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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 508 582
Rank change year-on-year -43 +74 +145
Contract jobs citing iPaaS 42 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.032% 0.045%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.29% 0.086% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 6 8
10th Percentile - £418 £424
25th Percentile £413 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £538 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% +19.44% -30.77%
75th Percentile £628 £550 £513
90th Percentile £755 £644 £576
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £435 £588
% change year-on-year -2.30% -25.96% +3.98%

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 14,580 11,565 14,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.98% 36.95% 33.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,051 7,681 10,622
10th Percentile £306 £313 £286
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 167 307
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.26 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.35 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% +17.69% +0.39%
75th Percentile £58.75 £43.75 £50.92
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £24.66 £21.00
% change year-on-year +29.76% +17.43% +7.69%

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 28 January 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 8 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 28 January 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 -41 40 £498 -5.24% 56
London -9 24 £625 +13.64% 9
UK excluding London -41 16 £425 -2.30% 56
West Midlands - 12 £425 - 3
Midlands - 12 £425 - 8
Work from Home -16 5 £576 +28.06% 7
South East - 3 £488 - 15
South West -21 1 - - 11

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 12 (28.57%) Anypoint
2 3 (7.14%) Mule
3 2 (4.76%) Mule ESB
4 1 (2.38%) Appian
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.38%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) Azure
2 11 (26.19%) SaaS
3 10 (23.81%) AWS
3 10 (23.81%) Boomi
4 7 (16.67%) GCP
5 6 (14.29%) IaaS
5 6 (14.29%) PaaS
6 5 (11.90%) OCI
7 4 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
8 3 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
9 2 (4.76%) Workato
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (2.38%) GitHub
10 1 (2.38%) Oracle CX
10 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) DKIM
1 1 (2.38%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.38%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (2.38%) Parquet
2 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.38%) PowerCenter
2 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Postman
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (4.76%) Legal
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Billing
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (54.76%) Architect
2 11 (26.19%) MuleSoft Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Lead
4 5 (11.90%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (7.14%) Consultant
6 3 (7.14%) Integration Architect
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Integration Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.76%) MuleSoft Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (2.38%) Payments Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Payments Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) REST
2 9 (21.43%) SOAP
3 8 (19.05%) JSON
4 7 (16.67%) Web Services
4 7 (16.67%) XML
5 6 (14.29%) OAuth
5 6 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (11.90%) Middleware
7 4 (9.52%) JWT
7 4 (9.52%) XSLT
8 3 (7.14%) RESTful
9 1 (2.38%) EDI
9 1 (2.38%) GraphQL
9 1 (2.38%) gRPC
9 1 (2.38%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (2.38%) MUnit
9 1 (2.38%) OAuth2
9 1 (2.38%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Public Cloud
2 3 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Agile
2 16 (38.10%) Microservices
3 15 (35.71%) API Management
4 13 (30.95%) API Design
5 10 (23.81%) ERP
5 10 (23.81%) Integration Patterns
5 10 (23.81%) Roadmaps
6 8 (19.05%) Data Integration
6 8 (19.05%) DevOps
7 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (16.67%) Event-Driven
7 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (14.29%) API Development
8 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (11.90%) Business Strategy
9 5 (11.90%) Project Delivery
10 4 (9.52%) API Integration
10 4 (9.52%) Architectural Patterns
10 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) SQL
2 3 (7.14%) Java
2 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (2.38%) Bicep
4 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) GDPR
1 1 (2.38%) GRC
1 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) CloudHub
2 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) MuleSoft
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
3 9 (21.43%) Oracle
4 8 (19.05%) Salesforce
5 3 (7.14%) SAP
5 3 (7.14%) Sitecore
6 2 (4.76%) HubSpot
6 2 (4.76%) Informatica
6 2 (4.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.38%) Dell
7 1 (2.38%) Freshdesk
7 1 (2.38%) Google
7 1 (2.38%) Software AG
7 1 (2.38%) Workday