Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 408 350
Rank change year-on-year -32 -58 -120
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 331 287 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.65% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.23% 1.91% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 239 195 649
10th Percentile £34,674 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £104,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% +4.17%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

IaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 26,875 15,016 34,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.13% 34.05% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15,172 10,550 26,689
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IaaS job vacancy trend in the UK

IaaS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
England -33 287 £60,000 -14.29% 97
UK excluding London -38 196 £57,500 -17.86% 83
London +5 109 £71,250 -1.72% 41
Work from Home -6 74 £70,000 +12.00% 43
South East -22 55 £60,000 -29.41% 43
North of England -23 44 £45,000 -28.00% 10
Midlands -38 44 £58,750 -11.32% 9
North West +13 25 £34,000 -49.63% 4
East Midlands -26 23 £45,000 +12.50% 4
West Midlands -43 21 £68,500 -2.14% 5
East of England -8 17 £60,000 +32.60% 6
South West -59 17 £42,500 -29.17% 10
Scotland +7 12 £43,400 -21.09% 8
Yorkshire -49 11 £47,085 -24.66% 4
North East -33 8 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Channel Islands - 6 £75,000 -
Wales -31 3 - - 1

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.81%) IIS
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (3.32%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.51%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.21%) Primavera
3 1 (0.30%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 252 (76.13%) Azure
1 252 (76.13%) PaaS
2 122 (36.86%) SaaS
3 91 (27.49%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (19.03%) Entra ID
5 53 (16.01%) Azure AKS
6 46 (13.90%) AWS
7 40 (12.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 39 (11.78%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (8.76%) Azure Storage
9 29 (8.76%) Serverless
10 28 (8.46%) Azure Key Vault
11 22 (6.65%) Datadog
11 22 (6.65%) Power Platform
12 18 (5.44%) GitHub
13 16 (4.83%) GCP
14 15 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (2.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 77 (23.26%) DNS
2 71 (21.45%) Firewall
3 48 (14.50%) VPN
4 42 (12.69%) DHCP
5 39 (11.78%) VLAN
6 27 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (7.55%) SAN
8 18 (5.44%) TCP/IP
9 11 (3.32%) WAN
10 8 (2.42%) LAN
10 8 (2.42%) VoIP
11 7 (2.11%) Network Security
12 6 (1.81%) ATM
12 6 (1.81%) Multicast
12 6 (1.81%) PuTTY
12 6 (1.81%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.81%) SSH
12 6 (1.81%) tcpdump
12 6 (1.81%) Wireshark
13 5 (1.51%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (19.34%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.51%) Power BI
4 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.21%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.60%) Big Data
7 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.60%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.30%) Redis
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.34%) Chocolatey
2 10 (3.02%) JIRA
3 7 (2.11%) Git
3 7 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.60%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
General
1 87 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 81 (24.47%) Finance
3 44 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.57%) Law
5 27 (8.16%) Banking
6 21 (6.34%) Legal
7 11 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.72%) Billing
8 9 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.42%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.81%) Automotive
10 6 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.81%) Marketing
10 6 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.81%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.51%) Retail
12 4 (1.21%) Advertising
13 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (27.19%) Azure Engineer
2 89 (26.89%) Cloud Engineer
3 69 (20.85%) Architect
3 69 (20.85%) Senior
4 65 (19.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 32 (9.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 30 (9.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 29 (8.76%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (7.25%) IT Engineer
9 23 (6.95%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (6.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.44%) Analyst
11 17 (5.14%) Consultant
11 17 (5.14%) Support Engineer
12 16 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (4.53%) IT Technician
14 14 (4.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.23%) Cloud Architect
15 13 (3.93%) IT Support
16 12 (3.63%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.02%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.11%) YAML
3 6 (1.81%) Middleware
4 5 (1.51%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.51%) Node.js
5 4 (1.21%) .NET
6 3 (0.91%) Kafka
6 3 (0.91%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.60%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.60%) Playwright
7 2 (0.60%) RESTful
8 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.30%) CSS
8 1 (0.30%) HTML
8 1 (0.30%) JSON
8 1 (0.30%) LDAP
8 1 (0.30%) Web Services
8 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.29%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.65%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.04%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.23%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.02%) Replication
7 9 (2.72%) Hedge funds
8 7 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.51%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.21%) PKI
12 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.60%) Clustering
13 2 (0.60%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 93 (28.10%) Windows
2 51 (15.41%) Windows Server
3 41 (12.39%) Linux
4 14 (4.23%) Unix
5 10 (3.02%) VMS
6 8 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.51%) Debian
9 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.60%) Solaris
10 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.30%) AIX
11 1 (0.30%) Android
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (30.21%) Infrastructure as Code
2 93 (28.10%) DevOps
3 79 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (22.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (21.15%) Agile
6 60 (18.13%) CI/CD
7 51 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (14.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 47 (14.20%) Containerisation
10 45 (13.60%) High Availability
11 42 (12.69%) Cloud Security
11 42 (12.69%) ITIL
11 42 (12.69%) Root Cause Analysis
12 40 (12.08%) Migration
13 37 (11.18%) Computer Science
14 33 (9.97%) AI
14 33 (9.97%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (9.97%) Information Security
15 32 (9.67%) Enterprise Architecture
16 31 (9.37%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 76 (22.96%) PowerShell
2 42 (12.69%) Python
3 35 (10.57%) SQL
4 31 (9.37%) Bicep
5 17 (5.14%) Bash
6 6 (1.81%) DCL
6 6 (1.81%) Tcl
7 5 (1.51%) C#
7 5 (1.51%) Java
8 3 (0.91%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (21.45%) Azure Certification
2 46 (13.90%) Degree
3 32 (9.67%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.25%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.14%) CISSP
7 14 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.32%) CCNP
8 11 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.72%) CCSK
10 6 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.81%) MCSE
10 6 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.51%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.21%) CISA
12 4 (1.21%) CRISC
13 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.34%) SLA
3 15 (4.53%) NIST
4 12 (3.63%) GDPR
5 11 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (3.02%) QA
7 7 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.81%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 77 (23.26%) Active Directory
2 48 (14.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.95%) Docker
4 16 (4.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.93%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.32%) KVM
7 10 (3.02%) vSphere
8 3 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.60%) Firmware
9 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (25.98%) Terraform
2 55 (16.62%) Kubernetes
3 50 (15.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (7.85%) Ansible
5 23 (6.95%) SCCM
6 13 (3.93%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.81%) Puppet
8 5 (1.51%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.21%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.91%) Autotask
10 3 (0.91%) CASB
10 3 (0.91%) Packer
11 2 (0.60%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.60%) Grafana
11 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.60%) VxRail
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle Flashback
12 1 (0.30%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 150 (45.32%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.13%) VMware
3 23 (6.95%) Dynatrace
4 21 (6.34%) AppDynamics
4 21 (6.34%) Tenable
5 15 (4.53%) Cisco
6 14 (4.23%) Google
7 11 (3.32%) Veeam
8 9 (2.72%) Meraki
9 7 (2.11%) Apple
9 7 (2.11%) SAP
10 6 (1.81%) Oracle
10 6 (1.81%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.51%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.51%) Zerto
12 4 (1.21%) Sage
13 3 (0.91%) Broadcom
13 3 (0.91%) iManage
13 3 (0.91%) Logitech