IaaS Contracts in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 63 162
Rank change year-on-year -48 +99 -40
Contract jobs citing IaaS 19 81 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.89% 3.05% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.62% 10.19% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 18
10th Percentile £501 £406 £568
25th Percentile £506 £434 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £600 £655
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -8.40% +19.09%
75th Percentile £763 £638 £744
90th Percentile £800 £694 £766
South East median daily rate £625 £600 £623
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.61% +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £69.06 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £69.38 - £55.00
75th Percentile £69.69 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £69.38 - £57.50
% change year-on-year - - -25.81%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 726 795 1,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.94% 29.92% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 544 970
10th Percentile £339 £214 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £659 £713 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 24
10th Percentile £19.14 £17.38 £11.00
25th Percentile £21.88 £19.03 £16.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.31 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.54% +53.86% -35.38%
75th Percentile £60.83 £63.84 £23.81
90th Percentile £64.73 £79.78 £59.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £25.48 £20.00
% change year-on-year +86.46% +27.38% -50.44%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IaaS in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IaaS in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Berkshire -55 11 £750 +25.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +15 8 £570 +18.67% 4
IaaS
South East

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (5.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (94.74%) PaaS
2 15 (78.95%) SaaS
3 9 (47.37%) Azure
4 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 4 (21.05%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (21.05%) Serverless
5 3 (15.79%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (10.53%) Azure API Management
6 2 (10.53%) Azure App Service
6 2 (10.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
6 2 (10.53%) GCP
6 2 (10.53%) Google Compute Engine
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Functions
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) VSAN
2 3 (15.79%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) SSL
4 1 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Technical Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Senior VMware Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Leader
4 2 (10.53%) VMware Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) Web Services
2 3 (15.79%) XML
3 1 (5.26%) Django
3 1 (5.26%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Public Cloud
2 4 (21.05%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (21.05%) PKI
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.53%) Replication
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Use Case
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
2 7 (36.84%) DevOps
2 7 (36.84%) Microservices
3 5 (26.32%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
3 5 (26.32%) DevSecOps
3 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
4 4 (21.05%) Containerisation
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (21.05%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Zachman Framework
5 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
5 3 (15.79%) Requirements Management
5 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) MCSE
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (21.05%) NCSC
1 4 (21.05%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (21.05%) VMware NSX
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) VMware
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 4 (21.05%) Palo Alto
4 2 (10.53%) Google
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle