PaaS Contracts in the North West

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 123 117
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -21
Contract jobs citing PaaS 25 37 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.90% 1.16% 1.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.82% 3.09% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 47
10th Percentile £450 £463 £404
25th Percentile £475 £476 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £738 £653 £644
90th Percentile £805 £675 £738
England median daily rate £590 £575 £576
% change year-on-year +2.61% -0.09% +9.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £26.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +38.75%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 886 1,198 1,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.07% 37.50% 34.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 887 1,070
10th Percentile £284 £311 £213
25th Percentile £393 £419 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £638 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 32 42
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.19 £14.25
25th Percentile - £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -56.94% +100.62% +2.07%
75th Percentile £20.00 £65.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £59.88
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for PaaS in the North West

PaaS
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester +8 21 £615 +9.33% 19
Merseyside +17 3 £438 -16.67%
Cumbria - 1 £500 -
PaaS
England

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (92.00%) IaaS
2 22 (88.00%) SaaS
3 9 (36.00%) Azure
4 6 (24.00%) AWS
5 4 (16.00%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (16.00%) Google Workspace
6 3 (12.00%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (12.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Network Security
2 2 (8.00%) BGP
2 2 (8.00%) OSPF
2 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.00%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (32.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Legal
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Electronics
4 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Marketing
4 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) AWS Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Cloud Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) AWS Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Full Stack Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Middleware
2 1 (4.00%) .NET
2 1 (4.00%) Django
2 1 (4.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Digital Signage
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Agile
1 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (20.00%) Information Security
2 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 4 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (16.00%) Design Patterns
3 4 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (16.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (12.00%) Identity Management
4 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (12.00%) Service Management
4 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Python
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) APMP
2 4 (16.00%) CISSP
2 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (16.00%) PMP
3 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (12.00%) CISM
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Oracle
3 4 (16.00%) Google
3 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (12.00%) SAP
4 3 (12.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco
5 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.00%) Remedy
5 1 (4.00%) Sophos
5 1 (4.00%) VMware