IaaS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 191 251
Rank change year-on-year -201 +60 -26
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 425 1,077 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 1.81% 1.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.81% 4.71% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 383 443 723
10th Percentile £42,238 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,064 £88,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,457 22,850 28,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.10% 38.32% 39.98%
Number of salaries quoted 17,386 13,678 19,676
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK excluding London

IaaS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England -103 123 £60,000 -7.69% 18
South East -100 91 £62,500 +8.70% 25
South West -59 85 £70,000 +17.13% 16
North West -89 76 £62,783 -3.41% 8
Midlands -43 64 £69,235 +10.78% 21
West Midlands -2 58 £69,617 +3.14% 14
Scotland -121 50 £62,500 +5.00% 9
Yorkshire -8 28 £56,250 -6.25% 7
North East -5 19 £45,000 -28.00% 3
East of England -44 7 £50,000 -13.04% 6
East Midlands -60 4 £45,000 -21.74% 7
Northern Ireland -19 3 £65,000 +44.44% 3
Wales -29 2 £72,500 +28.89%
IaaS
UK

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.41%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.94%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) 1Password
3 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.24%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 315 (74.12%) Azure
2 308 (72.47%) PaaS
3 172 (40.47%) SaaS
4 131 (30.82%) AWS
5 121 (28.47%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (11.06%) GCP
8 37 (8.71%) Entra ID
9 34 (8.00%) Power Platform
10 22 (5.18%) GitHub
11 16 (3.76%) Serverless
12 15 (3.53%) Nutanix
12 15 (3.53%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.29%) Azure Stack
13 14 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (2.35%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 87 (20.47%) Firewall
2 72 (16.94%) DNS
3 60 (14.12%) WAN
4 59 (13.88%) VPN
5 40 (9.41%) DHCP
6 38 (8.94%) SD-WAN
7 32 (7.53%) LAN
8 29 (6.82%) SAN
9 27 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (3.53%) Wireless
11 14 (3.29%) NGFW
12 12 (2.82%) Network Security
13 10 (2.35%) Internet
13 10 (2.35%) SSL
13 10 (2.35%) TCP/IP
14 7 (1.65%) HTTP
14 7 (1.65%) IPsec
14 7 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (1.41%) iSCSI
15 6 (1.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (11.29%) Data Warehouse
2 46 (10.82%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.35%) NoSQL
4 19 (4.47%) Data Lake
5 17 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (2.82%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.12%) MySQL
8 7 (1.65%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.41%) Power BI
9 6 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.18%) Big Data
10 5 (1.18%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.94%) GIS
12 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.18%) Git
2 8 (1.88%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) JIRA
4 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.24%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) IntelliJ
General
1 82 (19.29%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.18%) Finance
3 38 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.71%) Banking
5 18 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.94%) Advertising
10 4 (0.94%) Aviation
10 4 (0.94%) Avionics
10 4 (0.94%) Games
11 3 (0.71%) Retail
12 2 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.47%) Publishing
13 1 (0.24%) Law
13 1 (0.24%) Legal
13 1 (0.24%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 106 (24.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 103 (24.24%) Architect
3 66 (15.53%) Senior
4 49 (11.53%) Cloud Engineer
5 42 (9.88%) Cloud Architect
6 35 (8.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
8 32 (7.53%) Consultant
8 32 (7.53%) Solutions Architect
9 29 (6.82%) Support Engineer
10 21 (4.94%) Infrastructure Support
11 20 (4.71%) Cloud Consultant
11 20 (4.71%) Enterprise Architect
12 19 (4.47%) AWS Architect
13 18 (4.24%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 17 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 16 (3.76%) 3rd Line Support
16 15 (3.53%) AWS Consultant
17 14 (3.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
18 13 (3.06%) DevOps Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.82%) ARM Templates
2 23 (5.41%) JSON
3 20 (4.71%) OpenID
4 17 (4.00%) Web Services
5 16 (3.76%) Middleware
6 15 (3.53%) .NET
6 15 (3.53%) YAML
7 11 (2.59%) RESTful
8 8 (1.88%) Azure Blueprints
8 8 (1.88%) XML
9 7 (1.65%) gRPC
10 5 (1.18%) SAML
11 4 (0.94%) Node.js
12 3 (0.71%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.71%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (0.71%) CSS
12 3 (0.71%) CSS3
12 3 (0.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (20.47%) Public Cloud
2 56 (13.18%) Cloud Native
3 51 (12.00%) Data Centre
4 46 (10.82%) Management Information System
5 23 (5.41%) Driving Licence
6 22 (5.18%) Replication
7 19 (4.47%) Blockchain
7 19 (4.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (4.47%) Mainframe
8 18 (4.24%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (3.76%) IoT
10 11 (2.59%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.88%) Life Science
11 8 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.88%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.65%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.41%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 140 (32.94%) Windows
2 72 (16.94%) Linux
3 67 (15.76%) Windows Server
4 57 (13.41%) Unix
5 17 (4.00%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.88%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.65%) Solaris
10 6 (1.41%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.41%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.47%) VMS
12 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.24%) Android
13 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (35.06%) DevOps
2 139 (32.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 106 (24.94%) ITIL
4 81 (19.06%) Mentoring
5 77 (18.12%) Agile
6 73 (17.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 69 (16.24%) Cybersecurity
8 64 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (14.82%) Roadmaps
10 59 (13.88%) CI/CD
11 52 (12.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 52 (12.24%) Microservices
12 49 (11.53%) Network Virtualisation
13 47 (11.06%) Containerisation
14 43 (10.12%) Change Management
14 43 (10.12%) Information Security
15 40 (9.41%) Coaching
16 39 (9.18%) Technical Leadership
17 38 (8.94%) Cloud Security
17 38 (8.94%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 94 (22.12%) PowerShell
2 53 (12.47%) Python
3 33 (7.76%) Bash
4 31 (7.29%) SQL
5 22 (5.18%) Bicep
6 14 (3.29%) Perl
7 13 (3.06%) C#
8 8 (1.88%) Ruby
9 5 (1.18%) Java
10 4 (0.94%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.71%) Go
11 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.47%) PHP
12 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.24%) Julia
13 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 50 (11.76%) Degree
2 48 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.94%) Azure Certification
4 23 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.24%) CCNA
6 17 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (3.06%) Master's Degree
8 13 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (2.35%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.35%) DBS Check
11 9 (2.12%) A+ Certification
11 9 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.12%) CISSP
12 8 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (1.41%) MCP
13 6 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.41%) GDPR
3 18 (4.24%) NIST
4 15 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.29%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.06%) Data Quality
7 10 (2.35%) HIPAA
8 9 (2.12%) NCSC
9 8 (1.88%) SLA
10 7 (1.65%) COBIT
11 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.18%) QA
12 3 (0.71%) PMO
12 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.24%) GRC
13 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.24%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
System Software
1 90 (21.18%) Active Directory
2 62 (14.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (7.76%) Virtual Machines
4 27 (6.35%) Docker
5 26 (6.12%) Hyper-V
6 19 (4.47%) vSphere
7 16 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (3.06%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.18%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.24%) Firmware
11 1 (0.24%) RACF
11 1 (0.24%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 106 (24.94%) Terraform
2 57 (13.41%) Kubernetes
3 52 (12.24%) Ansible
4 38 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (5.88%) Puppet
6 16 (3.76%) FortiGate
7 15 (3.53%) SCCM
8 8 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 6 (1.41%) NetCrunch
9 6 (1.41%) SCDPM
10 5 (1.18%) SCOM
11 4 (0.94%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.71%) Grafana
12 3 (0.71%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.47%) Kibana
13 2 (0.47%) Nessus
13 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.47%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 158 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 83 (19.53%) VMware
3 41 (9.65%) Cisco
4 27 (6.35%) Splunk
5 22 (5.18%) Veeam
6 17 (4.00%) Dynatrace
7 15 (3.53%) NetApp
8 13 (3.06%) Dell
9 12 (2.82%) Citrix
10 11 (2.59%) Aruba
10 11 (2.59%) BMC
10 11 (2.59%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.12%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.65%) Barracuda Networks
12 7 (1.65%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.41%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (1.41%) Ivanti
13 6 (1.41%) Oracle
14 5 (1.18%) Meraki
14 5 (1.18%) Zscaler