PaaS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 148 224
Rank change year-on-year -5 +76 -67
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 9 16 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.17% 0.57% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.64% 1.82% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 20
10th Percentile £49,375 £46,625 £42,540
25th Percentile £58,438 £75,000 £44,560
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £76,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +35.56% -10.71%
75th Percentile £63,750 £92,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £66,250 £129,625 £77,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +6.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,408 880 1,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.53% 31.19% 29.33%
Number of salaries quoted 849 511 1,562
10th Percentile £32,400 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,188 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +18.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £64,281
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £78,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +11.58% -9.09%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PaaS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the Thames Valley

PaaS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 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
Buckinghamshire -15 6 £62,500 -19.35% 2
Oxfordshire -8 2 £55,000 +15.79% 1
Berkshire +1 1 £60,000 -20.00%
PaaS
South East

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) IaaS
2 4 (44.44%) SaaS
3 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) VLAN
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) High Availability
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 3 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
4 3 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) FinOps
4 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Microservices
4 3 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
3 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco