Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 381 172
Rank change year-on-year -67 -209 +135
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 291 728 1,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.65% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.86% 1.97% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 199 601 907
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,279 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £68,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -2.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,250 £107,500 £105,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +13.64%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,683 36,893 39,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.96% 33.11% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,381 27,549 26,775
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £63,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -9.66% +1.84%
75th Percentile £81,703 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,200 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% +4.76%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS.

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -73 264 £70,000 +3.70% 1,149
UK excluding London +20 188 £62,500 +4.17% 832
Work from Home -39 108 £58,750 -6.42% 617
London -37 89 £72,500 -12.12% 398
South East +57 57 £85,000 +38.78% 189
Midlands +83 56 £66,250 +1.92% 156
West Midlands +40 34 £70,000 +1.11% 81
North of England -7 30 £61,500 +23.00% 205
East Midlands +69 22 £41,250 -8.33% 75
Yorkshire +58 17 £52,500 -4.55% 73
South West +46 14 £49,250 -21.20% 94
North West -22 13 £67,500 +12.50% 116
East of England +46 12 £43,000 -14.00% 101
Scotland +66 8 £55,000 -8.33% 53
Wales +49 8 £38,094 -47.46% 16
Northern Ireland +47 5 £43,092 -33.71% 20

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (6.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 19 (6.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.72%) IIS
3 4 (1.37%) Apache
4 3 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Maya
2 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.34%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Shopify
2 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 218 (74.91%) Azure
2 216 (74.23%) PaaS
3 149 (51.20%) SaaS
4 86 (29.55%) AWS
5 66 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (19.59%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (16.15%) Entra ID
8 43 (14.78%) GCP
9 31 (10.65%) Power Platform
10 27 (9.28%) Power Automate
11 25 (8.59%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (8.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 23 (7.90%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (6.19%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (6.19%) GitHub
15 17 (5.84%) Serverless
16 16 (5.50%) Azure AI
17 12 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
18 10 (3.44%) OCI
18 10 (3.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (20.62%) Firewall
2 42 (14.43%) DNS
3 40 (13.75%) VPN
4 38 (13.06%) WAN
5 31 (10.65%) SD-WAN
6 22 (7.56%) Network Security
7 19 (6.53%) VSAN
8 16 (5.50%) DHCP
9 15 (5.15%) TCP/IP
10 13 (4.47%) LAN
11 9 (3.09%) SAN
12 7 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.37%) Ethernet
13 4 (1.37%) Internet
13 4 (1.37%) MPLS
13 4 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (1.37%) VLAN
13 4 (1.37%) Wireless
14 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
15 2 (0.69%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 28 (9.62%) Power BI
3 22 (7.56%) MySQL
4 18 (6.19%) Data Lake
5 12 (4.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (3.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.44%) Star Schema
8 6 (2.06%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.72%) Big Data
10 4 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.69%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.69%) Bigtable
11 2 (0.69%) GIS
11 2 (0.69%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.69%) HBase
11 2 (0.69%) Impala
11 2 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (7.56%) Git
2 10 (3.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.06%) JIRA
5 5 (1.72%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.69%) GitLab
6 2 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 86 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.56%) Finance
3 36 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.15%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.78%) Legal
6 8 (2.75%) Banking
6 8 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.75%) Welsh Language
7 7 (2.41%) Advertising
7 7 (2.41%) Law
8 6 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.72%) Retail
10 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Games
11 3 (1.03%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (25.43%) Architect
2 37 (12.71%) Senior
3 36 (12.37%) Azure Engineer
4 33 (11.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 32 (11.00%) Cloud Architect
6 31 (10.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (8.93%) Lead
8 21 (7.22%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (6.53%) IT Engineer
9 19 (6.53%) VMware Specialist
10 14 (4.81%) Developer
10 14 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Security Architect
11 13 (4.47%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (4.47%) Server Engineer
12 12 (4.12%) Auditor
12 12 (4.12%) Security Auditor
12 12 (4.12%) Senior Auditor
13 11 (3.78%) Security Engineer
13 11 (3.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.53%) .NET
2 15 (5.15%) Middleware
3 13 (4.47%) ARM Templates
4 11 (3.78%) SAML
5 8 (2.75%) REST
6 7 (2.41%) SOAP
7 6 (2.06%) RESTful
7 6 (2.06%) YAML
8 5 (1.72%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (1.72%) React
9 4 (1.37%) OAuth
10 3 (1.03%) 802.1X
10 3 (1.03%) LDAP
10 3 (1.03%) Node.js
11 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.69%) JSON
11 2 (0.69%) LAMP
11 2 (0.69%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.03%) Public Cloud
2 31 (10.65%) Management Information System
3 26 (8.93%) Data Centre
4 20 (6.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (5.50%) NHS
6 15 (5.15%) Cloud Native
7 13 (4.47%) Private Cloud
8 10 (3.44%) PKI
9 9 (3.09%) IoT
9 9 (3.09%) Onboarding
10 8 (2.75%) Clustering
10 8 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (2.06%) Replication
11 6 (2.06%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 79 (27.15%) Windows
2 60 (20.62%) Windows Server
3 27 (9.28%) Linux
4 12 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.06%) Unix
7 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.37%) AIX
8 4 (1.37%) VMS
8 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.34%) Android
10 1 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (37.46%) DevOps
2 74 (25.43%) Agile
3 72 (24.74%) CI/CD
4 69 (23.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 64 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (18.21%) ITIL
7 50 (17.18%) Project Management
7 50 (17.18%) Roadmaps
8 47 (16.15%) Cybersecurity
9 46 (15.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 46 (15.81%) Migration
10 40 (13.75%) Cloud Security
11 37 (12.71%) Analytics
11 37 (12.71%) TOGAF
12 36 (12.37%) Service Management
13 35 (12.03%) Risk Management
14 30 (10.31%) Waterfall
15 27 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
15 27 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (34.71%) PowerShell
2 59 (20.27%) Python
3 48 (16.49%) SQL
4 26 (8.93%) Bash
5 22 (7.56%) Bicep
6 15 (5.15%) C#
7 8 (2.75%) Java
8 5 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.37%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.37%) Ruby
10 3 (1.03%) Go
11 2 (0.69%) Perl
11 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.34%) C
12 1 (0.34%) C++
12 1 (0.34%) PHP
12 1 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (24.40%) Azure Certification
2 51 (17.53%) Security Cleared
3 30 (10.31%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.59%) DBS Check
5 22 (7.56%) Degree
6 21 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (6.19%) SC Cleared
8 17 (5.84%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (5.15%) AWS Certification
10 12 (4.12%) CCNA
10 12 (4.12%) CISSP
11 11 (3.78%) CCNP
12 10 (3.44%) MCSA
13 9 (3.09%) MCSE
14 7 (2.41%) CISA
15 6 (2.06%) SANS
16 5 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 5 (1.72%) CISM
16 5 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.90%) NIST
3 14 (4.81%) SLA
4 13 (4.47%) Data Quality
4 13 (4.47%) GDPR
5 9 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.75%) NCSC
7 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (1.72%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.03%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.69%) PMO
10 2 (0.69%) QA
11 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (19.93%) Active Directory
2 49 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (10.31%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (7.90%) vSphere
5 21 (7.22%) Docker
6 19 (6.53%) Hyper-V
6 19 (6.53%) VMware NSX
7 15 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.69%) HDFS
9 2 (0.69%) KVM
9 2 (0.69%) Xen
10 1 (0.34%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 56 (19.24%) Terraform
2 27 (9.28%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.90%) Ansible
4 21 (7.22%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.06%) Progress Chef
6 6 (2.06%) Puppet
6 6 (2.06%) SCCM
7 3 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.69%) CFEngine
8 2 (0.69%) Grafana
8 2 (0.69%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.69%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.34%) Consul
9 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.34%) Packer
9 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.34%) Salt
Vendors
1 127 (43.64%) Microsoft
2 68 (23.37%) VMware
3 23 (7.90%) Databricks
4 21 (7.22%) Cisco
5 19 (6.53%) Meraki
6 13 (4.47%) Google
7 12 (4.12%) Oracle
8 9 (3.09%) Veeam
9 6 (2.06%) EMC
10 5 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.72%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.37%) Aruba
11 4 (1.37%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.37%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.03%) Dell
12 3 (1.03%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (1.03%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.03%) Rapid7
12 3 (1.03%) Zscaler