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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 230 238
Rank change year-on-year -60 +8 -92
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 101 181 379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 1.35% 1.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 2.84% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 83 136 338
10th Percentile £52,506 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,439 £58,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £70,996 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -3.08% +8.52%
75th Percentile £83,188 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £71,466 £71,991 £74,000
% change year-on-year -0.73% -2.71% +5.71%

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 6,303 6,363 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 47.45% 45.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,250 4,706 11,850
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +7.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 19 March 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 10 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.97%) Confluence
4 2 (1.98%) IIS
5 1 (0.99%) Apache
5 1 (0.99%) FileNet
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.97%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 85 (84.16%) Azure
2 64 (63.37%) IaaS
3 40 (39.60%) SaaS
4 38 (37.62%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (34.65%) Entra ID
6 25 (24.75%) GitHub
7 20 (19.80%) Serverless
8 18 (17.82%) AWS
8 18 (17.82%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (13.86%) Azure AKS
9 14 (13.86%) Power Platform
10 12 (11.88%) Azure App Service
10 12 (11.88%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (10.89%) GCP
12 10 (9.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (8.91%) dbt
14 6 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (5.94%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (4.95%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.86%) Firewall
2 10 (9.90%) VPN
3 8 (7.92%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.94%) DNS
5 3 (2.97%) DHCP
5 3 (2.97%) LAN
6 2 (1.98%) DSL
6 2 (1.98%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.98%) WAN
7 1 (0.99%) MPLS
7 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (18.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.89%) NoSQL
3 7 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.95%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.95%) Power BI
4 5 (4.95%) Redis
5 4 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.97%) Power Query
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.98%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.98%) MySQL
7 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.98%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.99%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Git
2 6 (5.94%) JIRA
3 4 (3.96%) Cucumber
3 4 (3.96%) JMeter
3 4 (3.96%) Locust
4 3 (2.97%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.98%) Selenium
5 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.99%) GitLab
6 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.82%) Finance
3 12 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (9.90%) Legal
5 9 (8.91%) Billing
6 7 (6.93%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.94%) Law
8 3 (2.97%) Marketing
9 2 (1.98%) Advertising
9 2 (1.98%) German Language
10 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Military
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (23.76%) Lead
2 22 (21.78%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (19.80%) Architect
3 20 (19.80%) Azure Engineer
4 16 (15.84%) Senior
5 14 (13.86%) Developer
6 12 (11.88%) .NET Developer
6 12 (11.88%) Lead .NET Developer
6 12 (11.88%) Lead Developer
7 10 (9.90%) Azure Developer
8 9 (8.91%) SaaS Developer
9 8 (7.92%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (6.93%) Analyst
10 7 (6.93%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (5.94%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 6 (5.94%) Technical Developer
11 6 (5.94%) Technical Leader
12 4 (3.96%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 4 (3.96%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.84%) .NET
2 14 (13.86%) RESTful
3 13 (12.87%) .NET Framework
4 12 (11.88%) React
5 11 (10.89%) ASP.NET Web API
5 11 (10.89%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 11 (10.89%) Entity Framework
5 11 (10.89%) Razor View Engine
6 8 (7.92%) JSON
6 8 (7.92%) Middleware
7 6 (5.94%) ARM Templates
8 5 (4.95%) Django
9 4 (3.96%) Gherkin
9 4 (3.96%) Node.js
10 3 (2.97%) ADO
10 3 (2.97%) CSS
10 3 (2.97%) HTML
10 3 (2.97%) YAML
11 2 (1.98%) LDAP
11 2 (1.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.97%) Social Media
5 2 (1.98%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Replication
5 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Blog
6 1 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.87%) Windows
2 10 (9.90%) Linux
3 7 (6.93%) Unix
3 7 (6.93%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.98%) VMS
5 1 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (61.39%) DevOps
2 52 (51.49%) CI/CD
3 46 (45.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 40 (39.60%) Agile
5 33 (32.67%) Mentoring
6 26 (25.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (23.76%) Project Delivery
8 22 (21.78%) Containerisation
8 22 (21.78%) Test Automation
9 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (19.80%) Microservices
11 18 (17.82%) Computer Science
12 17 (16.83%) Analytics
13 16 (15.84%) Scrum
14 15 (14.85%) Design Patterns
14 15 (14.85%) Roadmaps
15 14 (13.86%) Collaborative Culture
15 14 (13.86%) Full-Stack Development
15 14 (13.86%) Observability
15 14 (13.86%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.74%) PowerShell
1 26 (25.74%) SQL
2 16 (15.84%) Python
3 13 (12.87%) TypeScript
4 12 (11.88%) Bicep
4 12 (11.88%) Java
5 5 (4.95%) Bash
6 4 (3.96%) C#
7 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.98%) PHP
9 1 (0.99%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 20 (19.80%) Degree
2 17 (16.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (10.89%) Master's Degree
3 11 (10.89%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.89%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.92%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.97%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (2.97%) CISSP
5 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.84%) QA
2 10 (9.90%) NIST
3 9 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.95%) NCSC
4 5 (4.95%) PCI DSS
5 4 (3.96%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (3.96%) GDPR
5 4 (3.96%) WCAG
6 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.98%) GRC
8 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (20.79%) Docker
2 18 (17.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.97%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.99%) vCloud
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (41.58%) Terraform
2 15 (14.85%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.94%) Ansible
5 5 (4.95%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.96%) Grafana
7 2 (1.98%) Packer
8 1 (0.99%) CASB
8 1 (0.99%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (46.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.89%) Google
3 3 (2.97%) Mercator
3 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.97%) VMware
4 2 (1.98%) BiZZdesign
4 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.98%) Sparx
5 1 (0.99%) Adobe
5 1 (0.99%) Apple
5 1 (0.99%) Cisco
5 1 (0.99%) Databricks
5 1 (0.99%) IBM
5 1 (0.99%) Logitech
5 1 (0.99%) NetApp
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle
5 1 (0.99%) Yealink
5 1 (0.99%) Zscaler