IaaS Contracts in Wales

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 43 60
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +13
Contract jobs citing IaaS 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.37% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.45% 0.70% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £738 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 116 142 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 39.59% 35.95% 25.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 118 138
10th Percentile £188 £159 £159
25th Percentile £263 £352 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £466
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +7.24% -1.84%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £600
90th Percentile £600 £623 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.94 £12.54
25th Percentile £17.26 £13.98 £12.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +42.09% +8.27% +2.63%
75th Percentile £35.25 £17.57 £16.07
90th Percentile £41.25 £18.53 £16.43
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in Wales

IaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS in Wales.

Daily rate trend for IaaS in Wales

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South Wales +9 4 £688 +61.76% 4
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Architect
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Red Team
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Application Security
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (50.00%) OSCE
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) TOWER Software