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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 211 143
Rank change year-on-year -49 -68 +30
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 112 280 468
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.73% 1.59% 2.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.98% 3.46% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 95 166 357
10th Percentile £49,250 £49,263 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,516 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £69,308 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -6.34% +9.63%
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,875 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.08% -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 5,643 8,085 9,454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.79% 45.94% 47.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,125 5,315 8,100
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £36,270
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,382 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.34% +1.41% -3.85%

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 16 December 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 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.89%) FileNet
4 1 (0.89%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.68%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 93 (83.04%) Azure
2 65 (58.04%) IaaS
3 55 (49.11%) SaaS
4 36 (32.14%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (26.79%) Entra ID
6 27 (24.11%) Serverless
7 26 (23.21%) GitHub
8 18 (16.07%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (12.50%) AWS
9 14 (12.50%) GCP
10 13 (11.61%) Azure App Service
11 12 (10.71%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (8.93%) Power Platform
13 8 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (6.25%) Azure Functions
14 7 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (4.46%) Azure AKS
15 5 (4.46%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (4.46%) OCI
16 4 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.71%) VPN
2 10 (8.93%) DNS
2 10 (8.93%) Firewall
3 4 (3.57%) DHCP
4 3 (2.68%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.79%) LAN
5 2 (1.79%) WAN
6 1 (0.89%) Network Security
6 1 (0.89%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.18%) SQL Server
2 13 (11.61%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.68%) Power BI
4 3 (2.68%) Power Query
5 2 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.89%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.89%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.89%) Metadata
6 1 (0.89%) MySQL
6 1 (0.89%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (15.18%) Git
2 4 (3.57%) JIRA
3 3 (2.68%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.39%) Law
3 14 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.71%) Finance
5 10 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.25%) Legal
7 3 (2.68%) Marketing
7 3 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.89%) Billing
8 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (31.25%) Lead
2 27 (24.11%) Architect
3 21 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (16.07%) Cloud Engineer
5 13 (11.61%) .NET Developer
5 13 (11.61%) Azure Developer
5 13 (11.61%) Developer
5 13 (11.61%) Lead .NET Developer
5 13 (11.61%) Lead Developer
6 12 (10.71%) SaaS Developer
7 11 (9.82%) Senior
8 9 (8.04%) Analyst
9 8 (7.14%) Product Manager
10 7 (6.25%) Lead Product Manager
10 7 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (6.25%) Technical Leader
11 6 (5.36%) Enterprise Architect
12 5 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (4.46%) Security Manager
12 5 (4.46%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.29%) .NET
2 15 (13.39%) .NET Framework
3 14 (12.50%) RESTful
4 13 (11.61%) ASP.NET Web API
4 13 (11.61%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 13 (11.61%) Entity Framework
4 13 (11.61%) Razor View Engine
4 13 (11.61%) React
5 12 (10.71%) JSON
6 9 (8.04%) Middleware
6 9 (8.04%) YAML
7 4 (3.57%) Node.js
8 3 (2.68%) ADO
8 3 (2.68%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.89%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.89%) CSS
9 1 (0.89%) HTML
9 1 (0.89%) REST
9 1 (0.89%) Smarty
9 1 (0.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.96%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.04%) Public Cloud
3 8 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.57%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.68%) Social Media
7 2 (1.79%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.79%) Replication
7 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.89%) Blog
8 1 (0.89%) Clustering
8 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.18%) Windows
2 8 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.36%) Linux
4 4 (3.57%) VMS
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (50.89%) DevOps
2 51 (45.54%) Agile
3 40 (35.71%) Mentoring
4 37 (33.04%) CI/CD
4 37 (33.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 34 (30.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (29.46%) Test Automation
7 27 (24.11%) Microservices
8 26 (23.21%) Collaborative Culture
8 26 (23.21%) Project Delivery
9 25 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (22.32%) Roadmaps
10 24 (21.43%) Analytics
10 24 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
11 21 (18.75%) Computer Science
12 18 (16.07%) Cloud Security
12 18 (16.07%) Design Patterns
13 17 (15.18%) Decision-Making
13 17 (15.18%) Scrum
14 16 (14.29%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 33 (29.46%) PowerShell
2 28 (25.00%) SQL
3 17 (15.18%) Bicep
4 14 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 7 (6.25%) Python
6 6 (5.36%) Bash
7 4 (3.57%) C#
8 2 (1.79%) Java
8 2 (1.79%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.89%) PHP
9 1 (0.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (24.11%) Degree
2 18 (16.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (16.07%) Master's Degree
3 17 (15.18%) Azure Certification
4 14 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 11 (9.82%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.68%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.89%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.39%) QA
2 11 (9.82%) NCSC
2 11 (9.82%) NIST
3 10 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.79%) GRC
6 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.89%) GDPR
7 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (24.11%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.93%) Hyper-V
2 10 (8.93%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.46%) Docker
4 1 (0.89%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 31 (27.68%) Terraform
2 9 (8.04%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.25%) Ansible
3 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) VMware
3 5 (4.46%) Google
4 4 (3.57%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.68%) Mercator
6 2 (1.79%) Oracle
6 2 (1.79%) Sparx
7 1 (0.89%) Adobe
7 1 (0.89%) Databricks
7 1 (0.89%) Dell
7 1 (0.89%) HP
7 1 (0.89%) IBM
7 1 (0.89%) NetApp
7 1 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.89%) Veeam