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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 393 381
Rank change year-on-year -46 -12 -178
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 364 314 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.64% 0.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.35% 1.98% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 249 223 588
10th Percentile £37,333 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £51,064
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -1.52% -8.97%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,100 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 26,865 15,830 34,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.50% 32.48% 33.37%
Number of salaries quoted 17,472 11,049 26,125
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,094 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -8.18%

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 July 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 July 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 -36 314 £61,500 -5.38% 73
UK excluding London -52 215 £60,000 - 64
London 0 121 £78,125 +11.61% 30
Work from Home -25 97 £68,500 +11.84% 30
South East -34 62 £60,000 -18.92% 36
North of England -25 50 £45,000 -25.62% 11
Midlands -50 36 £58,750 -14.55% 7
South West -44 30 £52,500 +10.53% 2
North West +7 25 £34,500 -48.89% 6
East Midlands -28 21 £57,500 +39.39% 4
Scotland +16 15 £46,000 -16.36% 3
East of England -15 15 £60,000 +32.60% 5
North East -31 15 £45,000 -27.13% 2
West Midlands -44 15 £61,500 -12.14% 3
Yorkshire -46 10 £46,042 -3.07% 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -53 4 £65,000 +70.63% 3

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 28 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (5.49%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.10%) Primavera
3 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 279 (76.65%) Azure
2 275 (75.55%) PaaS
3 125 (34.34%) SaaS
4 82 (22.53%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (18.13%) Entra ID
6 58 (15.93%) Azure AKS
6 58 (15.93%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (15.11%) AWS
8 54 (14.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 44 (12.09%) Serverless
10 40 (10.99%) Azure Key Vault
11 38 (10.44%) GitHub
12 30 (8.24%) Azure Storage
13 26 (7.14%) Azure Functions
13 26 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (5.22%) Datadog
15 14 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (3.85%) Power Platform
16 13 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 78 (21.43%) DNS
2 64 (17.58%) Firewall
3 63 (17.31%) VPN
4 39 (10.71%) DHCP
5 35 (9.62%) VLAN
6 25 (6.87%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (6.04%) SAN
8 20 (5.49%) TCP/IP
9 15 (4.12%) WAN
10 9 (2.47%) LAN
11 8 (2.20%) VoIP
12 7 (1.92%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.65%) ATM
13 6 (1.65%) Multicast
13 6 (1.65%) Network Security
13 6 (1.65%) tcpdump
13 6 (1.65%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.37%) DMZ
14 5 (1.37%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.37%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.37%) Power BI
5 5 (1.37%) Redis
6 4 (1.10%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.55%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.27%) Big Data
9 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.32%) Git
2 17 (4.67%) Chocolatey
3 12 (3.30%) JIRA
4 7 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.82%) Selenium
7 1 (0.27%) GitLab
7 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 102 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 85 (23.35%) Finance
3 49 (13.46%) Law
4 36 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (6.32%) Banking
7 13 (3.57%) Legal
8 12 (3.30%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.02%) Marketing
10 10 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.92%) Retail
13 6 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.65%) Automotive
13 6 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.65%) Spanish Language
14 5 (1.37%) Aviation
14 5 (1.37%) Games
15 4 (1.10%) Billing
Job Titles
1 86 (23.63%) Azure Engineer
2 84 (23.08%) Cloud Engineer
3 72 (19.78%) Architect
4 70 (19.23%) Senior
5 63 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (8.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 30 (8.24%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 26 (7.14%) Analyst
8 23 (6.32%) Azure Architect
9 22 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (5.77%) IT Engineer
11 19 (5.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 18 (4.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (4.67%) Consultant
14 16 (4.40%) Enterprise Architect
14 16 (4.40%) Infrastructure Architect
15 15 (4.12%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (4.12%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.49%) ARM Templates
2 11 (3.02%) YAML
3 6 (1.65%) Node.js
4 5 (1.37%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.10%) .NET
6 3 (0.82%) Kafka
6 3 (0.82%) Middleware
6 3 (0.82%) Playwright
6 3 (0.82%) SAP Basis
6 3 (0.82%) Web Services
7 2 (0.55%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.55%) REST
7 2 (0.55%) RESTful
8 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.27%) JSON
8 1 (0.27%) LDAP
8 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (16.48%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 26 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 20 (5.49%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (5.22%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.95%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.67%) Onboarding
8 16 (4.40%) Data Centre
9 15 (4.12%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (3.30%) Podcast
11 11 (3.02%) Replication
12 10 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (2.20%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.37%) Hedge funds
15 5 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
15 5 (1.37%) PKI
16 3 (0.82%) AS400
16 3 (0.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 102 (28.02%) Windows
2 52 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 45 (12.36%) Linux
4 16 (4.40%) VMS
5 11 (3.02%) Unix
6 8 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.37%) Debian
8 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.55%) Solaris
9 2 (0.55%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.27%) AIX
10 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (37.36%) Infrastructure as Code
2 124 (34.07%) DevOps
3 91 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 76 (20.88%) Agile
5 74 (20.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 73 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (18.96%) Cloud Security
8 68 (18.68%) Root Cause Analysis
9 65 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 62 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (15.66%) Containerisation
12 56 (15.38%) High Availability
13 51 (14.01%) Analytics
14 50 (13.74%) Roadmaps
15 46 (12.64%) AI
16 43 (11.81%) Migration
17 42 (11.54%) Computer Science
18 38 (10.44%) ITIL
19 37 (10.16%) Mentoring
20 36 (9.89%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 104 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 57 (15.66%) Bicep
3 50 (13.74%) Python
4 42 (11.54%) SQL
5 33 (9.07%) Bash
6 12 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.20%) Java
8 4 (1.10%) C#
8 4 (1.10%) Go
9 3 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.55%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (23.90%) Azure Certification
2 45 (12.36%) Degree
3 37 (10.16%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (8.24%) SC Cleared
5 22 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.85%) CISSP
7 13 (3.57%) CCNP
7 13 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.65%) MCSE
8 6 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.37%) CCSK
9 5 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.10%) CISA
10 4 (1.10%) CRISC
11 3 (0.82%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.04%) NIST
3 20 (5.49%) SLA
4 13 (3.57%) GDPR
5 11 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.75%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.65%) ISO 14000
7 6 (1.65%) QA
8 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.27%) NCSC
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (26.65%) Active Directory
2 73 (20.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (8.79%) Docker
4 27 (7.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (5.77%) vSphere
6 15 (4.12%) Hyper-V
7 13 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (3.02%) KVM
9 2 (0.55%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.55%) Firmware
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 120 (32.97%) Terraform
2 64 (17.58%) Kubernetes
3 48 (13.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (10.16%) Ansible
5 19 (5.22%) SCCM
6 13 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.65%) Puppet
8 5 (1.37%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.10%) Packer
9 4 (1.10%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.82%) Autotask
11 2 (0.55%) Argo
11 2 (0.55%) CASB
11 2 (0.55%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.55%) Grafana
11 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.55%) VxRail
11 2 (0.55%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 171 (46.98%) Microsoft
2 80 (21.98%) VMware
3 26 (7.14%) Cisco
4 19 (5.22%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.67%) AppDynamics
5 17 (4.67%) Tenable
6 13 (3.57%) Google
6 13 (3.57%) Veeam
7 12 (3.30%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (3.02%) Meraki
9 7 (1.92%) Oracle
10 6 (1.65%) Apple
10 6 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.65%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.37%) SAP
11 5 (1.37%) Zerto
12 4 (1.10%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.10%) Sage
12 4 (1.10%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.82%) iManage