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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 295 274
Rank change year-on-year +5 -21 -168
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 177 134 255
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 0.82% 1.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.02% 2.31% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 142 104 145
10th Percentile £55,125 £37,170 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,273 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,241 £75,000
90th Percentile - £96,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.52% - -4.36%

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 8,775 5,812 9,567
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.60% 35.78% 40.78%
Number of salaries quoted 6,435 4,193 6,772
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,770
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 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 11 September 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 15 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.26%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 161 (90.96%) Azure
2 74 (41.81%) IaaS
3 59 (33.33%) SaaS
4 51 (28.81%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (18.08%) Serverless
6 26 (14.69%) AWS
6 26 (14.69%) Entra ID
6 26 (14.69%) GitHub
7 24 (13.56%) Azure Functions
8 18 (10.17%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (9.04%) Azure Key Vault
10 14 (7.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (7.91%) GCP
11 13 (7.34%) Azure AKS
12 8 (4.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (4.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (3.39%) OCI
14 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.12%) VPN
2 11 (6.21%) Firewall
3 9 (5.08%) DNS
4 7 (3.95%) DHCP
5 6 (3.39%) WAN
6 5 (2.82%) SAN
6 5 (2.82%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.69%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.69%) LAN
7 3 (1.69%) Network Security
8 2 (1.13%) Wireless
9 1 (0.56%) DSL
9 1 (0.56%) NAS
9 1 (0.56%) VLAN
9 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (9.04%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.26%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.69%) MySQL
6 3 (1.69%) Redis
7 1 (0.56%) Big Data
7 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.56%) Metadata
7 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.56%) Power BI
7 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (9.60%) Git
2 2 (1.13%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) JMeter
3 1 (0.56%) Locust
3 1 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.56%) Selenium
General
1 86 (48.59%) Finance
2 44 (24.86%) Social Skills
3 22 (12.43%) Law
4 14 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.08%) Legal
6 8 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Banking
9 4 (2.26%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.69%) Aviation
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.56%) Retail
11 1 (0.56%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 68 (38.42%) Lead
2 60 (33.90%) Azure Engineer
3 48 (27.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 41 (23.16%) Architect
4 41 (23.16%) Platform Engineer
5 38 (21.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 30 (16.95%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 24 (13.56%) Senior
8 23 (12.99%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 20 (11.30%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (9.04%) Lead Architect
11 14 (7.91%) Analyst
12 13 (7.34%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 13 (7.34%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 10 (5.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (5.08%) .NET Software Engineer
14 9 (5.08%) C# Software Engineer
14 9 (5.08%) Enterprise Architect
14 9 (5.08%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (36.72%) Terraform
2 15 (8.47%) ARM Templates
3 11 (6.21%) .NET
4 4 (2.26%) RESTful
5 3 (1.69%) LDAP
5 3 (1.69%) OAuth
5 3 (1.69%) OpenID
5 3 (1.69%) React
5 3 (1.69%) REST
5 3 (1.69%) SAML
5 3 (1.69%) YAML
6 2 (1.13%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.13%) JSON
6 2 (1.13%) Node.js
6 2 (1.13%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.56%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.56%) Smarty
7 1 (0.56%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.95%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.73%) Security Posture
3 17 (9.60%) Public Cloud
4 12 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (6.78%) Podcast
5 8 (4.52%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.26%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (2.26%) Data Fabric
8 4 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.26%) Replication
9 3 (1.69%) Blog
9 3 (1.69%) Clustering
9 3 (1.69%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.69%) SystemC
10 2 (1.13%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.56%) Windows
2 12 (6.78%) VMS
3 10 (5.65%) Linux
4 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.56%) AIX
5 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Solaris
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (45.20%) DevOps
2 71 (40.11%) Infrastructure as Code
2 71 (40.11%) Platform Engineering
3 63 (35.59%) CI/CD
4 49 (27.68%) Agile
5 41 (23.16%) Cloud Security
6 39 (22.03%) Roadmaps
7 32 (18.08%) Analytics
7 32 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (18.08%) Mentoring
8 28 (15.82%) AI
9 26 (14.69%) Microservices
10 25 (14.12%) Observability
11 24 (13.56%) Cost Optimisation
11 24 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (12.99%) Computer Science
13 22 (12.43%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (11.86%) Risk Management
14 21 (11.86%) Root Cause Analysis
15 20 (11.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 49 (27.68%) PowerShell
2 41 (23.16%) Bicep
3 27 (15.25%) SQL
4 26 (14.69%) Python
5 22 (12.43%) Bash
6 12 (6.78%) C#
6 12 (6.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (3.39%) Java
7 6 (3.39%) Ruby
8 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.13%) ABAP
9 2 (1.13%) Go
9 2 (1.13%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (14.12%) Azure Certification
2 18 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.47%) Degree
4 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.21%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.39%) CISSP
8 2 (1.13%) CISM
9 1 (0.56%) CCNP
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.56%) GIAC
9 1 (0.56%) HND
9 1 (0.56%) IISP
9 1 (0.56%) ISACA
9 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.56%) MCITP
9 1 (0.56%) SSCP
9 1 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.52%) NIST
2 6 (3.39%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.26%) QA
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.56%) PMO
6 1 (0.56%) SLA
6 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (21.47%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (7.91%) vSphere
5 10 (5.65%) Docker
6 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (9.60%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.39%) Ansible
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.13%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (0.56%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.56%) Grafana
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Flashback
4 1 (0.56%) Packer
4 1 (0.56%) QRadar
4 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.30%) VMware
3 12 (6.78%) ScienceLogic
4 9 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.52%) Oracle
6 7 (3.95%) SAP
6 7 (3.95%) YouTube
7 5 (2.82%) Databricks
8 4 (2.26%) Cisco
9 3 (1.69%) Meraki
9 3 (1.69%) Veeam
10 2 (1.13%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.13%) EMC
10 2 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.13%) Sophos
10 2 (1.13%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.56%) Apple
11 1 (0.56%) Commvault
11 1 (0.56%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.56%) Splunk