Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 173 194
Rank change year-on-year -142 +21 -37
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 892 2,321 3,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 2.21% 2.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.53% 5.13% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 746 1,229 1,930
10th Percentile £45,625 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,814 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

PaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,310 45,224 74,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.96% 43.16% 48.08%
Number of salaries quoted 26,760 29,534 41,937
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -136 757 £72,500 +3.57% 168
UK excluding London -214 444 £65,000 +8.33% 116
Work from Home -161 356 £70,000 +3.70% 87
London -47 344 £85,000 +4.94% 71
North of England -116 106 £65,000 - 32
South East -96 94 £62,500 +8.70% 27
South West -67 92 £70,000 +30.84% 19
Midlands -70 84 £65,000 - 15
West Midlands -2 73 £69,235 +10.78% 10
North West -98 63 £67,500 +3.85% 17
Scotland -140 48 £59,526 -0.79% 15
Yorkshire -3 37 £59,526 -4.76% 10
East of England -16 13 £60,000 -20.00% 6
Wales -34 8 £52,101 -13.17% 1
East Midlands -73 8 £45,500 -30.00% 5
North East -18 6 £44,250 -34.44% 5
Northern Ireland -11 2 £89,750 +99.44% 4

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 41 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.35%) CMS
4 9 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.90%) Confluence
5 8 (0.90%) WordPress
6 7 (0.78%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.67%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.67%) IIS
8 4 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.45%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.34%) Apache
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.22%) Kentico
10 2 (0.22%) Liferay
10 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.45%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) HFM
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 724 (81.17%) Azure
2 635 (71.19%) IaaS
3 445 (49.89%) SaaS
4 276 (30.94%) AWS
5 199 (22.31%) Azure DevOps
6 191 (21.41%) Microsoft 365
7 126 (14.13%) GCP
8 95 (10.65%) Entra ID
9 84 (9.42%) Power Platform
10 57 (6.39%) Serverless
11 55 (6.17%) GitHub
12 46 (5.16%) Cloud Computing
13 34 (3.81%) Azure AKS
13 34 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (3.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 22 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (2.35%) Azure Stack
16 21 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 16 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 122 (13.68%) Firewall
2 85 (9.53%) VPN
3 78 (8.74%) DNS
4 76 (8.52%) WAN
5 50 (5.61%) LAN
6 48 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
7 42 (4.71%) SD-WAN
8 38 (4.26%) DHCP
9 35 (3.92%) SAN
10 31 (3.48%) Network Security
11 19 (2.13%) Internet
12 18 (2.02%) VLAN
13 14 (1.57%) NGFW
13 14 (1.57%) Wireless
14 13 (1.46%) BGP
15 10 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (1.12%) HTTP
15 10 (1.12%) SSL
16 9 (1.01%) MPLS
16 9 (1.01%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (13.90%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 48 (5.38%) NoSQL
4 41 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (3.25%) Data Lake
5 29 (3.25%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.47%) Power BI
7 21 (2.35%) MySQL
8 15 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.57%) Big Data
9 14 (1.57%) RDBMS
10 12 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.23%) Metadata
12 10 (1.12%) Redis
13 8 (0.90%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.78%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.67%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.56%) Data Mining
17 4 (0.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 57 (6.39%) Git
2 44 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.13%) GitLab
4 14 (1.57%) JIRA
4 14 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.46%) SonarQube
6 11 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (1.23%) Postman
7 9 (1.01%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.67%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
10 3 (0.34%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.22%) Bower
11 2 (0.22%) gulp
11 2 (0.22%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.22%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.22%) Moq
11 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 187 (20.96%) Social Skills
2 180 (20.18%) Finance
3 70 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (6.50%) Banking
4 58 (6.50%) Public Sector
5 53 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (3.81%) Law
6 34 (3.81%) Marketing
7 20 (2.24%) Retail
8 19 (2.13%) Legal
9 16 (1.79%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.12%) Police
13 8 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.78%) Front Office
14 7 (0.78%) Publishing
15 6 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 258 (28.92%) Architect
2 166 (18.61%) Senior
3 103 (11.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 99 (11.10%) Solutions Architect
5 95 (10.65%) Azure Engineer
6 92 (10.31%) Developer
7 85 (9.53%) Lead
8 79 (8.86%) Cloud Architect
9 70 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 56 (6.28%) Azure Architect
11 53 (5.94%) Consultant
12 43 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
13 39 (4.37%) Citrix Architect
14 38 (4.26%) Infrastructure Architect
15 37 (4.15%) Analyst
15 37 (4.15%) Security Engineer
16 36 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
17 34 (3.81%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
18 30 (3.36%) Senior Cloud Engineer
19 28 (3.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (13.90%) .NET
2 67 (7.51%) ARM Templates
3 64 (7.17%) JSON
4 44 (4.93%) Middleware
4 44 (4.93%) Web Services
5 37 (4.15%) YAML
6 33 (3.70%) RESTful
7 30 (3.36%) XML
8 27 (3.03%) .NET Framework
8 27 (3.03%) HTML
9 24 (2.69%) REST
10 21 (2.35%) OpenID
11 20 (2.24%) .NET Core
11 20 (2.24%) CSS
12 19 (2.13%) React
13 18 (2.02%) Node.js
14 17 (1.91%) ASP.NET
15 16 (1.79%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.79%) SOAP
16 14 (1.57%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 161 (18.05%) Public Cloud
2 101 (11.32%) Cloud Native
3 57 (6.39%) Management Information System
4 50 (5.61%) Data Centre
5 38 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 35 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (2.80%) Data Structures
9 22 (2.47%) Private Cloud
10 21 (2.35%) Enterprise Cloud
10 21 (2.35%) Mainframe
11 20 (2.24%) Blockchain
11 20 (2.24%) Mobile App
12 19 (2.13%) Replication
13 17 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.57%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.46%) Algorithms
16 13 (1.46%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 124 (13.90%) Windows
2 81 (9.08%) Linux
3 60 (6.73%) Windows Server
4 34 (3.81%) Unix
5 19 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.68%) VMS
7 13 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.78%) Solaris
9 7 (0.78%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.45%) Android
11 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.45%) DC/OS
12 2 (0.22%) CentOS
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (42.26%) DevOps
2 253 (28.36%) Agile
3 211 (23.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 186 (20.85%) CI/CD
5 131 (14.69%) Cybersecurity
5 131 (14.69%) Roadmaps
6 120 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 118 (13.23%) Microservices
8 116 (13.00%) ITIL
9 91 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (10.09%) Cloud Security
11 87 (9.75%) Mentoring
12 80 (8.97%) Migration
13 77 (8.63%) TOGAF
14 74 (8.30%) Analytics
15 73 (8.18%) Information Security
15 73 (8.18%) Software Engineering
16 67 (7.51%) Artificial Intelligence
16 67 (7.51%) Containerisation
16 67 (7.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 167 (18.72%) PowerShell
2 144 (16.14%) SQL
3 120 (13.45%) Python
4 84 (9.42%) C#
5 63 (7.06%) Bicep
6 59 (6.61%) JavaScript
7 47 (5.27%) Java
8 41 (4.60%) Bash
9 18 (2.02%) Go
10 10 (1.12%) Ruby
11 9 (1.01%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.90%) PHP
13 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.45%) C++
14 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.45%) Scala
15 3 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.22%) C
16 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (13.00%) Degree
2 107 (12.00%) Azure Certification
3 104 (11.66%) Security Cleared
4 61 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (3.81%) TOGAF Certification
8 31 (3.48%) AWS Certification
9 29 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.03%) CISSP
11 24 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 24 (2.69%) DV Cleared
12 21 (2.35%) Master's Degree
13 19 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (1.91%) CCNA
15 16 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
16 14 (1.57%) CISM
17 12 (1.35%) A+ Certification
18 10 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (3.70%) NIST
3 27 (3.03%) GDPR
4 26 (2.91%) QA
5 19 (2.13%) NCSC
6 15 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.57%) COBIT
8 13 (1.46%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.35%) HIPAA
10 11 (1.23%) SLA
11 10 (1.12%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.90%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.78%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.67%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.45%) PMO
16 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
17 1 (0.11%) GRC
17 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 134 (15.02%) Active Directory
2 81 (9.08%) Docker
3 63 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (2.69%) vSphere
6 22 (2.47%) Hyper-V
7 20 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.57%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.45%) XenApp
11 3 (0.34%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.22%) NFS
13 1 (0.11%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.11%) RACF
13 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 235 (26.35%) Terraform
2 135 (15.13%) Kubernetes
3 76 (8.52%) Ansible
4 53 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (3.25%) Puppet
6 21 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.91%) FortiGate
8 16 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.12%) SCCM
10 8 (0.90%) Istio
11 7 (0.78%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.67%) Nessus
12 6 (0.67%) NetCrunch
13 5 (0.56%) Grafana
13 5 (0.56%) Kibana
13 5 (0.56%) Packer
13 5 (0.56%) QRadar
14 4 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 372 (41.70%) Microsoft
2 87 (9.75%) VMware
3 62 (6.95%) Cisco
4 53 (5.94%) Google
5 51 (5.72%) Oracle
6 48 (5.38%) Citrix
7 28 (3.14%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.58%) Veeam
9 21 (2.35%) SAP
9 21 (2.35%) Splunk
10 20 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 19 (2.13%) Databricks
11 19 (2.13%) Palo Alto
12 16 (1.79%) NetApp
13 14 (1.57%) AppDynamics
14 13 (1.46%) Dynatrace
15 12 (1.35%) Sparx
16 11 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
16 11 (1.23%) Blue Prism
16 11 (1.23%) UiPath