IaaS Contracts in England

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 226 210
Rank change year-on-year -40 -16 -30
Contract jobs citing IaaS 319 550 993
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.85% 1.17% 1.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.66% 3.22% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 381 705
10th Percentile £400 £433 £413
25th Percentile £475 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £655
90th Percentile £780 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 4
10th Percentile - £70.50 £63.23
25th Percentile £25.50 £74.71 £68.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £26.50 £80.99 £82.24
90th Percentile - £90.00 £85.83
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +4.00% +25.00%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,003 17,073 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.30% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,593 12,521 19,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 282 314
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £44.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

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 12 June 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 12 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
London -20 174 £575 - 53
North of England +3 46 £513 -6.82% 25
South West -5 41 £650 +0.58% 7
South East -15 34 £500 -13.79% 23
North West +23 31 £500 -2.44% 15
Midlands +5 13 £525 -23.64% 21
Yorkshire -10 13 £525 -4.55% 8
West Midlands +7 10 £463 -32.73% 16
East Midlands +6 3 £588 +14.63% 5
North East +7 2 £575 -4.17% 2
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 15 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.51%) Site Server
4 6 (1.88%) Confluence
5 2 (0.63%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 217 (68.03%) PaaS
2 177 (55.49%) Azure
3 171 (53.61%) SaaS
4 61 (19.12%) AWS
5 55 (17.24%) Cloud Computing
6 47 (14.73%) Entra ID
7 40 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (10.97%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (6.90%) Serverless
10 18 (5.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (4.70%) GCP
12 14 (4.39%) Google Workspace
13 13 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (3.45%) Power Platform
15 10 (3.13%) Mimecast
16 9 (2.82%) Amazon S3
17 8 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
17 8 (2.51%) Azure Storage
17 8 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 52 (16.30%) Firewall
2 37 (11.60%) LAN
3 36 (11.29%) WAN
4 35 (10.97%) DNS
5 26 (8.15%) VPN
6 9 (2.82%) DHCP
6 9 (2.82%) Kerberos
6 9 (2.82%) Network Security
7 8 (2.51%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.19%) MPLS
8 7 (2.19%) SAN
9 6 (1.88%) NAS
10 5 (1.57%) VLAN
10 5 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.25%) Internet
11 4 (1.25%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.94%) SSL
12 3 (0.94%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.63%) BGP
13 2 (0.63%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.45%) GIS
4 7 (2.19%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.57%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.57%) Power BI
7 4 (1.25%) Big Data
7 4 (1.25%) MySQL
7 4 (1.25%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.94%) OLAP
8 3 (0.94%) OLTP
8 3 (0.94%) Spatial Data
8 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (6.58%) Git
2 12 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.45%) JIRA
4 9 (2.82%) GitLab
5 5 (1.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.57%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.94%) Maven
6 3 (0.94%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.94%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.63%) Gradle
7 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.31%) Hudson
8 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) Spinnaker
General
1 56 (17.55%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.93%) Finance
3 48 (15.05%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.33%) Legal
5 16 (5.02%) Banking
6 12 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.19%) Law
9 7 (2.19%) Marketing
9 7 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.88%) Retail
11 5 (1.57%) Electronics
11 5 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.63%) French Language
13 2 (0.63%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.31%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 116 (36.36%) Architect
2 37 (11.60%) Senior
3 32 (10.03%) Security Architect
4 27 (8.46%) Network Architect
5 24 (7.52%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (7.52%) Cloud Architect
6 23 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (6.90%) Azure Architect
8 21 (6.58%) Consultant
8 21 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (5.64%) Developer
9 18 (5.64%) Senior Architect
10 17 (5.33%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (5.33%) Senior Security Architect
11 13 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.76%) Azure Consultant
12 12 (3.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (3.76%) Enterprise Architect
13 10 (3.13%) AWS Architect
13 10 (3.13%) Cloud Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.90%) REST
2 16 (5.02%) Middleware
3 14 (4.39%) .NET
4 10 (3.13%) OAuth
4 10 (3.13%) SAML
5 9 (2.82%) OpenID
6 8 (2.51%) AngularJS
6 8 (2.51%) JSON
6 8 (2.51%) LDAP
6 8 (2.51%) Web Services
6 8 (2.51%) YAML
7 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (1.57%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.63%) EDI
9 2 (0.63%) Kafka
9 2 (0.63%) Node.js
9 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.63%) React
9 2 (0.63%) Regular Expression
9 2 (0.63%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.96%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.33%) Mobile App
3 17 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.70%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.39%) IoT
6 13 (4.08%) Virtual Team
7 10 (3.13%) Replication
8 8 (2.51%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.19%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.19%) Clustering
9 7 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.57%) CMDB
11 4 (1.25%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.94%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.94%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.94%) Tandem
13 2 (0.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.18%) Windows
2 39 (12.23%) Windows Server
3 28 (8.78%) Linux
4 14 (4.39%) Unix
5 13 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (3.76%) VMS
7 9 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.51%) Solaris
9 5 (1.57%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (21.94%) Agile
2 69 (21.63%) DevOps
3 65 (20.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 63 (19.75%) Cloud Security
5 51 (15.99%) Migration
6 36 (11.29%) Business Strategy
6 36 (11.29%) Security Architecture
7 35 (10.97%) CI/CD
7 35 (10.97%) Information Security
7 35 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (10.34%) Open Source
9 31 (9.72%) Zero Trust
10 27 (8.46%) Network Management
11 26 (8.15%) Project Delivery
12 25 (7.84%) ITIL
13 24 (7.52%) DevSecOps
13 24 (7.52%) Microservices
14 23 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (7.21%) Design Patterns
14 23 (7.21%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.67%) PowerShell
2 47 (14.73%) Python
3 24 (7.52%) SQL
4 17 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.76%) Bash
6 10 (3.13%) Java
7 9 (2.82%) C#
8 8 (2.51%) Korn
9 6 (1.88%) Ruby
10 4 (1.25%) Bicep
10 4 (1.25%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.94%) Perl
11 3 (0.94%) PHP
11 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.94%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.31%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) Julia
13 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 70 (21.94%) Security Cleared
2 37 (11.60%) DV Cleared
3 36 (11.29%) Degree
4 32 (10.03%) Azure Certification
5 25 (7.84%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.08%) PMI Certification
6 13 (4.08%) PMP
7 12 (3.76%) APMP
7 12 (3.76%) CISSP
8 10 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.88%) CISM
9 6 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.25%) GIAC
11 4 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.94%) VCAP
12 3 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.63%) CCSP
13 2 (0.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.90%) NIST
2 14 (4.39%) GDPR
3 7 (2.19%) SLA
4 5 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.94%) QA
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
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 48 (15.05%) Active Directory
2 29 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.64%) Docker
3 18 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.13%) vSphere
5 7 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.88%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.57%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.31%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.31%) XenApp
8 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (16.93%) Terraform
2 30 (9.40%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.33%) Ansible
5 10 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (3.13%) vRealize
6 6 (1.88%) SCCM
7 5 (1.57%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (1.57%) Grafana
7 5 (1.57%) Netcool
7 5 (1.57%) Packer
7 5 (1.57%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (1.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.94%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.63%) Nessus
9 2 (0.63%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 116 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.17%) Oracle
3 37 (11.60%) VMware
4 17 (5.33%) Google
5 15 (4.70%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.76%) Citrix
7 11 (3.45%) ESRI
8 9 (2.82%) Cisco
9 8 (2.51%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.51%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.19%) HP
10 7 (2.19%) Splunk
11 6 (1.88%) Dell
11 6 (1.88%) IBM
11 6 (1.88%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.57%) EMC
12 5 (1.57%) Isilon
12 5 (1.57%) Qualys
12 5 (1.57%) SAP
12 5 (1.57%) Serena