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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 418 353
Rank change year-on-year -78 -65 -173
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 332 280 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.56% 0.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.24% 1.80% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 210 203 337
10th Percentile £45,450 £37,034 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,675 £44,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £85,938 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,400 £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -11.11%

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 26,705 15,573 23,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.65% 31.29% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 18,286 10,453 14,260
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,091 £38,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,186 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -8.94% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -89 291 £65,000 +8.33% 259
UK excluding London -100 197 £60,000 +4.35% 166
London -42 115 £78,125 +18.82% 115
Work from Home -46 101 £69,607 +21.05% 100
North of England -58 66 £54,000 +13.68% 50
South East -36 49 £62,500 +5.93% 36
Midlands -43 32 £60,000 -20.00% 28
North West -16 30 £47,500 +17.28% 26
North East -51 23 £89,250 +32.22% 5
West Midlands -38 22 £60,000 -17.24% 17
South West -77 22 £55,000 - 18
Scotland +20 13 £77,500 +34.78% 12
Yorkshire -41 13 £69,607 +46.54% 19
East Midlands -35 10 £60,000 -20.00% 11
Wales -71 8 £50,871 +33.54% 10
East of England -51 5 £60,000 +11.11% 11
Northern Ireland -80 2 - - 4

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 44 (13.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (8.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (6.02%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 259 (78.01%) Azure
2 227 (68.37%) PaaS
3 119 (35.84%) SaaS
4 88 (26.51%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (23.49%) Entra ID
6 70 (21.08%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (19.88%) AWS
8 46 (13.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 45 (13.55%) Azure AKS
9 45 (13.55%) Serverless
10 43 (12.95%) GitHub
11 37 (11.14%) Azure Key Vault
11 37 (11.14%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (10.54%) Azure Functions
13 20 (6.02%) Azure Storage
13 20 (6.02%) Microsoft Purview
14 15 (4.52%) GCP
14 15 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (4.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (3.92%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 91 (27.41%) DNS
2 68 (20.48%) Firewall
3 59 (17.77%) VPN
4 44 (13.25%) DHCP
5 20 (6.02%) WAN
6 17 (5.12%) Network Security
6 17 (5.12%) VLAN
6 17 (5.12%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (4.52%) SAN
8 13 (3.92%) SD-WAN
9 10 (3.01%) LAN
9 10 (3.01%) TCP/IP
10 9 (2.71%) BIG-IP
10 9 (2.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 9 (2.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 8 (2.41%) SNMP
12 7 (2.11%) SSL
13 3 (0.90%) Wireless
14 1 (0.30%) DSL
14 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.51%) Redis
5 4 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (1.20%) Power BI
6 3 (0.90%) Big Data
6 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.60%) Power Query
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.30%) Metadata
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (8.13%) Git
2 20 (6.02%) JIRA
3 13 (3.92%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.31%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.60%) Ant
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (0.60%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.60%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 90 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.80%) Finance
3 41 (12.35%) Law
4 34 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (9.04%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (6.63%) Banking
8 19 (5.72%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.61%) Legal
9 12 (3.61%) Retail
10 10 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.71%) Marketing
12 6 (1.81%) Games
13 5 (1.51%) Aviation
13 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.20%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.20%) Police
15 2 (0.60%) Advertising
15 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (23.19%) Architect
2 76 (22.89%) Azure Engineer
3 69 (20.78%) Senior
4 67 (20.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 60 (18.07%) Cloud Engineer
6 27 (8.13%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (7.53%) Azure Architect
8 24 (7.23%) Analyst
9 23 (6.93%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 22 (6.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 20 (6.02%) Infrastructure Architect
12 17 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.82%) Cloud Architect
14 15 (4.52%) Lead
14 15 (4.52%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (4.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (4.22%) Consultant
15 14 (4.22%) Platform Engineer
15 14 (4.22%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (36.14%) Terraform
2 19 (5.72%) ARM Templates
3 17 (5.12%) Middleware
4 8 (2.41%) YAML
5 7 (2.11%) SAML
6 4 (1.20%) .NET
7 3 (0.90%) Node.js
7 3 (0.90%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.60%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.60%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.60%) REST
8 2 (0.60%) Web Services
9 1 (0.30%) ADO
9 1 (0.30%) JSON
9 1 (0.30%) Kafka
9 1 (0.30%) Playwright
9 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (17.17%) Cloud Native
2 34 (10.24%) Data Centre
3 32 (9.64%) Public Cloud
4 31 (9.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (7.83%) Security Posture
6 21 (6.33%) Enterprise Cloud
7 20 (6.02%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (4.82%) Onboarding
9 15 (4.52%) Management Information System
10 14 (4.22%) Driving Licence
11 13 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (3.61%) Podcast
13 9 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (2.11%) Product Ownership
14 7 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Storage
16 5 (1.51%) AS400
16 5 (1.51%) iSeries
16 5 (1.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 92 (27.71%) Windows
2 50 (15.06%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.86%) Linux
4 20 (6.02%) VMS
5 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.20%) CentOS
7 4 (1.20%) Solaris
8 3 (0.90%) Unix
9 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) Android
10 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (39.46%) Infrastructure as Code
2 123 (37.05%) DevOps
3 107 (32.23%) Disaster Recovery
4 94 (28.31%) CI/CD
5 86 (25.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 77 (23.19%) Agile
7 76 (22.89%) Cloud Security
8 72 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (19.28%) Analytics
11 60 (18.07%) High Availability
11 60 (18.07%) Root Cause Analysis
12 58 (17.47%) AI
12 58 (17.47%) Migration
13 50 (15.06%) ITIL
13 50 (15.06%) Roadmaps
14 46 (13.86%) Containerisation
15 43 (12.95%) Mentoring
16 40 (12.05%) Computer Science
16 40 (12.05%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (31.93%) PowerShell
2 55 (16.57%) Bicep
3 40 (12.05%) Python
4 36 (10.84%) SQL
5 28 (8.43%) Bash
6 12 (3.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (2.71%) ActionScript
8 6 (1.81%) Java
9 4 (1.20%) Go
10 3 (0.90%) C#
11 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.60%) Ruby
12 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.30%) Swift
12 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (26.81%) Azure Certification
2 46 (13.86%) Degree
3 34 (10.24%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (7.53%) SC Cleared
6 20 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.71%) CISSP
9 7 (2.11%) CCNP
10 6 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.81%) CCSP
10 6 (1.81%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.20%) CISM
11 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.90%) ICAEW
12 3 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.60%) CCSK
13 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.93%) SLA
3 19 (5.72%) NIST
4 17 (5.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.31%) ISO 14000
6 8 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.11%) GDPR
7 7 (2.11%) NCSC
8 3 (0.90%) GRC
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.60%) QA
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 93 (28.01%) Active Directory
2 69 (20.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.53%) Docker
4 21 (6.33%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 19 (5.72%) vSphere
7 18 (5.42%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.20%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.60%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (15.66%) Kubernetes
3 44 (13.25%) Ansible
4 15 (4.52%) SCCM
5 11 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.41%) SCOM
7 7 (2.11%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.81%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.51%) Grafana
9 5 (1.51%) Puppet
10 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 4 (1.20%) Nessus
10 4 (1.20%) vRealize
11 3 (0.90%) Autotask
11 3 (0.90%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.60%) Argo
12 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.60%) MaaS360
12 2 (0.60%) VxRail
Vendors
1 172 (51.81%) Microsoft
2 74 (22.29%) VMware
3 29 (8.73%) Cisco
4 14 (4.22%) Dynatrace
5 13 (3.92%) Google
5 13 (3.92%) Tenable
6 12 (3.61%) Oracle
6 12 (3.61%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (3.31%) AppDynamics
8 10 (3.01%) Meraki
9 9 (2.71%) Adobe
9 9 (2.71%) F5
10 8 (2.41%) Citrix
10 8 (2.41%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.11%) Apple
12 5 (1.51%) Aderant
12 5 (1.51%) iManage
12 5 (1.51%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.51%) Veeam
12 5 (1.51%) Zscaler