Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 313 169
Rank change year-on-year -29 -144 +22
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 406 894 2,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.91% 2.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.69% 2.53% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 255 745 1,200
10th Percentile £43,850 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £88,125 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,750 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -1.64%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,077 35,358 44,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.91% 35.95% 43.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,032 26,774 29,301
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,725 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -20 368 £72,500 +1.05% 181
UK excluding London +35 219 £65,000 - 95
London -26 160 £83,750 -1.47% 102
Work from Home +14 144 £70,000 - 113
South East +96 77 £70,000 +12.00% 21
Midlands +25 47 £70,000 +7.69% 22
North of England +14 37 £65,000 +8.33% 20
West Midlands +12 34 £70,000 +1.11% 18
South West +49 25 £71,991 +2.84% 13
North West -9 22 £75,000 +13.21% 13
East Midlands +54 13 £36,250 -20.33% 4
Yorkshire +46 13 £62,500 +5.00% 6
East of England +57 12 £50,000 -16.67% 2
Scotland +90 10 £55,000 -7.60% 11
Wales +42 10 £38,094 -26.88% 3
Northern Ireland +37 3 - - 4
North East +48 2 - - 2

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 46 (11.33%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (4.43%) CMS
4 8 (1.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.72%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.48%) Confluence
6 6 (1.48%) IIS
7 5 (1.23%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.99%) Apache
8 4 (0.99%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
Applications
1 12 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.97%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.99%) Trello
4 2 (0.49%) Maya
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.96%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 8 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.74%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.49%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 315 (77.59%) Azure
2 234 (57.64%) SaaS
3 207 (50.99%) IaaS
4 97 (23.89%) AWS
5 88 (21.67%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (16.50%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (13.79%) GCP
8 40 (9.85%) Entra ID
8 40 (9.85%) GitHub
9 27 (6.65%) Power Platform
9 27 (6.65%) Serverless
10 26 (6.40%) OCI
11 22 (5.42%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (4.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (4.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 17 (4.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 16 (3.94%) iPaaS
15 15 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (3.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.36%) DNS
2 32 (7.88%) Firewall
3 22 (5.42%) VPN
4 21 (5.17%) DHCP
5 16 (3.94%) Network Security
6 15 (3.69%) SAN
7 12 (2.96%) WAN
8 10 (2.46%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (1.97%) FTP
9 8 (1.97%) IPv4
9 8 (1.97%) PBX
9 8 (1.97%) SMTP
9 8 (1.97%) Structured Cabling
9 8 (1.97%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.97%) VLAN
10 7 (1.72%) LAN
10 7 (1.72%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.99%) IPsec
11 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.74%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.42%) Power BI
3 16 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 12 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.22%) Star Schema
9 8 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.97%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.72%) MySQL
11 6 (1.48%) Big Data
11 6 (1.48%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.48%) Oracle ODI
11 6 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.23%) Metadata
12 5 (1.23%) SAP BW
12 5 (1.23%) SAP Data Services
12 5 (1.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (6.40%) Jenkins
2 24 (5.91%) Git
3 11 (2.71%) JIRA
4 9 (2.22%) Oracle Forms
4 9 (2.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.97%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.23%) GitLab
7 4 (0.99%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.49%) Gradle
9 2 (0.49%) Maven
9 2 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.25%) Vagrant
General
1 152 (37.44%) Finance
2 150 (36.95%) Social Skills
3 61 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.37%) Law
6 33 (8.13%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (6.90%) Marketing
8 26 (6.40%) Banking
9 25 (6.16%) Legal
10 24 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (5.91%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.20%) Retail
12 11 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.22%) Police
14 8 (1.97%) Welsh Language
15 7 (1.72%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.48%) Advertising
17 5 (1.23%) Front Office
17 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 94 (23.15%) Senior
2 72 (17.73%) Architect
3 62 (15.27%) Cloud Engineer
4 55 (13.55%) Azure Engineer
5 40 (9.85%) Lead
6 38 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 35 (8.62%) Developer
7 35 (8.62%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 33 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (5.91%) Security Engineer
10 22 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (5.17%) IT Architect
12 19 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.69%) Analyst
13 15 (3.69%) Applications Architect
13 15 (3.69%) Consultant
14 14 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.45%) Data Architect
15 13 (3.20%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 12 (2.96%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.36%) .NET
2 21 (5.17%) React
3 18 (4.43%) .NET Framework
3 18 (4.43%) Node.js
3 18 (4.43%) YAML
4 14 (3.45%) ARM Templates
5 13 (3.20%) Middleware
6 12 (2.96%) REST
7 10 (2.46%) Web Services
8 9 (2.22%) AngularJS
8 9 (2.22%) JSON
8 9 (2.22%) SOAP
9 8 (1.97%) Azure Blueprints
10 7 (1.72%) HTML
10 7 (1.72%) RESTful
11 6 (1.48%) CSS
11 6 (1.48%) React Native
11 6 (1.48%) SAML
12 5 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.99%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.32%) Management Information System
2 46 (11.33%) Public Cloud
3 31 (7.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 26 (6.40%) Cloud Native
5 18 (4.43%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (3.20%) Blockchain
7 13 (3.20%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.20%) Private Cloud
8 12 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.96%) IoT
8 12 (2.96%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.22%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.72%) Clustering
12 6 (1.48%) DataPower
12 6 (1.48%) PKI
12 6 (1.48%) Replication
12 6 (1.48%) Social Media
13 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 76 (18.72%) Windows
2 48 (11.82%) Windows Server
3 47 (11.58%) Linux
4 14 (3.45%) Android
5 11 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.22%) Windows 10
7 8 (1.97%) Unix
8 6 (1.48%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.48%) VMS
9 5 (1.23%) AIX
9 5 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.49%) SUSE
11 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (43.60%) DevOps
2 137 (33.74%) Agile
3 130 (32.02%) CI/CD
4 89 (21.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 73 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (16.75%) Mentoring
7 59 (14.53%) Analytics
8 57 (14.04%) Coaching
8 57 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
9 52 (12.81%) Cloud Security
10 48 (11.82%) Computer Science
10 48 (11.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 46 (11.33%) Migration
12 44 (10.84%) High Availability
12 44 (10.84%) Roadmaps
13 43 (10.59%) Platform Engineering
14 41 (10.10%) DevSecOps
15 40 (9.85%) Risk Management
15 40 (9.85%) Test Automation
16 39 (9.61%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 84 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 76 (18.72%) Python
3 63 (15.52%) SQL
4 26 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.91%) C#
6 23 (5.67%) Java
7 22 (5.42%) Bash
8 18 (4.43%) Bicep
9 7 (1.72%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.48%) C
11 4 (0.99%) Ruby
12 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.74%) Go
13 2 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.49%) C++
13 2 (0.49%) PHP
13 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.49%) Rust
13 2 (0.49%) SOQL
13 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (18.97%) Degree
2 44 (10.84%) Azure Certification
3 36 (8.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (8.62%) Security Cleared
5 23 (5.67%) SC Cleared
6 20 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (4.93%) Master's Degree
7 18 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (4.19%) CCNA
9 15 (3.69%) MCSE
10 14 (3.45%) MCSA
11 12 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (2.46%) CCNP
12 10 (2.46%) DBS Check
13 9 (2.22%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.97%) CISSP
14 8 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.23%) MBA
15 5 (1.23%) MCP
16 4 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.14%) NIST
2 27 (6.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.67%) NCSC
4 18 (4.43%) Data Quality
5 17 (4.19%) GDPR
6 8 (1.97%) QA
6 8 (1.97%) SLA
7 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.99%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.25%) GRC
10 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 42 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (8.37%) Docker
4 25 (6.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (4.43%) Hyper-V
6 17 (4.19%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.49%) HDFS
8 2 (0.49%) vSphere
9 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.25%) Firmware
9 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (20.44%) Terraform
2 51 (12.56%) Kubernetes
3 40 (9.85%) Ansible
4 30 (7.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (3.69%) SCCM
6 9 (2.22%) WSUS
7 5 (1.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.99%) SCOM
9 2 (0.49%) CASB
9 2 (0.49%) Grafana
9 2 (0.49%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.49%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.49%) Puppet
9 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.25%) Packer
10 1 (0.25%) Salt
Vendors
1 148 (36.45%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.32%) VMware
3 39 (9.61%) Oracle
4 31 (7.64%) Cisco
5 25 (6.16%) Databricks
6 24 (5.91%) IBM
7 22 (5.42%) Citrix
8 19 (4.68%) Google
9 17 (4.19%) Red Hat
10 12 (2.96%) PeopleSoft
11 9 (2.22%) SAP
11 9 (2.22%) Veeam
12 7 (1.72%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.48%) Apple
13 6 (1.48%) Aruba
13 6 (1.48%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.23%) EMC
14 5 (1.23%) Fortinet
15 4 (0.99%) Dell
15 4 (0.99%) Rapid7