Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IaaS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 272 | 230 | 202 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -42 | -28 | -24 |
| Contract jobs citing IaaS | 369 | 697 | 1,281 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.86% | 1.21% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.67% | 3.29% | 3.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 229 | 479 | 881 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £440 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £508 | £485 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £780 | £755 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £608 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.45% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £71.15 | £71.23 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £76.36 | £71.95 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £75.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.67% | +3.31% | +24.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.50 | £83.99 | £84.24 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £93.75 | £86.63 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +121.24% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
IaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,842 | 21,188 | 33,962 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.76% | 38.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,830 | 15,319 | 24,772 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £744 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 340 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.44 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.50 | £66.00 | £54.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +27.39% | -1.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS.
IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS.
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Top 15 Contract 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 14 May 2024. 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 |
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| England | -44 | 313 | £600 | +4.35% | 153 |
| London | -28 | 171 | £600 | +4.35% | 62 |
| UK excluding London | -25 | 150 | £608 | +10.45% | 96 |
| Work from Home | -12 | 146 | £588 | +3.71% | 86 |
| North of England | +2 | 44 | £500 | -9.09% | 18 |
| South West | +3 | 41 | £650 | +4.63% | 17 |
| South East | -17 | 32 | £500 | -15.25% | 26 |
| North West | +30 | 31 | £500 | -9.09% | 8 |
| Scotland | +28 | 21 | £600 | +9.09% | 8 |
| Midlands | +12 | 13 | £525 | -23.64% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 11 | £488 | -11.36% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 10 | £463 | -32.73% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 3 | £588 | +14.63% | 7 |
| North East | +8 | 2 | £575 | -14.81% | 4 |
| Wales | +20 | 1 | £425 | +6.25% |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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