IaaS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 183 185
Rank change year-on-year +33 +2 -14
Contract jobs citing IaaS 220 359 686
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.41% 1.36% 1.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.88% 3.47% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 258 501
10th Percentile £413 £436 £408
25th Percentile £453 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £669
90th Percentile £738 £754 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 3
10th Percentile - - £55.43
25th Percentile £25.50 £52.50 £62.07
Median hourly rate £26.00 £55.00 £74.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.73% -26.17% +21.13%
75th Percentile £26.50 £80.00 £81.67
90th Percentile - £93.50 £85.17
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year -66.67% +24.31% +4.58%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,673 10,351 18,781
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.48% 39.28% 41.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,035 7,601 14,027
10th Percentile £350 £370 £380
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 126 176
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.30 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.08 £18.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +87.83% -17.86%
75th Percentile £53.19 £70.00 £62.36
90th Percentile £62.45 £81.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £32.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -35.38% +54.39% -7.51%

IaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IaaS.

IaaS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IaaS over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

IaaS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IaaS.

IaaS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.18%) Confluence
3 3 (1.36%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (1.36%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.45%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 174 (79.09%) PaaS
2 146 (66.36%) SaaS
3 93 (42.27%) Azure
4 50 (22.73%) AWS
5 22 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (9.55%) Entra ID
7 17 (7.73%) GCP
8 16 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.91%) GitHub
9 13 (5.91%) Google Workspace
10 11 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (3.18%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (3.18%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (3.18%) Nutanix
12 7 (3.18%) Rubrik
13 6 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (2.27%) Power Platform
14 5 (2.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (30.00%) 5G
1 66 (30.00%) Broadband
2 21 (9.55%) DNS
2 21 (9.55%) Firewall
3 17 (7.73%) DHCP
4 14 (6.36%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.55%) VPN
6 8 (3.64%) Kerberos
7 7 (3.18%) NAS
7 7 (3.18%) SAN
7 7 (3.18%) VLAN
8 5 (2.27%) LAN
9 4 (1.82%) Network Security
10 3 (1.36%) WAN
11 2 (0.91%) BGP
11 2 (0.91%) OSPF
12 1 (0.45%) PSTN
12 1 (0.45%) SSL
12 1 (0.45%) Wireless
12 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.09%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.45%) GIS
3 1 (0.45%) Redis
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (8.18%) Jenkins
2 14 (6.36%) JIRA
3 12 (5.45%) Git
3 12 (5.45%) SonarQube
4 9 (4.09%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.82%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.36%) GitLab
7 2 (0.91%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.91%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.91%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.91%) Maven
7 2 (0.91%) Selenium
7 2 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.91%) Subversion
7 2 (0.91%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.45%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.45%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (30.91%) Law
2 66 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 40 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 35 (15.91%) Finance
5 18 (8.18%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.36%) Legal
7 10 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.09%) Marketing
9 8 (3.64%) Banking
9 8 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.18%) Electronics
11 6 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.82%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.91%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.91%) Retail
14 1 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 66 (30.00%) Penetration Tester
1 66 (30.00%) Security Penetration Tester
1 66 (30.00%) Security Specialist
1 66 (30.00%) Security Tester
1 66 (30.00%) Tester
1 66 (30.00%) Testing Specialist
2 44 (20.00%) Architect
3 15 (6.82%) Consultant
4 13 (5.91%) Cloud Architect
4 13 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (5.91%) Senior
4 13 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (4.55%) AWS Architect
5 10 (4.55%) Lead
6 9 (4.09%) Azure Architect
7 7 (3.18%) Azure Consultant
7 7 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (2.73%) Lead Architect
8 6 (2.73%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (31.36%) Web Services
2 11 (5.00%) .NET
2 11 (5.00%) ARM Templates
3 10 (4.55%) Azure Blueprints
4 8 (3.64%) LDAP
4 8 (3.64%) REST
5 7 (3.18%) Middleware
6 6 (2.73%) AngularJS
6 6 (2.73%) OAuth
6 6 (2.73%) SAML
7 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (2.27%) OpenID
8 3 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.91%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.91%) JSON
9 2 (0.91%) Node.js
9 2 (0.91%) SOAP
9 2 (0.91%) YAML
10 1 (0.45%) J2EE
10 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (31.36%) Mobile App
2 17 (7.73%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.91%) Virtual Team
5 12 (5.45%) Data Centre
6 11 (5.00%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.64%) Replication
8 7 (3.18%) Clustering
8 7 (3.18%) CMDB
9 6 (2.73%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.82%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.82%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.82%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.36%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.36%) Tandem
12 2 (0.91%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.36%) Linux
2 35 (15.91%) Windows
3 17 (7.73%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.45%) Unix
6 11 (5.00%) Solaris
7 7 (3.18%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (1.82%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.36%) VMS
10 2 (0.91%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.45%) CentOS
11 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (41.36%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (34.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 67 (30.45%) Application Security
3 67 (30.45%) OWASP
3 67 (30.45%) Penetration Testing
3 67 (30.45%) Security Testing
4 66 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 52 (23.64%) DevOps
6 38 (17.27%) Agile
7 26 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (11.82%) Migration
8 20 (9.09%) CI/CD
9 19 (8.64%) ITIL
10 18 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (7.73%) Deployment Automation
11 17 (7.73%) Service Management
11 17 (7.73%) Software Engineering
12 16 (7.27%) Containerisation
12 16 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (7.27%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.00%) Python
2 17 (7.73%) PowerShell
3 16 (7.27%) Bash
4 8 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.64%) Perl
5 6 (2.73%) SQL
6 5 (2.27%) C#
6 5 (2.27%) Java
7 2 (0.91%) C++
7 2 (0.91%) Go
7 2 (0.91%) PHP
7 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.91%) VBA
7 2 (0.91%) VBScript
8 1 (0.45%) Korn
8 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.45%) Ruby
8 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 68 (30.91%) SANS
3 67 (30.45%) GIAC
4 66 (30.00%) CREST Certified
4 66 (30.00%) GPEN
4 66 (30.00%) OSCP
5 21 (9.55%) SC Cleared
6 19 (8.64%) Degree
7 14 (6.36%) PMI Certification
7 14 (6.36%) PMP
8 13 (5.91%) APMP
9 12 (5.45%) Azure Certification
10 10 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (3.18%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (2.73%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.27%) CISSP
14 4 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.36%) CISM
16 2 (0.91%) ISEB
16 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (34.55%) NCSC
2 75 (34.09%) GDPR
3 68 (30.91%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.36%) NIST
5 3 (1.36%) QA
6 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.91%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (12.73%) Active Directory
2 25 (11.36%) Docker
3 21 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.82%) Firmware
6 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.91%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.91%) vSphere
8 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (20.45%) Terraform
2 34 (15.45%) Kubernetes
3 29 (13.18%) Ansible
4 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (3.18%) EMC NetWorker
5 7 (3.18%) Netcool
5 7 (3.18%) Tivoli
5 7 (3.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (1.82%) Grafana
7 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.36%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.36%) WSUS
8 2 (0.91%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.45%) Nessus
9 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.45%) Puppet
9 1 (0.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 66 (30.00%) Virgin Media
2 54 (24.55%) Microsoft
3 30 (13.64%) Oracle
4 22 (10.00%) VMware
5 16 (7.27%) Salesforce
6 14 (6.36%) Google
7 9 (4.09%) Cisco
7 9 (4.09%) Red Hat
8 8 (3.64%) CyberArk
8 8 (3.64%) HP
8 8 (3.64%) IBM
8 8 (3.64%) SAP
8 8 (3.64%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.18%) Dell
9 7 (3.18%) EMC
9 7 (3.18%) Isilon
9 7 (3.18%) Qualys
9 7 (3.18%) Serena
9 7 (3.18%) Splunk
10 5 (2.27%) Citrix