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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 287 300
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 -181
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 163 144 287
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.87% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.95% 2.35% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 133 108 229
10th Percentile £47,750 £36,894 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +6.92% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £91,750
UK median annual salary £73,801 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.43% - -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 8,368 6,121 12,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.87% 37.04% 41.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,978 4,520 10,250
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,950 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -6.40%

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 20 July 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 (9.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 149 (91.41%) Azure
2 80 (49.08%) IaaS
3 57 (34.97%) SaaS
4 54 (33.13%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (24.54%) Entra ID
6 35 (21.47%) Serverless
7 33 (20.25%) AWS
8 29 (17.79%) GitHub
9 24 (14.72%) Azure Functions
10 22 (13.50%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (11.66%) GCP
11 19 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (11.04%) Azure AKS
13 15 (9.20%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (8.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 13 (7.98%) Azure Key Vault
16 12 (7.36%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (6.13%) dbt
18 9 (5.52%) Power Platform
19 8 (4.91%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 25 (15.34%) VPN
2 11 (6.75%) Firewall
3 6 (3.68%) DNS
4 5 (3.07%) Kerberos
4 5 (3.07%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.45%) SAN
6 3 (1.84%) DHCP
6 3 (1.84%) WAN
7 2 (1.23%) Network Security
7 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.23%) Wireless
8 1 (0.61%) DSL
8 1 (0.61%) LAN
8 1 (0.61%) NAS
8 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.91%) Redis
5 7 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.45%) MySQL
7 4 (2.45%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.45%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.84%) Power BI
9 2 (1.23%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.23%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.61%) Metadata
10 1 (0.61%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (12.27%) Git
2 5 (3.07%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.07%) JMeter
2 5 (3.07%) Locust
3 4 (2.45%) JIRA
4 2 (1.23%) GitLab
4 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 65 (39.88%) Finance
2 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (13.50%) Law
5 13 (7.98%) Legal
6 9 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.45%) Billing
7 4 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.84%) Advertising
8 3 (1.84%) Aviation
9 2 (1.23%) German Language
10 1 (0.61%) Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 47 (28.83%) Azure Engineer
2 46 (28.22%) Lead
3 38 (23.31%) Architect
4 34 (20.86%) Cloud Engineer
5 25 (15.34%) Senior
6 23 (14.11%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (12.88%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (9.82%) Analyst
9 15 (9.20%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 15 (9.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (7.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (7.36%) Lead Architect
12 10 (6.13%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) .NET Software Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Digital Architect
13 9 (5.52%) Digital Solutions Architect
13 9 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 9 (5.52%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.43%) ARM Templates
2 16 (9.82%) .NET
3 9 (5.52%) RESTful
4 7 (4.29%) React
5 5 (3.07%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.07%) Django
5 5 (3.07%) Gherkin
5 5 (3.07%) LDAP
5 5 (3.07%) OAuth
5 5 (3.07%) OpenID
5 5 (3.07%) SAML
6 4 (2.45%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (2.45%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (2.45%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.45%) Middleware
6 4 (2.45%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (2.45%) REST
7 3 (1.84%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.84%) Node.js
7 3 (1.84%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (23.93%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.43%) Public Cloud
3 16 (9.82%) Security Posture
4 12 (7.36%) Podcast
5 10 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.13%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.29%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.45%) Data Fabric
8 4 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.45%) Replication
9 3 (1.84%) Blog
9 3 (1.84%) Clustering
9 3 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.84%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.95%) Windows
2 15 (9.20%) Linux
3 12 (7.36%) VMS
4 6 (3.68%) Unix
5 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.61%) AIX
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.61%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (58.28%) DevOps
2 79 (48.47%) Infrastructure as Code
3 78 (47.85%) CI/CD
4 60 (36.81%) Agile
5 55 (33.74%) Platform Engineering
6 38 (23.31%) Cloud Security
6 38 (23.31%) Mentoring
7 35 (21.47%) Analytics
8 33 (20.25%) Observability
8 33 (20.25%) Roadmaps
9 32 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (18.40%) Microservices
12 29 (17.79%) Containerisation
13 26 (15.95%) Computer Science
14 25 (15.34%) Identity Access Management
14 25 (15.34%) Task Automation
15 24 (14.72%) Scrum
16 23 (14.11%) Root Cause Analysis
17 22 (13.50%) AI
Programming Languages
1 54 (33.13%) PowerShell
2 38 (23.31%) Bicep
3 36 (22.09%) Python
4 31 (19.02%) SQL
5 21 (12.88%) Bash
6 15 (9.20%) C#
6 15 (9.20%) Java
7 12 (7.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.68%) Ruby
9 5 (3.07%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.07%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.23%) Go
10 2 (1.23%) PHP
11 1 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 25 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.50%) Azure Certification
3 18 (11.04%) Degree
3 18 (11.04%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (5.52%) CISSP
7 3 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.23%) CISM
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.61%) GIAC
9 1 (0.61%) IISP
9 1 (0.61%) ISACA
9 1 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.61%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.98%) NIST
2 11 (6.75%) QA
3 9 (5.52%) PCI DSS
4 7 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.68%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.68%) GDPR
6 5 (3.07%) WCAG
7 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (24.54%) Active Directory
2 25 (15.34%) Docker
3 16 (9.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (8.59%) vSphere
5 13 (7.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 70 (42.94%) Terraform
2 26 (15.95%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.75%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.07%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (3.07%) Grafana
6 3 (1.84%) Ansible
7 2 (1.23%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.61%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.61%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.61%) Packer
8 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 84 (51.53%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.43%) VMware
3 12 (7.36%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (6.75%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.91%) Oracle
6 6 (3.68%) Google
7 5 (3.07%) Databricks
7 5 (3.07%) SAP
8 4 (2.45%) Cisco
8 4 (2.45%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.84%) Meraki
9 3 (1.84%) Veeam
10 2 (1.23%) Apple
10 2 (1.23%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.23%) EMC
10 2 (1.23%) Sophos
10 2 (1.23%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.61%) Commvault
11 1 (0.61%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.61%) Red Hat