PaaS Jobs in the North West

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 225 127
Rank change year-on-year -10 -98 +39
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 22 64 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.29% 0.66% 2.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.76% 1.92% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13 56 83
10th Percentile £48,750 £37,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £56,438 £46,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -1.85% +10.20%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,625
90th Percentile £108,750 £91,875 £95,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,073 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% +0.10% -2.29%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,247 3,334 3,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.46% 34.30% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 914 2,636 1,955
10th Percentile £31,575 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £84,982 £86,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PaaS in the North West.

Salary trend for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +46 20 £76,250 +12.96% 21
Cheshire +39 2 £72,500 +52.63% 4
PaaS
England

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 15 (68.18%) SaaS
2 14 (63.64%) Azure
3 10 (45.45%) IaaS
4 7 (31.82%) OCI
5 6 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (27.27%) IBM Cloud
6 4 (18.18%) AWS
7 3 (13.64%) GCP
8 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (9.09%) GitHub
8 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (4.55%) Cloudflare
9 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
9 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) MySQL
2 2 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Law
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.09%) Retail
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Oracle Specialist
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Data Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) QA Manager
3 2 (9.09%) QA Test Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Test Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) JSON
2 1 (4.55%) REST
2 1 (4.55%) SOAP
2 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Blockchain
1 6 (27.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (13.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.55%) CSOC
4 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) CI/CD
2 7 (31.82%) DevOps
2 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (27.27%) Configuration Management
3 6 (27.27%) Cost Reduction
3 6 (27.27%) Knowledge Management
3 6 (27.27%) Personalization
3 6 (27.27%) Release Management
3 6 (27.27%) User Experience
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
4 3 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (13.64%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 5 (22.73%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) Bash
3 2 (9.09%) Bicep
3 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (4.55%) PHP
4 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) GDPR
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) NIST
1 3 (13.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Terraform
2 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Oracle
3 6 (27.27%) IBM
3 6 (27.27%) PeopleSoft
3 6 (27.27%) Red Hat
4 3 (13.64%) Rapid7
5 2 (9.09%) Databricks
6 1 (4.55%) Dell
6 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.55%) Google
6 1 (4.55%) Informatica
6 1 (4.55%) MuleSoft
6 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint
6 1 (4.55%) Sophos