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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 167 192
Rank change year-on-year -152 +25 -30
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 889 2,274 3,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 2.19% 2.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.51% 5.12% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 737 1,184 1,936
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,625
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -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 35,382 44,396 75,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.88% 42.78% 48.26%
Number of salaries quoted 26,757 29,121 41,951
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,788 £33,750
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 £100,000
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 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 3 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 -132 752 £70,037 +0.05% 171
UK excluding London -202 444 £65,000 +8.33% 119
Work from Home -154 354 £70,000 +1.71% 91
London -48 340 £85,000 +5.59% 70
North of England -121 108 £60,000 -7.69% 35
South West -58 93 £70,000 +27.85% 17
South East -112 91 £63,750 +10.87% 26
Midlands -57 83 £65,000 - 19
West Midlands -7 73 £69,235 +6.51% 13
North West -101 65 £65,000 -3.70% 18
Scotland -144 49 £59,526 -0.79% 15
Yorkshire -17 37 £59,526 -4.76% 10
East of England -17 13 £60,000 -20.00% 6
Wales -37 9 £52,101 -13.17%
East Midlands -61 7 £45,000 -30.77% 6
North East -21 6 £44,250 -34.44% 7
Northern Ireland -11 2 £89,750 +99.44% 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 42 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.35%) CMS
4 9 (1.01%) Confluence
4 9 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.90%) WordPress
6 7 (0.79%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.67%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.67%) IIS
8 4 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.45%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.34%) Apache
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.22%) Kentico
10 2 (0.22%) Liferay
10 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.45%) Trello
4 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) HFM
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 720 (80.99%) Azure
2 630 (70.87%) IaaS
3 444 (49.94%) SaaS
4 278 (31.27%) AWS
5 198 (22.27%) Azure DevOps
6 185 (20.81%) Microsoft 365
7 126 (14.17%) GCP
8 96 (10.80%) Entra ID
9 86 (9.67%) Power Platform
10 57 (6.41%) Serverless
11 55 (6.19%) GitHub
12 48 (5.40%) Cloud Computing
13 35 (3.94%) Azure AKS
13 35 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
14 29 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 21 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (2.36%) Azure Stack
15 21 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 123 (13.84%) Firewall
2 82 (9.22%) VPN
3 78 (8.77%) WAN
4 76 (8.55%) DNS
5 49 (5.51%) LAN
6 47 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (5.06%) SD-WAN
8 35 (3.94%) DHCP
9 32 (3.60%) SAN
10 29 (3.26%) Network Security
11 19 (2.14%) Internet
12 15 (1.69%) BGP
12 15 (1.69%) VLAN
13 14 (1.57%) Wireless
14 13 (1.46%) NGFW
15 11 (1.24%) Unified Communications
16 10 (1.12%) SSL
17 9 (1.01%) Cisco ISE
17 9 (1.01%) HTTP
17 9 (1.01%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 49 (5.51%) NoSQL
3 44 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 27 (3.04%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.47%) Power BI
7 21 (2.36%) MySQL
8 14 (1.57%) Big Data
9 13 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.35%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.24%) Metadata
12 10 (1.12%) Redis
13 8 (0.90%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.79%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.67%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.67%) Delta Lake
16 4 (0.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 57 (6.41%) Git
2 46 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.14%) GitLab
4 15 (1.69%) JIRA
5 14 (1.57%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.35%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (1.24%) Postman
8 9 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.67%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.22%) Bower
11 2 (0.22%) gulp
11 2 (0.22%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.22%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.22%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.22%) Maven
11 2 (0.22%) Moq
11 2 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 187 (21.03%) Social Skills
2 175 (19.69%) Finance
3 69 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (6.75%) Public Sector
5 59 (6.64%) Banking
6 53 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (3.82%) Law
7 34 (3.82%) Marketing
8 20 (2.25%) Retail
9 18 (2.02%) Legal
10 16 (1.80%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.12%) Police
14 9 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.79%) Front Office
15 7 (0.79%) Games
15 7 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 250 (28.12%) Architect
2 166 (18.67%) Senior
3 102 (11.47%) Cloud Engineer
4 95 (10.69%) Developer
4 95 (10.69%) Solutions Architect
5 94 (10.57%) Azure Engineer
6 88 (9.90%) Lead
7 79 (8.89%) Cloud Architect
8 71 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 53 (5.96%) Azure Architect
9 53 (5.96%) Consultant
10 45 (5.06%) DevOps Engineer
11 40 (4.50%) Analyst
12 37 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
13 36 (4.05%) Citrix Architect
13 36 (4.05%) Security Engineer
14 35 (3.94%) Infrastructure Architect
15 32 (3.60%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
16 30 (3.37%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 29 (3.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (13.95%) .NET
2 64 (7.20%) ARM Templates
2 64 (7.20%) JSON
3 44 (4.95%) Web Services
4 43 (4.84%) Middleware
5 36 (4.05%) YAML
6 33 (3.71%) RESTful
7 30 (3.37%) XML
8 27 (3.04%) .NET Framework
8 27 (3.04%) HTML
9 23 (2.59%) REST
10 21 (2.36%) OpenID
11 20 (2.25%) .NET Core
11 20 (2.25%) CSS
12 17 (1.91%) ASP.NET
12 17 (1.91%) React
13 16 (1.80%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.80%) Node.js
13 16 (1.80%) SOAP
14 13 (1.46%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 156 (17.55%) Public Cloud
2 105 (11.81%) Cloud Native
3 57 (6.41%) Management Information System
4 50 (5.62%) Data Centre
5 37 (4.16%) Product Ownership
6 36 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (2.81%) Data Structures
9 22 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
10 21 (2.36%) Mainframe
10 21 (2.36%) Mobile App
10 21 (2.36%) Private Cloud
11 20 (2.25%) Blockchain
12 18 (2.02%) Replication
12 18 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.57%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.46%) Algorithms
16 13 (1.46%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 122 (13.72%) Windows
2 82 (9.22%) Linux
3 60 (6.75%) Windows Server
4 34 (3.82%) Unix
5 16 (1.80%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.69%) VMS
7 14 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.79%) Solaris
9 7 (0.79%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.45%) Android
11 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.45%) DC/OS
12 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.22%) CentOS
13 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (42.41%) DevOps
2 250 (28.12%) Agile
3 210 (23.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 185 (20.81%) CI/CD
5 133 (14.96%) Cybersecurity
6 128 (14.40%) Roadmaps
7 119 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 114 (12.82%) ITIL
8 114 (12.82%) Microservices
9 92 (10.35%) Cloud Security
9 92 (10.35%) Problem-Solving
10 89 (10.01%) Mentoring
11 79 (8.89%) Migration
12 75 (8.44%) Analytics
12 75 (8.44%) TOGAF
13 72 (8.10%) Information Security
13 72 (8.10%) Software Engineering
14 68 (7.65%) SDLC
15 67 (7.54%) Artificial Intelligence
16 66 (7.42%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 166 (18.67%) PowerShell
2 140 (15.75%) SQL
3 119 (13.39%) Python
4 84 (9.45%) C#
5 61 (6.86%) Bicep
6 58 (6.52%) JavaScript
7 48 (5.40%) Java
8 39 (4.39%) Bash
9 17 (1.91%) Go
10 10 (1.12%) Ruby
11 8 (0.90%) PHP
11 8 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.45%) C++
13 4 (0.45%) Scala
14 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.22%) C
15 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.22%) XAML
Qualifications
1 114 (12.82%) Degree
2 106 (11.92%) Security Cleared
3 105 (11.81%) Azure Certification
4 61 (6.86%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (3.71%) TOGAF Certification
8 31 (3.49%) AWS Certification
9 26 (2.92%) CISSP
9 26 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (2.70%) DV Cleared
11 21 (2.36%) Master's Degree
12 19 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (1.91%) CCNA
14 16 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
15 13 (1.46%) CISM
16 12 (1.35%) A+ Certification
17 10 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (3.82%) NIST
3 27 (3.04%) GDPR
4 26 (2.92%) QA
5 19 (2.14%) NCSC
6 14 (1.57%) COBIT
6 14 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.35%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.12%) Data Quality
9 10 (1.12%) SLA
10 8 (0.90%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.79%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.67%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 5 (0.56%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.56%) PMO
14 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.11%) GRC
15 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 131 (14.74%) Active Directory
2 82 (9.22%) Docker
3 63 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 23 (2.59%) vSphere
6 19 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.57%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.45%) XenApp
10 3 (0.34%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.22%) NFS
12 1 (0.11%) KVM
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.11%) RACF
12 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 236 (26.55%) Terraform
2 139 (15.64%) Kubernetes
3 78 (8.77%) Ansible
4 53 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (3.26%) Puppet
6 21 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (2.14%) FortiGate
8 15 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.01%) Istio
10 8 (0.90%) SCCM
11 7 (0.79%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.67%) Nessus
12 6 (0.67%) NetCrunch
13 5 (0.56%) Grafana
13 5 (0.56%) Kibana
13 5 (0.56%) Packer
14 4 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (0.45%) QRadar
14 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 368 (41.39%) Microsoft
2 83 (9.34%) VMware
3 63 (7.09%) Cisco
4 55 (6.19%) Google
5 51 (5.74%) Oracle
6 44 (4.95%) Citrix
7 27 (3.04%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.59%) Veeam
9 21 (2.36%) SAP
9 21 (2.36%) Splunk
10 19 (2.14%) Databricks
10 19 (2.14%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.14%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.80%) NetApp
12 12 (1.35%) Meraki
12 12 (1.35%) Sparx
13 11 (1.24%) AppDynamics
13 11 (1.24%) Automation Anywhere
13 11 (1.24%) Blue Prism
13 11 (1.24%) UiPath