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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 174 245
Rank change year-on-year -40 +71 -14
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 41 48 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.32% 0.96% 0.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.03% 2.82% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 30 41 60
10th Percentile £31,700 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £34,674 £44,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,792 £53,300 £69,235
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -23.02% +8.60%
75th Percentile £68,875 £75,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -

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 3,990 1,704 3,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.53% 34.12% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,787 1,325 3,214
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,850 £26,075
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -41 23 £68,500 -2.14% 4
East Midlands -45 18 £44,472 +11.18% 6
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 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Exchequer
1 4 (9.76%) Primavera
2 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (95.12%) Azure
2 31 (75.61%) PaaS
3 19 (46.34%) Entra ID
4 18 (43.90%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (34.15%) Power Platform
6 12 (29.27%) SaaS
7 10 (24.39%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (19.51%) Azure AKS
9 5 (12.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (12.20%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (9.76%) Azure Storage
11 3 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (7.32%) GCP
11 3 (7.32%) PowerApps
12 2 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (4.88%) AWS
12 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (4.88%) Datadog
12 2 (4.88%) Power Automate
13 1 (2.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.07%) DNS
2 6 (14.63%) Firewall
3 2 (4.88%) SAN
3 2 (4.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.44%) DHCP
4 1 (2.44%) NAS
4 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (4.88%) Star Schema
3 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 11 (26.83%) Legal
4 4 (9.76%) Law
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Architect
2 10 (24.39%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (21.95%) Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (17.07%) Applications Support
5 7 (17.07%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (17.07%) Support Analyst
6 6 (14.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) IT Architect
9 2 (4.88%) Business Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Architect
9 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Junior
9 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) Cloud Native
2 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Clustering
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (43.90%) Windows
2 11 (26.83%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.32%) Linux
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.44%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Agile
2 12 (29.27%) API Management
2 12 (29.27%) Integration Patterns
3 11 (26.83%) CRM
4 10 (24.39%) Data Privacy
4 10 (24.39%) DevOps
4 10 (24.39%) Identity Access Management
4 10 (24.39%) Translating Business Requirements
5 9 (21.95%) Architectural Design
5 9 (21.95%) Case Management
5 9 (21.95%) Enterprise Architecture
5 9 (21.95%) Project Delivery
5 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (21.95%) TOGAF
6 8 (19.51%) Information Security
6 8 (19.51%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (17.07%) Document Management
7 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
8 6 (14.63%) AI
8 6 (14.63%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) IISP
2 1 (2.44%) ISACA
2 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.88%) SLA
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 20 (48.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (4.88%) vSphere
4 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.32%) Terraform
4 2 (4.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (68.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
3 4 (9.76%) Sage
3 4 (9.76%) VMware
4 2 (4.88%) Google
4 2 (4.88%) Oracle
5 1 (2.44%) Commvault
5 1 (2.44%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.44%) Veeam