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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 272 277
Rank change year-on-year -114 +5 -50
Contract jobs citing IaaS 293 291 359
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.96% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.62% 2.54% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 191 237
10th Percentile £413 £406 £406
25th Percentile £463 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £697 £673 £675
90th Percentile £788 £838 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £569 £620
% change year-on-year +5.54% -8.31% +12.73%
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 18,069 11,478 14,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 37.85% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,038 7,704 9,991
10th Percentile £331 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 600 287 360
10th Percentile £16.61 £15.21 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +26.84% -36.93%
75th Percentile £68.92 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.30 £71.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.88 £18.87 £20.97
% change year-on-year +100.72% -10.01% -20.81%

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 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 27 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 -89 265 £568 -1.30% 66
London -58 139 £550 -8.33% 34
UK excluding London -99 134 £600 +5.54% 50
Work from Home -83 78 £600 - 26
North of England -50 51 £519 -2.78% 8
South East -57 47 £700 +21.74% 30
Yorkshire -15 33 £563 -13.46% 4
North West -50 18 £428 -20.32% 3
Scotland -25 12 £625 +18.04% 2
Midlands -58 12 £500 -19.09% 6
East of England -23 9 £513 -24.13% 2
South West -34 7 £575 -28.13% 3
West Midlands -62 7 £522 -34.81% 3
East Midlands -10 5 £500 -2.44% 3
North East -43 4 £638 +19.38% 1

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 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.07%) Apache
2 9 (3.07%) Confluence
3 8 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.02%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.68%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.68%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) IIS
6 1 (0.34%) Mendix
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.41%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 234 (79.86%) PaaS
2 192 (65.53%) Azure
3 105 (35.84%) SaaS
4 72 (24.57%) AWS
5 52 (17.75%) Entra ID
6 41 (13.99%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (10.58%) GitHub
9 27 (9.22%) Serverless
10 25 (8.53%) OCI
11 23 (7.85%) Azure AKS
12 21 (7.17%) GCP
13 18 (6.14%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (4.78%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (3.07%) Power Platform
16 8 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (2.39%) Datadog
17 7 (2.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 61 (20.82%) Firewall
2 55 (18.77%) DNS
3 27 (9.22%) VPN
4 21 (7.17%) DHCP
5 14 (4.78%) SAN
6 12 (4.10%) VLAN
7 10 (3.41%) BIG-IP
7 10 (3.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 10 (3.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 9 (3.07%) SSL
9 8 (2.73%) Network Security
9 8 (2.73%) SMTP
10 7 (2.39%) Internet
10 7 (2.39%) TCP/IP
10 7 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.05%) WAN
12 5 (1.71%) IPsec
12 5 (1.71%) Kerberos
12 5 (1.71%) LAN
12 5 (1.71%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (3.41%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.05%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.71%) Power BI
8 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.02%) Big Data
9 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.02%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.02%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.68%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.68%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.68%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 27 (9.22%) JIRA
2 20 (6.83%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.46%) Git
4 7 (2.39%) Chocolatey
5 5 (1.71%) Postman
5 5 (1.71%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.02%) GitLab
7 2 (0.68%) JetBrains Rider
7 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
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 63 (21.50%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.72%) Finance
3 25 (8.53%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.83%) Banking
6 12 (4.10%) Legal
7 9 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Military
9 5 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.71%) Law
10 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
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%) French Language
12 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Marketing
12 1 (0.34%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (31.40%) Architect
2 59 (20.14%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (14.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (13.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 40 (13.65%) Senior
6 27 (9.22%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (8.87%) Lead
8 22 (7.51%) Azure Architect
9 19 (6.48%) Technical Architect
10 18 (6.14%) Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.80%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.80%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.46%) Lead Architect
13 15 (5.12%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
15 12 (4.10%) Principal Engineer
16 10 (3.41%) Technical Leader
17 9 (3.07%) IT Engineer
17 9 (3.07%) Network Engineer
17 9 (3.07%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.44%) .NET
1 13 (4.44%) OAuth
1 13 (4.44%) REST
2 12 (4.10%) ARM Templates
3 11 (3.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (3.75%) Web Services
4 8 (2.73%) XML
5 7 (2.39%) JSON
5 7 (2.39%) Middleware
5 7 (2.39%) SOAP
6 6 (2.05%) OpenID
6 6 (2.05%) SAML
7 5 (1.71%) Entity Framework
7 5 (1.71%) JWT
7 5 (1.71%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.71%) XSLT
7 5 (1.71%) YAML
8 4 (1.37%) Kafka
8 4 (1.37%) XACML
9 3 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.99%) Data Centre
2 37 (12.63%) Cloud Native
3 23 (7.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (6.83%) Public Cloud
5 19 (6.48%) Onboarding
6 16 (5.46%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.41%) Clustering
7 10 (3.41%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (3.41%) PKI
8 9 (3.07%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.73%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.73%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.73%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (2.05%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.16%) Windows
2 49 (16.72%) Linux
3 24 (8.19%) Windows Server
4 16 (5.46%) Unix
5 10 (3.41%) VMS
6 8 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.39%) Android
7 7 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.39%) 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
1 118 (40.27%) DevOps
2 102 (34.81%) CI/CD
3 81 (27.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 76 (25.94%) Migration
5 65 (22.18%) Agile
6 61 (20.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 58 (19.80%) Roadmaps
8 39 (13.31%) Technical Leadership
9 36 (12.29%) Cloud Security
9 36 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
11 33 (11.26%) Containerisation
11 33 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (10.92%) TOGAF
13 31 (10.58%) Architectural Patterns
14 30 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
15 28 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (8.87%) Microservices
17 25 (8.53%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.36%) PowerShell
2 41 (13.99%) Python
3 38 (12.97%) SQL
4 35 (11.95%) Bicep
5 13 (4.44%) Bash
6 10 (3.41%) ActionScript
7 7 (2.39%) Java
8 6 (2.05%) C#
8 6 (2.05%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.37%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.37%) Ruby
10 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.68%) Groovy
11 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.68%) Perl
12 1 (0.34%) C
12 1 (0.34%) C++
12 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.34%) VBA
12 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (34.81%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.16%) SC Cleared
3 46 (15.70%) Azure Certification
4 41 (13.99%) DV Cleared
5 29 (9.90%) Degree
6 13 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 13 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (4.10%) CISSP
8 10 (3.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.39%) CISM
10 7 (2.39%) SANS
11 6 (2.05%) GIAC
11 6 (2.05%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.05%) PMI Certification
11 6 (2.05%) PMP
12 5 (1.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.44%) SLA
2 10 (3.41%) GDPR
2 10 (3.41%) NCSC
2 10 (3.41%) NIST
3 9 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (2.05%) ISO 31000
5 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.34%) Basel III
7 1 (0.34%) GAAP
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 49 (16.72%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.56%) Docker
3 21 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.41%) Hyper-V
5 9 (3.07%) BitLocker
5 9 (3.07%) vCloud
5 9 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.73%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (2.05%) NFS
7 6 (2.05%) Postfix
7 6 (2.05%) Varnish
8 5 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.37%) RACF
9 4 (1.37%) Sendmail
9 4 (1.37%) vSphere
10 3 (1.02%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 80 (27.30%) Terraform
2 41 (13.99%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.51%) Ansible
4 19 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (5.80%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.73%) Puppet
7 8 (2.73%) SCCM
7 8 (2.73%) vMotion
8 6 (2.05%) HAProxy
9 5 (1.71%) Grafana
10 3 (1.02%) CASB
10 3 (1.02%) Check_MK
10 3 (1.02%) Nagios
10 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.68%) Control-M
11 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 109 (37.20%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.99%) VMware
3 30 (10.24%) Oracle
4 12 (4.10%) Citrix
5 11 (3.75%) Google
5 11 (3.75%) SAP
5 11 (3.75%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.41%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.41%) F5
7 9 (3.07%) Cisco
8 7 (2.39%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.39%) Databricks
8 7 (2.39%) 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
11 4 (1.37%) Thales
11 4 (1.37%) Workday