Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 144 294
Rank change year-on-year -158 +150 -73
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 643 1,414 1,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 2.44% 1.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.78% 5.70% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 337 746 1,283
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,392 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,576 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +4.56% -3.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,938 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £66,875 £58,000
% change year-on-year -10.28% +15.30% -3.33%

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 23,164 24,806 62,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.47% 42.86% 44.97%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 19,459 37,311
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,758 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS.

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 29 October 2024.

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 29 October 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
England -148 603 £65,000 -10.34% 142
UK excluding London -172 418 £60,000 -10.28% 105
Work from Home -206 214 £62,500 -13.79% 92
London -108 191 £74,213 -10.05% 45
South West +39 170 £59,250 -2.07% 13
South East -52 108 £75,000 +15.38% 27
Midlands -76 49 £60,000 - 17
West Midlands -11 44 £60,000 +4.35% 10
North of England -204 36 £57,500 -23.33% 34
East of England -37 31 £50,000 - 2
North West -168 21 £50,000 -33.33% 28
Scotland -83 20 £55,000 -22.07% 6
Yorkshire -72 14 £62,500 - 2
Wales -22 5 £37,500 -39.52% 5
East Midlands -90 4 £60,000 - 7
Northern Ireland -13 2 £52,500 +7.69% 3
North East -33 1 - - 4

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 49 (7.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.58%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 13 (2.02%) Apache
4 13 (2.02%) IIS
5 6 (0.93%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.62%) Confluence
6 4 (0.62%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.62%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Maya
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (2.64%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 519 (80.72%) PaaS
2 506 (78.69%) Azure
3 271 (42.15%) SaaS
4 210 (32.66%) Azure DevOps
5 142 (22.08%) Serverless
6 139 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
7 137 (21.31%) Power Platform
8 131 (20.37%) AWS
9 125 (19.44%) Azure Functions
10 124 (19.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 124 (19.28%) Power Automate
10 124 (19.28%) PowerApps
11 103 (16.02%) Entra ID
12 32 (4.98%) GCP
13 23 (3.58%) OCI
14 22 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
15 21 (3.27%) GitHub
16 20 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
17 17 (2.64%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 112 (17.42%) Firewall
2 91 (14.15%) DNS
3 53 (8.24%) VPN
4 52 (8.09%) WAN
5 44 (6.84%) DHCP
6 36 (5.60%) LAN
7 33 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
8 28 (4.35%) TCP/IP
9 20 (3.11%) DMZ
9 20 (3.11%) SAN
9 20 (3.11%) VLAN
10 19 (2.95%) Network Security
10 19 (2.95%) Wireless
11 15 (2.33%) SD-WAN
12 14 (2.18%) BGP
12 14 (2.18%) IPsec
12 14 (2.18%) MPLS
13 13 (2.02%) Unified Communications
14 9 (1.40%) NetScaler
14 9 (1.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (24.42%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.64%) Oracle ODI
3 15 (2.33%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.56%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.78%) Power BI
9 4 (0.62%) MySQL
9 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.31%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (3.73%) Git
2 22 (3.42%) SonarQube
3 20 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.24%) JIRA
5 5 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.62%) Fiddler
6 4 (0.62%) GitLab
7 3 (0.47%) Selenium
7 3 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.16%) Travis CI
General
1 156 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 135 (21.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 85 (13.22%) Finance
4 69 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.15%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.18%) Banking
7 14 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.02%) Legal
8 13 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (1.87%) Retail
10 9 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.24%) Games
12 7 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.78%) Law
14 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.47%) Billing
15 3 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 145 (22.55%) Senior
2 125 (19.44%) Lead
3 104 (16.17%) Analyst
4 86 (13.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 85 (13.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 66 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
7 61 (9.49%) Architect
8 47 (7.31%) Senior Analyst
9 45 (7.00%) Applications Support
10 42 (6.53%) DevOps Engineer
11 34 (5.29%) Cloud Architect
12 26 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
13 25 (3.89%) Consultant
13 25 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
14 23 (3.58%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (3.27%) Security Engineer
15 21 (3.27%) VMware Specialist
16 20 (3.11%) IT Engineer
16 20 (3.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (2.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.07%) ARM Templates
2 22 (3.42%) Azure Blueprints
3 17 (2.64%) .NET
4 16 (2.49%) JSON
5 14 (2.18%) RESTful
6 13 (2.02%) YAML
7 9 (1.40%) Node.js
8 8 (1.24%) React
9 5 (0.78%) Kafka
9 5 (0.78%) Web Services
10 4 (0.62%) ADO
10 4 (0.62%) LAPP Stack
11 3 (0.47%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.47%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.47%) LDAP
11 3 (0.47%) Spring Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) Middleware
12 2 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.31%) SAML
12 2 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (19.28%) Data Structures
2 54 (8.40%) Cloud Native
3 43 (6.69%) Management Information System
4 34 (5.29%) Data Centre
5 31 (4.82%) Public Cloud
6 28 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.95%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (2.64%) Clustering
10 12 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
11 11 (1.71%) Replication
12 10 (1.56%) IoT
13 9 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (1.40%) PKI
13 9 (1.40%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
15 7 (1.09%) Client/Server
15 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 146 (22.71%) Windows
2 82 (12.75%) Windows Server
3 61 (9.49%) Linux
4 14 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (2.02%) Android
5 13 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 13 (2.02%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.71%) Unix
6 11 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.24%) VMS
9 5 (0.78%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.31%) Solaris
12 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (48.83%) DevOps
2 174 (27.06%) Agile
3 131 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 110 (17.11%) CI/CD
4 110 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (13.84%) ITIL
6 81 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (12.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (10.11%) Cloud Security
9 64 (9.95%) Mentoring
10 59 (9.18%) Containerisation
10 59 (9.18%) Migration
11 55 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
12 50 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (7.62%) Computer Science
14 45 (7.00%) Information Security
14 45 (7.00%) Project Management
15 42 (6.53%) Business Continuity
15 42 (6.53%) Platform Engineering
16 40 (6.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 175 (27.22%) SQL
2 156 (24.26%) PowerShell
3 91 (14.15%) Python
4 39 (6.07%) Bash
5 21 (3.27%) Bicep
6 17 (2.64%) Java
7 15 (2.33%) C#
8 12 (1.87%) Perl
9 11 (1.71%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.78%) C++
12 4 (0.62%) C
13 3 (0.47%) Ruby
13 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.31%) Go
15 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 196 (30.48%) Azure Certification
2 103 (16.02%) Security Cleared
3 89 (13.84%) Degree
4 44 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 40 (6.22%) DV Cleared
6 39 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (4.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (3.27%) AWS Certification
10 14 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (1.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (1.56%) CCNA
14 9 (1.40%) CISSP
15 7 (1.09%) CCNP
16 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 4 (0.62%) CCSP
17 4 (0.62%) CEH
17 4 (0.62%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.98%) SLA
2 30 (4.67%) NCSC
3 29 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.71%) NIST
6 8 (1.24%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.24%) GDPR
6 8 (1.24%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.09%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.78%) QA
9 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.31%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.16%) PMBOK
System Software
1 149 (23.17%) Active Directory
2 83 (12.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (8.09%) Docker
4 41 (6.38%) Virtual Machines
5 35 (5.44%) vSphere
6 27 (4.20%) Hyper-V
7 21 (3.27%) VMware NSX
8 15 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.56%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.62%) Lustre
11 4 (0.62%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.47%) Firmware
12 3 (0.47%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.31%) XenApp
14 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 102 (15.86%) Terraform
2 78 (12.13%) Kubernetes
3 62 (9.64%) Ansible
4 57 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (3.27%) vRealize
5 21 (3.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 20 (3.11%) Puppet
6 20 (3.11%) SCCM
7 16 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 11 (1.71%) SCOM
9 10 (1.56%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.24%) FortiGate
11 7 (1.09%) Istio
11 7 (1.09%) Nessus
12 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.93%) QRadar
13 5 (0.78%) CASB
13 5 (0.78%) Packer
13 5 (0.78%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 380 (59.10%) Microsoft
2 117 (18.20%) VMware
3 49 (7.62%) Cisco
4 28 (4.35%) Google
5 24 (3.73%) Oracle
5 24 (3.73%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.02%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.87%) Meraki
8 11 (1.71%) Citrix
9 10 (1.56%) CheckPoint
9 10 (1.56%) Splunk
9 10 (1.56%) Veeam
10 9 (1.40%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.40%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.09%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.93%) IBM
13 6 (0.93%) Remedy
13 6 (0.93%) SolarWinds