IaaS Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 108 145 97
Rank change year-on-year +37 -48 +94
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 24 11 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.82% 0.41% 2.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.07% 1.07% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 48
10th Percentile £35,500 £56,500 £61,375
25th Percentile £38,750 £70,000 £70,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £95,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +18.75% +34.40%
75th Percentile £67,500 £115,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £96,519
North West median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -33.33% +42.86%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,162 1,025 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 39.84% 38.43% 41.50%
Number of salaries quoted 619 583 912
10th Percentile £29,700 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.58%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in Manchester

IaaS
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for IaaS in Manchester

IaaS
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the Manchester 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
Altrincham - 1 £62,500 -
IaaS
North West

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (91.67%) Azure
2 14 (58.33%) PaaS
3 12 (50.00%) SaaS
4 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (16.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (4.17%) AWS
6 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) VLAN
1 9 (37.50%) VPN
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 5 (20.83%) SSL
2 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.67%) DMZ
3 4 (16.67%) STUN
3 4 (16.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Architect
2 10 (41.67%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (25.00%) Azure Architect
4 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 5 (20.83%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Support Technician
5 4 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Applications Support
5 4 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.17%) ERP Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (29.17%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
4 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (45.83%) Windows
1 11 (45.83%) Windows Server
2 4 (16.67%) Debian
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (37.50%) ArchiMate
2 9 (37.50%) Microservices
2 9 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 9 (37.50%) UML
3 8 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (25.00%) BPMN
4 6 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 6 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 6 (25.00%) Digital Innovation
4 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
5 5 (20.83%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (20.83%) DevOps
5 5 (20.83%) Information Security Management
5 5 (20.83%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (20.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) CCNA
1 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.67%) Kamailio
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.83%) Autotask
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) BiZZdesign
2 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.33%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) VMware