IaaS Jobs in the South West

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring IaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IaaS over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 202 105
Rank change year-on-year +49 -97 +131
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing IaaS 18 51 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.48% 0.61% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.81% 2.38% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 15 42 45
10th Percentile - £47,675 £41,850
25th Percentile £30,500 £49,250 £52,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £75,000 £64,750
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +15.83% -6.16%
75th Percentile £69,375 £87,500 £79,250
90th Percentile £79,500 - £84,056
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% +7.14%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 South West.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 992 2,143 2,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.60% 25.45% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 729 1,423 1,613
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the South West

IaaS
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the South West over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the South West

IaaS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +38 8 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Devon +24 7 £31,000 -26.19% 2
Gloucestershire +39 2 £55,445 -30.69% 3
Cornwall -7 1 - - 1
IaaS
England

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Azure
2 15 (83.33%) PaaS
3 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (50.00%) Entra ID
5 8 (44.44%) SaaS
6 6 (33.33%) AWS
7 5 (27.78%) Rubrik
7 5 (27.78%) Serverless
8 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
9 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (11.11%) Azure Stack
10 1 (5.56%) Azure AI
10 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Firewall
2 8 (44.44%) SD-WAN
3 7 (38.89%) DNS
3 7 (38.89%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (33.33%) DHCP
5 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
5 5 (27.78%) VLAN
6 3 (16.67%) WAN
7 1 (5.56%) Network Security
7 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.56%) MySQL
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Legal
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) IT Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
5 5 (27.78%) Architect
5 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (27.78%) IT Support
5 5 (27.78%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Architect
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) IT Security Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
8 1 (5.56%) Senior
8 1 (5.56%) Senior Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) SOAP
2 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) BYOD
2 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) NHS
4 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
1 10 (55.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) Predictive Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (16.67%) Analytics
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
4 2 (11.11%) Data Integration
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Server Management
4 2 (11.11%) SIEM
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) Bicep
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.11%) NIST
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 4 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Aruba
3 5 (27.78%) HP
3 5 (27.78%) Veeam
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (5.56%) Databricks
5 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.56%) Meraki
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto