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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 281 281
Rank change year-on-year -139 0 -35
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 284 495 845
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 1.13% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.18% 3.05% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 206 277 723
10th Percentile £36,332 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £55,625 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.66% +2.84% +1.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £89,300 £94,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.46% +5.47%

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 24,032 16,252 31,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.42% 37.26% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 12,945 10,996 25,693
10th Percentile £29,212 £32,500 £30,009
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -159 239 £62,500 -13.79% 78
UK excluding London -157 156 £60,000 -20.00% 68
London -10 87 £65,000 -8.77% 20
Work from Home -3 85 £70,000 - 36
North of England -22 50 £47,085 -24.66% 13
South East -65 36 £63,750 -15.00% 27
Midlands -37 35 £51,792 -26.01% 11
North West +7 31 £40,500 -26.36% 10
West Midlands -10 24 £68,500 -8.67% 4
East of England -4 11 £57,500 +17.95% 9
East Midlands -33 11 £39,250 -1.88% 7
Scotland -10 10 £46,000 -16.36% 1
North East -13 10 £45,000 -30.77%
South West -141 10 £60,500 -10.37% 8
Yorkshire -41 9 £70,932 +9.13% 3
Channel Islands - 6 £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 31 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (7.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.76%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.41%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Exchequer
1 4 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) Primavera
2 3 (1.06%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 235 (82.75%) PaaS
2 218 (76.76%) Azure
3 124 (43.66%) SaaS
4 81 (28.52%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (22.18%) Entra ID
6 50 (17.61%) AWS
7 42 (14.79%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (10.92%) GCP
9 24 (8.45%) Power Platform
10 23 (8.10%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (7.39%) Azure AKS
12 20 (7.04%) Serverless
13 18 (6.34%) GitHub
14 17 (5.99%) Datadog
15 14 (4.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 11 (3.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (3.17%) Azure Storage
18 8 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
19 7 (2.46%) Azure Key Vault
19 7 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 75 (26.41%) Firewall
2 56 (19.72%) DNS
3 54 (19.01%) VPN
4 36 (12.68%) DHCP
5 30 (10.56%) VLAN
6 22 (7.75%) TCP/IP
7 19 (6.69%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (5.99%) SAN
9 11 (3.87%) WAN
10 9 (3.17%) LAN
10 9 (3.17%) VoIP
11 7 (2.46%) ATM
11 7 (2.46%) Multicast
11 7 (2.46%) SD-WAN
11 7 (2.46%) tcpdump
11 7 (2.46%) Wireshark
12 6 (2.11%) PuTTY
12 6 (2.11%) SSH
13 5 (1.76%) DMZ
13 5 (1.76%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.11%) Data Lake
2 6 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.76%) Power BI
4 4 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.70%) Big Data
6 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.70%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.58%) Chocolatey
1 13 (4.58%) JIRA
2 7 (2.46%) Git
2 7 (2.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) GitLab
4 2 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 98 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 70 (24.65%) Finance
3 38 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.45%) Legal
5 22 (7.75%) Law
6 18 (6.34%) Banking
7 15 (5.28%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.17%) Billing
10 7 (2.46%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.46%) Automotive
11 6 (2.11%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.76%) Marketing
12 5 (1.76%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.06%) Dutch Language
14 3 (1.06%) French Language
Job Titles
1 74 (26.06%) Cloud Engineer
2 65 (22.89%) Architect
3 62 (21.83%) Azure Engineer
4 55 (19.37%) Senior
5 51 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (9.86%) Support Engineer
7 27 (9.51%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 26 (9.15%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (8.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (7.75%) IT Engineer
11 20 (7.04%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (5.99%) Analyst
13 16 (5.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.93%) Security Engineer
15 13 (4.58%) Cloud Architect
16 12 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
16 12 (4.23%) Azure Architect
16 12 (4.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 12 (4.23%) Lead
17 11 (3.87%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.82%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.11%) Middleware
3 5 (1.76%) .NET
3 5 (1.76%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.41%) RESTful
4 4 (1.41%) YAML
5 3 (1.06%) CSS
5 3 (1.06%) HTML
5 3 (1.06%) Node.js
6 2 (0.70%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.70%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.70%) Playwright
6 2 (0.70%) pytest
6 2 (0.70%) React
6 2 (0.70%) Web Services
7 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.35%) Kafka
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.14%) Cloud Native
2 39 (13.73%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (7.04%) Management Information System
4 18 (6.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (5.28%) Security Posture
6 14 (4.93%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (3.87%) Hedge funds
8 10 (3.52%) Data Centre
8 10 (3.52%) PKI
9 9 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (3.17%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.46%) Replication
11 6 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.76%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (1.41%) IoT
13 4 (1.41%) Public Cloud
14 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.70%) Genomics
14 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
14 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 80 (28.17%) Windows
2 49 (17.25%) Windows Server
3 43 (15.14%) Linux
4 14 (4.93%) Unix
4 14 (4.93%) VMS
5 7 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.76%) Debian
6 5 (1.76%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.06%) Android
8 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (30.99%) Infrastructure as Code
2 86 (30.28%) DevOps
3 64 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (20.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 55 (19.37%) CI/CD
6 49 (17.25%) Agile
7 45 (15.85%) Disaster Recovery
8 44 (15.49%) AI
8 44 (15.49%) ITIL
9 41 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (12.32%) Cloud Security
11 34 (11.97%) Information Security
12 33 (11.62%) Computer Science
13 31 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (10.92%) Enterprise Architecture
13 31 (10.92%) Project Delivery
14 30 (10.56%) Containerisation
14 30 (10.56%) Migration
15 29 (10.21%) Identity Access Management
15 29 (10.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.94%) PowerShell
2 43 (15.14%) Python
3 29 (10.21%) SQL
4 27 (9.51%) Bicep
5 25 (8.80%) Bash
6 6 (2.11%) DCL
6 6 (2.11%) Tcl
7 4 (1.41%) C#
8 3 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (1.06%) Java
8 3 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (16.55%) Azure Certification
2 44 (15.49%) Degree
3 38 (13.38%) Security Cleared
4 30 (10.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (10.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (10.21%) SC Cleared
6 16 (5.63%) CISSP
7 12 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (3.87%) CCSK
9 9 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.82%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.11%) CCNP
12 6 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.76%) MCSE
13 5 (1.76%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (1.41%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.06%) CCNA
15 3 (1.06%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.63%) SLA
2 13 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.23%) NIST
3 12 (4.23%) QA
4 11 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (2.11%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.41%) GDPR
8 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.06%) IFRS
8 3 (1.06%) IFRS 17
8 3 (1.06%) NCSC
8 3 (1.06%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.70%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 73 (25.70%) Active Directory
2 51 (17.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (14.08%) Docker
4 25 (8.80%) Hyper-V
5 17 (5.99%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (4.23%) KVM
7 11 (3.87%) vSphere
8 9 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (2.82%) vCloud
10 3 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 80 (28.17%) Terraform
2 48 (16.90%) Kubernetes
3 43 (15.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (9.15%) Ansible
5 19 (6.69%) SCCM
6 14 (4.93%) Puppet
7 11 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.46%) SCOM
9 6 (2.11%) Autotask
9 6 (2.11%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.41%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (1.06%) CASB
11 3 (1.06%) VxRail
12 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.70%) Packer
13 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.35%) Grafana
13 1 (0.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 146 (51.41%) Microsoft
2 62 (21.83%) VMware
3 26 (9.15%) Google
4 14 (4.93%) AppDynamics
4 14 (4.93%) Tenable
5 13 (4.58%) Dynatrace
6 12 (4.23%) Cisco
7 10 (3.52%) Oracle
7 10 (3.52%) Veeam
8 8 (2.82%) BiZZdesign
8 8 (2.82%) Meraki
8 8 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.46%) Apple
9 7 (2.46%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.46%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.11%) Databricks
10 6 (2.11%) SAP
10 6 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.76%) Zerto