IaaS Contracts in England

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 219 198
Rank change year-on-year -56 -21 -19
Contract jobs citing IaaS 319 599 1,040
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 1.22% 1.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.72% 3.34% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 416 730
10th Percentile £400 £450 £413
25th Percentile £463 £505 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £700 £689 £675
90th Percentile £780 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 3
10th Percentile - £52.50 £71.23
25th Percentile £25.50 £70.73 £71.95
Median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +3.31% +25.83%
75th Percentile £26.50 £81.49 £84.24
90th Percentile - £91.25 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.50
% change year-on-year -66.67% +3.31% +24.28%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,745 17,918 26,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.95% 36.59% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,475 13,111 19,842
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £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 321 304 351
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.31
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% +1.84%
75th Percentile £33.25 £65.81 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -38.94% +55.90% -0.22%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in England

IaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS in England.

Hourly rate trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London -24 173 £600 +4.35% 55
North of England +13 45 £500 -9.09% 15
South West +14 44 £650 +4.63% 13
North West +28 32 £500 -4.76% 6
South East -18 32 £500 -13.04% 25
Midlands +11 13 £525 -23.64% 21
Yorkshire -11 11 £488 -11.36% 6
West Midlands +4 10 £463 -32.73% 13
East Midlands +21 3 £588 +14.63% 8
North East +12 2 £575 -14.81% 3
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.82%) Confluence
4 8 (2.51%) Site Server
5 2 (0.63%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 211 (66.14%) PaaS
2 171 (53.61%) SaaS
3 170 (53.29%) Azure
4 67 (21.00%) AWS
5 57 (17.87%) Cloud Computing
6 48 (15.05%) Entra ID
7 40 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (6.58%) Serverless
10 18 (5.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (5.33%) GCP
12 15 (4.70%) Google Workspace
13 13 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (3.45%) Mimecast
15 10 (3.13%) Amazon S3
16 9 (2.82%) Nutanix
16 9 (2.82%) Power Platform
17 8 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.51%) Rubrik
18 7 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 59 (18.50%) Firewall
2 40 (12.54%) DNS
3 38 (11.91%) LAN
4 37 (11.60%) WAN
5 25 (7.84%) VPN
6 16 (5.02%) DHCP
7 12 (3.76%) Kerberos
8 11 (3.45%) TCP/IP
9 10 (3.13%) SAN
10 9 (2.82%) MPLS
10 9 (2.82%) NAS
11 8 (2.51%) Network Security
11 8 (2.51%) VLAN
12 5 (1.57%) Internet
13 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.94%) SSL
14 3 (0.94%) WLAN
15 2 (0.63%) BGP
15 2 (0.63%) OSPF
15 2 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
1 13 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.45%) GIS
3 8 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.19%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.88%) MySQL
5 6 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.57%) Big Data
6 5 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.57%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.25%) Power BI
8 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.94%) OLAP
8 3 (0.94%) OLTP
8 3 (0.94%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.63%) Redis
10 1 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (7.52%) Git
2 18 (5.64%) JIRA
3 17 (5.33%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.13%) GitLab
5 8 (2.51%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.94%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.63%) Gradle
8 2 (0.63%) Maven
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.31%) GoCD
9 1 (0.31%) Hudson
9 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.31%) Spinnaker
General
1 62 (19.44%) Finance
2 58 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 56 (17.55%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.64%) Legal
5 15 (4.70%) Banking
6 14 (4.39%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.76%) Marketing
9 10 (3.13%) Electronics
10 9 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.88%) Law
13 4 (1.25%) French Language
13 4 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.94%) Retail
15 1 (0.31%) Front Office
15 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (36.99%) Architect
2 37 (11.60%) Senior
3 33 (10.34%) Security Architect
4 29 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 29 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 27 (8.46%) Network Architect
6 23 (7.21%) Azure Engineer
7 21 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (5.64%) Azure Architect
8 18 (5.64%) Consultant
8 18 (5.64%) Senior Architect
9 17 (5.33%) Senior Security Architect
10 16 (5.02%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.39%) Developer
12 13 (4.08%) AWS Architect
12 13 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.76%) Enterprise Architect
13 12 (3.76%) Lead
14 10 (3.13%) Cloud Security Architect
14 10 (3.13%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.58%) REST
2 16 (5.02%) Middleware
3 13 (4.08%) .NET
4 12 (3.76%) LDAP
5 10 (3.13%) OAuth
5 10 (3.13%) SAML
6 9 (2.82%) OpenID
7 8 (2.51%) JSON
7 8 (2.51%) Web Services
7 8 (2.51%) YAML
8 7 (2.19%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (1.57%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.63%) Kafka
11 2 (0.63%) Node.js
11 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.63%) Regular Expression
11 2 (0.63%) XACML
12 1 (0.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.96%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.39%) IoT
4 14 (4.39%) Mobile App
4 14 (4.39%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.76%) Replication
6 11 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.13%) Clustering
8 8 (2.51%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.19%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.19%) CMDB
10 6 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.25%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.25%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.94%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.94%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 61 (19.12%) Windows
2 44 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.29%) Linux
4 20 (6.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (3.76%) Unix
6 10 (3.13%) Solaris
7 9 (2.82%) VMS
8 8 (2.51%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (2.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.57%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.63%) CentOS
11 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (22.57%) Agile
2 66 (20.69%) DevOps
3 63 (19.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 61 (19.12%) Cloud Security
5 45 (14.11%) Migration
6 43 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (12.23%) Information Security
8 36 (11.29%) Security Architecture
9 35 (10.97%) Business Strategy
9 35 (10.97%) CI/CD
10 34 (10.66%) Open Source
11 32 (10.03%) Zero Trust
12 27 (8.46%) Network Management
12 27 (8.46%) Project Delivery
12 27 (8.46%) Roadmaps
13 26 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (8.15%) ITIL
14 24 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
14 24 (7.52%) Data Loss Prevention
14 24 (7.52%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.99%) Python
2 48 (15.05%) PowerShell
3 18 (5.64%) Bash
4 17 (5.33%) SQL
5 14 (4.39%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.51%) C#
6 8 (2.51%) Java
6 8 (2.51%) Korn
7 5 (1.57%) Perl
7 5 (1.57%) Ruby
7 5 (1.57%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.94%) Bicep
8 3 (0.94%) Julia
8 3 (0.94%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.31%) Go
9 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (21.63%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.29%) Degree
3 35 (10.97%) DV Cleared
4 31 (9.72%) Azure Certification
5 27 (8.46%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.39%) PMI Certification
6 14 (4.39%) PMP
7 13 (4.08%) APMP
7 13 (4.08%) CISSP
8 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.19%) CISM
9 7 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.25%) GIAC
12 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.63%) CCSP
13 2 (0.63%) CISA
13 2 (0.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.58%) NIST
2 17 (5.33%) GDPR
3 8 (2.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.88%) SLA
5 4 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.63%) GRC
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.63%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.63%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 55 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 34 (10.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.21%) Docker
4 16 (5.02%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.51%) vSphere
6 7 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.57%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.31%) NFS
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) XenApp
9 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (18.18%) Terraform
2 34 (10.66%) Kubernetes
3 26 (8.15%) Ansible
3 26 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.51%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (2.51%) Netcool
4 8 (2.51%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.51%) Tivoli
4 8 (2.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 8 (2.51%) vRealize
5 6 (1.88%) Packer
5 6 (1.88%) SCCM
6 5 (1.57%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.57%) Grafana
7 4 (1.25%) Puppet
8 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.94%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.94%) WSUS
9 2 (0.63%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 111 (34.80%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.48%) Oracle
2 43 (13.48%) VMware
3 18 (5.64%) Google
4 16 (5.02%) Salesforce
5 14 (4.39%) Citrix
6 13 (4.08%) Cisco
7 11 (3.45%) ESRI
7 11 (3.45%) SAP
7 11 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 10 (3.13%) HP
8 10 (3.13%) Splunk
9 9 (2.82%) Dell
9 9 (2.82%) IBM
10 8 (2.51%) CyberArk
10 8 (2.51%) EMC
10 8 (2.51%) Isilon
10 8 (2.51%) Qualys
10 8 (2.51%) Serena
11 7 (2.19%) Red Hat