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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 484 416 370
Rank change year-on-year -68 -46 -193
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 352 283 513
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.57% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.27% 1.80% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 233 203 351
10th Percentile £44,296 £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 £85,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £96,400 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -10.11%

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 27,740 15,737 24,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.55% 31.68% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 18,793 10,656 16,102
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,500
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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -78 311 £65,000 +4.00% 100
UK excluding London -85 209 £60,000 +4.35% 69
London -35 122 £78,125 +11.61% 44
Work from Home -59 93 £69,607 +21.05% 37
North of England -42 58 £57,500 +9.52% 20
South East -9 54 £60,000 -1.64% 26
Midlands -48 36 £60,000 -5.88% 10
South West -71 30 £42,500 -10.53% 1
North West -9 23 £47,500 +17.28% 12
North East -43 22 £89,250 +37.31% 2
East Midlands -20 18 £60,000 -20.00% 6
West Midlands -36 18 £60,000 - 4
Yorkshire -53 13 £62,500 +31.58% 6
Scotland +15 12 £77,500 +34.78% 7
East of England -34 9 £60,000 +11.11% 4
Wales -74 9 £50,871 +33.54% 1
Northern Ireland -79 1 - - 1

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 37 (10.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.81%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.70%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (5.97%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Exchequer
1 2 (0.57%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 268 (76.14%) Azure
2 250 (71.02%) PaaS
3 135 (38.35%) SaaS
4 93 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (19.89%) AWS
6 69 (19.60%) Entra ID
7 60 (17.05%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (14.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 51 (14.49%) Azure AKS
10 46 (13.07%) Serverless
11 42 (11.93%) Azure Key Vault
12 33 (9.38%) Azure Monitor
13 32 (9.09%) Azure Functions
14 31 (8.81%) GitHub
15 25 (7.10%) Azure Storage
16 18 (5.11%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (4.83%) Datadog
17 17 (4.83%) GCP
18 15 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
19 14 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 90 (25.57%) DNS
2 62 (17.61%) Firewall
3 59 (16.76%) VPN
4 48 (13.64%) DHCP
5 23 (6.53%) VLAN
5 23 (6.53%) WAN
5 23 (6.53%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (5.68%) SAN
7 14 (3.98%) SD-WAN
8 12 (3.41%) LAN
9 10 (2.84%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.99%) Network Security
11 6 (1.70%) SNMP
12 4 (1.14%) SSL
13 3 (0.85%) Wireless
14 1 (0.28%) DSL
14 1 (0.28%) Internet
14 1 (0.28%) NAS
14 1 (0.28%) tcpdump
14 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.70%) Power BI
5 5 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.42%) Redis
6 4 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.57%) Power Query
8 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) Big Data
9 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.28%) Metadata
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (7.39%) Git
2 15 (4.26%) Chocolatey
3 11 (3.13%) JIRA
4 5 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.57%) Ant
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.57%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (26.14%) Social Skills
2 75 (21.31%) Finance
3 51 (14.49%) Law
4 34 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.25%) Banking
7 18 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.98%) Retail
9 12 (3.41%) Legal
10 10 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.56%) Marketing
12 6 (1.70%) Games
13 5 (1.42%) Aviation
13 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.14%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.57%) Advertising
15 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.57%) Legal Technology
15 2 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 82 (23.30%) Architect
2 80 (22.73%) Azure Engineer
3 65 (18.47%) Senior
4 64 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 62 (17.61%) Cloud Engineer
6 28 (7.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 28 (7.95%) Analyst
7 25 (7.10%) Azure Architect
8 24 (6.82%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 23 (6.53%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (5.97%) Infrastructure Architect
11 18 (5.11%) Enterprise Architect
12 17 (4.83%) Lead
13 16 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (4.26%) Cloud Architect
15 14 (3.98%) Consultant
15 14 (3.98%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 14 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.69%) Account Manager
16 13 (3.69%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (31.53%) Terraform
2 18 (5.11%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.98%) Middleware
4 9 (2.56%) YAML
5 6 (1.70%) .NET
6 4 (1.14%) Node.js
6 4 (1.14%) SAML
7 3 (0.85%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.85%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.57%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.57%) Kafka
8 2 (0.57%) REST
8 2 (0.57%) Web Services
9 1 (0.28%) ADO
9 1 (0.28%) JSON
9 1 (0.28%) Playwright
9 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.91%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 25 (7.10%) Public Cloud
4 23 (6.53%) Data Centre
5 22 (6.25%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.68%) Enterprise Cloud
6 20 (5.68%) Onboarding
7 17 (4.83%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (3.69%) Driving Licence
8 13 (3.69%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.41%) Podcast
10 9 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.70%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.70%) Replication
14 5 (1.42%) AS400
14 5 (1.42%) iSeries
15 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 97 (27.56%) Windows
2 48 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.50%) Linux
4 19 (5.40%) VMS
5 6 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.14%) Solaris
7 4 (1.14%) Unix
8 3 (0.85%) CentOS
9 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
10 1 (0.28%) Android
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (35.23%) Infrastructure as Code
2 117 (33.24%) DevOps
3 103 (29.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 80 (22.73%) CI/CD
5 79 (22.44%) Agile
6 78 (22.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 71 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (18.75%) Cloud Security
8 66 (18.75%) High Availability
9 65 (18.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 63 (17.90%) Analytics
11 55 (15.63%) Migration
12 54 (15.34%) Roadmaps
13 52 (14.77%) AI
14 50 (14.20%) Containerisation
15 49 (13.92%) ITIL
16 45 (12.78%) Mentoring
17 43 (12.22%) Computer Science
18 36 (10.23%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 107 (30.40%) PowerShell
2 50 (14.20%) Bicep
3 34 (9.66%) SQL
4 32 (9.09%) Python
5 28 (7.95%) Bash
6 12 (3.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.99%) Java
8 5 (1.42%) C#
9 4 (1.14%) Go
10 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.57%) Ruby
11 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.28%) Swift
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (26.14%) Azure Certification
2 46 (13.07%) Degree
3 32 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 28 (7.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 20 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.56%) CCNP
9 8 (2.27%) CISSP
10 3 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.85%) CCSP
10 3 (0.85%) CISM
10 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.85%) ICAEW
10 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.82%) SLA
3 19 (5.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (4.83%) NIST
5 11 (3.13%) ISO 14000
6 10 (2.84%) GDPR
7 7 (1.99%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.70%) NCSC
9 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.85%) QA
10 2 (0.57%) GRC
10 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.28%) PMO
11 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 98 (27.84%) Active Directory
2 74 (21.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.82%) Docker
4 23 (6.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (5.11%) Hyper-V
5 18 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (5.11%) vSphere
6 2 (0.57%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.57%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) KVM
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (16.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (15.63%) Kubernetes
3 40 (11.36%) Ansible
4 19 (5.40%) SCCM
5 10 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.70%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.70%) SCOM
7 5 (1.42%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.14%) Puppet
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 3 (0.85%) Nessus
9 3 (0.85%) vRealize
10 2 (0.57%) Argo
10 2 (0.57%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.57%) MaaS360
10 2 (0.57%) Packer
10 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.57%) VxRail
10 2 (0.57%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 177 (50.28%) Microsoft
2 79 (22.44%) VMware
3 27 (7.67%) Cisco
4 17 (4.83%) Dynatrace
5 16 (4.55%) Tenable
6 15 (4.26%) AppDynamics
6 15 (4.26%) Google
7 12 (3.41%) ScienceLogic
8 10 (2.84%) Meraki
8 10 (2.84%) Oracle
9 9 (2.56%) Adobe
10 7 (1.99%) Apple
10 7 (1.99%) Veeam
11 6 (1.70%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.70%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.42%) Citrix
12 5 (1.42%) iManage
13 4 (1.14%) Aderant
13 4 (1.14%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.14%) SAP