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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 188 291
Rank change year-on-year -170 +103 -89
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 755 1,948 2,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 1.98% 1.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.12% 4.60% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 637 907 1,549
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 35,563 42,373 79,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.24% 43.02% 48.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26,731 27,774 41,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £33,980
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% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -147 645 £70,000 - 134
UK excluding London -222 409 £62,500 +4.17% 79
Work from Home -192 300 £67,500 -3.57% 88
London -69 263 £85,000 +6.25% 61
North of England -109 117 £57,500 -14.81% 18
South East -95 91 £62,500 +8.70% 24
South West -68 81 £70,000 +16.67% 12
North West -100 73 £62,783 -8.78% 10
Midlands -58 65 £69,235 +15.39% 14
West Midlands +1 59 £69,235 +3.18% 11
Scotland -129 46 £62,500 +5.00% 7
Yorkshire -19 25 £57,500 -6.12% 7
North East -5 19 £45,000 -28.00% 1
East of England -38 7 £50,000 -14.89% 4
East Midlands -52 4 £45,000 -21.74% 3
Northern Ireland -26 1 £65,000 +44.44% 1
Wales -42 1 £72,500 +56.89% 1

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 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 41 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.46%) IIS
4 6 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.79%) Apache Solr
4 6 (0.79%) CMS
4 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 6 (0.79%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (0.79%) Umbraco
4 6 (0.79%) WordPress
5 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.26%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.93%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) 1Password
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) HFM
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 599 (79.34%) Azure
2 598 (79.21%) PaaS
3 370 (49.01%) SaaS
4 241 (31.92%) AWS
5 194 (25.70%) Microsoft 365
6 124 (16.42%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (13.11%) Entra ID
8 83 (10.99%) GCP
9 57 (7.55%) Power Platform
10 52 (6.89%) Cloud Computing
11 39 (5.17%) Serverless
12 37 (4.90%) Azure AKS
13 33 (4.37%) GitHub
14 22 (2.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 21 (2.78%) Azure Stack
16 20 (2.65%) Nutanix
17 19 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (2.38%) OneDrive
19 16 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 140 (18.54%) Firewall
2 119 (15.76%) DNS
3 94 (12.45%) WAN
4 89 (11.79%) VPN
5 59 (7.81%) DHCP
6 58 (7.68%) LAN
7 51 (6.75%) Wi-Fi
8 50 (6.62%) SD-WAN
9 36 (4.77%) SAN
10 26 (3.44%) Network Security
10 26 (3.44%) Wireless
11 22 (2.91%) BGP
12 19 (2.52%) TCP/IP
12 19 (2.52%) VLAN
13 17 (2.25%) Internet
14 14 (1.85%) MPLS
14 14 (1.85%) OSPF
14 14 (1.85%) Unified Communications
15 13 (1.72%) DMZ
15 13 (1.72%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.52%) SQL Server
2 45 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (4.50%) NoSQL
5 19 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.38%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.85%) Power BI
8 12 (1.59%) Big Data
8 12 (1.59%) MySQL
8 12 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.06%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.93%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.66%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.66%) Metadata
12 4 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.53%) GIS
12 4 (0.53%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (5.43%) Git
2 25 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.85%) SonarQube
4 11 (1.46%) GitLab
5 7 (0.93%) JIRA
6 6 (0.79%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.40%) Gradle
8 3 (0.40%) Maven
9 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 177 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 134 (17.75%) Finance
3 101 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 19 (2.52%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.25%) Banking
8 14 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.72%) Law
10 11 (1.46%) Marketing
11 10 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.32%) Legal
12 9 (1.19%) Retail
13 8 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.93%) Police
15 6 (0.79%) Games
16 5 (0.66%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.53%) Advertising
17 4 (0.53%) Avionics
17 4 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 203 (26.89%) Architect
2 145 (19.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 138 (18.28%) Senior
4 85 (11.26%) Solutions Architect
5 74 (9.80%) Cloud Architect
5 74 (9.80%) Cloud Engineer
6 70 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
7 58 (7.68%) Lead
8 49 (6.49%) Consultant
9 45 (5.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 40 (5.30%) Azure Architect
11 36 (4.77%) Support Engineer
12 31 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
13 27 (3.58%) Infrastructure Architect
13 27 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.44%) Analyst
15 25 (3.31%) Citrix Architect
15 25 (3.31%) Infrastructure Support
16 23 (3.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
16 23 (3.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.42%) ARM Templates
2 46 (6.09%) .NET
3 39 (5.17%) Middleware
4 31 (4.11%) JSON
5 26 (3.44%) Web Services
6 21 (2.78%) YAML
7 15 (1.99%) Azure Blueprints
7 15 (1.99%) RESTful
8 13 (1.72%) XML
9 12 (1.59%) Node.js
9 12 (1.59%) SAML
10 11 (1.46%) OpenID
11 10 (1.32%) REST
12 9 (1.19%) LDAP
13 7 (0.93%) gRPC
13 7 (0.93%) HTML
13 7 (0.93%) React
13 7 (0.93%) SOAP
14 6 (0.79%) CSS
14 6 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 134 (17.75%) Public Cloud
2 82 (10.86%) Cloud Native
3 80 (10.60%) Data Centre
4 74 (9.80%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (3.44%) Driving Licence
6 26 (3.44%) Replication
7 21 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
7 21 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (2.65%) Private Cloud
9 18 (2.38%) IoT
10 17 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.99%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.85%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.72%) Mainframe
14 12 (1.59%) Blockchain
15 10 (1.32%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.32%) Clustering
15 10 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 202 (26.75%) Windows
2 103 (13.64%) Linux
3 99 (13.11%) Windows Server
4 58 (7.68%) Unix
5 21 (2.78%) Windows 10
6 20 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (1.59%) VMS
9 11 (1.46%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.19%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.19%) Solaris
10 9 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.93%) Android
12 6 (0.79%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.53%) DC/OS
14 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (36.82%) DevOps
2 187 (24.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 152 (20.13%) Agile
3 152 (20.13%) ITIL
4 147 (19.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 122 (16.16%) CI/CD
6 115 (15.23%) Mentoring
6 115 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (14.70%) Cybersecurity
8 100 (13.25%) Roadmaps
9 84 (11.13%) Microservices
10 74 (9.80%) Cloud Security
10 74 (9.80%) Information Security
11 69 (9.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 67 (8.87%) TOGAF
13 64 (8.48%) Technical Leadership
14 63 (8.34%) Migration
15 61 (8.08%) Change Management
16 58 (7.68%) Artificial Intelligence
16 58 (7.68%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 138 (18.28%) PowerShell
2 84 (11.13%) SQL
3 72 (9.54%) Python
4 47 (6.23%) Bash
4 47 (6.23%) Bicep
5 39 (5.17%) C#
6 27 (3.58%) Java
7 15 (1.99%) Go
7 15 (1.99%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.99%) Perl
8 14 (1.85%) Ruby
9 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.40%) Scala
10 2 (0.26%) PHP
10 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Groovy
11 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (15.76%) Degree
2 98 (12.98%) Azure Certification
3 72 (9.54%) Security Cleared
4 42 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 40 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (4.64%) AWS Certification
7 33 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (3.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 26 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (3.05%) Master's Degree
11 22 (2.91%) CISSP
12 21 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (2.65%) DV Cleared
14 19 (2.52%) CCNA
15 16 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
17 12 (1.59%) A+ Certification
18 11 (1.46%) DBS Check
19 10 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
19 10 (1.32%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (4.24%) NIST
3 28 (3.71%) GDPR
4 23 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.91%) NCSC
6 21 (2.78%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.12%) SLA
8 15 (1.99%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.85%) Accessibility
10 13 (1.72%) COBIT
11 10 (1.32%) HIPAA
11 10 (1.32%) QA
12 9 (1.19%) PMO
13 8 (1.06%) NIST 800
14 7 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.79%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.79%) Web Application Security Consortium
16 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 1 (0.13%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 166 (21.99%) Active Directory
2 88 (11.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (7.95%) Docker
4 47 (6.23%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (4.50%) Hyper-V
6 21 (2.78%) vSphere
7 20 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.85%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.79%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.40%) Firmware
12 2 (0.26%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.13%) KVM
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 191 (25.30%) Terraform
2 107 (14.17%) Kubernetes
3 70 (9.27%) Ansible
4 62 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (4.11%) Puppet
6 22 (2.91%) FortiGate
7 19 (2.52%) SCCM
8 14 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 13 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.32%) Istio
11 9 (1.19%) Nessus
11 9 (1.19%) SCOM
12 8 (1.06%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.06%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
14 6 (0.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (0.79%) NetCrunch
14 6 (0.79%) SCDPM
15 5 (0.66%) Packer
Vendors
1 330 (43.71%) Microsoft
2 115 (15.23%) VMware
3 79 (10.46%) Cisco
4 33 (4.37%) Oracle
4 33 (4.37%) Splunk
5 32 (4.24%) Citrix
6 27 (3.58%) Google
7 26 (3.44%) Veeam
8 25 (3.31%) Salesforce
9 21 (2.78%) Palo Alto
10 20 (2.65%) Dynatrace
11 19 (2.52%) Meraki
12 17 (2.25%) ServiceNow
12 17 (2.25%) SolarWinds
13 16 (2.12%) NetApp
14 15 (1.99%) SAP
15 14 (1.85%) Dell
16 12 (1.59%) BMC
16 12 (1.59%) Sparx
17 11 (1.46%) CA