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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 307 313
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 -180
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 120 127 313
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 0.84% 0.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.63% 2.18% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 101 93 260
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £44,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,500 £101,191
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.06%

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 7,375 5,834 14,465
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.91% 38.59% 42.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,084 4,241 12,117
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 10 June 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 8 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.67%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 108 (90.00%) Azure
2 68 (56.67%) IaaS
3 51 (42.50%) SaaS
4 43 (35.83%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (31.67%) Entra ID
6 29 (24.17%) AWS
7 24 (20.00%) Serverless
8 21 (17.50%) Azure AKS
9 19 (15.83%) GitHub
10 18 (15.00%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (14.17%) GCP
11 17 (14.17%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (11.67%) Azure Functions
13 11 (9.17%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (8.33%) dbt
15 8 (6.67%) Power Platform
16 7 (5.83%) Datadog
17 6 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 6 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.50%) Firewall
2 11 (9.17%) VPN
3 6 (5.00%) DNS
4 5 (4.17%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.33%) Kerberos
5 4 (3.33%) SAN
6 3 (2.50%) DHCP
6 3 (2.50%) DSL
6 3 (2.50%) WAN
7 2 (1.67%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.67%) Wireless
8 1 (0.83%) LAN
8 1 (0.83%) MPLS
8 1 (0.83%) NAS
8 1 (0.83%) Network Security
8 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.50%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.17%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.67%) Redis
4 6 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.33%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.33%) SAP HANA
7 3 (2.50%) MySQL
7 3 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.67%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.67%) Power BI
8 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.67%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.83%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 11 (9.17%) Git
2 5 (4.17%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.17%) JMeter
2 5 (4.17%) Locust
3 3 (2.50%) JIRA
3 3 (2.50%) Selenium
4 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.83%) GitLab
5 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (30.00%) Finance
2 30 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (10.00%) Law
5 9 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.50%) Billing
5 9 (7.50%) Legal
6 3 (2.50%) Advertising
6 3 (2.50%) Aviation
6 3 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.67%) German Language
8 1 (0.83%) Banking
8 1 (0.83%) Military
8 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Retail
8 1 (0.83%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 31 (25.83%) Azure Engineer
2 30 (25.00%) Architect
3 25 (20.83%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (18.33%) Lead
5 18 (15.00%) Senior
5 18 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.50%) .NET Software Engineer
7 9 (7.50%) C# Software Engineer
7 9 (7.50%) Digital Architect
7 9 (7.50%) Digital Solutions Architect
7 9 (7.50%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.67%) Analyst
8 8 (6.67%) Azure Software Engineer
8 8 (6.67%) Developer
8 8 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 7 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.00%) Lead Architect
10 6 (5.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.17%) .NET
2 11 (9.17%) ARM Templates
3 8 (6.67%) RESTful
4 6 (5.00%) React
5 5 (4.17%) .NET Framework
5 5 (4.17%) Django
5 5 (4.17%) Gherkin
5 5 (4.17%) Node.js
6 4 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (3.33%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.33%) LDAP
6 4 (3.33%) Middleware
6 4 (3.33%) OAuth
6 4 (3.33%) OpenID
6 4 (3.33%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (3.33%) SAML
7 3 (2.50%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.50%) HTML
7 3 (2.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.83%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.83%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (5.83%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.33%) Data Fabric
6 4 (3.33%) Podcast
7 3 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.50%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.50%) Replication
7 3 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.67%) Clustering
8 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.83%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.83%) PKI
9 1 (0.83%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.17%) Linux
2 14 (11.67%) Windows
3 8 (6.67%) Unix
4 5 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.33%) VMS
6 1 (0.83%) AIX
6 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.83%) Solaris
6 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (61.67%) DevOps
2 58 (48.33%) CI/CD
2 58 (48.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 42 (35.00%) Agile
4 28 (23.33%) Platform Engineering
5 25 (20.83%) Cloud Security
5 25 (20.83%) Containerisation
5 25 (20.83%) Microservices
6 24 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 23 (19.17%) Observability
7 23 (19.17%) Roadmaps
8 22 (18.33%) Analytics
9 21 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (14.17%) Identity Access Management
11 17 (14.17%) Migration
12 16 (13.33%) Deployment Automation
12 16 (13.33%) Scrum
13 15 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
13 15 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.50%) PowerShell
2 26 (21.67%) Python
3 21 (17.50%) Bicep
4 18 (15.00%) SQL
5 15 (12.50%) C#
6 14 (11.67%) Java
7 10 (8.33%) Bash
8 7 (5.83%) TypeScript
9 4 (3.33%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.67%) PHP
10 2 (1.67%) Ruby
11 1 (0.83%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 21 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.00%) Degree
4 11 (9.17%) Azure Certification
5 8 (6.67%) CISSP
6 7 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.67%) CISM
10 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.83%) GIAC
10 1 (0.83%) IISP
10 1 (0.83%) ISACA
10 1 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.83%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.33%) QA
2 9 (7.50%) NIST
3 8 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.00%) Accessibility
4 6 (5.00%) GDPR
5 5 (4.17%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.17%) WCAG
6 2 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 27 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 22 (18.33%) Docker
3 8 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.00%) vSphere
5 5 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.67%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 55 (45.83%) Terraform
2 20 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 10 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (4.17%) Ansible
4 5 (4.17%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (4.17%) Grafana
5 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.50%) Packer
7 2 (1.67%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.83%) CASB
8 1 (0.83%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.83%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.83%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.83%) QRadar
Vendors
1 59 (49.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.17%) Salesforce
3 9 (7.50%) VMware
4 6 (5.00%) Google
5 4 (3.33%) Databricks
5 4 (3.33%) SAP
5 4 (3.33%) ScienceLogic
5 4 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.50%) Cisco
6 3 (2.50%) Oracle
6 3 (2.50%) Veeam
7 2 (1.67%) Apple
7 2 (1.67%) Broadcom
7 2 (1.67%) EMC
7 2 (1.67%) Meraki
7 2 (1.67%) Sophos
7 2 (1.67%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.83%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.83%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.83%) Yealink