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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 282 228
Rank change year-on-year -34 -54 -24
Contract jobs citing PaaS 321 228 377
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.84% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.05% 2.25% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 141 271
10th Percentile £413 £413 £370
25th Percentile £452 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £760 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £593
% change year-on-year -8.70% -2.95% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% +15.38% -67.09%
75th Percentile £55.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +79.17% +15.38% -67.09%

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 15,626 10,136 12,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.93% 37.36% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,489 6,852 8,592
10th Percentile £325 £311 £311
25th Percentile £419 £409 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £516 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.20% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 266 324
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.84 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.30
% change year-on-year +34.55% +23.32% -36.29%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -6 189 £525 -12.50% 61
North of England -55 40 £454 -9.20% 18
South East -66 38 £700 +21.74% 34
Midlands -44 27 £525 -12.50% 18
Yorkshire -37 25 £494 +16.24% 8
West Midlands -60 17 £537 -15.30% 4
North West -37 15 £426 +17.48% 7
East of England -13 13 £644 -4.70% 17
East Midlands -5 10 £488 +8.33% 14
South West -37 10 £550 -21.62% 24
North East -41 4 £638 +23.31% 3
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 26 (8.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.48%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.05%) Confluence
4 10 (3.12%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.12%) SAS
5 5 (1.56%) Apache
6 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.67%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.12%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.31%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 222 (69.16%) Azure
2 203 (63.24%) IaaS
3 120 (37.38%) SaaS
4 78 (24.30%) AWS
5 61 (19.00%) Entra ID
6 55 (17.13%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (13.71%) OCI
8 40 (12.46%) GitHub
8 40 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (9.35%) Serverless
10 29 (9.03%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (7.48%) Azure AKS
12 23 (7.17%) Azure Key Vault
13 20 (6.23%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (5.61%) GCP
15 17 (5.30%) Azure App Service
15 17 (5.30%) Power Platform
16 13 (4.05%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (2.80%) Datadog
18 8 (2.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.15%) DNS
2 38 (11.84%) Firewall
3 28 (8.72%) VPN
4 20 (6.23%) DHCP
5 14 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.74%) SAN
7 10 (3.12%) WAN
8 8 (2.49%) LAN
8 8 (2.49%) VLAN
9 7 (2.18%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.18%) Network Security
9 7 (2.18%) PSTN
9 7 (2.18%) SMTP
9 7 (2.18%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.87%) Internet
10 6 (1.87%) IPsec
11 4 (1.25%) NAS
11 4 (1.25%) SSL
12 3 (0.93%) FTP
12 3 (0.93%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.43%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.12%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.12%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 8 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.56%) Metadata
9 5 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.25%) Big Data
10 4 (1.25%) Db2
10 4 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.25%) Oracle Exadata
10 4 (1.25%) Power BI
11 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.93%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (7.79%) Git
2 19 (5.92%) JIRA
3 8 (2.49%) Chocolatey
4 7 (2.18%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.87%) Postman
6 4 (1.25%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.25%) SoapUI
6 4 (1.25%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.93%) GitLab
8 2 (0.62%) ERwin
9 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 76 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.69%) Finance
3 43 (13.40%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.85%) Banking
6 20 (6.23%) Legal
7 13 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.87%) Military
11 5 (1.56%) Law
12 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.62%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.62%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Aviation
14 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 112 (34.89%) Architect
2 58 (18.07%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (13.40%) Senior
4 36 (11.21%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (9.66%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (8.41%) Azure Architect
8 26 (8.10%) Lead
9 25 (7.79%) Technical Architect
10 18 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.98%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.98%) Cloud Architect
11 16 (4.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.98%) Developer
12 14 (4.36%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.05%) Lead Architect
14 11 (3.43%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.43%) Oracle Architect
14 11 (3.43%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.03%) REST
2 25 (7.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 24 (7.48%) .NET
3 24 (7.48%) Web Services
4 21 (6.54%) SOAP
5 16 (4.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 15 (4.67%) .NET Framework
7 12 (3.74%) ARM Templates
7 12 (3.74%) OAuth
8 11 (3.43%) Middleware
9 9 (2.80%) JSON
10 8 (2.49%) Entity Framework
11 6 (1.87%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.87%) YAML
12 5 (1.56%) JWT
12 5 (1.56%) Kafka
12 5 (1.56%) OAuth2
12 5 (1.56%) OpenID
12 5 (1.56%) SAML
12 5 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (15.58%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (5.92%) Public Cloud
3 18 (5.61%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.98%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (4.36%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.43%) Virtual Team
7 10 (3.12%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.12%) IoT
7 10 (3.12%) PKI
8 8 (2.49%) Clustering
8 8 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.18%) SCADA
10 6 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.87%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 52 (16.20%) Windows
2 34 (10.59%) Linux
3 18 (5.61%) Unix
4 12 (3.74%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.49%) VMS
6 7 (2.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.87%) Android
7 6 (1.87%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.31%) CentOS
11 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (41.74%) DevOps
2 115 (35.83%) CI/CD
3 81 (25.23%) Infrastructure as Code
3 81 (25.23%) Migration
4 64 (19.94%) Agile
5 58 (18.07%) Roadmaps
6 47 (14.64%) Analytics
7 43 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 42 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 40 (12.46%) Architectural Patterns
10 40 (12.46%) Observability
11 39 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (11.84%) Technical Leadership
13 37 (11.53%) Containerisation
14 36 (11.21%) ERP
15 35 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
15 35 (10.90%) RBAC
16 34 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (10.28%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.07%) PowerShell
2 45 (14.02%) Python
3 39 (12.15%) SQL
4 35 (10.90%) Bicep
5 16 (4.98%) C#
6 13 (4.05%) Bash
6 13 (4.05%) Ruby
7 12 (3.74%) Java
8 10 (3.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.87%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.25%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.25%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.62%) Groovy
11 2 (0.62%) Perl
11 2 (0.62%) Scala
12 1 (0.31%) R
12 1 (0.31%) RPG
12 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 124 (38.63%) Security Cleared
2 80 (24.92%) SC Cleared
3 43 (13.40%) Azure Certification
4 33 (10.28%) DV Cleared
5 25 (7.79%) Degree
6 11 (3.43%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (3.12%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.80%) CISSP
9 8 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.87%) CISM
11 6 (1.87%) GIAC
12 5 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.56%) CRISC
12 5 (1.56%) SANS
12 5 (1.56%) SSCP
13 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.36%) SLA
2 11 (3.43%) GDPR
3 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.49%) NCSC
4 8 (2.49%) NIST
5 6 (1.87%) ISO 31000
6 4 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.25%) PMO
6 4 (1.25%) QA
7 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (11.84%) Active Directory
2 25 (7.79%) Docker
3 11 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.49%) NFS
5 7 (2.18%) BitLocker
5 7 (2.18%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.87%) Postfix
6 6 (1.87%) Varnish
6 6 (1.87%) vCloud
7 4 (1.25%) RACF
7 4 (1.25%) Sendmail
7 4 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.93%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) Firmware
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 74 (23.05%) Terraform
2 35 (10.90%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (5.92%) Ansible
5 13 (4.05%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.49%) SCCM
8 7 (2.18%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (2.18%) Puppet
8 7 (2.18%) vMotion
9 6 (1.87%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.56%) Grafana
11 4 (1.25%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.93%) Nagios
13 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 128 (39.88%) Microsoft
2 71 (22.12%) Oracle
3 26 (8.10%) VMware
4 11 (3.43%) Databricks
4 11 (3.43%) Dynatrace
5 9 (2.80%) Citrix
5 9 (2.80%) SAP
6 8 (2.49%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.49%) Tenable
7 7 (2.18%) Google
7 7 (2.18%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.87%) Sybase
9 5 (1.56%) iManage
9 5 (1.56%) Intapp
9 5 (1.56%) Litera
9 5 (1.56%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.25%) Foundry
10 4 (1.25%) HP
10 4 (1.25%) NetApp
10 4 (1.25%) Salesforce