PaaS Job Trends in England

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 233 240
Rank change year-on-year -107 +7 -46
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 313 607 805
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 1.36% 1.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 3.63% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 212 293 675
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,775 £46,583
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £71,991 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% -0.70% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +1.33% -0.82% +0.82%

All Cloud Computing 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 20,057 16,721 25,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.91% 37.38% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,158 10,072 21,663
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in England

PaaS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

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 14 February 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
London -18 142 £90,000 +5.88% 39
North of England -1 51 £70,079 +15.90% 14
South East -21 42 £70,000 -6.67% 29
North West +9 31 £67,750 +12.92% 10
Midlands -18 31 £60,000 -20.00% 15
West Midlands -12 22 £65,271 -12.97% 14
East of England +5 16 £62,500 +25.00% 6
South West -128 14 £62,500 -13.18% 12
North East 0 12 £73,801 +6.48% 2
East Midlands -11 9 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire -33 8 £65,466 +4.36% 2
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 19 (6.07%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.19%) Confluence
4 5 (1.60%) IIS
5 4 (1.28%) Documentum
6 2 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) FileNet
7 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Trello
3 2 (0.64%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) SAP FS
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 235 (75.08%) Azure
2 191 (61.02%) IaaS
3 149 (47.60%) SaaS
4 66 (21.09%) AWS
5 63 (20.13%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (19.17%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (16.93%) Entra ID
8 42 (13.42%) Power Platform
9 38 (12.14%) GCP
10 35 (11.18%) Serverless
11 31 (9.90%) Azure Logic Apps
12 28 (8.95%) Azure AKS
13 22 (7.03%) Azure Monitor
13 22 (7.03%) GitHub
14 20 (6.39%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (5.75%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (5.75%) Datadog
16 17 (5.43%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (5.43%) Azure Functions
17 16 (5.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 53 (16.93%) Firewall
2 39 (12.46%) DNS
3 38 (12.14%) VPN
4 24 (7.67%) DHCP
5 17 (5.43%) VLAN
6 14 (4.47%) TCP/IP
6 14 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (4.15%) SAN
8 11 (3.51%) WAN
9 7 (2.24%) Network Security
10 6 (1.92%) LAN
10 6 (1.92%) PuTTY
10 6 (1.92%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.92%) SSH
11 3 (0.96%) VoIP
12 2 (0.64%) Internet
12 2 (0.64%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.64%) MPLS
12 2 (0.64%) Wireless
13 1 (0.32%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.82%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.39%) Power BI
3 15 (4.79%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (4.47%) Data Lake
5 11 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.88%) Redis
8 5 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.96%) Power Query
10 3 (0.96%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.96%) SQLite
11 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.64%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.64%) Metadata
11 2 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (6.71%) JIRA
2 16 (5.11%) Git
3 10 (3.19%) Chocolatey
4 6 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.28%) Balsamiq
5 4 (1.28%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.28%) GitLab
5 4 (1.28%) JMeter
5 4 (1.28%) Locust
6 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 97 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 93 (29.71%) Finance
3 40 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.31%) Law
5 24 (7.67%) Legal
6 20 (6.39%) Banking
7 16 (5.11%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.88%) Billing
11 7 (2.24%) Dutch Language
11 7 (2.24%) French Language
11 7 (2.24%) Games
12 6 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.28%) Marketing
14 3 (0.96%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.64%) Advertising
15 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 96 (30.67%) Architect
2 62 (19.81%) Cloud Engineer
3 55 (17.57%) Senior
4 51 (16.29%) Azure Engineer
5 47 (15.02%) Lead
6 33 (10.54%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (8.31%) Azure Architect
8 25 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.67%) Technical Architect
10 21 (6.71%) Security Engineer
10 21 (6.71%) Support Engineer
11 18 (5.75%) Analyst
11 18 (5.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 16 (5.11%) Developer
12 16 (5.11%) IT Engineer
12 16 (5.11%) Lead Architect
13 15 (4.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.47%) IT Architect
14 14 (4.47%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.67%) .NET
2 15 (4.79%) React
3 14 (4.47%) CSS
3 14 (4.47%) YAML
4 13 (4.15%) .NET Framework
4 13 (4.15%) ARM Templates
4 13 (4.15%) HTML
5 10 (3.19%) JSON
5 10 (3.19%) RESTful
6 9 (2.88%) Django
6 9 (2.88%) Middleware
7 7 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (2.24%) REST
8 6 (1.92%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.60%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (1.28%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.28%) OAuth
10 4 (1.28%) SOAP
10 4 (1.28%) Web Services
11 3 (0.96%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.38%) Cloud Native
2 38 (12.14%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (7.03%) Security Posture
4 18 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.47%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.51%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.19%) AI Agents
7 10 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.19%) Hedge funds
7 10 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.88%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (2.56%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.60%) Social Media
12 4 (1.28%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 44 (14.06%) Windows
2 30 (9.58%) Linux
3 22 (7.03%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.07%) Unix
5 10 (3.19%) VMS
6 4 (1.28%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.64%) Android
7 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (49.20%) DevOps
2 111 (35.46%) Agile
3 100 (31.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (30.03%) CI/CD
5 66 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (20.13%) AI
7 58 (18.53%) Roadmaps
8 56 (17.89%) Mentoring
9 51 (16.29%) Computer Science
10 50 (15.97%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (14.70%) Migration
13 45 (14.38%) Analytics
14 43 (13.74%) Microservices
15 39 (12.46%) Decision-Making
15 39 (12.46%) Enterprise Architecture
16 38 (12.14%) Project Delivery
16 38 (12.14%) Test Automation
17 37 (11.82%) ITIL
18 36 (11.50%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (19.81%) PowerShell
2 48 (15.34%) Python
3 46 (14.70%) SQL
4 33 (10.54%) Bicep
5 23 (7.35%) C#
6 20 (6.39%) Bash
7 17 (5.43%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.51%) Java
9 6 (1.92%) DCL
9 6 (1.92%) Tcl
10 3 (0.96%) PHP
11 2 (0.64%) Delphi
11 2 (0.64%) Go
11 2 (0.64%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.64%) VB
11 2 (0.64%) VB6
12 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 65 (20.77%) Degree
2 43 (13.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (11.50%) Azure Certification
4 34 (10.86%) Security Cleared
5 28 (8.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.15%) CISSP
6 13 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.19%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.19%) CCSK
8 9 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.88%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.88%) PMP
9 8 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.56%) IIBA
10 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.28%) CITP
11 4 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.03%) NIST
3 15 (4.79%) SLA
4 13 (4.15%) NCSC
4 13 (4.15%) QA
5 8 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (2.24%) IFRS
6 7 (2.24%) IFRS 17
6 7 (2.24%) Solvency II
7 6 (1.92%) GDPR
8 5 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.28%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.28%) WCAG
10 1 (0.32%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (16.29%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.10%) Docker
3 23 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.39%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (3.83%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.24%) vSphere
7 3 (0.96%) vCloud
7 3 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 93 (29.71%) Terraform
2 32 (10.22%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (4.47%) Ansible
4 14 (4.47%) SCCM
5 9 (2.88%) AWS Copilot
6 8 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.24%) SCOM
8 6 (1.92%) Grafana
9 5 (1.60%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.28%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.96%) VxRail
12 2 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.64%) Puppet
13 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.32%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 153 (48.88%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.18%) VMware
3 34 (10.86%) Google
4 27 (8.63%) Oracle
5 13 (4.15%) AppDynamics
6 12 (3.83%) Palo Alto
6 12 (3.83%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.51%) BiZZdesign
8 10 (3.19%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (3.19%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.19%) Fortinet
8 10 (3.19%) Tenable
9 9 (2.88%) Informatica
9 9 (2.88%) SAP
10 8 (2.56%) Alteryx
10 8 (2.56%) Anaplan
11 7 (2.24%) Duck Creek
11 7 (2.24%) Guidewire
12 6 (1.92%) Cisco
12 6 (1.92%) Databricks