IaaS Job Trends in the North of England

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring IaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 242 278
Rank change year-on-year -50 +36 -191
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 69 52 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.29% 0.55% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.42% 2.10% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 36 43 29
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,063 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,788 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.13% -5.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £75,437 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,375 £78,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -10.34%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,857 2,474 3,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.22% 25.96% 28.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,557 1,704 2,185
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,143 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% -1.56% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,422 £83,250
England median annual salary £62,740 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.57% -7.69% +4.00%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in the North of England

IaaS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the North of England

IaaS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
North West -15 32 £47,500 +17.28% 23
North East -53 23 £89,250 +32.22% 5
Yorkshire -48 14 £66,053 +39.06% 14
IaaS
England

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 13 (18.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (13.04%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.35%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 37 (53.62%) Azure
2 31 (44.93%) SaaS
3 27 (39.13%) PaaS
4 24 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (23.19%) AWS
6 15 (21.74%) Entra ID
7 9 (13.04%) GitHub
7 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (10.14%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (10.14%) GCP
8 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (10.14%) OneDrive
9 6 (8.70%) Mimecast
10 3 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.90%) Google Workspace
11 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
12 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (1.45%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 27 (39.13%) DNS
2 19 (27.54%) DHCP
3 15 (21.74%) Firewall
4 9 (13.04%) WAN
5 8 (11.59%) Network Security
5 8 (11.59%) SD-WAN
5 8 (11.59%) SNMP
6 7 (10.14%) BIG-IP
6 7 (10.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 7 (10.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 7 (10.14%) VPN
7 6 (8.70%) VLAN
8 5 (7.25%) SSL
8 5 (7.25%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.90%) LAN
10 1 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.45%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.45%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (11.59%) JIRA
2 7 (10.14%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
2 10 (14.49%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (7.25%) Legal
6 4 (5.80%) Banking
6 4 (5.80%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.90%) Law
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Architect
2 12 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (15.94%) Data Centre Manager
3 11 (15.94%) Data Manager
4 8 (11.59%) Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Senior
5 7 (10.14%) Technical Architect
6 6 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Lead
6 6 (8.70%) Lead Architect
7 5 (7.25%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (7.25%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Account Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Healthcare Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Sales Account Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Sales Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Architect
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.84%) Middleware
2 6 (8.70%) SAML
2 6 (8.70%) Terraform
3 1 (1.45%) .NET
3 1 (1.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.88%) Data Centre
2 17 (24.64%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (20.29%) Driving Licence
4 9 (13.04%) Public Cloud
5 6 (8.70%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.80%) NHS
6 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
6 4 (5.80%) Private Cloud
7 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 3 (4.35%) SystemC
8 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.45%) Replication
9 1 (1.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (30.43%) Windows
2 19 (27.54%) Windows Server
3 7 (10.14%) Linux
4 6 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.90%) macOS
6 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (31.88%) Agile
3 21 (30.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (30.43%) High Availability
4 19 (27.54%) AI
4 19 (27.54%) Commercial Awareness
4 19 (27.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (27.54%) ITIL
5 18 (26.09%) CI/CD
6 17 (24.64%) Analytics
7 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (21.74%) Project Management
8 15 (21.74%) Roadmaps
9 14 (20.29%) Mentoring
10 13 (18.84%) Information Security
11 11 (15.94%) Facilities Management
11 11 (15.94%) Low Latency
11 11 (15.94%) People Management
11 11 (15.94%) Risk Register
11 11 (15.94%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) PowerShell
2 7 (10.14%) ActionScript
2 7 (10.14%) Python
3 6 (8.70%) Bicep
4 5 (7.25%) SQL
5 1 (1.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (17.39%) Azure Certification
1 12 (17.39%) Degree
2 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
3 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (15.94%) ISO 14000
3 3 (4.35%) SLA
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.14%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.80%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.70%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.70%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (7.25%) Autotask
4 4 (5.80%) Ansible
4 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (2.90%) SCCM
5 2 (2.90%) SCOM
5 2 (2.90%) WSUS
6 1 (1.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 34 (49.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) Google
2 9 (13.04%) VMware
3 8 (11.59%) SolarWinds
4 7 (10.14%) Adobe
4 7 (10.14%) F5
5 5 (7.25%) Aderant
5 5 (7.25%) Datto
5 5 (7.25%) iManage
5 5 (7.25%) WatchGuard
6 3 (4.35%) Meraki
7 2 (2.90%) Apple
7 2 (2.90%) Aruba
7 2 (2.90%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.90%) Oracle
7 2 (2.90%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.90%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.45%) Cisco
8 1 (1.45%) YouTube