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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 287 298
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 -139
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 108 155 336
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 1.02% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 2.52% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 94 105 287
10th Percentile £49,786 £33,520 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £44,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £95,875 £87,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +2.84% -

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 7,072 6,139 13,963
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 40.55% 42.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,846 4,490 11,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 18 May 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.85%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) Apache
4 1 (0.93%) FileNet
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 93 (86.11%) Azure
2 59 (54.63%) IaaS
3 40 (37.04%) SaaS
4 34 (31.48%) Entra ID
5 31 (28.70%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (24.07%) AWS
7 21 (19.44%) Serverless
8 17 (15.74%) Azure AKS
8 17 (15.74%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (13.89%) GCP
9 15 (13.89%) GitHub
10 13 (12.04%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (11.11%) Power Platform
12 10 (9.26%) dbt
13 9 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (7.41%) Azure App Service
15 6 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (5.56%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.96%) Firewall
2 8 (7.41%) VPN
3 5 (4.63%) DNS
3 5 (4.63%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.70%) Kerberos
5 2 (1.85%) DSL
5 2 (1.85%) SAN
6 1 (0.93%) DHCP
6 1 (0.93%) LAN
6 1 (0.93%) MPLS
6 1 (0.93%) NAS
6 1 (0.93%) Network Security
6 1 (0.93%) WAN
6 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (20.37%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (6.48%) NoSQL
4 6 (5.56%) Redis
5 5 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (2.78%) SAP HANA
6 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.85%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.85%) MySQL
7 2 (1.85%) Power BI
7 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.85%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 9 (8.33%) Git
2 5 (4.63%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.63%) JMeter
2 5 (4.63%) Locust
3 3 (2.78%) JIRA
4 2 (1.85%) Selenium
4 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.93%) GitLab
5 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 21 (19.44%) Finance
3 11 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (10.19%) Legal
4 9 (8.33%) Billing
5 8 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.41%) Law
6 3 (2.78%) Advertising
7 2 (1.85%) German Language
8 1 (0.93%) Aviation
8 1 (0.93%) Banking
8 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Military
8 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (25.93%) Architect
2 27 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 21 (19.44%) Lead
4 20 (18.52%) Cloud Engineer
5 19 (17.59%) Senior
6 16 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (9.26%) Developer
8 9 (8.33%) Digital Architect
8 9 (8.33%) Digital Solutions Architect
9 8 (7.41%) .NET Developer
9 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.41%) Lead .NET Developer
9 8 (7.41%) Lead Developer
10 7 (6.48%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) .NET Software Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) C# Software Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) Consultant
11 6 (5.56%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) Software Engineer
12 5 (4.63%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.74%) .NET
2 11 (10.19%) RESTful
3 8 (7.41%) .NET Framework
3 8 (7.41%) Middleware
3 8 (7.41%) React
4 7 (6.48%) ASP.NET Web API
4 7 (6.48%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 7 (6.48%) Entity Framework
4 7 (6.48%) Razor View Engine
5 6 (5.56%) ARM Templates
6 5 (4.63%) Django
6 5 (4.63%) Gherkin
7 4 (3.70%) LDAP
7 4 (3.70%) Node.js
7 4 (3.70%) OAuth
7 4 (3.70%) OpenID
7 4 (3.70%) SAML
8 3 (2.78%) ADO
8 3 (2.78%) CSS
8 3 (2.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.63%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.78%) Data Fabric
4 3 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.85%) Clustering
5 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.93%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) PKI
6 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.89%) Linux
2 13 (12.04%) Windows
3 7 (6.48%) Unix
4 6 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) AIX
5 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.93%) Solaris
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (55.56%) DevOps
2 45 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 44 (40.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (35.19%) Agile
5 29 (26.85%) Mentoring
6 24 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 23 (21.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (21.30%) Microservices
8 21 (19.44%) Platform Engineering
9 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (16.67%) Observability
11 17 (15.74%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (13.89%) Analytics
12 15 (13.89%) Coaching
12 15 (13.89%) Collaborative Culture
12 15 (13.89%) Full-Stack Development
12 15 (13.89%) Project Delivery
12 15 (13.89%) Scrum
12 15 (13.89%) Test Automation
13 14 (12.96%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 21 (19.44%) Python
3 19 (17.59%) SQL
4 14 (12.96%) Java
5 12 (11.11%) Bicep
6 11 (10.19%) C#
7 9 (8.33%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.85%) Bash
9 2 (1.85%) PHP
10 1 (0.93%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.93%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.96%) Degree
3 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.48%) CISSP
6 6 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.56%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.93%) CISM
8 1 (0.93%) GIAC
8 1 (0.93%) IISP
8 1 (0.93%) ISACA
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.93%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.11%) QA
2 8 (7.41%) NIST
3 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.63%) Accessibility
4 5 (4.63%) GDPR
4 5 (4.63%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.63%) WCAG
5 2 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (19.44%) Docker
2 18 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.93%) vCloud
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (37.96%) Terraform
2 19 (17.59%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.63%) Ansible
5 5 (4.63%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (4.63%) Grafana
6 2 (1.85%) Packer
7 1 (0.93%) CASB
7 1 (0.93%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.93%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.93%) QRadar
Vendors
1 49 (45.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.56%) Google
4 4 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.70%) VMware
5 3 (2.78%) Databricks
5 3 (2.78%) Oracle
5 3 (2.78%) SAP
6 2 (1.85%) Apple
7 1 (0.93%) Adobe
7 1 (0.93%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco
7 1 (0.93%) Commvault
7 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.93%) IBM
7 1 (0.93%) NetApp
7 1 (0.93%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.93%) Splunk
7 1 (0.93%) Veeam
7 1 (0.93%) Yealink