IaaS Job Trends

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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 276 186
Rank change year-on-year -135 -90 +103
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 268 654 975
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.97% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.50% 2.95% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 200 346 747
10th Percentile £38,000 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £57,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.90% +4.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,125 £109,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,250
% change year-on-year - -8.05% +12.50%

All Cloud 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 17,911 22,177 22,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.57% 32.90% 42.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,352 13,371 18,659
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 -112 243 £61,000 -6.15% 149
UK excluding London -113 151 £60,000 - 99
Work from Home -13 94 £62,500 -3.85% 71
London -28 91 £65,000 -7.14% 66
North of England +54 57 £60,000 +4.35% 15
North West +44 28 £52,500 +5.00% 12
South East -32 25 £63,000 -16.00% 29
South West -85 24 £55,000 -23.60% 21
Midlands +25 20 £77,500 +29.17% 13
Yorkshire +16 18 £47,500 -24.00% 3
West Midlands +17 16 £77,500 +29.17% 9
East of England +10 16 £53,000 +6.00% 4
North East +18 11 £70,000 -
Scotland -4 5 £65,000 +18.18% 12
East Midlands +28 4 £75,000 +25.00% 3
Northern Ireland +7 2 £53,546 +1.99%
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 39 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (8.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.37%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (0.37%) Maya
1 1 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.99%) SAP FS
2 4 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.75%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 211 (78.73%) PaaS
2 203 (75.75%) Azure
3 143 (53.36%) SaaS
4 81 (30.22%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (25.37%) AWS
6 54 (20.15%) Entra ID
7 32 (11.94%) GCP
8 31 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (11.57%) Serverless
9 21 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (6.34%) GitHub
11 15 (5.60%) Power Platform
12 14 (5.22%) OCI
13 13 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (4.10%) Azure Functions
15 9 (3.36%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (2.61%) Azure Stack
16 7 (2.61%) Azure Storage
16 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 70 (26.12%) Firewall
2 49 (18.28%) VPN
3 47 (17.54%) DNS
4 36 (13.43%) DHCP
5 27 (10.07%) TCP/IP
6 23 (8.58%) WAN
7 19 (7.09%) VLAN
8 17 (6.34%) Network Security
9 15 (5.60%) SD-WAN
10 14 (5.22%) LAN
11 9 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.61%) SAN
12 7 (2.61%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.61%) VoIP
13 5 (1.87%) DMZ
13 5 (1.87%) SSL
13 5 (1.87%) STUN
14 4 (1.49%) Ethernet
14 4 (1.49%) PuTTY
14 4 (1.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.73%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.24%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.49%) Power BI
6 3 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.37%) Metadata
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (3.73%) JIRA
2 8 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.87%) Git
3 5 (1.87%) GitLab
4 2 (0.75%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 102 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.66%) Finance
3 27 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.96%) Law
5 20 (7.46%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.60%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.85%) Legal
8 10 (3.73%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.36%) Dutch Language
9 9 (3.36%) French Language
9 9 (3.36%) Games
10 8 (2.99%) Banking
11 6 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.87%) Billing
13 4 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.12%) Advertising
14 3 (1.12%) Public Speaking
14 3 (1.12%) Retail
15 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (30.60%) Architect
2 43 (16.04%) Cloud Engineer
3 38 (14.18%) Support Engineer
4 33 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (11.19%) Senior
6 29 (10.82%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (10.82%) Lead
7 27 (10.07%) Cloud Architect
8 19 (7.09%) Infrastructure Support
9 18 (6.72%) 3rd Line Support
10 17 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (5.97%) Lead Architect
12 15 (5.60%) IT Architect
13 14 (5.22%) Azure Architect
14 13 (4.85%) Analyst
14 13 (4.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 13 (4.85%) IT Engineer
15 12 (4.48%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (4.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (4.10%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.61%) .NET
2 6 (2.24%) RESTful
3 5 (1.87%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.87%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.49%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.12%) CSS
5 3 (1.12%) HTML
5 3 (1.12%) REST
5 3 (1.12%) SOAP
6 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.75%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.75%) pytest
6 2 (0.75%) React
6 2 (0.75%) Web Services
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.37%) MvvmCross
7 1 (0.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.43%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (10.82%) Cloud Native
3 24 (8.96%) Public Cloud
4 20 (7.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (7.09%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.22%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.36%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.61%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.61%) PKI
11 6 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.87%) BYOD
12 5 (1.87%) Clustering
12 5 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.87%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.49%) IoT
14 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
14 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 90 (33.58%) Windows
2 67 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 41 (15.30%) Linux
4 13 (4.85%) VMS
5 7 (2.61%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.87%) Debian
7 4 (1.49%) AIX
8 3 (1.12%) Android
8 3 (1.12%) Unix
8 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (29.85%) DevOps
2 67 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 52 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (16.04%) Agile
6 42 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (14.93%) CI/CD
9 35 (13.06%) ITIL
10 34 (12.69%) Migration
11 32 (11.94%) Analytics
11 32 (11.94%) Cloud Security
11 32 (11.94%) Microservices
11 32 (11.94%) Roadmaps
12 31 (11.57%) AI
13 28 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 27 (10.07%) Project Delivery
15 24 (8.96%) Containerisation
16 22 (8.21%) Project Management
17 19 (7.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (28.36%) PowerShell
2 30 (11.19%) Python
2 30 (11.19%) SQL
3 27 (10.07%) Bash
4 22 (8.21%) Bicep
5 8 (2.99%) C#
6 4 (1.49%) DCL
6 4 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.49%) Tcl
7 3 (1.12%) Java
8 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.37%) PHP
9 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 45 (16.79%) Azure Certification
2 44 (16.42%) Security Cleared
3 33 (12.31%) SC Cleared
4 28 (10.45%) Degree
4 28 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.85%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.10%) CISSP
8 10 (3.73%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.36%) CCNA
10 7 (2.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.24%) CISA
11 6 (2.24%) CRISC
11 6 (2.24%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.87%) CISM
12 5 (1.87%) SANS
13 4 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.49%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (4.85%) NIST
4 12 (4.48%) GDPR
5 8 (2.99%) IFRS
5 8 (2.99%) IFRS 17
5 8 (2.99%) Solvency II
6 6 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.87%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.87%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.87%) QA
7 5 (1.87%) SLA
8 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.12%) NCSC
9 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.12%) PMO
10 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.75%) GRC
System Software
1 76 (28.36%) Active Directory
2 44 (16.42%) Hyper-V
3 42 (15.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (10.82%) Docker
5 26 (9.70%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.99%) vCloud
7 5 (1.87%) Kamailio
8 3 (1.12%) vSphere
9 2 (0.75%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.37%) KVM
10 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (23.51%) Terraform
2 36 (13.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (11.57%) Kubernetes
4 14 (5.22%) Ansible
5 8 (2.99%) Puppet
5 8 (2.99%) SCCM
5 8 (2.99%) SCOM
6 6 (2.24%) Autotask
7 5 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.49%) CASB
9 3 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.37%) Argo
10 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.37%) Grafana
10 1 (0.37%) Nessus
10 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 141 (52.61%) Microsoft
2 52 (19.40%) VMware
3 17 (6.34%) Google
4 15 (5.60%) Cisco
5 14 (5.22%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.85%) Fortinet
7 10 (3.73%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.36%) Veeam
9 8 (2.99%) BiZZdesign
9 8 (2.99%) Duck Creek
9 8 (2.99%) Guidewire
9 8 (2.99%) Oracle
9 8 (2.99%) SAP
9 8 (2.99%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.61%) Aruba
11 6 (2.24%) HP
11 6 (2.24%) Okta
11 6 (2.24%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.87%) Citrix
12 5 (1.87%) SolarWinds