Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 352 203
Rank change year-on-year -55 -149 +64
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 303 812 1,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.83% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.00% 2.30% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 224 696 994
10th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,724 £53,916
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £105,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,783 £59,526
% change year-on-year +11.50% +5.47% +8.23%

All Cloud 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 15,150 35,329 45,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.36% 35.99% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11,082 26,785 29,604
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,644 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS.

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

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 26 April 2025. 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 -77 276 £70,000 - 273
UK excluding London +32 188 £70,000 +11.50% 159
Work from Home -19 102 £65,000 -7.14% 143
London -47 96 £70,000 -17.65% 152
South East +75 62 £85,000 +36.00% 48
Midlands +58 50 £59,150 -14.57% 25
West Midlands +46 35 £70,000 +1.11% 17
North of England -17 31 £63,750 +1.54% 30
South West +53 20 £63,750 -8.93% 12
North West -28 16 £67,500 +3.85% 17
East Midlands +67 15 £40,000 -11.11% 7
Yorkshire +54 12 £62,500 +11.11% 9
Scotland +93 9 £52,500 -16.00% 24
East of England +66 9 £47,500 -7.32% 6
Wales +51 9 £38,094 -47.46% 8
Northern Ireland +37 3 - - 7
North East +36 3 £65,000 +44.44% 4

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (11.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (9.57%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.98%) Tomcat
4 5 (1.65%) IIS
4 5 (1.65%) NetWeaver
4 5 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
6 2 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.64%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.66%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 214 (70.63%) PaaS
2 208 (68.65%) Azure
3 163 (53.80%) SaaS
4 77 (25.41%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (23.10%) AWS
6 47 (15.51%) Entra ID
7 45 (14.85%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (11.55%) GCP
9 19 (6.27%) GitHub
10 17 (5.61%) Serverless
11 16 (5.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 15 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (4.95%) Power Platform
13 11 (3.63%) Power Automate
14 10 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (2.97%) Mimecast
15 9 (2.97%) PowerApps
16 8 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
16 8 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.85%) Firewall
2 44 (14.52%) DNS
3 32 (10.56%) VSAN
4 24 (7.92%) VPN
5 23 (7.59%) WAN
6 22 (7.26%) DHCP
7 18 (5.94%) Network Security
8 15 (4.95%) SAN
9 14 (4.62%) SD-WAN
10 13 (4.29%) LAN
11 10 (3.30%) TCP/IP
12 9 (2.97%) VLAN
13 8 (2.64%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (2.64%) FTP
13 8 (2.64%) IPv4
13 8 (2.64%) PBX
13 8 (2.64%) SMTP
13 8 (2.64%) Structured Cabling
14 6 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (1.65%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.96%) Power BI
3 10 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.97%) Star Schema
5 8 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (2.64%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.31%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.65%) Big Data
7 5 (1.65%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (1.65%) MySQL
7 5 (1.65%) Oracle ODI
7 5 (1.65%) SAP BW
7 5 (1.65%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (1.65%) SAP HANA
8 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.66%) GIS
9 2 (0.66%) HBase
Development Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Jenkins
2 9 (2.97%) SonarQube
2 9 (2.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.65%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (1.32%) JIRA
5 2 (0.66%) Git
5 2 (0.66%) GitLab
5 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 101 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.47%) Finance
3 26 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.94%) Legal
6 13 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.63%) Banking
7 11 (3.63%) Law
8 8 (2.64%) Welsh Language
9 6 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.98%) Retail
10 5 (1.65%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.65%) Marketing
10 5 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.32%) Advertising
11 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Police
12 3 (0.99%) Games
Job Titles
1 52 (17.16%) Senior
2 49 (16.17%) Architect
3 45 (14.85%) Cloud Engineer
3 45 (14.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (12.21%) Azure Engineer
4 37 (12.21%) VMware Specialist
5 23 (7.59%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (6.60%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 18 (5.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (5.94%) Lead
8 17 (5.61%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.28%) IT Engineer
10 14 (4.62%) Consultant
11 12 (3.96%) Developer
11 12 (3.96%) Server Engineer
12 11 (3.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.63%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.30%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 10 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.95%) ARM Templates
2 14 (4.62%) .NET
3 12 (3.96%) Middleware
4 9 (2.97%) Azure Blueprints
4 9 (2.97%) React
4 9 (2.97%) SAML
5 6 (1.98%) Web Services
6 5 (1.65%) RESTful
7 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.32%) OAuth
8 3 (0.99%) LDAP
8 3 (0.99%) REST
9 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.66%) JSON
9 2 (0.66%) SOAP
9 2 (0.66%) YAML
10 1 (0.33%) Kafka
10 1 (0.33%) Node.js
10 1 (0.33%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.88%) Management Information System
2 32 (10.56%) Public Cloud
3 23 (7.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (6.93%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.94%) Data Centre
6 16 (5.28%) Onboarding
7 14 (4.62%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.97%) IoT
9 8 (2.64%) Replication
10 7 (2.31%) PKI
11 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.98%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.98%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.65%) Clustering
12 5 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.32%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.99%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
15 2 (0.66%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 76 (25.08%) Windows
2 60 (19.80%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.26%) Linux
4 16 (5.28%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (3.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.64%) Android
6 8 (2.64%) Unix
7 7 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.65%) AIX
9 4 (1.32%) VMS
9 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (33.99%) DevOps
2 69 (22.77%) CI/CD
3 58 (19.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (17.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 51 (16.83%) Agile
5 51 (16.83%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (14.19%) ITIL
7 39 (12.87%) Migration
8 38 (12.54%) Cloud Security
9 35 (11.55%) Project Management
10 32 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
11 31 (10.23%) Platform Engineering
12 30 (9.90%) Mentoring
13 29 (9.57%) Risk Management
13 29 (9.57%) Roadmaps
14 26 (8.58%) Containerisation
15 25 (8.25%) High Availability
16 23 (7.59%) Analytics
16 23 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (35.97%) PowerShell
2 79 (26.07%) Python
3 36 (11.88%) SQL
4 23 (7.59%) Bash
5 13 (4.29%) Java
6 12 (3.96%) C#
7 7 (2.31%) Bicep
7 7 (2.31%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.98%) C
9 5 (1.65%) Ruby
10 3 (0.99%) Go
10 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.66%) Perl
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (23.10%) Security Cleared
2 40 (13.20%) DV Cleared
3 39 (12.87%) Degree
4 36 (11.88%) Azure Certification
5 30 (9.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (6.93%) SC Cleared
7 17 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (4.62%) CCNA
9 12 (3.96%) AWS Certification
10 11 (3.63%) CISSP
11 10 (3.30%) DBS Check
11 10 (3.30%) MCSE
12 9 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (2.97%) MCSA
13 8 (2.64%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (2.31%) CCNP
15 5 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (1.65%) CISA
15 5 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (1.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.26%) NIST
2 21 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.62%) GDPR
4 12 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.96%) NCSC
4 12 (3.96%) SLA
5 8 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.32%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.99%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.99%) PMO
8 3 (0.99%) QA
9 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 84 (27.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (22.77%) Active Directory
3 41 (13.53%) vSphere
4 38 (12.54%) VMware NSX
5 31 (10.23%) Docker
6 20 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.28%) Hyper-V
7 16 (5.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.99%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.66%) Firmware
10 2 (0.66%) HDFS
11 1 (0.33%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 49 (16.17%) Terraform
2 37 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (10.23%) Kubernetes
4 22 (7.26%) Ansible
5 11 (3.63%) SCCM
6 9 (2.97%) vRealize
6 9 (2.97%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 9 (2.97%) WSUS
7 6 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.32%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.32%) SCOM
10 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.66%) CASB
11 2 (0.66%) Grafana
11 2 (0.66%) Hadoop YARN
11 2 (0.66%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.66%) Puppet
11 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 134 (44.22%) Microsoft
2 100 (33.00%) VMware
3 36 (11.88%) Cisco
4 18 (5.94%) Oracle
5 16 (5.28%) Citrix
6 14 (4.62%) Google
7 12 (3.96%) SolarWinds
8 11 (3.63%) Veeam
9 9 (2.97%) Databricks
10 8 (2.64%) CheckPoint
11 7 (2.31%) SAP
12 6 (1.98%) IBM
12 6 (1.98%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.65%) EMC
13 5 (1.65%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.65%) iManage
14 4 (1.32%) Dell
14 4 (1.32%) Meraki
14 4 (1.32%) NetMotion Wireless
14 4 (1.32%) Rapid7