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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 296 298
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -175
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 142 140 318
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.89% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.80% 2.35% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 114 103 261
10th Percentile £48,792 £36,434 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £44,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +2.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £86,813 £81,375 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,875 £96,156 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +1.07% -3.45%

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 7,873 5,968 14,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.31% 37.91% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,611 4,377 11,839
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,125 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 28 June 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 (11.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 127 (89.44%) Azure
2 81 (57.04%) IaaS
3 57 (40.14%) SaaS
4 53 (37.32%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (28.17%) Entra ID
6 35 (24.65%) Serverless
7 34 (23.94%) AWS
8 30 (21.13%) GitHub
9 24 (16.90%) Azure Functions
9 24 (16.90%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (14.79%) Azure AKS
11 18 (12.68%) GCP
11 18 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (9.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (8.45%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (8.45%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (7.75%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (7.04%) dbt
16 8 (5.63%) Power Platform
17 7 (4.93%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.08%) VPN
2 14 (9.86%) Firewall
3 6 (4.23%) DNS
4 5 (3.52%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.82%) Kerberos
5 4 (2.82%) SAN
6 3 (2.11%) DHCP
6 3 (2.11%) DSL
6 3 (2.11%) WAN
7 2 (1.41%) Network Security
7 2 (1.41%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.41%) Wireless
8 1 (0.70%) LAN
8 1 (0.70%) NAS
8 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (14.79%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.63%) Redis
5 6 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.52%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.82%) MySQL
7 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.82%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.41%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.41%) Power BI
8 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.41%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 20 (14.08%) Git
2 5 (3.52%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.52%) JMeter
2 5 (3.52%) Locust
3 3 (2.11%) JIRA
3 3 (2.11%) Selenium
4 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.70%) GitLab
5 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 45 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.28%) Finance
3 23 (16.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (15.49%) Law
5 13 (9.15%) Legal
6 9 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.93%) Billing
8 4 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.11%) Advertising
9 3 (2.11%) Aviation
10 2 (1.41%) German Language
11 1 (0.70%) Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Military
11 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Retail
11 1 (0.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 37 (26.06%) Architect
2 31 (21.83%) Azure Engineer
3 28 (19.72%) Lead
4 26 (18.31%) Cloud Engineer
5 24 (16.90%) Senior
6 21 (14.79%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (11.27%) Analyst
8 13 (9.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (8.45%) Lead Architect
10 10 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (7.04%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (6.34%) .NET Software Engineer
11 9 (6.34%) C# Software Engineer
11 9 (6.34%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (6.34%) Digital Architect
11 9 (6.34%) Digital Solutions Architect
11 9 (6.34%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 9 (6.34%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 9 (6.34%) Software Engineer
12 8 (5.63%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.27%) .NET
2 14 (9.86%) ARM Templates
3 8 (5.63%) RESTful
4 7 (4.93%) React
5 5 (3.52%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.52%) Django
5 5 (3.52%) Gherkin
5 5 (3.52%) Node.js
6 4 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (2.82%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.82%) LDAP
6 4 (2.82%) Middleware
6 4 (2.82%) OAuth
6 4 (2.82%) OpenID
6 4 (2.82%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (2.82%) REST
6 4 (2.82%) SAML
7 3 (2.11%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.35%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.97%) Public Cloud
3 16 (11.27%) Security Posture
4 12 (8.45%) Podcast
5 10 (7.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (6.34%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.93%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.82%) Data Fabric
9 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.82%) Replication
10 3 (2.11%) Blog
10 3 (2.11%) Clustering
10 3 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.11%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.31%) Windows
2 17 (11.97%) Linux
3 12 (8.45%) VMS
4 8 (5.63%) Unix
5 5 (3.52%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.70%) AIX
6 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (61.97%) DevOps
2 74 (52.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 73 (51.41%) CI/CD
4 59 (41.55%) Agile
5 36 (25.35%) Cloud Security
6 34 (23.94%) Platform Engineering
7 33 (23.24%) Roadmaps
8 32 (22.54%) Observability
9 31 (21.83%) Analytics
9 31 (21.83%) Mentoring
10 30 (21.13%) Microservices
11 28 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (18.31%) Containerisation
13 24 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (16.90%) Scrum
14 22 (15.49%) AI
14 22 (15.49%) Computer Science
14 22 (15.49%) Task Automation
15 20 (14.08%) Identity Access Management
15 20 (14.08%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (33.10%) PowerShell
2 33 (23.24%) Bicep
2 33 (23.24%) Python
3 29 (20.42%) SQL
4 20 (14.08%) Bash
5 17 (11.97%) Java
6 15 (10.56%) C#
7 12 (8.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (4.93%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.23%) Ruby
10 5 (3.52%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.41%) Go
11 2 (1.41%) PHP
12 1 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 26 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.79%) Azure Certification
3 19 (13.38%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.86%) Degree
5 13 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (5.63%) CISSP
6 8 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.41%) CISM
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.70%) GIAC
9 1 (0.70%) IISP
9 1 (0.70%) ISACA
9 1 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.04%) NIST
1 10 (7.04%) QA
2 7 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.23%) GDPR
3 6 (4.23%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.52%) WCAG
5 2 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 39 (27.46%) Active Directory
2 23 (16.20%) Docker
3 16 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (9.86%) vSphere
5 13 (9.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.41%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 65 (45.77%) Terraform
2 21 (14.79%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.04%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.52%) Ansible
4 5 (3.52%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (3.52%) Grafana
4 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.11%) Packer
6 2 (1.41%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.70%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.70%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 76 (53.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.97%) VMware
3 12 (8.45%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (7.75%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.93%) Oracle
6 6 (4.23%) Google
7 5 (3.52%) Databricks
8 4 (2.82%) Cisco
8 4 (2.82%) SAP
8 4 (2.82%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.11%) Meraki
9 3 (2.11%) Veeam
10 2 (1.41%) Apple
10 2 (1.41%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.41%) EMC
10 2 (1.41%) Sophos
10 2 (1.41%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.70%) Commvault
11 1 (0.70%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.70%) Red Hat