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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 256 275
Rank change year-on-year -51 +19 -134
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 96 148 362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 1.12% 1.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.42% 2.48% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 323
10th Percentile £49,189 £37,170 £46,250
25th Percentile £63,922 £46,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% +2.84% +6.06%
75th Percentile £81,688 £79,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,079 £71,991 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.66% -0.70% +3.57%

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 6,753 5,970 14,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.31% 45.14% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 4,680 12,108
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,042 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 17 April 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 9 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.08%) Confluence
3 2 (2.08%) IIS
4 1 (1.04%) Apache
4 1 (1.04%) FileNet
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 79 (82.29%) Azure
2 59 (61.46%) IaaS
3 35 (36.46%) SaaS
4 34 (35.42%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (34.38%) Entra ID
6 23 (23.96%) GitHub
7 18 (18.75%) AWS
8 17 (17.71%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (17.71%) Serverless
9 15 (15.63%) Azure AKS
10 13 (13.54%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (13.54%) Power Platform
11 11 (11.46%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (11.46%) Azure App Service
11 11 (11.46%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (10.42%) dbt
13 8 (8.33%) GCP
14 6 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (6.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.58%) Firewall
2 9 (9.38%) VPN
3 6 (6.25%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.21%) DNS
5 2 (2.08%) DHCP
5 2 (2.08%) DSL
5 2 (2.08%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.08%) LAN
5 2 (2.08%) SAN
5 2 (2.08%) WAN
6 1 (1.04%) MPLS
6 1 (1.04%) NAS
6 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (19.79%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.42%) NoSQL
3 8 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (5.21%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (5.21%) Redis
5 4 (4.17%) Power BI
6 3 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.08%) MariaDB
7 2 (2.08%) MySQL
7 2 (2.08%) Power Query
7 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.08%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (1.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Git
2 5 (5.21%) Cucumber
2 5 (5.21%) JMeter
2 5 (5.21%) Locust
3 4 (4.17%) JIRA
4 2 (2.08%) Selenium
4 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (2.08%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.04%) GitLab
5 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.75%) Finance
3 12 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.46%) Legal
5 9 (9.38%) Billing
6 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Law
8 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.08%) Advertising
9 2 (2.08%) German Language
9 2 (2.08%) Marketing
10 1 (1.04%) Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Military
10 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (26.04%) Lead
2 20 (20.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (19.79%) Architect
3 19 (19.79%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (18.75%) Senior
5 13 (13.54%) Developer
6 11 (11.46%) .NET Developer
6 11 (11.46%) Lead .NET Developer
6 11 (11.46%) Lead Developer
7 8 (8.33%) Azure Developer
7 8 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.29%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (7.29%) SaaS Developer
9 6 (6.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Technical Developer
9 6 (6.25%) Technical Leader
10 5 (5.21%) Senior Architect
10 5 (5.21%) Senior Technical Architect
10 5 (5.21%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.58%) .NET
2 12 (12.50%) RESTful
3 11 (11.46%) .NET Framework
3 11 (11.46%) React
4 10 (10.42%) ASP.NET Web API
4 10 (10.42%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 10 (10.42%) Entity Framework
4 10 (10.42%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (8.33%) Middleware
6 7 (7.29%) ARM Templates
7 6 (6.25%) JSON
8 5 (5.21%) Django
8 5 (5.21%) Gherkin
9 4 (4.17%) Node.js
10 3 (3.13%) ADO
10 3 (3.13%) CSS
10 3 (3.13%) HTML
11 2 (2.08%) LDAP
11 2 (2.08%) REST
11 2 (2.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.83%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.21%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (5.21%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.08%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.08%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.08%) Social Media
5 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.04%) Clustering
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.04%) Data Fabric
5 1 (1.04%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.04%) PKI
5 1 (1.04%) Replication
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.50%) Windows
2 11 (11.46%) Linux
3 7 (7.29%) Unix
3 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.04%) AIX
4 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.04%) Solaris
4 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (60.42%) DevOps
2 51 (53.13%) CI/CD
3 44 (45.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (39.58%) Agile
5 28 (29.17%) Mentoring
6 27 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (25.00%) Containerisation
8 23 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (21.88%) Test Automation
10 20 (20.83%) Project Delivery
11 18 (18.75%) Microservices
12 16 (16.67%) Observability
12 16 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (15.63%) Analytics
13 15 (15.63%) Computer Science
14 14 (14.58%) Continuous Delivery
14 14 (14.58%) Decision-Making
14 14 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (14.58%) Scrum
15 13 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.96%) PowerShell
1 23 (23.96%) SQL
2 20 (20.83%) Python
3 14 (14.58%) Java
4 12 (12.50%) Bicep
4 12 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 5 (5.21%) Bash
6 4 (4.17%) C#
7 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.08%) PHP
9 1 (1.04%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (1.04%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (16.67%) Degree
2 14 (14.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.46%) Security Cleared
4 9 (9.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.13%) CISSP
6 3 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.04%) IISP
8 1 (1.04%) ISACA
8 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.67%) QA
2 10 (10.42%) NIST
3 8 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (6.25%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.21%) Accessibility
5 5 (5.21%) WCAG
6 4 (4.17%) GDPR
7 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (3.13%) NCSC
8 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.08%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.04%) GRC
9 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 22 (22.92%) Docker
2 16 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.04%) vCloud
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (41.67%) Terraform
2 17 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.25%) Ansible
3 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.21%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (5.21%) Grafana
5 2 (2.08%) Packer
6 1 (1.04%) CASB
6 1 (1.04%) Data Guard
6 1 (1.04%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.33%) Google
3 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.13%) Oracle
4 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.13%) VMware
5 2 (2.08%) Mercator
6 1 (1.04%) Adobe
6 1 (1.04%) Apple
6 1 (1.04%) Cisco
6 1 (1.04%) Commvault
6 1 (1.04%) Databricks
6 1 (1.04%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.04%) IBM
6 1 (1.04%) NetApp
6 1 (1.04%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) Veeam
6 1 (1.04%) Yealink
6 1 (1.04%) Zscaler