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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 279 278
Rank change year-on-year -106 -1 -49
Contract jobs citing IaaS 292 301 361
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.95% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 2.53% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 198 241
10th Percentile £413 £406 £400
25th Percentile £450 £476 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £658 £675
90th Percentile £788 £838 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £569 £615
% change year-on-year +4.66% -7.56% +11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 13
10th Percentile £52.00 £30.28 -
25th Percentile £53.13 £30.69 £25.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £31.39 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.24% +20.71% -66.67%
75th Percentile £55.25 £32.08 £26.50
90th Percentile £55.40 £32.49 -
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 18,253 11,915 14,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.37% 37.77% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,121 7,976 10,034
10th Percentile £331 £313 £304
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £730 £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 611 299 358
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £69.10 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.37 £71.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £18.87 £20.99
% change year-on-year +102.70% -10.08% -20.75%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -76 264 £550 -4.35% 105
London -51 140 £544 -9.38% 54
UK excluding London -88 132 £595 +4.66% 73
Work from Home -85 77 £600 - 39
North of England -54 51 £519 -2.79% 12
South East -55 45 £700 +21.74% 36
Yorkshire -30 32 £563 -13.46% 4
North West -39 19 £437 -14.23% 5
Scotland -34 12 £625 +19.96% 5
Midlands -53 12 £475 -22.00% 12
East of England -26 9 £513 -24.13% 3
South West -31 7 £575 -16.36% 6
East Midlands -12 6 £488 +8.33% 5
West Midlands -64 6 £425 -46.88% 7
North East -42 4 £638 +19.38% 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 (5.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.08%) Apache
3 8 (2.74%) Confluence
3 8 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.03%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.68%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) IIS
6 1 (0.34%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.42%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 232 (79.45%) PaaS
2 195 (66.78%) Azure
3 104 (35.62%) SaaS
4 73 (25.00%) AWS
5 53 (18.15%) Entra ID
6 41 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (10.96%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (10.62%) GitHub
9 26 (8.90%) Serverless
10 23 (7.88%) Azure AKS
10 23 (7.88%) OCI
11 21 (7.19%) GCP
12 19 (6.51%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (4.79%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (3.08%) Power Platform
15 7 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (2.40%) Datadog
15 7 (2.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 62 (21.23%) Firewall
2 57 (19.52%) DNS
3 28 (9.59%) VPN
4 22 (7.53%) DHCP
5 15 (5.14%) SAN
6 12 (4.11%) VLAN
7 10 (3.42%) BIG-IP
7 10 (3.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 10 (3.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 9 (3.08%) SSL
9 8 (2.74%) Network Security
9 8 (2.74%) SMTP
10 7 (2.40%) Internet
10 7 (2.40%) TCP/IP
10 7 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.05%) Kerberos
11 6 (2.05%) NAS
11 6 (2.05%) WAN
12 5 (1.71%) IPsec
12 5 (1.71%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.08%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.71%) Power BI
8 4 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.03%) Big Data
9 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.03%) Db2
9 3 (1.03%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.03%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.68%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.68%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.68%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 24 (8.22%) JIRA
2 20 (6.85%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.48%) Git
4 7 (2.40%) Chocolatey
5 5 (1.71%) Postman
5 5 (1.71%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.03%) GitLab
6 3 (1.03%) JetBrains Rider
6 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.34%) Selenium
8 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.34%) Subversion
8 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 62 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.75%) Finance
3 25 (8.56%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.85%) Banking
5 12 (4.11%) Legal
6 9 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Military
9 5 (1.71%) Law
10 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Legal Technology
11 2 (0.68%) Local Government
11 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Marketing
12 1 (0.34%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (32.19%) Architect
2 58 (19.86%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (13.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (13.36%) Senior
6 27 (9.25%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (8.22%) Azure Architect
7 24 (8.22%) Lead
8 19 (6.51%) Technical Architect
9 17 (5.82%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (5.48%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 16 (5.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 16 (5.48%) Lead Architect
11 15 (5.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.42%) Network Engineer
13 10 (3.42%) Principal Engineer
14 9 (3.08%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (3.08%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 9 (3.08%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.79%) REST
2 13 (4.45%) .NET
2 13 (4.45%) OAuth
3 12 (4.11%) ARM Templates
4 11 (3.77%) Web Services
5 9 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (2.74%) Middleware
7 7 (2.40%) JSON
7 7 (2.40%) SOAP
8 6 (2.05%) Entity Framework
8 6 (2.05%) OpenID
8 6 (2.05%) SAML
8 6 (2.05%) XML
9 5 (1.71%) JWT
9 5 (1.71%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.71%) XSLT
10 4 (1.37%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.37%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.37%) XACML
10 4 (1.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.38%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.36%) Cloud Native
3 23 (7.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (6.85%) Public Cloud
5 19 (6.51%) Onboarding
6 16 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.77%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (3.77%) PKI
8 10 (3.42%) Clustering
9 9 (3.08%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.74%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (2.40%) Management Information System
11 7 (2.40%) Product Ownership
12 6 (2.05%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 61 (20.89%) Windows
2 47 (16.10%) Linux
3 24 (8.22%) Windows Server
4 17 (5.82%) Unix
5 11 (3.77%) VMS
6 8 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.40%) Android
7 7 (2.40%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.40%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.05%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.34%) CentOS
10 1 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (39.73%) DevOps
2 101 (34.59%) CI/CD
3 78 (26.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 74 (25.34%) Migration
5 63 (21.58%) Agile
6 62 (21.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 58 (19.86%) Roadmaps
8 37 (12.67%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (12.67%) Technical Leadership
9 36 (12.33%) Cloud Security
9 36 (12.33%) Disaster Recovery
10 34 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (10.62%) Architectural Patterns
12 31 (10.62%) Containerisation
12 31 (10.62%) TOGAF
13 29 (9.93%) Platform Engineering
14 28 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (8.90%) Identity Access Management
15 26 (8.90%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.07%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.04%) Python
3 35 (11.99%) SQL
4 34 (11.64%) Bicep
5 12 (4.11%) Bash
6 10 (3.42%) ActionScript
7 7 (2.40%) C#
7 7 (2.40%) Java
8 6 (2.05%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.37%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.37%) Ruby
9 4 (1.37%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.68%) Groovy
10 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) Perl
11 1 (0.34%) C
11 1 (0.34%) C++
11 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.34%) VBA
11 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (34.59%) Security Cleared
2 61 (20.89%) SC Cleared
3 46 (15.75%) Azure Certification
4 41 (14.04%) DV Cleared
5 27 (9.25%) Degree
6 13 (4.45%) AWS Certification
7 12 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (4.11%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.77%) CISSP
9 10 (3.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.40%) SANS
12 6 (2.05%) CISM
12 6 (2.05%) GIAC
13 5 (1.71%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.71%) CRISC
13 5 (1.71%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.45%) SLA
2 10 (3.42%) GDPR
2 10 (3.42%) NIST
3 9 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.08%) NCSC
4 6 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (2.05%) ISO 31000
5 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
8 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 50 (17.12%) Active Directory
2 27 (9.25%) Docker
3 21 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.42%) Hyper-V
5 9 (3.08%) BitLocker
5 9 (3.08%) vCloud
5 9 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.74%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.40%) NFS
8 6 (2.05%) Postfix
8 6 (2.05%) Varnish
9 5 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.37%) RACF
10 4 (1.37%) Sendmail
10 4 (1.37%) vSphere
11 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 78 (26.71%) Terraform
2 39 (13.36%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.53%) Ansible
4 19 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (5.82%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.74%) Puppet
7 8 (2.74%) SCCM
7 8 (2.74%) vMotion
8 6 (2.05%) HAProxy
9 5 (1.71%) Grafana
10 3 (1.03%) CA Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.03%) CASB
10 3 (1.03%) Check_MK
10 3 (1.03%) Nagios
10 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 109 (37.33%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.04%) VMware
3 28 (9.59%) Oracle
4 12 (4.11%) Citrix
5 11 (3.77%) Google
6 10 (3.42%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.42%) F5
6 10 (3.42%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.08%) Cisco
7 9 (3.08%) SAP
8 7 (2.40%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.40%) Databricks
8 7 (2.40%) Tenable
9 6 (2.05%) HP
9 6 (2.05%) NetApp
10 5 (1.71%) iManage
10 5 (1.71%) Intapp
10 5 (1.71%) Litera
10 5 (1.71%) Sybase
11 4 (1.37%) Thales