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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 268 272
Rank change year-on-year -104 +4 -40
Contract jobs citing IaaS 289 288 362
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.98% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.63% 2.58% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 185 237
10th Percentile £413 £409 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £660 £675
90th Percentile £788 £838 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £569 £608
% change year-on-year +5.54% -6.42% +10.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile £55.25 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.40 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 17,740 11,169 14,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 37.85% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,861 7,555 9,988
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 270 359
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.80 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.86 £28.55 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% +31.93% -39.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.63 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.27 £20.00
% change year-on-year +94.60% -3.65% -26.87%

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 13 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 13 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 -84 263 £600 +4.35% 76
London -46 139 £550 -8.33% 43
UK excluding London -94 130 £600 +5.54% 57
Work from Home -96 75 £600 - 27
South East -51 52 £700 +21.74% 29
North of England -43 47 £520 +1.96% 8
Yorkshire -28 32 £563 -13.46% 2
North West -39 15 £425 -10.29% 5
Scotland -36 10 £625 +17.04% 3
Midlands -56 9 £425 -40.06% 7
South West -17 8 £575 -28.13% 9
East of England -25 8 £575 -14.88% 3
West Midlands -54 6 £522 -34.81% 4
North East -41 4 £638 +19.38% 1
East Midlands -17 3 £418 -27.39% 3

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 17 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.77%) Apache
2 8 (2.77%) Confluence
3 7 (2.42%) 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 (3.46%) 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 (80.28%) PaaS
2 187 (64.71%) Azure
3 98 (33.91%) SaaS
4 67 (23.18%) AWS
5 47 (16.26%) Entra ID
6 39 (13.49%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (9.69%) Serverless
9 25 (8.65%) GitHub
9 25 (8.65%) OCI
10 19 (6.57%) GCP
11 17 (5.88%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.84%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (3.46%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (3.46%) Power Platform
14 8 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.42%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 58 (20.07%) DNS
1 58 (20.07%) Firewall
2 24 (8.30%) DHCP
2 24 (8.30%) VPN
3 15 (5.19%) SAN
4 11 (3.81%) VLAN
5 10 (3.46%) SSL
6 9 (3.11%) BIG-IP
6 9 (3.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 9 (3.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 8 (2.77%) SMTP
8 7 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.08%) Internet
9 6 (2.08%) IPsec
9 6 (2.08%) MPLS
9 6 (2.08%) Network Security
9 6 (2.08%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.08%) WAN
10 5 (1.73%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.73%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.46%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.08%) Power BI
5 5 (1.73%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.38%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.04%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.04%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.69%) Big Data
8 2 (0.69%) MaxDB
8 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.69%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (9.00%) JIRA
2 20 (6.92%) Git
3 19 (6.57%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.42%) Chocolatey
5 6 (2.08%) Postman
5 6 (2.08%) 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%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
8 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 61 (21.11%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.26%) Finance
3 24 (8.30%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.92%) Banking
6 12 (4.15%) Legal
7 10 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Military
10 5 (1.73%) Law
11 4 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.04%) Local Government
12 3 (1.04%) Marketing
13 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.69%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.69%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (30.45%) Architect
2 59 (20.42%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (13.84%) Senior
5 38 (13.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 27 (9.34%) Lead
7 25 (8.65%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (6.57%) Azure Architect
8 19 (6.57%) Technical Architect
9 17 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (5.54%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 16 (5.54%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 15 (5.19%) Lead Architect
12 14 (4.84%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.81%) Technical Leader
15 9 (3.11%) IT Engineer
15 9 (3.11%) Oracle Specialist
15 9 (3.11%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.19%) OAuth
2 13 (4.50%) ARM Templates
2 13 (4.50%) Web Services
3 12 (4.15%) REST
4 11 (3.81%) .NET
4 11 (3.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (3.46%) XML
6 8 (2.77%) JSON
6 8 (2.77%) SOAP
6 8 (2.77%) YAML
7 7 (2.42%) OpenID
7 7 (2.42%) SAML
8 6 (2.08%) Entity Framework
8 6 (2.08%) JWT
8 6 (2.08%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.08%) XSLT
9 5 (1.73%) Middleware
9 5 (1.73%) XACML
10 4 (1.38%) Kafka
11 3 (1.04%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.46%) Data Centre
2 32 (11.07%) Cloud Native
3 21 (7.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (6.92%) Public Cloud
5 18 (6.23%) Onboarding
6 15 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.46%) Clustering
7 10 (3.46%) Virtual Team
8 9 (3.11%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (3.11%) PKI
9 8 (2.77%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.77%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.42%) Management Information System
11 6 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (2.08%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 65 (22.49%) Windows
2 44 (15.22%) Linux
3 27 (9.34%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.19%) Unix
5 8 (2.77%) VMS
6 7 (2.42%) Android
6 7 (2.42%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.42%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.42%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.73%) 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
1 113 (39.10%) DevOps
2 99 (34.26%) CI/CD
3 83 (28.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 70 (24.22%) Migration
5 64 (22.15%) Agile
6 61 (21.11%) Roadmaps
7 60 (20.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 39 (13.49%) Technical Leadership
9 36 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (11.42%) Containerisation
10 33 (11.42%) Disaster Recovery
11 32 (11.07%) TOGAF
12 31 (10.73%) Architectural Patterns
12 31 (10.73%) Cloud Security
13 30 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (9.34%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (9.34%) Microservices
14 27 (9.34%) Platform Engineering
15 25 (8.65%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.57%) PowerShell
2 38 (13.15%) Python
3 37 (12.80%) SQL
4 33 (11.42%) Bicep
5 12 (4.15%) Bash
6 9 (3.11%) ActionScript
7 7 (2.42%) Java
8 6 (2.08%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.73%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.38%) C#
10 4 (1.38%) Ruby
11 2 (0.69%) Groovy
11 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.69%) Perl
12 1 (0.35%) C
12 1 (0.35%) C++
12 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.35%) VBA
12 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (34.95%) Security Cleared
2 60 (20.76%) SC Cleared
3 45 (15.57%) Azure Certification
4 43 (14.88%) DV Cleared
5 26 (9.00%) Degree
6 14 (4.84%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (4.15%) CISSP
7 12 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.81%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.42%) CISM
11 7 (2.42%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.42%) SANS
12 6 (2.08%) GIAC
12 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.73%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.73%) PMP
13 5 (1.73%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.54%) SLA
2 11 (3.81%) NCSC
3 10 (3.46%) NIST
4 9 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.11%) GDPR
4 9 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.08%) ISO 31000
6 5 (1.73%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.38%) 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 51 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.69%) Docker
3 23 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.81%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.46%) vCloud
6 9 (3.11%) BitLocker
7 8 (2.77%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (2.77%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (2.08%) Postfix
8 6 (2.08%) Varnish
8 6 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.08%) vSphere
9 5 (1.73%) NFS
9 5 (1.73%) RACF
9 5 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.38%) Sendmail
11 3 (1.04%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.69%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (28.72%) Terraform
2 36 (12.46%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.27%) Ansible
4 20 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (6.23%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.77%) Puppet
7 8 (2.77%) SCCM
7 8 (2.77%) vMotion
8 6 (2.08%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.38%) Grafana
10 3 (1.04%) Control-M
11 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.69%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.69%) Nagios
11 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.35%) CASB
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 108 (37.37%) Microsoft
2 44 (15.22%) VMware
3 30 (10.38%) Oracle
4 12 (4.15%) Citrix
4 12 (4.15%) SAP
5 11 (3.81%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.11%) F5
7 9 (3.11%) Google
8 8 (2.77%) Cisco
9 7 (2.42%) AppDynamics
9 7 (2.42%) NetApp
9 7 (2.42%) Tenable
10 5 (1.73%) HP
10 5 (1.73%) iManage
10 5 (1.73%) Intapp
10 5 (1.73%) Litera
10 5 (1.73%) Workday
11 4 (1.38%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.38%) Thales