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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 217 188
Rank change year-on-year -57 -29 -26
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 100 252 403
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 1.55% 1.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.78% 3.31% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 86 144 329
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,058 £46,306
25th Percentile £59,875 £56,438 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,308 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -4.40% +7.41%
75th Percentile £84,688 £81,563 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £69,308 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.34% -4.40% +3.57%

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 5,609 7,603 10,770
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.57% 46.67% 46.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,955 4,821 9,328
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 20 January 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 7 (7.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.00%) Confluence
4 2 (2.00%) IIS
5 1 (1.00%) Apache
5 1 (1.00%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 81 (81.00%) Azure
2 60 (60.00%) IaaS
3 47 (47.00%) SaaS
4 36 (36.00%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (34.00%) Entra ID
6 26 (26.00%) GitHub
7 23 (23.00%) Serverless
8 18 (18.00%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (14.00%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (13.00%) Azure App Service
11 10 (10.00%) AWS
11 10 (10.00%) Power Platform
12 9 (9.00%) Azure AKS
13 8 (8.00%) GCP
13 8 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (4.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 3 (3.00%) Google Data Studio
17 3 (3.00%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.00%) Firewall
2 12 (12.00%) VPN
3 10 (10.00%) DNS
4 4 (4.00%) DHCP
5 3 (3.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.00%) DSL
6 2 (2.00%) LAN
6 2 (2.00%) WAN
7 1 (1.00%) MPLS
7 1 (1.00%) Network Security
7 1 (1.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (13.00%) NoSQL
3 4 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (3.00%) Power BI
4 3 (3.00%) Power Query
5 2 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.00%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.00%) Metadata
6 1 (1.00%) MySQL
6 1 (1.00%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.00%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (16.00%) Git
2 4 (4.00%) JIRA
3 3 (3.00%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.00%) Selenium
General
1 36 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.00%) Public Sector
3 11 (11.00%) Law
4 10 (10.00%) Finance
4 10 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.00%) Legal
7 5 (5.00%) Billing
8 3 (3.00%) Marketing
9 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (31.00%) Lead
2 22 (22.00%) Azure Engineer
3 20 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (19.00%) Architect
5 13 (13.00%) .NET Developer
5 13 (13.00%) Azure Developer
5 13 (13.00%) Developer
5 13 (13.00%) Lead .NET Developer
5 13 (13.00%) Lead Developer
6 12 (12.00%) SaaS Developer
7 11 (11.00%) Senior
8 9 (9.00%) Analyst
9 7 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Lead Product Manager
9 7 (7.00%) Product Manager
10 5 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (5.00%) Support Engineer
10 5 (5.00%) Technical Architect
10 5 (5.00%) Technical Developer
10 5 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (17.00%) .NET
2 15 (15.00%) .NET Framework
3 14 (14.00%) RESTful
4 13 (13.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 13 (13.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 13 (13.00%) Entity Framework
4 13 (13.00%) Razor View Engine
4 13 (13.00%) React
5 9 (9.00%) JSON
6 7 (7.00%) Middleware
7 5 (5.00%) Node.js
7 5 (5.00%) YAML
8 3 (3.00%) ADO
8 3 (3.00%) ARM Templates
9 2 (2.00%) Playwright
10 1 (1.00%) .NET Core
10 1 (1.00%) CSS
10 1 (1.00%) HTML
10 1 (1.00%) Symfony
10 1 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.00%) Cloud Native
2 8 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.00%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.00%) Social Media
5 2 (2.00%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.00%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.00%) Replication
5 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.00%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.00%) Windows
2 9 (9.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.00%) Linux
4 4 (4.00%) VMS
5 2 (2.00%) Unix
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (56.00%) DevOps
2 39 (39.00%) Agile
2 39 (39.00%) CI/CD
3 36 (36.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 36 (36.00%) Mentoring
4 29 (29.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (29.00%) Test Automation
5 27 (27.00%) Project Delivery
6 25 (25.00%) Microservices
7 23 (23.00%) Roadmaps
7 23 (23.00%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (21.00%) Analytics
8 21 (21.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (20.00%) Computer Science
10 18 (18.00%) Design Patterns
11 17 (17.00%) Scrum
12 16 (16.00%) Kanban
13 15 (15.00%) Decision-Making
14 14 (14.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 29 (29.00%) PowerShell
2 28 (28.00%) SQL
3 16 (16.00%) TypeScript
4 15 (15.00%) Bicep
5 8 (8.00%) Python
6 6 (6.00%) Bash
7 4 (4.00%) Java
8 2 (2.00%) C#
8 2 (2.00%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.00%) PHP
9 1 (1.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (24.00%) Degree
2 18 (18.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (16.00%) Master's Degree
4 13 (13.00%) Azure Certification
4 13 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (13.00%) Security Cleared
5 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.00%) QA
2 7 (7.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.00%) NCSC
2 7 (7.00%) NIST
3 3 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.00%) GRC
4 2 (2.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.00%) GDPR
5 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (27.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.00%) Docker
5 6 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.00%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (33.00%) Terraform
2 8 (8.00%) Ansible
2 8 (8.00%) Kubernetes
3 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (6.00%) SCOM
5 2 (2.00%) Packer
6 1 (1.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 51 (51.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.00%) VMware
3 5 (5.00%) Google
4 4 (4.00%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (3.00%) Mercator
6 2 (2.00%) Oracle
6 2 (2.00%) Sparx
7 1 (1.00%) Adobe
7 1 (1.00%) Databricks
7 1 (1.00%) Dell
7 1 (1.00%) HP
7 1 (1.00%) IBM
7 1 (1.00%) NetApp
7 1 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.00%) Veeam
7 1 (1.00%) Zscaler