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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 158 205
Rank change year-on-year -193 +47 -42
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 821 2,195 3,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 2.32% 2.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.28% 5.38% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 668 1,083 1,876
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,477 £45,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,125 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 36,061 40,803 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.21% 43.14% 48.80%
Number of salaries quoted 26,953 27,405 41,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,500 £33,786
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,975 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +3.96% +6.84%
75th Percentile £76,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,800 £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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -164 690 £70,000 -3.45% 201
UK excluding London -236 405 £62,500 -3.85% 117
Work from Home -214 317 £70,000 - 107
London -74 313 £82,500 +2.48% 92
North of England -158 101 £59,526 -14.96% 34
South West -75 83 £62,500 +5.00% 17
South East -111 80 £65,000 +8.33% 25
Midlands -79 79 £65,000 +8.33% 21
West Midlands -16 71 £69,235 +6.51% 15
North West -147 63 £65,000 -7.14% 22
Scotland -158 41 £59,763 -0.40% 13
Yorkshire -25 31 £59,526 -0.40% 9
East of England -29 12 £60,000 - 7
Wales -45 8 £52,101 -13.17%
North East -25 7 £44,250 -36.79% 3
East Midlands -69 6 £45,000 -21.74% 6
Northern Ireland -23 4 £100,000 +110.53% 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 38 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.34%) CMS
4 10 (1.22%) Confluence
5 8 (0.97%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.97%) WordPress
6 7 (0.85%) IIS
7 6 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.73%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.73%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.49%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.37%) Apache
9 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.24%) Liferay
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.49%) Trello
5 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) HFM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 661 (80.51%) Azure
2 574 (69.91%) IaaS
3 412 (50.18%) SaaS
4 269 (32.76%) AWS
5 177 (21.56%) Azure DevOps
6 173 (21.07%) Microsoft 365
7 117 (14.25%) GCP
8 95 (11.57%) Entra ID
9 78 (9.50%) Power Platform
10 54 (6.58%) GitHub
11 50 (6.09%) Cloud Computing
12 49 (5.97%) Serverless
13 41 (4.99%) Azure AKS
14 35 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
15 29 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 22 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (2.56%) Azure Stack
18 17 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 15 (1.83%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 126 (15.35%) Firewall
2 82 (9.99%) WAN
3 74 (9.01%) VPN
4 73 (8.89%) DNS
5 49 (5.97%) LAN
5 49 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
6 47 (5.72%) SD-WAN
7 30 (3.65%) DHCP
8 26 (3.17%) SAN
9 23 (2.80%) Network Security
10 19 (2.31%) BGP
11 17 (2.07%) Internet
12 16 (1.95%) Unified Communications
13 15 (1.83%) Wireless
14 10 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (1.22%) MPLS
14 10 (1.22%) OSPF
14 10 (1.22%) SSL
14 10 (1.22%) VLAN
15 8 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.91%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 35 (4.26%) NoSQL
4 29 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (3.05%) MySQL
6 24 (2.92%) Relational Database
7 19 (2.31%) Power BI
8 15 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.58%) Redis
9 13 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (1.46%) Big Data
11 11 (1.34%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.34%) Metadata
11 11 (1.34%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.22%) RDBMS
13 8 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.73%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.73%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.61%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 60 (7.31%) Git
2 37 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.31%) JIRA
4 16 (1.95%) GitLab
4 16 (1.95%) SonarQube
5 14 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.58%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.22%) Postman
8 6 (0.73%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.61%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.24%) Bower
12 2 (0.24%) gulp
12 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.24%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.24%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.24%) Maven
12 2 (0.24%) Moq
12 2 (0.24%) NUnit
General
1 196 (23.87%) Social Skills
2 135 (16.44%) Finance
3 76 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 50 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.90%) Banking
7 30 (3.65%) Law
8 29 (3.53%) Marketing
9 19 (2.31%) Legal
10 18 (2.19%) Retail
11 15 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.10%) Police
15 7 (0.85%) Games
16 6 (0.73%) Electronics
16 6 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 211 (25.70%) Architect
2 157 (19.12%) Senior
3 92 (11.21%) Azure Engineer
4 87 (10.60%) Cloud Engineer
5 86 (10.48%) Developer
5 86 (10.48%) Lead
6 85 (10.35%) Solutions Architect
7 68 (8.28%) Cloud Architect
8 66 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 48 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
10 47 (5.72%) Consultant
11 44 (5.36%) Platform Engineer
12 43 (5.24%) Analyst
13 39 (4.75%) Azure Architect
14 34 (4.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 26 (3.17%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 26 (3.17%) Security Engineer
16 25 (3.05%) Infrastructure Architect
16 25 (3.05%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 24 (2.92%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (13.89%) .NET
2 61 (7.43%) ARM Templates
3 55 (6.70%) JSON
4 37 (4.51%) Middleware
5 31 (3.78%) Web Services
6 28 (3.41%) RESTful
7 26 (3.17%) .NET Framework
7 26 (3.17%) YAML
8 22 (2.68%) REST
8 22 (2.68%) XML
9 21 (2.56%) HTML
10 17 (2.07%) Azure Blueprints
10 17 (2.07%) Node.js
11 16 (1.95%) .NET Core
11 16 (1.95%) CSS
11 16 (1.95%) React
12 15 (1.83%) SOAP
13 14 (1.71%) ASP.NET
14 13 (1.58%) AngularJS
15 12 (1.46%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 124 (15.10%) Public Cloud
2 104 (12.67%) Cloud Native
3 54 (6.58%) Data Centre
3 54 (6.58%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 29 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.80%) Enterprise Cloud
8 20 (2.44%) Data Structures
9 18 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (2.19%) Mobile App
9 18 (2.19%) Replication
10 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.83%) Private Cloud
13 13 (1.58%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.10%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 117 (14.25%) Windows
2 81 (9.87%) Linux
3 56 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.80%) Unix
5 15 (1.83%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.71%) VMS
6 14 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (1.22%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.10%) Solaris
10 7 (0.85%) Android
10 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.73%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.49%) DC/OS
12 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.37%) CentOS
14 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (41.90%) DevOps
2 218 (26.55%) Agile
3 177 (21.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 153 (18.64%) CI/CD
5 108 (13.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 106 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
6 106 (12.91%) ITIL
7 97 (11.81%) Microservices
7 97 (11.81%) Roadmaps
8 91 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (10.84%) Mentoring
10 83 (10.11%) Cloud Security
11 77 (9.38%) Analytics
12 73 (8.89%) TOGAF
13 69 (8.40%) Migration
13 69 (8.40%) Platform Engineering
14 66 (8.04%) Software Engineering
15 65 (7.92%) Containerisation
16 62 (7.55%) Information Security
17 61 (7.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 153 (18.64%) PowerShell
2 134 (16.32%) SQL
3 106 (12.91%) Python
4 73 (8.89%) C#
5 57 (6.94%) Bicep
6 52 (6.33%) JavaScript
7 43 (5.24%) Bash
8 41 (4.99%) Java
9 16 (1.95%) Go
10 10 (1.22%) Ruby
11 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.85%) PHP
13 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.61%) C++
15 4 (0.49%) Scala
16 3 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.24%) C
17 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.24%) VB
17 2 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 123 (14.98%) Degree
2 103 (12.55%) Security Cleared
3 95 (11.57%) Azure Certification
4 56 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (4.14%) AWS Certification
8 32 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 25 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (2.68%) CISSP
11 22 (2.68%) Master's Degree
12 20 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.31%) DV Cleared
14 17 (2.07%) CCNA
15 16 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (1.46%) A+ Certification
17 10 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (1.22%) CCSP
18 9 (1.10%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (3.05%) NIST
2 25 (3.05%) QA
3 24 (2.92%) NCSC
4 23 (2.80%) GDPR
5 16 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.58%) HIPAA
6 13 (1.58%) SLA
7 8 (0.97%) COBIT
7 8 (0.97%) NIST 800
8 7 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.73%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.73%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.73%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (0.61%) PMO
11 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 120 (14.62%) Active Directory
2 79 (9.62%) Docker
3 53 (6.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (2.44%) Hyper-V
6 18 (2.19%) vSphere
7 14 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.71%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.49%) XenApp
10 3 (0.37%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.12%) Firmware
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.12%) NFS
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 217 (26.43%) Terraform
2 131 (15.96%) Kubernetes
3 83 (10.11%) Ansible
4 51 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (2.92%) Puppet
6 22 (2.68%) FortiGate
7 18 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 11 (1.34%) Istio
8 11 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.85%) Nessus
9 7 (0.85%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.73%) NetCrunch
10 6 (0.73%) SCCM
11 5 (0.61%) Grafana
11 5 (0.61%) Kibana
11 5 (0.61%) Packer
12 4 (0.49%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.49%) Nagios
12 4 (0.49%) QRadar
Vendors
1 338 (41.17%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.16%) Cisco
3 66 (8.04%) VMware
4 49 (5.97%) Google
5 48 (5.85%) Oracle
6 26 (3.17%) Citrix
6 26 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 22 (2.68%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.68%) Splunk
8 21 (2.56%) Veeam
9 20 (2.44%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.31%) SAP
11 16 (1.95%) Databricks
11 16 (1.95%) NetApp
12 15 (1.83%) Meraki
13 12 (1.46%) Sparx
14 10 (1.22%) Automation Anywhere
14 10 (1.22%) Blue Prism
14 10 (1.22%) SolarWinds
14 10 (1.22%) UiPath