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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 365 337
Rank change year-on-year -67 -28 -109
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 311 306 812
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.73% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.13% 2.02% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 220 229 697
10th Percentile £34,406 £41,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year -26.07% +11.50% +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 27,626 15,121 34,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.32% 36.12% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 14,284 11,096 26,786
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,438 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,373 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +8.47% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,250 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% 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 24 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 24 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 -62 269 £62,500 -10.71% 65
UK excluding London -80 183 £51,750 -26.07% 57
London -5 98 £78,125 +9.65% 31
Work from Home -40 73 £70,000 +7.69% 34
North of England -38 51 £45,000 -29.41% 7
South East -57 45 £52,500 -38.24% 27
Midlands -48 40 £47,085 -11.66% 7
North West -12 30 £52,500 -22.22% 3
West Midlands -29 23 £68,500 +1.48% 4
East Midlands -56 17 £38,986 -2.54% 3
South West -62 17 £39,750 -37.65% 7
Yorkshire -61 13 £47,085 -24.66% 4
East of England -36 12 £60,000 +26.32% 5
Scotland -21 11 £46,000 -12.38% 4
North East -30 8 £45,000 -30.77%
Channel Islands - 6 £75,000 -
Wales -32 3 - - 2

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 17 (5.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.93%) IIS
3 1 (0.32%) Apache
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.25%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.29%) Primavera
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 251 (80.71%) PaaS
2 223 (71.70%) Azure
3 132 (42.44%) SaaS
4 81 (26.05%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (17.68%) Entra ID
6 49 (15.76%) AWS
7 42 (13.50%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (10.29%) Azure AKS
9 26 (8.36%) Serverless
10 23 (7.40%) Datadog
11 22 (7.07%) GCP
12 21 (6.75%) Power Platform
13 20 (6.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 18 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (5.79%) GitHub
15 14 (4.50%) Azure Storage
16 12 (3.86%) Azure Key Vault
17 11 (3.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 9 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
19 8 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 72 (23.15%) Firewall
2 59 (18.97%) DNS
3 46 (14.79%) VPN
4 40 (12.86%) DHCP
5 38 (12.22%) VLAN
6 26 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (7.40%) SAN
8 20 (6.43%) TCP/IP
9 11 (3.54%) WAN
10 9 (2.89%) LAN
11 7 (2.25%) ATM
11 7 (2.25%) Multicast
11 7 (2.25%) tcpdump
11 7 (2.25%) VoIP
11 7 (2.25%) Wireshark
12 6 (1.93%) PuTTY
12 6 (1.93%) SSH
13 5 (1.61%) Network Security
13 5 (1.61%) Reverse Proxy
13 5 (1.61%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (19.94%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.93%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.61%) Power BI
4 5 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.29%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.64%) Big Data
7 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.43%) Chocolatey
2 12 (3.86%) JIRA
3 9 (2.89%) Git
4 7 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.64%) Selenium
7 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 90 (28.94%) Social Skills
2 78 (25.08%) Finance
3 42 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.68%) Law
5 26 (8.36%) Banking
6 21 (6.75%) Legal
7 12 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.22%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.89%) Billing
10 7 (2.25%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.25%) Automotive
11 6 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.93%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.61%) Marketing
12 5 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.61%) Retail
13 4 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Advertising
14 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (24.12%) Cloud Engineer
2 68 (21.86%) Azure Engineer
3 67 (21.54%) Architect
4 65 (20.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (20.90%) Senior
5 29 (9.32%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (9.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 26 (8.36%) IT Engineer
8 25 (8.04%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.72%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.43%) Support Engineer
11 16 (5.14%) Analyst
11 16 (5.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.82%) IT Support
12 15 (4.82%) IT Technician
13 14 (4.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 14 (4.50%) Security Engineer
14 13 (4.18%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (4.18%) Infrastructure Support
14 13 (4.18%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.57%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.93%) .NET
2 6 (1.93%) Middleware
2 6 (1.93%) YAML
3 5 (1.61%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.61%) Node.js
4 3 (0.96%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.96%) CSS
4 3 (0.96%) HTML
4 3 (0.96%) RESTful
5 2 (0.64%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.64%) Kafka
5 2 (0.64%) Playwright
6 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.32%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.32%) LDAP
6 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.54%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.68%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (7.72%) Management Information System
4 21 (6.75%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.82%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.54%) Hedge funds
8 10 (3.22%) Replication
9 6 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.93%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.93%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.61%) PKI
11 4 (1.29%) IoT
12 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.64%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.64%) BYOD
13 2 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (27.01%) Windows
2 45 (14.47%) Windows Server
3 39 (12.54%) Linux
4 16 (5.14%) Unix
5 10 (3.22%) VMS
6 9 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.61%) Debian
9 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.64%) Solaris
10 2 (0.64%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.32%) AIX
11 1 (0.32%) Android
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.62%) DevOps
2 86 (27.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 78 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (23.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 57 (18.33%) Agile
5 57 (18.33%) CI/CD
6 46 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (13.83%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (13.18%) ITIL
9 40 (12.86%) Computer Science
10 38 (12.22%) Cloud Security
11 37 (11.90%) AI
12 35 (11.25%) Enterprise Architecture
13 34 (10.93%) Information Security
14 33 (10.61%) Containerisation
14 33 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (10.61%) Migration
15 32 (10.29%) Identity Access Management
15 32 (10.29%) Roadmaps
16 30 (9.65%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.01%) PowerShell
2 43 (13.83%) Python
3 35 (11.25%) SQL
4 25 (8.04%) Bicep
5 23 (7.40%) Bash
6 7 (2.25%) C#
7 6 (1.93%) DCL
7 6 (1.93%) Tcl
8 5 (1.61%) Java
9 3 (0.96%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.96%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (16.08%) Azure Certification
2 48 (15.43%) Degree
3 34 (10.93%) Security Cleared
4 32 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.72%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.47%) CISSP
7 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.54%) CCSK
9 10 (3.22%) CCNP
9 10 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.93%) MCSE
11 6 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.61%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (1.29%) CISA
13 4 (1.29%) CRISC
14 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.07%) SLA
2 17 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (3.22%) NIST
4 10 (3.22%) QA
5 9 (2.89%) GDPR
6 8 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.93%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.64%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.64%) NCSC
8 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.32%) GRC
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 68 (21.86%) Active Directory
2 45 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (9.32%) Docker
4 15 (4.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (4.50%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (3.86%) KVM
7 8 (2.57%) vSphere
8 3 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.64%) vCloud
9 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.32%) Firmware
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 76 (24.44%) Terraform
2 46 (14.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (13.83%) Kubernetes
4 27 (8.68%) Ansible
5 23 (7.40%) SCCM
6 12 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.57%) Puppet
8 5 (1.61%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.29%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.96%) Autotask
10 3 (0.96%) CASB
10 3 (0.96%) Packer
11 2 (0.64%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.64%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.64%) VxRail
12 1 (0.32%) Nessus
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle Flashback
12 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 143 (45.98%) Microsoft
2 57 (18.33%) VMware
3 22 (7.07%) Dynatrace
4 21 (6.75%) Tenable
5 20 (6.43%) AppDynamics
6 19 (6.11%) Google
7 12 (3.86%) Oracle
8 10 (3.22%) Veeam
9 9 (2.89%) Cisco
10 7 (2.25%) Apple
10 7 (2.25%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.93%) Meraki
12 5 (1.61%) BiZZdesign
12 5 (1.61%) Databricks
12 5 (1.61%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.61%) Zerto
13 4 (1.29%) Sage
13 4 (1.29%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.29%) SAP
14 3 (0.96%) Fortinet