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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 410 358
Rank change year-on-year -77 -52 -177
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 340 287 516
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.58% 0.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.25% 1.85% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 209 204 328
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,051 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,200 £44,000 £50,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,775 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -14.29%

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 27,237 15,508 23,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.10% 31.34% 31.83%
Number of salaries quoted 18,678 10,421 14,664
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £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 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 October 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 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 -83 297 £65,500 +9.17% 292
UK excluding London -97 200 £60,000 +9.09% 201
London -38 119 £78,125 +13.22% 126
Work from Home -66 98 £69,607 +25.54% 109
North of England -59 63 £55,750 +17.37% 61
South East -45 49 £60,000 +1.69% 56
Midlands -48 33 £60,000 -15.79% 31
North West -25 26 £47,500 +17.28% 35
South West -71 26 £55,000 +15.79% 16
North East -49 23 £89,250 +37.31% 5
West Midlands -49 21 £60,000 -11.11% 18
Yorkshire -41 14 £66,053 +39.06% 22
Scotland +23 13 £77,500 +34.78% 12
East Midlands -34 12 £60,000 -20.00% 13
Wales -71 9 £50,871 +33.54% 10
East of England -38 5 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Northern Ireland -86 2 - - 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 40 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (8.53%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.76%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (6.18%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 262 (77.06%) Azure
2 238 (70.00%) PaaS
3 121 (35.59%) SaaS
4 87 (25.59%) Microsoft 365
5 77 (22.65%) Entra ID
6 69 (20.29%) AWS
6 69 (20.29%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (14.12%) Serverless
8 46 (13.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 45 (13.24%) Azure AKS
10 42 (12.35%) GitHub
11 36 (10.59%) Azure Key Vault
11 36 (10.59%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (10.29%) Azure Functions
13 20 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (5.59%) Azure Storage
15 17 (5.00%) GCP
16 16 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (4.41%) Microsoft Copilot
18 13 (3.82%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 87 (25.59%) DNS
2 66 (19.41%) Firewall
3 59 (17.35%) VPN
4 43 (12.65%) DHCP
5 22 (6.47%) WAN
6 18 (5.29%) VLAN
6 18 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (4.41%) SAN
8 14 (4.12%) Network Security
9 13 (3.82%) SD-WAN
10 12 (3.53%) LAN
11 9 (2.65%) TCP/IP
12 7 (2.06%) BIG-IP
12 7 (2.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 7 (2.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 6 (1.76%) SNMP
14 5 (1.47%) SSL
15 3 (0.88%) Wireless
16 1 (0.29%) DSL
16 1 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.47%) Redis
6 4 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.18%) Power BI
7 3 (0.88%) Big Data
7 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.59%) Power Query
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) Metadata
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (8.24%) Git
2 19 (5.59%) JIRA
3 12 (3.53%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.24%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.59%) Ant
5 2 (0.59%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.59%) Maven
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 93 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 80 (23.53%) Finance
3 41 (12.06%) Law
4 35 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (6.18%) Banking
8 20 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.82%) Retail
10 11 (3.24%) Legal
10 11 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.65%) Marketing
12 6 (1.76%) Games
12 6 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Aviation
14 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.18%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.88%) Police
16 2 (0.59%) Legal Technology
16 2 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 79 (23.24%) Architect
2 74 (21.76%) Azure Engineer
3 70 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 70 (20.59%) Senior
4 58 (17.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 26 (7.65%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (7.35%) Azure Architect
7 23 (6.76%) Analyst
8 22 (6.47%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 21 (6.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 20 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
11 17 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (5.00%) Lead
12 16 (4.71%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (4.41%) Consultant
13 15 (4.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.12%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.12%) Senior Architect
14 14 (4.12%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 14 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (35.88%) Terraform
2 18 (5.29%) ARM Templates
3 16 (4.71%) Middleware
4 9 (2.65%) YAML
5 5 (1.47%) SAML
6 4 (1.18%) .NET
6 4 (1.18%) Node.js
7 3 (0.88%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.59%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.59%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.59%) REST
8 2 (0.59%) Web Services
9 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.29%) ADO
9 1 (0.29%) JSON
9 1 (0.29%) Kafka
9 1 (0.29%) Playwright
9 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (16.76%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (9.12%) Public Cloud
3 30 (8.82%) Data Centre
4 25 (7.35%) Security Posture
5 21 (6.18%) Enterprise Cloud
6 17 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (5.00%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.71%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.82%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (3.82%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.53%) Podcast
10 9 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (2.06%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (1.47%) AS400
14 5 (1.47%) iSeries
14 5 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 92 (27.06%) Windows
2 47 (13.82%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.53%) Linux
4 20 (5.88%) VMS
5 6 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.18%) Solaris
7 4 (1.18%) Unix
8 3 (0.88%) CentOS
9 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) AIX
10 1 (0.29%) Android
10 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 125 (36.76%) DevOps
3 104 (30.59%) Disaster Recovery
4 94 (27.65%) CI/CD
5 89 (26.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 78 (22.94%) Agile
7 76 (22.35%) Cloud Security
8 70 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
10 63 (18.53%) Analytics
11 60 (17.65%) High Availability
12 59 (17.35%) Root Cause Analysis
13 57 (16.76%) Migration
14 55 (16.18%) AI
15 50 (14.71%) Roadmaps
16 48 (14.12%) ITIL
17 45 (13.24%) Containerisation
17 45 (13.24%) Mentoring
18 41 (12.06%) Computer Science
19 38 (11.18%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (31.18%) PowerShell
2 55 (16.18%) Bicep
3 39 (11.47%) Python
4 38 (11.18%) SQL
5 29 (8.53%) Bash
6 12 (3.53%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (2.06%) ActionScript
7 7 (2.06%) Java
8 4 (1.18%) Go
9 3 (0.88%) C#
10 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.59%) Ruby
11 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.29%) Swift
11 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (26.18%) Azure Certification
2 47 (13.82%) Degree
3 35 (10.29%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (7.94%) SC Cleared
6 20 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.65%) CISSP
9 7 (2.06%) CCNP
10 6 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.76%) CCSP
11 4 (1.18%) CISM
11 4 (1.18%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.88%) ICAEW
12 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.59%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.47%) SLA
3 20 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (5.29%) NIST
5 11 (3.24%) GDPR
5 11 (3.24%) ISO 14000
6 7 (2.06%) NCSC
6 7 (2.06%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.88%) GRC
9 2 (0.59%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.59%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.59%) QA
9 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 93 (27.35%) Active Directory
2 68 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.06%) Docker
4 20 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (5.29%) vSphere
6 16 (4.71%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.59%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.59%) Firmware
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 55 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (15.00%) Kubernetes
3 44 (12.94%) Ansible
4 15 (4.41%) SCCM
5 9 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.06%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.76%) SCOM
8 5 (1.47%) Puppet
9 4 (1.18%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.18%) Grafana
10 3 (0.88%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.88%) Nessus
10 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.88%) vRealize
11 2 (0.59%) Argo
11 2 (0.59%) MaaS360
11 2 (0.59%) VxRail
11 2 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 174 (51.18%) Microsoft
2 73 (21.47%) VMware
3 29 (8.53%) Cisco
4 15 (4.41%) Google
5 14 (4.12%) Dynatrace
6 13 (3.82%) Tenable
7 12 (3.53%) Oracle
7 12 (3.53%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (3.24%) AppDynamics
9 10 (2.94%) Meraki
10 9 (2.65%) Adobe
11 7 (2.06%) Apple
11 7 (2.06%) Citrix
11 7 (2.06%) F5
12 6 (1.76%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.76%) Veeam
13 5 (1.47%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.47%) YouTube
14 4 (1.18%) Aderant
14 4 (1.18%) iManage