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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 420 373
Rank change year-on-year -54 -47 -200
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 360 287 543
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.57% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.30% 1.80% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 241 209 407
10th Percentile £40,800 £37,170 £47,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -5.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £79,688 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £104,250
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 27,687 15,910 26,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.45% 31.87% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 18,499 10,914 18,462
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.99%
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 25 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 25 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 -54 317 £63,750 +2.00% 63
UK excluding London -50 223 £60,000 +6.67% 57
London -32 116 £79,063 +12.95% 30
Work from Home -64 93 £69,607 +16.01% 24
North of England -32 63 £52,500 -11.02% 12
South East -29 56 £60,000 -1.64% 25
Midlands -29 42 £60,000 +30.43% 9
South West -55 28 £42,500 -10.53% 5
North West -5 27 £44,250 -23.04% 6
East Midlands -16 23 £57,500 -4.96% 5
North East -39 21 £89,250 +37.31% 2
West Midlands -42 19 £60,750 +35.00% 4
Yorkshire -51 15 £62,500 +31.58% 4
Scotland +13 13 £65,450 +19.00% 3
East of England -25 10 £60,000 +25.00% 2
Wales -65 9 £50,871 +33.54% 2
Channel Islands - 2 £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 (9.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (7.78%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.67%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (6.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.11%) Exchequer
1 4 (1.11%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 272 (75.56%) Azure
2 260 (72.22%) PaaS
3 136 (37.78%) SaaS
4 89 (24.72%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (18.89%) AWS
6 67 (18.61%) Entra ID
7 61 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
8 55 (15.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 54 (15.00%) Azure AKS
10 44 (12.22%) Azure Key Vault
11 43 (11.94%) Serverless
12 32 (8.89%) GitHub
13 30 (8.33%) Azure Functions
13 30 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (7.78%) Azure Storage
15 17 (4.72%) Datadog
15 17 (4.72%) GCP
16 16 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
17 14 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (3.89%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 90 (25.00%) DNS
2 58 (16.11%) Firewall
3 56 (15.56%) VPN
4 46 (12.78%) DHCP
5 23 (6.39%) VLAN
5 23 (6.39%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (6.11%) WAN
7 20 (5.56%) SAN
8 13 (3.61%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.33%) LAN
9 12 (3.33%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.94%) Network Security
11 5 (1.39%) SNMP
12 4 (1.11%) 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 46 (12.78%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.50%) 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 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.83%) 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 (7.22%) Git
2 15 (4.17%) 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 (25.83%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.56%) Finance
3 52 (14.44%) Law
4 33 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.11%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.83%) Banking
7 19 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.61%) Legal
8 13 (3.61%) Retail
9 10 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.50%) Marketing
11 6 (1.67%) Games
12 5 (1.39%) Aviation
12 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.11%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.56%) Advertising
14 2 (0.56%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.56%) Police
14 2 (0.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 82 (22.78%) Architect
2 80 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
3 64 (17.78%) Senior
4 62 (17.22%) Cloud Engineer
5 60 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (8.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 30 (8.33%) Analyst
8 25 (6.94%) Azure Architect
9 22 (6.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 21 (5.83%) Infrastructure Architect
11 19 (5.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (4.72%) Lead
13 17 (4.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 17 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (4.44%) Cloud Architect
14 16 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (4.17%) IT Engineer
16 13 (3.61%) Account Manager
16 13 (3.61%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (31.39%) Terraform
2 19 (5.28%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.89%) Middleware
4 10 (2.78%) YAML
5 6 (1.67%) .NET
6 4 (1.11%) Node.js
7 3 (0.83%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.83%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.83%) SAML
7 3 (0.83%) 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 59 (16.39%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (6.67%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.11%) Data Centre
5 21 (5.83%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.56%) Enterprise Cloud
6 20 (5.56%) Onboarding
7 17 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (3.61%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.33%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.33%) Podcast
10 11 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (2.22%) Replication
13 7 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.67%) Product Ownership
15 5 (1.39%) AS400
15 5 (1.39%) iSeries
16 4 (1.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 97 (26.94%) Windows
2 46 (12.78%) Windows Server
3 41 (11.39%) Linux
4 15 (4.17%) 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 (35.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 122 (33.89%) DevOps
3 100 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 83 (23.06%) Agile
5 82 (22.78%) CI/CD
6 74 (20.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 73 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (18.89%) High Availability
10 66 (18.33%) Root Cause Analysis
11 62 (17.22%) Analytics
11 62 (17.22%) Cloud Security
12 55 (15.28%) Roadmaps
13 54 (15.00%) Migration
14 53 (14.72%) Containerisation
15 49 (13.61%) AI
16 46 (12.78%) Mentoring
17 43 (11.94%) ITIL
18 42 (11.67%) Computer Science
19 36 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 106 (29.44%) PowerShell
2 51 (14.17%) Bicep
3 35 (9.72%) SQL
4 33 (9.17%) Python
5 27 (7.50%) Bash
6 12 (3.33%) 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 91 (25.28%) Azure Certification
2 45 (12.50%) Degree
3 31 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (8.06%) Security Cleared
5 23 (6.39%) SC Cleared
6 19 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.06%) CCNP
9 7 (1.94%) CISSP
10 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.83%) CISA
11 3 (0.83%) CRISC
11 3 (0.83%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.83%) MCSE
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%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.39%) SLA
3 17 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (4.72%) NIST
4 11 (3.06%) ISO 14000
5 10 (2.78%) GDPR
6 7 (1.94%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.39%) NCSC
7 5 (1.39%) QA
8 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) GRC
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.28%) PMO
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 101 (28.06%) Active Directory
2 72 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.94%) Docker
4 24 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (4.72%) Hyper-V
6 16 (4.44%) vSphere
7 15 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.11%) 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 (16.39%) Kubernetes
2 53 (14.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (10.83%) Ansible
4 18 (5.00%) SCCM
5 12 (3.33%) 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 (0.83%) 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
1 177 (49.17%) Microsoft
2 77 (21.39%) VMware
3 25 (6.94%) Cisco
4 17 (4.72%) Dynatrace
5 16 (4.44%) Tenable
6 15 (4.17%) AppDynamics
7 14 (3.89%) Google
8 12 (3.33%) ScienceLogic
9 9 (2.50%) Meraki
9 9 (2.50%) Oracle
10 8 (2.22%) Adobe
10 8 (2.22%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.22%) Veeam
11 7 (1.94%) Apple
12 5 (1.39%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.11%) Broadcom
13 4 (1.11%) iManage
13 4 (1.11%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.11%) Sage
13 4 (1.11%) SAP