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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 414 369
Rank change year-on-year -46 -45 -191
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 357 282 546
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.56% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.29% 1.76% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 239 205 406
10th Percentile £42,178 £37,170 £46,875
25th Percentile £50,786 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,373 £61,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -6.15% -10.34%
75th Percentile £80,594 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,050 £103,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -7.69%

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 27,663 15,991 26,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.29% 31.94% 31.57%
Number of salaries quoted 18,551 10,956 18,412
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,959 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -43 315 £65,000 +4.00% 114
UK excluding London -62 218 £60,000 +6.67% 72
London -33 118 £78,125 +11.61% 55
Work from Home -63 92 £69,607 +16.01% 42
North of England -26 63 £52,500 -13.22% 21
South East -17 56 £60,000 - 19
Midlands -31 38 £60,000 +30.43% 10
South West -59 28 £42,500 -10.53% 6
North West -2 26 £47,500 -17.39% 13
North East -43 22 £89,250 +37.31%
East Midlands -14 21 £60,000 -0.83% 4
West Midlands -41 17 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Yorkshire -43 15 £62,500 +31.58% 9
Scotland +17 13 £65,450 +19.00% 8
East of England -32 10 £60,000 +25.00% 5
Wales -63 9 £50,871 +33.54% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £75,000 -

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 34 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (8.12%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.68%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (6.16%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Exchequer
1 3 (0.84%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 270 (75.63%) Azure
2 256 (71.71%) PaaS
3 136 (38.10%) SaaS
4 90 (25.21%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (19.33%) AWS
6 65 (18.21%) Entra ID
7 60 (16.81%) Azure DevOps
8 55 (15.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 54 (15.13%) Azure AKS
10 44 (12.32%) Azure Key Vault
10 44 (12.32%) Serverless
11 32 (8.96%) GitHub
12 31 (8.68%) Azure Functions
12 31 (8.68%) Azure Monitor
13 28 (7.84%) Azure Storage
14 18 (5.04%) Datadog
14 18 (5.04%) GCP
15 17 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (4.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 91 (25.49%) DNS
2 60 (16.81%) Firewall
3 57 (15.97%) VPN
4 47 (13.17%) DHCP
5 24 (6.72%) VLAN
5 24 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (6.16%) WAN
7 21 (5.88%) SAN
8 13 (3.64%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.36%) LAN
9 12 (3.36%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.96%) Network Security
11 5 (1.40%) SNMP
12 4 (1.12%) SSL
13 2 (0.56%) ATM
13 2 (0.56%) Multicast
13 2 (0.56%) tcpdump
13 2 (0.56%) Wireless
13 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
14 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.61%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.68%) Power BI
5 5 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.40%) Redis
6 4 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.56%) Power Query
8 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.28%) Metadata
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (7.28%) Git
2 16 (4.48%) Chocolatey
3 11 (3.08%) JIRA
4 5 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.56%) Ant
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.56%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.45%) Finance
3 52 (14.57%) Law
4 34 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (6.44%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.16%) Banking
8 19 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.64%) Retail
10 11 (3.08%) Legal
11 10 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.52%) Marketing
13 6 (1.68%) Games
14 5 (1.40%) Aviation
14 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.12%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.56%) Legal Technology
16 2 (0.56%) Police
16 2 (0.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 81 (22.69%) Architect
1 81 (22.69%) Azure Engineer
2 64 (17.93%) Senior
3 63 (17.65%) Cloud Engineer
4 61 (17.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (8.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 28 (7.84%) Analyst
7 25 (7.00%) Azure Architect
8 22 (6.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 21 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
10 20 (5.60%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (5.04%) Enterprise Architect
12 17 (4.76%) Lead
13 16 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.48%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.20%) Cloud Architect
14 15 (4.20%) IT Engineer
14 15 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.92%) Senior Architect
16 13 (3.64%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (31.65%) Terraform
2 19 (5.32%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.92%) Middleware
4 10 (2.80%) YAML
5 6 (1.68%) .NET
6 4 (1.12%) Node.js
7 3 (0.84%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.84%) SAML
7 3 (0.84%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.56%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.56%) Kafka
8 2 (0.56%) REST
8 2 (0.56%) Web Services
9 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.28%) JSON
9 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (6.72%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.16%) Data Centre
5 21 (5.88%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.60%) Enterprise Cloud
6 20 (5.60%) Onboarding
7 18 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (3.64%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.36%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.36%) Podcast
10 9 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.96%) Replication
12 7 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.68%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.40%) AS400
14 5 (1.40%) iSeries
15 4 (1.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 95 (26.61%) Windows
2 45 (12.61%) Windows Server
3 41 (11.48%) Linux
4 16 (4.48%) VMS
5 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.12%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.12%) Solaris
6 4 (1.12%) Unix
6 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.28%) AIX
8 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (35.29%) Infrastructure as Code
2 121 (33.89%) DevOps
3 101 (28.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 82 (22.97%) Agile
4 82 (22.97%) CI/CD
5 75 (21.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 72 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (19.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (19.05%) High Availability
9 66 (18.49%) Root Cause Analysis
10 63 (17.65%) Analytics
11 62 (17.37%) Cloud Security
12 55 (15.41%) Migration
13 54 (15.13%) Roadmaps
14 53 (14.85%) Containerisation
15 49 (13.73%) AI
16 47 (13.17%) Mentoring
17 45 (12.61%) ITIL
18 43 (12.04%) Computer Science
19 36 (10.08%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 107 (29.97%) PowerShell
2 51 (14.29%) Bicep
3 35 (9.80%) SQL
4 33 (9.24%) Python
5 27 (7.56%) Bash
6 12 (3.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.68%) Java
8 5 (1.40%) C#
9 4 (1.12%) Go
10 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.56%) Ruby
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (25.77%) Azure Certification
2 46 (12.89%) Degree
3 30 (8.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (8.12%) Security Cleared
5 23 (6.44%) SC Cleared
6 20 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.80%) CCNP
9 7 (1.96%) CISSP
10 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.84%) CISA
11 3 (0.84%) CRISC
11 3 (0.84%) ICAEW
12 2 (0.56%) CISM
12 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.56%) MCSE
12 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.72%) SLA
3 17 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (4.76%) NIST
4 11 (3.08%) ISO 14000
5 10 (2.80%) GDPR
6 7 (1.96%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.40%) NCSC
8 4 (1.12%) QA
9 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.28%) GRC
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.28%) PMO
11 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 98 (27.45%) Active Directory
2 72 (20.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.00%) Docker
4 24 (6.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (4.76%) Hyper-V
6 16 (4.48%) vSphere
7 15 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.84%) KVM
9 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.56%) Firmware
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (16.53%) Kubernetes
2 55 (15.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (10.92%) Ansible
4 19 (5.32%) SCCM
5 10 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.40%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.12%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.12%) Puppet
7 4 (1.12%) SCOM
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.56%) Argo
9 2 (0.56%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.56%) Grafana
9 2 (0.56%) MaaS360
9 2 (0.56%) Packer
9 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.56%) WSUS
10 1 (0.28%) Nessus
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 176 (49.30%) Microsoft
2 77 (21.57%) VMware
3 25 (7.00%) Cisco
4 18 (5.04%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.76%) Tenable
6 16 (4.48%) AppDynamics
7 15 (4.20%) Google
8 12 (3.36%) ScienceLogic
9 9 (2.52%) Adobe
9 9 (2.52%) Meraki
9 9 (2.52%) Oracle
10 7 (1.96%) Apple
10 7 (1.96%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.96%) Veeam
11 5 (1.40%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.12%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.12%) iManage
12 4 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.12%) SAP
13 3 (0.84%) Aderant