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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 320 149
Rank change year-on-year -35 -171 +115
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 106 306 969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.58% 0.91% 2.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.62% 2.09% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 78 269 444
10th Percentile £36,219 £42,238 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.92% +1.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £110,000 £93,750
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 6,531 14,610 19,552
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.67% 43.31% 48.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,453 11,911 14,275
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,900 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -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 16 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 11 (10.38%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (2.83%) IIS
4 3 (2.83%) NetWeaver
4 3 (2.83%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.94%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 93 (87.74%) Azure
2 81 (76.42%) PaaS
3 64 (60.38%) SaaS
4 41 (38.68%) AWS
5 30 (28.30%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (24.53%) Power Platform
7 25 (23.58%) Power Automate
8 24 (22.64%) Entra ID
9 23 (21.70%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (18.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 19 (17.92%) Azure Key Vault
12 18 (16.98%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (15.09%) Azure AI
13 16 (15.09%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (8.49%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (8.49%) PowerApps
15 8 (7.55%) GitHub
16 7 (6.60%) GitHub Actions
17 5 (4.72%) Cloud Computing
17 5 (4.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (26.42%) DNS
2 27 (25.47%) Firewall
3 22 (20.75%) VPN
4 20 (18.87%) WAN
5 18 (16.98%) SD-WAN
6 9 (8.49%) TCP/IP
7 7 (6.60%) SAN
8 4 (3.77%) Network Security
9 3 (2.83%) DHCP
9 3 (2.83%) LAN
9 3 (2.83%) Wireless
10 2 (1.89%) MPLS
11 1 (0.94%) BGP
11 1 (0.94%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.94%) Internet
11 1 (0.94%) IPsec
11 1 (0.94%) OSPF
11 1 (0.94%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (23.58%) Power BI
2 17 (16.04%) MySQL
2 17 (16.04%) SQL Server
3 16 (15.09%) Data Lake
4 9 (8.49%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (8.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (8.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (8.49%) Star Schema
5 4 (3.77%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (2.83%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.83%) SAP BW
6 3 (2.83%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (2.83%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (16.04%) Git
2 9 (8.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (6.60%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.83%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.89%) GitLab
5 2 (1.89%) JIRA
5 2 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 31 (29.25%) Finance
3 11 (10.38%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.55%) Welsh Language
5 4 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.83%) Banking
6 3 (2.83%) General Ledger
6 3 (2.83%) Marketing
7 2 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.89%) Legal
7 2 (1.89%) Retail
8 1 (0.94%) Advertising
8 1 (0.94%) Aviation
8 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Architect
2 21 (19.81%) Cloud Architect
3 15 (14.15%) Azure Engineer
4 13 (12.26%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (11.32%) Server Engineer
6 11 (10.38%) Developer
6 11 (10.38%) IT Engineer
6 11 (10.38%) Senior
7 9 (8.49%) Business Developer
7 9 (8.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 9 (8.49%) ETL Developer
7 9 (8.49%) Power BI Developer
7 9 (8.49%) SQL BI Developer
7 9 (8.49%) SQL Developer
8 8 (7.55%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 6 (5.66%) Lead
10 6 (5.66%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.38%) ARM Templates
2 7 (6.60%) Azure Blueprints
3 5 (4.72%) .NET
4 4 (3.77%) SAML
5 3 (2.83%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.83%) React
5 3 (2.83%) Web Services
6 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.94%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.94%) LAMP
7 1 (0.94%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (0.94%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Management Information System
2 19 (17.92%) Data Centre
3 16 (15.09%) NHS
4 10 (9.43%) Cloud Native
4 10 (9.43%) Onboarding
5 9 (8.49%) IoT
6 7 (6.60%) Public Cloud
7 5 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (4.72%) PKI
7 5 (4.72%) Virtual Team
8 4 (3.77%) Clustering
8 4 (3.77%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (3.77%) Replication
9 3 (2.83%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 32 (30.19%) Windows
2 29 (27.36%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.55%) Linux
4 7 (6.60%) Unix
5 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.83%) AIX
6 3 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.89%) VMS
8 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (43.40%) DevOps
2 38 (35.85%) CI/CD
3 33 (31.13%) Project Management
4 32 (30.19%) Infrastructure as Code
4 32 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (29.25%) ITIL
6 29 (27.36%) Agile
7 27 (25.47%) Migration
8 26 (24.53%) Service Management
9 25 (23.58%) Analytics
10 19 (17.92%) Network Virtualisation
10 19 (17.92%) Roadmaps
11 18 (16.98%) Artificial Intelligence
11 18 (16.98%) B2B
11 18 (16.98%) TOGAF
11 18 (16.98%) Zachman Framework
12 17 (16.04%) API Management
12 17 (16.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (16.04%) Waterfall
13 16 (15.09%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 39 (36.79%) PowerShell
2 27 (25.47%) SQL
3 22 (20.75%) Bicep
4 7 (6.60%) Java
5 6 (5.66%) Bash
5 6 (5.66%) Python
6 3 (2.83%) C
6 3 (2.83%) C#
6 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (34.91%) Azure Certification
2 25 (23.58%) DBS Check
3 17 (16.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (13.21%) Security Cleared
5 11 (10.38%) Degree
6 9 (8.49%) MCSE
7 8 (7.55%) MCSA
8 7 (6.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (6.60%) SC Cleared
9 6 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (4.72%) CCNP
10 5 (4.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (3.77%) AWS Certification
11 4 (3.77%) CCNA
12 3 (2.83%) CISSP
12 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.89%) CEH
13 2 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.94%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.21%) SLA
2 9 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.49%) NCSC
3 7 (6.60%) NIST
4 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (4.72%) GDPR
6 4 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.83%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
8 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 29 (27.36%) Active Directory
2 18 (16.98%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (16.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (10.38%) Docker
5 10 (9.43%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (7.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (5.66%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.94%) KVM
8 1 (0.94%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.94%) vSphere
8 1 (0.94%) Xen
Systems Management
1 20 (18.87%) Single Sign-On
1 20 (18.87%) Terraform
2 15 (14.15%) Ansible
3 11 (10.38%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.83%) SCCM
5 3 (2.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (1.89%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.94%) CFEngine
7 1 (0.94%) Grafana
7 1 (0.94%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.94%) Puppet
7 1 (0.94%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 25 (23.58%) VMware
3 17 (16.04%) Databricks
3 17 (16.04%) Meraki
4 13 (12.26%) Oracle
5 4 (3.77%) Cisco
5 4 (3.77%) EMC
5 4 (3.77%) SAP
5 4 (3.77%) TOWER Software
5 4 (3.77%) Veeam
6 3 (2.83%) IBM
7 2 (1.89%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.89%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.89%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.89%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.94%) Citrix
8 1 (0.94%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.94%) F5
8 1 (0.94%) Workday
8 1 (0.94%) Zscaler