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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 290 313
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 -182
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 129 139 314
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.90% 0.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.70% 2.36% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 106 103 257
10th Percentile £48,195 £36,434 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £44,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -0.72% -0.71%
75th Percentile £84,188 £82,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,625 £96,156 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +2.84% -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 7,606 5,887 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 38.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,338 4,281 12,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -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% -9.75%

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 19 June 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 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.55%) IIS
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 117 (90.70%) Azure
2 73 (56.59%) IaaS
3 55 (42.64%) SaaS
4 47 (36.43%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (31.01%) Entra ID
6 30 (23.26%) AWS
7 28 (21.71%) Serverless
8 22 (17.05%) GitHub
9 21 (16.28%) Azure AKS
10 20 (15.50%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (14.73%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (13.95%) Azure Functions
12 18 (13.95%) GCP
13 11 (8.53%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (7.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (7.75%) dbt
15 9 (6.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
17 7 (5.43%) Azure Key Vault
17 7 (5.43%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.63%) Firewall
2 14 (10.85%) VPN
3 6 (4.65%) DNS
4 5 (3.88%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.10%) Kerberos
5 4 (3.10%) SAN
6 3 (2.33%) DHCP
6 3 (2.33%) DSL
6 3 (2.33%) WAN
7 2 (1.55%) Network Security
7 2 (1.55%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.55%) Wireless
8 1 (0.78%) LAN
8 1 (0.78%) MPLS
8 1 (0.78%) NAS
8 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (17.05%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.53%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (6.20%) Redis
4 6 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.10%) MySQL
6 4 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.10%) SAP HANA
7 3 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.55%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.55%) Power BI
8 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.55%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.78%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 14 (10.85%) Git
2 5 (3.88%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.88%) JMeter
2 5 (3.88%) Locust
3 3 (2.33%) JIRA
3 3 (2.33%) Selenium
4 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (30.23%) Finance
2 36 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (13.18%) Law
5 10 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.75%) Legal
6 8 (6.20%) Billing
7 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.33%) Advertising
8 3 (2.33%) Aviation
9 2 (1.55%) German Language
10 1 (0.78%) Banking
10 1 (0.78%) Military
10 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
10 1 (0.78%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 32 (24.81%) Architect
2 31 (24.03%) Azure Engineer
3 25 (19.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (17.83%) Lead
5 22 (17.05%) Senior
6 19 (14.73%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (8.53%) Analyst
8 10 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) .NET Software Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) C# Software Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) Digital Architect
9 9 (6.98%) Digital Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.98%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) Software Engineer
10 8 (6.20%) Azure Software Engineer
10 8 (6.20%) Developer
10 8 (6.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 7 (5.43%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.18%) .NET
2 12 (9.30%) ARM Templates
3 8 (6.20%) RESTful
4 7 (5.43%) React
5 5 (3.88%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.88%) Django
5 5 (3.88%) Gherkin
5 5 (3.88%) Node.js
6 4 (3.10%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (3.10%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (3.10%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.10%) LDAP
6 4 (3.10%) Middleware
6 4 (3.10%) OAuth
6 4 (3.10%) OpenID
6 4 (3.10%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (3.10%) SAML
7 3 (2.33%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.33%) HTML
7 3 (2.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 33 (25.58%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.53%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (6.20%) Public Cloud
5 7 (5.43%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (5.43%) Podcast
6 6 (4.65%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.10%) Data Fabric
8 4 (3.10%) Product Ownership
8 4 (3.10%) Replication
9 3 (2.33%) Clustering
9 3 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.55%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.73%) Windows
2 18 (13.95%) Linux
3 8 (6.20%) Unix
4 7 (5.43%) VMS
5 6 (4.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.78%) AIX
6 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.78%) Solaris
6 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (60.47%) DevOps
2 63 (48.84%) Infrastructure as Code
3 62 (48.06%) CI/CD
4 48 (37.21%) Agile
5 31 (24.03%) Platform Engineering
6 29 (22.48%) Cloud Security
7 28 (21.71%) Roadmaps
8 26 (20.16%) Mentoring
8 26 (20.16%) Microservices
8 26 (20.16%) Observability
9 25 (19.38%) Analytics
9 25 (19.38%) Containerisation
10 22 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (14.73%) Migration
11 19 (14.73%) Scrum
12 18 (13.95%) Identity Access Management
13 17 (13.18%) AI
13 17 (13.18%) Decision-Making
13 17 (13.18%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (29.46%) PowerShell
2 26 (20.16%) Python
3 25 (19.38%) Bicep
4 24 (18.60%) SQL
5 15 (11.63%) C#
6 14 (10.85%) Java
7 13 (10.08%) Bash
8 7 (5.43%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (5.43%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
10 3 (2.33%) Ruby
11 2 (1.55%) PHP
12 1 (0.78%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 21 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.63%) Azure Certification
2 15 (11.63%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.08%) Degree
4 8 (6.20%) CISSP
4 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.55%) CISM
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.78%) GIAC
8 1 (0.78%) IISP
8 1 (0.78%) ISACA
8 1 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.78%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.75%) QA
2 9 (6.98%) NIST
3 8 (6.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.65%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.65%) GDPR
5 5 (3.88%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.88%) WCAG
6 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 33 (25.58%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.05%) Docker
3 12 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (6.98%) vSphere
5 8 (6.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.55%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.78%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (45.74%) Terraform
2 20 (15.50%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.75%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.88%) Ansible
4 5 (3.88%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (3.88%) Grafana
4 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.33%) Packer
6 2 (1.55%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.78%) CASB
7 1 (0.78%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.78%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.78%) QRadar
Vendors
1 66 (51.16%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.08%) VMware
3 11 (8.53%) Salesforce
4 7 (5.43%) ScienceLogic
5 6 (4.65%) Google
6 5 (3.88%) Databricks
7 4 (3.10%) Cisco
7 4 (3.10%) SAP
7 4 (3.10%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.33%) Meraki
8 3 (2.33%) Oracle
8 3 (2.33%) Veeam
9 2 (1.55%) Apple
9 2 (1.55%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.55%) EMC
9 2 (1.55%) Sophos
9 2 (1.55%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.78%) Commvault
10 1 (0.78%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.78%) Splunk