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 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 329 137 273
Rank change year-on-year -192 +136 -111
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 297 1,030 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.86% 2.60% 1.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.00% 5.36% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 259 437 764
10th Percentile £42,238 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £51,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +3.70% +0.75%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £87,813
90th Percentile £106,000 £95,000 £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 14,841 19,216 39,015
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.10% 48.48% 53.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12,028 13,962 21,911
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,485
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +7.76%

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 29 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 21 (7.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.36%) IIS
4 6 (2.02%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.35%) ArcGIS
5 4 (1.35%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.34%) 1Password
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 234 (78.79%) Azure
2 208 (70.03%) PaaS
3 133 (44.78%) SaaS
4 85 (28.62%) AWS
5 83 (27.95%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (16.50%) Entra ID
8 23 (7.74%) GitHub
9 18 (6.06%) Nutanix
10 17 (5.72%) Serverless
11 14 (4.71%) Azure Stack
11 14 (4.71%) GCP
12 13 (4.38%) Azure AKS
13 12 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (3.70%) OneDrive
15 8 (2.69%) Azure Storage
16 6 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (2.02%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (2.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 57 (19.19%) Firewall
2 53 (17.85%) DNS
3 29 (9.76%) DHCP
4 27 (9.09%) VPN
5 23 (7.74%) WAN
6 22 (7.41%) LAN
7 19 (6.40%) SAN
7 19 (6.40%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (4.71%) Wireless
9 12 (4.04%) Internet
9 12 (4.04%) NGFW
10 11 (3.70%) SD-WAN
11 9 (3.03%) Network Security
12 8 (2.69%) TCP/IP
13 7 (2.36%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.02%) BGP
14 6 (2.02%) OSPF
14 6 (2.02%) SSL
15 5 (1.68%) IPv4
16 4 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.68%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (1.35%) GIS
5 4 (1.35%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.01%) Big Data
7 2 (0.67%) MySQL
7 2 (0.67%) Redis
7 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (3.37%) Git
1 10 (3.37%) SonarQube
2 8 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.68%) JIRA
4 2 (0.67%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.34%) Gatling
5 1 (0.34%) JUnit
5 1 (0.34%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 72 (24.24%) Finance
2 71 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 59 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.44%) Public Sector
5 28 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.37%) Law
7 7 (2.36%) Police
8 5 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.68%) Retail
9 4 (1.35%) Advertising
9 4 (1.35%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.67%) Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Marketing
11 2 (0.67%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.67%) Publishing
12 1 (0.34%) Legal
12 1 (0.34%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 77 (25.93%) Architect
2 73 (24.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 68 (22.90%) Senior
4 41 (13.80%) Solutions Architect
5 36 (12.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (9.43%) Lead
7 26 (8.75%) Azure Engineer
7 26 (8.75%) Cloud Architect
8 24 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
8 24 (8.08%) Consultant
9 23 (7.74%) Azure Architect
9 23 (7.74%) Citrix Architect
10 17 (5.72%) Salesforce Architect
10 17 (5.72%) Salesforce Solution Architect
11 16 (5.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
12 15 (5.05%) Azure Consultant
12 15 (5.05%) Infrastructure Architect
13 14 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.70%) Infrastructure Consultant
14 11 (3.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.09%) ARM Templates
2 21 (7.07%) Middleware
3 11 (3.70%) Azure Blueprints
4 10 (3.37%) Web Services
5 9 (3.03%) JSON
5 9 (3.03%) YAML
6 6 (2.02%) .NET
6 6 (2.02%) REST
6 6 (2.02%) SOAP
7 3 (1.01%) Node.js
8 2 (0.67%) Kafka
9 1 (0.34%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.34%) ADO
9 1 (0.34%) Lucene
9 1 (0.34%) SAML
9 1 (0.34%) SignalR
9 1 (0.34%) Spring
9 1 (0.34%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 83 (27.95%) Public Cloud
2 42 (14.14%) Data Centre
3 41 (13.80%) Management Information System
4 19 (6.40%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (5.39%) Cloud Native
6 15 (5.05%) IoT
7 14 (4.71%) Private Cloud
8 10 (3.37%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.69%) Clustering
9 8 (2.69%) Life Science
10 7 (2.36%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.36%) PKI
10 7 (2.36%) Replication
11 6 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.68%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.35%) Mobile App
14 3 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 3 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
14 3 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 104 (35.02%) Windows
2 43 (14.48%) Windows Server
3 33 (11.11%) Unix
4 20 (6.73%) Linux
5 9 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (2.69%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.35%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.01%) VMS
10 2 (0.67%) Android
11 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (33.00%) DevOps
2 83 (27.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 73 (24.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 70 (23.57%) Mentoring
5 68 (22.90%) ITIL
6 52 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (15.49%) Change Management
8 45 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
9 42 (14.14%) Agile
10 40 (13.47%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (13.13%) CI/CD
12 37 (12.46%) Coaching
12 37 (12.46%) TOGAF
13 36 (12.12%) Roadmaps
14 32 (10.77%) Microservices
15 30 (10.10%) Migration
16 29 (9.76%) Business Strategy
16 29 (9.76%) Decision-Making
16 29 (9.76%) Information Security
17 28 (9.43%) Architecture Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 36 (12.12%) SQL
3 33 (11.11%) Python
4 24 (8.08%) Bash
5 18 (6.06%) Bicep
6 15 (5.05%) Perl
7 8 (2.69%) Java
7 8 (2.69%) Ruby
8 5 (1.68%) C#
9 4 (1.35%) Go
10 3 (1.01%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.67%) PHP
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) Julia
12 1 (0.34%) Scala
12 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (19.53%) Degree
2 51 (17.17%) Azure Certification
3 35 (11.78%) Security Cleared
4 23 (7.74%) SC Cleared
5 22 (7.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 13 (4.38%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.69%) CISM
9 8 (2.69%) CISSP
9 8 (2.69%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.02%) GIAC
11 6 (2.02%) SANS
12 5 (1.68%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.05%) NIST
3 14 (4.71%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (3.70%) NCSC
6 8 (2.69%) SLA
7 7 (2.36%) COBIT
8 6 (2.02%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 4 (1.35%) GDPR
9 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.01%) PMO
11 2 (0.67%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.67%) QA
11 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.34%) GRC
12 1 (0.34%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 76 (25.59%) Active Directory
2 48 (16.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (8.42%) Docker
4 19 (6.40%) Hyper-V
5 18 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (5.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (4.38%) vSphere
8 5 (1.68%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.67%) Firmware
10 1 (0.34%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 79 (26.60%) Terraform
2 27 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.41%) Ansible
4 19 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.37%) SCCM
6 9 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (2.36%) SCOM
8 6 (2.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (1.35%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (1.01%) Istio
11 3 (1.01%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.01%) Puppet
11 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
11 3 (1.01%) WSUS
12 2 (0.67%) CASB
12 2 (0.67%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.67%) vRealize
12 2 (0.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 118 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 64 (21.55%) VMware
3 27 (9.09%) Citrix
4 25 (8.42%) Salesforce
5 18 (6.06%) Dynatrace
5 18 (6.06%) Splunk
6 12 (4.04%) BMC
7 11 (3.70%) Oracle
8 10 (3.37%) Aruba
8 10 (3.37%) Cisco
8 10 (3.37%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.03%) Google
9 9 (3.03%) Veeam
10 8 (2.69%) SAP
10 8 (2.69%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.36%) Meraki
11 7 (2.36%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.36%) Sparx
12 6 (2.02%) 3PAR
12 6 (2.02%) Nimble Storage