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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 400 360
Rank change year-on-year -99 -40 -188
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 343 289 516
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.58% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.27% 1.87% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 216 209 331
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,000 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £85,313 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,650 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -12.41%

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 27,082 15,471 23,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.89% 31.22% 31.94%
Number of salaries quoted 18,453 10,358 14,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £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 6 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 6 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 -91 301 £65,000 +8.33% 266
UK excluding London -109 203 £60,000 +4.35% 186
London -47 120 £78,125 +18.82% 119
Work from Home -54 103 £69,607 +24.54% 101
North of England -51 65 £54,000 +13.68% 56
South East -24 52 £60,000 +1.69% 51
Midlands -57 32 £60,000 -20.00% 26
North West -25 28 £47,500 +17.28% 34
South West -73 25 £55,000 - 15
North East -50 23 £89,250 +32.22% 4
West Midlands -34 22 £60,000 -17.24% 16
Yorkshire -39 14 £66,053 +39.06% 18
Scotland +8 13 £77,500 +34.78% 18
East Midlands -32 10 £60,000 -20.00% 10
Wales -63 9 £50,871 +33.54% 8
East of England -40 5 £60,000 +11.11% 11
Northern Ireland -89 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 42 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.46%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (6.12%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 265 (77.26%) Azure
2 238 (69.39%) PaaS
3 121 (35.28%) SaaS
4 89 (25.95%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (23.32%) Entra ID
6 70 (20.41%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (19.83%) AWS
8 49 (14.29%) Serverless
9 47 (13.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 46 (13.41%) Azure AKS
11 44 (12.83%) GitHub
12 37 (10.79%) Azure Key Vault
12 37 (10.79%) Azure Monitor
13 36 (10.50%) Azure Functions
14 20 (5.83%) Azure Storage
14 20 (5.83%) Microsoft Purview
15 17 (4.96%) GCP
16 16 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Copilot
18 13 (3.79%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 92 (26.82%) DNS
2 71 (20.70%) Firewall
3 62 (18.08%) VPN
4 45 (13.12%) DHCP
5 23 (6.71%) WAN
6 19 (5.54%) VLAN
7 18 (5.25%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (4.96%) Network Security
9 15 (4.37%) SAN
10 14 (4.08%) SD-WAN
11 12 (3.50%) LAN
12 10 (2.92%) TCP/IP
13 9 (2.62%) BIG-IP
13 9 (2.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 9 (2.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 7 (2.04%) SNMP
15 6 (1.75%) SSL
16 3 (0.87%) Wireless
17 1 (0.29%) Internet
17 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.46%) Redis
6 4 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.17%) Power BI
7 3 (0.87%) Big Data
7 3 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.58%) Power Query
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) Metadata
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (8.16%) Git
2 21 (6.12%) JIRA
3 14 (4.08%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.21%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.58%) Ant
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (0.58%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.58%) Maven
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 95 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 82 (23.91%) Finance
3 41 (11.95%) Law
4 35 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (6.41%) Banking
8 20 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.50%) Legal
9 12 (3.50%) Retail
10 11 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.62%) Marketing
12 6 (1.75%) Games
12 6 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.46%) Aviation
14 4 (1.17%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.17%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.17%) Police
15 2 (0.58%) Advertising
15 2 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 80 (23.32%) Architect
2 77 (22.45%) Azure Engineer
3 73 (21.28%) Senior
4 71 (20.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 61 (17.78%) Cloud Engineer
6 27 (7.87%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (7.29%) Azure Architect
8 24 (7.00%) Analyst
9 23 (6.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 21 (6.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 20 (5.83%) Infrastructure Architect
12 17 (4.96%) Cloud Architect
12 17 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.66%) Lead
13 16 (4.66%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.37%) Consultant
14 15 (4.37%) Senior Architect
14 15 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (36.15%) Terraform
2 20 (5.83%) ARM Templates
3 17 (4.96%) Middleware
4 9 (2.62%) YAML
5 6 (1.75%) SAML
6 4 (1.17%) .NET
6 4 (1.17%) Node.js
7 3 (0.87%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.58%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.58%) REST
8 2 (0.58%) Web Services
9 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.29%) ADO
9 1 (0.29%) JSON
9 1 (0.29%) Kafka
9 1 (0.29%) Playwright
9 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (17.49%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.62%) Data Centre
2 33 (9.62%) Public Cloud
3 31 (9.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 26 (7.58%) Security Posture
5 21 (6.12%) Enterprise Cloud
6 19 (5.54%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (4.96%) Onboarding
8 16 (4.66%) Management Information System
9 13 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (3.79%) Driving Licence
10 12 (3.50%) Podcast
11 9 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (2.04%) Product Ownership
13 7 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
15 5 (1.46%) AS400
15 5 (1.46%) iSeries
15 5 (1.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 94 (27.41%) Windows
2 50 (14.58%) Windows Server
3 47 (13.70%) Linux
4 20 (5.83%) VMS
5 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.17%) Solaris
7 4 (1.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.87%) CentOS
9 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) AIX
10 1 (0.29%) Android
10 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (39.65%) Infrastructure as Code
2 128 (37.32%) DevOps
3 108 (31.49%) Disaster Recovery
4 98 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 91 (26.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (23.03%) Agile
7 78 (22.74%) Cloud Security
8 75 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (19.24%) Analytics
11 62 (18.08%) High Availability
12 61 (17.78%) Root Cause Analysis
13 58 (16.91%) Migration
14 56 (16.33%) AI
15 51 (14.87%) Roadmaps
16 49 (14.29%) ITIL
17 48 (13.99%) Containerisation
18 45 (13.12%) Mentoring
19 43 (12.54%) Computer Science
20 40 (11.66%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 108 (31.49%) PowerShell
2 57 (16.62%) Bicep
3 43 (12.54%) Python
4 38 (11.08%) SQL
5 29 (8.45%) Bash
6 12 (3.50%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (2.62%) ActionScript
8 7 (2.04%) Java
9 4 (1.17%) Go
10 3 (0.87%) C#
11 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.58%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.29%) Swift
12 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (26.24%) Azure Certification
2 49 (14.29%) Degree
3 35 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (7.87%) SC Cleared
6 22 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.62%) CISSP
9 7 (2.04%) CCNP
10 6 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.75%) CCSP
11 5 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.17%) CISM
12 4 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.87%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.87%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.87%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.58%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.41%) SLA
3 20 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (5.83%) NIST
4 11 (3.21%) ISO 14000
5 10 (2.92%) GDPR
6 9 (2.62%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.04%) NCSC
8 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.87%) GRC
10 2 (0.58%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.58%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.58%) QA
11 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.29%) PMO
11 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 95 (27.70%) Active Directory
2 68 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (7.87%) Docker
4 23 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (5.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (5.25%) Hyper-V
6 18 (5.25%) vSphere
7 3 (0.87%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.58%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (16.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (15.74%) Kubernetes
3 44 (12.83%) Ansible
4 15 (4.37%) SCCM
5 10 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.04%) Progress Chef
6 7 (2.04%) SCOM
7 5 (1.46%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.46%) Grafana
7 5 (1.46%) Puppet
8 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 3 (0.87%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.87%) Nessus
9 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.87%) vRealize
10 2 (0.58%) Argo
10 2 (0.58%) MaaS360
10 2 (0.58%) Packer
10 2 (0.58%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 177 (51.60%) Microsoft
2 73 (21.28%) VMware
3 29 (8.45%) Cisco
4 15 (4.37%) Dynatrace
4 15 (4.37%) Google
5 13 (3.79%) Tenable
6 12 (3.50%) Oracle
6 12 (3.50%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (3.21%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.92%) Meraki
9 9 (2.62%) Adobe
9 9 (2.62%) F5
10 7 (2.04%) Apple
10 7 (2.04%) Citrix
10 7 (2.04%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.75%) Veeam
12 5 (1.46%) Aderant
12 5 (1.46%) iManage
12 5 (1.46%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.46%) YouTube