24.65%) AWS
5 46 (15.97%) Entra ID
6 41 (14.24%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (10.07%) GitHub
8 29 (10.07%) Serverless
9 26 (9.03%) OCI
10 20 (6.94%) GCP
11 19 (6.60%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.86%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (3.47%) Power Platform
14 9 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (2.43%) Datadog
16 7 (2.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 56 (19.44%) Firewall
2 55 (19.10%) DNS
3 26 (9.03%) VPN
4 22 (7.64%) DHCP
5 13 (4.51%) SAN
6 12 (4.17%) VLAN
7 10 (3.47%) BIG-IP
7 10 (3.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 10 (3.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 10 (3.47%) SSL
8 9 (3.13%) SMTP
9 7 (2.43%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.08%) Internet
10 6 (2.08%) IPsec
10 6 (2.08%) Network Security
10 6 (2.08%) WAN
11 5 (1.74%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.74%) LAN
11 5 (1.74%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.47%) NoSQL
3 9 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.08%) Power BI
6 5 (1.74%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.39%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.04%) Big Data
8 3 (1.04%) DocumentDB
8 3 (1.04%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.69%) MaxDB
9 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.69%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.38%) JIRA
2 20 (6.94%) Jenkins
3 17 (5.90%) Git
4 7 (2.43%) Chocolatey
5 5 (1.74%) Postman
5 5 (1.74%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.04%) GitLab
7 2 (0.69%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.35%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.35%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
8 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 63 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.97%) Finance
3 24 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.94%) Banking
5 19 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.51%) Legal
7 10 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Military
10 5 (1.74%) Law
11 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.69%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.69%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.35%) French Language
13 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 91 (31.60%) Architect
2 58 (20.14%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (13.89%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (13.54%) Senior
6 28 (9.72%) Lead
7 27 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (6.94%) Azure Architect
9 19 (6.60%) Platform Engineer
9 19 (6.60%) Technical Architect
10 18 (6.25%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 18 (6.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 16 (5.56%) Lead Architect
12 14 (4.86%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (4.51%) Principal Engineer
14 12 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.82%) Technical Leader
16 9 (3.13%) IT Engineer
16 9 (3.13%) Network Engineer
16 9 (3.13%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.86%) OAuth
2 12 (4.17%) .NET
2 12 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (4.17%) REST
2 12 (4.17%) Web Services
3 11 (3.82%) ARM Templates
4 9 (3.13%) XML
5 7 (2.43%) JSON
5 7 (2.43%) OpenID
5 7 (2.43%) SAML
5 7 (2.43%) SOAP
6 6 (2.08%) Middleware
6 6 (2.08%) OAuth2
6 6 (2.08%) YAML
7 5 (1.74%) Entity Framework
7 5 (1.74%) JWT
7 5 (1.74%) XACML
7 5 (1.74%) XSLT
8 4 (1.39%) Kafka
9 3 (1.04%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.54%) Data Centre
2 35 (12.15%) Cloud Native
3 21 (7.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (6.60%) Onboarding
4 19 (6.60%) Public Cloud
5 15 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.82%) Clustering
7 10 (3.47%) PKI
8 9 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.78%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.78%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (2.08%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.53%) Windows
2 47 (16.32%) Linux
3 25 (8.68%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.21%) Unix
5 8 (2.78%) VMS
6 7 (2.43%) Android
6 7 (2.43%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.43%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (39.58%) DevOps
2 101 (35.07%) CI/CD
3 80 (27.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (24.65%) Migration
5 66 (22.92%) Agile
6 60 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 60 (20.83%) Roadmaps
7 40 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
8 35 (12.15%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (11.46%) Containerisation
9 33 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (11.11%) Cloud Security
10 32 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 32 (11.11%) TOGAF
11 31 (10.76%) Architectural Patterns
12 30 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (10.07%) Platform Engineering
14 27 (9.38%) Microservices
15 26 (9.03%) Identity Access Management
15 26 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.28%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.24%) Python
3 38 (13.19%) SQL
4 33 (11.46%) Bicep
5 13 (4.51%) Bash
6 10 (3.47%) ActionScript
7 7 (2.43%) Java
8 6 (2.08%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.74%) C#
9 5 (1.74%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.39%) Ruby
11 2 (0.69%) Groovy
11 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.69%) Perl
11 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.35%) C
12 1 (0.35%) C++
12 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.35%) VBA
12 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (35.07%) Security Cleared
2 59 (20.49%) SC Cleared
3 45 (15.63%) Azure Certification
4 44 (15.28%) DV Cleared
5 28 (9.72%) Degree
6 14 (4.86%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (4.17%) AWS Certification
7 12 (4.17%) CISSP
7 12 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.43%) CISM
11 7 (2.43%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.43%) SANS
12 6 (2.08%) GIAC
13 5 (1.74%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.74%) PMP
13 5 (1.74%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.86%) SLA
2 11 (3.82%) NCSC
3 10 (3.47%) NIST
4 9 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.13%) GDPR
4 9 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (2.08%) ISO 31000
6 5 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.39%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.69%) Basel III
8 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.69%) GAAP
8 2 (0.69%) IFRS
8 2 (0.69%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.69%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.35%) PMO
9 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 47 (16.32%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.72%) Docker
3 21 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.82%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.47%) BitLocker
5 10 (3.47%) vCloud
6 9 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (2.08%) Postfix
7 6 (2.08%) Varnish
7 6 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.74%) NFS
8 5 (1.74%) RACF
8 5 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.39%) Sendmail
9 4 (1.39%) vSphere
10 3 (1.04%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 81 (28.13%) Terraform
2 39 (13.54%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.99%) Ansible
4 19 (6.60%) vCenter Server
5 18 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (3.13%) Puppet
7 9 (3.13%) vMotion
8 8 (2.78%) SCCM
9 6 (2.08%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.39%) Grafana
11 3 (1.04%) Control-M
11 3 (1.04%) Nagios
12 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.69%) CASB
12 2 (0.69%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
13 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 107 (37.15%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.58%) VMware
3 31 (10.76%) Oracle
4 13 (4.51%) Citrix
5 12 (4.17%) SAP
6 10 (3.47%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.47%) F5
6 10 (3.47%) Google
6 10 (3.47%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.78%) Cisco
8 7 (2.43%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.43%) NetApp
8 7 (2.43%) Tenable
9 6 (2.08%) HP
10 5 (1.74%) iManage
10 5 (1.74%) Intapp
10 5 (1.74%) Litera
10 5 (1.74%) Workday
11 4 (1.39%) Databricks
11 4 (1.39%) Thales