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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 244 257
Rank change year-on-year -49 +13 -116
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 98 161 371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 1.24% 1.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.47% 2.68% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 82 122 333
10th Percentile £52,261 £44,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,439 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,406 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £71,991 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.47% -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 6,688 6,011 13,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.65% 46.29% 43.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 4,695 12,065
10th Percentile £33,585 £33,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £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 10 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 (9.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.06%) Confluence
4 1 (1.02%) Apache
4 1 (1.02%) FileNet
4 1 (1.02%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 81 (82.65%) Azure
2 60 (61.22%) IaaS
3 36 (36.73%) SaaS
4 34 (34.69%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (33.67%) Entra ID
6 24 (24.49%) GitHub
7 19 (19.39%) AWS
8 18 (18.37%) Serverless
9 17 (17.35%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (14.29%) Azure AKS
10 14 (14.29%) Power Platform
11 13 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (11.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (11.22%) Azure App Service
12 11 (11.22%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (10.20%) dbt
13 10 (10.20%) GCP
14 6 (6.12%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (6.12%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.27%) Firewall
2 9 (9.18%) VPN
3 6 (6.12%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.10%) DNS
5 2 (2.04%) DHCP
5 2 (2.04%) DSL
5 2 (2.04%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.04%) LAN
6 1 (1.02%) MPLS
6 1 (1.02%) NAS
6 1 (1.02%) SAN
6 1 (1.02%) WAN
6 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.37%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.20%) NoSQL
3 7 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (5.10%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (5.10%) Power BI
4 5 (5.10%) Redis
5 4 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.06%) Power Query
6 3 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.04%) MariaDB
7 2 (2.04%) MySQL
7 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.04%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.02%) Metadata
8 1 (1.02%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (11.22%) Git
2 5 (5.10%) Cucumber
2 5 (5.10%) JIRA
2 5 (5.10%) JMeter
2 5 (5.10%) Locust
3 3 (3.06%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.04%) Selenium
4 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.02%) GitLab
5 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Finance
3 12 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.22%) Legal
5 9 (9.18%) Billing
6 6 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.10%) Law
7 5 (5.10%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.06%) Marketing
9 2 (2.04%) Advertising
9 2 (2.04%) German Language
10 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Military
10 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (25.51%) Lead
2 21 (21.43%) Architect
3 20 (20.41%) Azure Engineer
3 20 (20.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (17.35%) Senior
5 13 (13.27%) Developer
6 11 (11.22%) .NET Developer
6 11 (11.22%) Lead .NET Developer
6 11 (11.22%) Lead Developer
7 8 (8.16%) Azure Developer
7 8 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (7.14%) SaaS Developer
9 6 (6.12%) Analyst
9 6 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) Senior Platform Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) Technical Developer
9 6 (6.12%) Technical Leader
10 5 (5.10%) Senior Technical Architect
10 5 (5.10%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.29%) .NET
2 12 (12.24%) RESTful
3 11 (11.22%) .NET Framework
3 11 (11.22%) React
4 10 (10.20%) ASP.NET Web API
4 10 (10.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 10 (10.20%) Entity Framework
4 10 (10.20%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (8.16%) Middleware
6 7 (7.14%) ARM Templates
6 7 (7.14%) JSON
7 5 (5.10%) Django
7 5 (5.10%) Gherkin
8 4 (4.08%) Node.js
9 3 (3.06%) ADO
9 3 (3.06%) CSS
9 3 (3.06%) HTML
10 2 (2.04%) LDAP
10 2 (2.04%) REST
10 2 (2.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.10%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.06%) Social Media
5 2 (2.04%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.04%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.02%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.02%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.02%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.02%) PKI
6 1 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.22%) Windows
2 10 (10.20%) Linux
3 7 (7.14%) Unix
3 7 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (60.20%) DevOps
2 51 (52.04%) CI/CD
3 45 (45.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 39 (39.80%) Agile
5 30 (30.61%) Mentoring
6 26 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (24.49%) Containerisation
8 23 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (21.43%) Test Automation
10 20 (20.41%) Project Delivery
11 19 (19.39%) Microservices
12 17 (17.35%) Analytics
13 16 (16.33%) Computer Science
13 16 (16.33%) Observability
13 16 (16.33%) Platform Engineering
14 15 (15.31%) Decision-Making
14 15 (15.31%) Scrum
15 14 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
15 14 (14.29%) Roadmaps
16 13 (13.27%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.47%) PowerShell
1 23 (23.47%) SQL
2 19 (19.39%) Python
3 14 (14.29%) Java
4 13 (13.27%) Bicep
5 12 (12.24%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.08%) Bash
6 4 (4.08%) C#
7 3 (3.06%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.04%) PHP
9 1 (1.02%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (1.02%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (18.37%) Degree
2 15 (15.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.22%) Security Cleared
4 9 (9.18%) Master's Degree
5 5 (5.10%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.06%) CISSP
6 3 (3.06%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.33%) QA
2 10 (10.20%) NIST
3 8 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (6.12%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.10%) Accessibility
5 5 (5.10%) WCAG
6 4 (4.08%) GDPR
7 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (3.06%) Data Quality
7 3 (3.06%) NCSC
8 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.02%) GRC
9 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 22 (22.45%) Docker
2 16 (16.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.02%) vCloud
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (40.82%) Terraform
2 16 (16.33%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.12%) Ansible
3 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (6.12%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (5.10%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (5.10%) Grafana
5 2 (2.04%) Packer
6 1 (1.02%) CASB
6 1 (1.02%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (45.92%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) Google
3 3 (3.06%) Mercator
3 3 (3.06%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.06%) VMware
4 2 (2.04%) Databricks
4 2 (2.04%) Oracle
5 1 (1.02%) Adobe
5 1 (1.02%) Apple
5 1 (1.02%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco
5 1 (1.02%) Commvault
5 1 (1.02%) IBM
5 1 (1.02%) NetApp
5 1 (1.02%) SAP
5 1 (1.02%) Sparx
5 1 (1.02%) Veeam
5 1 (1.02%) Yealink
5 1 (1.02%) Zscaler