Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 161 195
Rank change year-on-year -169 +34 -31
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 844 2,236 3,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 2.27% 2.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.37% 5.28% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 690 1,108 1,890
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,134 £45,725
25th Percentile £53,724 £54,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £64,750 £60,750
% change year-on-year -1.54% +6.58% -2.80%

All Cloud Skills
UK

PaaS 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 35,563 42,373 79,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.24% 43.02% 48.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26,731 27,774 41,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £33,980
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%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 -153 711 £70,000 - 210
UK excluding London -227 423 £63,750 -1.54% 137
Work from Home -188 330 £70,000 - 113
London -73 319 £83,750 +4.69% 108
North of England -130 105 £59,526 -13.51% 30
South West -59 89 £65,000 +18.18% 18
South East -112 87 £62,500 +8.70% 59
Midlands -77 78 £67,117 +3.26% 12
West Midlands -10 70 £69,235 +6.51% 9
North West -120 65 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Scotland -148 44 £59,526 -0.79% 8
Yorkshire -13 34 £59,526 -6.63% 7
East of England -18 12 £60,000 -20.00% 10
Wales -41 8 £52,101 -13.17%
North East -20 6 £44,250 -29.20% 4
East Midlands -62 6 £45,000 -21.74% 3
Northern Ireland -16 3 £100,000 +110.53% 4

PaaS
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 38 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.18%) CMS
4 9 (1.07%) Confluence
5 8 (0.95%) IIS
5 8 (0.95%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.95%) WordPress
6 6 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.71%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.47%) Apache
7 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) Liferay
9 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.47%) Trello
5 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) HFM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 683 (80.92%) Azure
2 598 (70.85%) IaaS
3 430 (50.95%) SaaS
4 276 (32.70%) AWS
5 185 (21.92%) Azure DevOps
6 176 (20.85%) Microsoft 365
7 128 (15.17%) GCP
8 98 (11.61%) Entra ID
9 82 (9.72%) Power Platform
10 59 (6.99%) GitHub
11 51 (6.04%) Cloud Computing
12 48 (5.69%) Serverless
13 42 (4.98%) Azure AKS
14 32 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
15 30 (3.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 21 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (2.49%) Azure Stack
16 21 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (2.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 15 (1.78%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 121 (14.34%) Firewall
2 80 (9.48%) WAN
3 76 (9.00%) DNS
4 75 (8.89%) VPN
5 48 (5.69%) LAN
6 47 (5.57%) Wi-Fi
7 46 (5.45%) SD-WAN
8 32 (3.79%) DHCP
9 28 (3.32%) Network Security
9 28 (3.32%) SAN
10 18 (2.13%) BGP
10 18 (2.13%) Internet
11 15 (1.78%) Wireless
12 14 (1.66%) Unified Communications
13 12 (1.42%) VLAN
14 10 (1.18%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (1.18%) MPLS
15 9 (1.07%) NGFW
15 9 (1.07%) OSPF
15 9 (1.07%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (13.03%) SQL Server
2 52 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 41 (4.86%) NoSQL
4 35 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.96%) MySQL
6 24 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.49%) Power BI
8 19 (2.25%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (1.54%) Big Data
11 13 (1.54%) Redis
12 11 (1.30%) Metadata
12 11 (1.30%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.18%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.83%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.71%) Data Mining
16 6 (0.71%) Delta Lake
17 5 (0.59%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 57 (6.75%) Git
2 44 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.90%) GitLab
3 16 (1.90%) JIRA
4 14 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
4 14 (1.66%) SonarQube
5 13 (1.54%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.18%) Postman
7 6 (0.71%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.59%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.24%) Bower
10 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.24%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.24%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.24%) Maven
10 2 (0.24%) MLflow
10 2 (0.24%) Moq
10 2 (0.24%) NUnit
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 192 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.77%) Finance
3 75 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 50 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.45%) Banking
7 31 (3.67%) Law
8 30 (3.55%) Marketing
9 18 (2.13%) Retail
10 16 (1.90%) Legal
10 16 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.18%) Police
15 7 (0.83%) Electronics
15 7 (0.83%) Games
16 6 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 227 (26.90%) Architect
2 165 (19.55%) Senior
3 97 (11.49%) Azure Engineer
4 96 (11.37%) Cloud Engineer
5 90 (10.66%) Solutions Architect
6 83 (9.83%) Developer
7 81 (9.60%) Lead
8 73 (8.65%) Cloud Architect
9 68 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (5.81%) Consultant
11 46 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
12 45 (5.33%) Platform Engineer
13 43 (5.09%) Analyst
13 43 (5.09%) Azure Architect
14 35 (4.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 33 (3.91%) Security Engineer
16 31 (3.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 28 (3.32%) Infrastructure Architect
18 27 (3.20%) Azure DevOps Engineer
19 26 (3.08%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (13.63%) .NET
2 62 (7.35%) ARM Templates
3 56 (6.64%) JSON
4 44 (5.21%) Middleware
5 36 (4.27%) Web Services
6 29 (3.44%) YAML
7 28 (3.32%) RESTful
8 25 (2.96%) .NET Framework
9 24 (2.84%) XML
10 22 (2.61%) HTML
10 22 (2.61%) REST
11 17 (2.01%) .NET Core
11 17 (2.01%) Node.js
12 16 (1.90%) CSS
12 16 (1.90%) React
13 15 (1.78%) ASP.NET
13 15 (1.78%) Azure Blueprints
14 14 (1.66%) SOAP
15 13 (1.54%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.54%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 142 (16.82%) Public Cloud
2 106 (12.56%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 52 (6.16%) Data Centre
5 35 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 32 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 31 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (2.73%) Enterprise Cloud
9 20 (2.37%) Data Structures
9 20 (2.37%) Private Cloud
10 18 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.13%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.13%) Replication
10 18 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (1.78%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.54%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.54%) Mainframe
13 12 (1.42%) Blockchain
14 10 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 117 (13.86%) Windows
2 83 (9.83%) Linux
3 56 (6.64%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.44%) Unix
5 15 (1.78%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.66%) VMS
6 14 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.07%) Solaris
9 6 (0.71%) Android
9 6 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.71%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.47%) DC/OS
11 3 (0.36%) CentOS
11 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (42.54%) DevOps
2 235 (27.84%) Agile
3 195 (23.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 167 (19.79%) CI/CD
5 125 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
6 113 (13.39%) Roadmaps
7 112 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 111 (13.15%) ITIL
9 104 (12.32%) Microservices
10 91 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (10.66%) Cloud Security
12 89 (10.55%) Mentoring
13 76 (9.00%) Analytics
14 73 (8.65%) TOGAF
15 72 (8.53%) Migration
16 70 (8.29%) Platform Engineering
17 69 (8.18%) Containerisation
17 69 (8.18%) Information Security
18 68 (8.06%) Software Engineering
19 63 (7.46%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 155 (18.36%) PowerShell
2 138 (16.35%) SQL
3 113 (13.39%) Python
4 74 (8.77%) C#
5 57 (6.75%) Bicep
6 51 (6.04%) JavaScript
7 45 (5.33%) Bash
8 39 (4.62%) Java
9 15 (1.78%) Go
10 9 (1.07%) Ruby
11 8 (0.95%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.83%) PHP
13 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.59%) C++
15 4 (0.47%) Scala
16 3 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.24%) VB
17 2 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 118 (13.98%) Degree
2 105 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 100 (11.85%) Azure Certification
4 61 (7.23%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.15%) AWS Certification
8 33 (3.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 24 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (2.73%) CISSP
11 22 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (2.49%) DV Cleared
12 21 (2.49%) Master's Degree
13 17 (2.01%) CCNA
14 16 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (1.42%) A+ Certification
16 10 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (1.18%) CCSP
16 10 (1.18%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.79%) NIST
3 24 (2.84%) GDPR
3 24 (2.84%) QA
4 22 (2.61%) NCSC
5 14 (1.66%) COBIT
5 14 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.54%) HIPAA
6 13 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.42%) SLA
8 8 (0.95%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.83%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.71%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.71%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.59%) PMO
12 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 125 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 88 (10.43%) Docker
3 56 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (2.37%) Hyper-V
5 20 (2.37%) vSphere
6 15 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (1.66%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.47%) XenApp
9 3 (0.36%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.24%) NFS
11 1 (0.12%) Firmware
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 230 (27.25%) Terraform
2 141 (16.71%) Kubernetes
3 85 (10.07%) Ansible
4 51 (6.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (3.08%) Puppet
6 23 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 21 (2.49%) FortiGate
8 12 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.18%) Istio
10 7 (0.83%) Nessus
10 7 (0.83%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.83%) SCCM
11 6 (0.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.71%) NetCrunch
12 5 (0.59%) Grafana
12 5 (0.59%) Kibana
12 5 (0.59%) Packer
12 5 (0.59%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 347 (41.11%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.41%) VMware
3 66 (7.82%) Cisco
4 56 (6.64%) Google
5 50 (5.92%) Oracle
6 30 (3.55%) Citrix
7 27 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.61%) Splunk
9 21 (2.49%) SAP
9 21 (2.49%) ServiceNow
9 21 (2.49%) Veeam
10 19 (2.25%) Palo Alto
11 17 (2.01%) Databricks
12 16 (1.90%) NetApp
13 14 (1.66%) Meraki
14 12 (1.42%) Sparx
15 10 (1.18%) Automation Anywhere
15 10 (1.18%) Blue Prism
15 10 (1.18%) SolarWinds
15 10 (1.18%) UiPath