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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 283 316
Rank change year-on-year -10 +33 -185
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 126 139 313
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 0.90% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.67% 2.36% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 105 103 256
10th Percentile £48,056 £36,434 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £44,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £84,750 £82,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £96,156 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +2.84% -2.78%

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 7,549 5,879 14,623
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.72% 38.15% 42.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,290 4,277 12,168
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,070
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +3.33% -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% -9.45%

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 18 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 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.59%) IIS
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 114 (90.48%) Azure
2 71 (56.35%) IaaS
3 53 (42.06%) SaaS
4 46 (36.51%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (30.95%) Entra ID
6 29 (23.02%) AWS
7 27 (21.43%) Serverless
8 21 (16.67%) Azure AKS
8 21 (16.67%) GitHub
9 19 (15.08%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (13.49%) Azure Functions
11 17 (13.49%) GCP
12 11 (8.73%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (7.94%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (7.94%) dbt
14 8 (6.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (6.35%) Power Platform
15 7 (5.56%) Datadog
16 6 (4.76%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.90%) Firewall
2 13 (10.32%) VPN
3 6 (4.76%) DNS
4 5 (3.97%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.17%) Kerberos
5 4 (3.17%) SAN
6 3 (2.38%) DHCP
6 3 (2.38%) DSL
6 3 (2.38%) WAN
7 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.59%) Wireless
8 1 (0.79%) LAN
8 1 (0.79%) MPLS
8 1 (0.79%) NAS
8 1 (0.79%) Network Security
8 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (17.46%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.73%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.35%) Redis
4 7 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.97%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (3.17%) NoSQL
7 4 (3.17%) SAP HANA
8 3 (2.38%) MySQL
8 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.59%) Power BI
9 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.59%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.79%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 13 (10.32%) Git
2 5 (3.97%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.97%) JMeter
2 5 (3.97%) Locust
3 3 (2.38%) JIRA
3 3 (2.38%) Selenium
4 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.79%) GitLab
5 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (30.16%) Finance
2 35 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (11.90%) Law
5 10 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.94%) Legal
6 8 (6.35%) Billing
7 3 (2.38%) Advertising
7 3 (2.38%) Aviation
7 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.59%) German Language
9 1 (0.79%) Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Military
9 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
9 1 (0.79%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 32 (25.40%) Architect
2 31 (24.60%) Azure Engineer
3 24 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (18.25%) Lead
5 21 (16.67%) Senior
6 19 (15.08%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (7.94%) Analyst
7 10 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) .NET Software Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) C# Software Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) Digital Architect
8 9 (7.14%) Digital Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) Software Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) Azure Software Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) Developer
10 7 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 7 (5.56%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.49%) .NET
2 12 (9.52%) ARM Templates
3 8 (6.35%) RESTful
4 6 (4.76%) React
5 5 (3.97%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.97%) Django
5 5 (3.97%) Gherkin
5 5 (3.97%) Node.js
6 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (3.17%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.17%) LDAP
6 4 (3.17%) Middleware
6 4 (3.17%) OAuth
6 4 (3.17%) OpenID
6 4 (3.17%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (3.17%) SAML
7 3 (2.38%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.38%) HTML
7 3 (2.38%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.40%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.76%) Podcast
5 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.17%) Data Fabric
6 4 (3.17%) Replication
6 4 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.38%) Clustering
7 3 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.49%) Linux
1 17 (13.49%) Windows
2 8 (6.35%) Unix
3 6 (4.76%) VMS
3 6 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) AIX
4 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Solaris
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (61.11%) DevOps
2 61 (48.41%) Infrastructure as Code
3 60 (47.62%) CI/CD
4 46 (36.51%) Agile
5 31 (24.60%) Platform Engineering
6 28 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 26 (20.63%) Microservices
7 26 (20.63%) Roadmaps
8 25 (19.84%) Containerisation
8 25 (19.84%) Mentoring
8 25 (19.84%) Observability
9 24 (19.05%) Analytics
10 21 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (14.29%) Migration
11 18 (14.29%) Scrum
12 17 (13.49%) Deployment Automation
13 16 (12.70%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (11.90%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 37 (29.37%) PowerShell
2 26 (20.63%) Python
3 24 (19.05%) Bicep
4 22 (17.46%) SQL
5 15 (11.90%) C#
6 14 (11.11%) Java
7 12 (9.52%) Bash
8 7 (5.56%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (3.17%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.59%) PHP
11 2 (1.59%) Ruby
12 1 (0.79%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 21 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.32%) Azure Certification
4 12 (9.52%) Degree
5 8 (6.35%) CISSP
6 7 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.59%) CISM
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.79%) GIAC
9 1 (0.79%) IISP
9 1 (0.79%) ISACA
9 1 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.79%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.94%) QA
2 9 (7.14%) NIST
3 8 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.76%) GDPR
5 5 (3.97%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.97%) WCAG
6 2 (1.59%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 31 (24.60%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.46%) Docker
3 10 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.35%) vSphere
5 7 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.59%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (46.03%) Terraform
2 20 (15.87%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.94%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.97%) Ansible
4 5 (3.97%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (3.97%) Grafana
4 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.38%) Packer
6 2 (1.59%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.79%) CASB
7 1 (0.79%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.79%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 64 (50.79%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.73%) Salesforce
2 11 (8.73%) VMware
3 6 (4.76%) Google
3 6 (4.76%) ScienceLogic
4 5 (3.97%) Databricks
5 4 (3.17%) Cisco
5 4 (3.17%) SAP
5 4 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.38%) Meraki
6 3 (2.38%) Oracle
6 3 (2.38%) Veeam
7 2 (1.59%) Apple
7 2 (1.59%) Broadcom
7 2 (1.59%) EMC
7 2 (1.59%) Sophos
7 2 (1.59%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.79%) Commvault
8 1 (0.79%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.79%) Splunk