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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 288 294
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -179
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 167 145 254
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.88% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 2.39% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 136 108 195
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,170 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +6.92% -7.14%
75th Percentile £96,563 £82,500 £81,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,975 £91,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -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 8,517 6,059 11,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.87% 36.82% 41.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,114 4,470 8,988
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 July 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 (9.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 153 (91.62%) Azure
2 77 (46.11%) IaaS
3 58 (34.73%) SaaS
4 52 (31.14%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (23.35%) Entra ID
6 34 (20.36%) Serverless
7 33 (19.76%) AWS
8 27 (16.17%) GitHub
9 24 (14.37%) Azure Functions
10 20 (11.98%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (11.98%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (11.38%) GCP
12 16 (9.58%) Azure AKS
13 14 (8.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (8.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 14 (8.38%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (5.99%) dbt
14 10 (5.99%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (5.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (5.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.97%) VPN
2 9 (5.39%) Firewall
3 7 (4.19%) DNS
4 5 (2.99%) Kerberos
4 5 (2.99%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.40%) DHCP
5 4 (2.40%) SAN
6 3 (1.80%) Network Security
6 3 (1.80%) WAN
7 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.20%) Wireless
8 1 (0.60%) DSL
8 1 (0.60%) LAN
8 1 (0.60%) NAS
8 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.98%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.79%) Redis
5 7 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.40%) MySQL
7 4 (2.40%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.80%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.80%) Power BI
9 2 (1.20%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.20%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.60%) Metadata
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (10.78%) Git
2 5 (2.99%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.99%) JMeter
2 5 (2.99%) Locust
3 3 (1.80%) JIRA
4 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.60%) GitLab
5 1 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 71 (42.51%) Finance
2 49 (29.34%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (13.77%) Law
4 13 (7.78%) Legal
5 9 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.80%) Advertising
7 3 (1.80%) Aviation
8 2 (1.20%) Billing
9 1 (0.60%) Banking
9 1 (0.60%) German Language
9 1 (0.60%) Military
9 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Retail
9 1 (0.60%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 52 (31.14%) Lead
2 50 (29.94%) Azure Engineer
3 38 (22.75%) Architect
3 38 (22.75%) Cloud Engineer
4 30 (17.96%) Platform Engineer
5 24 (14.37%) Senior
6 22 (13.17%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 21 (12.57%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (11.98%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 16 (9.58%) Analyst
10 14 (8.38%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 13 (7.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (7.19%) Lead Architect
13 9 (5.39%) .NET Software Engineer
13 9 (5.39%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (5.39%) Digital Architect
13 9 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (5.39%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 9 (5.39%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 9 (5.39%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.58%) ARM Templates
2 15 (8.98%) .NET
3 7 (4.19%) RESTful
4 6 (3.59%) React
5 5 (2.99%) Django
5 5 (2.99%) Gherkin
5 5 (2.99%) LDAP
5 5 (2.99%) OAuth
5 5 (2.99%) OpenID
5 5 (2.99%) SAML
6 4 (2.40%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.40%) Middleware
6 4 (2.40%) REST
7 3 (1.80%) CSS
7 3 (1.80%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.80%) HTML
7 3 (1.80%) JSON
7 3 (1.80%) Node.js
7 3 (1.80%) Razor View Engine
7 3 (1.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (22.75%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.18%) Public Cloud
3 16 (9.58%) Security Posture
4 12 (7.19%) Podcast
5 10 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (5.99%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.19%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.40%) Data Fabric
9 4 (2.40%) Replication
10 3 (1.80%) Blog
10 3 (1.80%) Clustering
10 3 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.80%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.80%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.17%) Windows
2 16 (9.58%) Linux
3 12 (7.19%) VMS
4 6 (3.59%) Unix
5 5 (2.99%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.60%) AIX
6 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (55.69%) DevOps
2 79 (47.31%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (46.11%) CI/CD
4 63 (37.72%) Platform Engineering
5 58 (34.73%) Agile
6 39 (23.35%) Mentoring
7 38 (22.75%) Cloud Security
8 34 (20.36%) Analytics
8 34 (20.36%) Observability
9 33 (19.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (19.76%) Roadmaps
10 28 (16.77%) Microservices
10 28 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (16.17%) Containerisation
12 24 (14.37%) Cost Optimisation
12 24 (14.37%) Identity Access Management
12 24 (14.37%) Task Automation
13 23 (13.77%) AI
13 23 (13.77%) Computer Science
14 22 (13.17%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (32.34%) PowerShell
2 38 (22.75%) Bicep
3 35 (20.96%) Python
4 30 (17.96%) SQL
5 21 (12.57%) Bash
6 15 (8.98%) C#
6 15 (8.98%) Java
7 12 (7.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.59%) Ruby
9 5 (2.99%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.40%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.20%) Go
11 2 (1.20%) PHP
12 1 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 25 (14.97%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.37%) Azure Certification
3 18 (10.78%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.98%) Degree
5 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.39%) CISSP
6 9 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.20%) CISM
8 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.60%) GIAC
9 1 (0.60%) IISP
9 1 (0.60%) ISACA
9 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.59%) NIST
2 10 (5.99%) QA
3 8 (4.79%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.59%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.99%) GDPR
5 5 (2.99%) WCAG
6 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (24.55%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.77%) Docker
3 17 (10.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (8.38%) vSphere
5 13 (7.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (41.32%) Terraform
2 24 (14.37%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.99%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (2.99%) Grafana
6 3 (1.80%) Ansible
7 2 (1.20%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.60%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.60%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.60%) Packer
8 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.60%) QRadar
Vendors
1 84 (50.30%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.78%) VMware
3 12 (7.19%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (6.59%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.79%) Oracle
6 6 (3.59%) Google
7 5 (2.99%) Databricks
7 5 (2.99%) SAP
8 4 (2.40%) Cisco
8 4 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.80%) Meraki
9 3 (1.80%) Veeam
10 2 (1.20%) Apple
10 2 (1.20%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.20%) EMC
10 2 (1.20%) Sophos
10 2 (1.20%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.60%) Commvault
11 1 (0.60%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.60%) Splunk