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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 277 | 293 | 231 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | -62 | -112 |
| Permanent jobs citing PaaS | 195 | 130 | 282 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.77% | 0.79% | 1.36% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.23% | 2.27% | 3.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 156 | 100 | 162 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,752 | £37,153 | £49,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £52,000 | £55,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £74,375 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +14.42% | -10.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £83,375 | £76,875 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £96,750 | £92,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £85,000 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.93% | - | -5.00% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 8,739 | 5,737 | 9,004 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 34.71% | 34.93% | 43.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,378 | 4,063 | 5,897 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £31,250 | £36,738 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £82,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £115,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £58,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.76% | -10.77% | +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 Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
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 16 October 2026.
PaaS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 91.8% | 179 |
| 2 | IaaS | 46.2% | 90 |
| 3 | Azure DevOps | 31.8% | 62 |
| 4 | SaaS | 30.3% | 59 |
| 5 | Serverless | 17.9% | 35 |
| 6 | GitHub | 17.4% | 34 |
| 7 | Entra ID | 14.9% | 29 |
| 8 | Azure Functions | 14.4% | 28 |
| 9 | AWS | 12.8% | 25 |
| 10 | Azure Key Vault | 10.8% | 21 |
| 10 | Azure Monitor | 10.8% | 21 |
| 12 | Microsoft 365 | 9.7% | 19 |
| 13 | Azure ExpressRoute | 8.2% | 16 |
| 14 | Azure AKS | 7.7% | 15 |
| 15 | Azure Cosmos DB | 7.2% | 14 |
| 16 | GCP | 6.7% | 13 |
| 17 | AWS CloudFormation | 4.6% | 9 |
| 18 | GitHub Actions | 4.1% | 8 |
| 19 | Microsoft Purview | 3.6% | 7 |
| 20 | Power Platform | 3.1% | 6 |