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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 286 256
Rank change year-on-year +1 -30 -142
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 186 142 268
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 0.84% 1.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.14% 2.46% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 148 110 147
10th Percentile £54,840 £36,925 £49,365
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile - £96,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +36.00% -3.85% -10.34%

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 8,685 5,779 9,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.92% 34.29% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,370 4,093 6,176
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
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 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +0.80%

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 4 October 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 16 (8.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.15%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 171 (91.94%) Azure
2 82 (44.09%) IaaS
3 58 (31.18%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (31.18%) SaaS
4 35 (18.82%) Serverless
5 28 (15.05%) Entra ID
6 27 (14.52%) Azure Functions
6 27 (14.52%) GitHub
7 26 (13.98%) AWS
8 20 (10.75%) Azure Key Vault
8 20 (10.75%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (8.06%) Azure AKS
10 15 (8.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 13 (6.99%) GCP
12 10 (5.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (4.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (3.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.59%) VPN
2 14 (7.53%) Firewall
3 9 (4.84%) DNS
4 6 (3.23%) DHCP
4 6 (3.23%) WAN
5 5 (2.69%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.15%) Network Security
6 4 (2.15%) SAN
7 3 (1.61%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.61%) LAN
8 2 (1.08%) Wireless
9 1 (0.54%) DSL
9 1 (0.54%) SSL
9 1 (0.54%) VLAN
9 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (8.60%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.15%) Redis
5 3 (1.61%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.08%) Metadata
6 2 (1.08%) MySQL
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.08%) Power BI
7 1 (0.54%) Big Data
7 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (10.22%) Git
2 4 (2.15%) JIRA
3 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.54%) GitLab
3 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 89 (47.85%) Finance
2 46 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.83%) Law
4 14 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.84%) Legal
6 8 (4.30%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.69%) Banking
9 3 (1.61%) Aviation
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
10 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.54%) Police
10 1 (0.54%) Retail
10 1 (0.54%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 69 (37.10%) Azure Engineer
2 66 (35.48%) Lead
3 53 (28.49%) Cloud Engineer
4 45 (24.19%) Platform Engineer
5 43 (23.12%) Architect
6 42 (22.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 34 (18.28%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 31 (16.67%) Senior
9 24 (12.90%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 21 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (11.29%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (8.60%) Lead Architect
12 13 (6.99%) Analyst
12 13 (6.99%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 13 (6.99%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 10 (5.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (4.84%) .NET Software Engineer
14 9 (4.84%) C# Software Engineer
14 9 (4.84%) Enterprise Architect
14 9 (4.84%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (39.78%) Terraform
2 18 (9.68%) ARM Templates
3 11 (5.91%) .NET
4 4 (2.15%) YAML
5 3 (1.61%) LDAP
5 3 (1.61%) OAuth
5 3 (1.61%) OpenID
5 3 (1.61%) REST
5 3 (1.61%) RESTful
5 3 (1.61%) SAML
6 2 (1.08%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.08%) Middleware
6 2 (1.08%) React
6 2 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.54%) JSON
7 1 (0.54%) Kafka
7 1 (0.54%) Node.js
7 1 (0.54%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.74%) Cloud Native
2 20 (10.75%) Security Posture
3 17 (9.14%) Public Cloud
4 12 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (6.45%) Podcast
5 10 (5.38%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.69%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.69%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.69%) Replication
9 3 (1.61%) Blog
9 3 (1.61%) Clustering
9 3 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.61%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.61%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.61%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.83%) Windows
2 12 (6.45%) Linux
2 12 (6.45%) VMS
3 1 (0.54%) AIX
3 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.54%) Solaris
3 1 (0.54%) Unix
3 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (48.92%) DevOps
2 78 (41.94%) Infrastructure as Code
3 76 (40.86%) Platform Engineering
4 69 (37.10%) CI/CD
5 51 (27.42%) Agile
6 50 (26.88%) Cloud Security
7 38 (20.43%) Roadmaps
8 35 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (18.28%) Analytics
10 33 (17.74%) Mentoring
11 29 (15.59%) AI
12 27 (14.52%) Disaster Recovery
13 26 (13.98%) Cost Optimisation
13 26 (13.98%) Microservices
14 25 (13.44%) Computer Science
14 25 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (12.90%) Migration
15 24 (12.90%) Observability
16 23 (12.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 23 (12.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 53 (28.49%) PowerShell
2 47 (25.27%) Bicep
3 33 (17.74%) SQL
4 28 (15.05%) Python
5 22 (11.83%) Bash
6 13 (6.99%) C#
7 12 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.23%) Ruby
9 5 (2.69%) Java
10 2 (1.08%) ABAP
10 2 (1.08%) Go
10 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (16.13%) Azure Certification
2 21 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.68%) Degree
4 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (7.53%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.23%) CISSP
7 3 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.08%) CISM
9 1 (0.54%) CCNP
9 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.54%) GIAC
9 1 (0.54%) HND
9 1 (0.54%) IISP
9 1 (0.54%) ISACA
9 1 (0.54%) MCITP
9 1 (0.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.38%) NIST
2 8 (4.30%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.08%) GDPR
3 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.08%) QA
4 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.54%) PMO
4 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (19.89%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (8.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (7.53%) vSphere
5 13 (6.99%) Docker
6 5 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.30%) Ansible
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.08%) Data Guard
4 2 (1.08%) Grafana
4 2 (1.08%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.54%) Packer
5 1 (0.54%) QRadar
5 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 85 (45.70%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.75%) VMware
3 12 (6.45%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (5.38%) Oracle
5 9 (4.84%) YouTube
6 8 (4.30%) Salesforce
7 6 (3.23%) SAP
8 4 (2.15%) Cisco
8 4 (2.15%) Databricks
9 3 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.61%) Meraki
10 2 (1.08%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.08%) EMC
10 2 (1.08%) Sophos
10 2 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (1.08%) Veeam
11 1 (0.54%) ArcSight
11 1 (0.54%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.54%) Splunk