PaaS Job Trends in Glasgow

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 48 195
Rank change year-on-year -14 +147 -122
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 5 2 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.51% 0.49% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.23% 1.82% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 29
10th Percentile - £63,050 -
25th Percentile - £64,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,800 £69,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.29% +32.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £74,625 £77,500
90th Percentile - £76,350 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £64,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +17.19% +7.52% -0.79%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 224 110 1,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.00% 26.83% 49.62%
Number of salaries quoted 106 82 313
10th Percentile £27,250 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,313 £41,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,360 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,375 £78,750
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in Glasgow

PaaS
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PaaS

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (20.00%) OCI
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Database Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Database Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) AIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) OWASP
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CASB
1 1 (20.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Flashback
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow