PaaS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring PaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PaaS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 291 130
Rank change year-on-year +30 -161 +54
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 143 351 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 1.04% 2.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.43% 2.39% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 105 308 584
10th Percentile £36,618 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,956 £53,750 £52,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £68,563
Median % change year-on-year - +2.10% -2.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £71,991 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.70% +3.57% -

All Cloud 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 5,878 14,660 20,366
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.31% 43.32% 47.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,639 12,011 14,950
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,640 £37,790
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +1.28%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £97,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%

PaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PaaS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

PaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PaaS.

PaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PaaS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

PaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.50%) Confluence
4 5 (3.50%) NetWeaver
4 5 (3.50%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.40%) IIS
5 2 (1.40%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.80%) Trello
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (3.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (81.82%) Azure
2 85 (59.44%) SaaS
3 71 (49.65%) IaaS
4 50 (34.97%) AWS
5 29 (20.28%) GCP
6 24 (16.78%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (13.29%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (13.29%) Power Platform
8 14 (9.79%) GitHub
9 13 (9.09%) OCI
10 12 (8.39%) PowerApps
11 11 (7.69%) Entra ID
11 11 (7.69%) Power Automate
12 9 (6.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (5.59%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (4.20%) Apigee
16 5 (3.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 4 (2.80%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.79%) DNS
2 8 (5.59%) Firewall
3 7 (4.90%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.80%) DHCP
5 3 (2.10%) Network Security
5 3 (2.10%) VPN
6 2 (1.40%) SAN
6 2 (1.40%) VoIP
7 1 (0.70%) Extranet
7 1 (0.70%) Internet
7 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.70%) VSAN
7 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.89%) Power BI
2 11 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (6.29%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (6.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (6.29%) Star Schema
4 7 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (4.20%) Oracle ODI
6 5 (3.50%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (3.50%) SAP BW
6 5 (3.50%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (3.50%) SAP HANA
7 4 (2.80%) Power Query
8 3 (2.10%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.10%) MySQL
9 2 (1.40%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.40%) CouchDB
9 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (14.69%) Git
2 19 (13.29%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.29%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (6.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (5.59%) SonarQube
5 5 (3.50%) JIRA
6 4 (2.80%) GitLab
6 4 (2.80%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.10%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (1.40%) Gradle
8 2 (1.40%) Maven
9 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 51 (35.66%) Finance
2 46 (32.17%) Social Skills
3 22 (15.38%) Law
4 19 (13.29%) Public Sector
4 19 (13.29%) Telecoms
5 17 (11.89%) Banking
6 15 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (7.69%) Marketing
8 8 (5.59%) Welsh Language
9 7 (4.90%) General Ledger
10 6 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.10%) Advertising
11 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.40%) Local Government
12 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (24.48%) Senior
2 30 (20.98%) Cloud Engineer
3 25 (17.48%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 24 (16.78%) Architect
5 17 (11.89%) Developer
6 15 (10.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (7.69%) Server Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (6.29%) Business Developer
11 9 (6.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 9 (6.29%) Data Architect
11 9 (6.29%) ETL Developer
11 9 (6.29%) Lead
11 9 (6.29%) Power BI Developer
11 9 (6.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.29%) SQL BI Developer
11 9 (6.29%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.89%) Node.js
2 11 (7.69%) ARM Templates
3 8 (5.59%) AngularJS
3 8 (5.59%) Azure Blueprints
4 7 (4.90%) Web Services
5 6 (4.20%) JSON
5 6 (4.20%) React
5 6 (4.20%) React Native
6 5 (3.50%) .NET
6 5 (3.50%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (3.50%) REST
6 5 (3.50%) SOAP
7 3 (2.10%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.40%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.40%) Kafka
8 2 (1.40%) RESTful
8 2 (1.40%) XML
9 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.70%) SAML
9 1 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.57%) Management Information System
2 23 (16.08%) Public Cloud
3 11 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.99%) Product Ownership
5 9 (6.29%) IoT
5 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.20%) DataPower
6 6 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.20%) Social Media
7 5 (3.50%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.50%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.80%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.10%) Clustering
9 3 (2.10%) Replication
10 2 (1.40%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (27.27%) Windows
2 31 (21.68%) Linux
3 23 (16.08%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.90%) Unix
5 6 (4.20%) Android
5 6 (4.20%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.50%) AIX
6 5 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.10%) VMS
7 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.40%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (42.66%) DevOps
2 47 (32.87%) CI/CD
3 40 (27.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (25.87%) Agile
4 37 (25.87%) Analytics
5 36 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (19.58%) Cloud Security
7 26 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
8 25 (17.48%) Incident Management
8 25 (17.48%) Performance Monitoring
9 24 (16.78%) High Availability
10 23 (16.08%) Containerisation
10 23 (16.08%) ETL
11 22 (15.38%) Computer Science
12 20 (13.99%) Cloud Operations
12 20 (13.99%) ITIL
13 19 (13.29%) Mentoring
14 18 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
16 16 (11.19%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.88%) Python
1 27 (18.88%) SQL
2 24 (16.78%) PowerShell
3 16 (11.19%) Java
4 6 (4.20%) Bicep
4 6 (4.20%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.50%) C
6 3 (2.10%) Bash
6 3 (2.10%) C#
7 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.70%) PHP
7 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 29 (20.28%) Degree
2 22 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 22 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 20 (13.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (9.79%) MCSE
4 14 (9.79%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.09%) MCSA
6 12 (8.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (6.99%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.50%) CCNA
8 5 (3.50%) CCNP
8 5 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.50%) MCP
9 4 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.40%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.40%) CEH
10 2 (1.40%) CISSP
10 2 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.99%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.29%) NCSC
3 8 (5.59%) SLA
4 6 (4.20%) NIST
5 4 (2.80%) GDPR
5 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.80%) QA
6 3 (2.10%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (13.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.79%) Docker
3 10 (6.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.50%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.40%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.40%) vSphere
8 1 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (25.87%) Terraform
2 33 (23.08%) Ansible
3 28 (19.58%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (2.80%) SCCM
6 2 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.40%) SCOM
6 2 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.70%) CASB
7 1 (0.70%) Grafana
7 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (31.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.38%) Oracle
3 12 (8.39%) VMware
4 11 (7.69%) IBM
5 7 (4.90%) Google
6 6 (4.20%) Apple
6 6 (4.20%) Databricks
6 6 (4.20%) SAP
7 5 (3.50%) Cisco
8 3 (2.10%) Citrix
8 3 (2.10%) EMC
8 3 (2.10%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.40%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.40%) arcserve
9 2 (1.40%) Aruba
9 2 (1.40%) Avaya
9 2 (1.40%) Linksys
10 1 (0.70%) Meraki
10 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.70%) PagerDuty