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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 226 124
Rank change year-on-year -51 -102 +61
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 131 273 609
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 1.37% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.34% 3.11% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 99 160 422
10th Percentile £46,200 £49,775 £47,050
25th Percentile £56,375 £55,938 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -10.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,079 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.82% -6.90% +3.57%

All Cloud 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 5,591 8,789 10,584
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.91% 44.05% 48.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,155 5,697 9,035
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,090
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,245 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 7 November 2025.

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 6 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.29%) Confluence
2 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 115 (87.79%) Azure
2 82 (62.60%) IaaS
3 78 (59.54%) SaaS
4 53 (40.46%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (31.30%) Entra ID
6 38 (29.01%) AWS
7 29 (22.14%) Power Platform
8 25 (19.08%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (17.56%) GitHub
10 22 (16.79%) Azure Service Bus
11 21 (16.03%) Azure Key Vault
11 21 (16.03%) Serverless
12 20 (15.27%) GCP
13 18 (13.74%) Power Automate
14 15 (11.45%) Azure AI
14 15 (11.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 15 (11.45%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (6.87%) Azure Functions
15 9 (6.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (6.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.08%) Firewall
1 25 (19.08%) VPN
2 24 (18.32%) DNS
3 17 (12.98%) WAN
4 15 (11.45%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.05%) DHCP
6 3 (2.29%) Network Security
6 3 (2.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.53%) LAN
8 1 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.50%) Power BI
2 18 (13.74%) MySQL
3 16 (12.21%) Data Lake
4 13 (9.92%) SQL Server
5 9 (6.87%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.29%) Power Query
8 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.53%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.76%) Metadata
9 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (23.66%) Git
2 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.05%) JIRA
3 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 39 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.27%) Law
3 17 (12.98%) Public Sector
4 15 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.69%) Finance
6 9 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.29%) Legal
8 3 (2.29%) Local Government
8 3 (2.29%) Marketing
9 2 (1.53%) Advertising
10 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (33.59%) Architect
2 33 (25.19%) Lead
3 25 (19.08%) Cloud Architect
4 21 (16.03%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (15.27%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) Analyst
7 11 (8.40%) Developer
8 9 (6.87%) .NET Developer
8 9 (6.87%) Azure Developer
8 9 (6.87%) Lead .NET Developer
8 9 (6.87%) Lead Developer
9 8 (6.11%) Product Manager
9 8 (6.11%) SaaS Developer
9 8 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Enterprise Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.34%) Lead Product Manager
11 6 (4.58%) Lead Architect
11 6 (4.58%) Security Engineer
12 5 (3.82%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.74%) .NET
2 15 (11.45%) .NET Framework
3 14 (10.69%) JSON
4 11 (8.40%) RESTful
5 10 (7.63%) YAML
6 9 (6.87%) ASP.NET Web API
6 9 (6.87%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 9 (6.87%) Entity Framework
6 9 (6.87%) Razor View Engine
6 9 (6.87%) React
7 7 (5.34%) Middleware
7 7 (5.34%) Node.js
8 2 (1.53%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.53%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.53%) CSS
8 2 (1.53%) HTML
8 2 (1.53%) REST
8 2 (1.53%) Smarty
8 2 (1.53%) Symfony
8 2 (1.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Cloud Native
1 16 (12.21%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.45%) NHS
3 13 (9.92%) Public Cloud
4 9 (6.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.34%) Private Cloud
6 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.82%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.05%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.29%) Social Media
10 2 (1.53%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.53%) Replication
10 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.50%) Windows
2 8 (6.11%) Linux
2 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.58%) VMS
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (58.02%) DevOps
2 70 (53.44%) Agile
3 58 (44.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (39.69%) CI/CD
5 45 (34.35%) Roadmaps
6 41 (31.30%) Analytics
7 34 (25.95%) Mentoring
7 34 (25.95%) Test Automation
8 31 (23.66%) AI
8 31 (23.66%) Migration
9 30 (22.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (20.61%) Collaborative Culture
11 26 (19.85%) Cloud Security
11 26 (19.85%) ITIL
12 25 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (17.56%) B2B
14 22 (16.79%) Microservices
15 21 (16.03%) Log Analytics
15 21 (16.03%) Technical Leadership
16 20 (15.27%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 52 (39.69%) PowerShell
2 39 (29.77%) SQL
3 30 (22.90%) Bicep
4 14 (10.69%) Python
5 11 (8.40%) TypeScript
6 9 (6.87%) C#
7 7 (5.34%) Bash
8 6 (4.58%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.53%) Java
9 2 (1.53%) PHP
10 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (28.24%) Azure Certification
2 27 (20.61%) Degree
3 18 (13.74%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.21%) Master's Degree
5 15 (11.45%) DBS Check
5 15 (11.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (10.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (9.92%) SC Cleared
8 7 (5.34%) DV Cleared
9 6 (4.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.29%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.53%) MCSA
12 1 (0.76%) CCNA
12 1 (0.76%) CCNP
12 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.76%) MCP
12 1 (0.76%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (9.92%) NCSC
2 13 (9.92%) NIST
3 11 (8.40%) QA
4 5 (3.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (3.05%) GDPR
6 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.53%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (20.61%) Virtual Machines
2 25 (19.08%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.11%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.29%) Docker
6 1 (0.76%) KVM
6 1 (0.76%) Xen
Systems Management
1 32 (24.43%) Terraform
2 15 (11.45%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (6.11%) Ansible
3 8 (6.11%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.58%) SCOM
5 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.76%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (40.46%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.21%) Databricks
3 15 (11.45%) Meraki
4 11 (8.40%) VMware
5 5 (3.82%) Google
6 4 (3.05%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (2.29%) Mercator
8 2 (1.53%) Oracle
8 2 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.53%) Sparx
9 1 (0.76%) Dell
9 1 (0.76%) HP
9 1 (0.76%) Veeam
9 1 (0.76%) Xamarin