Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IaaS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 179 306
Rank change year-on-year -193 +127 -103
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 730 1,944 2,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 2.05% 1.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.02% 4.76% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 614 906 1,514
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,088 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £89,375 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £109,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK

IaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 36,127 40,865 82,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.32% 43.11% 48.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,017 27,416 41,323
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,553 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +6.85%
75th Percentile £77,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 June 2024.

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 June 2024. 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 -167 622 £70,000 - 151
UK excluding London -249 390 £62,500 +4.17% 104
Work from Home -209 292 £67,500 -3.57% 89
London -84 256 £85,000 +6.25% 60
North of England -136 113 £56,250 -19.64% 28
South East -124 83 £62,500 +6.38% 33
South West -93 73 £67,500 +12.50% 8
North West -129 70 £62,783 -10.31% 16
Midlands -55 68 £69,235 +15.39% 18
West Midlands -11 62 £69,235 +10.78% 13
Scotland -133 44 £62,500 +5.00% 12
Yorkshire -42 23 £57,500 -6.12% 10
North East -7 20 £45,000 -28.00% 2
East of England -44 7 £50,000 -13.04% 3
East Midlands -64 4 £45,000 -21.74% 5
Northern Ireland -32 1 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Wales -48 1 £72,500 +56.89% 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 45 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 41 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.64%) IIS
4 7 (0.96%) CMS
5 6 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.82%) Apache Solr
5 6 (0.82%) Confluence
5 6 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 6 (0.82%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.82%) WordPress
6 4 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) 1Password
5 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) HFM
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 583 (79.86%) Azure
2 577 (79.04%) PaaS
3 349 (47.81%) SaaS
4 232 (31.78%) AWS
5 193 (26.44%) Microsoft 365
6 123 (16.85%) Azure DevOps
7 97 (13.29%) Entra ID
8 77 (10.55%) GCP
9 56 (7.67%) Power Platform
10 52 (7.12%) Cloud Computing
11 41 (5.62%) Serverless
12 35 (4.79%) Azure AKS
13 33 (4.52%) GitHub
14 22 (3.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 21 (2.88%) Azure Stack
15 21 (2.88%) Nutanix
16 20 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
18 18 (2.47%) OneDrive
19 16 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 143 (19.59%) Firewall
2 117 (16.03%) DNS
3 95 (13.01%) WAN
4 87 (11.92%) VPN
5 58 (7.95%) DHCP
5 58 (7.95%) LAN
6 54 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
7 49 (6.71%) SD-WAN
8 36 (4.93%) SAN
9 25 (3.42%) Wireless
10 21 (2.88%) BGP
11 20 (2.74%) Network Security
12 19 (2.60%) TCP/IP
13 17 (2.33%) Internet
13 17 (2.33%) VLAN
14 16 (2.19%) Unified Communications
15 13 (1.78%) DMZ
15 13 (1.78%) MPLS
16 12 (1.64%) NGFW
16 12 (1.64%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (11.78%) SQL Server
2 40 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (4.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (3.84%) NoSQL
5 19 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.92%) Power BI
7 12 (1.64%) MySQL
7 12 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.51%) Big Data
8 11 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.10%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.96%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.68%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.68%) Metadata
13 4 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.55%) GIS
13 4 (0.55%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 43 (5.89%) Git
2 24 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.19%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.64%) GitLab
5 8 (1.10%) JIRA
6 6 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.82%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.41%) Gradle
8 3 (0.41%) Maven
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
General
1 175 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 127 (17.40%) Finance
3 98 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 19 (2.60%) Telecoms
7 13 (1.78%) Law
7 13 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.64%) Marketing
9 11 (1.51%) Banking
10 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.37%) Legal
10 10 (1.37%) Retail
11 9 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.96%) Police
13 6 (0.82%) Games
13 6 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.55%) Advertising
14 4 (0.55%) Avionics
14 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (25.62%) Architect
2 141 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (18.77%) Senior
4 79 (10.82%) Solutions Architect
5 73 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 71 (9.73%) Cloud Architect
7 64 (8.77%) Azure Engineer
8 63 (8.63%) Lead
9 48 (6.58%) Consultant
10 44 (6.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 36 (4.93%) Azure Architect
12 35 (4.79%) Support Engineer
13 32 (4.38%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.56%) Analyst
14 26 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
15 25 (3.42%) Infrastructure Architect
15 25 (3.42%) Infrastructure Support
16 23 (3.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 22 (3.01%) AWS Architect
17 22 (3.01%) Citrix Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.81%) ARM Templates
2 46 (6.30%) .NET
3 32 (4.38%) JSON
3 32 (4.38%) Middleware
4 22 (3.01%) Web Services
5 21 (2.88%) YAML
6 17 (2.33%) Azure Blueprints
7 15 (2.05%) RESTful
8 12 (1.64%) Node.js
9 11 (1.51%) REST
9 11 (1.51%) XML
10 9 (1.23%) LDAP
10 9 (1.23%) SAML
11 8 (1.10%) SOAP
12 7 (0.96%) gRPC
12 7 (0.96%) HTML
12 7 (0.96%) React
13 6 (0.82%) CSS3
13 6 (0.82%) Lucene
13 6 (0.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 125 (17.12%) Public Cloud
2 81 (11.10%) Cloud Native
3 79 (10.82%) Data Centre
4 72 (9.86%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (3.56%) Driving Licence
6 26 (3.56%) Replication
7 20 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 20 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.47%) IoT
9 16 (2.19%) Mobile App
9 16 (2.19%) Private Cloud
9 16 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.78%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.51%) Clustering
11 11 (1.51%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.37%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.23%) Cyberattack
14 8 (1.10%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 202 (27.67%) Windows
2 100 (13.70%) Windows Server
3 98 (13.42%) Linux
4 53 (7.26%) Unix
5 21 (2.88%) Windows 10
5 21 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.64%) VMS
8 11 (1.51%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.37%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.23%) Solaris
11 8 (1.10%) Android
12 6 (0.82%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.55%) DC/OS
14 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (37.12%) DevOps
2 181 (24.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 145 (19.86%) ITIL
4 143 (19.59%) Agile
5 136 (18.63%) Infrastructure as Code
6 116 (15.89%) CI/CD
7 114 (15.62%) Mentoring
8 111 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
10 93 (12.74%) Roadmaps
11 78 (10.68%) Microservices
12 72 (9.86%) Cloud Security
13 69 (9.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 67 (9.18%) Information Security
15 65 (8.90%) TOGAF
16 63 (8.63%) Technical Leadership
17 61 (8.36%) Change Management
17 61 (8.36%) Migration
18 56 (7.67%) Network Virtualisation
18 56 (7.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 138 (18.90%) PowerShell
2 81 (11.10%) SQL
3 68 (9.32%) Python
4 49 (6.71%) Bicep
5 45 (6.16%) Bash
6 39 (5.34%) C#
7 28 (3.84%) Java
8 16 (2.19%) Go
8 16 (2.19%) JavaScript
9 15 (2.05%) Ruby
10 14 (1.92%) Perl
11 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.41%) Scala
12 2 (0.27%) PHP
12 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) Groovy
13 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 116 (15.89%) Degree
2 92 (12.60%) Azure Certification
3 70 (9.59%) Security Cleared
4 40 (5.48%) SC Cleared
5 37 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (4.66%) AWS Certification
7 31 (4.25%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (3.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 25 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (3.29%) Master's Degree
11 21 (2.88%) CISSP
12 20 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 18 (2.47%) CCNA
13 18 (2.47%) DV Cleared
14 16 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
15 13 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (1.64%) A+ Certification
17 11 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (1.51%) DBS Check
18 9 (1.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (3.70%) GDPR
3 25 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.42%) NIST
4 24 (3.29%) NCSC
5 20 (2.74%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.33%) SLA
7 14 (1.92%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.37%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.37%) QA
9 9 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.23%) PMO
10 8 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.10%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.96%) COBIT
12 6 (0.82%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.82%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 163 (22.33%) Active Directory
2 85 (11.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (7.53%) Docker
4 48 (6.58%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (4.66%) Hyper-V
6 20 (2.74%) vSphere
7 15 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.92%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.68%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.41%) Firmware
11 2 (0.27%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.14%) KVM
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 185 (25.34%) Terraform
2 101 (13.84%) Kubernetes
3 67 (9.18%) Ansible
4 62 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (3.84%) Puppet
6 23 (3.15%) FortiGate
7 19 (2.60%) SCCM
8 13 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (1.51%) Istio
10 10 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.23%) SCOM
12 8 (1.10%) Nessus
12 8 (1.10%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
13 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 6 (0.82%) NetCrunch
14 6 (0.82%) SCDPM
15 5 (0.68%) Packer
15 5 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 324 (44.38%) Microsoft
2 112 (15.34%) VMware
3 78 (10.68%) Cisco
4 33 (4.52%) Splunk
5 32 (4.38%) Oracle
6 30 (4.11%) Citrix
7 27 (3.70%) Veeam
8 26 (3.56%) Google
9 25 (3.42%) Salesforce
10 21 (2.88%) Meraki
10 21 (2.88%) Palo Alto
11 19 (2.60%) Dynatrace
12 18 (2.47%) ServiceNow
13 16 (2.19%) NetApp
13 16 (2.19%) SolarWinds
14 14 (1.92%) Dell
14 14 (1.92%) SAP
15 12 (1.64%) BMC
15 12 (1.64%) Sparx
16 11 (1.51%) CA