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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 232 247
Rank change year-on-year -63 +15 -103
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 98 169 373
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 1.31% 1.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 2.76% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 81 130 334
10th Percentile £52,016 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,439 £58,873 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £70,996 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -4.06% +9.63%
75th Percentile £83,000 £82,375 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,050 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £71,991 £72,750
% change year-on-year -1.47% -1.04% +3.93%

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 6,397 6,119 13,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.93% 47.35% 44.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,315 4,711 11,955
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 26 March 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 (9.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.06%) Confluence
4 2 (2.04%) IIS
5 1 (1.02%) Apache
5 1 (1.02%) FileNet
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.06%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 82 (83.67%) Azure
2 62 (63.27%) IaaS
3 39 (39.80%) SaaS
4 37 (37.76%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (32.65%) Entra ID
6 24 (24.49%) GitHub
7 19 (19.39%) Serverless
8 18 (18.37%) AWS
9 17 (17.35%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (14.29%) Azure AKS
10 14 (14.29%) Power Platform
11 12 (12.24%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (11.22%) Azure App Service
12 11 (11.22%) GCP
13 10 (10.20%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (9.18%) dbt
15 6 (6.12%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (5.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.27%) Firewall
2 9 (9.18%) VPN
3 7 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.10%) DNS
5 2 (2.04%) DHCP
5 2 (2.04%) DSL
5 2 (2.04%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.04%) LAN
6 1 (1.02%) MPLS
6 1 (1.02%) WAN
6 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (19.39%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.20%) NoSQL
3 7 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (5.10%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (5.10%) Power BI
4 5 (5.10%) Redis
5 4 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.06%) Power Query
6 3 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.04%) MariaDB
7 2 (2.04%) MySQL
7 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.04%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.02%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (11.22%) Git
2 6 (6.12%) JIRA
3 4 (4.08%) Cucumber
3 4 (4.08%) JMeter
3 4 (4.08%) Locust
4 3 (3.06%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.04%) Selenium
5 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.02%) GitLab
6 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Finance
3 11 (11.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (10.20%) Legal
5 9 (9.18%) Billing
6 6 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.12%) Law
6 6 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.06%) Marketing
8 2 (2.04%) Advertising
8 2 (2.04%) German Language
9 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Military
9 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (23.47%) Lead
2 22 (22.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (20.41%) Architect
3 20 (20.41%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (15.31%) Senior
5 13 (13.27%) Developer
6 11 (11.22%) .NET Developer
6 11 (11.22%) Lead .NET Developer
6 11 (11.22%) Lead Developer
7 9 (9.18%) Azure Developer
8 8 (8.16%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) SaaS Developer
9 7 (7.14%) Analyst
9 7 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.12%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 6 (6.12%) Technical Developer
10 6 (6.12%) Technical Leader
11 4 (4.08%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.31%) .NET
2 13 (13.27%) RESTful
3 12 (12.24%) .NET Framework
4 11 (11.22%) React
5 10 (10.20%) ASP.NET Web API
5 10 (10.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 10 (10.20%) Entity Framework
5 10 (10.20%) Razor View Engine
6 8 (8.16%) JSON
6 8 (8.16%) Middleware
7 6 (6.12%) ARM Templates
8 5 (5.10%) Django
9 4 (4.08%) Gherkin
9 4 (4.08%) Node.js
10 3 (3.06%) ADO
10 3 (3.06%) CSS
10 3 (3.06%) HTML
10 3 (3.06%) YAML
11 2 (2.04%) LDAP
11 2 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.41%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (5.10%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.06%) Social Media
5 2 (2.04%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.04%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.02%) Blog
6 1 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.02%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) Windows
2 10 (10.20%) Linux
3 7 (7.14%) Unix
4 6 (6.12%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.02%) VMS
5 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (62.24%) DevOps
2 51 (52.04%) CI/CD
3 45 (45.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 39 (39.80%) Agile
5 31 (31.63%) Mentoring
6 26 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (23.47%) Project Delivery
8 22 (22.45%) Containerisation
9 21 (21.43%) Test Automation
10 20 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (19.39%) Microservices
12 17 (17.35%) Analytics
12 17 (17.35%) Computer Science
13 15 (15.31%) Roadmaps
13 15 (15.31%) Scrum
14 14 (14.29%) Decision-Making
14 14 (14.29%) Design Patterns
14 14 (14.29%) Observability
14 14 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
15 13 (13.27%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.51%) PowerShell
1 25 (25.51%) SQL
2 16 (16.33%) Python
3 12 (12.24%) Java
3 12 (12.24%) TypeScript
4 11 (11.22%) Bicep
5 5 (5.10%) Bash
6 4 (4.08%) C#
7 3 (3.06%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.04%) PHP
9 1 (1.02%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 19 (19.39%) Degree
2 16 (16.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (10.20%) Master's Degree
3 10 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.16%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.06%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (3.06%) CISSP
6 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.31%) QA
2 10 (10.20%) NIST
3 9 (9.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.10%) PCI DSS
5 4 (4.08%) Accessibility
5 4 (4.08%) GDPR
5 4 (4.08%) NCSC
5 4 (4.08%) WCAG
6 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.06%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.02%) GRC
8 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (21.43%) Docker
2 17 (17.35%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.06%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.02%) vCloud
5 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (41.84%) Terraform
2 15 (15.31%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.12%) Ansible
3 6 (6.12%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.10%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (4.08%) Grafana
6 2 (2.04%) Packer
7 1 (1.02%) CASB
7 1 (1.02%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.20%) Google
3 3 (3.06%) Mercator
3 3 (3.06%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.06%) VMware
4 2 (2.04%) BiZZdesign
4 2 (2.04%) Sparx
5 1 (1.02%) Adobe
5 1 (1.02%) Apple
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco
5 1 (1.02%) Databricks
5 1 (1.02%) IBM
5 1 (1.02%) Logitech
5 1 (1.02%) NetApp
5 1 (1.02%) Oracle
5 1 (1.02%) Yealink
5 1 (1.02%) Zscaler