IaaS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for IaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 418 179 261
Rank change year-on-year -239 +82 -25
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 390 1,136 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.51% 2.01% 1.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.62% 5.18% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 346 451 706
10th Percentile £42,238 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,313 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,000 £84,375
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

IaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,112 21,949 29,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.74% 38.82% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 17,718 13,331 19,511
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.85% +3.20% +7.76%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK excluding London region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -135 113 £56,250 -18.27% 26
South East -112 83 £62,500 +6.38% 31
South West -90 73 £67,500 +12.50% 8
North West -124 70 £62,783 -10.31% 15
Midlands -55 68 £69,235 +15.39% 19
West Midlands -15 62 £69,235 +10.78% 13
Scotland -129 44 £62,500 +5.00% 11
Yorkshire -41 23 £57,500 -6.12% 9
North East -6 20 £45,000 -28.00% 2
East of England -40 7 £50,000 -13.04% 3
East Midlands -67 4 £45,000 -21.74% 6
Northern Ireland -31 1 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Wales -44 1 £72,500 +56.89% 2
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 32 (8.21%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.54%) IIS
3 6 (1.54%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.03%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.51%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) 1Password
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 297 (76.15%) Azure
2 277 (71.03%) PaaS
3 152 (38.97%) SaaS
4 119 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
5 114 (29.23%) AWS
6 57 (14.62%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (9.23%) GCP
8 35 (8.97%) Entra ID
9 32 (8.21%) Power Platform
10 24 (6.15%) GitHub
11 18 (4.62%) OneDrive
12 17 (4.36%) Nutanix
13 16 (4.10%) Serverless
14 15 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (3.59%) Azure Stack
15 14 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
18 10 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
19 7 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 85 (21.79%) Firewall
2 77 (19.74%) DNS
3 58 (14.87%) WAN
4 56 (14.36%) VPN
5 43 (11.03%) DHCP
6 35 (8.97%) SD-WAN
7 31 (7.95%) SAN
8 30 (7.69%) LAN
9 26 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (3.85%) Wireless
11 12 (3.08%) NGFW
12 11 (2.82%) TCP/IP
13 10 (2.56%) Internet
14 9 (2.31%) SSL
15 7 (1.79%) HTTP
15 7 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (1.54%) iSCSI
16 6 (1.54%) Network Security
17 5 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
17 5 (1.28%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.97%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (4.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.59%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.33%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.05%) MySQL
7 7 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.79%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.54%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.54%) Power BI
8 6 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.28%) Big Data
9 5 (1.28%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.03%) GIS
11 2 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.26%) Redis
12 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.15%) Git
2 10 (2.56%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.77%) JIRA
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 83 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.64%) Finance
3 39 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.87%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.79%) Banking
8 6 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.03%) Advertising
10 4 (1.03%) Aviation
10 4 (1.03%) Avionics
10 4 (1.03%) Games
10 4 (1.03%) Retail
11 2 (0.51%) Marketing
11 2 (0.51%) Publishing
12 1 (0.26%) Law
12 1 (0.26%) Legal
12 1 (0.26%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 107 (27.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 84 (21.54%) Architect
3 65 (16.67%) Senior
4 47 (12.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
6 34 (8.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (7.95%) Azure Engineer
8 30 (7.69%) Support Engineer
9 29 (7.44%) Consultant
10 27 (6.92%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (5.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (5.38%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (4.87%) 3rd Line Support
12 19 (4.87%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 18 (4.62%) AWS Architect
14 17 (4.36%) Cloud Consultant
15 16 (4.10%) AWS Consultant
16 14 (3.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 14 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
17 13 (3.33%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.44%) ARM Templates
2 23 (5.90%) JSON
3 15 (3.85%) .NET
4 14 (3.59%) YAML
5 11 (2.82%) Middleware
5 11 (2.82%) RESTful
6 10 (2.56%) Azure Blueprints
6 10 (2.56%) Web Services
7 7 (1.79%) gRPC
7 7 (1.79%) XML
8 6 (1.54%) OpenID
9 4 (1.03%) Node.js
9 4 (1.03%) SAML
10 3 (0.77%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.77%) CSS
10 3 (0.77%) CSS3
10 3 (0.77%) Entity Framework
10 3 (0.77%) HTML
10 3 (0.77%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 76 (19.49%) Public Cloud
2 51 (13.08%) Cloud Native
3 50 (12.82%) Data Centre
4 44 (11.28%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.15%) Replication
6 23 (5.90%) Driving Licence
7 19 (4.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (4.36%) IoT
9 16 (4.10%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (2.56%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.31%) Private Cloud
12 8 (2.05%) Clustering
12 8 (2.05%) Life Science
13 7 (1.79%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.79%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.54%) Blockchain
14 6 (1.54%) Mainframe
14 6 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.54%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 139 (35.64%) Windows
2 68 (17.44%) Windows Server
3 65 (16.67%) Linux
4 45 (11.54%) Unix
5 16 (4.10%) Windows 10
6 14 (3.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (2.31%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.05%) Solaris
10 6 (1.54%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.54%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.26%) Android
13 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (36.92%) DevOps
2 134 (34.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 100 (25.64%) ITIL
4 78 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 64 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (15.38%) Agile
8 53 (13.59%) Disaster Recovery
9 52 (13.33%) CI/CD
10 50 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
10 50 (12.82%) Roadmaps
11 48 (12.31%) Network Virtualisation
12 43 (11.03%) Containerisation
13 40 (10.26%) Change Management
13 40 (10.26%) Coaching
13 40 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
14 35 (8.97%) Microservices
15 34 (8.72%) Cloud Security
15 34 (8.72%) Project Delivery
16 33 (8.46%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 89 (22.82%) PowerShell
2 46 (11.79%) Python
3 32 (8.21%) SQL
4 30 (7.69%) Bash
5 23 (5.90%) Bicep
6 14 (3.59%) Perl
7 13 (3.33%) C#
8 8 (2.05%) Ruby
9 4 (1.03%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.77%) Go
10 3 (0.77%) Java
10 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.51%) PHP
11 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (13.08%) Degree
2 43 (11.03%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.23%) Azure Certification
4 22 (5.64%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.36%) CCNA
6 17 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.85%) SC Cleared
8 14 (3.59%) Master's Degree
9 13 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (2.82%) DBS Check
11 10 (2.56%) AWS Certification
11 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.31%) A+ Certification
12 9 (2.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (1.54%) CISSP
14 6 (1.54%) MCP
14 6 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.13%) GDPR
1 20 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.82%) NCSC
5 10 (2.56%) HIPAA
6 9 (2.31%) NIST
7 8 (2.05%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.79%) SLA
9 6 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.28%) QA
11 3 (0.77%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.51%) PMO
13 1 (0.26%) COBIT
13 1 (0.26%) GRC
13 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.26%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 90 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 58 (14.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (8.97%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (6.67%) Hyper-V
5 25 (6.41%) Docker
6 18 (4.62%) vSphere
7 14 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (3.33%) VMware NSX
9 9 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.28%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.51%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 104 (26.67%) Terraform
2 52 (13.33%) Kubernetes
3 46 (11.79%) Ansible
4 39 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (5.13%) Puppet
6 17 (4.36%) SCCM
7 16 (4.10%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
9 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (1.54%) NetCrunch
10 6 (1.54%) SCDPM
10 6 (1.54%) SCOM
11 4 (1.03%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.51%) CASB
14 1 (0.26%) Grafana
14 1 (0.26%) QRadar
14 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
14 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 155 (39.74%) Microsoft
2 81 (20.77%) VMware
3 41 (10.51%) Cisco
4 27 (6.92%) Splunk
5 22 (5.64%) Veeam
6 17 (4.36%) Dynatrace
7 15 (3.85%) NetApp
8 13 (3.33%) Dell
9 12 (3.08%) Palo Alto
10 11 (2.82%) Aruba
10 11 (2.82%) BMC
11 10 (2.56%) Citrix
12 8 (2.05%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.79%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (1.79%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.54%) Google
14 6 (1.54%) HP
14 6 (1.54%) Ivanti
14 6 (1.54%) Oracle
14 6 (1.54%) Salesforce