PaaS Job Trends in Central London

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 128 119
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 30 61 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.23% 1.90% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.02% 3.79% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 20 47 48
10th Percentile £89,000 £52,500 £69,250
25th Percentile £94,375 £61,250 £71,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £82,500 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -7.04% +4.41%
75th Percentile £115,313 £96,875 £106,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £106,250 £112,875
London median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.76% +6.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Central London

PaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 994 1,611 1,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 40.91% 50.11% 51.61%
Number of salaries quoted 781 1,100 1,437
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,875 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PaaS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

PaaS job vacancy trend in Central London

PaaS
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in Central London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PaaS in Central London

PaaS
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
City of London +8 26 £95,000 +9.83% 6
PaaS
London

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (80.00%) Azure
2 14 (46.67%) SaaS
3 12 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (16.67%) IaaS
4 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 4 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (13.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (10.00%) Azure AKS
6 3 (10.00%) Azure API Management
6 3 (10.00%) Azure Functions
6 3 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (10.00%) Azure Table
6 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (10.00%) Serverless
7 2 (6.67%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (6.67%) Figma
7 2 (6.67%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) DHCP
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (10.00%) SQLite
3 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Git
2 2 (6.67%) Balsamiq
General
1 12 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Legal
3 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Lead
3 6 (20.00%) Azure Architect
4 5 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (16.67%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Data Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 3 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Lead Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.67%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.67%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Lead DevOps
6 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) React
1 5 (16.67%) YAML
2 3 (10.00%) .NET
2 3 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 2 (6.67%) JSON
3 2 (6.67%) LINQ
3 2 (6.67%) Next.js
4 1 (3.33%) CSS
4 1 (3.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) Social Media
3 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Agile
2 15 (50.00%) DevOps
3 8 (26.67%) AI
3 8 (26.67%) Machine Learning
3 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
4 7 (23.33%) Coaching
4 7 (23.33%) Creative Thinking
4 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
5 6 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (20.00%) DevSecOps
5 6 (20.00%) SDLC
5 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 6 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (16.67%) Application Security
6 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (16.67%) OWASP
6 5 (16.67%) Security Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.67%) C#
2 5 (16.67%) Python
2 5 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.67%) MCP
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (16.67%) NCSC
1 5 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Apple
3 1 (3.33%) Ariba
3 1 (3.33%) Databricks
3 1 (3.33%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Workday