PaaS Contracts in England

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 197 141
Rank change year-on-year -21 -56 +5
Contract jobs citing PaaS 394 696 1,383
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.07% 1.38% 1.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.35% 3.76% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 481 944
10th Percentile £395 £425 £425
25th Percentile £468 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -0.86% +11.27%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £780 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 2
10th Percentile - £71.05 £72.50
25th Percentile £25.50 £74.71 £75.12
Median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +53.01%
75th Percentile £26.50 £80.99 £86.23
90th Percentile - £90.19 £87.42
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +37.58%

All Cloud Skills
England

PaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,773 18,509 27,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.85% 36.62% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,477 13,536 20,079
10th Percentile £290 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 316 348
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.75 £42.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in England

PaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS in England.

Daily rate trend for PaaS in England

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in England

PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS in England.

Hourly rate trend for PaaS in England

PaaS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -33 195 £550 -0.36% 70
South East -3 65 £525 -12.50% 26
South West +45 62 £650 +15.30% 19
North of England +16 36 £583 +5.91% 32
North West +4 25 £615 +11.82% 17
Midlands -7 20 £600 -11.11% 14
West Midlands +4 18 £600 -12.73% 10
Yorkshire +14 10 £525 -8.70% 10
East Midlands +14 2 - - 4
East of England +2 2 £413 -35.29% 6
North East +17 1 £650 +8.33% 5
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (3.30%) Confluence
2 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.28%) Apache
3 9 (2.28%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.27%) nginx
6 4 (1.02%) CMS
6 4 (1.02%) IIS
7 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.76%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.51%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.25%) Drupal
9 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 247 (62.69%) IaaS
2 234 (59.39%) SaaS
3 191 (48.48%) Azure
4 85 (21.57%) AWS
5 59 (14.97%) Cloud Computing
6 57 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (11.68%) Entra ID
8 43 (10.91%) Serverless
9 26 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (6.35%) GCP
11 24 (6.09%) Azure Logic Apps
12 23 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (5.84%) Azure Service Bus
13 20 (5.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 19 (4.82%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (4.57%) Azure Functions
16 17 (4.31%) Azure API Management
16 17 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (3.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.90%) 5G
1 39 (9.90%) Broadband
2 38 (9.64%) Firewall
3 35 (8.88%) DNS
4 34 (8.63%) LAN
5 33 (8.38%) WAN
6 27 (6.85%) VPN
7 17 (4.31%) DHCP
8 15 (3.81%) TCP/IP
9 13 (3.30%) FTP
10 12 (3.05%) Kerberos
10 12 (3.05%) PBX
10 12 (3.05%) VoIP
11 10 (2.54%) NAS
11 10 (2.54%) SAN
12 9 (2.28%) Internet
13 8 (2.03%) VLAN
14 6 (1.52%) Network Security
14 6 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (1.27%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.64%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (3.81%) Hadoop
4 14 (3.55%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.79%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.27%) Couchbase
9 5 (1.27%) Power BI
9 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.02%) Big Data
10 4 (1.02%) Redis
11 3 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.51%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.51%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 46 (11.68%) Git
2 26 (6.60%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.82%) JIRA
4 13 (3.30%) TeamCity
5 12 (3.05%) Postman
6 9 (2.28%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (2.28%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.78%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.78%) Selenium
8 6 (1.52%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.27%) GitLab
9 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (1.02%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.02%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.76%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.76%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.51%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.51%) Snyk
12 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (18.78%) Public Sector
2 66 (16.75%) Finance
3 60 (15.23%) Social Skills
4 43 (10.91%) Law
5 41 (10.41%) Telecoms
6 39 (9.90%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (6.60%) Manufacturing
8 22 (5.58%) Marketing
9 18 (4.57%) Electronics
10 17 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (3.81%) Banking
11 15 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.30%) Legal
13 9 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.78%) Digital Economy
15 4 (1.02%) Retail
16 3 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 2 (0.51%) Automotive
17 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (32.49%) Architect
2 41 (10.41%) Solutions Architect
3 40 (10.15%) Security Specialist
4 39 (9.90%) Penetration Tester
4 39 (9.90%) Security Penetration Tester
4 39 (9.90%) Security Tester
4 39 (9.90%) Tester
4 39 (9.90%) Testing Specialist
5 37 (9.39%) Senior
6 36 (9.14%) Developer
7 32 (8.12%) Azure Engineer
8 30 (7.61%) Cloud Architect
9 27 (6.85%) Network Architect
10 26 (6.60%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (5.84%) Lead
12 20 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (4.57%) Security Architect
14 17 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.81%) Azure Architect
16 13 (3.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (14.21%) Web Services
2 39 (9.90%) .NET
3 34 (8.63%) LDAP
4 21 (5.33%) JSON
4 21 (5.33%) REST
5 15 (3.81%) Middleware
6 14 (3.55%) OAuth
7 13 (3.30%) YAML
8 12 (3.05%) ARM Templates
8 12 (3.05%) OpenID
9 11 (2.79%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.79%) AngularJS
9 11 (2.79%) Swagger
10 10 (2.54%) SAML
11 8 (2.03%) ASP.NET
11 8 (2.03%) Node.js
11 8 (2.03%) RESTful
11 8 (2.03%) SOAP
12 7 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (1.52%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.45%) Mobile App
2 41 (10.41%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.35%) Replication
4 19 (4.82%) Public Cloud
5 17 (4.31%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.06%) IoT
7 15 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.55%) Clustering
9 13 (3.30%) Product Ownership
9 13 (3.30%) Virtual Team
10 12 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (2.28%) Blackberry
12 8 (2.03%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (2.03%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.78%) Client/Server
14 6 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.52%) PKI
15 5 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
16 4 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 68 (17.26%) Linux
2 58 (14.72%) Windows
3 26 (6.60%) Unix
4 21 (5.33%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.30%) VMS
6 12 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (2.79%) Solaris
8 8 (2.03%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (1.27%) CentOS
9 5 (1.27%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.76%) Android
11 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.41%) DevOps
2 101 (25.63%) Agile
3 71 (18.02%) CI/CD
4 58 (14.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 54 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (13.45%) Security Testing
6 53 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (13.20%) Application Security
8 47 (11.93%) Roadmaps
9 41 (10.41%) Penetration Testing
10 40 (10.15%) Migration
11 39 (9.90%) Cloud Security
11 39 (9.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 39 (9.90%) Open Source
11 39 (9.90%) OWASP
11 39 (9.90%) Scrum
11 39 (9.90%) Zero Trust
12 38 (9.64%) Disaster Recovery
13 36 (9.14%) Microservices
14 35 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.01%) SQL
2 65 (16.50%) Python
3 53 (13.45%) PowerShell
4 40 (10.15%) C#
5 22 (5.58%) Bash
6 16 (4.06%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.05%) Java
8 11 (2.79%) Go
9 10 (2.54%) Bicep
9 10 (2.54%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.27%) Perl
10 5 (1.27%) Ruby
10 5 (1.27%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.02%) C
12 3 (0.76%) Julia
12 3 (0.76%) Scala
13 2 (0.51%) PHP
14 1 (0.25%) Groovy
14 1 (0.25%) Jython
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (32.23%) Security Cleared
2 48 (12.18%) DV Cleared
3 45 (11.42%) Degree
3 45 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 40 (10.15%) GIAC
5 39 (9.90%) CREST Certified
5 39 (9.90%) GPEN
5 39 (9.90%) OSCP
5 39 (9.90%) SANS
6 16 (4.06%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.55%) PMI Certification
7 14 (3.55%) PMP
8 13 (3.30%) APMP
8 13 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (2.03%) CISSP
9 8 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.78%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.78%) HND
11 5 (1.27%) CISM
12 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (12.69%) GDPR
2 41 (10.41%) PCI DSS
3 39 (9.90%) NCSC
4 17 (4.31%) NIST
5 10 (2.54%) QA
6 8 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.27%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.27%) SLA
9 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.76%) WCAG
11 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 66 (16.75%) Active Directory
2 29 (7.36%) Docker
3 26 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (4.31%) NFS
6 13 (3.30%) HDFS
7 12 (3.05%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 74 (18.78%) Terraform
2 44 (11.17%) Kubernetes
3 29 (7.36%) Ansible
4 15 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (2.79%) Grafana
5 11 (2.79%) Netcool
6 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.03%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (2.03%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.03%) Tivoli
7 8 (2.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 7 (1.78%) Puppet
9 5 (1.27%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.76%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.51%) Argo
11 2 (0.51%) Nessus
11 2 (0.51%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.51%) SCCM
12 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 145 (36.80%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.41%) Oracle
3 39 (9.90%) Virgin Media
4 30 (7.61%) Google
5 29 (7.36%) VMware
6 25 (6.35%) SAP
7 21 (5.33%) Cisco
7 21 (5.33%) Isilon
8 18 (4.57%) IBM
9 17 (4.31%) Salesforce
10 14 (3.55%) Splunk
11 12 (3.05%) Dell
11 12 (3.05%) ServiceNow
12 10 (2.54%) HP
13 9 (2.28%) Avaya
13 9 (2.28%) Ericsson
13 9 (2.28%) Juniper
13 9 (2.28%) Nokia
13 9 (2.28%) Ribbon
14 8 (2.03%) Qualys