Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 253 | 218 | 198 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -35 | -20 | -12 |
| Contract jobs citing IaaS | 417 | 733 | 1,316 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.96% | 1.23% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.96% | 3.33% | 3.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 240 | 499 | 896 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £442 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £506 | £487 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £689 | £688 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £780 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £615 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.82% | - | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52.50 | £48.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £70.50 | £55.94 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.67% | +4.00% | +23.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.50 | £80.00 | £85.69 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £86.09 | £87.86 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £77.35 | £85.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.39% | -9.00% | +129.73% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 14,092 | 22,029 | 34,235 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.32% | 36.91% | 38.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10,003 | 15,924 | 24,905 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 348 | 350 | 427 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.05 | £18.50 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +62.79% | -5.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £49.46 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.00 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.03% | +31.31% | -5.06% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IaaS.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IaaS.
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Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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 |
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| England | -23 | 354 | £600 | +4.35% | 154 |
| UK excluding London | +8 | 192 | £615 | +11.82% | 94 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 186 | £594 | +7.95% | 73 |
| London | -20 | 175 | £600 | +4.35% | 70 |
| South East | +4 | 61 | £500 | -13.42% | 25 |
| North of England | +5 | 49 | £513 | -6.82% | 22 |
| South West | +11 | 44 | £650 | +4.63% | 15 |
| North West | +29 | 36 | £520 | -3.26% | 8 |
| Scotland | +35 | 26 | £600 | +9.09% | 14 |
| Midlands | +6 | 13 | £400 | -40.74% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 11 | £488 | -11.36% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 10 | £394 | -42.73% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +21 | 3 | £588 | +14.63% | 6 |
| North East | +14 | 2 | £575 | -19.30% | 4 |
| Wales | +14 | 1 | £425 | +6.25% |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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