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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 267 272
Rank change year-on-year -145 +5 -19
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 266 567 808
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.16% 1.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.17% 3.12% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 186 301 680
10th Percentile £38,000 £49,775 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +1.71%
75th Percentile £77,424 £83,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +15.19% +6.36%

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 22,709 18,202 28,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.12% 37.22% 38.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,291 10,989 23,763
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 16 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 February 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 -152 226 £65,000 -9.71% 183
UK excluding London -164 144 £62,500 -13.18% 167
Work from Home -12 89 £68,500 -2.14% 55
London -28 82 £65,000 -12.66% 45
North of England +11 49 £61,250 -2.00% 38
North West +14 31 £62,500 +25.00% 24
South East -73 31 £70,000 -6.67% 47
Midlands -26 26 £60,000 -17.24% 27
West Midlands -5 23 £64,250 -14.33% 14
South West -128 16 £57,195 -15.27% 23
East of England -4 12 £58,750 +17.50% 19
North East -3 10 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Scotland -15 8 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Yorkshire -34 8 £65,466 +0.72% 11
Channel Islands - 4 £75,000 -
East Midlands -21 3 £45,000 +12.50% 13

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 33 (12.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.88%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.75%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (2.26%) SAP FS
2 4 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 226 (84.96%) PaaS
2 208 (78.20%) Azure
3 124 (46.62%) SaaS
4 78 (29.32%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (22.93%) Entra ID
6 52 (19.55%) AWS
7 42 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (11.28%) GCP
9 25 (9.40%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (8.27%) Power Platform
10 22 (8.27%) Serverless
11 19 (7.14%) GitHub
12 16 (6.02%) Azure AKS
13 15 (5.64%) Datadog
14 11 (4.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (3.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 7 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
18 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 75 (28.20%) Firewall
2 55 (20.68%) VPN
3 49 (18.42%) DNS
4 35 (13.16%) DHCP
5 30 (11.28%) VLAN
6 20 (7.52%) TCP/IP
7 16 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (5.64%) SAN
9 11 (4.14%) WAN
10 9 (3.38%) VoIP
11 8 (3.01%) LAN
12 7 (2.63%) Network Security
12 7 (2.63%) SD-WAN
13 6 (2.26%) PuTTY
13 6 (2.26%) SSH
14 5 (1.88%) DMZ
14 5 (1.88%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.88%) SSL
14 5 (1.88%) STUN
15 4 (1.50%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.26%) Data Lake
2 6 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.88%) Power BI
4 4 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.75%) Big Data
6 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.75%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.14%) Chocolatey
1 11 (4.14%) JIRA
2 7 (2.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (2.26%) Git
4 5 (1.88%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 101 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 64 (24.06%) Finance
3 39 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.27%) Legal
5 21 (7.89%) Law
6 17 (6.39%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.64%) Banking
8 12 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.38%) Billing
11 7 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.26%) Dutch Language
12 6 (2.26%) French Language
12 6 (2.26%) Games
13 5 (1.88%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.88%) Marketing
14 4 (1.50%) Automotive
14 4 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 74 (27.82%) Cloud Engineer
2 70 (26.32%) Architect
3 57 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
4 48 (18.05%) Senior
5 45 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (11.28%) Support Engineer
7 26 (9.77%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (8.65%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 22 (8.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (6.77%) IT Engineer
11 17 (6.39%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (6.39%) Lead
12 14 (5.26%) Security Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (4.51%) Analyst
14 12 (4.51%) Azure Architect
15 11 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
15 11 (4.14%) Cloud Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.63%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.88%) .NET
2 5 (1.88%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (1.88%) Middleware
2 5 (1.88%) RESTful
3 3 (1.13%) CSS
3 3 (1.13%) HTML
3 3 (1.13%) Node.js
4 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.75%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.75%) Playwright
4 2 (0.75%) pytest
4 2 (0.75%) React
4 2 (0.75%) Web Services
4 2 (0.75%) YAML
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.54%) Enterprise Software
2 43 (16.17%) Cloud Native
3 22 (8.27%) Management Information System
4 16 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (5.64%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (4.14%) Hedge funds
8 10 (3.76%) Data Centre
9 9 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (3.38%) PKI
10 8 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (3.01%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.26%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.88%) Replication
13 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (1.50%) IoT
14 2 (0.75%) Clustering
14 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.75%) Genomics
14 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (27.44%) Windows
2 47 (17.67%) Windows Server
3 39 (14.66%) Linux
4 14 (5.26%) Unix
4 14 (5.26%) VMS
5 5 (1.88%) Debian
6 4 (1.50%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.13%) Android
8 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (33.46%) DevOps
2 85 (31.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (21.43%) CI/CD
5 52 (19.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 47 (17.67%) AI
7 42 (15.79%) Agile
7 42 (15.79%) ITIL
8 41 (15.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 39 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (13.53%) Microservices
11 34 (12.78%) Cloud Security
11 34 (12.78%) Project Delivery
12 33 (12.41%) Computer Science
13 32 (12.03%) Enterprise Architecture
13 32 (12.03%) Information Security
14 31 (11.65%) Migration
15 29 (10.90%) Roadmaps
16 28 (10.53%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 60 (22.56%) PowerShell
2 40 (15.04%) Python
3 30 (11.28%) SQL
4 28 (10.53%) Bicep
5 26 (9.77%) Bash
6 6 (2.26%) DCL
6 6 (2.26%) Tcl
7 4 (1.50%) C#
8 3 (1.13%) Java
8 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (18.42%) Degree
2 45 (16.92%) Azure Certification
3 38 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 30 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 27 (10.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (5.26%) CISSP
8 11 (4.14%) CCSK
9 9 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.01%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.26%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.88%) CCNA
13 5 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (1.50%) CCNP
14 4 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (1.13%) MCSE
16 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.64%) SLA
2 12 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.14%) NIST
4 10 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (3.38%) QA
6 6 (2.26%) IFRS
6 6 (2.26%) IFRS 17
6 6 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.26%) Solvency II
7 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.13%) GDPR
7 3 (1.13%) NCSC
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
9 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 70 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 44 (16.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (14.29%) Docker
4 24 (9.02%) Hyper-V
5 20 (7.52%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (4.14%) vSphere
7 8 (3.01%) vCloud
8 7 (2.63%) KVM
8 7 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 79 (29.70%) Terraform
2 44 (16.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (13.91%) Kubernetes
4 19 (7.14%) Ansible
5 18 (6.77%) SCCM
6 11 (4.14%) Puppet
7 8 (3.01%) SCOM
8 7 (2.63%) Autotask
9 6 (2.26%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.50%) SolarWinds Orion
12 3 (1.13%) CASB
12 3 (1.13%) VxRail
13 2 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.75%) Packer
14 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
14 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.38%) Grafana
14 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 142 (53.38%) Microsoft
2 56 (21.05%) VMware
3 25 (9.40%) Google
4 12 (4.51%) AppDynamics
4 12 (4.51%) Cisco
4 12 (4.51%) Palo Alto
4 12 (4.51%) Tenable
5 11 (4.14%) BiZZdesign
5 11 (4.14%) Dynatrace
5 11 (4.14%) Fortinet
6 9 (3.38%) CrowdStrike
6 9 (3.38%) Oracle
6 9 (3.38%) SAP
7 8 (3.01%) Meraki
7 8 (3.01%) SolarWinds
7 8 (3.01%) Veeam
8 7 (2.63%) Apple
9 6 (2.26%) Databricks
9 6 (2.26%) Duck Creek
9 6 (2.26%) Guidewire