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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 286 300
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 -181
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 146 141 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 0.89% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.84% 2.35% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 118 104 260
10th Percentile £48,848 £36,526 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £44,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +2.96% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,325 £82,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,250 £96,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.45%

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 7,930 5,998 14,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.27% 37.75% 42.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,674 4,404 11,780
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,644 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 1 July 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 (10.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 131 (89.73%) Azure
2 81 (55.48%) IaaS
3 57 (39.04%) SaaS
4 52 (35.62%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (26.71%) Entra ID
6 35 (23.97%) Serverless
7 34 (23.29%) AWS
8 30 (20.55%) GitHub
9 24 (16.44%) Azure Functions
10 23 (15.75%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (13.70%) Azure AKS
12 18 (12.33%) GCP
12 18 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (8.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (8.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (8.22%) Azure Key Vault
15 11 (7.53%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (6.85%) dbt
17 8 (5.48%) Power Platform
18 7 (4.79%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.38%) VPN
2 13 (8.90%) Firewall
3 6 (4.11%) DNS
4 5 (3.42%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.74%) Kerberos
5 4 (2.74%) SAN
6 3 (2.05%) DHCP
6 3 (2.05%) DSL
6 3 (2.05%) WAN
7 2 (1.37%) Network Security
7 2 (1.37%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.37%) Wireless
8 1 (0.68%) LAN
8 1 (0.68%) NAS
8 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (15.07%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (8.22%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.48%) Redis
5 6 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.74%) MySQL
7 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.74%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.37%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.37%) Power BI
8 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.37%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.68%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 20 (13.70%) Git
2 5 (3.42%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.42%) JMeter
2 5 (3.42%) Locust
3 3 (2.05%) JIRA
3 3 (2.05%) Selenium
4 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 48 (32.88%) Finance
2 46 (31.51%) Social Skills
3 23 (15.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (15.07%) Law
5 13 (8.90%) Legal
6 9 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.11%) Billing
8 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Advertising
9 3 (2.05%) Aviation
10 2 (1.37%) German Language
11 1 (0.68%) Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Military
11 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Retail
11 1 (0.68%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 37 (25.34%) Architect
2 33 (22.60%) Azure Engineer
3 32 (21.92%) Lead
4 26 (17.81%) Cloud Engineer
5 25 (17.12%) Senior
6 21 (14.38%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (10.96%) Analyst
8 13 (8.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (8.22%) Lead Architect
9 12 (8.22%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.16%) .NET Software Engineer
11 9 (6.16%) C# Software Engineer
11 9 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (6.16%) Digital Architect
11 9 (6.16%) Digital Solutions Architect
11 9 (6.16%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 9 (6.16%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 9 (6.16%) Software Engineer
12 8 (5.48%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.96%) .NET
2 15 (10.27%) ARM Templates
3 8 (5.48%) RESTful
4 7 (4.79%) React
5 5 (3.42%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.42%) Django
5 5 (3.42%) Gherkin
5 5 (3.42%) Node.js
6 4 (2.74%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (2.74%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (2.74%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.74%) LDAP
6 4 (2.74%) Middleware
6 4 (2.74%) OAuth
6 4 (2.74%) OpenID
6 4 (2.74%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (2.74%) REST
6 4 (2.74%) SAML
7 3 (2.05%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.05%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 37 (25.34%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.64%) Public Cloud
3 16 (10.96%) Security Posture
4 12 (8.22%) Podcast
5 10 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (6.16%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.79%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.74%) Data Fabric
9 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.74%) Replication
10 3 (2.05%) Blog
10 3 (2.05%) Clustering
10 3 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.05%) e-Learning
10 3 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.81%) Windows
2 17 (11.64%) Linux
3 12 (8.22%) VMS
4 8 (5.48%) Unix
5 5 (3.42%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.68%) AIX
6 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.68%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (62.33%) DevOps
2 77 (52.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 76 (52.05%) CI/CD
4 59 (40.41%) Agile
5 38 (26.03%) Platform Engineering
6 37 (25.34%) Cloud Security
7 35 (23.97%) Mentoring
8 33 (22.60%) Observability
8 33 (22.60%) Roadmaps
9 32 (21.92%) Analytics
10 30 (20.55%) Microservices
11 29 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (18.49%) Containerisation
14 24 (16.44%) Scrum
15 23 (15.75%) Computer Science
15 23 (15.75%) Task Automation
16 22 (15.07%) AI
17 21 (14.38%) Cost Optimisation
17 21 (14.38%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 48 (32.88%) PowerShell
2 34 (23.29%) Bicep
2 34 (23.29%) Python
3 30 (20.55%) SQL
4 20 (13.70%) Bash
5 17 (11.64%) Java
6 15 (10.27%) C#
7 12 (8.22%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (4.79%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.11%) Ruby
10 5 (3.42%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.37%) Go
11 2 (1.37%) PHP
12 1 (0.68%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 26 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.38%) Azure Certification
3 19 (13.01%) SC Cleared
4 15 (10.27%) Degree
5 13 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (5.48%) CISSP
8 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.37%) CISM
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.68%) GIAC
10 1 (0.68%) IISP
10 1 (0.68%) ISACA
10 1 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.68%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.53%) NIST
2 10 (6.85%) QA
3 7 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.79%) PCI DSS
4 6 (4.11%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.11%) GDPR
5 5 (3.42%) WCAG
6 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 39 (26.71%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.44%) Docker
3 16 (10.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (9.59%) vSphere
5 13 (8.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (46.58%) Terraform
2 22 (15.07%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.85%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.42%) Ansible
4 5 (3.42%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (3.42%) Grafana
4 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.05%) Packer
6 2 (1.37%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.68%) QRadar
Vendors
1 78 (53.42%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.64%) VMware
3 12 (8.22%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (7.53%) Salesforce
5 8 (5.48%) Oracle
6 6 (4.11%) Google
7 5 (3.42%) Databricks
8 4 (2.74%) Cisco
8 4 (2.74%) SAP
8 4 (2.74%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.05%) Meraki
9 3 (2.05%) Veeam
10 2 (1.37%) Apple
10 2 (1.37%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.37%) EMC
10 2 (1.37%) Sophos
10 2 (1.37%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.68%) Commvault
11 1 (0.68%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.68%) Splunk