IaaS Jobs with Work from Home 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 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 323 96 297
Rank change year-on-year -227 +201 -141
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 225 1,058 981
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.81% 3.22% 1.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.95% 6.71% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 182 420 713
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £52,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% - -
75th Percentile £79,375 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% +5.71% +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 11,565 15,776 41,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.40% 48.07% 53.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,006 12,359 22,853
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,866 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,500 £97,132
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

IaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

IaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing IaaS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 17 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.56%) OpenStack
4 5 (2.22%) Confluence
4 5 (2.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.78%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.44%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 5 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.78%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 188 (83.56%) Azure
2 167 (74.22%) PaaS
3 110 (48.89%) SaaS
4 71 (31.56%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (31.11%) AWS
6 52 (23.11%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (18.67%) Entra ID
8 28 (12.44%) GitHub
9 16 (7.11%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (6.67%) Azure Stack
11 14 (6.22%) Nutanix
12 12 (5.33%) Serverless
13 10 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (3.56%) GCP
15 7 (3.11%) Azure AKS
15 7 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (3.11%) Azure Storage
15 7 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (2.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (23.11%) DNS
2 46 (20.44%) Firewall
3 31 (13.78%) DHCP
4 27 (12.00%) WAN
5 26 (11.56%) LAN
6 16 (7.11%) SAN
6 16 (7.11%) Wireless
7 14 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (5.78%) TCP/IP
9 11 (4.89%) Network Security
10 10 (4.44%) Internet
10 10 (4.44%) VPN
11 8 (3.56%) Fibre Channel
11 8 (3.56%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.22%) SSL
12 5 (2.22%) VoIP
13 4 (1.78%) DMZ
13 4 (1.78%) NGFW
13 4 (1.78%) WLAN
14 3 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (3.56%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.22%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.78%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.33%) Big Data
5 3 (1.33%) MySQL
5 3 (1.33%) Redis
5 3 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.89%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.44%) Event Store
7 1 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.44%) GIS
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.67%) SonarQube
2 9 (4.00%) Git
3 7 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.67%) JIRA
5 2 (0.89%) GitLab
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.44%) Vagrant
General
1 53 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.89%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (18.67%) Finance
4 33 (14.67%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.11%) Law
7 4 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.78%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.33%) Advertising
8 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.89%) Back Office
9 2 (0.89%) Dutch Language
9 2 (0.89%) German Language
9 2 (0.89%) Legal
9 2 (0.89%) Marketing
9 2 (0.89%) Retail
9 2 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (21.33%) Senior
2 44 (19.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (17.33%) Architect
4 28 (12.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (10.22%) Solutions Architect
6 22 (9.78%) Consultant
7 20 (8.89%) Lead
8 17 (7.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (7.11%) Azure Consultant
10 15 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
11 14 (6.22%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (5.33%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (4.89%) Azure Architect
13 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Engineer
13 11 (4.89%) Salesforce Architect
13 11 (4.89%) Salesforce Solution Architect
13 11 (4.89%) Senior Consultant
14 10 (4.44%) Infrastructure Consultant
14 10 (4.44%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
14 10 (4.44%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.11%) ARM Templates
2 15 (6.67%) Azure Blueprints
3 14 (6.22%) Middleware
4 9 (4.00%) Web Services
5 5 (2.22%) YAML
6 4 (1.78%) .NET
6 4 (1.78%) Node.js
7 2 (0.89%) JSON
7 2 (0.89%) Kafka
7 2 (0.89%) LDAP
7 2 (0.89%) REST
7 2 (0.89%) SOAP
8 1 (0.44%) ADO
8 1 (0.44%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.44%) Lucene
8 1 (0.44%) SAML
8 1 (0.44%) SignalR
8 1 (0.44%) Spring
8 1 (0.44%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.78%) Public Cloud
2 27 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 20 (8.89%) Cloud Native
4 15 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.89%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.89%) IoT
6 10 (4.44%) Clustering
6 10 (4.44%) Replication
7 6 (2.67%) Life Science
8 5 (2.22%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.78%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.78%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.78%) PKI
9 4 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.33%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.33%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 85 (37.78%) Windows
2 43 (19.11%) Windows Server
3 20 (8.89%) Linux
4 17 (7.56%) Unix
5 9 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (3.11%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.78%) Android
8 4 (1.78%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.89%) VMS
10 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (39.11%) DevOps
2 56 (24.89%) ITIL
3 53 (23.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 50 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 44 (19.56%) Mentoring
6 41 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (15.11%) Project Management
9 33 (14.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (14.67%) Technical Leadership
10 31 (13.78%) CI/CD
11 28 (12.44%) Agile
11 28 (12.44%) Change Management
12 26 (11.56%) Information Security
12 26 (11.56%) Performance Analysis
13 25 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
14 24 (10.67%) Containerisation
14 24 (10.67%) Roadmaps
15 23 (10.22%) Test Automation
16 22 (9.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.78%) PowerShell
2 27 (12.00%) Python
3 23 (10.22%) SQL
4 21 (9.33%) Bash
5 18 (8.00%) Bicep
6 11 (4.89%) Perl
7 6 (2.67%) Java
7 6 (2.67%) Ruby
8 4 (1.78%) C#
9 3 (1.33%) Go
10 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (16.44%) Degree
2 36 (16.00%) Azure Certification
3 32 (14.22%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 14 (6.22%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (3.11%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.11%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.78%) CCNA
9 4 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.33%) CISM
10 3 (1.33%) CISSP
11 2 (0.89%) GIAC
11 2 (0.89%) RHCA
11 2 (0.89%) RHCE
11 2 (0.89%) SANS
11 2 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (8.00%) NCSC
3 12 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (4.89%) Data Quality
5 9 (4.00%) NIST
6 8 (3.56%) SLA
7 6 (2.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.33%) COBIT
8 3 (1.33%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.89%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.89%) QA
9 2 (0.89%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.89%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.44%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (30.22%) Active Directory
2 36 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (11.56%) Docker
4 20 (8.89%) Hyper-V
4 20 (8.89%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (5.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (3.11%) Terminal Services
7 6 (2.67%) vSphere
8 3 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.89%) Firmware
10 1 (0.44%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 59 (26.22%) Terraform
2 30 (13.33%) Ansible
3 28 (12.44%) Kubernetes
4 22 (9.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (5.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (5.78%) SCCM
6 9 (4.00%) SCOM
7 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (1.33%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.89%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.89%) Istio
9 2 (0.89%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.89%) Packer
9 2 (0.89%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.89%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.44%) Consul
10 1 (0.44%) Galera Cluster
10 1 (0.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 112 (49.78%) Microsoft
2 50 (22.22%) VMware
3 19 (8.44%) Salesforce
4 12 (5.33%) BMC
5 10 (4.44%) Cisco
6 9 (4.00%) Meraki
6 9 (4.00%) SAP
6 9 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.56%) Aruba
7 8 (3.56%) Veeam
8 7 (3.11%) Citrix
8 7 (3.11%) Google
9 6 (2.67%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.22%) CA
10 5 (2.22%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.22%) Oracle
11 4 (1.78%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (1.78%) Sophos
11 4 (1.78%) Sparx
12 3 (1.33%) Zerto