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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 260 111
Rank change year-on-year -35 -149 +94
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 132 257 712
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 1.10% 2.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.30% 2.71% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 103 141 472
10th Percentile £37,170 £48,750 £46,306
25th Percentile £46,875 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £82,241 £74,144 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,750 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £65,000 £71,275
% change year-on-year +3.08% -8.80% +1.82%

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 5,744 9,469 12,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.47% 40.69% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,139 6,543 10,429
10th Percentile £31,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £83,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

PaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PaaS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

PaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing PaaS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing PaaS

PaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PaaS over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

PaaS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.27%) IIS
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.76%) Apache
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 115 (87.12%) Azure
2 89 (67.42%) SaaS
3 80 (60.61%) IaaS
4 47 (35.61%) AWS
5 42 (31.82%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (27.27%) Power Platform
7 28 (21.21%) Entra ID
8 26 (19.70%) Power Automate
9 24 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (17.42%) Azure Key Vault
11 22 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (15.91%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (14.39%) GCP
14 16 (12.12%) Azure AI
14 16 (12.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 14 (10.61%) Serverless
16 10 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (7.58%) GitHub
16 10 (7.58%) PowerApps
17 9 (6.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (18.94%) DNS
2 20 (15.15%) Firewall
3 18 (13.64%) VPN
4 17 (12.88%) WAN
5 16 (12.12%) SD-WAN
6 7 (5.30%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.27%) Network Security
8 1 (0.76%) DHCP
8 1 (0.76%) Extranet
8 1 (0.76%) LAN
8 1 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (18.18%) Power BI
2 19 (14.39%) MySQL
3 16 (12.12%) Data Lake
4 10 (7.58%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (6.06%) Star Schema
6 4 (3.03%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.52%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (21.21%) Git
2 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (3.79%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.97%) Finance
3 18 (13.64%) Law
4 10 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.06%) Welsh Language
6 7 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.30%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.79%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.03%) Advertising
9 3 (2.27%) Local Government
10 2 (1.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (32.58%) Architect
2 30 (22.73%) Lead
3 27 (20.45%) Cloud Architect
4 16 (12.12%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (10.61%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (9.85%) Developer
7 12 (9.09%) Server Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Business Developer
8 8 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (6.06%) ETL Developer
8 8 (6.06%) IT Support
8 8 (6.06%) Power BI Developer
8 8 (6.06%) Product Manager
8 8 (6.06%) Senior
8 8 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.06%) SQL BI Developer
8 8 (6.06%) SQL Developer
9 7 (5.30%) Lead Product Manager
9 7 (5.30%) Support Team Leader
9 7 (5.30%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.61%) .NET
2 10 (7.58%) .NET Framework
3 9 (6.82%) JSON
4 8 (6.06%) Node.js
4 8 (6.06%) YAML
5 7 (5.30%) Middleware
6 6 (4.55%) RESTful
7 4 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 4 (3.03%) Entity Framework
7 4 (3.03%) Razor View Engine
7 4 (3.03%) React
8 3 (2.27%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.52%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.52%) CSS
9 2 (1.52%) HTML
9 2 (1.52%) REST
9 2 (1.52%) Smarty
9 2 (1.52%) Symfony
10 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.12%) Data Centre
1 16 (12.12%) NHS
2 14 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 14 (10.61%) Public Cloud
3 11 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 9 (6.82%) IoT
5 8 (6.06%) Driving Licence
6 7 (5.30%) Private Cloud
7 5 (3.79%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (3.79%) Clustering
7 5 (3.79%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (3.03%) Replication
9 3 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.52%) Social Media
11 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 36 (27.27%) Windows
2 24 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 18 (13.64%) Linux
4 5 (3.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.03%) Unix
5 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.52%) VMS
7 1 (0.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (50.00%) DevOps
2 61 (46.21%) Agile
3 48 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 43 (32.58%) Infrastructure as Code
5 40 (30.30%) Roadmaps
6 37 (28.03%) Analytics
7 33 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (24.24%) ITIL
9 28 (21.21%) Migration
10 27 (20.45%) Cloud Security
11 25 (18.94%) Mentoring
11 25 (18.94%) Service Management
11 25 (18.94%) Test Automation
12 24 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
13 22 (16.67%) Decision-Making
14 21 (15.91%) B2B
14 21 (15.91%) Waterfall
15 19 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (14.39%) TOGAF
16 18 (13.64%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 43 (32.58%) PowerShell
2 38 (28.79%) SQL
3 26 (19.70%) Bicep
4 18 (13.64%) Python
5 10 (7.58%) C#
6 7 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.55%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.79%) Bash
9 2 (1.52%) Java
9 2 (1.52%) PHP
10 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (29.55%) Azure Certification
2 25 (18.94%) Degree
3 24 (18.18%) DBS Check
3 24 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (12.88%) MCSA
5 16 (12.12%) MCSE
6 11 (8.33%) Master's Degree
7 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
8 8 (6.06%) CCNA
8 8 (6.06%) CCNP
8 8 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (6.06%) MCP
9 7 (5.30%) DV Cleared
10 6 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.03%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.76%) CISM
12 1 (0.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (8.33%) NIST
3 9 (6.82%) NCSC
3 9 (6.82%) SLA
4 8 (6.06%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.79%) GDPR
5 5 (3.79%) QA
5 5 (3.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 22 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 22 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (6.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.52%) Docker
5 2 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.76%) KVM
6 1 (0.76%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (16.67%) Terraform
2 16 (12.12%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (11.36%) Ansible
4 7 (5.30%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.27%) SCCM
6 1 (0.76%) CASB
6 1 (0.76%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.76%) Grafana
6 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.76%) Puppet
6 1 (0.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.88%) Databricks
3 16 (12.12%) Meraki
4 11 (8.33%) VMware
5 7 (5.30%) Oracle
6 4 (3.03%) EMC
6 4 (3.03%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.52%) BiZZdesign
7 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.76%) Dell
8 1 (0.76%) HP
8 1 (0.76%) Juniper
8 1 (0.76%) SAP
8 1 (0.76%) Veeam
8 1 (0.76%) Workday
8 1 (0.76%) Xamarin