PaaS Job Trends in the South East

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 203 304
Rank change year-on-year -40 +101 -98
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 55 78 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 0.99% 0.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.50% 3.80% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 52 18 70
10th Percentile - £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,688 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +8.16% +6.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,188 £73,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £108,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,671 2,054 5,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.33% 26.09% 30.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,237 1,294 4,001
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,663 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in the South East

PaaS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the South East

PaaS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 Sussex - 16 £70,000 - 2
Thames Valley +4 14 £65,000 -16.13% 6
East Sussex - 14 £45,000 -
Buckinghamshire -1 8 £62,500 -19.35%
Hampshire -32 6 £47,500 -32.14% 4
Oxfordshire -2 4 £65,000 +36.84% 2
Kent - 3 £65,000 - 2
Berkshire +7 2 £65,000 -16.13% 4
Surrey -13 2 £83,750 +45.65%
PaaS
England

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.27%) Confluence
2 3 (5.45%) IIS
3 1 (1.82%) Apache
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (81.82%) IaaS
2 42 (76.36%) Azure
3 16 (29.09%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (23.64%) SaaS
5 11 (20.00%) Azure AKS
5 11 (20.00%) Entra ID
6 10 (18.18%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (10.91%) AWS
8 5 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (7.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.82%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.82%) Azure Service Fabric
10 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.00%) Firewall
2 6 (10.91%) PuTTY
2 6 (10.91%) SSH
3 5 (9.09%) VPN
4 2 (3.64%) DNS
5 1 (1.82%) DHCP
5 1 (1.82%) LAN
5 1 (1.82%) MPLS
5 1 (1.82%) VLAN
5 1 (1.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (43.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.82%) Redis
2 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Git
General
1 13 (23.64%) Finance
2 9 (16.36%) Billing
3 3 (5.45%) Law
3 3 (5.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Advertising
4 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Aviation
4 1 (1.82%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Azure Engineer
2 16 (29.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 15 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (25.45%) IT Engineer
4 14 (25.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Architect
5 6 (10.91%) Senior
5 6 (10.91%) Support Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Technical Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Technical Support
5 6 (10.91%) Technical Support Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) .NET Software Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) C# Software Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) CloudOps Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Linux Support
6 5 (9.09%) Linux Support Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior CloudOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) .NET
2 4 (7.27%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.82%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.82%) OAuth
3 1 (1.82%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.82%) OpenID
3 1 (1.82%) REST
3 1 (1.82%) SOAP
3 1 (1.82%) WCF
3 1 (1.82%) Web Services
3 1 (1.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.82%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.82%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.82%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.55%) Linux
2 6 (10.91%) VMS
3 5 (9.09%) Windows
4 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (47.27%) DevOps
3 21 (38.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (34.55%) CI/CD
5 15 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (16.36%) Computer Science
7 9 (16.36%) Cost Management
7 9 (16.36%) FinOps
8 8 (14.55%) Analytics
8 8 (14.55%) Cloud Security
9 7 (12.73%) Agile
9 7 (12.73%) Containerisation
9 7 (12.73%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (10.91%) Business Strategy
10 6 (10.91%) Cloud Operations
10 6 (10.91%) RBAC
10 6 (10.91%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 8 (14.55%) SQL
3 7 (12.73%) Python
4 6 (10.91%) Bicep
4 6 (10.91%) DCL
4 6 (10.91%) Tcl
5 5 (9.09%) C#
6 1 (1.82%) Bash
6 1 (1.82%) Delphi
6 1 (1.82%) VB
6 1 (1.82%) VB6
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.64%) ICAEW
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.82%) MCSE
4 1 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) NIST
2 5 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.27%) PCI DSS
4 3 (5.45%) SLA
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.82%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Docker
2 3 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (32.73%) Terraform
2 8 (14.55%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.82%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (56.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco
3 1 (1.82%) VMware
3 1 (1.82%) Zscaler