PaaS Contract Job Trends in England

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 250 238
Rank change year-on-year -44 -12 -44
Contract jobs citing PaaS 333 245 364
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 1.01% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.32% 2.70% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 150 246
10th Percentile £407 £413 £399
25th Percentile £453 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £744 £780
UK median daily rate £539 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.30% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £54.38 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -66.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,371 9,067 11,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.29% 37.20% 31.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,865 6,335 8,560
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £743 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.80% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 197 320
10th Percentile £15.87 £15.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.84 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +70.13% +27.35% -31.90%
75th Percentile £68.29 £41.97 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.00 £61.64
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +46.36% +30.95% -40.00%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PaaS job vacancy trend in England

PaaS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PaaS

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in England

PaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PaaS

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 7 May 2026. 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 -20 183 £525 -8.70% 68
South East -39 57 £700 +21.74% 42
North of England -26 48 £460 -5.64% 9
Yorkshire -28 31 £525 +23.53% 6
Midlands -65 19 £513 -6.82% 14
North West -25 17 £425 -5.56% 3
East of England -21 13 £638 -15.11% 8
South West -34 13 £550 -5.46% 8
West Midlands -58 11 £533 -2.07% 6
East Midlands -24 8 £418 -27.39% 8
North East -17 4 £638 +19.38%
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 30 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 26 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.90%) Confluence
4 5 (1.50%) Apache
4 5 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.50%) SAS
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.90%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.90%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.80%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.50%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 214 (64.26%) Azure
1 214 (64.26%) IaaS
2 118 (35.44%) SaaS
3 69 (20.72%) AWS
4 61 (18.32%) Entra ID
5 56 (16.82%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (15.02%) OCI
7 46 (13.81%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (11.71%) Serverless
9 33 (9.91%) GitHub
10 28 (8.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 26 (7.81%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (6.61%) Azure Service Bus
13 20 (6.01%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (5.41%) GCP
14 18 (5.41%) Power Platform
15 15 (4.50%) Azure AKS
16 14 (4.20%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (3.60%) Azure App Service
17 12 (3.60%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.01%) Firewall
2 36 (10.81%) DNS
3 24 (7.21%) VPN
4 22 (6.61%) DHCP
5 14 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.30%) WAN
7 10 (3.00%) SAN
8 9 (2.70%) LAN
9 7 (2.10%) IPsec
9 7 (2.10%) PSTN
9 7 (2.10%) SMTP
9 7 (2.10%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.10%) VLAN
10 6 (1.80%) Internet
10 6 (1.80%) Network Security
11 5 (1.50%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.50%) SSL
12 3 (0.90%) BGP
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.90%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.00%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.40%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.50%) Metadata
8 5 (1.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.50%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.20%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (1.20%) Power BI
10 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.90%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.90%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.60%) Flink
11 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (10.21%) Git
2 21 (6.31%) JIRA
3 16 (4.80%) Postman
4 9 (2.70%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.40%) SoapUI
6 7 (2.10%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.90%) GitLab
8 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.60%) ERwin
8 2 (0.60%) Gradle
8 2 (0.60%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.60%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 79 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 61 (18.32%) Finance
3 43 (12.91%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.01%) Banking
6 17 (5.11%) Legal
7 12 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.10%) Military
11 5 (1.50%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.50%) Law
12 3 (0.90%) Aviation
12 3 (0.90%) Marketing
13 2 (0.60%) Billing
13 2 (0.60%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.60%) Local Government
13 2 (0.60%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (30.33%) Architect
2 54 (16.22%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (12.91%) Senior
4 37 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 29 (8.71%) Lead
6 27 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (7.81%) Technical Architect
8 24 (7.21%) Azure Architect
9 22 (6.61%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (5.11%) Developer
12 14 (4.20%) Principal Engineer
12 14 (4.20%) Technical Leader
13 12 (3.60%) VMware Architect
14 11 (3.30%) Azure Developer
14 11 (3.30%) Cloud Specialist
14 11 (3.30%) Integration Specialist
14 11 (3.30%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.30%) Oracle Specialist
14 11 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.71%) REST
2 37 (11.11%) Web Services
3 34 (10.21%) .NET
3 34 (10.21%) SOAP
4 32 (9.61%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (6.61%) ARM Templates
6 20 (6.01%) OAuth
7 19 (5.71%) JSON
8 18 (5.41%) Microsoft Graph
9 16 (4.80%) YAML
10 15 (4.50%) XML
11 13 (3.90%) .NET Framework
11 13 (3.90%) Entity Framework
12 11 (3.30%) JWT
12 11 (3.30%) OpenID
12 11 (3.30%) SAML
13 10 (3.00%) XSLT
14 9 (2.70%) Middleware
15 7 (2.10%) OAuth2
15 7 (2.10%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.61%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.21%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.90%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.60%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.30%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.40%) PKI
10 7 (2.10%) Clustering
10 7 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
10 7 (2.10%) IoT
10 7 (2.10%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.02%) Windows
2 35 (10.51%) Linux
3 14 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.90%) Unix
5 7 (2.10%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (1.80%) Android
6 6 (1.80%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.20%) VMS
8 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (42.94%) DevOps
2 118 (35.44%) CI/CD
3 99 (29.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 77 (23.12%) Migration
5 70 (21.02%) Agile
6 69 (20.72%) Roadmaps
7 46 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (13.81%) Technical Leadership
8 43 (12.91%) ERP
9 42 (12.61%) Microservices
10 41 (12.31%) Analytics
10 41 (12.31%) Architectural Patterns
11 39 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
12 38 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 37 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 37 (11.11%) Observability
13 37 (11.11%) TOGAF
14 35 (10.51%) Containerisation
15 32 (9.61%) Decision-Making
15 32 (9.61%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.42%) PowerShell
2 55 (16.52%) SQL
3 41 (12.31%) Python
4 34 (10.21%) Bicep
5 19 (5.71%) C#
6 14 (4.20%) Java
7 12 (3.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (2.70%) Bash
8 9 (2.70%) Ruby
9 8 (2.40%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.80%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.50%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.60%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) Perl
13 1 (0.30%) PHP
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) RPG
13 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (39.94%) Security Cleared
2 82 (24.62%) SC Cleared
3 50 (15.02%) Azure Certification
4 39 (11.71%) DV Cleared
5 32 (9.61%) Degree
6 16 (4.80%) CISSP
6 16 (4.80%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.40%) SANS
11 7 (2.10%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.10%) CISM
11 7 (2.10%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.80%) GIAC
13 5 (1.50%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.50%) CRISC
13 5 (1.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.50%) GDPR
1 15 (4.50%) SLA
2 13 (3.90%) NIST
3 11 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.00%) NCSC
5 6 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.80%) ISO 31000
6 5 (1.50%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.60%) Basel III
8 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.60%) GAAP
8 2 (0.60%) IFRS
8 2 (0.60%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.60%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.60%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.30%) GRC
System Software
1 44 (13.21%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.61%) Docker
3 17 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.60%) vCloud
5 11 (3.30%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.10%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.10%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (2.10%) NFS
8 5 (1.50%) Postfix
8 5 (1.50%) RACF
8 5 (1.50%) Varnish
8 5 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.20%) Sendmail
9 4 (1.20%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.60%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.60%) vSphere
12 1 (0.30%) Firmware
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 83 (24.92%) Terraform
2 36 (10.81%) Kubernetes
3 19 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (5.11%) vCenter Server
6 15 (4.50%) Ansible
7 11 (3.30%) SCCM
8 9 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (2.10%) Puppet
9 7 (2.10%) vMotion
10 5 (1.50%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.90%) Control-M
11 3 (0.90%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.90%) Grafana
11 3 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.60%) systemd
12 2 (0.60%) vRealize
12 2 (0.60%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 139 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 65 (19.52%) Oracle
3 37 (11.11%) VMware
4 14 (4.20%) Dynatrace
5 13 (3.90%) SAP
6 10 (3.00%) Tenable
7 9 (2.70%) Citrix
8 7 (2.10%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.10%) Google
8 7 (2.10%) NetApp
8 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.80%) Databricks
9 6 (1.80%) iManage
9 6 (1.80%) Intapp
10 5 (1.50%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.20%) Aderant
11 4 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.20%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.20%) Informatica
11 4 (1.20%) Workday