PaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 108 197
Rank change year-on-year -208 +89 -58
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 317 1,144 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 2.96% 2.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.13% 6.21% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 269 535 1,027
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £101,500 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

PaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,869 18,408 39,711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.93% 47.65% 53.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,031 13,849 22,029
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,185 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +9.47%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +7.76%

PaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PaaS trend for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PaaS.

PaaS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

PaaS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PaaS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

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 15 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.26%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.26%) Confluence
4 3 (0.95%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) Apache
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.26%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 261 (82.33%) Azure
2 203 (64.04%) IaaS
3 157 (49.53%) SaaS
4 102 (32.18%) AWS
5 100 (31.55%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (21.77%) Microsoft 365
7 41 (12.93%) Entra ID
8 38 (11.99%) GitHub
9 34 (10.73%) GCP
10 18 (5.68%) Serverless
11 17 (5.36%) Power Platform
12 16 (5.05%) Azure AKS
13 15 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (4.42%) Azure Stack
15 13 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
17 11 (3.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 10 (3.15%) Azure Cognitive Services
18 10 (3.15%) WhatsApp
19 8 (2.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.20%) Firewall
2 24 (7.57%) VPN
3 20 (6.31%) LAN
3 20 (6.31%) WAN
4 16 (5.05%) DNS
5 14 (4.42%) Network Security
5 14 (4.42%) SAN
5 14 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.47%) Internet
7 10 (3.15%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.52%) NGFW
9 7 (2.21%) DHCP
10 6 (1.89%) SSL
11 5 (1.58%) IPv4
12 4 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.26%) Wireless
13 3 (0.95%) BGP
13 3 (0.95%) OSPF
13 3 (0.95%) TCP/IP
14 2 (0.63%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 25 (7.89%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.15%) MySQL
4 10 (3.15%) Redis
5 8 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.89%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.89%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.58%) Big Data
8 4 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.26%) GIS
8 4 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.95%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.63%) Power BI
11 1 (0.32%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.32%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (6.62%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.68%) Git
3 10 (3.15%) SonarQube
4 9 (2.84%) JIRA
4 9 (2.84%) Postman
5 6 (1.89%) GitLab
5 6 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.58%) SoapUI
6 5 (1.58%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.63%) MLflow
8 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.32%) Gatling
8 1 (0.32%) JUnit
8 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.32%) NUnit
8 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.32%) Vagrant
General
1 84 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 62 (19.56%) Finance
3 43 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.41%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.62%) Law
7 18 (5.68%) Banking
8 9 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.84%) Marketing
8 9 (2.84%) Retail
9 8 (2.52%) Police
10 6 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.89%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.58%) Japanese Language
11 5 (1.58%) Legal
11 5 (1.58%) Publishing
11 5 (1.58%) Welsh Language
12 4 (1.26%) Advertising
12 4 (1.26%) Front Office
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (26.81%) Architect
2 64 (20.19%) Senior
3 43 (13.56%) Developer
4 40 (12.62%) Azure Engineer
5 39 (12.30%) Solutions Architect
6 36 (11.36%) Lead
7 34 (10.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 26 (8.20%) Cloud Architect
9 25 (7.89%) Azure Architect
10 23 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (7.26%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 22 (6.94%) Citrix Architect
11 22 (6.94%) Consultant
12 21 (6.62%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (5.68%) Platform Engineer
14 16 (5.05%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 16 (5.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
14 16 (5.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 16 (5.05%) Salesforce Architect
14 16 (5.05%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (16.72%) .NET
2 28 (8.83%) ARM Templates
3 26 (8.20%) JSON
4 23 (7.26%) Middleware
5 18 (5.68%) .NET Framework
6 17 (5.36%) REST
7 15 (4.73%) Web Services
8 12 (3.79%) SOAP
8 12 (3.79%) YAML
9 11 (3.47%) .NET Core
9 11 (3.47%) Azure Blueprints
10 10 (3.15%) HTML
11 9 (2.84%) XML
12 8 (2.52%) RESTful
13 7 (2.21%) Node.js
14 6 (1.89%) ASP.NET
15 5 (1.58%) WCF
15 5 (1.58%) XML Schema
16 4 (1.26%) CSS
16 4 (1.26%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 64 (20.19%) Public Cloud
2 26 (8.20%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.20%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (8.20%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.31%) Data Centre
4 19 (5.99%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.73%) Data Structures
6 14 (4.42%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (3.47%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.21%) Kindle
10 5 (1.58%) Distributed Applications
10 5 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.58%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.26%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.36%) Windows
2 21 (6.62%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.79%) Linux
4 8 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.58%) Unix
7 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.95%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Android
9 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (43.85%) DevOps
2 90 (28.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 87 (27.44%) Agile
4 61 (19.24%) CI/CD
5 44 (13.88%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (13.25%) Microservices
7 41 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (12.62%) SDLC
9 35 (11.04%) TOGAF
10 34 (10.73%) Mentoring
11 32 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 32 (10.09%) Migration
12 31 (9.78%) Cloud Security
12 31 (9.78%) ITIL
12 31 (9.78%) Test Automation
13 30 (9.46%) Containerisation
13 30 (9.46%) Roadmaps
14 29 (9.15%) Software Engineering
15 28 (8.83%) Business Strategy
16 27 (8.52%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 60 (18.93%) SQL
2 55 (17.35%) PowerShell
3 48 (15.14%) Python
4 29 (9.15%) JavaScript
5 25 (7.89%) C#
6 20 (6.31%) Bicep
7 13 (4.10%) Java
8 10 (3.15%) Bash
9 4 (1.26%) C++
9 4 (1.26%) Go
10 3 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.95%) PHP
10 3 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.63%) Ruby
12 1 (0.32%) Groovy
12 1 (0.32%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 56 (17.67%) Degree
3 53 (16.72%) Azure Certification
4 36 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 21 (6.62%) TOGAF Certification
6 18 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (4.10%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.84%) CISM
9 9 (2.84%) CISSP
10 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.89%) GIAC
12 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.89%) SANS
13 5 (1.58%) HNC
13 5 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.95%) CIPD
14 3 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (5.05%) QA
2 14 (4.42%) NIST
3 11 (3.47%) NCSC
4 7 (2.21%) COBIT
5 6 (1.89%) SLA
5 6 (1.89%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.58%) GDPR
7 4 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.32%) GRC
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (14.51%) Docker
2 41 (12.93%) Active Directory
3 23 (7.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (4.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (4.10%) vSphere
6 9 (2.84%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.32%) Firmware
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 99 (31.23%) Terraform
2 40 (12.62%) Kubernetes
3 29 (9.15%) Ansible
4 11 (3.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.26%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (1.26%) Grafana
6 4 (1.26%) Kibana
6 4 (1.26%) SCCM
7 3 (0.95%) Istio
7 3 (0.95%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.95%) Puppet
8 2 (0.63%) Packer
8 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.32%) Consul
9 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.32%) Salt
9 1 (0.32%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 126 (39.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.15%) VMware
3 24 (7.57%) Google
4 23 (7.26%) Citrix
5 22 (6.94%) Salesforce
6 14 (4.42%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.79%) Cisco
7 12 (3.79%) Oracle
8 10 (3.15%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (3.15%) Blue Prism
8 10 (3.15%) SAP
8 10 (3.15%) UiPath
9 7 (2.21%) Sparx
10 6 (1.89%) Aruba
10 6 (1.89%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.58%) EMC
11 5 (1.58%) Splunk
12 4 (1.26%) CA
12 4 (1.26%) Commvault
12 4 (1.26%) ESRI