IaaS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 197 243
Rank change year-on-year -198 +46 -15
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 423 1,075 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 1.79% 1.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.80% 4.68% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 381 449 726
10th Percentile £42,238 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,064 £88,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,505 22,968 28,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.15% 38.19% 40.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,423 13,774 19,590
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,125 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -90 123 £60,000 -7.69% 13
South East -104 91 £62,500 +8.70% 22
South West -63 83 £70,000 +17.60% 14
North West -78 76 £62,783 -3.41% 4
Midlands -55 64 £69,235 +13.04% 19
West Midlands +3 57 £69,235 +2.57% 11
Scotland -129 50 £62,500 +5.00% 8
Yorkshire -5 28 £56,250 -6.25% 7
North East -3 19 £45,000 -28.00% 2
East of England -32 7 £50,000 -14.89% 7
East Midlands -55 5 £45,000 -21.74% 8
Northern Ireland -23 3 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Wales -38 2 £72,500 +20.83%
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (6.86%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.42%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.71%) IIS
6 2 (0.47%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) 1Password
3 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.24%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 314 (74.23%) Azure
2 307 (72.58%) PaaS
3 171 (40.43%) SaaS
4 129 (30.50%) AWS
5 121 (28.61%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (13.00%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (10.87%) GCP
8 37 (8.75%) Entra ID
9 33 (7.80%) Power Platform
10 22 (5.20%) GitHub
11 16 (3.78%) Serverless
12 15 (3.55%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.31%) Azure Stack
13 14 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (3.31%) Nutanix
14 13 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 88 (20.80%) Firewall
2 69 (16.31%) DNS
3 59 (13.95%) VPN
3 59 (13.95%) WAN
4 41 (9.69%) DHCP
5 37 (8.75%) SD-WAN
6 33 (7.80%) LAN
7 30 (7.09%) SAN
8 27 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (3.78%) Wireless
10 14 (3.31%) NGFW
11 13 (3.07%) Network Security
12 10 (2.36%) Internet
12 10 (2.36%) SSL
12 10 (2.36%) TCP/IP
13 7 (1.65%) HTTP
13 7 (1.65%) IPsec
13 7 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.42%) iSCSI
14 6 (1.42%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (11.35%) Data Warehouse
2 47 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.38%) NoSQL
4 19 (4.49%) Data Lake
5 17 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.13%) MySQL
8 7 (1.65%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.42%) Power BI
9 6 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.18%) Big Data
10 5 (1.18%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.95%) GIS
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
14 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
14 1 (0.24%) Redis
14 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (5.20%) Git
2 8 (1.89%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) JIRA
4 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.24%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) IntelliJ
General
1 82 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 71 (16.78%) Finance
3 37 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.73%) Banking
5 18 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.95%) Advertising
10 4 (0.95%) Aviation
10 4 (0.95%) Avionics
10 4 (0.95%) Games
11 3 (0.71%) Retail
12 2 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.47%) Publishing
13 1 (0.24%) Law
13 1 (0.24%) Legal
13 1 (0.24%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 104 (24.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 101 (23.88%) Architect
3 65 (15.37%) Senior
4 48 (11.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 40 (9.46%) Cloud Architect
6 34 (8.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
8 32 (7.57%) Solutions Architect
9 31 (7.33%) Consultant
10 28 (6.62%) Support Engineer
11 20 (4.73%) Enterprise Architect
11 20 (4.73%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (4.49%) Cloud Consultant
13 18 (4.26%) AWS Architect
14 17 (4.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 16 (3.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 15 (3.55%) 3rd Line Support
17 14 (3.31%) AWS Consultant
17 14 (3.31%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
18 13 (3.07%) DevOps Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.86%) ARM Templates
2 23 (5.44%) JSON
3 20 (4.73%) OpenID
4 17 (4.02%) Web Services
5 16 (3.78%) .NET
6 15 (3.55%) Middleware
6 15 (3.55%) YAML
7 12 (2.84%) RESTful
8 8 (1.89%) Azure Blueprints
8 8 (1.89%) XML
9 7 (1.65%) gRPC
10 5 (1.18%) SAML
11 4 (0.95%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.95%) Node.js
11 4 (0.95%) React
12 3 (0.71%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.71%) CSS3
12 3 (0.71%) Entity Framework
12 3 (0.71%) HTML
12 3 (0.71%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.33%) Public Cloud
2 53 (12.53%) Cloud Native
3 51 (12.06%) Data Centre
4 46 (10.87%) Management Information System
5 23 (5.44%) Driving Licence
6 22 (5.20%) Replication
7 19 (4.49%) Blockchain
7 19 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (4.49%) Mainframe
8 17 (4.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (3.55%) IoT
10 11 (2.60%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.89%) Life Science
11 8 (1.89%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.89%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.65%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.42%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 139 (32.86%) Windows
2 70 (16.55%) Linux
3 68 (16.08%) Windows Server
4 56 (13.24%) Unix
5 17 (4.02%) Windows 10
6 14 (3.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.65%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.42%) Solaris
9 6 (1.42%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.47%) VMS
11 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.24%) Android
12 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (34.75%) DevOps
2 136 (32.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 106 (25.06%) ITIL
4 81 (19.15%) Mentoring
5 76 (17.97%) Agile
6 72 (17.02%) Infrastructure as Code
7 68 (16.08%) Cybersecurity
8 63 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (14.89%) Roadmaps
9 59 (13.95%) CI/CD
10 53 (12.53%) Microservices
11 52 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 48 (11.35%) Network Virtualisation
13 46 (10.87%) Containerisation
14 43 (10.17%) Change Management
15 42 (9.93%) Information Security
16 40 (9.46%) Coaching
17 39 (9.22%) Customer Service
18 38 (8.98%) Technical Leadership
19 37 (8.75%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 94 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 51 (12.06%) Python
3 32 (7.57%) Bash
4 31 (7.33%) SQL
5 22 (5.20%) Bicep
6 14 (3.31%) C#
7 13 (3.07%) Perl
8 8 (1.89%) Ruby
9 5 (1.18%) Java
10 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.71%) Go
11 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.47%) PHP
12 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.24%) Julia
13 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (11.82%) Degree
2 47 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 37 (8.75%) Azure Certification
4 23 (5.44%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (5.20%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.26%) CCNA
7 17 (4.02%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.07%) Master's Degree
9 13 (3.07%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (2.36%) DBS Check
12 9 (2.13%) A+ Certification
12 9 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 9 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (2.13%) CISSP
13 8 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (1.42%) MCP
14 6 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.44%) GDPR
3 18 (4.26%) NIST
4 15 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.31%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.84%) Data Quality
7 10 (2.36%) HIPAA
8 9 (2.13%) NCSC
8 9 (2.13%) SLA
9 7 (1.65%) COBIT
10 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.18%) QA
11 3 (0.71%) PMO
11 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.24%) GRC
12 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.24%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
System Software
1 89 (21.04%) Active Directory
2 63 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.57%) Virtual Machines
4 27 (6.38%) Docker
4 27 (6.38%) Hyper-V
5 19 (4.49%) vSphere
6 16 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (3.07%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.18%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) RACF
10 1 (0.24%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 104 (24.59%) Terraform
2 56 (13.24%) Kubernetes
3 51 (12.06%) Ansible
4 37 (8.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (5.67%) Puppet
6 16 (3.78%) FortiGate
7 15 (3.55%) SCCM
8 8 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 6 (1.42%) NetCrunch
9 6 (1.42%) SCDPM
10 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (1.18%) SCOM
11 4 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.71%) Grafana
12 3 (0.71%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.47%) CASB
13 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.47%) SolarWinds Orion
13 2 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 160 (37.83%) Microsoft
2 84 (19.86%) VMware
3 41 (9.69%) Cisco
4 27 (6.38%) Splunk
5 22 (5.20%) Veeam
6 17 (4.02%) Dynatrace
7 15 (3.55%) NetApp
8 13 (3.07%) Dell
9 12 (2.84%) Citrix
10 11 (2.60%) Aruba
10 11 (2.60%) BMC
10 11 (2.60%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.13%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.65%) Barracuda Networks
12 7 (1.65%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.42%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (1.42%) Ivanti
13 6 (1.42%) Meraki
13 6 (1.42%) Oracle
14 5 (1.18%) EMC