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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 258 280
Rank change year-on-year -39 +22 -120
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 96 142 351
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 1.06% 1.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.41% 2.42% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 82 104 308
10th Percentile £47,639 £36,526 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,439 £44,717 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.10%
75th Percentile £81,057 £77,813 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.77% -0.70% +3.57%

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 6,824 5,873 14,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.62% 43.65% 43.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,621 4,633 12,019
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,728
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.63% +6.96% -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 1 May 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 9 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.08%) IIS
4 1 (1.04%) Apache
4 1 (1.04%) Confluence
4 1 (1.04%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 80 (83.33%) Azure
2 57 (59.38%) IaaS
3 34 (35.42%) Entra ID
3 34 (35.42%) SaaS
4 31 (32.29%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (20.83%) AWS
5 20 (20.83%) GitHub
6 19 (19.79%) Serverless
7 16 (16.67%) Azure AKS
8 15 (15.63%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (12.50%) Power Platform
11 10 (10.42%) Azure App Service
11 10 (10.42%) dbt
11 10 (10.42%) GCP
12 9 (9.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (6.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.58%) Firewall
2 8 (8.33%) VPN
3 6 (6.25%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.21%) DNS
5 3 (3.13%) Kerberos
6 2 (2.08%) DHCP
6 2 (2.08%) DSL
6 2 (2.08%) LAN
6 2 (2.08%) SAN
6 2 (2.08%) WAN
7 1 (1.04%) MPLS
7 1 (1.04%) NAS
7 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.38%) NoSQL
3 8 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (5.21%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (5.21%) Redis
5 4 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.13%) Power BI
6 3 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.08%) MariaDB
7 2 (2.08%) MySQL
7 2 (2.08%) SAP HANA
7 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.08%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (1.04%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Git
2 5 (5.21%) Cucumber
2 5 (5.21%) JMeter
2 5 (5.21%) Locust
3 3 (3.13%) JIRA
4 2 (2.08%) Selenium
4 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.04%) GitLab
5 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.63%) Finance
3 12 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (10.42%) Legal
5 9 (9.38%) Billing
6 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.25%) Law
7 3 (3.13%) Advertising
8 2 (2.08%) German Language
9 1 (1.04%) Banking
9 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Marketing
9 1 (1.04%) Military
9 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (21.88%) Architect
1 21 (21.88%) Lead
2 20 (20.83%) Azure Engineer
2 20 (20.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (19.79%) Senior
4 12 (12.50%) Developer
5 10 (10.42%) .NET Developer
5 10 (10.42%) Lead .NET Developer
5 10 (10.42%) Lead Developer
5 10 (10.42%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Azure Developer
8 6 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) SaaS Developer
8 6 (6.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Technical Developer
8 6 (6.25%) Technical Leader
9 5 (5.21%) Senior Architect
9 5 (5.21%) Senior Technical Architect
9 5 (5.21%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.54%) .NET
2 12 (12.50%) RESTful
3 10 (10.42%) .NET Framework
3 10 (10.42%) React
4 9 (9.38%) ASP.NET Web API
4 9 (9.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 9 (9.38%) Entity Framework
4 9 (9.38%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (8.33%) Middleware
6 6 (6.25%) ARM Templates
7 5 (5.21%) Django
7 5 (5.21%) Gherkin
7 5 (5.21%) JSON
8 4 (4.17%) Node.js
9 3 (3.13%) ADO
9 3 (3.13%) CSS
9 3 (3.13%) HTML
9 3 (3.13%) OAuth
9 3 (3.13%) OpenID
9 3 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.83%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.21%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.08%) Data Fabric
5 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.04%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.04%) Clustering
6 1 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.04%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.04%) PKI
6 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) Replication
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.50%) Linux
1 12 (12.50%) Windows
2 7 (7.29%) Unix
2 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.04%) AIX
3 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.04%) Solaris
3 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (57.29%) DevOps
2 47 (48.96%) CI/CD
3 42 (43.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (38.54%) Agile
5 29 (30.21%) Mentoring
6 25 (26.04%) Containerisation
7 22 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (19.79%) Microservices
9 19 (19.79%) Test Automation
10 18 (18.75%) Project Delivery
11 17 (17.71%) Observability
11 17 (17.71%) Platform Engineering
12 14 (14.58%) Analytics
12 14 (14.58%) Continuous Delivery
12 14 (14.58%) Scrum
12 14 (14.58%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (13.54%) Computer Science
13 13 (13.54%) Decision-Making
13 13 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.88%) PowerShell
1 21 (21.88%) SQL
2 19 (19.79%) Python
3 14 (14.58%) Java
4 12 (12.50%) Bicep
5 11 (11.46%) TypeScript
6 5 (5.21%) C#
7 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.08%) Bash
8 2 (2.08%) PHP
9 1 (1.04%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (1.04%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (14.58%) Degree
2 13 (13.54%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 4 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.17%) CISSP
7 3 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.04%) IISP
8 1 (1.04%) ISACA
8 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) QA
2 9 (9.38%) NIST
3 8 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 5 (5.21%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.21%) WCAG
5 4 (4.17%) GDPR
6 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.13%) NCSC
7 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.08%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.04%) GRC
8 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 22 (22.92%) Docker
2 17 (17.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.04%) vCloud
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (41.67%) Terraform
2 19 (19.79%) Kubernetes
3 7 (7.29%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (6.25%) Ansible
4 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (5.21%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (5.21%) Grafana
6 2 (2.08%) Packer
7 1 (1.04%) CASB
7 1 (1.04%) Data Guard
7 1 (1.04%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (1.04%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.29%) Google
3 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.17%) VMware
4 3 (3.13%) Oracle
4 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.08%) Apple
5 2 (2.08%) Databricks
5 2 (2.08%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) Adobe
6 1 (1.04%) Cisco
6 1 (1.04%) Commvault
6 1 (1.04%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.04%) IBM
6 1 (1.04%) Logitech
6 1 (1.04%) Mercator
6 1 (1.04%) NetApp
6 1 (1.04%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.04%) Yealink
6 1 (1.04%) Zscaler