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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 405 341
Rank change year-on-year -27 -64 -112
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 330 271 763
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.63% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.22% 1.88% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 239 184 646
10th Percentile £34,674 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £101,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% +4.17%

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 26,956 14,399 34,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.17% 33.54% 35.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,246 9,913 26,655
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.38% +8.50% -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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -27 286 £60,000 -14.29% 88
UK excluding London -22 194 £57,500 -14.81% 73
London -9 109 £71,250 -1.72% 40
Work from Home -5 74 £70,000 +27.27% 33
South East -36 56 £60,000 -29.41% 36
North of England -19 43 £45,000 -28.00% 8
Midlands -43 43 £57,000 +1.33% 9
North West +8 24 £28,000 -55.20% 4
East Midlands -32 23 £45,000 +12.50% 4
West Midlands -36 20 £61,500 -12.14% 5
East of England -7 17 £60,000 +26.32% 6
South West -54 17 £42,500 -29.17% 11
Scotland 0 12 £43,400 -21.09% 4
Yorkshire -47 11 £47,085 -24.66% 4
North East - 8 £45,000 -
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -41 3 - -

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 18 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.82%) IIS
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (3.33%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.21%) Primavera
3 1 (0.30%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 251 (76.06%) PaaS
2 250 (75.76%) Azure
3 124 (37.58%) SaaS
4 88 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (19.09%) Entra ID
6 53 (16.06%) Azure AKS
7 46 (13.94%) AWS
8 40 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (12.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 30 (9.09%) Serverless
10 29 (8.79%) Azure Storage
11 28 (8.48%) Azure Key Vault
12 22 (6.67%) Datadog
13 19 (5.76%) GitHub
13 19 (5.76%) Power Platform
14 16 (4.85%) GCP
15 15 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (23.33%) DNS
2 71 (21.52%) Firewall
3 48 (14.55%) VPN
4 42 (12.73%) DHCP
5 39 (11.82%) VLAN
6 27 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (7.58%) SAN
8 18 (5.45%) TCP/IP
9 11 (3.33%) WAN
10 8 (2.42%) LAN
10 8 (2.42%) VoIP
11 7 (2.12%) Network Security
12 6 (1.82%) ATM
12 6 (1.82%) Multicast
12 6 (1.82%) PuTTY
12 6 (1.82%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.82%) SSH
12 6 (1.82%) tcpdump
12 6 (1.82%) Wireshark
13 5 (1.52%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (19.09%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.52%) Power BI
4 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.21%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.61%) Big Data
7 2 (0.61%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.30%) Redis
8 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.36%) Chocolatey
2 10 (3.03%) JIRA
3 7 (2.12%) Git
3 7 (2.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
General
1 86 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 80 (24.24%) Finance
3 44 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.61%) Law
5 27 (8.18%) Banking
6 20 (6.06%) Legal
7 11 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.73%) Billing
8 9 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.82%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.82%) Automotive
9 6 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.82%) Marketing
9 6 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.82%) Spanish Language
10 5 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.52%) Retail
11 4 (1.21%) Advertising
12 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 91 (27.58%) Azure Engineer
2 90 (27.27%) Cloud Engineer
3 70 (21.21%) Senior
4 68 (20.61%) Architect
5 65 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (9.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 30 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (7.88%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (7.27%) IT Engineer
10 23 (6.97%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (6.97%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (5.45%) Analyst
12 17 (5.15%) Consultant
12 17 (5.15%) Support Engineer
13 16 (4.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (4.55%) IT Technician
15 14 (4.24%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
16 13 (3.94%) IT Support
17 12 (3.64%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.33%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.12%) YAML
3 6 (1.82%) Middleware
4 5 (1.52%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.52%) Node.js
5 3 (0.91%) .NET
5 3 (0.91%) Kafka
5 3 (0.91%) SAP Basis
6 2 (0.61%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.61%) Playwright
6 2 (0.61%) RESTful
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.30%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.30%) JSON
7 1 (0.30%) LDAP
7 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.30%) Web Services
7 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.24%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.03%) Replication
7 9 (2.73%) Hedge funds
8 7 (2.12%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.82%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.21%) PKI
12 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.61%) BYOD
13 2 (0.61%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.61%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 92 (27.88%) Windows
2 51 (15.45%) Windows Server
3 41 (12.42%) Linux
4 14 (4.24%) Unix
5 10 (3.03%) VMS
6 8 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.52%) Debian
9 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.61%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.61%) Solaris
10 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.30%) AIX
11 1 (0.30%) Android
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (30.91%) Infrastructure as Code
2 93 (28.18%) DevOps
3 79 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (22.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 69 (20.91%) Agile
6 62 (18.79%) CI/CD
7 51 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (14.85%) Disaster Recovery
9 47 (14.24%) Containerisation
10 45 (13.64%) High Availability
11 43 (13.03%) Cloud Security
12 42 (12.73%) ITIL
12 42 (12.73%) Root Cause Analysis
13 40 (12.12%) Migration
14 37 (11.21%) Computer Science
15 33 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (9.70%) AI
16 32 (9.70%) Information Security
17 31 (9.39%) Enterprise Architecture
17 31 (9.39%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.33%) PowerShell
2 42 (12.73%) Python
3 34 (10.30%) SQL
4 32 (9.70%) Bicep
5 18 (5.45%) Bash
6 6 (1.82%) DCL
6 6 (1.82%) Tcl
7 5 (1.52%) Java
8 4 (1.21%) C#
9 3 (0.91%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 71 (21.52%) Azure Certification
2 46 (13.94%) Degree
3 32 (9.70%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.27%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.15%) CISSP
7 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.33%) CCNP
8 11 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.73%) CCSK
10 6 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.82%) MCSE
10 6 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.21%) CISA
12 4 (1.21%) CRISC
13 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.36%) SLA
3 15 (4.55%) NIST
4 12 (3.64%) GDPR
5 11 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (2.73%) QA
7 7 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.82%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 77 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 48 (14.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.97%) Docker
4 16 (4.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.94%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.33%) KVM
7 10 (3.03%) vSphere
8 3 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.61%) Firmware
9 2 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 88 (26.67%) Terraform
2 54 (16.36%) Kubernetes
3 50 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (7.88%) Ansible
5 23 (6.97%) SCCM
6 13 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.82%) Puppet
8 5 (1.52%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.21%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.91%) Autotask
10 3 (0.91%) CASB
10 3 (0.91%) Packer
11 2 (0.61%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.61%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.61%) Grafana
11 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.61%) VxRail
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.30%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 148 (44.85%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.18%) VMware
3 23 (6.97%) Dynatrace
4 21 (6.36%) AppDynamics
4 21 (6.36%) Tenable
5 15 (4.55%) Cisco
6 14 (4.24%) Google
7 11 (3.33%) Veeam
8 9 (2.73%) Meraki
9 7 (2.12%) Apple
9 7 (2.12%) SAP
10 6 (1.82%) Oracle
10 6 (1.82%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.52%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.52%) Zerto
12 4 (1.21%) Sage
13 3 (0.91%) Broadcom
13 3 (0.91%) iManage
13 3 (0.91%) Logitech