Hybrid/Remote IaaS Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring IaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 309 306
Rank change year-on-year -54 -3 -166
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 91 115 205
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.40% 0.69% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.05% 1.93% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 68 87 153
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,500 £47,750
25th Percentile £53,976 £44,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,607 £60,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +16.01% -4.43% -10.31%
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,900 £91,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.46% -6.15% -10.34%

All Cloud Computing 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 8,677 5,964 10,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.04% 35.99% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,286 4,380 7,901
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IaaS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IaaS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IaaS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IaaS

IaaS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IaaS over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

IaaS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (18.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.40%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 87 (95.60%) Azure
2 74 (81.32%) PaaS
3 34 (37.36%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (34.07%) Entra ID
5 30 (32.97%) SaaS
6 29 (31.87%) Serverless
7 27 (29.67%) Azure Functions
8 25 (27.47%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (23.08%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (20.88%) GitHub
11 18 (19.78%) Azure AKS
11 18 (19.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 15 (16.48%) AWS
13 14 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (8.79%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (8.79%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (6.59%) GCP
16 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (28.57%) VPN
2 11 (12.09%) DNS
2 11 (12.09%) Firewall
3 9 (9.89%) DHCP
4 5 (5.49%) SAN
5 3 (3.30%) Network Security
5 3 (3.30%) VLAN
5 3 (3.30%) WAN
6 2 (2.20%) DMZ
6 2 (2.20%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (2.20%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.20%) STUN
6 2 (2.20%) VoIP
6 2 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.20%) Wireless
7 1 (1.10%) DSL
7 1 (1.10%) LAN
7 1 (1.10%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (8.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.30%) Redis
5 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.10%) Metadata
5 1 (1.10%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (1.10%) Power BI
5 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (16.48%) Git
2 3 (3.30%) JIRA
3 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (1.10%) Selenium
General
1 44 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.27%) Finance
3 14 (15.38%) Law
4 13 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.49%) Legal
6 4 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.30%) Aviation
8 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Advertising
9 1 (1.10%) Banking
9 1 (1.10%) German Language
9 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
9 1 (1.10%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 29 (31.87%) Senior
2 23 (25.27%) Cloud Engineer
3 17 (18.68%) Architect
3 17 (18.68%) Azure Engineer
4 16 (17.58%) Analyst
5 14 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 9 (9.89%) Azure Architect
7 9 (9.89%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 7 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
8 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Enterprise Architect
9 6 (6.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) Consultant
9 6 (6.59%) Lead
9 6 (6.59%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) Azure Consultant
10 5 (5.49%) IT Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (5.49%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (16.48%) ARM Templates
2 6 (6.59%) Middleware
3 3 (3.30%) YAML
4 2 (2.20%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (2.20%) REST
5 1 (1.10%) JSON
5 1 (1.10%) Kafka
5 1 (1.10%) Node.js
5 1 (1.10%) Playwright
5 1 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (30.77%) Cloud Native
2 16 (17.58%) Public Cloud
3 14 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 12 (13.19%) Podcast
5 9 (9.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (3.30%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (3.30%) SystemC
8 2 (2.20%) Clustering
8 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.20%) PKI
8 2 (2.20%) Replication
8 2 (2.20%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (35.16%) Windows
2 15 (16.48%) Linux
3 12 (13.19%) VMS
3 12 (13.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.20%) Debian
5 1 (1.10%) AIX
5 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.10%) Solaris
5 1 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (60.44%) Infrastructure as Code
2 44 (48.35%) DevOps
3 41 (45.05%) CI/CD
4 40 (43.96%) Cloud Security
5 29 (31.87%) Analytics
6 25 (27.47%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (25.27%) Agile
8 22 (24.18%) AI
8 22 (24.18%) Root Cause Analysis
9 21 (23.08%) Computer Science
10 20 (21.98%) Observability
11 19 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (20.88%) Mentoring
11 19 (20.88%) Migration
11 19 (20.88%) Platform Engineering
11 19 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (19.78%) Log Analytics
12 18 (19.78%) Task Automation
13 16 (17.58%) Identity Access Management
13 16 (17.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 44 (48.35%) PowerShell
2 39 (42.86%) Bicep
3 23 (25.27%) Bash
4 20 (21.98%) Python
5 19 (20.88%) SQL
6 12 (13.19%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (2.20%) Go
8 1 (1.10%) C#
8 1 (1.10%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (1.10%) Java
8 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (35.16%) Azure Certification
2 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (10.99%) Degree
4 8 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (8.79%) Security Cleared
5 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.30%) CISSP
7 2 (2.20%) CISM
8 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.10%) GIAC
8 1 (1.10%) IISP
8 1 (1.10%) ISACA
8 1 (1.10%) SSCP
8 1 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.79%) NIST
2 6 (6.59%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.20%) GDPR
3 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.10%) PMO
4 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (49.45%) Active Directory
2 20 (21.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (15.38%) vSphere
4 13 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (8.79%) Docker
6 5 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (4.40%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.10%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (52.75%) Terraform
2 16 (17.58%) Kubernetes
3 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (6.59%) Ansible
4 6 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (3.30%) SCCM
5 3 (3.30%) SCOM
6 2 (2.20%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (2.20%) WSUS
7 1 (1.10%) Data Guard
7 1 (1.10%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (1.10%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (1.10%) Packer
7 1 (1.10%) QRadar
Vendors
1 70 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 22 (24.18%) VMware
3 12 (13.19%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (6.59%) Cisco
4 6 (6.59%) Google
5 5 (5.49%) Oracle
6 4 (4.40%) Adobe
6 4 (4.40%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.40%) Veeam
7 3 (3.30%) Meraki
7 3 (3.30%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.20%) Broadcom
8 2 (2.20%) EMC
8 2 (2.20%) Sophos
8 2 (2.20%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.10%) ArcSight
9 1 (1.10%) ConnectWise
9 1 (1.10%) Datto
9 1 (1.10%) Splunk
9 1 (1.10%) Yealink