Hybrid/Remote PaaS Job Trends

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring PaaS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 296 294
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 -183
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 172 136 245
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.83% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.99% 2.28% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 142 104 172
10th Percentile £49,251 £37,170 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% +1.15% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,813 £81,563
90th Percentile - £97,275 £91,250
UK median annual salary £75,677 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -1.43% -3.45%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

PaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,661 5,973 10,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 36.36% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 6,278 4,407 8,001
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,063 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PaaS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PaaS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PaaS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PaaS over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

PaaS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 159 (92.44%) Azure
2 73 (42.44%) IaaS
3 57 (33.14%) SaaS
4 52 (30.23%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (19.19%) Entra ID
6 31 (18.02%) AWS
6 31 (18.02%) Serverless
7 26 (15.12%) GitHub
8 23 (13.37%) Azure Functions
9 21 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (11.05%) GCP
11 17 (9.88%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (8.72%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (7.56%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (7.56%) Azure AKS
13 13 (7.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (5.81%) dbt
15 9 (5.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (4.65%) Datadog
16 8 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.53%) VPN
2 9 (5.23%) DNS
2 9 (5.23%) Firewall
3 7 (4.07%) DHCP
4 5 (2.91%) SAN
4 5 (2.91%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.33%) Kerberos
6 3 (1.74%) Network Security
6 3 (1.74%) WAN
7 2 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.16%) Wireless
8 1 (0.58%) DSL
8 1 (0.58%) LAN
8 1 (0.58%) NAS
8 1 (0.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (6.40%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.65%) Redis
5 5 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.33%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.74%) MySQL
8 2 (1.16%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.58%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.58%) Metadata
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.58%) Power BI
9 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (9.88%) Git
2 5 (2.91%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.91%) JMeter
2 5 (2.91%) Locust
3 3 (1.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 79 (45.93%) Finance
2 43 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (13.37%) Law
4 11 (6.40%) Legal
5 8 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Aviation
7 3 (1.74%) Banking
8 2 (1.16%) Advertising
9 1 (0.58%) German Language
9 1 (0.58%) Military
9 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Retail
9 1 (0.58%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 61 (35.47%) Lead
2 57 (33.14%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 39 (22.67%) Platform Engineer
5 35 (20.35%) Architect
6 31 (18.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 26 (15.12%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 24 (13.95%) Senior
9 19 (11.05%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 19 (11.05%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (9.30%) Analyst
11 13 (7.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 13 (7.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (6.98%) Lead Architect
13 9 (5.23%) .NET Software Engineer
13 9 (5.23%) Azure Architect
13 9 (5.23%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (5.23%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 9 (5.23%) Software Engineer
14 8 (4.65%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.14%) ARM Templates
2 13 (7.56%) .NET
3 5 (2.91%) Django
3 5 (2.91%) Gherkin
3 5 (2.91%) React
3 5 (2.91%) RESTful
4 4 (2.33%) LDAP
4 4 (2.33%) OAuth
4 4 (2.33%) OpenID
4 4 (2.33%) SAML
5 3 (1.74%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.74%) Middleware
5 3 (1.74%) REST
5 3 (1.74%) YAML
6 2 (1.16%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.16%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.16%) JSON
6 2 (1.16%) Node.js
6 2 (1.16%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (1.16%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.77%) Cloud Native
2 17 (9.88%) Public Cloud
2 17 (9.88%) Security Posture
3 12 (6.98%) Podcast
4 9 (5.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.07%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.33%) Data Fabric
7 4 (2.33%) Replication
8 3 (1.74%) Blog
8 3 (1.74%) Clustering
8 3 (1.74%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.74%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.74%) SystemC
9 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.28%) Windows
2 15 (8.72%) Linux
3 12 (6.98%) VMS
4 6 (3.49%) Unix
5 5 (2.91%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.58%) AIX
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (52.91%) DevOps
2 78 (45.35%) Infrastructure as Code
3 74 (43.02%) CI/CD
4 72 (41.86%) Platform Engineering
5 55 (31.98%) Agile
6 39 (22.67%) Cloud Security
7 34 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (19.77%) Mentoring
7 34 (19.77%) Observability
8 31 (18.02%) Analytics
9 30 (17.44%) Roadmaps
10 27 (15.70%) Containerisation
11 26 (15.12%) Cost Optimisation
11 26 (15.12%) Microservices
12 24 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (13.37%) Task Automation
14 22 (12.79%) AI
14 22 (12.79%) Computer Science
14 22 (12.79%) Technical Leadership
15 21 (12.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (29.65%) PowerShell
2 39 (22.67%) Bicep
3 34 (19.77%) Python
4 27 (15.70%) SQL
5 21 (12.21%) Bash
6 15 (8.72%) Java
7 13 (7.56%) C#
8 12 (6.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (3.49%) Ruby
10 4 (2.33%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.74%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.16%) Go
13 1 (0.58%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (15.12%) Azure Certification
2 23 (13.37%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.56%) Degree
5 12 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.07%) CISSP
8 2 (1.16%) CISM
9 1 (0.58%) GIAC
9 1 (0.58%) IISP
9 1 (0.58%) ISACA
9 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.58%) SSCP
9 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.23%) QA
2 8 (4.65%) NIST
3 6 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.49%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.91%) WCAG
5 3 (1.74%) GDPR
5 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
6 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (24.42%) Active Directory
2 21 (12.21%) Docker
3 18 (10.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (8.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (8.14%) vSphere
6 3 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 72 (41.86%) Terraform
2 22 (12.79%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.49%) Ansible
6 5 (2.91%) AWS Copilot
6 5 (2.91%) Grafana
7 2 (1.16%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.58%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.58%) Packer
8 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.58%) QRadar
8 1 (0.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.63%) VMware
3 12 (6.98%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (5.81%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.65%) Oracle
6 6 (3.49%) Google
7 5 (2.91%) Databricks
7 5 (2.91%) SAP
8 4 (2.33%) Cisco
8 4 (2.33%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.74%) Meraki
9 3 (1.74%) Veeam
10 2 (1.16%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.16%) EMC
10 2 (1.16%) Sophos
10 2 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.58%) Apple
11 1 (0.58%) Commvault
11 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.58%) Red Hat