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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 256 276
Rank change year-on-year -57 +20 -130
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 95 148 360
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 1.10% 1.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.40% 2.49% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 319
10th Percentile £47,639 £37,170 £46,250
25th Percentile £63,922 £46,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,039 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.06% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £81,057 £77,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,039 £71,991 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.71% -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 6,793 5,946 14,022
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.76% 44.02% 43.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,580 4,665 12,050
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £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 25 April 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 (9.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.11%) IIS
4 1 (1.05%) Apache
4 1 (1.05%) Confluence
4 1 (1.05%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.05%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 78 (82.11%) Azure
2 59 (62.11%) IaaS
3 34 (35.79%) SaaS
4 33 (34.74%) Entra ID
5 32 (33.68%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (21.05%) GitHub
7 18 (18.95%) AWS
7 18 (18.95%) Serverless
8 16 (16.84%) Azure AKS
9 15 (15.79%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (14.74%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (12.63%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (12.63%) Power Platform
12 10 (10.53%) Azure App Service
12 10 (10.53%) dbt
13 9 (9.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (8.42%) GCP
15 6 (6.32%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (6.32%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (6.32%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.74%) Firewall
2 8 (8.42%) VPN
3 6 (6.32%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.26%) DNS
5 2 (2.11%) DHCP
5 2 (2.11%) DSL
5 2 (2.11%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.11%) LAN
5 2 (2.11%) SAN
5 2 (2.11%) WAN
6 1 (1.05%) MPLS
6 1 (1.05%) NAS
6 1 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.95%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.47%) NoSQL
3 8 (8.42%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (5.26%) Redis
5 3 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.16%) Power BI
5 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.11%) MariaDB
6 2 (2.11%) MySQL
6 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.11%) Star Schema
7 1 (1.05%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (1.05%) Power Query
7 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (11.58%) Git
2 5 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 5 (5.26%) JMeter
2 5 (5.26%) Locust
3 3 (3.16%) JIRA
4 2 (2.11%) Selenium
4 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.05%) GitLab
5 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.84%) Finance
3 12 (12.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.58%) Legal
5 9 (9.47%) Billing
6 6 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.32%) Law
7 3 (3.16%) Advertising
8 2 (2.11%) German Language
8 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.05%) Banking
9 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Marketing
9 1 (1.05%) Military
9 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (23.16%) Lead
2 20 (21.05%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (20.00%) Architect
3 19 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (18.95%) Senior
5 12 (12.63%) Developer
6 10 (10.53%) .NET Developer
6 10 (10.53%) Lead .NET Developer
6 10 (10.53%) Lead Developer
7 9 (9.47%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.37%) Azure Developer
9 7 (7.37%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) SaaS Developer
10 6 (6.32%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) Technical Developer
10 6 (6.32%) Technical Leader
11 5 (5.26%) Senior Architect
11 5 (5.26%) Senior Technical Architect
11 5 (5.26%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.68%) .NET
2 11 (11.58%) RESTful
3 10 (10.53%) .NET Framework
3 10 (10.53%) React
4 9 (9.47%) ASP.NET Web API
4 9 (9.47%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 9 (9.47%) Entity Framework
4 9 (9.47%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (8.42%) Middleware
6 6 (6.32%) ARM Templates
7 5 (5.26%) Django
7 5 (5.26%) Gherkin
7 5 (5.26%) JSON
8 4 (4.21%) Node.js
9 3 (3.16%) ADO
9 3 (3.16%) CSS
9 3 (3.16%) HTML
10 2 (2.11%) LDAP
10 2 (2.11%) SAML
10 2 (2.11%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.11%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.05%) Clustering
6 1 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.05%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.05%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.05%) PKI
6 1 (1.05%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.05%) Replication
6 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.63%) Linux
1 12 (12.63%) Windows
2 7 (7.37%) Unix
2 7 (7.37%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.05%) AIX
3 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.05%) Solaris
3 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (58.95%) DevOps
2 48 (50.53%) CI/CD
3 43 (45.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (37.89%) Agile
5 28 (29.47%) Mentoring
6 24 (25.26%) Containerisation
6 24 (25.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (21.05%) Test Automation
9 19 (20.00%) Project Delivery
10 18 (18.95%) Microservices
11 17 (17.89%) Observability
11 17 (17.89%) Platform Engineering
12 14 (14.74%) Analytics
12 14 (14.74%) Continuous Delivery
12 14 (14.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (13.68%) Computer Science
13 13 (13.68%) Decision-Making
13 13 (13.68%) Scrum
13 13 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (23.16%) PowerShell
2 21 (22.11%) SQL
3 19 (20.00%) Python
4 14 (14.74%) Java
5 12 (12.63%) Bicep
6 11 (11.58%) TypeScript
7 5 (5.26%) C#
8 4 (4.21%) Bash
9 3 (3.16%) JavaScript
10 2 (2.11%) PHP
11 1 (1.05%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (1.05%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (14.74%) Degree
2 12 (12.63%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 11 (11.58%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.42%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.16%) CISSP
6 3 (3.16%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.05%) IISP
7 1 (1.05%) ISACA
7 1 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.74%) QA
2 9 (9.47%) NIST
3 8 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 5 (5.26%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.26%) WCAG
5 4 (4.21%) GDPR
6 3 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.16%) NCSC
7 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.05%) GRC
8 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 22 (23.16%) Docker
2 16 (16.84%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.21%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.05%) vCloud
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (42.11%) Terraform
2 18 (18.95%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.32%) Ansible
3 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (6.32%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.26%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (5.26%) Grafana
5 2 (2.11%) Packer
6 1 (1.05%) CASB
6 1 (1.05%) Data Guard
6 1 (1.05%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (1.05%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (1.05%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (45.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.37%) Google
3 4 (4.21%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.21%) VMware
4 3 (3.16%) Oracle
4 3 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.11%) Apple
6 1 (1.05%) Adobe
6 1 (1.05%) Cisco
6 1 (1.05%) Commvault
6 1 (1.05%) Databricks
6 1 (1.05%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.05%) IBM
6 1 (1.05%) Logitech
6 1 (1.05%) Mercator
6 1 (1.05%) NetApp
6 1 (1.05%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.05%) SAP
6 1 (1.05%) Yealink
6 1 (1.05%) Zscaler