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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 348 319
Rank change year-on-year -77 -29 -78
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 301 318 834
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.77% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.12% 2.11% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 214 240 718
10th Percentile £32,802 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,225 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £76,818 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £71,991 £62,783
% change year-on-year -20.13% +14.67% +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 26,832 15,077 33,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.64% 36.58% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,063 11,093 26,688
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 13 April 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 13 April 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 -93 262 £63,000 -10.00% 82
UK excluding London -93 181 £57,500 -20.13% 65
London -14 91 £85,000 +21.43% 42
Work from Home -37 71 £70,000 - 32
North of England -46 48 £46,042 -27.78% 6
South East -57 46 £60,000 -22.58% 35
Midlands -51 41 £56,500 -13.08% 7
North West -15 30 £52,500 -22.22% 5
West Midlands -21 25 £68,500 -2.14% 5
South West -51 17 £39,750 -37.65% 9
East Midlands -46 16 £33,500 -16.25% 2
East of England -24 13 £60,000 +26.32% 5
Scotland -9 11 £46,000 -12.38% 3
Yorkshire -60 11 £47,085 -24.66% 1
North East -27 7 £45,000 -30.77%
Channel Islands - 6 £75,000 -
Wales -32 1 - - 3

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 19 (6.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.66%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.33%) Primavera
3 1 (0.33%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 243 (80.73%) PaaS
2 217 (72.09%) Azure
3 128 (42.52%) SaaS
4 79 (26.25%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (17.94%) Entra ID
6 50 (16.61%) AWS
7 41 (13.62%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (9.30%) Azure AKS
9 25 (8.31%) GCP
10 23 (7.64%) Serverless
11 22 (7.31%) Datadog
12 20 (6.64%) Power Platform
13 19 (6.31%) GitHub
14 18 (5.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 17 (5.65%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (4.65%) Azure Storage
17 12 (3.99%) Azure Key Vault
18 11 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 9 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
20 8 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 70 (23.26%) Firewall
2 60 (19.93%) DNS
3 47 (15.61%) VPN
4 40 (13.29%) DHCP
5 36 (11.96%) VLAN
6 24 (7.97%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (6.98%) SAN
7 21 (6.98%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.32%) WAN
9 8 (2.66%) LAN
9 8 (2.66%) VoIP
10 7 (2.33%) ATM
10 7 (2.33%) Multicast
10 7 (2.33%) tcpdump
10 7 (2.33%) Wireshark
11 6 (1.99%) PuTTY
11 6 (1.99%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.99%) SSH
12 5 (1.66%) DMZ
12 5 (1.66%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (19.27%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.99%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.33%) Power BI
6 4 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.66%) Big Data
8 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.66%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.98%) Chocolatey
2 14 (4.65%) JIRA
3 7 (2.33%) Git
3 7 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.66%) Selenium
6 1 (0.33%) GitLab
General
1 90 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 75 (24.92%) Finance
3 42 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.30%) Law
5 25 (8.31%) Banking
6 22 (7.31%) Legal
7 12 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.32%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.99%) Billing
11 7 (2.33%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.33%) Automotive
12 6 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.99%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.66%) Marketing
13 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.66%) Retail
14 4 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.66%) German Language
Job Titles
1 75 (24.92%) Cloud Engineer
2 67 (22.26%) Architect
2 67 (22.26%) Azure Engineer
3 60 (19.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 60 (19.93%) Senior
4 28 (9.30%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 28 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
5 25 (8.31%) IT Engineer
6 24 (7.97%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (7.97%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (7.31%) Support Engineer
8 17 (5.65%) Analyst
8 17 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.32%) IT Support
10 15 (4.98%) IT Technician
11 14 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (4.65%) Infrastructure Support
11 14 (4.65%) Lead
11 14 (4.65%) Security Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.99%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.99%) .NET
2 6 (1.99%) Middleware
3 5 (1.66%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.66%) YAML
4 3 (1.00%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.00%) CSS
4 3 (1.00%) HTML
4 3 (1.00%) Node.js
4 3 (1.00%) RESTful
5 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.66%) Kafka
5 2 (0.66%) Playwright
6 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.33%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.33%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.33%) OAuth
6 1 (0.33%) pytest
6 1 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.96%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.30%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (6.98%) Management Information System
4 19 (6.31%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.98%) Security Posture
6 13 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.65%) Hedge funds
8 8 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.66%) Replication
9 7 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.33%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.99%) PKI
11 5 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.33%) IoT
13 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
14 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.66%) BYOD
14 2 (0.66%) Cyberattack
14 2 (0.66%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 81 (26.91%) Windows
2 45 (14.95%) Windows Server
3 37 (12.29%) Linux
4 15 (4.98%) Unix
5 10 (3.32%) VMS
6 9 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.66%) Debian
9 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.33%) AIX
11 1 (0.33%) Android
11 1 (0.33%) Solaris
11 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (28.90%) DevOps
2 79 (26.25%) Infrastructure as Code
3 74 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (22.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 59 (19.60%) Agile
6 55 (18.27%) CI/CD
7 45 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (13.95%) ITIL
9 40 (13.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 39 (12.96%) AI
10 39 (12.96%) Cloud Security
10 39 (12.96%) Computer Science
11 36 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
12 34 (11.30%) Containerisation
12 34 (11.30%) Information Security
13 33 (10.96%) Roadmaps
14 32 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
15 31 (10.30%) Identity Access Management
15 31 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (9.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 60 (19.93%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.62%) Python
3 33 (10.96%) SQL
4 25 (8.31%) Bash
5 24 (7.97%) Bicep
6 6 (1.99%) C#
6 6 (1.99%) DCL
6 6 (1.99%) Tcl
7 3 (1.00%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (1.00%) Java
7 3 (1.00%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (15.95%) Degree
2 46 (15.28%) Azure Certification
3 33 (10.96%) Security Cleared
4 31 (10.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.97%) SC Cleared
6 18 (5.98%) CISSP
7 16 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.65%) CCSK
9 8 (2.66%) CCNP
9 8 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.99%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.99%) MCSE
11 6 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.66%) CISA
12 5 (1.66%) CRISC
12 5 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.98%) SLA
2 16 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.65%) NIST
4 11 (3.65%) QA
5 8 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.66%) GDPR
6 7 (2.33%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.00%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.66%) NCSC
8 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.33%) GRC
9 1 (0.33%) IFRS
9 1 (0.33%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 68 (22.59%) Active Directory
2 45 (14.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (10.63%) Docker
4 17 (5.65%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (3.99%) KVM
8 9 (2.99%) vSphere
9 3 (1.00%) vCloud
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 73 (24.25%) Terraform
2 46 (15.28%) Kubernetes
3 45 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (8.64%) Ansible
5 23 (7.64%) SCCM
6 13 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.99%) Puppet
8 6 (1.99%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.33%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (1.00%) Autotask
10 3 (1.00%) CASB
10 3 (1.00%) Packer
11 2 (0.66%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.66%) VxRail
12 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle Flashback
12 1 (0.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 144 (47.84%) Microsoft
2 56 (18.60%) VMware
3 22 (7.31%) Google
4 20 (6.64%) Dynatrace
5 19 (6.31%) Tenable
6 18 (5.98%) AppDynamics
7 11 (3.65%) Oracle
7 11 (3.65%) Veeam
8 10 (3.32%) Cisco
9 9 (2.99%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.99%) Apple
10 6 (1.99%) Databricks
10 6 (1.99%) Meraki
10 6 (1.99%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.99%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.66%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.66%) Zerto
12 4 (1.33%) Sage
12 4 (1.33%) Salesforce