Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 194 294
Rank change year-on-year -163 +100 -95
Permanent jobs citing IaaS 760 1,936 2,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.95% 1.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.14% 4.51% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 641 911 1,559
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,819 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,437 42,898 78,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 43.13% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,650 28,186 41,598
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IaaS over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IaaS in the UK

IaaS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England -139 647 £70,000 - 166
UK excluding London -206 414 £62,500 +4.17% 104
Work from Home -170 302 £67,500 -1.92% 102
London -78 264 £85,000 +6.25% 75
North of England -103 119 £57,500 -11.54% 17
South East -90 91 £62,500 +8.70% 38
South West -71 82 £70,000 +16.67% 17
North West -93 75 £62,783 -3.41% 8
Midlands -54 64 £69,235 +15.39% 20
West Midlands +6 58 £69,235 +2.57% 16
Scotland -130 48 £62,500 +5.00% 7
Yorkshire -18 25 £57,500 -6.12% 7
North East 0 19 £45,000 -28.00% 2
East of England -42 7 £50,000 -13.04% 4
East Midlands -62 4 £45,000 -21.74% 4
Northern Ireland -21 2 £70,000 +55.56% 2
Wales -39 1 £72,500 +56.89% 1

IaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 43 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 41 (5.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.58%) IIS
4 6 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.79%) Apache Solr
4 6 (0.79%) CMS
4 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 6 (0.79%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (0.79%) Umbraco
4 6 (0.79%) WordPress
5 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.26%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) 1Password
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) HFM
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 602 (79.21%) PaaS
2 601 (79.08%) Azure
3 369 (48.55%) SaaS
4 247 (32.50%) AWS
5 192 (25.26%) Microsoft 365
6 126 (16.58%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (13.03%) Entra ID
8 86 (11.32%) GCP
9 55 (7.24%) Power Platform
10 51 (6.71%) Cloud Computing
11 41 (5.39%) Serverless
12 37 (4.87%) Azure AKS
13 33 (4.34%) GitHub
14 21 (2.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 21 (2.76%) Azure Stack
14 21 (2.76%) Nutanix
15 19 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (2.24%) OneDrive
17 16 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 137 (18.03%) Firewall
2 118 (15.53%) DNS
3 90 (11.84%) WAN
4 87 (11.45%) VPN
5 60 (7.89%) DHCP
6 57 (7.50%) LAN
7 49 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (6.18%) SD-WAN
9 37 (4.87%) SAN
10 25 (3.29%) Network Security
10 25 (3.29%) Wireless
11 19 (2.50%) VLAN
12 18 (2.37%) BGP
12 18 (2.37%) TCP/IP
13 17 (2.24%) Internet
14 13 (1.71%) MPLS
14 13 (1.71%) NGFW
15 12 (1.58%) DMZ
15 12 (1.58%) OSPF
16 11 (1.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.45%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (5.00%) NoSQL
4 35 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (2.89%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.37%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.71%) MySQL
7 13 (1.71%) Power BI
8 12 (1.58%) Big Data
9 11 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.05%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.92%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.66%) Data Mining
13 5 (0.66%) Metadata
14 4 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.53%) GIS
14 4 (0.53%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (5.26%) Git
2 25 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.84%) SonarQube
4 11 (1.45%) GitLab
5 7 (0.92%) JIRA
6 6 (0.79%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.39%) Gradle
8 3 (0.39%) Maven
9 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 178 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 143 (18.82%) Finance
3 101 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 21 (2.76%) Banking
7 18 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 14 (1.84%) Law
8 14 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.45%) Legal
9 11 (1.45%) Marketing
10 10 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.18%) Retail
12 8 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.92%) Police
14 6 (0.79%) Games
15 5 (0.66%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.53%) Advertising
16 4 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 209 (27.50%) Architect
2 144 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 135 (17.76%) Senior
4 86 (11.32%) Solutions Architect
5 74 (9.74%) Cloud Architect
5 74 (9.74%) Cloud Engineer
6 69 (9.08%) Azure Engineer
7 60 (7.89%) Lead
8 50 (6.58%) Consultant
9 45 (5.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (5.53%) Azure Architect
11 35 (4.61%) Support Engineer
12 31 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (3.82%) Infrastructure Architect
14 27 (3.55%) Citrix Architect
15 26 (3.42%) Analyst
15 26 (3.42%) Platform Engineer
16 24 (3.16%) Infrastructure Support
17 23 (3.03%) AWS Architect
17 23 (3.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.24%) ARM Templates
2 45 (5.92%) .NET
3 38 (5.00%) Middleware
4 33 (4.34%) JSON
5 28 (3.68%) Web Services
6 21 (2.76%) YAML
7 16 (2.11%) OpenID
8 15 (1.97%) Azure Blueprints
8 15 (1.97%) RESTful
9 14 (1.84%) XML
10 13 (1.71%) SAML
11 12 (1.58%) Node.js
12 10 (1.32%) REST
13 9 (1.18%) LDAP
14 8 (1.05%) SOAP
15 7 (0.92%) gRPC
15 7 (0.92%) HTML
15 7 (0.92%) React
16 6 (0.79%) CSS
16 6 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 138 (18.16%) Public Cloud
2 83 (10.92%) Cloud Native
3 79 (10.39%) Data Centre
4 74 (9.74%) Management Information System
5 34 (4.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (3.42%) Driving Licence
6 26 (3.42%) Replication
7 22 (2.89%) Enterprise Cloud
8 21 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (2.63%) Private Cloud
10 18 (2.37%) IoT
11 17 (2.24%) Mainframe
11 17 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.11%) Blockchain
13 15 (1.97%) Mobile App
14 14 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (1.84%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.32%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.32%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 203 (26.71%) Windows
2 104 (13.68%) Linux
3 100 (13.16%) Windows Server
4 61 (8.03%) Unix
5 23 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 21 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (1.58%) VMS
9 10 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.18%) Apple iOS
11 8 (1.05%) Solaris
12 7 (0.92%) Android
13 6 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.53%) DC/OS
15 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (37.11%) DevOps
2 187 (24.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 156 (20.53%) Agile
4 153 (20.13%) ITIL
5 150 (19.74%) Infrastructure as Code
6 123 (16.18%) CI/CD
7 116 (15.26%) Mentoring
7 116 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
9 104 (13.68%) Roadmaps
10 90 (11.84%) Microservices
11 74 (9.74%) Cloud Security
11 74 (9.74%) Information Security
12 69 (9.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 66 (8.68%) TOGAF
14 64 (8.42%) Technical Leadership
15 63 (8.29%) Migration
16 62 (8.16%) Artificial Intelligence
16 62 (8.16%) Change Management
17 59 (7.76%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 135 (17.76%) PowerShell
2 83 (10.92%) SQL
3 71 (9.34%) Python
4 48 (6.32%) Bicep
5 45 (5.92%) Bash
6 39 (5.13%) C#
7 29 (3.82%) Java
8 15 (1.97%) Go
8 15 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.97%) Perl
9 14 (1.84%) Ruby
10 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.39%) PHP
10 3 (0.39%) Scala
11 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 117 (15.39%) Degree
2 101 (13.29%) Azure Certification
3 74 (9.74%) Security Cleared
4 42 (5.53%) SC Cleared
5 41 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (4.47%) AWS Certification
6 34 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (3.82%) TOGAF Certification
8 28 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (3.03%) CISSP
9 23 (3.03%) Master's Degree
10 22 (2.89%) DV Cleared
11 20 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (2.63%) CCNA
12 16 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.58%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.45%) CISM
16 10 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (4.34%) NIST
3 29 (3.82%) GDPR
4 23 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.89%) NCSC
6 21 (2.76%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.11%) SLA
8 15 (1.97%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.84%) Accessibility
10 13 (1.71%) COBIT
11 11 (1.45%) QA
12 10 (1.32%) HIPAA
13 9 (1.18%) PMO
14 8 (1.05%) NIST 800
15 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.79%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.79%) Web Application Security Consortium
17 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
18 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 166 (21.84%) Active Directory
2 89 (11.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (8.03%) Docker
4 48 (6.32%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (4.47%) Hyper-V
6 21 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (2.76%) vSphere
7 15 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.84%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.66%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.53%) Firmware
11 3 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.26%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.13%) KVM
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.13%) RACF
13 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 192 (25.26%) Terraform
2 110 (14.47%) Kubernetes
3 70 (9.21%) Ansible
4 61 (8.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (4.21%) Puppet
6 20 (2.63%) FortiGate
7 19 (2.50%) SCCM
8 15 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.32%) Istio
11 9 (1.18%) SCOM
11 9 (1.18%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.05%) Nessus
13 7 (0.92%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
14 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (0.79%) NetCrunch
14 6 (0.79%) SCDPM
15 5 (0.66%) vRealize
Vendors
1 328 (43.16%) Microsoft
2 116 (15.26%) VMware
3 76 (10.00%) Cisco
4 35 (4.61%) Citrix
5 33 (4.34%) Splunk
6 32 (4.21%) Oracle
7 27 (3.55%) Google
7 27 (3.55%) Veeam
8 25 (3.29%) Salesforce
9 21 (2.76%) Dynatrace
10 20 (2.63%) Palo Alto
11 17 (2.24%) Meraki
11 17 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 17 (2.24%) SolarWinds
12 16 (2.11%) NetApp
13 15 (1.97%) SAP
14 14 (1.84%) Dell
15 12 (1.58%) BMC
15 12 (1.58%) Sparx
16 11 (1.45%) CA