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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 286 179
Rank change year-on-year -126 -107 +112
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 278 633 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.93% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.76% 2.87% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 198 329 748
10th Percentile £37,700 £47,500 £48,377
25th Percentile £46,000 £53,392 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,037
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.19% +3.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,150 £95,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,250 £60,000 £66,125
% change year-on-year -2.92% -9.26% +15.00%

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 15,837 22,060 23,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.03% 32.42% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,702 13,361 19,596
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,788
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 October 2025.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 16 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 28 October 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 -115 254 £60,000 -7.69% 131
UK excluding London -128 164 £58,250 -2.92% 109
Work from Home -21 112 £60,750 -2.80% 76
London -32 92 £65,000 -12.41% 50
North of England +38 54 £57,500 +1.83% 29
South East -27 35 £59,000 -21.33% 33
Midlands +18 27 £75,000 +25.00% 14
North West +17 25 £40,500 -19.00% 13
South West -75 23 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Yorkshire +20 19 £47,500 -20.83% 11
West Midlands +18 17 £77,500 +29.17% 13
East of England -7 17 £53,000 +6.00% 6
North East +21 10 £70,000 - 6
East Midlands +21 10 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Scotland -21 4 £57,500 +4.55% 9
Northern Ireland +9 3 £53,546 +1.99% 1

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 43 (15.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (7.55%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.52%) IIS
4 2 (0.72%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.36%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (0.36%) Maya
1 1 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.88%) SAP FS
2 3 (1.08%) Shopify
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 223 (80.22%) Azure
2 217 (78.06%) PaaS
3 153 (55.04%) SaaS
4 90 (32.37%) Microsoft 365
5 85 (30.58%) AWS
6 67 (24.10%) Entra ID
7 46 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (11.87%) Azure Monitor
9 31 (11.15%) Power Platform
10 30 (10.79%) GCP
10 30 (10.79%) Serverless
11 24 (8.63%) Azure Key Vault
12 19 (6.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 19 (6.83%) Power Automate
13 18 (6.47%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (5.76%) GitHub
15 15 (5.40%) Azure AI
16 13 (4.68%) Azure Sentinel
17 11 (3.96%) Azure Functions
17 11 (3.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 82 (29.50%) Firewall
2 62 (22.30%) VPN
3 57 (20.50%) DNS
4 38 (13.67%) WAN
5 36 (12.95%) DHCP
6 30 (10.79%) SD-WAN
7 27 (9.71%) TCP/IP
8 19 (6.83%) Network Security
8 19 (6.83%) VLAN
9 14 (5.04%) LAN
10 12 (4.32%) SAN
11 9 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.52%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.52%) VoIP
13 5 (1.80%) DMZ
13 5 (1.80%) SSL
13 5 (1.80%) STUN
14 4 (1.44%) PuTTY
14 4 (1.44%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (1.44%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.83%) Power BI
3 18 (6.47%) Data Lake
4 17 (6.12%) MySQL
5 7 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.16%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.36%) Metadata
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (7.91%) Git
2 8 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.16%) JIRA
4 5 (1.80%) GitLab
5 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 95 (34.17%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.91%) Finance
3 32 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.83%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (5.76%) Law
6 14 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.96%) Legal
8 9 (3.24%) Dutch Language
8 9 (3.24%) French Language
8 9 (3.24%) Games
9 8 (2.88%) Banking
9 8 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.80%) Billing
11 4 (1.44%) Retail
12 3 (1.08%) Advertising
12 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.08%) Local Government
12 3 (1.08%) Public Speaking
13 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (33.45%) Architect
2 41 (14.75%) Cloud Architect
2 41 (14.75%) Cloud Engineer
3 36 (12.95%) Support Engineer
4 31 (11.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (11.15%) Senior
5 30 (10.79%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (9.35%) Lead
7 21 (7.55%) Infrastructure Support
8 18 (6.47%) 3rd Line Support
8 18 (6.47%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (5.76%) Lead Architect
10 15 (5.40%) IT Architect
11 14 (5.04%) Analyst
12 13 (4.68%) Azure Architect
13 12 (4.32%) Security Architect
14 11 (3.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 11 (3.96%) IT Engineer
15 10 (3.60%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (3.60%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.88%) .NET
2 6 (2.16%) REST
2 6 (2.16%) RESTful
2 6 (2.16%) SOAP
3 5 (1.80%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.80%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.80%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.80%) SAML
4 4 (1.44%) YAML
5 3 (1.08%) Middleware
5 3 (1.08%) Node.js
6 2 (0.72%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.72%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.72%) LAMP
6 2 (0.72%) LAPP Stack
6 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.72%) pytest
6 2 (0.72%) React
6 2 (0.72%) Web Services
7 1 (0.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.87%) Data Centre
2 29 (10.43%) Public Cloud
3 28 (10.07%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (9.35%) Cloud Native
5 20 (7.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (5.40%) NHS
7 13 (4.68%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.96%) PKI
9 10 (3.60%) Private Cloud
10 8 (2.88%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.16%) Clustering
11 6 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.80%) BYOD
12 5 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.80%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
14 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 95 (34.17%) Windows
2 71 (25.54%) Windows Server
3 42 (15.11%) Linux
4 14 (5.04%) VMS
5 6 (2.16%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.80%) Debian
7 4 (1.44%) AIX
7 4 (1.44%) Unix
7 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.08%) Android
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.53%) DevOps
2 78 (28.06%) Infrastructure as Code
3 60 (21.58%) Agile
4 58 (20.86%) CI/CD
5 54 (19.42%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (17.63%) Migration
6 49 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (16.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 47 (16.91%) ITIL
7 47 (16.91%) Roadmaps
8 43 (15.47%) Analytics
9 41 (14.75%) Project Management
10 40 (14.39%) AI
10 40 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (11.87%) Cloud Security
12 32 (11.51%) TOGAF
13 30 (10.79%) Microservices
14 28 (10.07%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (9.71%) Log Analytics
16 25 (8.99%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 94 (33.81%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.83%) SQL
3 36 (12.95%) Bicep
4 31 (11.15%) Python
5 26 (9.35%) Bash
6 7 (2.52%) C#
7 5 (1.80%) Java
8 4 (1.44%) DCL
8 4 (1.44%) Tcl
8 4 (1.44%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.36%) PHP
10 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (24.82%) Azure Certification
2 38 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 31 (11.15%) SC Cleared
4 29 (10.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (8.99%) Degree
6 21 (7.55%) DBS Check
7 16 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (4.68%) AWS Certification
8 13 (4.68%) CCNA
9 10 (3.60%) CISSP
9 10 (3.60%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.52%) CISA
10 7 (2.52%) CRISC
10 7 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.16%) CCNP
11 6 (2.16%) CISM
11 6 (2.16%) SANS
12 5 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (5.04%) NIST
4 13 (4.68%) GDPR
5 8 (2.88%) IFRS
5 8 (2.88%) IFRS 17
5 8 (2.88%) SLA
5 8 (2.88%) Solvency II
6 7 (2.52%) QA
7 6 (2.16%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.80%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.08%) PMO
11 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.72%) NCSC
12 1 (0.36%) GRC
12 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 79 (28.42%) Active Directory
2 46 (16.55%) Hyper-V
3 43 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (14.03%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (9.35%) Docker
6 7 (2.52%) vCloud
6 7 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.80%) Kamailio
8 3 (1.08%) vSphere
9 2 (0.72%) KVM
9 2 (0.72%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.72%) Xen
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (22.30%) Terraform
2 35 (12.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (10.43%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.19%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (4.32%) Ansible
6 11 (3.96%) Puppet
7 8 (2.88%) SCCM
7 8 (2.88%) SCOM
8 6 (2.16%) Autotask
9 5 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.44%) CASB
10 4 (1.44%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.72%) CFEngine
13 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.36%) Argo
13 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.36%) Grafana
13 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 143 (51.44%) Microsoft
2 58 (20.86%) VMware
3 20 (7.19%) Databricks
3 20 (7.19%) Meraki
4 15 (5.40%) Cisco
5 13 (4.68%) Palo Alto
5 13 (4.68%) Veeam
6 12 (4.32%) Google
7 11 (3.96%) Fortinet
8 9 (3.24%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.24%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.88%) Duck Creek
9 8 (2.88%) Guidewire
9 8 (2.88%) SAP
10 7 (2.52%) Aruba
11 6 (2.16%) BiZZdesign
11 6 (2.16%) HP
11 6 (2.16%) Okta
11 6 (2.16%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.80%) Oracle