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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 169 191
Rank change year-on-year -144 +22 -33
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 894 2,269 3,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 2.18% 2.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.53% 5.07% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 745 1,200 1,928
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £53,750 £54,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.64% -2.40%

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 35,351 44,760 75,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.95% 43.04% 48.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26,770 29,299 41,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
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 £100,000
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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -135 759 £71,750 +2.50% 184
UK excluding London -197 446 £65,000 +8.33% 123
Work from Home -154 357 £70,000 +2.49% 94
London -49 344 £85,000 +4.94% 78
North of England -132 107 £60,000 -7.69% 37
South East -115 94 £62,500 +8.70% 29
South West -55 93 £70,000 +30.84% 17
Midlands -54 84 £65,000 - 17
West Midlands +5 73 £69,235 +8.60% 12
North West -104 64 £66,250 -1.85% 20
Scotland -132 48 £59,526 -0.79% 16
Yorkshire -5 37 £59,526 -6.63% 9
East of England -22 13 £60,000 -20.00% 6
Wales -31 8 £52,101 -13.17% 1
East Midlands -67 8 £45,500 -30.00% 5
North East -22 6 £44,250 -34.44% 8
Northern Ireland -7 2 £89,750 +99.44% 3

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 41 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.34%) CMS
4 9 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.89%) Confluence
5 8 (0.89%) WordPress
6 7 (0.78%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.67%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.67%) IIS
8 4 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.45%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.34%) Apache
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.22%) Kentico
10 2 (0.22%) Liferay
10 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.45%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) HFM
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 722 (80.76%) Azure
2 633 (70.81%) IaaS
3 444 (49.66%) SaaS
4 278 (31.10%) AWS
5 199 (22.26%) Azure DevOps
6 191 (21.36%) Microsoft 365
7 125 (13.98%) GCP
8 96 (10.74%) Entra ID
9 84 (9.40%) Power Platform
10 57 (6.38%) Serverless
11 55 (6.15%) GitHub
12 46 (5.15%) Cloud Computing
13 34 (3.80%) Azure AKS
13 34 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 21 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (2.35%) Azure Stack
15 21 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 122 (13.65%) Firewall
2 85 (9.51%) VPN
3 77 (8.61%) DNS
4 76 (8.50%) WAN
5 50 (5.59%) LAN
6 48 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
7 42 (4.70%) SD-WAN
8 38 (4.25%) DHCP
9 35 (3.91%) SAN
10 31 (3.47%) Network Security
11 19 (2.13%) Internet
12 18 (2.01%) VLAN
13 14 (1.57%) NGFW
13 14 (1.57%) Wireless
14 13 (1.45%) BGP
15 10 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (1.12%) HTTP
15 10 (1.12%) SSL
16 9 (1.01%) MPLS
16 9 (1.01%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (13.76%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 49 (5.48%) NoSQL
3 41 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (3.24%) Data Lake
4 29 (3.24%) Relational Database
5 22 (2.46%) Power BI
6 21 (2.35%) MySQL
7 15 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.57%) Big Data
8 14 (1.57%) RDBMS
9 12 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.23%) Metadata
11 10 (1.12%) Redis
12 8 (0.89%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.78%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.67%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.56%) Data Mining
16 4 (0.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 56 (6.26%) Git
2 44 (4.92%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.13%) GitLab
4 14 (1.57%) JIRA
4 14 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 12 (1.34%) SonarQube
6 11 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (1.23%) Postman
7 9 (1.01%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.67%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
10 3 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.22%) Bower
11 2 (0.22%) gulp
11 2 (0.22%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.22%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.22%) MLflow
11 2 (0.22%) Moq
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 186 (20.81%) Social Skills
2 178 (19.91%) Finance
3 69 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (6.60%) Public Sector
5 57 (6.38%) Banking
6 53 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (3.80%) Law
7 34 (3.80%) Marketing
8 20 (2.24%) Retail
9 19 (2.13%) Legal
10 16 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.34%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.12%) Police
14 8 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.78%) Front Office
15 7 (0.78%) Games
15 7 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 255 (28.52%) Architect
2 164 (18.34%) Senior
3 104 (11.63%) Cloud Engineer
4 96 (10.74%) Azure Engineer
4 96 (10.74%) Solutions Architect
5 93 (10.40%) Developer
6 88 (9.84%) Lead
7 80 (8.95%) Cloud Architect
8 70 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 55 (6.15%) Azure Architect
10 54 (6.04%) Consultant
11 44 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
12 39 (4.36%) Citrix Architect
13 38 (4.25%) Infrastructure Architect
14 37 (4.14%) Analyst
14 37 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.14%) Security Engineer
15 34 (3.80%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
16 30 (3.36%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 29 (3.24%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (13.76%) .NET
2 66 (7.38%) ARM Templates
3 64 (7.16%) JSON
4 44 (4.92%) Web Services
5 43 (4.81%) Middleware
6 37 (4.14%) YAML
7 33 (3.69%) RESTful
8 30 (3.36%) XML
9 27 (3.02%) .NET Framework
9 27 (3.02%) HTML
10 25 (2.80%) REST
11 21 (2.35%) OpenID
12 20 (2.24%) .NET Core
12 20 (2.24%) CSS
13 19 (2.13%) React
14 18 (2.01%) Node.js
15 17 (1.90%) ASP.NET
16 16 (1.79%) AngularJS
16 16 (1.79%) SOAP
17 13 (1.45%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 161 (18.01%) Public Cloud
2 104 (11.63%) Cloud Native
3 57 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 50 (5.59%) Data Centre
5 38 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 35 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (2.80%) Data Structures
9 23 (2.57%) Enterprise Cloud
10 22 (2.46%) Private Cloud
11 21 (2.35%) Mainframe
12 20 (2.24%) Blockchain
12 20 (2.24%) Mobile App
13 19 (2.13%) Replication
14 17 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (1.57%) Onboarding
17 13 (1.45%) Driving Licence
18 12 (1.34%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 125 (13.98%) Windows
2 83 (9.28%) Linux
3 61 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 34 (3.80%) Unix
5 19 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.68%) VMS
7 13 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.78%) Solaris
9 7 (0.78%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.45%) Android
11 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.45%) DC/OS
12 2 (0.22%) CentOS
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (42.51%) DevOps
2 253 (28.30%) Agile
3 214 (23.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 186 (20.81%) CI/CD
5 131 (14.65%) Cybersecurity
5 131 (14.65%) Roadmaps
6 121 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 116 (12.98%) ITIL
7 116 (12.98%) Microservices
8 91 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (10.07%) Cloud Security
10 87 (9.73%) Mentoring
11 78 (8.72%) Migration
12 75 (8.39%) TOGAF
13 74 (8.28%) Analytics
14 73 (8.17%) Information Security
15 72 (8.05%) Software Engineering
16 68 (7.61%) Containerisation
16 68 (7.61%) SDLC
17 67 (7.49%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 166 (18.57%) PowerShell
2 144 (16.11%) SQL
3 121 (13.53%) Python
4 84 (9.40%) C#
5 62 (6.94%) Bicep
6 59 (6.60%) JavaScript
7 48 (5.37%) Java
8 40 (4.47%) Bash
9 17 (1.90%) Go
10 10 (1.12%) Ruby
11 9 (1.01%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.89%) PHP
13 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.45%) C++
14 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.34%) Scala
16 2 (0.22%) Perl
16 2 (0.22%) VB
16 2 (0.22%) XAML
Qualifications
1 115 (12.86%) Degree
2 108 (12.08%) Azure Certification
3 107 (11.97%) Security Cleared
4 61 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (3.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 31 (3.47%) AWS Certification
9 29 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.02%) CISSP
11 25 (2.80%) DV Cleared
12 24 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (2.35%) Master's Degree
14 19 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (1.90%) CCNA
16 16 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
17 14 (1.57%) CISM
18 12 (1.34%) A+ Certification
19 10 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 10 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (3.69%) NIST
3 27 (3.02%) GDPR
4 26 (2.91%) QA
5 19 (2.13%) NCSC
6 15 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.57%) COBIT
8 13 (1.45%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.34%) HIPAA
10 10 (1.12%) Data Quality
10 10 (1.12%) SLA
11 8 (0.89%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.78%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.67%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.45%) PMO
15 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.11%) GRC
16 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 135 (15.10%) Active Directory
2 82 (9.17%) Docker
3 63 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (2.68%) vSphere
6 22 (2.46%) Hyper-V
7 20 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.57%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.45%) XenApp
11 3 (0.34%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.22%) NFS
13 1 (0.11%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.11%) RACF
13 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 238 (26.62%) Terraform
2 137 (15.32%) Kubernetes
3 78 (8.72%) Ansible
4 53 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (3.36%) Puppet
6 21 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.90%) FortiGate
8 16 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.12%) SCCM
10 7 (0.78%) Istio
10 7 (0.78%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.67%) Nessus
11 6 (0.67%) NetCrunch
12 5 (0.56%) Grafana
12 5 (0.56%) Kibana
12 5 (0.56%) Packer
12 5 (0.56%) QRadar
13 4 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 372 (41.61%) Microsoft
2 87 (9.73%) VMware
3 62 (6.94%) Cisco
4 53 (5.93%) Google
5 51 (5.70%) Oracle
6 48 (5.37%) Citrix
7 27 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.57%) Veeam
9 21 (2.35%) SAP
9 21 (2.35%) Splunk
10 19 (2.13%) Databricks
10 19 (2.13%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.13%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.79%) NetApp
12 14 (1.57%) AppDynamics
13 12 (1.34%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.34%) Sparx
14 11 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
14 11 (1.23%) Blue Prism
14 11 (1.23%) UiPath