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 3 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 196 196
Rank change year-on-year -35 0 -82
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 108 52 141
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 0.77% 1.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.47% 2.11% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 85 47 70
10th Percentile £55,500 £54,966 £49,775
25th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £56,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £77,217 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +23.03% +26.07% -15.52%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £74,144
90th Percentile - £120,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £90,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +38.46% +4.00% -11.44%

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 4,368 2,468 4,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.08% 36.63% 42.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,252 1,935 2,635
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,973 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

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 3 months to 15 September 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 15 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.23%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 163 (91.06%) Azure
2 76 (42.46%) IaaS
3 60 (33.52%) SaaS
4 51 (28.49%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (17.32%) Serverless
6 27 (15.08%) AWS
6 27 (15.08%) Entra ID
7 25 (13.97%) GitHub
8 23 (12.85%) Azure Functions
9 18 (10.06%) Azure Monitor
9 18 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (8.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 14 (7.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 14 (7.82%) GCP
12 13 (7.26%) Azure AKS
13 8 (4.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (4.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (3.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.97%) VPN
2 11 (6.15%) Firewall
3 9 (5.03%) DNS
4 7 (3.91%) DHCP
5 6 (3.35%) WAN
6 5 (2.79%) SAN
6 5 (2.79%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.68%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.68%) LAN
7 3 (1.68%) Network Security
8 2 (1.12%) Wireless
9 1 (0.56%) DSL
9 1 (0.56%) NAS
9 1 (0.56%) VLAN
9 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (8.94%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.23%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.68%) Redis
7 2 (1.12%) MySQL
8 1 (0.56%) Big Data
8 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.56%) Metadata
8 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.56%) Power BI
8 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (10.06%) Git
2 3 (1.68%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) JMeter
3 1 (0.56%) Locust
3 1 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.56%) Selenium
General
1 86 (48.04%) Finance
2 44 (24.58%) Social Skills
3 22 (12.29%) Law
4 14 (7.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.03%) Legal
6 7 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.79%) Banking
8 5 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.68%) Aviation
10 1 (0.56%) Advertising
10 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.56%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 68 (37.99%) Lead
2 61 (34.08%) Azure Engineer
3 49 (27.37%) Cloud Engineer
4 42 (23.46%) Platform Engineer
5 41 (22.91%) Architect
6 39 (21.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 31 (17.32%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 26 (14.53%) Senior
9 23 (12.85%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 20 (11.17%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (8.94%) Lead Architect
13 14 (7.82%) Analyst
14 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 13 (7.26%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 10 (5.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 9 (5.03%) .NET Software Engineer
16 9 (5.03%) C# Software Engineer
16 9 (5.03%) Enterprise Architect
16 9 (5.03%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (36.87%) Terraform
2 15 (8.38%) ARM Templates
3 11 (6.15%) .NET
4 3 (1.68%) LDAP
4 3 (1.68%) OAuth
4 3 (1.68%) OpenID
4 3 (1.68%) React
4 3 (1.68%) RESTful
4 3 (1.68%) SAML
4 3 (1.68%) YAML
5 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.12%) REST
5 2 (1.12%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.56%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.56%) JSON
6 1 (0.56%) Node.js
6 1 (0.56%) Playwright
6 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.20%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.61%) Security Posture
3 17 (9.50%) Public Cloud
4 13 (7.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (6.70%) Podcast
6 8 (4.47%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.23%) Data Fabric
10 4 (2.23%) Replication
11 3 (1.68%) Blog
11 3 (1.68%) Clustering
11 3 (1.68%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.68%) SystemC
12 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
12 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.41%) Windows
2 12 (6.70%) VMS
3 11 (6.15%) Linux
4 3 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.56%) AIX
5 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Solaris
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (45.25%) DevOps
2 72 (40.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 72 (40.22%) Platform Engineering
3 64 (35.75%) CI/CD
4 51 (28.49%) Agile
5 42 (23.46%) Cloud Security
6 38 (21.23%) Roadmaps
7 33 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (17.88%) Mentoring
9 31 (17.32%) Analytics
10 29 (16.20%) AI
11 26 (14.53%) Microservices
12 25 (13.97%) Cost Optimisation
13 24 (13.41%) Observability
13 24 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (12.85%) Computer Science
15 22 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
15 22 (12.29%) Technical Leadership
16 21 (11.73%) Migration
16 21 (11.73%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (27.37%) PowerShell
2 42 (23.46%) Bicep
3 29 (16.20%) SQL
4 26 (14.53%) Python
5 22 (12.29%) Bash
6 12 (6.70%) C#
6 12 (6.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (3.35%) Java
7 6 (3.35%) Ruby
8 2 (1.12%) ABAP
8 2 (1.12%) Go
8 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (13.97%) Azure Certification
2 18 (10.06%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.38%) Degree
4 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.15%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.35%) CISSP
8 2 (1.12%) CISM
9 1 (0.56%) CCNP
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.56%) GIAC
9 1 (0.56%) HND
9 1 (0.56%) IISP
9 1 (0.56%) ISACA
9 1 (0.56%) MCITP
9 1 (0.56%) SSCP
9 1 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.47%) NIST
2 6 (3.35%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.23%) QA
4 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.12%) GDPR
4 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) SLA
5 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (21.23%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (8.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (7.82%) vSphere
5 10 (5.59%) Docker
6 4 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (9.50%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.91%) Ansible
3 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.12%) Data Guard
4 2 (1.12%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.56%) Grafana
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.56%) Packer
5 1 (0.56%) QRadar
5 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 79 (44.13%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.17%) VMware
3 12 (6.70%) ScienceLogic
4 9 (5.03%) Oracle
5 8 (4.47%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.47%) YouTube
6 7 (3.91%) SAP
7 5 (2.79%) Databricks
8 4 (2.23%) Cisco
9 3 (1.68%) Meraki
9 3 (1.68%) Veeam
10 2 (1.12%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.12%) EMC
10 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.12%) Sophos
10 2 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.56%) Apple
11 1 (0.56%) Commvault
11 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.56%) Red Hat