PaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
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 PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 132 186
Rank change year-on-year -162 +54 -49
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 349 1,101 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.03% 2.65% 2.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.39% 5.54% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 301 565 1,051
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £91,250 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,037 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.05% - +3.32%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,601 19,859 36,141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.24% 47.88% 52.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,951 14,546 21,658
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £37,478
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

PaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS.

PaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PaaS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

PaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
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 15 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.86%) CMS
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) Kentico
5 2 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 288 (82.52%) Azure
2 223 (63.90%) IaaS
3 166 (47.56%) SaaS
4 111 (31.81%) Azure DevOps
5 106 (30.37%) AWS
6 73 (20.92%) Microsoft 365
7 42 (12.03%) Entra ID
8 41 (11.75%) GCP
9 40 (11.46%) GitHub
10 20 (5.73%) Power Platform
11 18 (5.16%) Serverless
12 14 (4.01%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.01%) Azure Stack
13 13 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (3.44%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (2.87%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 10 (2.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (2.87%) WhatsApp
16 9 (2.58%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 43 (12.32%) Firewall
2 27 (7.74%) VPN
3 20 (5.73%) LAN
3 20 (5.73%) WAN
4 17 (4.87%) DNS
5 14 (4.01%) SAN
6 13 (3.72%) Network Security
6 13 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (3.44%) NGFW
8 11 (3.15%) Internet
9 10 (2.87%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.72%) DHCP
11 5 (1.43%) IPv4
11 5 (1.43%) SSL
12 4 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.15%) Wireless
13 3 (0.86%) BGP
13 3 (0.86%) OSPF
13 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
14 2 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.88%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.58%) MySQL
4 9 (2.58%) Redis
5 8 (2.29%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.72%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.43%) Big Data
7 5 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.43%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.15%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.15%) GIS
8 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.86%) Power BI
10 2 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.57%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (7.45%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.16%) Git
3 10 (2.87%) Postman
4 8 (2.29%) JIRA
4 8 (2.29%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.01%) GitLab
6 6 (1.72%) SoapUI
6 6 (1.72%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.57%) MLflow
8 2 (0.57%) webpack
9 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.29%) Gatling
9 1 (0.29%) JUnit
9 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.29%) Vagrant
General
1 87 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.64%) Finance
3 43 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.74%) Banking
7 21 (6.02%) Law
8 11 (3.15%) Marketing
9 10 (2.87%) Police
10 9 (2.58%) Retail
11 8 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.01%) Front Office
13 6 (1.72%) Publishing
13 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.43%) Japanese Language
14 5 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.43%) Welsh Language
15 4 (1.15%) Advertising
16 3 (0.86%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.86%) Legal
Job Titles
1 101 (28.94%) Architect
2 69 (19.77%) Senior
3 52 (14.90%) Developer
4 45 (12.89%) Solutions Architect
5 43 (12.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 40 (11.46%) Azure Engineer
7 34 (9.74%) Azure Architect
7 34 (9.74%) Lead
8 33 (9.46%) Citrix Architect
8 33 (9.46%) Cloud Architect
9 28 (8.02%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 24 (6.88%) Consultant
10 24 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (6.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
11 23 (6.59%) Security Engineer
12 21 (6.02%) Infrastructure Architect
13 20 (5.73%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 20 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (4.87%) Salesforce Architect
14 17 (4.87%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (16.62%) .NET
2 32 (9.17%) ARM Templates
3 31 (8.88%) JSON
4 24 (6.88%) Middleware
5 19 (5.44%) .NET Framework
6 18 (5.16%) REST
6 18 (5.16%) YAML
7 14 (4.01%) .NET Core
7 14 (4.01%) Web Services
8 13 (3.72%) SOAP
9 12 (3.44%) HTML
10 10 (2.87%) ASP.NET
10 10 (2.87%) XML
11 9 (2.58%) Azure Blueprints
11 9 (2.58%) RESTful
12 7 (2.01%) Node.js
12 7 (2.01%) WCF
13 6 (1.72%) CSS
13 6 (1.72%) XML Schema
14 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 85 (24.36%) Public Cloud
2 28 (8.02%) Management Information System
3 26 (7.45%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (7.16%) Cloud Native
5 24 (6.88%) Product Ownership
6 20 (5.73%) Data Centre
7 19 (5.44%) Data Structures
8 14 (4.01%) Private Cloud
9 12 (3.44%) Onboarding
10 11 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.01%) Kindle
13 6 (1.72%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (1.72%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.43%) Virtual Team
15 4 (1.15%) Algorithms
15 4 (1.15%) Housing Association
15 4 (1.15%) Security Posture
16 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.60%) Windows
2 22 (6.30%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.15%) Linux
4 7 (2.01%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.15%) Unix
6 4 (1.15%) VMS
7 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (44.13%) DevOps
2 113 (32.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 105 (30.09%) Agile
4 81 (23.21%) CI/CD
5 52 (14.90%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (13.18%) Microservices
7 45 (12.89%) SDLC
8 42 (12.03%) Cloud Security
9 41 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (10.89%) Roadmaps
11 37 (10.60%) TOGAF
12 35 (10.03%) Mentoring
12 35 (10.03%) Software Engineering
13 34 (9.74%) Migration
14 33 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 32 (9.17%) ITIL
16 31 (8.88%) Containerisation
17 30 (8.60%) Business Strategy
17 30 (8.60%) Information Security
18 29 (8.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.48%) SQL
2 59 (16.91%) PowerShell
3 58 (16.62%) Python
4 33 (9.46%) JavaScript
5 30 (8.60%) C#
6 20 (5.73%) Bicep
6 20 (5.73%) Java
7 10 (2.87%) Bash
8 5 (1.43%) Go
9 4 (1.15%) C++
10 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.86%) PHP
10 3 (0.86%) Ruby
10 3 (0.86%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Julia
11 1 (0.29%) Perl
11 1 (0.29%) Scala
11 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 61 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 60 (17.19%) Azure Certification
3 56 (16.05%) Degree
4 40 (11.46%) SC Cleared
5 22 (6.30%) TOGAF Certification
6 17 (4.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.72%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.44%) CISM
8 12 (3.44%) CISSP
9 10 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.72%) GIAC
11 6 (1.72%) HNC
11 6 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.72%) SANS
12 5 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.86%) CIPD
13 3 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.87%) QA
3 16 (4.58%) NIST
4 8 (2.29%) GDPR
4 8 (2.29%) NCSC
5 7 (2.01%) COBIT
6 6 (1.72%) SLA
6 6 (1.72%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 50 (14.33%) Docker
2 42 (12.03%) Active Directory
3 30 (8.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (4.58%) vSphere
6 15 (4.30%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.58%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 110 (31.52%) Terraform
2 45 (12.89%) Kubernetes
3 24 (6.88%) Ansible
4 12 (3.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.15%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (1.15%) Grafana
6 4 (1.15%) Kibana
6 4 (1.15%) SCCM
7 3 (0.86%) Istio
7 3 (0.86%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.86%) Puppet
7 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.86%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.57%) Packer
8 2 (0.57%) WSUS
9 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.29%) NetCrunch
9 1 (0.29%) Salt
Vendors
1 135 (38.68%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.32%) VMware
3 33 (9.46%) Citrix
4 31 (8.88%) Google
5 24 (6.88%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.72%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.44%) Cisco
7 12 (3.44%) Oracle
8 10 (2.87%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (2.87%) Blue Prism
8 10 (2.87%) SAP
8 10 (2.87%) UiPath
9 7 (2.01%) Sparx
10 6 (1.72%) Aruba
10 6 (1.72%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.72%) Veeam
11 5 (1.43%) Databricks
11 5 (1.43%) EMC
11 5 (1.43%) Splunk
12 4 (1.15%) Nimble Storage