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

 6 months to
29 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 280 298
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 -179
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 169 144 248
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.77% 0.87% 0.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.99% 2.38% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 138 107 189
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,170 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £97,188 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,050 £91,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -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 8,503 6,039 10,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 36.69% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,118 4,456 8,816
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 6 months to 29 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 (9.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 155 (91.72%) Azure
2 78 (46.15%) IaaS
3 58 (34.32%) SaaS
4 53 (31.36%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (23.08%) Entra ID
6 34 (20.12%) Serverless
7 33 (19.53%) AWS
8 27 (15.98%) GitHub
9 24 (14.20%) Azure Functions
10 21 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (11.83%) Azure Monitor
12 19 (11.24%) GCP
13 16 (9.47%) Azure AKS
14 15 (8.88%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (8.28%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (8.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 10 (5.92%) dbt
17 9 (5.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 9 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
18 8 (4.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (15.38%) VPN
2 10 (5.92%) Firewall
3 7 (4.14%) DNS
4 5 (2.96%) Kerberos
4 5 (2.96%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.37%) DHCP
5 4 (2.37%) SAN
6 3 (1.78%) Network Security
6 3 (1.78%) WAN
7 2 (1.18%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.18%) Wireless
8 1 (0.59%) DSL
8 1 (0.59%) LAN
8 1 (0.59%) NAS
8 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.24%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.73%) Redis
5 7 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.37%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.78%) MySQL
8 3 (1.78%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.78%) Power BI
9 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.59%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.59%) Metadata
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (10.65%) Git
2 5 (2.96%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.96%) JMeter
2 5 (2.96%) Locust
3 3 (1.78%) JIRA
4 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.59%) GitLab
5 1 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.59%) Selenium
General
1 72 (42.60%) Finance
2 49 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (13.61%) Law
4 13 (7.69%) Legal
5 8 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.78%) Advertising
7 3 (1.78%) Aviation
8 2 (1.18%) Banking
8 2 (1.18%) Billing
9 1 (0.59%) German Language
9 1 (0.59%) Military
9 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Retail
9 1 (0.59%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 53 (31.36%) Lead
2 52 (30.77%) Azure Engineer
3 39 (23.08%) Cloud Engineer
4 38 (22.49%) Architect
5 31 (18.34%) Platform Engineer
6 24 (14.20%) Senior
7 23 (13.61%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 21 (12.43%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 21 (12.43%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (9.47%) Analyst
10 14 (8.28%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 13 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (7.10%) Lead Architect
13 11 (6.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (5.33%) .NET Software Engineer
14 9 (5.33%) C# Software Engineer
14 9 (5.33%) Digital Architect
14 9 (5.33%) Digital Solutions Architect
14 9 (5.33%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 9 (5.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.47%) ARM Templates
2 14 (8.28%) .NET
3 6 (3.55%) React
3 6 (3.55%) RESTful
4 5 (2.96%) Django
4 5 (2.96%) Gherkin
4 5 (2.96%) LDAP
4 5 (2.96%) OAuth
4 5 (2.96%) OpenID
4 5 (2.96%) SAML
5 4 (2.37%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.78%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (1.78%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 3 (1.78%) Entity Framework
6 3 (1.78%) Middleware
6 3 (1.78%) Razor View Engine
6 3 (1.78%) REST
6 3 (1.78%) YAML
7 2 (1.18%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 37 (21.89%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.06%) Public Cloud
2 17 (10.06%) Security Posture
3 12 (7.10%) Podcast
4 10 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (5.92%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.14%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.55%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.37%) Data Fabric
8 4 (2.37%) Replication
9 3 (1.78%) Blog
9 3 (1.78%) Clustering
9 3 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.78%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.98%) Windows
2 16 (9.47%) Linux
3 12 (7.10%) VMS
4 6 (3.55%) Unix
5 5 (2.96%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.59%) AIX
6 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (55.62%) DevOps
2 79 (46.75%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (45.56%) CI/CD
4 64 (37.87%) Platform Engineering
5 58 (34.32%) Agile
6 40 (23.67%) Cloud Security
7 38 (22.49%) Mentoring
8 33 (19.53%) Analytics
8 33 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (19.53%) Observability
9 32 (18.93%) Roadmaps
10 28 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (15.98%) Containerisation
11 27 (15.98%) Microservices
12 25 (14.79%) Cost Optimisation
13 24 (14.20%) Identity Access Management
13 24 (14.20%) Task Automation
14 23 (13.61%) AI
15 22 (13.02%) Computer Science
15 22 (13.02%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 53 (31.36%) PowerShell
2 39 (23.08%) Bicep
3 35 (20.71%) Python
4 30 (17.75%) SQL
5 21 (12.43%) Bash
6 15 (8.88%) Java
7 14 (8.28%) C#
8 12 (7.10%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (3.55%) Ruby
10 4 (2.37%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.37%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.18%) Go
12 1 (0.59%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (14.79%) Azure Certification
1 25 (14.79%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.28%) Degree
4 13 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (5.33%) CISSP
6 8 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.18%) CISM
9 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.59%) GIAC
9 1 (0.59%) IISP
9 1 (0.59%) ISACA
9 1 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.51%) NIST
2 10 (5.92%) QA
3 8 (4.73%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.55%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.96%) WCAG
6 4 (2.37%) GDPR
7 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (24.26%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.61%) Docker
3 17 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (8.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (8.28%) vSphere
5 4 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 71 (42.01%) Terraform
2 24 (14.20%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.51%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.96%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (2.96%) Grafana
6 3 (1.78%) Ansible
7 2 (1.18%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.59%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.59%) Packer
8 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.59%) QRadar
Vendors
1 83 (49.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.65%) VMware
3 12 (7.10%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (5.92%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.73%) Oracle
6 6 (3.55%) Google
7 5 (2.96%) Databricks
7 5 (2.96%) SAP
8 4 (2.37%) Cisco
8 4 (2.37%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.78%) Meraki
9 3 (1.78%) Veeam
10 2 (1.18%) Apple
10 2 (1.18%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.18%) EMC
10 2 (1.18%) Sophos
10 2 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.59%) Commvault
11 1 (0.59%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.59%) Red Hat
62 hybrid/remote PaaS jobs