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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 339 178
Rank change year-on-year -38 -161 +22
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 335 689 1,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.77% 2.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.38% 2.23% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 200 566 967
10th Percentile £43,600 £45,625 £44,115
25th Percentile £52,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -3.45% +3.16%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,750 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 14,050 30,881 37,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.49% 34.38% 43.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9,440 24,362 24,827
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £34,605
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -23 143 £82,500 - 159
South East +69 72 £57,500 -9.80% 25
Midlands +37 51 £66,250 +1.92% 25
West Midlands +16 31 £70,000 +1.11% 16
North of England -34 28 £65,000 +9.20% 55
East Midlands +57 20 £35,000 -22.22% 9
South West +46 16 £71,991 +15.19% 15
Yorkshire +38 15 £63,750 +7.10% 17
East of England +51 13 £43,000 -28.33% 5
North West -46 13 £72,500 +11.54% 33
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 35 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 21 (6.27%) CMS
3 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.49%) Apache
4 5 (1.49%) IIS
5 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.60%) Maya
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (0.90%) Shopify
2 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.60%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.30%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 279 (83.28%) Azure
2 181 (54.03%) SaaS
3 177 (52.84%) IaaS
4 101 (30.15%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (27.16%) AWS
6 46 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
7 41 (12.24%) Entra ID
8 38 (11.34%) GCP
9 35 (10.45%) Power Platform
10 33 (9.85%) GitHub
11 26 (7.76%) Azure Service Bus
11 26 (7.76%) Power Automate
12 25 (7.46%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (7.46%) Serverless
13 24 (7.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 24 (7.16%) Azure Key Vault
14 21 (6.27%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (5.97%) iPaaS
16 15 (4.48%) Azure AI
16 15 (4.48%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 43 (12.84%) Firewall
2 35 (10.45%) VPN
3 32 (9.55%) DNS
4 25 (7.46%) WAN
5 21 (6.27%) SD-WAN
6 16 (4.78%) Network Security
7 14 (4.18%) DHCP
8 7 (2.09%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (1.79%) LAN
9 6 (1.79%) SAN
10 5 (1.49%) VLAN
11 4 (1.19%) FTP
11 4 (1.19%) IPv4
11 4 (1.19%) PBX
11 4 (1.19%) SMTP
11 4 (1.19%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.60%) Internet
12 2 (0.60%) NAS
12 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.06%) Power BI
2 23 (6.87%) MySQL
3 21 (6.27%) Data Lake
4 20 (5.97%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (3.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (2.69%) Star Schema
8 7 (2.09%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.79%) Big Data
9 6 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.19%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.90%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.60%) HDInsight
13 2 (0.60%) Impala
13 2 (0.60%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 39 (11.64%) Git
2 24 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.99%) JIRA
4 9 (2.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.79%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.90%) GitLab
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.60%) Gradle
7 2 (0.60%) Maven
7 2 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 122 (36.42%) Finance
2 100 (29.85%) Social Skills
3 59 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.45%) Presentation Skills
5 32 (9.55%) Law
5 32 (9.55%) Legal
6 26 (7.76%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (7.16%) Banking
8 23 (6.87%) Marketing
9 22 (6.57%) Telecoms
10 19 (5.67%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.79%) Advertising
12 6 (1.79%) Retail
13 5 (1.49%) Front Office
13 5 (1.49%) Local Government
14 4 (1.19%) Games
14 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.60%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 79 (23.58%) Architect
2 66 (19.70%) Senior
3 49 (14.63%) Azure Engineer
3 49 (14.63%) Cloud Engineer
4 45 (13.43%) Lead
5 30 (8.96%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.36%) Security Engineer
7 25 (7.46%) IT Architect
7 25 (7.46%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 23 (6.87%) Developer
8 23 (6.87%) Platform Engineer
9 20 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (5.67%) Applications Architect
11 17 (5.07%) Cloud Architect
12 16 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (2.99%) Senior Architect
15 9 (2.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 9 (2.69%) ETL Developer
15 9 (2.69%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (10.75%) .NET
2 24 (7.16%) YAML
3 18 (5.37%) Node.js
4 15 (4.48%) .NET Framework
4 15 (4.48%) React
5 13 (3.88%) REST
6 12 (3.58%) ARM Templates
7 9 (2.69%) RESTful
7 9 (2.69%) SOAP
8 8 (2.39%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.39%) Middleware
9 7 (2.09%) CSS
9 7 (2.09%) HTML
9 7 (2.09%) JSON
10 6 (1.79%) Azure Blueprints
10 6 (1.79%) React Native
10 6 (1.79%) SAML
11 5 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (1.19%) OAuth
12 4 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.04%) Management Information System
2 30 (8.96%) Public Cloud
3 21 (6.27%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.27%) Security Posture
4 20 (5.97%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (5.37%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.48%) NHS
7 13 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (3.58%) Driving Licence
9 11 (3.28%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (2.99%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.69%) Private Cloud
12 8 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (2.09%) Clustering
13 7 (2.09%) Replication
14 6 (1.79%) DataPower
15 5 (1.49%) PKI
15 5 (1.49%) Virtual Team
16 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (19.10%) Windows
2 46 (13.73%) Linux
3 35 (10.45%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.28%) Android
5 7 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.79%) Unix
6 6 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.49%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.19%) VMS
8 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) CentOS
10 1 (0.30%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.30%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (49.85%) DevOps
2 133 (39.70%) Agile
3 121 (36.12%) CI/CD
4 80 (23.88%) Mentoring
5 77 (22.99%) Infrastructure as Code
6 62 (18.51%) Coaching
7 60 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (17.01%) Migration
9 55 (16.42%) Roadmaps
10 53 (15.82%) Analytics
11 48 (14.33%) Cybersecurity
12 47 (14.03%) Cloud Security
12 47 (14.03%) Test Automation
13 46 (13.73%) Computer Science
13 46 (13.73%) ITIL
14 42 (12.54%) Creative Thinking
15 40 (11.94%) DevSecOps
16 39 (11.64%) High Availability
16 39 (11.64%) Project Management
17 37 (11.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (28.36%) PowerShell
2 65 (19.40%) Python
3 54 (16.12%) SQL
4 32 (9.55%) Bicep
5 25 (7.46%) JavaScript
6 24 (7.16%) C#
7 22 (6.57%) Bash
8 17 (5.07%) Java
9 5 (1.49%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.19%) Ruby
11 3 (0.90%) Go
11 3 (0.90%) PHP
11 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.60%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) C
13 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.30%) Haskell
13 1 (0.30%) Perl
13 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 66 (19.70%) Degree
2 56 (16.72%) Azure Certification
3 26 (7.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (7.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (6.27%) Security Cleared
6 20 (5.97%) Master's Degree
7 17 (5.07%) CCNA
7 17 (5.07%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (4.78%) DBS Check
9 13 (3.88%) CCNP
10 11 (3.28%) SC Cleared
11 10 (2.99%) AWS Certification
12 9 (2.69%) MCSA
13 8 (2.39%) CISSP
13 8 (2.39%) MCP
13 8 (2.39%) MCSE
14 6 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
16 3 (0.90%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (9.55%) NIST
3 26 (7.76%) NCSC
4 17 (5.07%) GDPR
5 15 (4.48%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.69%) QA
7 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.90%) GRC
9 3 (0.90%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (9.85%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.16%) Docker
4 20 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (3.28%) Hyper-V
6 11 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.60%) HDFS
7 2 (0.60%) KVM
7 2 (0.60%) Xen
8 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (23.28%) Terraform
2 42 (12.54%) Kubernetes
3 38 (11.34%) Ansible
4 16 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (2.99%) SCCM
7 7 (2.09%) Puppet
8 6 (1.79%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.49%) WSUS
10 3 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.60%) CFEngine
11 2 (0.60%) Grafana
11 2 (0.60%) Hadoop YARN
11 2 (0.60%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.30%) Consul
12 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.30%) Packer
12 1 (0.30%) Salt
12 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 123 (36.72%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.34%) VMware
3 32 (9.55%) Databricks
4 20 (5.97%) Cisco
5 19 (5.67%) Oracle
6 16 (4.78%) Citrix
6 16 (4.78%) Google
7 15 (4.48%) Meraki
8 7 (2.09%) IBM
8 7 (2.09%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.79%) Apple
9 6 (1.79%) EMC
9 6 (1.79%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.49%) Veeam
11 4 (1.19%) TOWER Software
12 3 (0.90%) Dell
12 3 (0.90%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.90%) SAP