IaaS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 307 155
Rank change year-on-year -14 -152 +99
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 94 319 985
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.61% 0.94% 2.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.57% 2.18% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 80 282 471
10th Percentile £37,170 £42,238 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £68,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +3.01% -1.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

IaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,983 14,643 20,250
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.05% 43.28% 47.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,636 11,983 14,847
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,662 £37,999
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +1.28%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,375 £97,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%

IaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IaaS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IaaS.

IaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IaaS over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

IaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.32%) NetWeaver
3 5 (5.32%) Tomcat
4 4 (4.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (3.19%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 78 (82.98%) Azure
2 70 (74.47%) PaaS
3 52 (55.32%) SaaS
4 25 (26.60%) AWS
5 21 (22.34%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (19.15%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (12.77%) Power Platform
8 10 (10.64%) GitHub
8 10 (10.64%) Power Automate
9 9 (9.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (9.57%) Entra ID
9 9 (9.57%) PowerApps
10 8 (8.51%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (5.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (4.26%) GCP
12 4 (4.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.83%) DNS
2 12 (12.77%) Firewall
3 8 (8.51%) TCP/IP
4 6 (6.38%) VPN
5 4 (4.26%) SAN
5 4 (4.26%) WAN
6 3 (3.19%) Network Security
6 3 (3.19%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.13%) DHCP
7 2 (2.13%) LAN
7 2 (2.13%) MPLS
7 2 (2.13%) Wireless
8 1 (1.06%) BGP
8 1 (1.06%) BIG-IP
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (1.06%) Internet
8 1 (1.06%) IPsec
8 1 (1.06%) OSPF
8 1 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.64%) Power BI
3 9 (9.57%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (9.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (9.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (9.57%) Star Schema
4 5 (5.32%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (5.32%) SAP BW
4 5 (5.32%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (5.32%) SAP HANA
5 4 (4.26%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.06%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.06%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (9.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 8 (8.51%) SonarQube
3 5 (5.32%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.13%) GitLab
5 2 (2.13%) JIRA
5 2 (2.13%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.06%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.06%) Git
General
1 37 (39.36%) Social Skills
2 33 (35.11%) Finance
3 12 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.51%) Welsh Language
5 5 (5.32%) Banking
5 5 (5.32%) General Ledger
5 5 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.19%) Marketing
7 2 (2.13%) Legal
7 2 (2.13%) Retail
8 1 (1.06%) Advertising
8 1 (1.06%) Aviation
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (15.96%) Azure Engineer
3 14 (14.89%) Cloud Engineer
4 13 (13.83%) Senior
5 11 (11.70%) Developer
5 11 (11.70%) IT Engineer
5 11 (11.70%) Server Engineer
6 10 (10.64%) Architect
7 9 (9.57%) Business Developer
7 9 (9.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 9 (9.57%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (9.57%) ETL Developer
7 9 (9.57%) Power BI Developer
7 9 (9.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 9 (9.57%) SQL BI Developer
7 9 (9.57%) SQL Developer
8 7 (7.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.38%) Cloud Architect
9 6 (6.38%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.77%) ARM Templates
2 8 (8.51%) Azure Blueprints
3 5 (5.32%) .NET
3 5 (5.32%) Web Services
4 4 (4.26%) AngularJS
4 4 (4.26%) React
5 2 (2.13%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (2.13%) SAML
6 1 (1.06%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 23 (24.47%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.70%) Onboarding
3 10 (10.64%) Cloud Native
4 9 (9.57%) IoT
5 7 (7.45%) Public Cloud
6 5 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (5.32%) Virtual Team
7 4 (4.26%) Data Centre
8 3 (3.19%) Clustering
8 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (3.19%) PKI
8 3 (3.19%) Replication
8 3 (3.19%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 1 (1.06%) NHS
10 1 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.79%) Windows
1 28 (29.79%) Windows Server
2 9 (9.57%) Linux
3 8 (8.51%) Unix
4 5 (5.32%) AIX
4 5 (5.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.19%) VMS
6 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.11%) DevOps
2 29 (30.85%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (24.47%) CI/CD
4 19 (20.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (20.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (18.09%) Agile
5 17 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (18.09%) Project Management
6 16 (17.02%) ITIL
7 15 (15.96%) Containerisation
7 15 (15.96%) Mentoring
8 14 (14.89%) Platform Engineering
9 13 (13.83%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (13.83%) Customer Service
9 13 (13.83%) ETL
9 13 (13.83%) Software Engineering
10 12 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (12.77%) CRM
10 12 (12.77%) Migration
11 11 (11.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 14 (14.89%) SQL
3 9 (9.57%) Java
4 7 (7.45%) Bicep
5 5 (5.32%) Bash
5 5 (5.32%) C
5 5 (5.32%) Python
6 4 (4.26%) C#
6 4 (4.26%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Azure Certification
2 17 (18.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (17.02%) Security Cleared
4 11 (11.70%) Degree
5 10 (10.64%) DBS Check
6 9 (9.57%) MCSE
7 8 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (8.51%) MCSA
7 8 (8.51%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.26%) AWS Certification
8 4 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.19%) CCNP
9 3 (3.19%) CISSP
9 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.13%) CCNA
10 2 (2.13%) CEH
10 2 (2.13%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (1.06%) CCIE
11 1 (1.06%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.77%) SLA
2 10 (10.64%) NCSC
3 9 (9.57%) Data Quality
4 7 (7.45%) NIST
5 6 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (5.32%) GDPR
7 4 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (3.19%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.13%) Accessibility
9 2 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.13%) ISO 9001
9 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.13%) QA
10 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.06%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (28.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (15.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (12.77%) Docker
4 8 (8.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (7.45%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (4.26%) Hyper-V
7 3 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.06%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (22.34%) Terraform
2 15 (15.96%) Ansible
3 11 (11.70%) Kubernetes
4 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (5.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 3 (3.19%) SCCM
6 3 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.13%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (1.06%) CASB
8 1 (1.06%) Grafana
8 1 (1.06%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.06%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (47.87%) Microsoft
2 21 (22.34%) VMware
3 13 (13.83%) Oracle
4 6 (6.38%) SAP
5 5 (5.32%) IBM
6 4 (4.26%) Cisco
7 3 (3.19%) EMC
7 3 (3.19%) TOWER Software
8 2 (2.13%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.13%) ConnectWise
8 2 (2.13%) Databricks
8 2 (2.13%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.13%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.13%) Veeam
9 1 (1.06%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.06%) Meraki
9 1 (1.06%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (1.06%) PagerDuty
9 1 (1.06%) Workday
9 1 (1.06%) Zscaler