PaaS Job Trends in the Midlands

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 171 226
Rank change year-on-year -35 +55 -26
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 48 48 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.40% 0.99% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.23% 2.86% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 35 40 78
10th Percentile £31,750 - £41,250
25th Percentile £34,674 £44,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,903 1,677 3,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.26% 34.61% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,760 1,306 3,253
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,938 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PaaS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the Midlands

PaaS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
West Midlands -23 36 £75,000 +7.14% 9
East Midlands -48 12 £33,500 -42.98% 9
PaaS
England

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.08%) FileNet
2 1 (2.08%) IIS
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Exchequer
1 4 (8.33%) Primavera
2 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (79.17%) Azure
2 33 (68.75%) IaaS
3 23 (47.92%) SaaS
4 21 (43.75%) Entra ID
5 17 (35.42%) Power Platform
6 13 (27.08%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (16.67%) AWS
8 8 (16.67%) dbt
9 6 (12.50%) Datadog
10 5 (10.42%) Azure AKS
10 5 (10.42%) PowerApps
11 4 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (8.33%) GCP
12 3 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (6.25%) Azure App Service
13 2 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) Firewall
2 4 (8.33%) DNS
3 3 (6.25%) VPN
4 2 (4.17%) SAN
5 1 (2.08%) DHCP
5 1 (2.08%) NAS
5 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.17%) Power BI
3 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Cucumber
1 3 (6.25%) JIRA
1 3 (6.25%) JMeter
1 3 (6.25%) Locust
2 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 14 (29.17%) Finance
1 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Legal
3 2 (4.17%) Digital Health
3 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Architect
2 12 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (18.75%) Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Lead
4 8 (16.67%) Test Leader
5 7 (14.58%) Applications Support
5 7 (14.58%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (14.58%) Support Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
8 3 (6.25%) IT Architect
8 3 (6.25%) IT Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Junior Cloud Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Junior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) Gherkin
2 2 (4.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.08%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.08%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.08%) Cloud Native
2 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) Low-Code
4 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) NHS
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) Clustering
5 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.08%) Linux
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) DevOps
2 15 (31.25%) API Management
3 12 (25.00%) Agile
3 12 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
4 11 (22.92%) CRM
4 11 (22.92%) Identity Access Management
5 10 (20.83%) Data Privacy
5 10 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (20.83%) Translating Business Requirements
6 9 (18.75%) Architectural Design
6 9 (18.75%) Case Management
6 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
6 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (18.75%) Project Delivery
6 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
6 9 (18.75%) TOGAF
7 8 (16.67%) BDD
7 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.75%) Java
2 8 (16.67%) Python
3 7 (14.58%) SQL
4 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.08%) Bicep
5 1 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) IISP
2 1 (2.08%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.25%) SLA
2 3 (6.25%) WCAG
3 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (39.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) Docker
2 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (22.92%) Terraform
2 8 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (10.42%) Kubernetes
4 3 (6.25%) Ansible
4 3 (6.25%) Grafana
4 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (60.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.33%) Sage
4 3 (6.25%) Google
4 3 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (2.08%) Adobe
5 1 (2.08%) Commvault
5 1 (2.08%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.08%) IBM
5 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.08%) Veeam
5 1 (2.08%) VMware