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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 200 144
Rank change year-on-year -70 -56 +24
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 105 275 449
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 1.59% 2.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.88% 3.44% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 90 162 341
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,775 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,516 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £69,308 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -6.34% +9.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,438 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.08% -6.90% +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 5,583 7,985 9,354
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.50% 46.13% 47.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,053 5,224 8,020
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,255 £36,270
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,750 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -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 21 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 7 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.86%) Confluence
4 2 (1.90%) IIS
5 1 (0.95%) Apache
5 1 (0.95%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.86%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 87 (82.86%) Azure
2 59 (56.19%) IaaS
3 49 (46.67%) SaaS
4 37 (35.24%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (28.57%) Entra ID
6 26 (24.76%) GitHub
6 26 (24.76%) Serverless
7 18 (17.14%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (12.38%) Azure App Service
9 11 (10.48%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (9.52%) Power Platform
11 9 (8.57%) AWS
11 9 (8.57%) GCP
12 8 (7.62%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (5.71%) Azure Functions
14 5 (4.76%) Azure AKS
14 5 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (3.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 3 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.43%) VPN
2 11 (10.48%) Firewall
3 10 (9.52%) DNS
4 4 (3.81%) DHCP
5 3 (2.86%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.90%) LAN
6 2 (1.90%) WAN
7 1 (0.95%) MPLS
7 1 (0.95%) Network Security
7 1 (0.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 13 (12.38%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.86%) Power BI
4 3 (2.86%) Power Query
5 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.95%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.95%) Metadata
6 1 (0.95%) MySQL
6 1 (0.95%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (16.19%) Git
2 4 (3.81%) JIRA
3 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Law
3 14 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.48%) Finance
5 10 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.67%) Legal
8 3 (2.86%) Marketing
8 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.95%) Billing
9 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (30.48%) Lead
2 22 (20.95%) Architect
3 19 (18.10%) Azure Engineer
4 17 (16.19%) Cloud Engineer
5 13 (12.38%) .NET Developer
5 13 (12.38%) Azure Developer
5 13 (12.38%) Developer
5 13 (12.38%) Lead .NET Developer
5 13 (12.38%) Lead Developer
6 12 (11.43%) SaaS Developer
7 11 (10.48%) Senior
8 9 (8.57%) Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) Product Manager
10 7 (6.67%) Lead Product Manager
10 7 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (6.67%) Technical Leader
11 5 (4.76%) Security Manager
11 5 (4.76%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.76%) Technical Architect
11 5 (4.76%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.19%) .NET
2 15 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 14 (13.33%) RESTful
4 13 (12.38%) ASP.NET Web API
4 13 (12.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 13 (12.38%) Entity Framework
4 13 (12.38%) Razor View Engine
4 13 (12.38%) React
5 12 (11.43%) JSON
6 9 (8.57%) YAML
7 8 (7.62%) Middleware
8 4 (3.81%) Node.js
9 3 (2.86%) ADO
9 3 (2.86%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.95%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.95%) CSS
10 1 (0.95%) HTML
10 1 (0.95%) REST
10 1 (0.95%) Smarty
10 1 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.10%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.81%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.81%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.86%) Social Media
6 2 (1.90%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.90%) Replication
6 2 (1.90%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.95%) Blog
7 1 (0.95%) Clustering
7 1 (0.95%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.14%) Windows
2 9 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.67%) Linux
4 4 (3.81%) VMS
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (54.29%) DevOps
2 45 (42.86%) Agile
3 39 (37.14%) Mentoring
4 37 (35.24%) CI/CD
5 33 (31.43%) Test Automation
6 32 (30.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (27.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (25.71%) Project Delivery
9 26 (24.76%) Collaborative Culture
9 26 (24.76%) Microservices
10 24 (22.86%) Roadmaps
11 23 (21.90%) Analytics
11 23 (21.90%) Technical Leadership
12 21 (20.00%) Computer Science
12 21 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (17.14%) Cloud Security
13 18 (17.14%) Design Patterns
14 17 (16.19%) Scrum
15 16 (15.24%) Decision-Making
15 16 (15.24%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 33 (31.43%) PowerShell
2 28 (26.67%) SQL
3 16 (15.24%) Bicep
4 14 (13.33%) TypeScript
5 7 (6.67%) Python
6 6 (5.71%) Bash
7 4 (3.81%) C#
8 2 (1.90%) Java
8 2 (1.90%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.95%) PHP
9 1 (0.95%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (24.76%) Degree
2 18 (17.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (16.19%) Master's Degree
4 16 (15.24%) Azure Certification
5 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (10.48%) SC Cleared
6 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
7 6 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.95%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.29%) QA
2 11 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (10.48%) NCSC
2 11 (10.48%) NIST
3 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.90%) GRC
4 2 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.95%) GDPR
5 1 (0.95%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (25.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (4.76%) Docker
6 1 (0.95%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 31 (29.52%) Terraform
2 9 (8.57%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.67%) Ansible
3 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.71%) SCOM
5 1 (0.95%) CASB
Vendors
1 53 (50.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.43%) VMware
3 5 (4.76%) Google
4 4 (3.81%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.86%) Mercator
6 2 (1.90%) Oracle
6 2 (1.90%) Sparx
7 1 (0.95%) Adobe
7 1 (0.95%) Databricks
7 1 (0.95%) Dell
7 1 (0.95%) HP
7 1 (0.95%) IBM
7 1 (0.95%) NetApp
7 1 (0.95%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.95%) Veeam
7 1 (0.95%) Zscaler