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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 202 187
Rank change year-on-year -11 -15 -35
Contract jobs citing IaaS 131 299 660
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.90% 1.25% 1.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.45% 3.18% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 222 495
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £502 £494 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £558 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -3.04% +6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £718 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - £73.15
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £74.50
75th Percentile £26.50 - £75.84
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.50
% change year-on-year -66.67% +3.31% +25.83%

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 5,342 9,401 18,153
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.60% 39.42% 41.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,855 7,010 13,617
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
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 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 133 153
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.23 £15.08
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £53.35 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.27% +33.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £53.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £37.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.05% +71.59% +0.64%

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 5 June 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 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.82%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (2.29%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (73.28%) PaaS
2 86 (65.65%) Azure
3 66 (50.38%) SaaS
4 38 (29.01%) AWS
5 20 (15.27%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (12.98%) Entra ID
7 15 (11.45%) GCP
8 13 (9.92%) GitHub
8 13 (9.92%) Google Workspace
8 13 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (8.40%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (7.63%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (4.58%) Serverless
12 5 (3.82%) Nutanix
12 5 (3.82%) OpenShift
12 5 (3.82%) Rubrik
13 4 (3.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (3.05%) Azure Storage
13 4 (3.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.74%) Firewall
2 14 (10.69%) DNS
3 12 (9.16%) VPN
4 10 (7.63%) TCP/IP
5 9 (6.87%) DHCP
6 5 (3.82%) Kerberos
6 5 (3.82%) NAS
6 5 (3.82%) SAN
6 5 (3.82%) VLAN
7 4 (3.05%) LAN
7 4 (3.05%) Network Security
8 3 (2.29%) WAN
9 2 (1.53%) BGP
9 2 (1.53%) OSPF
10 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.76%) NaaS
10 1 (0.76%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.53%) Redis
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (9.16%) Git
1 12 (9.16%) SonarQube
2 11 (8.40%) JIRA
3 9 (6.87%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.58%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.53%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.53%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.53%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.53%) GitLab
5 2 (1.53%) Maven
5 2 (1.53%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.76%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.76%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.76%) Selenium
6 1 (0.76%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.76%) Subversion
6 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (25.95%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.03%) Finance
3 13 (9.92%) Legal
4 6 (4.58%) Banking
4 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.05%) Retail
7 3 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.53%) Law
8 2 (1.53%) Marketing
9 1 (0.76%) Back Office
9 1 (0.76%) Front Office
9 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.76%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (26.72%) Architect
2 16 (12.21%) Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Developer
3 10 (7.63%) Senior
4 9 (6.87%) Azure Architect
4 9 (6.87%) Azure Consultant
4 9 (6.87%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.58%) Cloud Architect
6 6 (4.58%) Technical Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) AWS Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Business Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Configuration Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Integration Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.92%) .NET
1 13 (9.92%) ARM Templates
2 10 (7.63%) Azure Blueprints
3 9 (6.87%) REST
4 8 (6.11%) Middleware
5 7 (5.34%) OAuth
5 7 (5.34%) SAML
6 6 (4.58%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (4.58%) OpenID
7 5 (3.82%) JSON
7 5 (3.82%) LDAP
8 4 (3.05%) .NET Core
8 4 (3.05%) YAML
9 3 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (2.29%) SOAP
9 3 (2.29%) Web Services
10 2 (1.53%) Kafka
10 2 (1.53%) Node.js
10 2 (1.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Management Information System
2 15 (11.45%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (9.92%) Virtual Team
4 10 (7.63%) Data Centre
4 10 (7.63%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.34%) CMDB
6 6 (4.58%) Public Cloud
6 6 (4.58%) Replication
7 5 (3.82%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.82%) Clustering
8 4 (3.05%) Distributed Applications
8 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.29%) Client/Server
9 3 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.29%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.29%) Tandem
10 2 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.85%) Windows
2 25 (19.08%) Linux
3 12 (9.16%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (6.11%) Unix
6 7 (5.34%) Solaris
7 5 (3.82%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (3.82%) VMS
8 3 (2.29%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.30%) DevOps
2 31 (23.66%) Agile
3 25 (19.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (16.79%) Migration
5 18 (13.74%) Containerisation
6 17 (12.98%) CI/CD
6 17 (12.98%) ITIL
7 15 (11.45%) Deployment Automation
7 15 (11.45%) DevSecOps
7 15 (11.45%) Test Automation
8 14 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (10.69%) Continuous Integration
8 14 (10.69%) Mentoring
9 13 (9.92%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (9.16%) Microservices
10 12 (9.16%) Software Engineering
11 11 (8.40%) Continuous Delivery
11 11 (8.40%) Information Security
11 11 (8.40%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.92%) Bash
1 13 (9.92%) PowerShell
1 13 (9.92%) Python
2 11 (8.40%) SQL
3 7 (5.34%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.82%) C#
5 4 (3.05%) Perl
6 3 (2.29%) Java
6 3 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.53%) Go
8 1 (0.76%) Bicep
8 1 (0.76%) C++
8 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.76%) PHP
8 1 (0.76%) Ruby
8 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.76%) VBA
8 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (14.50%) Degree
2 17 (12.98%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.69%) PMI Certification
4 14 (10.69%) PMP
5 13 (9.92%) APMP
5 13 (9.92%) Azure Certification
6 10 (7.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (5.34%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.29%) CISSP
8 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.53%) CISM
10 1 (0.76%) CCSP
10 1 (0.76%) CISA
10 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.76%) GIAC
10 1 (0.76%) ISEB
10 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) NCSC
2 6 (4.58%) GDPR
3 5 (3.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.29%) QA
5 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (17.56%) Docker
2 18 (13.74%) Active Directory
3 14 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.53%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.53%) vSphere
8 1 (0.76%) Firmware
8 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (29.77%) Terraform
2 29 (22.14%) Kubernetes
3 24 (18.32%) Ansible
4 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.82%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (3.82%) Netcool
5 5 (3.82%) Tivoli
5 5 (3.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (3.05%) Grafana
7 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.76%) Nessus
7 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (41.22%) Microsoft
2 25 (19.08%) Oracle
3 15 (11.45%) Salesforce
3 15 (11.45%) VMware
4 14 (10.69%) Google
5 7 (5.34%) Red Hat
6 6 (4.58%) HP
6 6 (4.58%) IBM
6 6 (4.58%) MuleSoft
6 6 (4.58%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.82%) Cisco
7 5 (3.82%) CyberArk
7 5 (3.82%) Dell
7 5 (3.82%) EMC
7 5 (3.82%) Isilon
7 5 (3.82%) Qualys
7 5 (3.82%) Serena
7 5 (3.82%) Splunk
8 4 (3.05%) Citrix
9 3 (2.29%) SolarWinds