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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 261 215
Rank change year-on-year -31 -46 -57
Contract jobs citing PaaS 243 294 491
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.89% 1.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.32% 2.58% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 214 358
10th Percentile £363 £360 £418
25th Percentile £441 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £680
90th Percentile £754 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £580 £588
% change year-on-year -5.17% -1.28% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 16
10th Percentile £35.50 - £73.21
25th Percentile £43.75 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.84% -50.64% +3.31%
75th Percentile £78.75 £40.25 £89.06
90th Percentile £88.50 - £91.88
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £74.25 £78.00
% change year-on-year -19.19% -4.81% +21.88%

All Cloud 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 10,478 11,407 15,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.67% 34.62% 35.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,092 7,760 11,128
10th Percentile £305 £313 £310
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 173 299
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.75 £14.47
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.50 £18.39
Median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% - +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% -11.43% +62.79%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS 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 19 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PaaS in England

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 19 September 2025. 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 -24 132 £575 +2.68% 82
South East +10 38 £516 -11.75% 42
North of England -15 27 £397 -37.19% 23
Midlands -20 20 £570 -6.86% 25
West Midlands -10 18 £609 -0.49% 14
North West 0 17 £360 -40.00% 12
South West -1 9 £725 +20.83% 12
Yorkshire -14 8 £550 -12.87% 6
East of England -2 7 £719 +105.36% 14
North East 0 2 £500 -23.08% 5
East Midlands -8 2 £450 -7.69% 11
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (7.00%) Confluence
2 14 (5.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.47%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.06%) SAS
6 4 (1.65%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.65%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.82%) FileNet
7 2 (0.82%) nginx
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.41%) CICS
8 1 (0.41%) Luigi
8 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.47%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (2.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.65%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 165 (67.90%) Azure
2 139 (57.20%) IaaS
3 117 (48.15%) SaaS
4 59 (24.28%) AWS
5 54 (22.22%) GCP
6 51 (20.99%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (14.40%) Entra ID
8 26 (10.70%) Azure AKS
8 26 (10.70%) Serverless
9 25 (10.29%) GitHub
10 24 (9.88%) OpenShift
11 22 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (6.58%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (6.58%) OCI
13 15 (6.17%) Azure Storage
13 15 (6.17%) Power Platform
14 13 (5.35%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (4.94%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (4.12%) Azure Functions
16 10 (4.12%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 33 (13.58%) Firewall
2 22 (9.05%) DNS
3 21 (8.64%) VPN
4 16 (6.58%) DHCP
5 9 (3.70%) SMTP
6 8 (3.29%) SAN
7 5 (2.06%) HTTPS
7 5 (2.06%) PBX
7 5 (2.06%) SSL
7 5 (2.06%) VoIP
8 4 (1.65%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.23%) Network Security
9 3 (1.23%) WAN
10 2 (0.82%) Internet
10 2 (0.82%) NAS
10 2 (0.82%) NGFW
11 1 (0.41%) MQTT
11 1 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.47%) Relational Database
2 22 (9.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (7.00%) SQL Server
4 15 (6.17%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (4.53%) Big Data
6 11 (4.53%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (4.53%) Power BI
7 10 (4.12%) NoSQL
8 9 (3.70%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.88%) RDBMS
10 6 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.47%) MySQL
11 5 (2.06%) BigQuery
11 5 (2.06%) Oracle Database
11 5 (2.06%) Redis
11 5 (2.06%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 5 (2.06%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 4 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.65%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (8.64%) JIRA
2 15 (6.17%) SonarQube
3 12 (4.94%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.70%) Git
5 8 (3.29%) GitLab
6 6 (2.47%) Postman
7 4 (1.65%) Gradle
7 4 (1.65%) Maven
7 4 (1.65%) SonarLint
8 3 (1.23%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.82%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.41%) ERwin
10 1 (0.41%) JMeter
10 1 (0.41%) Selenium
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.34%) Finance
3 31 (12.76%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.00%) Banking
5 13 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.70%) Marketing
7 8 (3.29%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.47%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.06%) Retail
11 3 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.23%) Front Office
11 3 (1.23%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.23%) Local Government
11 3 (1.23%) Military
12 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Legal
12 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (26.75%) Architect
2 27 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 25 (10.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 23 (9.47%) Lead
5 21 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (8.23%) Azure Architect
7 17 (7.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 16 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) Developer
9 14 (5.76%) Senior
10 11 (4.53%) Infrastructure Architect
10 11 (4.53%) Support Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (4.12%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (4.12%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Site Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.35%) .NET
2 24 (9.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (8.23%) AngularJS
4 19 (7.82%) REST
5 17 (7.00%) RESTful
6 14 (5.76%) ARM Templates
6 14 (5.76%) SOAP
7 12 (4.94%) ADO
8 11 (4.53%) Web Services
9 10 (4.12%) Node.js
10 8 (3.29%) Middleware
11 7 (2.88%) React
12 6 (2.47%) J2EE
13 5 (2.06%) .NET Core
13 5 (2.06%) JSON
13 5 (2.06%) JWT
14 4 (1.65%) Dropwizard
14 4 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
14 4 (1.65%) Micronaut
14 4 (1.65%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.58%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.00%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.70%) Clustering
4 9 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.70%) PKI
5 8 (3.29%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.88%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.47%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (2.06%) Blackberry
8 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.06%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.06%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.65%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.34%) Linux
2 46 (18.93%) Windows
3 20 (8.23%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.06%) Unix
4 5 (2.06%) VMS
5 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.82%) Debian
7 1 (0.41%) AIX
7 1 (0.41%) Solaris
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (42.80%) DevOps
2 69 (28.40%) CI/CD
3 62 (25.51%) Agile
3 62 (25.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (17.28%) Migration
6 38 (15.64%) Containerisation
6 38 (15.64%) Roadmaps
7 31 (12.76%) ETL
8 28 (11.52%) Analytics
9 26 (10.70%) TOGAF
10 25 (10.29%) Artificial Intelligence
10 25 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 25 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (9.88%) Cloud Security
11 24 (9.88%) Microservices
12 23 (9.47%) ERP
13 21 (8.64%) Machine Learning
14 20 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (8.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.63%) SQL
2 40 (16.46%) Python
3 38 (15.64%) PowerShell
4 35 (14.40%) Bicep
5 16 (6.58%) C#
6 13 (5.35%) Java
7 12 (4.94%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.12%) PHP
9 7 (2.88%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.47%) Bash
11 4 (1.65%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.65%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.41%) C
12 1 (0.41%) COBOL
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 22 (9.05%) Degree
5 15 (6.17%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.53%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.47%) CCNP
9 5 (2.06%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (1.23%) CISSP
11 3 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.82%) ISEB
12 2 (0.82%) MCITP
12 2 (0.82%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.58%) GDPR
2 12 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.70%) SLA
4 7 (2.88%) SOC 2
5 6 (2.47%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.06%) QA
7 4 (1.65%) COBIT
7 4 (1.65%) NIST
8 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.23%) GAAP
9 2 (0.82%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.82%) NCSC
9 2 (0.82%) PMO
10 1 (0.41%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) IFRS
System Software
1 45 (18.52%) Docker
2 40 (16.46%) Active Directory
3 22 (9.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.94%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.94%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (3.70%) BitLocker
5 9 (3.70%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (3.70%) Terminal Services
6 5 (2.06%) vSphere
7 3 (1.23%) DFS Replication
7 3 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 75 (30.86%) Terraform
2 67 (27.57%) Kubernetes
3 24 (9.88%) Ansible
4 12 (4.94%) Grafana
4 12 (4.94%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (4.53%) Puppet
6 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (3.70%) Nagios
6 9 (3.70%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.70%) vMotion
7 4 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.82%) Control-M
8 2 (0.82%) logstash
8 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.82%) SCOM
9 1 (0.41%) Istio
9 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 87 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.22%) Oracle
3 32 (13.17%) Google
4 29 (11.93%) VMware
5 16 (6.58%) HP
6 15 (6.17%) Citrix
6 15 (6.17%) Databricks
7 14 (5.76%) Salesforce
8 13 (5.35%) AppDynamics
9 10 (4.12%) SAP
10 9 (3.70%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.70%) F5
10 9 (3.70%) Symantec
10 9 (3.70%) Workday
11 8 (3.29%) Cisco
11 8 (3.29%) IBM
11 8 (3.29%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.88%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.47%) DocuSign
13 6 (2.47%) Informatica