IaaS Jobs in England

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 353 209
Rank change year-on-year -85 -144 +81
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 265 658 1,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.77% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.86% 2.17% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 188 553 815
10th Percentile £41,500 £42,750 £42,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,724 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £103,625 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,227 30,280 38,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.92% 35.27% 43.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,817 24,154 25,449
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS in England.

Salary trend for IaaS in England

IaaS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IaaS in England

IaaS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
London -41 92 £72,500 -14.71% 128
South East +71 61 £85,000 +36.00% 60
Midlands +51 51 £66,250 -4.31% 16
West Midlands +31 32 £70,000 +0.55% 13
North of England -37 31 £62,500 +6.38% 28
East Midlands +47 19 £40,000 -11.11% 3
South West +41 15 £60,000 -14.29% 12
North West -54 15 £67,500 +7.51% 14
Yorkshire +56 14 £62,500 +11.11% 10
East of England +44 8 £45,250 -9.50% 5
North East +28 2 £65,000 +44.44% 4
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 27 (10.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (9.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.89%) IIS
4 4 (1.51%) Apache
4 4 (1.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.13%) NetWeaver
5 3 (1.13%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.75%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.02%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.75%) Maya
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 189 (71.32%) PaaS
2 183 (69.06%) Azure
3 144 (54.34%) SaaS
4 73 (27.55%) AWS
5 57 (21.51%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (20.38%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (18.87%) Entra ID
8 26 (9.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 26 (9.81%) GCP
8 26 (9.81%) Power Platform
9 24 (9.06%) Power Automate
10 22 (8.30%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (7.92%) Azure Key Vault
12 18 (6.79%) GitHub
13 16 (6.04%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (5.66%) Azure AI
15 14 (5.28%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (4.91%) Serverless
17 10 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (18.11%) Firewall
2 41 (15.47%) DNS
3 37 (13.96%) VPN
4 33 (12.45%) WAN
5 30 (11.32%) VSAN
6 26 (9.81%) SD-WAN
7 19 (7.17%) DHCP
8 18 (6.79%) Network Security
9 16 (6.04%) SAN
10 11 (4.15%) LAN
11 9 (3.40%) TCP/IP
11 9 (3.40%) VLAN
12 8 (3.02%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (3.02%) FTP
12 8 (3.02%) IPv4
12 8 (3.02%) PBX
12 8 (3.02%) SMTP
12 8 (3.02%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (1.89%) IPsec
14 4 (1.51%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.43%) Power BI
3 21 (7.92%) MySQL
4 20 (7.55%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (3.40%) Star Schema
7 8 (3.02%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (2.26%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.89%) Big Data
11 4 (1.51%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (1.13%) SAP BW
12 3 (1.13%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (1.13%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.75%) HBase
13 2 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (7.55%) Git
2 10 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 7 (2.64%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.51%) JIRA
6 3 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.75%) GitLab
7 2 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.38%) Vagrant
General
1 69 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.11%) Finance
3 22 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.53%) Legal
6 10 (3.77%) Banking
7 7 (2.64%) Law
8 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
8 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.89%) Marketing
10 4 (1.51%) Advertising
10 4 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.51%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Games
11 3 (1.13%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.75%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.75%) French Language
Job Titles
1 55 (20.75%) Architect
2 42 (15.85%) Senior
3 40 (15.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 36 (13.58%) Azure Engineer
5 31 (11.70%) VMware Specialist
6 30 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (7.92%) Cloud Architect
8 19 (7.17%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (6.79%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (6.42%) Lead
11 16 (6.04%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 15 (5.66%) IT Engineer
13 13 (4.91%) Consultant
14 12 (4.53%) Developer
15 11 (4.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
16 10 (3.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 10 (3.77%) Infrastructure Consultant
16 10 (3.77%) Security Engineer
16 10 (3.77%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.42%) .NET
2 13 (4.91%) ARM Templates
3 10 (3.77%) SAML
4 7 (2.64%) Azure Blueprints
5 6 (2.26%) Middleware
5 6 (2.26%) React
5 6 (2.26%) RESTful
6 5 (1.89%) REST
7 4 (1.51%) OAuth
7 4 (1.51%) SOAP
7 4 (1.51%) Web Services
7 4 (1.51%) YAML
8 3 (1.13%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.13%) LDAP
8 3 (1.13%) Node.js
9 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.75%) JSON
9 2 (0.75%) LAMP
9 2 (0.75%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.57%) Management Information System
2 24 (9.06%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.06%) Public Cloud
3 18 (6.79%) Cloud Native
4 16 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (5.66%) NHS
5 15 (5.66%) Onboarding
6 14 (5.28%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.77%) PKI
8 8 (3.02%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.64%) Replication
10 6 (2.26%) Clustering
11 5 (1.89%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.51%) Driving Licence
13 3 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 2 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
14 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 61 (23.02%) Windows
2 44 (16.60%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.92%) Linux
4 13 (4.91%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (3.40%) Unix
7 8 (3.02%) Android
8 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.13%) AIX
10 3 (1.13%) VMS
11 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (38.11%) DevOps
2 75 (28.30%) CI/CD
3 64 (24.15%) Agile
4 60 (22.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 47 (17.74%) Project Management
6 44 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 43 (16.23%) ITIL
7 43 (16.23%) Migration
8 40 (15.09%) Roadmaps
9 36 (13.58%) Analytics
9 36 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (12.45%) TOGAF
11 30 (11.32%) Cloud Security
12 29 (10.94%) Mentoring
13 28 (10.57%) Waterfall
14 27 (10.19%) Service Management
15 26 (9.81%) Platform Engineering
16 25 (9.43%) Artificial Intelligence
17 22 (8.30%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (42.26%) PowerShell
2 74 (27.92%) Python
3 46 (17.36%) SQL
4 24 (9.06%) Bash
5 21 (7.92%) Bicep
6 13 (4.91%) C#
7 12 (4.53%) Java
8 6 (2.26%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.89%) Ruby
9 5 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.51%) C
11 3 (1.13%) Go
12 2 (0.75%) Perl
13 1 (0.38%) C++
13 1 (0.38%) PHP
13 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (21.51%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.11%) Azure Certification
3 34 (12.83%) Degree
3 34 (12.83%) DV Cleared
4 20 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (7.17%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (6.42%) CCNA
7 16 (6.04%) DBS Check
7 16 (6.04%) SC Cleared
8 12 (4.53%) AWS Certification
9 11 (4.15%) CISSP
10 9 (3.40%) CCNP
11 8 (3.02%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.26%) CISA
13 6 (2.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.89%) SANS
15 4 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (1.51%) CISM
15 4 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (7.17%) NIST
2 12 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.15%) GDPR
4 10 (3.77%) NCSC
5 8 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.26%) SLA
7 5 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.13%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.13%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.13%) NIST 800
9 3 (1.13%) QA
10 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.38%) PMO
11 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (26.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (17.74%) Active Directory
3 35 (13.21%) vSphere
4 32 (12.08%) VMware NSX
5 26 (9.81%) Docker
6 22 (8.30%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (7.92%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (5.66%) Hyper-V
9 8 (3.02%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.75%) HDFS
10 2 (0.75%) KVM
10 2 (0.75%) Xen
11 1 (0.38%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 48 (18.11%) Terraform
2 29 (10.94%) Kubernetes
3 27 (10.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (8.30%) Ansible
5 20 (7.55%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (4.15%) SCCM
7 9 (3.40%) WSUS
8 6 (2.26%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.26%) Puppet
9 3 (1.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 3 (1.13%) vRealize
9 3 (1.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 2 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.75%) CFEngine
10 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.75%) Grafana
10 2 (0.75%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.75%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.38%) Salt
11 1 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 107 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 86 (32.45%) VMware
3 27 (10.19%) Cisco
4 23 (8.68%) Databricks
5 19 (7.17%) Oracle
6 16 (6.04%) Meraki
7 14 (5.28%) Veeam
8 11 (4.15%) Citrix
8 11 (4.15%) Google
9 7 (2.64%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.26%) EMC
10 6 (2.26%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.89%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.51%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.51%) IBM
12 4 (1.51%) SAP
12 4 (1.51%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.13%) Dell
13 3 (1.13%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.13%) Salesforce