IaaS Job Trends in Scotland

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 117 223
Rank change year-on-year -15 +106 -77
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 10 8 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.31% 0.41% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.18% 1.46% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 45
10th Percentile £40,700 £48,000 £44,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% -4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £77,500
90th Percentile - £57,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 844 549 2,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.30% 28.43% 43.94%
Number of salaries quoted 318 378 1,015
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,813 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IaaS job vacancy trend in Scotland

IaaS
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IaaS in Scotland

IaaS
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
South Ayrshire - 7 £46,000 -
Glasgow -12 3 £65,000 - 2
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) PaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) ATM
1 7 (70.00%) Multicast
1 7 (70.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (70.00%) tcpdump
1 7 (70.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
General
1 7 (70.00%) Aerospace
1 7 (70.00%) Automotive
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (10.00%) ERP Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (10.00%) IoT
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) PKI
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) AI
3 1 (10.00%) B2B
3 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) OWASP
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Bicep
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Docker
1 7 (70.00%) KVM
1 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Ansible
1 7 (70.00%) Kubernetes
1 7 (70.00%) Puppet
2 1 (10.00%) CASB
2 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle