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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 207 137
Rank change year-on-year -51 -70 +39
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 119 295 498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.57% 2.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.15% 3.45% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 101 175 383
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,160 £47,100
25th Percentile £60,250 £56,250 £57,724
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £69,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.91% -6.76% +9.63%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £71,500 £66,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.52% -8.28% +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 5,547 8,539 9,798
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.27% 45.41% 47.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,083 5,605 8,403
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,100 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £109,600 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

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 8 December 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 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.84%) FileNet
4 1 (0.84%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 99 (83.19%) Azure
2 68 (57.14%) IaaS
3 60 (50.42%) SaaS
4 36 (30.25%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (25.21%) Entra ID
6 27 (22.69%) Serverless
7 26 (21.85%) GitHub
8 19 (15.97%) AWS
8 19 (15.97%) GCP
9 17 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (10.08%) Azure App Service
11 11 (9.24%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (9.24%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (9.24%) Power Platform
12 9 (7.56%) OCI
13 8 (6.72%) Azure Functions
14 7 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (5.04%) Azure Key Vault
16 5 (4.20%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (4.20%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.24%) Firewall
1 11 (9.24%) VPN
2 10 (8.40%) DNS
3 4 (3.36%) DHCP
4 3 (2.52%) Network Security
4 3 (2.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.68%) LAN
5 2 (1.68%) WAN
6 1 (0.84%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.45%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.08%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.52%) Power BI
4 3 (2.52%) Power Query
5 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.84%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.84%) Metadata
6 1 (0.84%) MySQL
6 1 (0.84%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (14.29%) Git
2 4 (3.36%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.36%) JIRA
3 3 (2.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.29%) Law
3 14 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.08%) Finance
5 10 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.88%) Legal
7 4 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.52%) Marketing
9 2 (1.68%) Advertising
10 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (31.09%) Lead
2 32 (26.89%) Architect
3 20 (16.81%) Azure Engineer
4 19 (15.97%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (10.08%) .NET Developer
5 12 (10.08%) Azure Developer
5 12 (10.08%) Developer
5 12 (10.08%) Lead .NET Developer
5 12 (10.08%) Lead Developer
6 11 (9.24%) SaaS Developer
6 11 (9.24%) Senior
7 10 (8.40%) Analyst
8 9 (7.56%) Cloud Architect
9 8 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Product Manager
10 7 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
10 7 (5.88%) Lead Product Manager
10 7 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (5.04%) Lead Architect
11 6 (5.04%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.45%) .NET
2 15 (12.61%) .NET Framework
3 13 (10.92%) RESTful
4 12 (10.08%) ASP.NET Web API
4 12 (10.08%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 12 (10.08%) Entity Framework
4 12 (10.08%) JSON
4 12 (10.08%) Razor View Engine
4 12 (10.08%) React
5 10 (8.40%) Middleware
6 9 (7.56%) YAML
7 5 (4.20%) Node.js
8 3 (2.52%) ADO
9 2 (1.68%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.84%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.84%) CSS
10 1 (0.84%) HTML
10 1 (0.84%) REST
10 1 (0.84%) Smarty
10 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.13%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.08%) Public Cloud
3 8 (6.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.88%) Private Cloud
5 5 (4.20%) Augmented Reality
5 5 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.52%) Social Media
7 2 (1.68%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Replication
7 2 (1.68%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.81%) Windows
2 8 (6.72%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.88%) Linux
4 6 (5.04%) VMS
5 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (48.74%) DevOps
2 54 (45.38%) Agile
3 42 (35.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 39 (32.77%) Mentoring
5 35 (29.41%) CI/CD
6 34 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (28.57%) Test Automation
7 27 (22.69%) Microservices
8 26 (21.85%) Collaborative Culture
8 26 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (21.85%) Roadmaps
9 25 (21.01%) Analytics
9 25 (21.01%) Project Delivery
10 24 (20.17%) Technical Leadership
11 21 (17.65%) Cloud Security
12 20 (16.81%) Computer Science
13 18 (15.13%) Decision-Making
14 17 (14.29%) Design Patterns
14 17 (14.29%) Migration
14 17 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.41%) PowerShell
2 30 (25.21%) SQL
3 16 (13.45%) Bicep
4 13 (10.92%) TypeScript
5 8 (6.72%) Python
6 6 (5.04%) Bash
7 5 (4.20%) C#
8 3 (2.52%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.68%) Java
10 1 (0.84%) PHP
10 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (22.69%) Degree
2 19 (15.97%) Azure Certification
3 18 (15.13%) Master's Degree
3 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
4 16 (13.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (10.92%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 6 (5.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.52%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.84%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.76%) QA
2 13 (10.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (10.08%) NCSC
3 12 (10.08%) NIST
4 5 (4.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.52%) GDPR
6 2 (1.68%) GRC
7 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.08%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (8.40%) Hyper-V
3 10 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.36%) Docker
5 1 (0.84%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (27.73%) Terraform
2 10 (8.40%) Ansible
3 9 (7.56%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (5.04%) SCOM
Vendors
1 55 (46.22%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) VMware
3 5 (4.20%) Google
4 4 (3.36%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.52%) Mercator
6 2 (1.68%) Oracle
6 2 (1.68%) Sparx
7 1 (0.84%) Adobe
7 1 (0.84%) Databricks
7 1 (0.84%) Dell
7 1 (0.84%) HP
7 1 (0.84%) IBM
7 1 (0.84%) NetApp
7 1 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.84%) Veeam