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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 211 211
Rank change year-on-year -67 0 -46
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 104 249 419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.56% 1.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.78% 3.33% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 92 144 358
10th Percentile £46,243 £47,875 £46,306
25th Percentile £59,188 £56,438 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,716 £69,308 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% -4.40% +6.15%
75th Percentile £84,063 £79,375 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £69,308 £70,576
% change year-on-year +2.34% -1.80% +0.82%

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 5,846 7,472 12,662
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.92% 46.74% 45.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,054 4,742 11,079
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 3 February 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 10 (9.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.88%) Confluence
4 2 (1.92%) IIS
5 1 (0.96%) Apache
5 1 (0.96%) FileNet
Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.88%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 86 (82.69%) Azure
2 69 (66.35%) IaaS
3 44 (42.31%) SaaS
4 38 (36.54%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (36.54%) Entra ID
5 28 (26.92%) GitHub
6 23 (22.12%) Serverless
7 20 (19.23%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (17.31%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (12.50%) Azure AKS
9 13 (12.50%) Azure App Service
10 12 (11.54%) Power Platform
11 9 (8.65%) AWS
11 9 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (6.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (5.77%) GCP
14 5 (4.81%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 4 (3.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (18.27%) Firewall
2 13 (12.50%) VPN
3 10 (9.62%) DNS
4 4 (3.85%) DHCP
5 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.92%) DSL
6 2 (1.92%) LAN
6 2 (1.92%) WAN
7 1 (0.96%) MPLS
7 1 (0.96%) Network Security
7 1 (0.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 13 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.81%) Power BI
4 4 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.88%) Power Query
5 3 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.92%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.92%) MySQL
6 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.92%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.96%) Metadata
7 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Git
2 5 (4.81%) JIRA
3 3 (2.88%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.92%) Selenium
4 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.96%) GitLab
5 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.46%) Public Sector
3 12 (11.54%) Finance
4 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (8.65%) Billing
5 9 (8.65%) Legal
6 6 (5.77%) Law
7 3 (2.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.96%) German Language
8 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (28.85%) Lead
2 27 (25.96%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (22.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 18 (17.31%) Architect
5 15 (14.42%) Developer
6 13 (12.50%) .NET Developer
6 13 (12.50%) Lead .NET Developer
6 13 (12.50%) Lead Developer
7 12 (11.54%) Azure Developer
7 12 (11.54%) SaaS Developer
7 12 (11.54%) Senior
8 8 (7.69%) Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) Lead Product Manager
9 7 (6.73%) Product Manager
10 6 (5.77%) Technical Developer
10 6 (5.77%) Technical Leader
11 5 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (4.81%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.35%) .NET
2 15 (14.42%) RESTful
3 14 (13.46%) .NET Framework
4 13 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
4 13 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 13 (12.50%) Entity Framework
4 13 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
4 13 (12.50%) React
5 8 (7.69%) JSON
6 7 (6.73%) Middleware
7 4 (3.85%) ARM Templates
7 4 (3.85%) Node.js
8 3 (2.88%) ADO
8 3 (2.88%) YAML
9 2 (1.92%) CSS
9 2 (1.92%) HTML
9 2 (1.92%) REST
9 2 (1.92%) Smarty
9 2 (1.92%) Symfony
9 2 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.19%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.88%) Social Media
6 2 (1.92%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.92%) Replication
6 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.96%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.42%) Windows
2 9 (8.65%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.77%) Linux
4 4 (3.85%) VMS
5 2 (1.92%) Unix
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (54.81%) DevOps
2 42 (40.38%) CI/CD
2 42 (40.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 37 (35.58%) Mentoring
4 36 (34.62%) Agile
5 29 (27.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (26.92%) Test Automation
7 26 (25.00%) Microservices
7 26 (25.00%) Project Delivery
8 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (23.08%) Roadmaps
10 22 (21.15%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (19.23%) Analytics
11 20 (19.23%) Collaborative Culture
11 20 (19.23%) Computer Science
12 17 (16.35%) Decision-Making
12 17 (16.35%) Design Patterns
12 17 (16.35%) Scrum
13 16 (15.38%) Kanban
14 15 (14.42%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 30 (28.85%) PowerShell
1 30 (28.85%) SQL
2 17 (16.35%) Bicep
3 16 (15.38%) TypeScript
4 6 (5.77%) Bash
4 6 (5.77%) Python
5 4 (3.85%) Java
6 2 (1.92%) C#
6 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.92%) PHP
7 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Degree
2 19 (18.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (14.42%) Master's Degree
4 13 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 13 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.92%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.96%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) QA
2 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.73%) NIST
3 5 (4.81%) NCSC
4 3 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.88%) GDPR
4 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.92%) GRC
6 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.58%) Hyper-V
2 11 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (8.65%) Docker
4 6 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.96%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 38 (36.54%) Terraform
2 8 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.73%) Ansible
3 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.77%) SCOM
5 2 (1.92%) Packer
6 1 (0.96%) CASB
Vendors
1 52 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) VMware
3 5 (4.81%) Google
4 4 (3.85%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.88%) Mercator
6 2 (1.92%) Oracle
6 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.92%) Sparx
7 1 (0.96%) Adobe
7 1 (0.96%) Databricks
7 1 (0.96%) Dell
7 1 (0.96%) HP
7 1 (0.96%) IBM
7 1 (0.96%) NetApp
7 1 (0.96%) Veeam
7 1 (0.96%) Zscaler