Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 | 232 | 200 | 151 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -32 | -49 | -15 |
| Contract jobs citing PaaS | 455 | 811 | 1,677 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.05% | 1.36% | 1.89% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 3.25% | 3.68% | 4.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 282 | 554 | 1,137 |
| 10th Percentile | £397 | £431 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £578 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.90% | +8.96% | +6.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £64.65 | £72.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £71.19 | £75.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +37.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.50 | £80.50 | £86.23 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £88.14 | £87.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +104.65% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,989 | 22,053 | 34,308 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.31% | 36.87% | 38.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,925 | 15,944 | 24,923 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 355 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.38 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.99 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.04% | +62.79% | -5.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.09% | +31.31% | -6.25% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS.
PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS.
PaaS
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -21 | 394 | £590 | +2.61% | 167 |
| Work from Home | +26 | 214 | £571 | -4.79% | 86 |
| UK excluding London | +8 | 195 | £600 | +3.90% | 115 |
| London | -33 | 195 | £550 | -0.36% | 72 |
| South East | -3 | 65 | £525 | -12.50% | 26 |
| South West | +45 | 62 | £650 | +15.30% | 20 |
| 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 |
| Scotland | +20 | 13 | £600 | +9.09% | 15 |
| 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 |
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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:
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