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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 273 | 220 | 202 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -53 | -18 | -21 |
| Contract jobs citing IaaS | 357 | 670 | 1,244 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.83% | 1.20% | 1.42% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.56% | 3.28% | 3.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 228 | 456 | 857 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £500 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £780 | £750 | £747 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | +4.76% | +2.69% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £70.50 | £71.23 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £74.71 | £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 | £80.99 | £84.24 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90.00 | £86.63 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +36.43% |
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 | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
| 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 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 | -48 | 314 | £600 | +4.35% | 149 |
| London | -20 | 169 | £590 | +2.61% | 61 |
| UK excluding London | -39 | 148 | £600 | +9.09% | 100 |
| Work from Home | -15 | 134 | £600 | +9.09% | 87 |
| North of England | +9 | 46 | £500 | -9.09% | 27 |
| South West | -3 | 40 | £650 | +4.63% | 8 |
| South East | -22 | 35 | £500 | -13.04% | 31 |
| North West | +29 | 31 | £500 | -2.44% | 16 |
| Scotland | +24 | 15 | £650 | +27.51% | 11 |
| Midlands | +10 | 13 | £525 | -23.64% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 13 | £525 | -4.55% | 9 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 10 | £463 | -32.73% | 13 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 3 | £588 | +14.63% | 6 |
| North East | +10 | 2 | £575 | -4.17% | 2 |
| Wales | +18 | 1 | £425 | +6.25% | 2 |
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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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