IaaS Job Trends in England

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 256 215
Rank change year-on-year -161 -41 +49
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 205 561 725
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.39% 1.17% 1.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.10% 3.19% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 148 287 584
10th Percentile £38,750 £49,750 £49,825
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -3.45% +5.34%
75th Percentile £77,443 £79,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £69,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.79% -4.14% +7.41%

All Cloud Computing 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 18,577 17,573 19,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.16% 36.51% 40.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,387 10,399 16,693
10th Percentile £28,900 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,376 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,850 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IaaS job vacancy trend in England

IaaS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
London -34 76 £65,000 -7.14% 26
North of England +27 49 £63,000 -3.08% 11
North West +30 30 £57,500 +15.00% 2
South East -48 24 £48,040 -35.95% 39
Midlands -1 19 £57,500 -4.17% 14
South West -100 17 £62,500 -7.41% 15
West Midlands +1 16 £58,750 -2.08% 5
East of England +3 10 £53,000 +6.00% 8
Yorkshire -9 10 £66,216 +1.87% 7
North East +17 9 £72,500 +11.54% 2
East Midlands -9 3 £45,000 -55.00% 8
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 23 (11.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.32%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.90%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) SAS
Business Applications
1 9 (4.39%) SAP FS
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 176 (85.85%) PaaS
2 152 (74.15%) Azure
3 113 (55.12%) SaaS
4 63 (30.73%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (25.37%) AWS
6 42 (20.49%) Entra ID
7 29 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (12.68%) GCP
9 20 (9.76%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (9.27%) Power Platform
11 18 (8.78%) Serverless
12 12 (5.85%) GitHub
13 11 (5.37%) Azure AKS
13 11 (5.37%) Datadog
14 10 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (3.41%) Azure Stack
15 7 (3.41%) Google Workspace
15 7 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (2.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 6 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 52 (25.37%) Firewall
2 49 (23.90%) VPN
3 32 (15.61%) DNS
4 21 (10.24%) DHCP
5 19 (9.27%) VLAN
6 12 (5.85%) SAN
7 11 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (4.88%) PuTTY
8 10 (4.88%) SSH
8 10 (4.88%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.90%) WAN
10 7 (3.41%) SD-WAN
11 6 (2.93%) Network Security
11 6 (2.93%) VoIP
12 5 (2.44%) LAN
12 5 (2.44%) SSL
13 4 (1.95%) DMZ
13 4 (1.95%) STUN
14 3 (1.46%) NAS
14 3 (1.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.93%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.46%) Power BI
5 2 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.49%) Big Data
6 1 (0.49%) Metadata
6 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.88%) JIRA
2 7 (3.41%) Chocolatey
3 5 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.95%) Git
5 2 (0.98%) GitLab
General
1 78 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.46%) Finance
3 31 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.24%) Law
5 20 (9.76%) Legal
6 13 (6.34%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.85%) Banking
8 10 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (4.39%) Dutch Language
9 9 (4.39%) French Language
9 9 (4.39%) Games
10 8 (3.90%) Billing
10 8 (3.90%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Police
12 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (31.71%) Architect
2 49 (23.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 35 (17.07%) Azure Engineer
4 34 (16.59%) Senior
5 29 (14.15%) Support Engineer
6 26 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (9.76%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (8.78%) Lead
9 15 (7.32%) Azure Architect
9 15 (7.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (6.83%) Analyst
11 13 (6.34%) Technical Support
12 12 (5.85%) IT Architect
12 12 (5.85%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 11 (5.37%) 3rd Line Support
13 11 (5.37%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (5.37%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (5.37%) IT Engineer
13 11 (5.37%) Lead Architect
14 10 (4.88%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.44%) RESTful
2 4 (1.95%) .NET
2 4 (1.95%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.95%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (1.95%) Middleware
3 2 (0.98%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.98%) CSS
3 2 (0.98%) FastAPI
3 2 (0.98%) HTML
3 2 (0.98%) Kafka
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.98%) pytest
3 2 (0.98%) React
4 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.49%) Node.js
4 1 (0.49%) OAuth
4 1 (0.49%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) SOAP
4 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 31 (15.12%) Cloud Native
3 15 (7.32%) Management Information System
4 14 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (6.34%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (4.39%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.39%) Public Cloud
8 7 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (3.41%) Hedge funds
8 7 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (3.41%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.95%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.46%) Clustering
10 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.46%) IoT
11 2 (0.98%) Genomics
11 2 (0.98%) PKI
11 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (27.32%) Windows
2 34 (16.59%) Windows Server
3 30 (14.63%) Linux
4 10 (4.88%) VMS
5 8 (3.90%) Unix
6 5 (2.44%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.95%) Debian
7 4 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.98%) Android
9 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (34.63%) DevOps
2 49 (23.90%) Infrastructure as Code
3 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (19.02%) CI/CD
5 38 (18.54%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (18.05%) AI
6 37 (18.05%) Microservices
7 34 (16.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (16.59%) ITIL
7 34 (16.59%) Project Delivery
8 33 (16.10%) Agile
9 29 (14.15%) Migration
10 27 (13.17%) Analytics
10 27 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (12.20%) Information Security
12 24 (11.71%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (10.73%) Computer Science
13 22 (10.73%) Containerisation
13 22 (10.73%) Enterprise Architecture
14 21 (10.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.17%) SQL
3 25 (12.20%) Python
4 21 (10.24%) Bash
5 18 (8.78%) Bicep
6 10 (4.88%) DCL
6 10 (4.88%) Tcl
7 3 (1.46%) C#
7 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.98%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.98%) Java
8 2 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.49%) PHP
9 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (18.54%) Degree
2 28 (13.66%) Azure Certification
3 24 (11.71%) Security Cleared
4 21 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (8.78%) SC Cleared
6 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (4.39%) CISSP
8 7 (3.41%) CCSK
8 7 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.93%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.93%) CCNA
9 6 (2.93%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.49%) CCNP
12 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.49%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (5.37%) SLA
3 9 (4.39%) IFRS
3 9 (4.39%) IFRS 17
3 9 (4.39%) QA
3 9 (4.39%) Solvency II
4 5 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.44%) NIST
5 4 (1.95%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.98%) GDPR
8 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (23.90%) Active Directory
2 26 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (11.22%) Docker
4 20 (9.76%) Hyper-V
5 15 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.44%) vSphere
7 4 (1.95%) Kamailio
7 4 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.46%) vCloud
8 3 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (26.83%) Terraform
2 30 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (10.24%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.34%) SCCM
5 11 (5.37%) Ansible
6 8 (3.90%) SCOM
7 6 (2.93%) Autotask
8 3 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.98%) Puppet
10 1 (0.49%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.49%) Argo
10 1 (0.49%) CASB
10 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.49%) Grafana
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.49%) Nessus
10 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 101 (49.27%) Microsoft
2 38 (18.54%) VMware
3 22 (10.73%) Google
4 14 (6.83%) Palo Alto
5 13 (6.34%) Fortinet
6 11 (5.37%) BiZZdesign
7 10 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (4.88%) SAP
8 9 (4.39%) Duck Creek
8 9 (4.39%) Guidewire
9 8 (3.90%) AppDynamics
9 8 (3.90%) Cisco
9 8 (3.90%) Oracle
9 8 (3.90%) Tenable
10 7 (3.41%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.93%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.93%) ServiceNow
12 5 (2.44%) Databricks
13 4 (1.95%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.95%) Veeam