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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 307 295
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -167
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 137 139 315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.89% 0.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.77% 2.34% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 109 102 257
10th Percentile £48,500 £36,342 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £44,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% +0.37% -3.57%
75th Percentile £84,750 £81,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £96,453 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 7,761 5,933 14,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.02% 38.11% 42.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5,496 4,327 12,051
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £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% -8.95%

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 24 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 (11.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.73%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 123 (89.78%) Azure
2 78 (56.93%) IaaS
3 56 (40.88%) SaaS
4 52 (37.96%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (29.20%) Entra ID
6 34 (24.82%) Serverless
7 32 (23.36%) AWS
8 29 (21.17%) GitHub
9 24 (17.52%) Azure Functions
9 24 (17.52%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (15.33%) Azure AKS
11 18 (13.14%) GCP
11 18 (13.14%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (9.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (8.76%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (8.03%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (7.30%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (7.30%) dbt
16 8 (5.84%) Power Platform
17 7 (5.11%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.87%) VPN
2 13 (9.49%) Firewall
3 6 (4.38%) DNS
4 5 (3.65%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.92%) Kerberos
5 4 (2.92%) SAN
6 3 (2.19%) DHCP
6 3 (2.19%) DSL
6 3 (2.19%) WAN
7 2 (1.46%) Network Security
7 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.46%) Wireless
8 1 (0.73%) LAN
8 1 (0.73%) NAS
8 1 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.33%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.84%) Redis
5 6 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.92%) MySQL
7 4 (2.92%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.92%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.46%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.46%) Power BI
8 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.46%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.73%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 19 (13.87%) Git
2 5 (3.65%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.65%) JMeter
2 5 (3.65%) Locust
3 3 (2.19%) JIRA
3 3 (2.19%) Selenium
4 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.73%) GitLab
5 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.20%) Finance
3 23 (16.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (16.06%) Law
5 12 (8.76%) Legal
6 9 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.11%) Billing
8 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Advertising
9 3 (2.19%) Aviation
10 2 (1.46%) German Language
11 1 (0.73%) Banking
11 1 (0.73%) Military
11 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Retail
11 1 (0.73%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 35 (25.55%) Architect
2 30 (21.90%) Azure Engineer
3 26 (18.98%) Lead
4 24 (17.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 24 (17.52%) Senior
5 20 (14.60%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (11.68%) Analyst
7 13 (9.49%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 10 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Lead Architect
9 9 (6.57%) .NET Software Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) C# Software Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Digital Architect
9 9 (6.57%) Digital Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.57%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Software Engineer
10 8 (5.84%) Azure Architect
10 8 (5.84%) Azure Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.68%) .NET
2 13 (9.49%) ARM Templates
3 8 (5.84%) RESTful
4 7 (5.11%) React
5 5 (3.65%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.65%) Django
5 5 (3.65%) Gherkin
5 5 (3.65%) Node.js
6 4 (2.92%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (2.92%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (2.92%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.92%) LDAP
6 4 (2.92%) Middleware
6 4 (2.92%) OAuth
6 4 (2.92%) OpenID
6 4 (2.92%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (2.92%) SAML
7 3 (2.19%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.19%) HTML
7 3 (2.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.82%) Cloud Native
2 16 (11.68%) Security Posture
3 15 (10.95%) Public Cloud
4 12 (8.76%) Podcast
5 10 (7.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (5.84%) Management Information System
7 7 (5.11%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.92%) Data Fabric
9 4 (2.92%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.92%) Replication
10 3 (2.19%) Clustering
10 3 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.46%) Blog
11 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.46%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.25%) Windows
2 17 (12.41%) Linux
3 12 (8.76%) VMS
4 8 (5.84%) Unix
5 5 (3.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.73%) AIX
6 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.73%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (62.04%) DevOps
2 70 (51.09%) CI/CD
2 70 (51.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (41.61%) Agile
4 35 (25.55%) Cloud Security
5 33 (24.09%) Platform Engineering
6 32 (23.36%) Roadmaps
7 31 (22.63%) Observability
8 30 (21.90%) Analytics
8 30 (21.90%) Mentoring
9 29 (21.17%) Microservices
10 25 (18.25%) Containerisation
10 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (17.52%) Scrum
12 22 (16.06%) AI
12 22 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (15.33%) Computer Science
13 21 (15.33%) Task Automation
14 20 (14.60%) Migration
15 19 (13.87%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (32.12%) PowerShell
2 31 (22.63%) Bicep
3 29 (21.17%) Python
3 29 (21.17%) SQL
4 19 (13.87%) Bash
5 16 (11.68%) Java
6 15 (10.95%) C#
7 12 (8.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (5.11%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.65%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.65%) Ruby
10 2 (1.46%) PHP
11 1 (0.73%) Go
11 1 (0.73%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 24 (17.52%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.60%) Azure Certification
3 17 (12.41%) SC Cleared
4 13 (9.49%) Degree
4 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.84%) CISSP
6 7 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.46%) CISM
9 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.73%) GIAC
9 1 (0.73%) IISP
9 1 (0.73%) ISACA
9 1 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.73%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.30%) QA
2 9 (6.57%) NIST
3 7 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.38%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.38%) GDPR
5 5 (3.65%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.65%) WCAG
6 2 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 39 (28.47%) Active Directory
2 22 (16.06%) Docker
3 16 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (10.22%) vSphere
5 13 (9.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.46%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (45.99%) Terraform
2 20 (14.60%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.30%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.65%) Ansible
4 5 (3.65%) AWS Copilot
4 5 (3.65%) Grafana
4 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.19%) Packer
6 2 (1.46%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.73%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.73%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.73%) QRadar
Vendors
1 73 (53.28%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.41%) VMware
3 12 (8.76%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (8.03%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.38%) Google
6 5 (3.65%) Databricks
6 5 (3.65%) Oracle
7 4 (2.92%) Cisco
7 4 (2.92%) SAP
7 4 (2.92%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.19%) Meraki
8 3 (2.19%) Veeam
9 2 (1.46%) Apple
9 2 (1.46%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.46%) EMC
9 2 (1.46%) Sophos
9 2 (1.46%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.73%) Commvault
10 1 (0.73%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.73%) Splunk