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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 245 | 206 | 149 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -39 | -57 | -14 |
| Contract jobs citing PaaS | 418 | 804 | 1,659 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.96% | 1.36% | 1.87% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.98% | 3.70% | 4.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 284 | 544 | 1,135 |
| 10th Percentile | £398 | £432 | £427 |
| 25th Percentile | £474 | £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 | £575 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | +8.49% | +6.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £66.60 | £72.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.50 | £71.42 | £75.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £78.00 | £81.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.67% | -4.72% | +36.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.50 | £81.99 | £86.23 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £92.50 | £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 | 14,036 | 21,742 | 34,241 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.34% | 36.81% | 38.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,989 | 15,708 | 24,950 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 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 | £744 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 344 | 351 | 423 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.88 | £18.25 | £15.33 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +62.79% | -4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £49.53 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.00 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £24.62 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.15% | +29.58% | -5.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
PaaS
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 6 May 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 6 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -44 | 364 | £600 | +4.35% | 189 |
| London | -20 | 198 | £565 | -0.88% | 80 |
| Work from Home | +11 | 175 | £596 | -0.63% | 105 |
| UK excluding London | -26 | 159 | £600 | +4.35% | 124 |
| South West | +43 | 63 | £650 | +17.65% | 18 |
| North of England | +11 | 36 | £583 | +5.91% | 32 |
| South East | -39 | 31 | £525 | -12.50% | 30 |
| North West | +14 | 25 | £615 | +11.82% | 16 |
| Midlands | +5 | 20 | £600 | -11.11% | 21 |
| West Midlands | -1 | 18 | £600 | -12.73% | 14 |
| Scotland | +20 | 10 | £600 | +10.34% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +16 | 10 | £525 | -12.50% | 9 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| East of England | -3 | 2 | £413 | -15.38% | 8 |
| North East | +14 | 1 | £650 | +8.33% | 7 |
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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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