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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 170 198
Rank change year-on-year -157 +28 -33
Permanent jobs citing PaaS 850 2,223 3,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 2.23% 2.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.40% 5.18% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 692 1,117 1,903
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,491 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,724 £54,250 £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 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £101,250
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 35,437 42,898 78,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 43.13% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,650 28,186 41,598
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 £96,250 £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 20 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 20 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 -149 716 £70,000 - 214
UK excluding London -218 427 £65,000 +4.00% 135
Work from Home -167 334 £70,000 - 121
London -73 322 £85,000 +4.94% 95
North of England -126 107 £59,763 -8.06% 33
South West -64 91 £68,750 +25.00% 20
South East -110 86 £61,250 +6.52% 46
Midlands -74 77 £65,000 - 18
West Midlands -7 69 £69,235 +6.51% 13
North West -112 66 £65,000 -6.36% 21
Scotland -145 46 £59,526 -0.79% 10
Yorkshire -10 35 £59,526 -8.42% 5
East of England -19 13 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Wales -41 8 £52,101 -13.17%
North East -15 6 £44,250 -29.20% 7
East Midlands -74 6 £45,000 -21.74% 5
Northern Ireland -12 2 £89,750 +88.95% 5

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 37 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.18%) CMS
4 9 (1.06%) Confluence
5 8 (0.94%) IIS
5 8 (0.94%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (0.94%) WordPress
6 6 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.71%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.47%) Apache
7 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) Liferay
9 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.47%) Trello
5 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.59%) 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
1 688 (80.94%) Azure
2 602 (70.82%) IaaS
3 430 (50.59%) SaaS
4 282 (33.18%) AWS
5 188 (22.12%) Azure DevOps
6 176 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
7 131 (15.41%) GCP
8 99 (11.65%) Entra ID
9 80 (9.41%) Power Platform
10 60 (7.06%) GitHub
11 51 (6.00%) Serverless
12 50 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
13 42 (4.94%) Azure AKS
14 32 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
15 31 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 22 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (2.47%) Azure Stack
18 18 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
19 15 (1.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
20 13 (1.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 120 (14.12%) Firewall
2 76 (8.94%) DNS
2 76 (8.94%) WAN
3 75 (8.82%) VPN
4 47 (5.53%) LAN
5 46 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (5.06%) SD-WAN
7 34 (4.00%) DHCP
8 30 (3.53%) SAN
9 28 (3.29%) Network Security
10 19 (2.24%) Internet
11 15 (1.76%) Wireless
12 14 (1.65%) BGP
13 13 (1.53%) VLAN
14 11 (1.29%) Unified Communications
15 10 (1.18%) SSL
16 9 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (1.06%) HTTP
16 9 (1.06%) MPLS
16 9 (1.06%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (13.06%) SQL Server
2 51 (6.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 45 (5.29%) NoSQL
4 39 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.94%) MySQL
6 24 (2.82%) Relational Database
7 23 (2.71%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.35%) Power BI
9 15 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.53%) Big Data
10 13 (1.53%) Redis
10 13 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.29%) Metadata
11 11 (1.29%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.18%) RDBMS
13 8 (0.94%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.71%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.71%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.59%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 56 (6.59%) Git
2 44 (5.18%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.88%) GitLab
4 15 (1.76%) JIRA
5 14 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
5 14 (1.65%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.53%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.18%) Postman
8 6 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.59%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.24%) Bower
11 2 (0.24%) gulp
11 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.24%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.24%) Maven
11 2 (0.24%) MLflow
11 2 (0.24%) Moq
11 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 193 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 158 (18.59%) Finance
3 76 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.29%) Public Sector
5 50 (5.88%) Banking
5 50 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (3.88%) Law
7 30 (3.53%) Marketing
8 18 (2.12%) Retail
9 17 (2.00%) Legal
10 15 (1.76%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.29%) Police
14 10 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.82%) Electronics
15 7 (0.82%) Games
15 7 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 234 (27.53%) Architect
2 161 (18.94%) Senior
3 98 (11.53%) Cloud Engineer
4 96 (11.29%) Azure Engineer
5 91 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
6 84 (9.88%) Lead
7 83 (9.76%) Developer
8 73 (8.59%) Cloud Architect
9 68 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 50 (5.88%) Consultant
11 47 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
12 45 (5.29%) Azure Architect
13 43 (5.06%) Analyst
13 43 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
14 35 (4.12%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 33 (3.88%) Security Engineer
16 30 (3.53%) Infrastructure Architect
16 30 (3.53%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 27 (3.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 27 (3.18%) Citrix Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (13.53%) .NET
2 61 (7.18%) ARM Templates
3 57 (6.71%) JSON
4 43 (5.06%) Middleware
5 39 (4.59%) Web Services
6 31 (3.65%) YAML
7 28 (3.29%) RESTful
8 25 (2.94%) .NET Framework
8 25 (2.94%) XML
9 23 (2.71%) HTML
10 22 (2.59%) REST
11 18 (2.12%) .NET Core
12 17 (2.00%) Node.js
12 17 (2.00%) OpenID
13 16 (1.88%) CSS
13 16 (1.88%) React
14 15 (1.76%) ASP.NET
14 15 (1.76%) Azure Blueprints
14 15 (1.76%) SOAP
15 14 (1.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 146 (17.18%) Public Cloud
2 107 (12.59%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.47%) Management Information System
4 51 (6.00%) Data Centre
5 35 (4.12%) Product Ownership
6 33 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 31 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (2.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 20 (2.35%) Data Structures
9 20 (2.35%) Private Cloud
10 18 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.12%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.12%) Replication
10 18 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (2.00%) Mainframe
12 16 (1.88%) Blockchain
13 15 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (1.76%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.53%) Driving Licence
15 10 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 118 (13.88%) Windows
2 84 (9.88%) Linux
3 57 (6.71%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.76%) Unix
5 16 (1.88%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.65%) VMS
6 14 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.94%) Solaris
9 6 (0.71%) Android
9 6 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.71%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.47%) DC/OS
11 3 (0.35%) CentOS
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (42.94%) DevOps
2 240 (28.24%) Agile
3 200 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 172 (20.24%) CI/CD
5 128 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
6 117 (13.76%) Roadmaps
7 113 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 112 (13.18%) ITIL
9 110 (12.94%) Microservices
10 92 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (10.71%) Cloud Security
12 90 (10.59%) Mentoring
13 74 (8.71%) Analytics
14 73 (8.59%) Migration
15 72 (8.47%) TOGAF
16 70 (8.24%) Containerisation
17 69 (8.12%) Information Security
18 68 (8.00%) Platform Engineering
18 68 (8.00%) Software Engineering
19 63 (7.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 153 (18.00%) PowerShell
2 139 (16.35%) SQL
3 112 (13.18%) Python
4 75 (8.82%) C#
5 58 (6.82%) Bicep
6 52 (6.12%) JavaScript
7 43 (5.06%) Bash
8 40 (4.71%) Java
9 15 (1.76%) Go
10 9 (1.06%) Ruby
10 9 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.94%) PHP
12 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.59%) C++
14 4 (0.47%) Scala
15 3 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.24%) VB
16 2 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 116 (13.65%) Degree
2 108 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 103 (12.12%) Azure Certification
4 62 (7.29%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (4.00%) AWS Certification
8 33 (3.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 26 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (2.82%) CISSP
11 23 (2.71%) DV Cleared
12 22 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (2.47%) Master's Degree
14 20 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.00%) CCNA
16 16 (1.88%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (1.41%) A+ Certification
18 11 (1.29%) CISM
19 10 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 10 (1.18%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (3.88%) NIST
3 25 (2.94%) GDPR
3 25 (2.94%) QA
4 22 (2.59%) NCSC
5 14 (1.65%) COBIT
5 14 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.53%) HIPAA
6 13 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.41%) SLA
8 8 (0.94%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.82%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.71%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.71%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.59%) PMO
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 128 (15.06%) Active Directory
2 88 (10.35%) Docker
3 56 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 20 (2.35%) vSphere
6 15 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (1.65%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.47%) XenApp
9 3 (0.35%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.24%) NFS
11 1 (0.12%) Firmware
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.12%) RACF
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 232 (27.29%) Terraform
2 144 (16.94%) Kubernetes
3 84 (9.88%) Ansible
4 50 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (3.29%) Puppet
6 24 (2.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (2.24%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.18%) Istio
10 8 (0.94%) SCCM
11 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.71%) Nessus
12 6 (0.71%) NetCrunch
13 5 (0.59%) Grafana
13 5 (0.59%) Kibana
13 5 (0.59%) Packer
13 5 (0.59%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 347 (40.82%) Microsoft
2 73 (8.59%) VMware
3 63 (7.41%) Cisco
4 56 (6.59%) Google
5 51 (6.00%) Oracle
6 33 (3.88%) Citrix
7 27 (3.18%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.59%) Splunk
9 21 (2.47%) SAP
9 21 (2.47%) ServiceNow
9 21 (2.47%) Veeam
10 18 (2.12%) Palo Alto
11 17 (2.00%) Databricks
12 16 (1.88%) NetApp
13 12 (1.41%) Meraki
13 12 (1.41%) Sparx
14 10 (1.18%) Automation Anywhere
14 10 (1.18%) Blue Prism
14 10 (1.18%) CA
14 10 (1.18%) UiPath