PaaS Jobs in England

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring PaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PaaS over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 298 175
Rank change year-on-year -30 -123 +14
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 376 764 1,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.83% 0.91% 2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.71% 2.54% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 244 643 1,140
10th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,300 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -2.29%
75th Percentile £89,063 £90,625 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £71,991 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.70% +3.57% -

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,851 30,028 41,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.41% 35.73% 43.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10,274 24,133 27,074
10th Percentile £31,599 £30,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £103,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in England

PaaS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for PaaS in England

PaaS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for PaaS in England

PaaS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 21 April 2025. 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
London -44 162 £82,500 -1.49% 216
South East +94 75 £70,000 +12.00% 38
Midlands +32 48 £70,000 +7.69% 32
North of England +22 39 £65,000 - 29
West Midlands +1 37 £70,000 +1.11% 22
South West +61 29 £71,991 +2.84% 15
North West -19 22 £75,000 +11.11% 22
Yorkshire +63 15 £62,500 +5.00% 6
East of England +62 14 £50,000 -16.67% 7
East Midlands +67 11 £58,750 +29.12% 10
North East +44 2 - - 1
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 47 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 27 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (4.26%) CMS
4 8 (2.13%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.86%) IIS
5 7 (1.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.33%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.06%) Apache
7 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.53%) Confluence
8 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.27%) Ethereum
Applications
1 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.53%) Maya
2 2 (0.53%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.19%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 7 (1.86%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.80%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.53%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.53%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 287 (76.33%) Azure
2 216 (57.45%) SaaS
3 192 (51.06%) IaaS
4 90 (23.94%) AWS
5 86 (22.87%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (11.97%) GCP
8 37 (9.84%) Entra ID
9 36 (9.57%) GitHub
10 26 (6.91%) Serverless
11 25 (6.65%) OCI
12 24 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (5.32%) Power Platform
14 19 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (3.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 15 (3.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 15 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (3.72%) iPaaS
17 13 (3.46%) Azure Functions
17 13 (3.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.45%) Firewall
2 27 (7.18%) DNS
3 20 (5.32%) VPN
4 18 (4.79%) DHCP
5 16 (4.26%) Network Security
6 14 (3.72%) SAN
7 13 (3.46%) WAN
8 10 (2.66%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (2.39%) LAN
10 8 (2.13%) FTP
10 8 (2.13%) IPv4
10 8 (2.13%) PBX
10 8 (2.13%) SMTP
10 8 (2.13%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (2.13%) VLAN
11 6 (1.60%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.60%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.06%) IPsec
13 4 (1.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.26%) Power BI
3 15 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (3.19%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (2.39%) Star Schema
7 8 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.13%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.13%) MySQL
7 8 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.86%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.60%) Big Data
10 5 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.33%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.33%) Oracle ODI
10 5 (1.33%) SAP BW
10 5 (1.33%) SAP Data Services
10 5 (1.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (6.91%) Jenkins
2 22 (5.85%) Git
3 10 (2.66%) SonarQube
4 9 (2.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (1.86%) JIRA
7 6 (1.60%) GitLab
8 3 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.53%) Gradle
9 2 (0.53%) Maven
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 136 (36.17%) Finance
2 126 (33.51%) Social Skills
3 48 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.78%) Law
6 30 (7.98%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 23 (6.12%) Banking
8 23 (6.12%) Legal
9 22 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (5.59%) Marketing
11 13 (3.46%) Retail
12 10 (2.66%) Police
13 9 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.86%) General Ledger
15 6 (1.60%) Advertising
15 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.33%) Front Office
16 5 (1.33%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.80%) Games
Job Titles
1 88 (23.40%) Senior
2 68 (18.09%) Architect
3 58 (15.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 54 (14.36%) Azure Engineer
5 37 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 37 (9.84%) Lead
6 36 (9.57%) Developer
7 34 (9.04%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 32 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (6.38%) Security Engineer
10 23 (6.12%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
12 21 (5.59%) IT Architect
13 14 (3.72%) Data Architect
14 13 (3.46%) Analyst
14 13 (3.46%) Applications Architect
14 13 (3.46%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.46%) Senior Developer
15 12 (3.19%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.19%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.37%) .NET
2 21 (5.59%) React
3 19 (5.05%) .NET Framework
4 18 (4.79%) Node.js
5 15 (3.99%) ARM Templates
5 15 (3.99%) YAML
6 11 (2.93%) REST
7 10 (2.66%) Azure Blueprints
7 10 (2.66%) Web Services
8 9 (2.39%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.13%) SOAP
10 7 (1.86%) HTML
10 7 (1.86%) RESTful
10 7 (1.86%) SAML
11 6 (1.60%) CSS
11 6 (1.60%) Kafka
11 6 (1.60%) Middleware
11 6 (1.60%) React Native
12 5 (1.33%) JSON
12 5 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.56%) Management Information System
2 38 (10.11%) Public Cloud
3 27 (7.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (6.38%) Cloud Native
5 17 (4.52%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.99%) Private Cloud
7 14 (3.72%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (3.46%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.39%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.86%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.60%) DataPower
12 6 (1.60%) PKI
13 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.33%) Replication
13 5 (1.33%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 68 (18.09%) Windows
2 47 (12.50%) Linux
3 40 (10.64%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.72%) Android
5 11 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.39%) Windows 10
7 8 (2.13%) Unix
8 6 (1.60%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.33%) AIX
10 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.80%) VMS
12 2 (0.53%) SUSE
12 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (44.68%) DevOps
2 129 (34.31%) Agile
3 123 (32.71%) CI/CD
4 86 (22.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (17.55%) Mentoring
6 64 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (14.10%) Cloud Security
9 48 (12.77%) Analytics
10 47 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 47 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 46 (12.23%) Coaching
12 43 (11.44%) High Availability
12 43 (11.44%) Platform Engineering
13 42 (11.17%) DevSecOps
13 42 (11.17%) Test Automation
14 41 (10.90%) Roadmaps
15 39 (10.37%) Migration
16 38 (10.11%) Containerisation
17 37 (9.84%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 80 (21.28%) PowerShell
2 75 (19.95%) Python
3 55 (14.63%) SQL
4 25 (6.65%) JavaScript
5 24 (6.38%) Bash
5 24 (6.38%) C#
6 21 (5.59%) Java
7 15 (3.99%) Bicep
8 7 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.60%) C
10 5 (1.33%) Ruby
11 3 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.80%) Go
12 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.53%) C++
12 2 (0.53%) PHP
12 2 (0.53%) Rust
12 2 (0.53%) SOQL
12 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 76 (20.21%) Degree
2 36 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.78%) Azure Certification
4 26 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (5.85%) SC Cleared
6 20 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (5.05%) Master's Degree
8 14 (3.72%) CCNA
8 14 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.66%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.86%) CISSP
12 6 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.60%) CCNP
13 5 (1.33%) ISSAP
14 4 (1.06%) MBA
14 4 (1.06%) MCSA
14 4 (1.06%) MCSE
15 3 (0.80%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.18%) NIST
2 26 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (6.65%) NCSC
4 16 (4.26%) GDPR
5 15 (3.99%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.13%) QA
7 6 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.06%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 41 (10.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (9.84%) Docker
4 17 (4.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (4.26%) Hyper-V
6 14 (3.72%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.53%) Firmware
8 2 (0.53%) HDFS
8 2 (0.53%) vSphere
9 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (22.34%) Terraform
2 55 (14.63%) Kubernetes
3 43 (11.44%) Ansible
4 25 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.19%) SCCM
6 9 (2.39%) WSUS
7 5 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.53%) CASB
8 2 (0.53%) Grafana
8 2 (0.53%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.53%) Puppet
8 2 (0.53%) SCOM
8 2 (0.53%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.53%) VxRail
9 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 139 (36.97%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.30%) VMware
3 37 (9.84%) Oracle
4 29 (7.71%) Cisco
5 24 (6.38%) IBM
6 23 (6.12%) Citrix
7 20 (5.32%) Databricks
8 17 (4.52%) Red Hat
9 16 (4.26%) Google
10 12 (3.19%) PeopleSoft
11 10 (2.66%) SAP
12 9 (2.39%) Veeam
13 6 (1.60%) Apple
13 6 (1.60%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.60%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.33%) Dell
15 4 (1.06%) Aruba
15 4 (1.06%) EMC
15 4 (1.06%) Fortinet
15 4 (1.06%) Rapid7