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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 241 208
Rank change year-on-year -59 -33 -5
Contract jobs citing PaaS 273 274 437
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.06% 1.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.13% 2.82% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 171 238
10th Percentile £400 £425 £400
25th Percentile £438 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -10.26% +1.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £36.77
90th Percentile - - £76.50
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -50.48%

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 12,793 9,716 12,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.77% 37.49% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 6,481 9,111
10th Percentile £305 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 141 299
10th Percentile £14.45 £15.44 £14.10
25th Percentile £18.98 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% +24.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £58.99 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £66.11
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £27.43 £22.50
% change year-on-year +30.21% +21.89% -10.00%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -40 150 £545 -6.84% 39
South East -56 40 £575 +4.55% 28
North of England -44 33 £476 +5.78% 15
East of England -2 21 £450 -25.00% 5
Yorkshire -41 21 £563 +32.35% 4
Midlands -63 14 £515 -10.43% 15
North West -24 12 £425 -5.56% 9
West Midlands -52 11 £578 -2.28% 14
South West -35 6 £575 -8.00% 10
East Midlands -26 3 £418 -18.54% 1
North East -17 1 - - 2
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 18 (6.59%) Confluence
2 17 (6.23%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.10%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.10%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.73%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) Apache
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (6.23%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.10%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 180 (65.93%) Azure
2 145 (53.11%) IaaS
3 99 (36.26%) SaaS
4 52 (19.05%) AWS
5 51 (18.68%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (17.95%) Entra ID
7 37 (13.55%) GitHub
8 36 (13.19%) OCI
9 35 (12.82%) Serverless
10 33 (12.09%) Azure AKS
11 29 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (8.06%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (8.06%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
14 20 (7.33%) Azure Functions
14 20 (7.33%) GCP
15 19 (6.96%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (6.96%) Power Platform
16 15 (5.49%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 36 (13.19%) Firewall
2 20 (7.33%) VPN
3 18 (6.59%) DNS
4 16 (5.86%) DHCP
5 9 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.93%) WAN
7 7 (2.56%) IPsec
8 6 (2.20%) LAN
8 6 (2.20%) Network Security
9 5 (1.83%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.83%) PSTN
9 5 (1.83%) SSL
9 5 (1.83%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.47%) BGP
10 4 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (1.47%) SAN
10 4 (1.47%) SMTP
10 4 (1.47%) VLAN
11 3 (1.10%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (1.10%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.66%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.93%) Power BI
5 6 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.47%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.10%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.10%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.10%) Metadata
7 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.10%) Oracle ODI
7 3 (1.10%) Redis
8 2 (0.73%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (9.16%) JIRA
2 22 (8.06%) Postman
3 20 (7.33%) Git
4 11 (4.03%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.93%) GitLab
6 7 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.20%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.10%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.73%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.73%) ERwin
9 2 (0.73%) Gradle
9 2 (0.73%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.73%) Selenium
9 2 (0.73%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.75%) Public Sector
3 38 (13.92%) Finance
4 28 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.03%) Banking
6 10 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.30%) Military
8 8 (2.93%) Aviation
8 8 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.20%) Marketing
10 5 (1.83%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.47%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Retail
11 4 (1.47%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.10%) Legal
12 3 (1.10%) Local Government
13 2 (0.73%) Front Office
13 2 (0.73%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (22.71%) Architect
2 41 (15.02%) Senior
3 37 (13.55%) Azure Engineer
4 28 (10.26%) Cloud Engineer
4 28 (10.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 24 (8.79%) Developer
5 24 (8.79%) Lead
6 20 (7.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (6.59%) Azure Architect
8 15 (5.49%) Oracle Specialist
8 15 (5.49%) Technical Architect
9 14 (5.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 14 (5.13%) Cloud Specialist
9 14 (5.13%) Integration Specialist
10 10 (3.66%) Principal Engineer
11 9 (3.30%) Consultant
11 9 (3.30%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.56%) .NET Developer
13 7 (2.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (17.22%) .NET
2 39 (14.29%) REST
3 35 (12.82%) SOAP
4 34 (12.45%) Oracle Fusion
5 32 (11.72%) Web Services
6 25 (9.16%) OAuth
7 24 (8.79%) JSON
8 22 (8.06%) ARM Templates
9 18 (6.59%) RESTful
9 18 (6.59%) SAML
10 17 (6.23%) OpenID
11 16 (5.86%) YAML
12 14 (5.13%) XML
13 11 (4.03%) Entity Framework
13 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Graph
13 11 (4.03%) Model Context Protocol
13 11 (4.03%) PyTorch
13 11 (4.03%) Semantic Kernel
13 11 (4.03%) TensorFlow
13 11 (4.03%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.75%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.40%) Algorithms
3 11 (4.03%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.66%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.30%) IoT
5 9 (3.30%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.56%) PKI
8 6 (2.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.47%) Clustering
10 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.99%) Windows
2 26 (9.52%) Linux
3 11 (4.03%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.47%) VMS
4 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (47.62%) DevOps
2 96 (35.16%) CI/CD
3 86 (31.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 77 (28.21%) Agile
5 64 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (17.95%) Roadmaps
7 45 (16.48%) Migration
8 38 (13.92%) ERP
9 34 (12.45%) AI
9 34 (12.45%) Microservices
10 32 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (10.62%) Analytics
13 28 (10.26%) Containerisation
13 28 (10.26%) Decision-Making
13 28 (10.26%) Mentoring
13 28 (10.26%) Observability
14 27 (9.89%) Architectural Patterns
14 27 (9.89%) TOGAF
15 26 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.88%) SQL
2 44 (16.12%) Python
3 42 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 27 (9.89%) Bicep
5 17 (6.23%) C#
6 12 (4.40%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (4.03%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.30%) Java
9 8 (2.93%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.83%) Bash
10 5 (1.83%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.10%) PHP
12 2 (0.73%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (32.97%) Security Cleared
2 59 (21.61%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.72%) Azure Certification
4 31 (11.36%) Degree
5 18 (6.59%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 11 (4.03%) CISSP
7 11 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.56%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.56%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (1.10%) PMP
13 3 (1.10%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.96%) NIST
2 15 (5.49%) GDPR
3 11 (4.03%) EU AI Act
3 11 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.56%) NCSC
5 7 (2.56%) SLA
6 5 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.83%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.10%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.73%) Basel III
8 2 (0.73%) GAAP
8 2 (0.73%) GRC
8 2 (0.73%) IFRS
8 2 (0.73%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.73%) PMO
8 2 (0.73%) QA
8 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 32 (11.72%) Docker
3 17 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.30%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.56%) vCloud
6 6 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.83%) RACF
8 4 (1.47%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.47%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.47%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.47%) vSphere
9 2 (0.73%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.73%) NFS
10 1 (0.37%) Firmware
10 1 (0.37%) Postfix
10 1 (0.37%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 79 (28.94%) Terraform
2 48 (17.58%) Kubernetes
3 27 (9.89%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (5.49%) Ansible
5 12 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.66%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (2.56%) SCCM
9 5 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.47%) Grafana
10 4 (1.47%) Puppet
10 4 (1.47%) vMotion
11 3 (1.10%) Control-M
12 2 (0.73%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.73%) logstash
12 2 (0.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.73%) systemd
12 2 (0.73%) vRealize
12 2 (0.73%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 116 (42.49%) Microsoft
2 46 (16.85%) Oracle
3 28 (10.26%) VMware
4 14 (5.13%) Foundry
4 14 (5.13%) Google
5 8 (2.93%) Cisco
6 7 (2.56%) Databricks
6 7 (2.56%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.56%) SAP
7 6 (2.20%) DocuSign
7 6 (2.20%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.83%) Citrix
8 5 (1.83%) Rapid7
8 5 (1.83%) Tenable
9 4 (1.47%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.47%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.47%) NetApp
9 4 (1.47%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.47%) Splunk