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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 286 295
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 -145
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 110 151 337
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 1.00% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.55% 2.48% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 96 104 287
10th Percentile £50,453 £33,439 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £44,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £79,211 £79,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £95,625 £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 7,111 6,097 13,990
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.84% 40.39% 42.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,863 4,452 11,920
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,464 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,169 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,717 £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 20 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 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.82%) IIS
4 1 (0.91%) Apache
4 1 (0.91%) FileNet
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 95 (86.36%) Azure
2 59 (53.64%) IaaS
3 41 (37.27%) SaaS
4 34 (30.91%) Entra ID
5 30 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (24.55%) AWS
7 20 (18.18%) Serverless
8 18 (16.36%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (15.45%) Azure AKS
10 16 (14.55%) GCP
11 14 (12.73%) GitHub
12 12 (10.91%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (10.91%) Power Platform
13 11 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (9.09%) dbt
15 9 (8.18%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (6.36%) Azure App Service
17 6 (5.45%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (5.45%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.73%) Firewall
2 7 (6.36%) VPN
3 5 (4.55%) DNS
3 5 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.64%) Kerberos
5 3 (2.73%) SAN
6 2 (1.82%) DHCP
6 2 (1.82%) DSL
6 2 (1.82%) WAN
7 1 (0.91%) LAN
7 1 (0.91%) MPLS
7 1 (0.91%) NAS
7 1 (0.91%) Network Security
7 1 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.09%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.45%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.45%) Redis
4 5 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.64%) SAP HANA
6 3 (2.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.82%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.82%) MySQL
7 2 (1.82%) Power BI
7 2 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.82%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.91%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 8 (7.27%) Git
2 5 (4.55%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.55%) JMeter
2 5 (4.55%) Locust
3 3 (2.73%) JIRA
4 2 (1.82%) Selenium
4 2 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.91%) GitLab
5 1 (0.91%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (20.91%) Finance
1 23 (20.91%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.91%) Legal
3 11 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (8.18%) Billing
5 8 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.27%) Law
6 3 (2.73%) Advertising
7 2 (1.82%) German Language
8 1 (0.91%) Aviation
8 1 (0.91%) Banking
8 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Military
8 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (26.36%) Architect
2 27 (24.55%) Azure Engineer
3 21 (19.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (19.09%) Lead
4 19 (17.27%) Senior
5 17 (15.45%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (8.18%) Developer
6 9 (8.18%) Digital Architect
6 9 (8.18%) Digital Solutions Architect
6 9 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) .NET Developer
7 7 (6.36%) .NET Software Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) C# Software Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) Consultant
7 7 (6.36%) Lead .NET Developer
7 7 (6.36%) Lead Developer
7 7 (6.36%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.45%) Azure Software Engineer
8 6 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.45%) .NET
2 10 (9.09%) RESTful
3 8 (7.27%) Middleware
4 7 (6.36%) .NET Framework
4 7 (6.36%) React
5 6 (5.45%) ARM Templates
5 6 (5.45%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (5.45%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 6 (5.45%) Entity Framework
5 6 (5.45%) Razor View Engine
6 5 (4.55%) Django
6 5 (4.55%) Gherkin
7 4 (3.64%) LDAP
7 4 (3.64%) Node.js
7 4 (3.64%) OAuth
7 4 (3.64%) OpenID
7 4 (3.64%) SAML
8 3 (2.73%) ADO
8 3 (2.73%) CSS
8 3 (2.73%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.73%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (3.64%) Data Fabric
4 4 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.73%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.82%) Clustering
6 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.82%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.82%) Replication
7 1 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.91%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.91%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.91%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.91%) PKI
7 1 (0.91%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.73%) Linux
2 12 (10.91%) Windows
3 7 (6.36%) Unix
4 6 (5.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.91%) AIX
5 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.91%) Solaris
5 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (53.64%) DevOps
2 44 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 43 (39.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (34.55%) Agile
5 28 (25.45%) Mentoring
6 24 (21.82%) Containerisation
7 22 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (20.00%) Microservices
8 20 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
9 19 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (15.45%) Observability
11 16 (14.55%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (13.64%) Analytics
12 15 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
13 14 (12.73%) Coaching
13 14 (12.73%) Continuous Delivery
13 14 (12.73%) Deployment Automation
13 14 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (12.73%) Scrum
13 14 (12.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.91%) PowerShell
2 21 (19.09%) Python
3 17 (15.45%) SQL
4 14 (12.73%) Java
5 12 (10.91%) C#
6 11 (10.00%) Bicep
7 8 (7.27%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.73%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.82%) Bash
9 2 (1.82%) PHP
10 1 (0.91%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.91%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (16.36%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.82%) Degree
3 12 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.36%) CISSP
6 6 (5.45%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.55%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.91%) CISM
9 1 (0.91%) GIAC
9 1 (0.91%) IISP
9 1 (0.91%) ISACA
9 1 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.91%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.00%) QA
2 8 (7.27%) NIST
3 7 (6.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 5 (4.55%) GDPR
4 5 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.55%) WCAG
5 2 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (19.09%) Docker
2 18 (16.36%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.73%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.91%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (36.36%) Terraform
2 18 (16.36%) Kubernetes
3 9 (8.18%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.55%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (4.55%) Grafana
6 4 (3.64%) Ansible
7 2 (1.82%) Packer
8 1 (0.91%) CASB
8 1 (0.91%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.91%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.91%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.91%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.91%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.91%) QRadar
8 1 (0.91%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 50 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.18%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.45%) Google
4 4 (3.64%) Databricks
4 4 (3.64%) SAP
4 4 (3.64%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.64%) VMware
5 3 (2.73%) Oracle
6 2 (1.82%) Apple
6 2 (1.82%) Cisco
6 2 (1.82%) Veeam
7 1 (0.91%) Adobe
7 1 (0.91%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.91%) Commvault
7 1 (0.91%) EMC
7 1 (0.91%) IBM
7 1 (0.91%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.91%) Sophos
7 1 (0.91%) Splunk
7 1 (0.91%) Ubiquiti