Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 171 199
Rank change year-on-year -166 +28 -35
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 856 2,191 3,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 2.21% 2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.42% 5.13% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 697 1,111 1,897
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,477 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,724 £54,169 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £101,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,421 42,712 77,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 43.07% 48.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,675 28,032 41,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PaaS.

Salary trend for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PaaS in the UK

PaaS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -144 721 £70,000 - 208
UK excluding London -212 428 £65,000 +4.00% 128
Work from Home -174 336 £70,000 - 115
London -63 325 £85,000 +4.94% 95
North of England -119 107 £59,763 -8.06% 33
South West -61 91 £66,250 +20.45% 17
South East -117 86 £61,250 +6.52% 43
Midlands -71 77 £69,235 +6.51% 19
West Midlands -8 69 £69,235 +6.51% 14
North West -111 66 £65,000 -5.55% 19
Scotland -147 46 £59,526 -0.79% 8
Yorkshire -6 35 £59,526 -8.42% 5
East of England -21 13 £60,000 -20.00% 6
Wales -39 9 £52,101 -13.17%
North East -20 6 £44,250 -29.20% 9
East Midlands -63 6 £45,000 -21.74% 5
Northern Ireland -21 2 £89,750 +88.95% 4

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 39 (4.56%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.17%) CMS
4 9 (1.05%) Confluence
5 8 (0.93%) IIS
5 8 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.93%) WordPress
6 6 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.70%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.70%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.47%) Apache
7 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.23%) Liferay
9 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
10 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.47%) Trello
4 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) HFM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 695 (81.19%) Azure
2 609 (71.14%) IaaS
3 431 (50.35%) SaaS
4 280 (32.71%) AWS
5 190 (22.20%) Azure DevOps
6 180 (21.03%) Microsoft 365
7 131 (15.30%) GCP
8 99 (11.57%) Entra ID
9 81 (9.46%) Power Platform
10 60 (7.01%) GitHub
11 55 (6.43%) Serverless
12 51 (5.96%) Cloud Computing
13 42 (4.91%) Azure AKS
14 33 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
15 31 (3.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 21 (2.45%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (2.45%) Azure Stack
16 21 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 13 (1.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 122 (14.25%) Firewall
2 78 (9.11%) WAN
3 77 (9.00%) DNS
3 77 (9.00%) VPN
4 48 (5.61%) LAN
5 47 (5.49%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (5.14%) SD-WAN
7 34 (3.97%) DHCP
8 30 (3.50%) SAN
9 29 (3.39%) Network Security
10 19 (2.22%) Internet
11 15 (1.75%) BGP
11 15 (1.75%) Wireless
12 14 (1.64%) VLAN
13 12 (1.40%) Unified Communications
14 11 (1.29%) NGFW
15 10 (1.17%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (1.17%) MPLS
15 10 (1.17%) SSL
16 9 (1.05%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (12.97%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 45 (5.26%) NoSQL
4 39 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.92%) MySQL
6 24 (2.80%) Relational Database
7 23 (2.69%) Data Lake
8 19 (2.22%) Power BI
9 15 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.52%) Big Data
10 13 (1.52%) Redis
10 13 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.29%) Metadata
11 11 (1.29%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.17%) RDBMS
13 8 (0.93%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.70%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.70%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.58%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 57 (6.66%) Git
2 46 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.10%) GitLab
4 16 (1.87%) Octopus Deploy
5 15 (1.75%) JIRA
6 13 (1.52%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.52%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.17%) Postman
8 8 (0.93%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.58%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.23%) Bower
11 2 (0.23%) gulp
11 2 (0.23%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.23%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.23%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.23%) Maven
11 2 (0.23%) MLflow
11 2 (0.23%) Moq
11 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 193 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 159 (18.57%) Finance
3 76 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.24%) Public Sector
5 52 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (5.84%) Banking
7 32 (3.74%) Law
8 31 (3.62%) Marketing
9 20 (2.34%) Retail
10 16 (1.87%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.75%) Legal
12 14 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.29%) Police
15 10 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.82%) Electronics
16 7 (0.82%) Games
16 7 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 237 (27.69%) Architect
2 162 (18.93%) Senior
3 98 (11.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 95 (11.10%) Azure Engineer
5 92 (10.75%) Solutions Architect
6 87 (10.16%) Lead
7 83 (9.70%) Developer
8 76 (8.88%) Cloud Architect
9 69 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 51 (5.96%) Consultant
11 47 (5.49%) Azure Architect
11 47 (5.49%) DevOps Engineer
12 43 (5.02%) Platform Engineer
13 42 (4.91%) Analyst
14 35 (4.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 34 (3.97%) Security Engineer
16 32 (3.74%) Infrastructure Architect
17 30 (3.50%) Citrix Architect
17 30 (3.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 28 (3.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (13.43%) .NET
2 63 (7.36%) ARM Templates
3 59 (6.89%) JSON
4 43 (5.02%) Middleware
5 39 (4.56%) Web Services
6 33 (3.86%) YAML
7 28 (3.27%) RESTful
8 25 (2.92%) .NET Framework
8 25 (2.92%) XML
9 22 (2.57%) HTML
9 22 (2.57%) REST
10 18 (2.10%) .NET Core
11 17 (1.99%) Node.js
11 17 (1.99%) OpenID
12 16 (1.87%) React
13 15 (1.75%) ASP.NET
13 15 (1.75%) CSS
13 15 (1.75%) SOAP
14 14 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
14 14 (1.64%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 150 (17.52%) Public Cloud
2 107 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 54 (6.31%) Management Information System
4 52 (6.07%) Data Centre
5 34 (3.97%) Product Ownership
6 33 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (2.69%) Enterprise Cloud
9 22 (2.57%) Private Cloud
10 20 (2.34%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.34%) Mobile App
11 18 (2.10%) Replication
11 18 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.99%) Mainframe
13 16 (1.87%) Blockchain
14 15 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.64%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.52%) Driving Licence
17 10 (1.17%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 119 (13.90%) Windows
2 83 (9.70%) Linux
3 56 (6.54%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.74%) Unix
5 16 (1.87%) VMS
5 16 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (1.05%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.93%) Solaris
10 6 (0.70%) Android
10 6 (0.70%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.70%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.47%) DC/OS
12 3 (0.35%) CentOS
12 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (42.87%) DevOps
2 243 (28.39%) Agile
3 202 (23.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 176 (20.56%) CI/CD
5 129 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
6 117 (13.67%) Roadmaps
7 114 (13.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 112 (13.08%) ITIL
9 110 (12.85%) Microservices
10 93 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
11 92 (10.75%) Cloud Security
12 90 (10.51%) Mentoring
13 75 (8.76%) Analytics
14 74 (8.64%) Migration
15 72 (8.41%) TOGAF
16 69 (8.06%) Information Security
16 69 (8.06%) Software Engineering
17 68 (7.94%) Containerisation
17 68 (7.94%) Platform Engineering
18 65 (7.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 159 (18.57%) PowerShell
2 139 (16.24%) SQL
3 111 (12.97%) Python
4 75 (8.76%) C#
5 59 (6.89%) Bicep
6 52 (6.07%) JavaScript
7 45 (5.26%) Bash
8 41 (4.79%) Java
9 16 (1.87%) Go
10 10 (1.17%) Ruby
11 8 (0.93%) PHP
11 8 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.58%) C++
14 4 (0.47%) Scala
15 3 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.23%) VB
16 2 (0.23%) XAML
Qualifications
1 116 (13.55%) Degree
2 108 (12.62%) Security Cleared
3 104 (12.15%) Azure Certification
4 63 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 41 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (3.97%) AWS Certification
8 33 (3.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 26 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (2.80%) CISSP
11 22 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (2.57%) DV Cleared
12 21 (2.45%) Master's Degree
13 20 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (1.99%) CCNA
15 16 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (1.40%) A+ Certification
17 11 (1.29%) CISM
18 10 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (1.17%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (3.86%) NIST
3 25 (2.92%) GDPR
3 25 (2.92%) QA
4 21 (2.45%) NCSC
5 14 (1.64%) COBIT
5 14 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.52%) HIPAA
6 13 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.40%) SLA
8 8 (0.93%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.82%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.70%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.70%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.58%) PMO
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 129 (15.07%) Active Directory
2 88 (10.28%) Docker
3 59 (6.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (2.57%) vSphere
6 20 (2.34%) Hyper-V
7 17 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.64%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.47%) XenApp
10 3 (0.35%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.23%) NFS
12 1 (0.12%) Firmware
12 1 (0.12%) KVM
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.12%) RACF
12 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 235 (27.45%) Terraform
2 144 (16.82%) Kubernetes
3 82 (9.58%) Ansible
4 52 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (3.15%) Puppet
6 24 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (2.22%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.17%) Istio
10 8 (0.93%) SCCM
11 7 (0.82%) Nessus
11 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.70%) NetCrunch
13 5 (0.58%) Grafana
13 5 (0.58%) Kibana
13 5 (0.58%) Packer
13 5 (0.58%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 353 (41.24%) Microsoft
2 76 (8.88%) VMware
3 64 (7.48%) Cisco
4 56 (6.54%) Google
5 51 (5.96%) Oracle
6 36 (4.21%) Citrix
7 27 (3.15%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.57%) Splunk
8 22 (2.57%) Veeam
9 21 (2.45%) SAP
9 21 (2.45%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.22%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.99%) Databricks
12 16 (1.87%) NetApp
13 12 (1.40%) Meraki
13 12 (1.40%) Sparx
14 10 (1.17%) Automation Anywhere
14 10 (1.17%) Blue Prism
14 10 (1.17%) SolarWinds
14 10 (1.17%) UiPath