PaaS Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring PaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PaaS over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 107 206
Rank change year-on-year -210 +99 -63
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 316 1,153 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.89% 3.08% 2.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.08% 6.45% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 261 550 1,013
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,787 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 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 15,165 17,867 40,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.66% 47.67% 53.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12,150 13,590 22,117
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £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% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.16% +2.40% +4.17%

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 13 June 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 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.90%) Confluence
4 4 (1.27%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.95%) IIS
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 264 (83.54%) Azure
2 206 (65.19%) IaaS
3 161 (50.95%) SaaS
4 99 (31.33%) AWS
5 97 (30.70%) Azure DevOps
6 73 (23.10%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (13.92%) Entra ID
8 31 (9.81%) GitHub
9 26 (8.23%) GCP
10 20 (6.33%) Power Platform
11 18 (5.70%) Serverless
12 17 (5.38%) Azure AKS
13 15 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (4.43%) Azure Stack
15 13 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (3.16%) Azure Cognitive Services
16 10 (3.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (3.16%) WhatsApp
17 8 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.82%) Firewall
2 25 (7.91%) LAN
2 25 (7.91%) WAN
3 21 (6.65%) DNS
3 21 (6.65%) VPN
4 15 (4.75%) Network Security
4 15 (4.75%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (4.43%) SAN
6 11 (3.48%) DHCP
6 11 (3.48%) Internet
7 10 (3.16%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.90%) NGFW
8 6 (1.90%) SSL
8 6 (1.90%) Wireless
9 5 (1.58%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.27%) IPv4
10 4 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.95%) BGP
11 3 (0.95%) OSPF
12 2 (0.63%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 24 (7.59%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.85%) MySQL
4 9 (2.85%) Redis
4 9 (2.85%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.90%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.58%) Big Data
7 4 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (1.27%) GIS
7 4 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.95%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.95%) Power BI
9 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (5.70%) Git
2 14 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.48%) JIRA
4 10 (3.16%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.85%) Postman
6 6 (1.90%) GitLab
6 6 (1.90%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.58%) SoapUI
7 5 (1.58%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.63%) MLflow
9 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.32%) Gatling
9 1 (0.32%) JUnit
9 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.32%) NUnit
9 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.32%) Vagrant
General
1 87 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.46%) Finance
3 45 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.44%) Public Sector
5 26 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (6.33%) Law
7 11 (3.48%) Banking
7 11 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.85%) Marketing
8 9 (2.85%) Retail
9 7 (2.22%) Police
10 6 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.58%) Japanese Language
11 5 (1.58%) Legal
11 5 (1.58%) Publishing
11 5 (1.58%) Welsh Language
12 4 (1.27%) Advertising
12 4 (1.27%) Front Office
12 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (26.58%) Architect
2 60 (18.99%) Senior
3 46 (14.56%) Developer
4 40 (12.66%) Azure Engineer
5 38 (12.03%) Solutions Architect
6 37 (11.71%) Lead
7 26 (8.23%) Azure Architect
8 25 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (7.28%) Consultant
10 22 (6.96%) Cloud Architect
11 21 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (6.33%) DevOps Engineer
13 17 (5.38%) Citrix Architect
13 17 (5.38%) Platform Engineer
14 16 (5.06%) Azure Consultant
14 16 (5.06%) Salesforce Architect
14 16 (5.06%) Salesforce Solution Architect
15 15 (4.75%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 15 (4.75%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 14 (4.43%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (17.41%) .NET
2 25 (7.91%) ARM Templates
3 24 (7.59%) JSON
4 23 (7.28%) Middleware
5 18 (5.70%) .NET Framework
6 17 (5.38%) REST
7 16 (5.06%) Web Services
8 12 (3.80%) SOAP
9 11 (3.48%) .NET Core
9 11 (3.48%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (3.48%) YAML
10 10 (3.16%) HTML
11 9 (2.85%) XML
12 8 (2.53%) Node.js
12 8 (2.53%) RESTful
13 6 (1.90%) ASP.NET
14 5 (1.58%) WCF
14 5 (1.58%) XML Schema
15 4 (1.27%) ADO
15 4 (1.27%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (17.09%) Public Cloud
2 28 (8.86%) Cloud Native
3 27 (8.54%) Management Information System
4 25 (7.91%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (5.70%) Data Centre
6 15 (4.75%) Data Structures
7 14 (4.43%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.80%) Product Ownership
9 11 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.85%) Private Cloud
11 8 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.22%) Kindle
13 6 (1.90%) Housing Association
14 5 (1.58%) Distributed Applications
14 5 (1.58%) Mobile App
15 4 (1.27%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 3 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
16 3 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.24%) Windows
2 25 (7.91%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.48%) Linux
4 8 (2.53%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.58%) Unix
7 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.95%) Android
8 3 (0.95%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.95%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (42.41%) DevOps
2 82 (25.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (24.37%) Agile
4 53 (16.77%) CI/CD
5 43 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (12.97%) Microservices
7 39 (12.34%) SDLC
8 37 (11.71%) ITIL
9 34 (10.76%) TOGAF
10 33 (10.44%) Mentoring
11 31 (9.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 31 (9.81%) Test Automation
12 30 (9.49%) Migration
13 29 (9.18%) Containerisation
13 29 (9.18%) Information Security
13 29 (9.18%) Software Engineering
14 28 (8.86%) Business Strategy
15 27 (8.54%) Continuous Delivery
16 26 (8.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 61 (19.30%) SQL
2 58 (18.35%) PowerShell
3 41 (12.97%) Python
4 29 (9.18%) JavaScript
5 27 (8.54%) C#
6 20 (6.33%) Bicep
7 13 (4.11%) Java
8 10 (3.16%) Bash
9 5 (1.58%) Go
10 4 (1.27%) C++
11 3 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.95%) PHP
11 3 (0.95%) Ruby
11 3 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.32%) Groovy
12 1 (0.32%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (18.35%) Degree
2 56 (17.72%) Security Cleared
3 54 (17.09%) Azure Certification
4 34 (10.76%) SC Cleared
5 21 (6.65%) TOGAF Certification
6 18 (5.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.80%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.85%) CISM
8 9 (2.85%) CISSP
8 9 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.90%) GIAC
9 6 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.90%) SANS
10 5 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.58%) HNC
10 5 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.95%) CIPD
11 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (4.75%) QA
3 14 (4.43%) NIST
4 13 (4.11%) NCSC
5 9 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.22%) COBIT
7 6 (1.90%) SLA
7 6 (1.90%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 5 (1.58%) GDPR
9 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.63%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.32%) GRC
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (14.87%) Active Directory
2 38 (12.03%) Docker
3 23 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (5.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (3.80%) vSphere
6 10 (3.16%) Hyper-V
7 7 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 90 (28.48%) Terraform
2 33 (10.44%) Kubernetes
3 29 (9.18%) Ansible
4 14 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.90%) SCCM
7 4 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (1.27%) Grafana
7 4 (1.27%) Kibana
8 3 (0.95%) Istio
8 3 (0.95%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.95%) Puppet
9 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.63%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.63%) Packer
10 1 (0.32%) Consul
10 1 (0.32%) NetCrunch
10 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 135 (42.72%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.49%) VMware
3 22 (6.96%) Salesforce
4 18 (5.70%) Citrix
5 17 (5.38%) Google
6 15 (4.75%) Cisco
7 14 (4.43%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.80%) Oracle
9 10 (3.16%) Automation Anywhere
9 10 (3.16%) Blue Prism
9 10 (3.16%) SAP
9 10 (3.16%) UiPath
10 8 (2.53%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.22%) Sparx
12 6 (1.90%) Aruba
13 5 (1.58%) EMC
13 5 (1.58%) Meraki
13 5 (1.58%) Splunk
13 5 (1.58%) Veeam
13 5 (1.58%) Zerto