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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 237 247
Rank change year-on-year -62 +10 -102
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 101 164 373
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 1.27% 1.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 2.69% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 85 126 333
10th Percentile £52,996 £44,978 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,439 £58,873 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £71,991 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -0.70% +10.69%
75th Percentile £83,000 £82,375 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.71% -0.70% +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 6,479 6,092 13,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.46% 47.14% 44.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,387 4,738 11,991
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,783 £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 £83,750 £83,750 £77,715
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 29 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 (8.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.99%) Apache
4 1 (0.99%) FileNet
4 1 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.97%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 85 (84.16%) Azure
2 62 (61.39%) IaaS
3 40 (39.60%) SaaS
4 38 (37.62%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (33.66%) Entra ID
6 25 (24.75%) GitHub
7 20 (19.80%) AWS
8 19 (18.81%) Serverless
9 18 (17.82%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (13.86%) Azure AKS
10 14 (13.86%) Power Platform
11 13 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (11.88%) Azure App Service
12 12 (11.88%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (10.89%) GCP
14 10 (9.90%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (9.90%) dbt
15 6 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (5.94%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (5.94%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.87%) Firewall
2 9 (8.91%) VPN
3 6 (5.94%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.95%) DNS
5 2 (1.98%) DHCP
5 2 (1.98%) DSL
5 2 (1.98%) Kerberos
5 2 (1.98%) LAN
6 1 (0.99%) MPLS
6 1 (0.99%) NAS
6 1 (0.99%) SAN
6 1 (0.99%) WAN
6 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (18.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.89%) NoSQL
3 7 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.95%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.95%) Power BI
4 5 (4.95%) Redis
5 4 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.97%) Power Query
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.98%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.98%) MySQL
7 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.98%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.99%) Metadata
8 1 (0.99%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (10.89%) Git
2 5 (4.95%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.95%) JIRA
2 5 (4.95%) JMeter
2 5 (4.95%) Locust
3 3 (2.97%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.98%) Selenium
4 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.99%) GitLab
5 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.82%) Finance
3 12 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (9.90%) Legal
5 9 (8.91%) Billing
6 6 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.94%) Law
6 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.97%) Marketing
8 2 (1.98%) Advertising
8 2 (1.98%) German Language
9 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Military
9 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (25.74%) Lead
2 22 (21.78%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (19.80%) Architect
3 20 (19.80%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (14.85%) Senior
5 14 (13.86%) Developer
6 12 (11.88%) .NET Developer
6 12 (11.88%) Lead .NET Developer
6 12 (11.88%) Lead Developer
7 9 (8.91%) Azure Developer
8 8 (7.92%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) SaaS Developer
9 7 (6.93%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.94%) Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Technical Developer
10 6 (5.94%) Technical Leader
11 5 (4.95%) Test Leader
12 4 (3.96%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.85%) .NET
2 13 (12.87%) RESTful
3 12 (11.88%) .NET Framework
3 12 (11.88%) React
4 11 (10.89%) ASP.NET Web API
4 11 (10.89%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 11 (10.89%) Entity Framework
4 11 (10.89%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (7.92%) JSON
5 8 (7.92%) Middleware
6 6 (5.94%) ARM Templates
7 5 (4.95%) Django
7 5 (4.95%) Gherkin
8 4 (3.96%) Node.js
9 3 (2.97%) ADO
9 3 (2.97%) CSS
9 3 (2.97%) HTML
9 3 (2.97%) YAML
10 2 (1.98%) LDAP
10 2 (1.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.97%) Social Media
5 2 (1.98%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Blog
6 1 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.99%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.99%) PKI
6 1 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.87%) Windows
2 10 (9.90%) Linux
3 7 (6.93%) Unix
3 7 (6.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.99%) VMS
4 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (62.38%) DevOps
2 53 (52.48%) CI/CD
3 45 (44.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 40 (39.60%) Agile
5 33 (32.67%) Mentoring
6 28 (27.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (22.77%) Containerisation
7 23 (22.77%) Test Automation
8 22 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (21.78%) Project Delivery
9 20 (19.80%) Microservices
10 18 (17.82%) Analytics
11 17 (16.83%) Computer Science
12 16 (15.84%) Roadmaps
12 16 (15.84%) Scrum
13 15 (14.85%) Decision-Making
13 15 (14.85%) Observability
13 15 (14.85%) Platform Engineering
14 14 (13.86%) Full-Stack Development
14 14 (13.86%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.75%) PowerShell
1 25 (24.75%) SQL
2 17 (16.83%) Python
3 13 (12.87%) Java
3 13 (12.87%) TypeScript
4 12 (11.88%) Bicep
5 5 (4.95%) Bash
6 4 (3.96%) C#
7 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.98%) PHP
9 1 (0.99%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Degree
2 16 (15.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (9.90%) Master's Degree
3 10 (9.90%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.90%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.92%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.97%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (2.97%) CISSP
6 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.83%) QA
2 10 (9.90%) NIST
3 9 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.95%) Accessibility
4 5 (4.95%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.95%) WCAG
5 4 (3.96%) GDPR
5 4 (3.96%) NCSC
6 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.99%) GRC
8 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 22 (21.78%) Docker
2 17 (16.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.96%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.99%) vCloud
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (41.58%) Terraform
2 16 (15.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.93%) Ansible
4 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.94%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (4.95%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (4.95%) Grafana
6 2 (1.98%) Packer
7 1 (0.99%) CASB
7 1 (0.99%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (43.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.91%) Google
3 4 (3.96%) VMware
4 3 (2.97%) Mercator
4 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.98%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (1.98%) Databricks
5 2 (1.98%) Sparx
6 1 (0.99%) Adobe
6 1 (0.99%) Apple
6 1 (0.99%) Cisco
6 1 (0.99%) Commvault
6 1 (0.99%) Logitech
6 1 (0.99%) NetApp
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle
6 1 (0.99%) SAP
6 1 (0.99%) Veeam
6 1 (0.99%) Yealink
6 1 (0.99%) Zscaler