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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 415 382
Rank change year-on-year -55 -33 -204
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 354 285 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.57% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.29% 1.79% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 236 205 383
10th Percentile £42,500 £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 £97,500 £96,050 £103,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,445 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.21% -7.59% -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 27,511 15,930 25,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.04% 31.86% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 18,545 10,882 17,592
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,875
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 1 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 1 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 -66 313 £65,000 +4.00% 185
UK excluding London -64 213 £60,000 +8.21% 130
London -31 120 £78,125 +11.61% 84
Work from Home -45 93 £69,607 +21.05% 65
North of England -28 62 £55,000 -6.78% 37
South East -29 54 £60,000 -1.64% 38
Midlands -45 37 £60,000 +5.73% 17
South West -63 29 £42,500 -10.53% 9
North West -10 25 £47,500 -17.39% 20
North East -44 22 £89,250 +37.31% 3
East Midlands -15 20 £58,750 -2.89% 7
West Midlands -30 17 £60,000 +6.67% 10
Yorkshire -44 15 £62,500 +31.58% 16
Scotland +5 12 £77,500 +37.78% 11
East of England -24 9 £60,000 +25.00% 10
Wales -65 9 £50,871 +33.54% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £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 (9.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.47%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.69%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (5.93%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Exchequer
1 3 (0.85%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 268 (75.71%) Azure
2 256 (72.32%) PaaS
3 137 (38.70%) SaaS
4 91 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (19.77%) AWS
6 66 (18.64%) Entra ID
7 60 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (14.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 51 (14.41%) Azure AKS
10 44 (12.43%) Serverless
11 41 (11.58%) Azure Key Vault
12 32 (9.04%) Azure Functions
13 31 (8.76%) Azure Monitor
13 31 (8.76%) GitHub
14 25 (7.06%) Azure Storage
15 18 (5.08%) Datadog
15 18 (5.08%) GCP
16 17 (4.80%) Microsoft Purview
17 15 (4.24%) Microsoft Copilot
18 14 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 89 (25.14%) DNS
2 61 (17.23%) Firewall
3 59 (16.67%) VPN
4 48 (13.56%) DHCP
5 24 (6.78%) VLAN
5 24 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (6.21%) WAN
7 21 (5.93%) SAN
8 13 (3.67%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.39%) LAN
10 11 (3.11%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.98%) Network Security
12 5 (1.41%) SNMP
13 4 (1.13%) SSL
14 3 (0.85%) Wireless
15 1 (0.28%) ATM
15 1 (0.28%) DSL
15 1 (0.28%) Internet
15 1 (0.28%) PSTN
15 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.69%) Power BI
5 5 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.41%) Redis
6 4 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.13%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.85%) 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%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.28%) Metadata
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (7.34%) Git
2 16 (4.52%) Chocolatey
3 11 (3.11%) JIRA
4 5 (1.41%) 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 92 (25.99%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.90%) Finance
3 50 (14.12%) Law
4 34 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (6.50%) Banking
6 23 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.65%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.67%) Retail
9 11 (3.11%) Legal
10 10 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.54%) Marketing
12 6 (1.69%) Games
13 5 (1.41%) Aviation
13 5 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.13%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.56%) Advertising
15 2 (0.56%) Legal Technology
15 2 (0.56%) Local Government
15 2 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 82 (23.16%) Architect
2 78 (22.03%) Azure Engineer
3 63 (17.80%) Senior
4 61 (17.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 60 (16.95%) Cloud Engineer
6 29 (8.19%) Analyst
7 28 (7.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 25 (7.06%) Azure Architect
9 23 (6.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 21 (5.93%) Infrastructure Architect
11 20 (5.65%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (5.08%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (4.80%) Lead
14 16 (4.52%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (4.24%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 14 (3.95%) IT Engineer
16 14 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
17 13 (3.67%) Account Manager
17 13 (3.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (31.64%) Terraform
2 19 (5.37%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.95%) Middleware
4 9 (2.54%) YAML
5 6 (1.69%) .NET
6 4 (1.13%) Node.js
7 3 (0.85%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.85%) SAML
7 3 (0.85%) 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%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.82%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (6.78%) Public Cloud
4 23 (6.50%) Data Centre
5 22 (6.21%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.65%) Enterprise Cloud
6 20 (5.65%) Onboarding
7 18 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (3.67%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.39%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.39%) Podcast
10 9 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.98%) Replication
12 7 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.69%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.41%) AS400
14 5 (1.41%) iSeries
15 4 (1.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 96 (27.12%) Windows
2 46 (12.99%) Windows Server
3 41 (11.58%) Linux
4 17 (4.80%) VMS
5 5 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.13%) Solaris
6 4 (1.13%) Unix
6 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.56%) CentOS
7 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (35.31%) Infrastructure as Code
2 120 (33.90%) DevOps
3 102 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 81 (22.88%) CI/CD
5 78 (22.03%) Agile
6 75 (21.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 71 (20.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (18.64%) High Availability
9 64 (18.08%) Root Cause Analysis
10 63 (17.80%) Analytics
10 63 (17.80%) Cloud Security
11 56 (15.82%) Migration
12 54 (15.25%) Roadmaps
13 50 (14.12%) AI
13 50 (14.12%) Containerisation
14 47 (13.28%) Mentoring
15 46 (12.99%) ITIL
16 43 (12.15%) Computer Science
17 36 (10.17%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 105 (29.66%) PowerShell
2 50 (14.12%) Bicep
3 35 (9.89%) SQL
4 32 (9.04%) Python
5 27 (7.63%) Bash
6 12 (3.39%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.69%) Java
8 5 (1.41%) C#
9 4 (1.13%) 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 90 (25.42%) Azure Certification
2 46 (12.99%) Degree
3 30 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (8.47%) Security Cleared
4 23 (6.50%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.82%) CCNP
8 8 (2.26%) CISSP
9 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.85%) CISA
9 3 (0.85%) CRISC
9 3 (0.85%) ICAEW
10 2 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.56%) CCSP
10 2 (0.56%) CISM
10 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.78%) SLA
3 18 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (4.80%) NIST
5 11 (3.11%) ISO 14000
6 10 (2.82%) GDPR
7 7 (1.98%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.41%) NCSC
9 4 (1.13%) QA
10 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.56%) GRC
11 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.28%) PMO
12 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 99 (27.97%) Active Directory
2 73 (20.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.78%) Docker
3 24 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (5.08%) Hyper-V
5 17 (4.80%) vSphere
6 16 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.56%) Firmware
7 2 (0.56%) KVM
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 55 (15.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (15.25%) Kubernetes
3 38 (10.73%) Ansible
4 20 (5.65%) SCCM
5 11 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.41%) SCOM
7 4 (1.13%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.85%) Puppet
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%) Nessus
9 2 (0.56%) Packer
9 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.56%) vRealize
9 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 177 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 78 (22.03%) VMware
3 26 (7.34%) Cisco
4 18 (5.08%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.80%) Tenable
6 16 (4.52%) AppDynamics
7 15 (4.24%) Google
8 12 (3.39%) ScienceLogic
9 10 (2.82%) Meraki
10 9 (2.54%) Adobe
10 9 (2.54%) Oracle
11 8 (2.26%) Veeam
12 7 (1.98%) Apple
12 7 (1.98%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.41%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.13%) Broadcom
14 4 (1.13%) iManage
14 4 (1.13%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.13%) SAP
15 3 (0.85%) Sage