iPaaS Contract Job Trends

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS, Cloud-Based Integration)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring iPaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 515 569
Rank change year-on-year -83 +54 +91
Contract jobs citing iPaaS 49 17 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.056% 0.041%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.27% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 13 8
10th Percentile £413 £410 £468
25th Percentile £456 £464 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% +10.09%
75th Percentile £660 £625 £641
90th Percentile £698 £671 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £510 £600
% change year-on-year +2.94% -15.00% +17.07%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

iPaaS 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 18,102 11,540 14,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.41% 37.77% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,054 7,736 10,011
10th Percentile £331 £313 £300
25th Percentile £414 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -3.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £638
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 603 292 360
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.11
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.20 £72.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.87
% change year-on-year +98.73% -9.58% -18.87%

iPaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing iPaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

iPaaS job vacancy trend in the UK

iPaaS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing iPaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing iPaaS

iPaaS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iPaaS over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for iPaaS in the UK

iPaaS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing iPaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing iPaaS

iPaaS
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 -79 48 £600 +9.09% 13
London -41 29 £625 +2.04% 7
UK excluding London -99 15 £525 +2.94% 7
Work from Home -51 6 £475 -25.20% 4
South East -59 5 £563 +13.07% 6
Midlands - 4 £425 -
West Midlands - 4 £425 -
East of England -24 3 £500 -25.93% 1
South West -36 2 £640 -
North West -42 1 £425 -22.73%
North of England -69 1 £425 -22.73%

iPaaS
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 5 (10.20%) Anypoint
2 1 (2.04%) Appian
2 1 (2.04%) Mule
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Remedy AR System
1 2 (4.08%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (4.08%) Shopify
2 1 (2.04%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 24 (48.98%) Azure
2 16 (32.65%) AWS
2 16 (32.65%) SaaS
3 15 (30.61%) Boomi
4 12 (24.49%) GCP
5 5 (10.20%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (8.16%) Workato
7 3 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.08%) OCI
8 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.08%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.04%) DataStage
3 1 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Hudson
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Finance
3 4 (8.16%) Banking
3 4 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Law
4 3 (6.12%) Marketing
5 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (61.22%) Architect
2 13 (26.53%) Integration Architect
3 12 (24.49%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (14.29%) Senior
5 6 (12.24%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Integration Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) MuleSoft Architect
7 4 (8.16%) Integration Specialist
7 4 (8.16%) Lead
7 4 (8.16%) Senior Architect
8 3 (6.12%) Technical Leader
9 2 (4.08%) Data Architect
9 2 (4.08%) Data Integration Architect
9 2 (4.08%) Developer
9 2 (4.08%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 1 (2.04%) Analyst
10 1 (2.04%) Consultant
10 1 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
10 1 (2.04%) Senior Manager
10 1 (2.04%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (34.69%) REST
2 16 (32.65%) Middleware
3 11 (22.45%) SOAP
4 6 (12.24%) JSON
5 5 (10.20%) XML
6 3 (6.12%) FHIR
6 3 (6.12%) GraphQL
6 3 (6.12%) Kafka
6 3 (6.12%) OAuth
7 2 (4.08%) OAuth2
7 2 (4.08%) OpenAPI
7 2 (4.08%) OpenID
7 2 (4.08%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (4.08%) Swagger
8 1 (2.04%) .NET
8 1 (2.04%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (2.04%) MUnit
8 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (2.04%) RAML
8 1 (2.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.12%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.08%) CMDB
3 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.08%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.04%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.04%) PACS
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Event-Driven
1 19 (38.78%) Integration Patterns
2 15 (30.61%) Roadmaps
3 14 (28.57%) Agile
4 13 (26.53%) Data Integration
5 11 (22.45%) AI
5 11 (22.45%) Microservices
6 10 (20.41%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (18.37%) API Management
7 9 (18.37%) DevOps
7 9 (18.37%) ERP
7 9 (18.37%) Machine Learning
8 8 (16.33%) API Design
8 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
8 8 (16.33%) CRM
9 7 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
9 7 (14.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 6 (12.24%) Architecture Governance
10 6 (12.24%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Bash
2 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) SQL
2 2 (4.08%) Tcl
3 1 (2.04%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.04%) C++
3 1 (2.04%) Groovy
3 1 (2.04%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.20%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) HL7
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) DICOM
3 1 (2.04%) GRC
3 1 (2.04%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (36.73%) MuleSoft
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.24%) Salesforce
4 4 (8.16%) SAP
5 3 (6.12%) Dell
5 3 (6.12%) Oracle
5 3 (6.12%) Sitecore
5 3 (6.12%) SnapLogic
5 3 (6.12%) Software AG
6 2 (4.08%) BMC
6 2 (4.08%) Databricks
6 2 (4.08%) Infor
6 2 (4.08%) Remedy
6 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.08%) Workday
7 1 (2.04%) Google
7 1 (2.04%) IBM
7 1 (2.04%) IFS
7 1 (2.04%) Informatica
7 1 (2.04%) Sparx