Platform as a Service (PaaS)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring PaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PaaS over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 55 | 57 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +4 | +16 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing PaaS | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.34% | 1.28% | 1.50% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 1.29% | 3.85% | 4.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £375 | £509 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £381 | £644 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £618 | £525 | £688 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.71% | -23.64% | +17.02% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £588 | £731 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £618 | £746 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £609 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.91% | -11.54% | +4.00% |
All Cloud Skills
Birmingham
PaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Birmingham.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 155 | 234 | 296 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 26.72% | 33.24% | 34.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 179 | 217 |
| 10th Percentile | £227 | £213 | £262 |
| 25th Percentile | £366 | £355 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +5.26% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £501 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £632 | £738 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £513 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.89% | - | -4.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £38.09 | £17.05 | £20.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.22 | £18.63 | £21.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.38 | £22.50 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +110.56% | -6.25% | +89.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.47 | £39.38 | £24.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £58.16 | £48.75 | £25.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £35.49 | £30.88 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.95% | +62.50% | +11.76% |
PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
PaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PaaS.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: