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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 322 105
Rank change year-on-year -41 -217 +195
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 118 272 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.87% 3.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.74% 2.07% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 90 230 429
10th Percentile £35,500 £42,238 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £51,250 £57,426
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,783 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% -10.31% +3.32%
75th Percentile £76,188 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,750 £93,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -10.34% +4.69%

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 6,770 13,140 16,316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.91% 41.86% 47.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,517 10,375 12,690
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £45,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £103,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -7.20% -

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 19 July 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 10 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.54%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.85%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.85%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (94.07%) Azure
2 84 (71.19%) PaaS
3 64 (54.24%) SaaS
4 48 (40.68%) AWS
5 30 (25.42%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (24.58%) Power Platform
7 26 (22.03%) Power Automate
8 24 (20.34%) Entra ID
9 23 (19.49%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (17.80%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (16.95%) Azure Key Vault
12 18 (15.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 18 (15.25%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (13.56%) Azure AI
14 15 (12.71%) GCP
15 10 (8.47%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (8.47%) PowerApps
16 9 (7.63%) OCI
17 7 (5.93%) GitHub
18 6 (5.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (22.88%) Firewall
2 26 (22.03%) DNS
3 24 (20.34%) VPN
3 24 (20.34%) WAN
4 22 (18.64%) SD-WAN
5 8 (6.78%) SAN
6 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.39%) Network Security
8 3 (2.54%) DHCP
8 3 (2.54%) LAN
8 3 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.54%) Wireless
9 2 (1.69%) DMZ
9 2 (1.69%) MPLS
9 2 (1.69%) STUN
9 2 (1.69%) VLAN
9 2 (1.69%) VoIP
10 1 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (22.03%) Power BI
2 17 (14.41%) MySQL
3 16 (13.56%) Data Lake
3 16 (13.56%) SQL Server
4 10 (8.47%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (8.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (8.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (8.47%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (15.25%) Git
2 10 (8.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (3.39%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.54%) GitLab
4 3 (2.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.69%) JIRA
5 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (29.66%) Finance
2 27 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.63%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.78%) Welsh Language
5 3 (2.54%) Advertising
5 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.54%) Local Government
5 3 (2.54%) Public Speaking
6 2 (1.69%) Legal
6 2 (1.69%) Retail
7 1 (0.85%) Aviation
7 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (29.66%) Architect
2 27 (22.88%) Cloud Architect
3 15 (12.71%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (11.86%) Lead
5 13 (11.02%) Developer
5 13 (11.02%) IT Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) Server Engineer
7 11 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (8.47%) Business Developer
8 10 (8.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 10 (8.47%) ETL Developer
8 10 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (8.47%) Power BI Developer
8 10 (8.47%) SQL BI Developer
8 10 (8.47%) SQL Developer
9 7 (5.93%) Infrastructure Support
10 6 (5.08%) Lead Architect
10 6 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.08%) SSIS Developer
11 5 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.78%) ARM Templates
2 5 (4.24%) .NET
2 5 (4.24%) SAML
3 4 (3.39%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (1.69%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.69%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.69%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (1.69%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (1.69%) React
5 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.85%) LAMP
5 1 (0.85%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.85%) MvvmCross
5 1 (0.85%) Node.js
5 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.10%) Data Centre
2 18 (15.25%) Management Information System
3 16 (13.56%) NHS
4 11 (9.32%) Public Cloud
5 9 (7.63%) IoT
6 7 (5.93%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.93%) Private Cloud
7 6 (5.08%) Clustering
8 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (4.24%) PKI
9 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
9 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (3.39%) Replication
10 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (2.54%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.69%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (30.51%) Windows
2 31 (26.27%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.63%) Linux
4 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.39%) Unix
6 2 (1.69%) Debian
7 1 (0.85%) Android
7 1 (0.85%) VMS
7 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.29%) DevOps
2 40 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (33.05%) Agile
4 36 (30.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (27.97%) CI/CD
5 33 (27.97%) Project Management
6 30 (25.42%) Migration
7 28 (23.73%) Analytics
7 28 (23.73%) ITIL
8 26 (22.03%) Service Management
9 22 (18.64%) Roadmaps
10 21 (17.80%) B2B
11 19 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (15.25%) Artificial Intelligence
12 18 (15.25%) Customer Service
12 18 (15.25%) Log Analytics
12 18 (15.25%) TOGAF
13 17 (14.41%) API Management
13 17 (14.41%) Waterfall
13 17 (14.41%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 41 (34.75%) PowerShell
2 29 (24.58%) SQL
3 23 (19.49%) Bicep
4 10 (8.47%) Python
5 8 (6.78%) Bash
6 5 (4.24%) C#
7 4 (3.39%) Java
7 4 (3.39%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (38.14%) Azure Certification
2 25 (21.19%) DBS Check
3 17 (14.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (11.86%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.78%) Degree
5 8 (6.78%) MCSA
5 8 (6.78%) MCSE
6 7 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.93%) DV Cleared
7 6 (5.08%) AWS Certification
7 6 (5.08%) CCNP
8 5 (4.24%) CCNA
8 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.54%) CAPM
10 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.54%) PMP
10 3 (2.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.86%) SLA
2 10 (8.47%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.08%) NCSC
5 5 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.39%) GDPR
6 4 (3.39%) ISO 9001
6 4 (3.39%) NIST
7 3 (2.54%) PMO
8 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (26.27%) Active Directory
2 24 (20.34%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (6.78%) Docker
5 8 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (5.93%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.69%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.85%) KVM
8 1 (0.85%) vSphere
8 1 (0.85%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (17.80%) Single Sign-On
1 21 (17.80%) Terraform
2 13 (11.02%) Ansible
3 9 (7.63%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.54%) SCCM
6 2 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.69%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.85%) CFEngine
7 1 (0.85%) Grafana
7 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 57 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 23 (19.49%) VMware
3 17 (14.41%) Databricks
3 17 (14.41%) Meraki
4 6 (5.08%) Oracle
5 5 (4.24%) Veeam
6 4 (3.39%) EMC
6 4 (3.39%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.69%) Aruba
7 2 (1.69%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.69%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.69%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.85%) F5
8 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.85%) Workday
8 1 (0.85%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.85%) Zscaler