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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 152 315
Rank change year-on-year -234 +163 -103
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 594 1,914 2,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 2.37% 1.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.01% 5.63% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 490 892 1,478
10th Percentile £45,750 £42,885 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,219 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +5.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,375 £106,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 29,506 33,998 84,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 42.13% 47.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21,274 25,227 42,049
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 15 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 26 July 2024. 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 -212 512 £65,000 -13.33% 64
UK excluding London -266 329 £60,000 -7.69% 48
Work from Home -227 225 £62,783 -10.31% 37
London -114 209 £80,000 - 25
South East -84 78 £61,250 +2.08% 13
North of England -199 72 £60,000 -14.29% 10
Midlands -59 69 £60,000 +4.35% 8
South West -73 66 £70,000 +8.11% 3
West Midlands +11 62 £65,000 +18.18% 6
North West -165 46 £62,783 -16.29% 3
Scotland -136 38 £56,250 -13.29% 9
Yorkshire -62 18 £57,500 -8.00% 4
North East -9 8 £62,783 +0.45% 3
East of England -24 7 £50,000 - 5
East Midlands -81 6 £45,000 -25.00% 2

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 37 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.02%) IIS
4 8 (1.35%) Apache
4 8 (1.35%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.18%) CMS
5 7 (1.18%) Confluence
6 6 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (1.01%) Apache Solr
6 6 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.01%) Umbraco
6 6 (1.01%) WordPress
7 3 (0.51%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) 1Password
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.17%) HFM
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 472 (79.46%) Azure
2 471 (79.29%) PaaS
3 278 (46.80%) SaaS
4 206 (34.68%) AWS
5 148 (24.92%) Microsoft 365
6 117 (19.70%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (12.63%) Entra ID
8 64 (10.77%) GCP
9 47 (7.91%) Cloud Computing
10 40 (6.73%) Power Platform
11 34 (5.72%) GitHub
12 32 (5.39%) Serverless
13 25 (4.21%) Azure AKS
14 21 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (3.37%) Nutanix
16 19 (3.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 18 (3.03%) Azure Stack
18 17 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
18 17 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
19 15 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 123 (20.71%) Firewall
2 115 (19.36%) DNS
3 86 (14.48%) WAN
4 70 (11.78%) VPN
5 50 (8.42%) DHCP
6 49 (8.25%) LAN
7 44 (7.41%) SD-WAN
8 33 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (5.22%) SAN
10 27 (4.55%) Wireless
11 26 (4.38%) TCP/IP
12 21 (3.54%) Network Security
13 20 (3.37%) BGP
14 18 (3.03%) Unified Communications
14 18 (3.03%) VLAN
15 16 (2.69%) DMZ
16 15 (2.53%) MPLS
17 13 (2.19%) Cisco ISE
18 12 (2.02%) WLAN
19 11 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (3.70%) NoSQL
4 17 (2.86%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.36%) Power BI
7 13 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (2.02%) MySQL
9 10 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.52%) Big Data
11 8 (1.35%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.18%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.84%) Data Mining
13 5 (0.84%) Metadata
14 4 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.67%) Redis
15 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
16 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
17 1 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 48 (8.08%) Git
2 22 (3.70%) SonarQube
3 19 (3.20%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.52%) JIRA
5 5 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.67%) GitLab
7 3 (0.51%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 154 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 86 (14.48%) Finance
3 83 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.23%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.36%) Legal
8 13 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.85%) Games
9 11 (1.85%) Law
10 7 (1.18%) Marketing
10 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.67%) Aviation
12 4 (0.67%) Avionics
12 4 (0.67%) Banking
12 4 (0.67%) Retail
13 3 (0.51%) Advertising
13 3 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 120 (20.20%) Architect
2 113 (19.02%) Senior
3 100 (16.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 55 (9.26%) Cloud Engineer
5 52 (8.75%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (8.42%) Cloud Architect
7 46 (7.74%) Consultant
8 45 (7.58%) Lead
8 45 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 30 (5.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (5.05%) Support Engineer
11 26 (4.38%) Platform Engineer
12 24 (4.04%) Analyst
13 22 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
13 22 (3.70%) AWS Architect
13 22 (3.70%) Developer
14 21 (3.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 21 (3.54%) Network Engineer
15 20 (3.37%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.08%) ARM Templates
2 37 (6.23%) .NET
3 26 (4.38%) JSON
4 25 (4.21%) Middleware
5 22 (3.70%) Azure Blueprints
6 19 (3.20%) YAML
7 17 (2.86%) Web Services
8 16 (2.69%) RESTful
9 14 (2.36%) Node.js
10 9 (1.52%) React
11 8 (1.35%) LDAP
12 7 (1.18%) gRPC
12 7 (1.18%) XML
13 6 (1.01%) Lucene
14 5 (0.84%) J2EE
15 4 (0.67%) HTML
15 4 (0.67%) REST
15 4 (0.67%) SOAP
16 3 (0.51%) CSS3
16 3 (0.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 76 (12.79%) Cloud Native
2 75 (12.63%) Public Cloud
3 53 (8.92%) Data Centre
4 50 (8.42%) Management Information System
5 27 (4.55%) Replication
6 26 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (3.70%) Clustering
8 19 (3.20%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (2.69%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.02%) IoT
12 11 (1.85%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.68%) Cyberattack
14 9 (1.52%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.52%) Mobile App
15 8 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 172 (28.96%) Windows
2 98 (16.50%) Linux
2 98 (16.50%) Windows Server
3 33 (5.56%) Unix
4 18 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (2.53%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (1.85%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.52%) Solaris
10 7 (1.18%) VMS
11 6 (1.01%) Android
11 6 (1.01%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (41.25%) DevOps
2 139 (23.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 115 (19.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 111 (18.69%) ITIL
5 104 (17.51%) CI/CD
6 98 (16.50%) Cybersecurity
7 93 (15.66%) Agile
8 91 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (14.14%) Mentoring
10 68 (11.45%) Cloud Security
10 68 (11.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 64 (10.77%) Information Security
12 63 (10.61%) Roadmaps
13 59 (9.93%) Microservices
14 58 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
15 56 (9.43%) Containerisation
16 53 (8.92%) Project Management
17 49 (8.25%) Project Delivery
18 48 (8.08%) Analytics
19 47 (7.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 129 (21.72%) PowerShell
2 79 (13.30%) SQL
3 78 (13.13%) Python
4 44 (7.41%) Bash
4 44 (7.41%) Bicep
5 31 (5.22%) C#
6 26 (4.38%) Java
7 16 (2.69%) JavaScript
8 15 (2.53%) Perl
9 10 (1.68%) Go
10 9 (1.52%) Ruby
11 5 (0.84%) C++
12 4 (0.67%) C
13 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (16.33%) Degree
2 74 (12.46%) Azure Certification
3 63 (10.61%) Security Cleared
4 34 (5.72%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (4.88%) AWS Certification
6 28 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (3.87%) DV Cleared
9 22 (3.70%) SC Cleared
10 21 (3.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (3.20%) CCNA
12 17 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 16 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (2.69%) CISSP
13 16 (2.69%) Master's Degree
14 12 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (1.52%) CCSP
17 7 (1.18%) DBS Check
18 6 (1.01%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (4.71%) NCSC
3 26 (4.38%) GDPR
4 24 (4.04%) SLA
5 21 (3.54%) NIST
6 19 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (2.69%) Data Quality
8 13 (2.19%) HIPAA
9 11 (1.85%) Accessibility
9 11 (1.85%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.85%) QA
10 8 (1.35%) NIST 800
11 6 (1.01%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.84%) PMO
13 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.51%) COBIT
14 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.34%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.34%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 129 (21.72%) Active Directory
2 74 (12.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (8.08%) Docker
4 41 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (5.72%) Hyper-V
6 15 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (2.19%) VMware NSX
7 13 (2.19%) vSphere
8 9 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.18%) Terminal Services
9 7 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.67%) Lustre
11 4 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.34%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.34%) Firmware
13 1 (0.17%) KVM
13 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 157 (26.43%) Terraform
2 93 (15.66%) Kubernetes
3 74 (12.46%) Ansible
4 59 (9.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (4.88%) Puppet
6 24 (4.04%) SCCM
7 23 (3.87%) FortiGate
8 15 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 14 (2.36%) SCOM
10 11 (1.85%) Istio
10 11 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
11 10 (1.68%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.52%) Nessus
13 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (1.01%) SCDPM
15 5 (0.84%) Packer
15 5 (0.84%) SCOrch
16 4 (0.67%) IBM BigFix
17 3 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 274 (46.13%) Microsoft
2 100 (16.84%) VMware
3 74 (12.46%) Cisco
4 24 (4.04%) Oracle
4 24 (4.04%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.37%) Google
5 20 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.20%) Meraki
7 18 (3.03%) NetApp
8 17 (2.86%) Palo Alto
9 15 (2.53%) SAP
10 14 (2.36%) Dell
11 13 (2.19%) Veeam
12 12 (2.02%) BMC
12 12 (2.02%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.85%) CA
14 9 (1.52%) Citrix
14 9 (1.52%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.52%) Splunk
15 8 (1.35%) Aruba