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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 295 293
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -178
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 168 143 250
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.87% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 2.36% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 137 106 190
10th Percentile £48,834 £37,170 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £52,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,496 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.39% +8.45% -7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £82,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,125 £91,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +0.72% -4.14%

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 8,589 6,051 10,933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.77% 36.72% 41.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,190 4,465 8,790
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £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 31 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 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.19%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 154 (91.67%) Azure
2 76 (45.24%) IaaS
3 58 (34.52%) SaaS
4 52 (30.95%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (22.62%) Entra ID
6 34 (20.24%) Serverless
7 33 (19.64%) AWS
8 26 (15.48%) GitHub
9 24 (14.29%) Azure Functions
10 21 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (11.90%) Azure Monitor
12 19 (11.31%) GCP
13 16 (9.52%) Azure AKS
14 15 (8.93%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 10 (5.95%) dbt
17 9 (5.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 8 (4.76%) Datadog
18 8 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (15.48%) VPN
2 10 (5.95%) Firewall
3 7 (4.17%) DNS
4 5 (2.98%) Kerberos
4 5 (2.98%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.38%) DHCP
5 4 (2.38%) SAN
6 3 (1.79%) Network Security
6 3 (1.79%) WAN
7 2 (1.19%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.19%) Wireless
8 1 (0.60%) DSL
8 1 (0.60%) LAN
8 1 (0.60%) NAS
8 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.76%) Redis
5 5 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.38%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.79%) MySQL
8 2 (1.19%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.60%) Metadata
9 1 (0.60%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.60%) Power BI
9 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (10.71%) Git
2 5 (2.98%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.98%) JMeter
2 5 (2.98%) Locust
3 3 (1.79%) JIRA
4 1 (0.60%) GitLab
4 1 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 72 (42.86%) Finance
2 47 (27.98%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (13.69%) Law
4 11 (6.55%) Legal
5 8 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.79%) Advertising
7 3 (1.79%) Aviation
8 2 (1.19%) Banking
8 2 (1.19%) Billing
9 1 (0.60%) German Language
9 1 (0.60%) Military
9 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Retail
9 1 (0.60%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 54 (32.14%) Lead
2 53 (31.55%) Azure Engineer
3 41 (24.40%) Cloud Engineer
4 38 (22.62%) Architect
5 32 (19.05%) Platform Engineer
6 24 (14.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 24 (14.29%) Senior
7 21 (12.50%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 21 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (9.52%) Analyst
8 16 (9.52%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 13 (7.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 12 (7.14%) Lead Architect
11 11 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.36%) .NET Software Engineer
12 9 (5.36%) C# Software Engineer
12 9 (5.36%) Digital Architect
12 9 (5.36%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 9 (5.36%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 9 (5.36%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.52%) ARM Templates
2 13 (7.74%) .NET
3 6 (3.57%) RESTful
4 5 (2.98%) Django
4 5 (2.98%) Gherkin
4 5 (2.98%) LDAP
4 5 (2.98%) OAuth
4 5 (2.98%) OpenID
4 5 (2.98%) React
4 5 (2.98%) SAML
5 3 (1.79%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.79%) Middleware
5 3 (1.79%) REST
5 3 (1.79%) YAML
6 2 (1.19%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.19%) HTML
6 2 (1.19%) JSON
6 2 (1.19%) Node.js
6 2 (1.19%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (1.19%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.02%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.12%) Public Cloud
2 17 (10.12%) Security Posture
3 12 (7.14%) Podcast
4 10 (5.95%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.38%) Data Fabric
8 4 (2.38%) Replication
9 3 (1.79%) Blog
9 3 (1.79%) Clustering
9 3 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.79%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.07%) Windows
2 16 (9.52%) Linux
3 12 (7.14%) VMS
4 6 (3.57%) Unix
5 5 (2.98%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.60%) AIX
6 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (55.36%) DevOps
2 79 (47.02%) Infrastructure as Code
3 76 (45.24%) CI/CD
4 66 (39.29%) Platform Engineering
5 57 (33.93%) Agile
6 40 (23.81%) Cloud Security
7 35 (20.83%) Mentoring
8 33 (19.64%) Analytics
8 33 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (19.64%) Observability
9 31 (18.45%) Roadmaps
10 27 (16.07%) Containerisation
11 26 (15.48%) Microservices
12 25 (14.88%) Cost Optimisation
12 25 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
13 24 (14.29%) Task Automation
14 23 (13.69%) AI
15 22 (13.10%) Computer Science
15 22 (13.10%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (31.55%) PowerShell
2 39 (23.21%) Bicep
3 35 (20.83%) Python
4 27 (16.07%) SQL
5 21 (12.50%) Bash
6 15 (8.93%) Java
7 14 (8.33%) C#
8 12 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (3.57%) Ruby
10 4 (2.38%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.79%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.19%) Go
13 1 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (14.88%) Azure Certification
1 25 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.33%) Degree
4 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (5.36%) CISSP
6 8 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.60%) GIAC
9 1 (0.60%) IISP
9 1 (0.60%) ISACA
9 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.55%) NIST
2 9 (5.36%) QA
3 8 (4.76%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.57%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.98%) WCAG
6 4 (2.38%) GDPR
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (24.40%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.69%) Docker
3 17 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (8.33%) vSphere
5 4 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 71 (42.26%) Terraform
2 24 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.55%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.98%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (2.98%) Grafana
6 3 (1.79%) Ansible
7 2 (1.19%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.60%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.60%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.60%) Packer
8 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.60%) QRadar
Vendors
1 83 (49.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.71%) VMware
3 12 (7.14%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (5.95%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.76%) Oracle
6 6 (3.57%) Google
7 5 (2.98%) Databricks
7 5 (2.98%) SAP
8 4 (2.38%) Cisco
8 4 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.79%) Meraki
9 3 (1.79%) Veeam
10 2 (1.19%) Apple
10 2 (1.19%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.19%) EMC
10 2 (1.19%) Sophos
10 2 (1.19%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.60%) Commvault
11 1 (0.60%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.60%) Splunk