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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 206 157
Rank change year-on-year -55 -49 +15
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 104 263 419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 1.54% 2.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.88% 3.36% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 89 152 319
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,775 £47,261
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,672 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,308 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -6.34% +9.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £68,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.93% -5.86% +3.57%

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 5,542 7,828 9,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.65% 45.95% 46.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,963 5,044 8,156
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,944 £36,270
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%

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 1 January 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 7 (6.73%) 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 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.88%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 87 (83.65%) Azure
2 60 (57.69%) IaaS
3 48 (46.15%) SaaS
4 37 (35.58%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (30.77%) Entra ID
6 25 (24.04%) GitHub
6 25 (24.04%) Serverless
7 18 (17.31%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (12.50%) Azure App Service
8 13 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (9.62%) Power Platform
10 9 (8.65%) AWS
10 9 (8.65%) GCP
11 8 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (6.73%) Azure AKS
12 7 (6.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (4.81%) Azure Functions
13 5 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.50%) Firewall
2 12 (11.54%) VPN
3 10 (9.62%) DNS
4 4 (3.85%) DHCP
5 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
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 18 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 13 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.88%) Power BI
4 3 (2.88%) Power Query
5 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.96%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.96%) Metadata
6 1 (0.96%) MySQL
6 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (16.35%) Git
2 4 (3.85%) JIRA
3 3 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.46%) Law
2 14 (13.46%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.62%) Finance
3 10 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.73%) Legal
6 3 (2.88%) Billing
6 3 (2.88%) Marketing
6 3 (2.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (29.81%) Lead
2 21 (20.19%) Architect
2 21 (20.19%) Azure Engineer
3 19 (18.27%) Cloud Engineer
4 13 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 13 (12.50%) Azure Developer
4 13 (12.50%) Developer
4 13 (12.50%) Lead .NET Developer
4 13 (12.50%) Lead Developer
5 12 (11.54%) SaaS Developer
6 11 (10.58%) Senior
7 9 (8.65%) Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) Product Manager
9 7 (6.73%) Lead Product Manager
9 7 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.77%) Technical Leader
11 5 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) Security Manager
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%) .NET Framework
3 14 (13.46%) RESTful
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 11 (10.58%) JSON
6 8 (7.69%) YAML
7 7 (6.73%) Middleware
8 4 (3.85%) Node.js
9 3 (2.88%) ADO
9 3 (2.88%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.96%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.96%) CSS
10 1 (0.96%) HTML
10 1 (0.96%) REST
10 1 (0.96%) Smarty
10 1 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.27%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.85%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.88%) Social Media
6 2 (1.92%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.92%) Replication
6 2 (1.92%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.96%) Blog
7 1 (0.96%) Clustering
7 1 (0.96%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.31%) Windows
2 9 (8.65%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.73%) Linux
4 4 (3.85%) VMS
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (53.85%) DevOps
2 43 (41.35%) Agile
3 38 (36.54%) CI/CD
3 38 (36.54%) Mentoring
4 34 (32.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (30.77%) Test Automation
6 29 (27.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (25.96%) Project Delivery
8 25 (24.04%) Collaborative Culture
8 25 (24.04%) Microservices
9 23 (22.12%) Roadmaps
9 23 (22.12%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (21.15%) Analytics
11 21 (20.19%) Computer Science
11 21 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (17.31%) Design Patterns
13 17 (16.35%) Scrum
14 16 (15.38%) Cloud Security
14 16 (15.38%) Kanban
15 15 (14.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 32 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 28 (26.92%) SQL
3 16 (15.38%) Bicep
4 14 (13.46%) TypeScript
5 7 (6.73%) Python
6 6 (5.77%) Bash
7 4 (3.85%) C#
8 2 (1.92%) Java
8 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.96%) PHP
9 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (24.04%) Degree
2 18 (17.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 15 (14.42%) Azure Certification
5 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (10.58%) SC Cleared
6 11 (10.58%) Security Cleared
7 6 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.96%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) QA
2 10 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (9.62%) NCSC
2 10 (9.62%) NIST
3 3 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.92%) GRC
4 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.96%) GDPR
5 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (25.96%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (9.62%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (4.81%) Docker
6 1 (0.96%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 32 (30.77%) Terraform
2 9 (8.65%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.73%) Ansible
3 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.77%) SCOM
5 1 (0.96%) CASB
Vendors
1 53 (50.96%) 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%) 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%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.96%) Veeam
7 1 (0.96%) Zscaler