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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 227 120
Rank change year-on-year -54 -107 +65
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 114 277 596
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.72% 1.39% 2.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.05% 3.14% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 96 165 416
10th Percentile £46,875 £49,775 £46,306
25th Percentile £57,250 £56,250 £59,694
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,109 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -10.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £87,188 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,079 £67,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.59% -7.59% +3.57%

All Cloud 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 5,572 8,825 10,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.42% 44.33% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,196 5,720 8,902
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 14 November 2025.

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 6 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.63%) Confluence
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (85.96%) Azure
2 67 (58.77%) IaaS
3 64 (56.14%) SaaS
4 38 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (23.68%) Entra ID
6 25 (21.93%) GitHub
7 22 (19.30%) Serverless
8 21 (18.42%) AWS
9 20 (17.54%) GCP
10 16 (14.04%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (11.40%) Power Platform
12 10 (8.77%) Azure App Service
12 10 (8.77%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (7.89%) Azure Functions
13 9 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (7.89%) OCI
14 6 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.77%) Firewall
1 10 (8.77%) VPN
2 9 (7.89%) DNS
3 4 (3.51%) DHCP
4 3 (2.63%) Network Security
4 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.75%) LAN
5 2 (1.75%) WAN
6 1 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.77%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.51%) Power BI
4 3 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.63%) MySQL
4 3 (2.63%) Power Query
5 2 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.75%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.88%) Metadata
6 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (14.91%) Git
2 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.51%) JIRA
3 3 (2.63%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 39 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.79%) Law
3 17 (14.91%) Public Sector
4 15 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (12.28%) Finance
6 9 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.51%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.63%) Legal
8 3 (2.63%) Local Government
8 3 (2.63%) Marketing
9 2 (1.75%) Advertising
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (29.82%) Lead
2 29 (25.44%) Architect
3 21 (18.42%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (17.54%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (10.53%) Developer
6 11 (9.65%) Analyst
7 10 (8.77%) .NET Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Azure Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (8.77%) Lead .NET Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Lead Developer
8 9 (7.89%) SaaS Developer
9 8 (7.02%) Product Manager
9 8 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (6.14%) Enterprise Architect
10 7 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.14%) Lead Product Manager
11 6 (5.26%) Lead Architect
12 5 (4.39%) Security Engineer
12 5 (4.39%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (15.79%) .NET
2 15 (13.16%) .NET Framework
3 13 (11.40%) JSON
4 12 (10.53%) RESTful
5 10 (8.77%) ASP.NET Web API
5 10 (8.77%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 10 (8.77%) Entity Framework
5 10 (8.77%) Razor View Engine
5 10 (8.77%) React
6 9 (7.89%) YAML
7 7 (6.14%) Middleware
7 7 (6.14%) Node.js
8 2 (1.75%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.75%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.75%) CSS
8 2 (1.75%) HTML
8 2 (1.75%) REST
8 2 (1.75%) Smarty
8 2 (1.75%) Symfony
8 2 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) Cloud Native
2 13 (11.40%) Public Cloud
3 9 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.14%) Private Cloud
5 6 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.39%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.63%) Social Media
9 2 (1.75%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.75%) Replication
9 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (6.14%) Linux
2 7 (6.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.26%) VMS
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (53.51%) DevOps
2 54 (47.37%) Agile
3 44 (38.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (32.46%) CI/CD
5 34 (29.82%) Test Automation
6 33 (28.95%) Mentoring
7 31 (27.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (26.32%) Roadmaps
9 26 (22.81%) Analytics
9 26 (22.81%) Collaborative Culture
10 25 (21.93%) Cloud Security
10 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (20.18%) Microservices
12 22 (19.30%) Technical Leadership
13 19 (16.67%) Computer Science
13 19 (16.67%) Decision-Making
14 17 (14.91%) Scrum
15 16 (14.04%) AI
15 16 (14.04%) Migration
15 16 (14.04%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 36 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 25 (21.93%) SQL
3 15 (13.16%) Bicep
4 13 (11.40%) Python
5 12 (10.53%) TypeScript
6 8 (7.02%) C#
7 7 (6.14%) Bash
8 5 (4.39%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.75%) Java
9 2 (1.75%) PHP
10 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Degree
2 22 (19.30%) Azure Certification
3 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 17 (14.91%) Master's Degree
5 15 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (11.40%) SC Cleared
8 7 (6.14%) DV Cleared
9 6 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (10.53%) NCSC
2 12 (10.53%) NIST
2 12 (10.53%) QA
3 5 (4.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (3.51%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.75%) GRC
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (22.81%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (7.02%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.51%) Docker
6 1 (0.88%) KVM
6 1 (0.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (28.95%) Terraform
2 9 (7.89%) Ansible
2 9 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.26%) SCOM
4 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.88%) CFEngine
5 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 54 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.65%) VMware
3 5 (4.39%) Google
4 4 (3.51%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.63%) Mercator
6 2 (1.75%) Oracle
6 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.75%) Sparx
7 1 (0.88%) Databricks
7 1 (0.88%) Dell
7 1 (0.88%) HP
7 1 (0.88%) Veeam
7 1 (0.88%) Xamarin