IaaS Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring IaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 176 229
Rank change year-on-year -24 +53 +20
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 31 53 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.33% 0.93% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.97% 2.75% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 19 43 44
10th Percentile £34,089 £41,800 £46,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,300 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £67,117
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +4.30% +0.63%
75th Percentile £72,625 £75,000 £111,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +1.71%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,198 1,928 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.45% 33.87% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 1,205 2,697
10th Percentile £28,025 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,800 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IaaS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the Midlands

IaaS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
West Midlands -2 26 £64,250 -14.33% 7
East Midlands -33 5 £45,000 +12.50% 9
IaaS
England

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.23%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Exchequer
1 1 (3.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 30 (96.77%) Azure
2 27 (87.10%) PaaS
3 15 (48.39%) Entra ID
4 14 (45.16%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (41.94%) Power Platform
6 12 (38.71%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (35.48%) SaaS
8 5 (16.13%) AWS
8 5 (16.13%) GCP
9 4 (12.90%) Azure AKS
9 4 (12.90%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (9.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (9.68%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (9.68%) Datadog
10 3 (9.68%) GitHub
10 3 (9.68%) Serverless
11 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (6.45%) Azure Functions
11 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
11 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Firewall
2 5 (16.13%) DNS
3 3 (9.68%) VPN
4 2 (6.45%) DHCP
5 1 (3.23%) NAS
5 1 (3.23%) SAN
5 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.45%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (6.45%) Star Schema
3 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Finance
3 10 (32.26%) Legal
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Architect
2 10 (32.26%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (19.35%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IT Support
5 3 (9.68%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Junior
5 3 (9.68%) Junior Cloud Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Junior IT Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Junior IT Support
5 3 (9.68%) Junior Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth
2 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Cloud Native
2 8 (25.81%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Windows
2 5 (16.13%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.45%) Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) DevOps
2 11 (35.48%) API Management
2 11 (35.48%) Identity Access Management
2 11 (35.48%) Integration Patterns
3 10 (32.26%) CRM
3 10 (32.26%) Project Delivery
4 9 (29.03%) Agile
4 9 (29.03%) Architectural Design
4 9 (29.03%) Case Management
4 9 (29.03%) Data Privacy
4 9 (29.03%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (29.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (29.03%) TOGAF
4 9 (29.03%) Translating Business Requirements
5 8 (25.81%) Information Security
5 8 (25.81%) Roadmaps
6 7 (22.58%) Document Management
7 6 (19.35%) AI
7 6 (19.35%) Business Analysis
7 6 (19.35%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bicep
3 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) QA
2 3 (9.68%) SLA
3 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (54.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.45%) vSphere
4 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Terraform
2 3 (9.68%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (6.45%) Ansible
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Google
2 4 (12.90%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.68%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) Commvault
4 1 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.23%) Sage
4 1 (3.23%) Veeam