IaaS Job Trends
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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 497 | 413 | 288 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -84 | -125 | -108 |
| Permanent jobs citing IaaS | 340 | 274 | 635 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.29% | 0.56% | 0.90% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 1.28% | 1.76% | 2.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 218 | 199 | 332 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,250 | £37,000 | £47,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £45,500 | £52,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | -7.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,250 | £90,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -4.17% | -11.11% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 26,594 | 15,526 | 22,794 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 22.32% | 31.75% | 32.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 18,450 | 10,465 | 13,869 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,500 | £29,000 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £37,500 | £46,713 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £58,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.76% | -10.77% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £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 Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IaaS.
IaaS Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
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 16 October 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 | -83 | 298 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 203 |
| UK excluding London | -80 | 210 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 152 |
| Work from Home | -41 | 113 | £67,500 | +17.39% | 84 |
| London | -56 | 112 | £76,563 | +17.79% | 77 |
| North of England | -46 | 72 | £53,076 | +11.74% | 41 |
| South East | -36 | 52 | £65,000 | +10.17% | 38 |
| North West | -20 | 34 | £47,500 | +17.28% | 24 |
| Midlands | -42 | 31 | £60,000 | -21.31% | 24 |
| North East | -57 | 23 | £89,250 | +32.22% | 5 |
| South West | -69 | 22 | £55,000 | - | 14 |
| West Midlands | -40 | 21 | £60,000 | -22.58% | 16 |
| Yorkshire | -39 | 15 | £62,500 | +31.58% | 12 |
| Scotland | +14 | 14 | £77,500 | +34.78% | 14 |
| East Midlands | -37 | 10 | £60,000 | -20.00% | 8 |
| Wales | -68 | 10 | £50,871 | +33.54% | 8 |
| East of England | -56 | 7 | £60,000 | +11.11% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | -82 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
IaaS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 78.2% | 266 |
| 2 | PaaS | 67.6% | 230 |
| 3 | SaaS | 35.3% | 120 |
| 4 | Microsoft 365 | 28.2% | 96 |
| 5 | Entra ID | 23.5% | 80 |
| 6 | Azure DevOps | 20.9% | 71 |
| 7 | AWS | 19.7% | 67 |
| 8 | GitHub | 14.7% | 50 |
| 9 | Azure ExpressRoute | 13.2% | 45 |
| 10 | Azure AKS | 12.4% | 42 |
| 10 | Serverless | 12.4% | 42 |
| 12 | Azure Key Vault | 10.9% | 37 |
| 13 | Azure Monitor | 10.6% | 36 |
| 14 | Azure Functions | 10.0% | 34 |
| 15 | Azure Storage | 5.9% | 20 |
| 15 | Microsoft Purview | 5.9% | 20 |
| 17 | GCP | 4.4% | 15 |
| 17 | GitHub Actions | 4.4% | 15 |
| 17 | Microsoft Copilot | 4.4% | 15 |
| 20 | Datadog | 3.8% | 13 |