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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 418 373
Rank change year-on-year -46 -45 -193
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 359 285 535
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.57% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.30% 1.78% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 242 205 392
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,170 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -6.15% -10.34%
75th Percentile £84,125 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £96,050 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,445 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.21% -7.59% -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 27,641 16,009 25,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.25% 31.97% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 18,552 10,947 17,670
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £39,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%
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 29 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 29 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 -43 317 £65,000 +4.00% 202
UK excluding London -63 217 £60,000 +8.21% 144
London -31 121 £78,125 +11.61% 102
Work from Home -57 93 £69,607 +18.48% 68
North of England -35 62 £55,000 -6.78% 37
South East -26 56 £60,000 - 49
Midlands -36 38 £60,000 +5.73% 17
South West -56 28 £42,500 -10.53% 11
North West -6 25 £47,500 -17.39% 22
North East -45 22 £89,250 +37.31% 2
East Midlands -20 21 £60,000 -0.83% 8
West Midlands -28 17 £60,000 +6.67% 9
Yorkshire -46 15 £62,500 +31.58% 15
Scotland +7 13 £65,450 +19.00% 11
East of England -16 10 £60,000 +25.00% 9
Wales -65 9 £50,871 +33.54% 7
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 (9.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.36%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.67%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (5.85%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Exchequer
1 3 (0.84%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 273 (76.04%) Azure
2 258 (71.87%) PaaS
3 137 (38.16%) SaaS
4 91 (25.35%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (19.50%) AWS
6 66 (18.38%) Entra ID
7 61 (16.99%) Azure DevOps
8 55 (15.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 54 (15.04%) Azure AKS
10 44 (12.26%) Azure Key Vault
10 44 (12.26%) Serverless
11 32 (8.91%) Azure Functions
11 32 (8.91%) GitHub
12 31 (8.64%) Azure Monitor
13 28 (7.80%) Azure Storage
14 18 (5.01%) Datadog
14 18 (5.01%) GCP
15 17 (4.74%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (4.18%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 92 (25.63%) DNS
2 61 (16.99%) Firewall
3 59 (16.43%) VPN
4 48 (13.37%) DHCP
5 24 (6.69%) VLAN
5 24 (6.69%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (6.13%) WAN
7 21 (5.85%) SAN
8 13 (3.62%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.34%) LAN
9 12 (3.34%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.95%) Network Security
11 5 (1.39%) SNMP
12 4 (1.11%) SSL
13 3 (0.84%) Wireless
14 2 (0.56%) ATM
14 2 (0.56%) Multicast
14 2 (0.56%) tcpdump
14 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
15 1 (0.28%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.53%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.67%) Power BI
5 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.39%) Redis
6 4 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.11%) 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 (7.24%) Git
2 16 (4.46%) Chocolatey
3 11 (3.06%) JIRA
4 5 (1.39%) 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 93 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.61%) Finance
3 53 (14.76%) Law
4 34 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (6.41%) Banking
6 23 (6.41%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.57%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.62%) Retail
9 11 (3.06%) Legal
10 10 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.51%) Marketing
12 6 (1.67%) Games
13 5 (1.39%) Aviation
13 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.11%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.56%) Legal Technology
15 2 (0.56%) Police
15 2 (0.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 82 (22.84%) Architect
1 82 (22.84%) Azure Engineer
2 64 (17.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 63 (17.55%) Senior
4 61 (16.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (8.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 29 (8.08%) Analyst
7 25 (6.96%) Azure Architect
8 23 (6.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 21 (5.85%) Infrastructure Architect
10 20 (5.57%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (5.01%) Enterprise Architect
12 17 (4.74%) Lead
13 16 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.46%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.18%) Cloud Architect
14 15 (4.18%) IT Engineer
15 14 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.62%) Account Manager
16 13 (3.62%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (31.48%) Terraform
2 19 (5.29%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.90%) Middleware
4 9 (2.51%) YAML
5 6 (1.67%) .NET
6 4 (1.11%) 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%) ADO
9 1 (0.28%) JSON
9 1 (0.28%) Playwright
9 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.88%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (6.69%) Public Cloud
4 23 (6.41%) Data Centre
5 22 (6.13%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.57%) Enterprise Cloud
6 20 (5.57%) Onboarding
7 18 (5.01%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (3.62%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.34%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.34%) Podcast
10 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.95%) Replication
12 7 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.67%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.39%) AS400
14 5 (1.39%) iSeries
15 4 (1.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 95 (26.46%) Windows
2 45 (12.53%) Windows Server
3 41 (11.42%) Linux
4 17 (4.74%) VMS
5 5 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.11%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.11%) Solaris
6 4 (1.11%) Unix
6 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.28%) AIX
8 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (35.10%) Infrastructure as Code
2 121 (33.70%) DevOps
3 102 (28.41%) Disaster Recovery
4 82 (22.84%) Agile
4 82 (22.84%) CI/CD
5 75 (20.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 72 (20.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 72 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (19.22%) High Availability
8 66 (18.38%) Root Cause Analysis
9 64 (17.83%) Cloud Security
10 63 (17.55%) Analytics
11 56 (15.60%) Migration
12 54 (15.04%) Roadmaps
13 53 (14.76%) Containerisation
14 49 (13.65%) AI
15 47 (13.09%) Mentoring
16 45 (12.53%) ITIL
17 43 (11.98%) Computer Science
18 36 (10.03%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 108 (30.08%) PowerShell
2 51 (14.21%) Bicep
3 35 (9.75%) SQL
4 33 (9.19%) Python
5 27 (7.52%) Bash
6 12 (3.34%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.67%) Java
8 5 (1.39%) C#
9 4 (1.11%) 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 93 (25.91%) Azure Certification
2 46 (12.81%) Degree
3 30 (8.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (8.08%) Security Cleared
5 23 (6.41%) SC Cleared
6 20 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.79%) CCNP
9 8 (2.23%) CISSP
10 4 (1.11%) 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%) (ISC)2 CCSP
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%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.69%) SLA
3 18 (5.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (4.74%) NIST
5 11 (3.06%) ISO 14000
6 10 (2.79%) GDPR
7 7 (1.95%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.39%) NCSC
9 4 (1.11%) QA
10 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.56%) GRC
11 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.28%) PMO
12 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 99 (27.58%) Active Directory
2 73 (20.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.96%) Docker
4 24 (6.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (5.01%) Hyper-V
6 16 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (4.46%) vSphere
7 3 (0.84%) KVM
8 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.56%) Firmware
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (16.16%) Kubernetes
2 55 (15.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (10.58%) Ansible
4 20 (5.57%) SCCM
5 11 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.39%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.11%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.11%) Puppet
7 4 (1.11%) 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%) VxRail
9 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.56%) WSUS
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 178 (49.58%) Microsoft
2 78 (21.73%) VMware
3 26 (7.24%) Cisco
4 18 (5.01%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.74%) Tenable
6 16 (4.46%) AppDynamics
7 15 (4.18%) Google
8 12 (3.34%) ScienceLogic
9 10 (2.79%) Meraki
10 9 (2.51%) Adobe
10 9 (2.51%) Oracle
11 8 (2.23%) Veeam
12 7 (1.95%) Apple
12 7 (1.95%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.39%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.11%) Broadcom
14 4 (1.11%) iManage
14 4 (1.11%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.11%) SAP
15 3 (0.84%) Sage