IaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for IaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IaaS over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 151 260
Rank change year-on-year -156 +109 -102
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 313 980 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.93% 2.37% 1.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.14% 4.94% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 275 454 803
10th Percentile £42,238 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,823 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +1.96% +2.27%
75th Percentile £92,500 £83,688 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

IaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,626 19,849 36,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.27% 47.97% 52.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,957 14,523 21,667
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,134 £37,491
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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 12 May 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 22 (7.03%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.92%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.60%) IIS
5 4 (1.28%) ArcGIS
5 4 (1.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.28%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 249 (79.55%) Azure
2 224 (71.57%) PaaS
3 139 (44.41%) SaaS
4 87 (27.80%) AWS
5 85 (27.16%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (18.85%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (15.97%) Entra ID
8 22 (7.03%) GitHub
9 18 (5.75%) Nutanix
9 18 (5.75%) Serverless
10 16 (5.11%) GCP
11 14 (4.47%) Azure Stack
12 13 (4.15%) Azure AKS
13 12 (3.83%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (3.51%) OneDrive
15 9 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (2.24%) Azure Storage
16 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (1.92%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 56 (17.89%) Firewall
2 51 (16.29%) DNS
3 31 (9.90%) VPN
4 26 (8.31%) DHCP
5 24 (7.67%) WAN
6 23 (7.35%) LAN
7 18 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (5.43%) SAN
9 16 (5.11%) NGFW
10 13 (4.15%) Wireless
11 12 (3.83%) Internet
11 12 (3.83%) SD-WAN
12 8 (2.56%) Network Security
13 7 (2.24%) TCP/IP
14 6 (1.92%) BGP
14 6 (1.92%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (1.92%) OSPF
15 5 (1.60%) IPv4
15 5 (1.60%) SSL
16 4 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.39%) Azure SQL Database
1 20 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (1.28%) GIS
4 4 (1.28%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.96%) Big Data
6 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.64%) MySQL
6 2 (0.64%) Power BI
6 2 (0.64%) Redis
6 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.51%) Git
2 9 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.56%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.60%) JIRA
5 3 (0.96%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.32%) Gatling
6 1 (0.32%) JUnit
6 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.32%) Vagrant
General
1 81 (25.88%) Finance
2 76 (24.28%) Social Skills
3 57 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (8.95%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.19%) Law
7 7 (2.24%) Police
8 6 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.60%) Retail
10 4 (1.28%) Advertising
10 4 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.64%) Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Marketing
12 2 (0.64%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.64%) Publishing
13 1 (0.32%) Back Office
13 1 (0.32%) Legal
13 1 (0.32%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 93 (29.71%) Architect
2 73 (23.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 67 (21.41%) Senior
4 46 (14.70%) Solutions Architect
5 36 (11.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (10.86%) Cloud Architect
7 33 (10.54%) Azure Architect
7 33 (10.54%) Citrix Architect
8 28 (8.95%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (8.31%) Lead
10 25 (7.99%) Cloud Engineer
10 25 (7.99%) Consultant
11 23 (7.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
12 21 (6.71%) Infrastructure Architect
13 17 (5.43%) Salesforce Architect
13 17 (5.43%) Salesforce Solution Architect
14 15 (4.79%) Azure Consultant
15 13 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
16 12 (3.83%) DevOps Architect
17 11 (3.51%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.27%) ARM Templates
2 21 (6.71%) Middleware
3 13 (4.15%) JSON
3 13 (4.15%) YAML
4 9 (2.88%) Azure Blueprints
5 8 (2.56%) Web Services
6 7 (2.24%) .NET
7 6 (1.92%) REST
7 6 (1.92%) SOAP
8 3 (0.96%) Node.js
9 2 (0.64%) Kafka
10 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.32%) ADO
10 1 (0.32%) Lucene
10 1 (0.32%) SAML
10 1 (0.32%) SignalR
10 1 (0.32%) Spring
10 1 (0.32%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 96 (30.67%) Public Cloud
2 44 (14.06%) Data Centre
3 40 (12.78%) Management Information System
4 18 (5.75%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (5.75%) Private Cloud
5 16 (5.11%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.47%) IoT
7 8 (2.56%) Life Science
7 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.24%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.24%) PKI
9 6 (1.92%) Clustering
9 6 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.60%) Replication
10 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 103 (32.91%) Windows
2 42 (13.42%) Windows Server
3 33 (10.54%) Unix
4 20 (6.39%) Linux
5 8 (2.56%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.28%) VMS
10 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.32%) Android
11 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.87%) DevOps
2 88 (28.12%) Infrastructure as Code
3 83 (26.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 71 (22.68%) Mentoring
5 68 (21.73%) ITIL
6 53 (16.93%) Agile
7 52 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (15.97%) CI/CD
9 48 (15.34%) Change Management
10 44 (14.06%) Technical Leadership
11 42 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
12 38 (12.14%) Coaching
12 38 (12.14%) Roadmaps
13 37 (11.82%) TOGAF
14 33 (10.54%) Migration
15 32 (10.22%) Microservices
16 31 (9.90%) Information Security
16 31 (9.90%) Network Virtualisation
17 29 (9.27%) Business Strategy
18 28 (8.95%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 52 (16.61%) PowerShell
2 38 (12.14%) SQL
3 34 (10.86%) Python
4 24 (7.67%) Bash
5 17 (5.43%) Bicep
6 14 (4.47%) Perl
7 9 (2.88%) Java
7 9 (2.88%) Ruby
8 6 (1.92%) C#
9 5 (1.60%) Go
10 4 (1.28%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.64%) PHP
13 1 (0.32%) Groovy
13 1 (0.32%) Julia
13 1 (0.32%) Scala
13 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (18.53%) Azure Certification
2 57 (18.21%) Degree
3 36 (11.50%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.99%) SC Cleared
5 22 (7.03%) TOGAF Certification
6 13 (4.15%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.19%) CISM
7 10 (3.19%) CISSP
7 10 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.56%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.92%) GIAC
11 6 (1.92%) SANS
12 5 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.28%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.96%) MCSE
14 3 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.43%) NIST
3 14 (4.47%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.88%) SLA
6 8 (2.56%) NCSC
7 7 (2.24%) COBIT
8 6 (1.92%) GDPR
8 6 (1.92%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.28%) PMO
10 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.64%) QA
10 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.32%) GRC
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 74 (23.64%) Active Directory
2 57 (18.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (8.31%) Docker
4 21 (6.71%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (6.07%) Hyper-V
6 18 (5.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (5.43%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (5.43%) vSphere
8 4 (1.28%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 87 (27.80%) Terraform
2 28 (8.95%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (6.39%) Ansible
5 9 (2.88%) SCCM
6 7 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (1.92%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.60%) SCOM
9 4 (1.28%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (1.28%) WSUS
10 3 (0.96%) Istio
10 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.96%) Puppet
10 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.64%) CASB
11 2 (0.64%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.64%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 123 (39.30%) Microsoft
2 73 (23.32%) VMware
3 36 (11.50%) Citrix
4 25 (7.99%) Salesforce
5 18 (5.75%) Dynatrace
5 18 (5.75%) Splunk
6 12 (3.83%) BMC
7 11 (3.51%) Cisco
7 11 (3.51%) Google
7 11 (3.51%) Oracle
7 11 (3.51%) Veeam
8 10 (3.19%) Aruba
8 10 (3.19%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.56%) SAP
9 8 (2.56%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.24%) Meraki
10 7 (2.24%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.24%) Sparx
11 6 (1.92%) 3PAR
11 6 (1.92%) Nimble Storage