IaaS Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 111 216
Rank change year-on-year -117 +105 -73
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 70 236 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.68% 3.11% 1.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.02% 7.21% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 64 104 88
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,238 £56,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £70,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +9.80% +6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £88,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,473 3,273 4,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.57% 43.16% 42.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,692 1,862 2,623
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £30,319
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the North West

IaaS
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the North West.

Salary trend for IaaS in the North West

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the North West

IaaS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -81 36 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Lancashire - 12 £53,528 - 1
Merseyside -40 10 £70,000 +55.56%
Cheshire -9 6 £47,500 -
Cumbria - 6 £38,000 -
IaaS
England

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 46 (65.71%) PaaS
2 39 (55.71%) Azure
3 29 (41.43%) SaaS
4 13 (18.57%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (12.86%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (8.57%) AWS
7 5 (7.14%) Azure AKS
8 4 (5.71%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (5.71%) Entra ID
8 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.86%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.86%) Serverless
10 1 (1.43%) GCP
10 1 (1.43%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.57%) DHCP
1 13 (18.57%) DNS
2 10 (14.29%) WAN
3 9 (12.86%) Firewall
3 9 (12.86%) LAN
3 9 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (11.43%) Internet
5 6 (8.57%) SD-WAN
5 6 (8.57%) VPN
6 5 (7.14%) SSL
7 3 (4.29%) BGP
7 3 (4.29%) OSPF
7 3 (4.29%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.43%) DMZ
8 1 (1.43%) Network Security
8 1 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.43%) SNMP
8 1 (1.43%) VLAN
8 1 (1.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.71%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Git
General
1 14 (20.00%) Finance
2 11 (15.71%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Banking
6 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Law
6 1 (1.43%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (17.14%) Senior
3 10 (14.29%) Architect
3 10 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Lead
4 9 (12.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.71%) Platform Manager
9 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Technician
9 3 (4.29%) IT Technician
9 3 (4.29%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.29%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) ARM Templates
1 4 (5.71%) Node.js
2 1 (1.43%) OpenID
2 1 (1.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.29%) Public Cloud
2 11 (15.71%) Data Centre
2 11 (15.71%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (7.14%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.71%) Driving Licence
6 3 (4.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (4.29%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.43%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.43%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.43%) Replication
7 1 (1.43%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (32.86%) Windows
2 18 (25.71%) Unix
3 6 (8.57%) Linux
4 5 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (48.57%) ITIL
2 30 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (38.57%) Change Management
4 22 (31.43%) Mentoring
5 19 (27.14%) Coaching
5 19 (27.14%) Roadmaps
6 17 (24.29%) Architecture Roadmap
7 15 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (18.57%) DevOps
8 13 (18.57%) Migration
9 11 (15.71%) Dashboard Development
10 9 (12.86%) Microservices
11 7 (10.00%) BPMN
11 7 (10.00%) Design Patterns
11 7 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
11 7 (10.00%) Software Engineering
11 7 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
11 7 (10.00%) UML
12 6 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.57%) SQL
3 4 (5.71%) Bash
3 4 (5.71%) Bicep
4 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 6 (8.57%) DBS Check
2 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.57%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.71%) A+ Certification
3 4 (5.71%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (2.86%) CISSP
5 1 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.43%) CCA
5 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.43%) Degree
5 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.14%) SLA
3 4 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.71%) NIST
3 4 (5.71%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.43%) GDPR
5 1 (1.43%) NCSC
5 1 (1.43%) PMO
5 1 (1.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (5.71%) Docker
4 1 (1.43%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 19 (27.14%) Terraform
2 5 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (32.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.29%) Dynatrace
2 10 (14.29%) Splunk
3 7 (10.00%) BMC
4 4 (5.71%) SolarWinds
4 4 (5.71%) Veeam
5 1 (1.43%) Aderant
5 1 (1.43%) Cisco
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle
5 1 (1.43%) Qualys
5 1 (1.43%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.43%) VMware