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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 297 224
Rank change year-on-year -15 -73 +40
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 441 886 1,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 0.96% 1.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.90% 2.58% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 246 723 1,026
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £43,477
25th Percentile £55,313 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,996 £70,000 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +1.71% +1.96%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,563
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £106,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £62,783 £59,526
% change year-on-year +15.48% +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 15,187 34,285 47,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.05% 37.00% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,020 26,368 31,059
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 2 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 2 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 -11 424 £71,991 +2.84% 242
UK excluding London +73 320 £72,500 +15.48% 102
South West +132 140 £67,500 -5.99% 9
Work from Home -45 104 £70,000 +3.70% 133
London -94 99 £70,000 -15.15% 156
South East +73 81 £76,250 +22.00% 42
Midlands +47 50 £70,000 +7.69% 16
West Midlands +20 36 £72,500 +4.72% 10
North of England -14 30 £65,000 +3.53% 21
North West -25 16 £67,500 +3.85% 14
East of England +61 14 £47,500 -7.32% 2
East Midlands +49 14 £40,000 -33.33% 6
Yorkshire +42 11 £63,750 +13.33% 3
Scotland +75 8 £52,500 -4.55% 8
Northern Ireland +34 3 - - 2
North East +26 3 £65,000 +44.44% 4
Wales +36 1 £49,104 -32.27% 2

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 39 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.12%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.59%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.36%) IIS
4 6 (1.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.13%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.45%) Apache
7 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.81%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 341 (77.32%) PaaS
2 339 (76.87%) Azure
3 174 (39.46%) Azure DevOps
4 168 (38.10%) SaaS
5 134 (30.39%) Serverless
6 131 (29.71%) Power Platform
7 127 (28.80%) Power Automate
8 126 (28.57%) PowerApps
9 124 (28.12%) Azure Logic Apps
10 122 (27.66%) Azure Functions
11 84 (19.05%) AWS
12 79 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
13 53 (12.02%) Entra ID
14 36 (8.16%) GCP
15 19 (4.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 19 (4.31%) GitHub
16 12 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
18 10 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
18 10 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.70%) Firewall
2 38 (8.62%) DNS
3 32 (7.26%) VSAN
4 31 (7.03%) VPN
5 24 (5.44%) WAN
6 23 (5.22%) DHCP
7 17 (3.85%) Network Security
7 17 (3.85%) SAN
8 15 (3.40%) LAN
9 13 (2.95%) SD-WAN
10 11 (2.49%) VLAN
10 11 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (1.81%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (1.81%) FTP
11 8 (1.81%) IPv4
11 8 (1.81%) PBX
11 8 (1.81%) SMTP
11 8 (1.81%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (1.81%) TCP/IP
12 7 (1.59%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (35.60%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.81%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.59%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.36%) MySQL
5 6 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.36%) Oracle ODI
5 6 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.36%) Power BI
6 5 (1.13%) Big Data
6 5 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (1.13%) SAP BW
6 5 (1.13%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (1.13%) SAP HANA
7 4 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.91%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (2.95%) SonarQube
2 12 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.91%) GitLab
4 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.68%) JIRA
6 2 (0.45%) Git
6 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.23%) Travis CI
General
1 136 (30.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 102 (23.13%) Social Skills
3 51 (11.56%) Finance
4 27 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.67%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.85%) Legal
7 13 (2.95%) Banking
8 10 (2.27%) Law
9 8 (1.81%) Retail
10 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.36%) Police
10 6 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.13%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.13%) Marketing
12 4 (0.91%) Advertising
12 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Front Office
13 2 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 100 (22.68%) Lead
2 98 (22.22%) Senior
3 89 (20.18%) Analyst
4 50 (11.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 46 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 44 (9.98%) Architect
6 44 (9.98%) Senior Analyst
7 43 (9.75%) Applications Support
7 43 (9.75%) VMware Specialist
8 42 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
9 24 (5.44%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (5.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 20 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (4.08%) Security Engineer
12 16 (3.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.63%) Consultant
13 15 (3.40%) IT Engineer
14 11 (2.49%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (2.49%) Data Architect
15 10 (2.27%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.54%) ARM Templates
2 13 (2.95%) Azure Blueprints
3 12 (2.72%) .NET
4 9 (2.04%) Middleware
4 9 (2.04%) React
5 8 (1.81%) RESTful
6 6 (1.36%) Web Services
7 5 (1.13%) Kafka
7 5 (1.13%) SAML
8 4 (0.91%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.68%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.68%) OAuth
10 2 (0.45%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.45%) gRPC
10 2 (0.45%) JSON
10 2 (0.45%) LDAP
10 2 (0.45%) ODBC
10 2 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 124 (28.12%) Data Structures
2 37 (8.39%) Public Cloud
3 36 (8.16%) Management Information System
4 23 (5.22%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.99%) Data Centre
6 21 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (4.31%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.63%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.36%) Replication
10 6 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.36%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.13%) PKI
12 4 (0.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.68%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.68%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 75 (17.01%) Windows
2 55 (12.47%) Windows Server
3 26 (5.90%) Linux
4 16 (3.63%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.81%) Android
6 8 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.59%) Unix
8 6 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.13%) AIX
9 5 (1.13%) VMS
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.23%) Solaris
11 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (53.29%) DevOps
2 172 (39.00%) Agile
3 76 (17.23%) CI/CD
4 64 (14.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 62 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (12.47%) Infrastructure as Code
7 44 (9.98%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (9.75%) Cloud Security
9 41 (9.30%) ITIL
10 38 (8.62%) Containerisation
11 36 (8.16%) Mentoring
11 36 (8.16%) Migration
12 35 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 35 (7.94%) Project Management
13 30 (6.80%) High Availability
14 29 (6.58%) Platform Engineering
14 29 (6.58%) Risk Management
14 29 (6.58%) Software Engineering
15 24 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (4.99%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 153 (34.69%) SQL
2 118 (26.76%) PowerShell
3 89 (20.18%) Python
4 25 (5.67%) Bash
5 12 (2.72%) Java
6 9 (2.04%) C#
7 7 (1.59%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.36%) C
9 5 (1.13%) Bicep
9 5 (1.13%) Ruby
10 2 (0.45%) Go
10 2 (0.45%) Perl
10 2 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.23%) C++
11 1 (0.23%) PHP
11 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 152 (34.47%) Azure Certification
2 82 (18.59%) Security Cleared
3 46 (10.43%) Degree
3 46 (10.43%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.95%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.72%) CCNA
8 11 (2.49%) CISSP
9 10 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.59%) CEH
12 6 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.36%) CCNP
13 5 (1.13%) ISSAP
14 4 (0.91%) MCSE
15 3 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 2 (0.45%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.54%) NIST
2 19 (4.31%) GDPR
3 17 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.40%) NCSC
5 8 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.81%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.59%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.91%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.91%) QA
7 4 (0.91%) SLA
8 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.68%) PMO
9 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.23%) GxP
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 93 (21.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 68 (15.42%) Active Directory
3 47 (10.66%) vSphere
4 44 (9.98%) VMware NSX
5 41 (9.30%) Docker
6 18 (4.08%) Hyper-V
7 17 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.68%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.68%) Firmware
11 2 (0.45%) HDFS
12 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (13.15%) Terraform
2 44 (9.98%) Kubernetes
3 41 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (5.44%) Ansible
5 15 (3.40%) vRealize
5 15 (3.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 11 (2.49%) SCCM
7 9 (2.04%) WSUS
8 6 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.91%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.91%) SCOM
10 4 (0.91%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.91%) VxRail
11 3 (0.68%) Grafana
12 2 (0.45%) CASB
12 2 (0.45%) Hadoop YARN
12 2 (0.45%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 261 (59.18%) Microsoft
2 110 (24.94%) VMware
3 42 (9.52%) Cisco
4 18 (4.08%) Citrix
5 17 (3.85%) Google
6 16 (3.63%) Oracle
7 13 (2.95%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.27%) CheckPoint
8 10 (2.27%) Veeam
9 8 (1.81%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.59%) Dell
11 6 (1.36%) Databricks
11 6 (1.36%) SAP
12 5 (1.13%) IBM
12 5 (1.13%) iManage
13 4 (0.91%) F5
13 4 (0.91%) Meraki
13 4 (0.91%) NetMotion Wireless
13 4 (0.91%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.91%) Zscaler