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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 394 374
Rank change year-on-year -31 -20 -154
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 351 296 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.36% 1.96% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 246 209 598
10th Percentile £36,663 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,651 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -0.74% -3.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £93,188 £99,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -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 25,812 15,107 35,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.18% 33.26% 33.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,787 10,472 27,089
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -23 305 £60,000 -13.04% 66
UK excluding London -36 208 £60,000 -2.44% 50
London -5 117 £76,563 +5.60% 34
Work from Home -11 96 £69,250 +15.42% 26
South East -29 63 £60,000 -22.58% 30
North of England -26 43 £45,000 -25.62% 7
Midlands -36 38 £57,000 -15.56% 6
South West -45 29 £47,500 -3.55% 4
North West +11 22 £28,000 -58.52% 2
East Midlands -20 22 £51,250 +24.24% 3
West Midlands -37 16 £59,000 -15.71% 3
East of England -14 15 £60,000 +32.60% 2
Scotland +13 13 £43,400 -21.09% 2
North East - 11 £45,000 - 1
Yorkshire -48 10 £46,042 -12.30% 4
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -52 4 £65,000 +70.63%

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 29 (8.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (5.13%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.42%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.14%) Primavera
3 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 273 (77.78%) Azure
2 266 (75.78%) PaaS
3 121 (34.47%) SaaS
4 84 (23.93%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (19.66%) Entra ID
6 62 (17.66%) Azure AKS
7 59 (16.81%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (14.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 51 (14.53%) AWS
10 43 (12.25%) Serverless
11 40 (11.40%) Azure Key Vault
12 37 (10.54%) GitHub
13 30 (8.55%) Azure Storage
14 29 (8.26%) Azure Monitor
15 26 (7.41%) Azure Functions
16 19 (5.41%) Datadog
17 14 (3.99%) GCP
17 14 (3.99%) Power Platform
18 13 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
19 11 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 76 (21.65%) DNS
2 65 (18.52%) Firewall
3 59 (16.81%) VPN
4 39 (11.11%) DHCP
5 35 (9.97%) VLAN
6 24 (6.84%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (6.27%) SAN
8 18 (5.13%) TCP/IP
9 13 (3.70%) WAN
10 8 (2.28%) LAN
10 8 (2.28%) VoIP
11 7 (1.99%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.71%) ATM
12 6 (1.71%) Multicast
12 6 (1.71%) Network Security
12 6 (1.71%) tcpdump
12 6 (1.71%) Wireshark
13 5 (1.42%) DMZ
13 5 (1.42%) Reverse Proxy
13 5 (1.42%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.52%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.42%) Power BI
4 5 (1.42%) Redis
5 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.57%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.28%) Big Data
8 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.27%) Git
2 17 (4.84%) Chocolatey
3 11 (3.13%) JIRA
4 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.85%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 98 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 81 (23.08%) Finance
3 49 (13.96%) Law
4 36 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (6.55%) Banking
7 13 (3.70%) Legal
8 10 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.28%) Marketing
10 8 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.99%) Billing
11 7 (1.99%) Retail
12 6 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.71%) Automotive
12 6 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.71%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.42%) Aviation
14 4 (1.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 89 (25.36%) Azure Engineer
2 88 (25.07%) Cloud Engineer
3 69 (19.66%) Senior
4 68 (19.37%) Architect
5 63 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (8.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 31 (8.83%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 27 (7.69%) Analyst
8 22 (6.27%) IT Engineer
9 21 (5.98%) Azure Architect
10 20 (5.70%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (5.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 20 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (4.84%) Consultant
13 16 (4.56%) Enterprise Architect
14 15 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
14 15 (4.27%) IT Technician
15 14 (3.99%) Infrastructure Architect
16 13 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.84%) ARM Templates
2 11 (3.13%) YAML
3 6 (1.71%) Node.js
4 5 (1.42%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (0.85%) .NET
5 3 (0.85%) Kafka
5 3 (0.85%) Middleware
5 3 (0.85%) Playwright
5 3 (0.85%) SAP Basis
6 2 (0.57%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.57%) REST
6 2 (0.57%) RESTful
6 2 (0.57%) Web Services
7 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.28%) JSON
7 1 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 25 (7.12%) Security Posture
3 20 (5.70%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 14 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.70%) Enterprise Cloud
6 13 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.42%) Podcast
8 11 (3.13%) Replication
9 10 (2.85%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.71%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.42%) PKI
14 4 (1.14%) Driving Licence
15 3 (0.85%) Product Ownership
16 2 (0.57%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 100 (28.49%) Windows
2 52 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 45 (12.82%) Linux
4 18 (5.13%) VMS
5 12 (3.42%) Unix
6 8 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.42%) Debian
8 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.57%) Solaris
10 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.28%) AIX
11 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (37.61%) Infrastructure as Code
2 119 (33.90%) DevOps
3 88 (25.07%) CI/CD
4 76 (21.65%) Agile
5 74 (21.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 73 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (19.09%) Cloud Security
8 62 (17.66%) Root Cause Analysis
9 57 (16.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 54 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (15.10%) Containerisation
12 52 (14.81%) High Availability
13 47 (13.39%) Roadmaps
14 44 (12.54%) Analytics
15 43 (12.25%) AI
15 43 (12.25%) Migration
16 41 (11.68%) Computer Science
17 39 (11.11%) ITIL
18 36 (10.26%) Load Balancing
19 34 (9.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 101 (28.77%) PowerShell
2 53 (15.10%) Bicep
3 47 (13.39%) Python
4 44 (12.54%) SQL
5 33 (9.40%) Bash
6 12 (3.42%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.99%) Java
8 4 (1.14%) C#
9 3 (0.85%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.57%) DCL
10 2 (0.57%) Go
10 2 (0.57%) Tcl
11 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (24.50%) Azure Certification
2 42 (11.97%) Degree
3 37 (10.54%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (8.55%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.27%) CISSP
7 12 (3.42%) CCNP
7 12 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.71%) CCSK
8 6 (1.71%) MCSE
8 6 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.14%) CISA
10 4 (1.14%) CRISC
11 3 (0.85%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (5.41%) NIST
3 18 (5.13%) SLA
4 13 (3.70%) GDPR
5 11 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.99%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.71%) QA
8 5 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 14000
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.28%) NCSC
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 96 (27.35%) Active Directory
2 69 (19.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.98%) Docker
4 27 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (6.27%) vSphere
6 13 (3.70%) Hyper-V
6 13 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.13%) KVM
8 2 (0.57%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.57%) Firmware
8 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 118 (33.62%) Terraform
2 61 (17.38%) Kubernetes
3 48 (13.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (9.97%) Ansible
5 19 (5.41%) SCCM
6 14 (3.99%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.71%) Puppet
8 5 (1.42%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.14%) Packer
9 4 (1.14%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.85%) Autotask
11 2 (0.57%) Argo
11 2 (0.57%) CASB
11 2 (0.57%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.57%) Grafana
11 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.57%) VxRail
11 2 (0.57%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 166 (47.29%) Microsoft
2 77 (21.94%) VMware
3 24 (6.84%) Cisco
4 19 (5.41%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.84%) AppDynamics
5 17 (4.84%) Tenable
6 14 (3.99%) Google
7 13 (3.70%) Veeam
8 12 (3.42%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (3.13%) Meraki
10 7 (1.99%) Oracle
11 6 (1.71%) Apple
11 6 (1.71%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.71%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.42%) SAP
12 5 (1.42%) Zerto
13 4 (1.14%) Broadcom
13 4 (1.14%) Sage
14 3 (0.85%) iManage