PaaS Job Trends in London

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 229 180
Rank change year-on-year -22 -49 -12
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 139 212 374
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.91% 1.41% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.31% 3.15% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 92 117 318
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £56,219
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £95,625 £100,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £114,250 £110,500 £114,125
England median annual salary £70,079 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -3.45% +3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,029 6,740 9,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.64% 44.85% 45.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,906 4,276 8,066
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in London

PaaS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PaaS in London

PaaS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London +11 32 £95,000 +8.57% 6
PaaS
England

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.44%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 8 (5.76%) SAP FS
2 1 (0.72%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (76.98%) Azure
2 75 (53.96%) IaaS
3 64 (46.04%) SaaS
4 34 (24.46%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (18.71%) AWS
6 24 (17.27%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (14.39%) GCP
7 20 (14.39%) Power Platform
8 17 (12.23%) Azure Logic Apps
9 16 (11.51%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (10.07%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (10.07%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (9.35%) Azure AKS
11 13 (9.35%) Serverless
12 11 (7.91%) Datadog
12 11 (7.91%) Entra ID
12 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (7.19%) Azure Event Grid
13 10 (7.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (6.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (16.55%) VPN
2 22 (15.83%) Firewall
3 17 (12.23%) DNS
4 14 (10.07%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (9.35%) DHCP
5 13 (9.35%) VLAN
6 12 (8.63%) SAN
7 7 (5.04%) WAN
8 5 (3.60%) LAN
8 5 (3.60%) Network Security
9 4 (2.88%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.16%) VoIP
11 2 (1.44%) Internet
11 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.44%) Wireless
12 1 (0.72%) DKIM
12 1 (0.72%) DMARC
12 1 (0.72%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.72%) NAS
12 1 (0.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (18.71%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.07%) Power BI
3 11 (7.91%) Data Lake
4 7 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.16%) SQLite
7 2 (1.44%) Big Data
7 2 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.44%) Redis
7 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Chocolatey
2 5 (3.60%) Git
2 5 (3.60%) JIRA
3 4 (2.88%) Balsamiq
4 2 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.72%) JMeter
5 1 (0.72%) Locust
General
1 51 (36.69%) Finance
2 43 (30.94%) Social Skills
3 29 (20.86%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.95%) Banking
4 18 (12.95%) Law
5 8 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.76%) Dutch Language
5 8 (5.76%) French Language
5 8 (5.76%) Games
6 7 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.88%) Legal
9 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.16%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.72%) Advertising
11 1 (0.72%) Back Office
11 1 (0.72%) German Language
Job Titles
1 50 (35.97%) Architect
2 29 (20.86%) Senior
3 27 (19.42%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (19.42%) Lead
4 22 (15.83%) Cloud Engineer
5 16 (11.51%) Azure Architect
5 16 (11.51%) Technical Architect
6 14 (10.07%) Security Engineer
7 13 (9.35%) Lead Architect
8 12 (8.63%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (8.63%) IT Architect
8 12 (8.63%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 12 (8.63%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (7.91%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (7.19%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (7.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.47%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (6.47%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 9 (6.47%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.63%) .NET
2 9 (6.47%) React
2 9 (6.47%) YAML
3 6 (4.32%) .NET Framework
3 6 (4.32%) CSS
4 5 (3.60%) HTML
4 5 (3.60%) JSON
4 5 (3.60%) RESTful
5 4 (2.88%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.88%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (1.44%) Django
6 2 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.44%) LINQ
6 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.44%) Next.js
6 2 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.72%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.72%) LDAP
7 1 (0.72%) Middleware
7 1 (0.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.23%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (10.79%) Security Posture
3 12 (8.63%) Cloud Native
4 10 (7.19%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (6.47%) Hedge funds
5 9 (6.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (6.47%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.76%) AI Agents
6 8 (5.76%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (5.04%) Public Cloud
8 6 (4.32%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.88%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.44%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.44%) Social Media
10 2 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.67%) Windows
2 11 (7.91%) Unix
3 9 (6.47%) Linux
4 7 (5.04%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.44%) Android
5 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (49.64%) DevOps
2 63 (45.32%) Agile
3 40 (28.78%) AI
4 38 (27.34%) Computer Science
5 36 (25.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 34 (24.46%) CI/CD
7 32 (23.02%) Mentoring
8 31 (22.30%) Roadmaps
9 26 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (17.99%) Migration
11 24 (17.27%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (17.27%) ITIL
12 23 (16.55%) Decision-Making
12 23 (16.55%) Microservices
13 21 (15.11%) Machine Learning
14 20 (14.39%) Analytics
14 20 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (13.67%) API Management
15 19 (13.67%) Test Automation
16 18 (12.95%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.14%) Python
2 24 (17.27%) PowerShell
3 22 (15.83%) SQL
4 14 (10.07%) C#
5 13 (9.35%) Bash
6 12 (8.63%) Bicep
7 9 (6.47%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.44%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.72%) Java
Qualifications
1 48 (34.53%) Degree
2 29 (20.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (12.95%) Azure Certification
4 14 (10.07%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.19%) CISSP
5 10 (7.19%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.47%) CCSK
7 8 (5.76%) IIBA
7 8 (5.76%) PMI Certification
7 8 (5.76%) PMP
8 7 (5.04%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.44%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.72%) CISA
12 1 (0.72%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (7.91%) NIST
2 11 (7.91%) SLA
3 8 (5.76%) IFRS
3 8 (5.76%) IFRS 17
3 8 (5.76%) NCSC
3 8 (5.76%) Solvency II
4 4 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.16%) QA
6 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.72%) GDPR
6 1 (0.72%) GRC
6 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (13.67%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.91%) Docker
4 6 (4.32%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.16%) vSphere
7 2 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (25.18%) Terraform
2 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (9.35%) SCCM
4 6 (4.32%) Ansible
4 6 (4.32%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.32%) SCOM
4 6 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.16%) VxRail
6 2 (1.44%) AWS Copilot
6 2 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.72%) Grafana
7 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (52.52%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.55%) VMware
3 15 (10.79%) Google
4 14 (10.07%) Oracle
5 10 (7.19%) AppDynamics
5 10 (7.19%) Dynatrace
5 10 (7.19%) Tenable
6 9 (6.47%) Informatica
6 9 (6.47%) SAP
7 8 (5.76%) Alteryx
7 8 (5.76%) Anaplan
7 8 (5.76%) Duck Creek
7 8 (5.76%) Guidewire
7 8 (5.76%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.32%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (4.32%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.88%) Cisco
9 4 (2.88%) Citrix
9 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.16%) Meraki