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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 233 208
Rank change year-on-year -61 -25 -13
Contract jobs citing PaaS 307 271 439
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 1.11% 1.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.24% 2.93% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 169 240
10th Percentile £400 £425 £383
25th Percentile £450 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% - -2.54%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £751 £738
UK median daily rate £538 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -8.12% +1.74% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £46.90 - -
25th Percentile £48.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £52.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.10 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -64.86%

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 13,692 9,262 12,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.00% 37.85% 32.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,437 6,456 8,774
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 171 329
10th Percentile £15.51 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% +24.01% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £40.75
90th Percentile £79.95 £75.50 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £26.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +42.31% +21.67% -16.88%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -33 167 £538 -6.52% 41
South East -58 46 £700 +21.74% 28
North of England -52 44 £454 -6.87% 19
Yorkshire -36 29 £525 +23.53% 3
East of England +1 22 £475 -36.75% 8
North West -26 15 £426 -5.23% 14
Midlands -67 15 £488 -17.02% 10
West Midlands -62 10 £618 +3.00% 6
South West -34 9 £575 -8.00% 10
East Midlands -31 5 £418 -27.39% 4
North East -15 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 29 (9.45%) SharePoint
2 27 (8.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.58%) Confluence
4 4 (1.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.98%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.98%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.65%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (5.54%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.63%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.63%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.98%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.33%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 207 (67.43%) Azure
2 185 (60.26%) IaaS
3 104 (33.88%) SaaS
4 62 (20.20%) Entra ID
5 59 (19.22%) AWS
5 59 (19.22%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (14.33%) OCI
8 43 (14.01%) GitHub
9 38 (12.38%) Serverless
10 32 (10.42%) Azure AKS
11 30 (9.77%) Azure Monitor
12 28 (9.12%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (7.82%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (7.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (5.86%) Azure Functions
15 18 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (5.54%) Azure Sentinel
17 16 (5.21%) Azure App Service
18 14 (4.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.66%) Firewall
2 28 (9.12%) DNS
3 25 (8.14%) VPN
4 22 (7.17%) DHCP
5 12 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.26%) WAN
7 8 (2.61%) SAN
7 8 (2.61%) VLAN
8 7 (2.28%) IPsec
8 7 (2.28%) LAN
8 7 (2.28%) Network Security
9 6 (1.95%) SMTP
10 5 (1.63%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.63%) PSTN
10 5 (1.63%) SSL
10 5 (1.63%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.30%) BGP
11 4 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.98%) Internet
12 3 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.91%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.63%) Metadata
6 5 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.98%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.98%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.98%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.65%) Flink
9 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.65%) Power BI
9 2 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (8.14%) Git
2 19 (6.19%) JIRA
3 18 (5.86%) Postman
4 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.61%) SoapUI
5 6 (1.95%) Chocolatey
6 4 (1.30%) GitLab
7 3 (0.98%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.65%) ERwin
8 2 (0.65%) Gradle
8 2 (0.65%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.65%) Selenium
9 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 72 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.64%) Finance
3 38 (12.38%) Public Sector
4 35 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.54%) Banking
6 11 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.26%) Legal
8 8 (2.61%) Aviation
9 7 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.95%) Military
11 5 (1.63%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.30%) Marketing
13 3 (0.98%) Law
13 3 (0.98%) Local Government
13 3 (0.98%) Retail
14 2 (0.65%) Billing
14 2 (0.65%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.33%) French Language
Job Titles
1 85 (27.69%) Architect
2 53 (17.26%) Azure Engineer
3 49 (15.96%) Senior
4 35 (11.40%) Cloud Engineer
5 29 (9.45%) Developer
6 27 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (7.17%) Lead
7 22 (7.17%) Technical Architect
8 21 (6.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (5.54%) Azure Architect
10 14 (4.56%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (4.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.91%) Cloud Specialist
12 12 (3.91%) Integration Specialist
12 12 (3.91%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.91%) Oracle Specialist
13 11 (3.58%) Azure Developer
13 11 (3.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.26%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.66%) .NET
2 42 (13.68%) REST
3 37 (12.05%) Web Services
4 35 (11.40%) SOAP
5 30 (9.77%) Oracle Fusion
6 24 (7.82%) OAuth
7 23 (7.49%) ARM Templates
7 23 (7.49%) JSON
8 19 (6.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (5.86%) OpenID
9 18 (5.86%) SAML
9 18 (5.86%) YAML
10 15 (4.89%) XML
11 14 (4.56%) .NET Framework
12 13 (4.23%) RESTful
13 12 (3.91%) Entity Framework
14 11 (3.58%) JWT
14 11 (3.58%) XSLT
15 9 (2.93%) Model Context Protocol
15 9 (2.93%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.36%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.56%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.56%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.58%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.26%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.26%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.93%) PKI
7 8 (2.61%) IoT
8 6 (1.95%) Clustering
8 6 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.95%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.05%) Windows
2 27 (8.79%) Linux
3 15 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.95%) VMS
4 6 (1.95%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.98%) Unix
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (43.97%) DevOps
2 95 (30.94%) CI/CD
3 88 (28.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (23.13%) Agile
5 68 (22.15%) Migration
6 61 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (18.57%) Roadmaps
8 43 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
9 42 (13.68%) Observability
10 41 (13.36%) Microservices
11 39 (12.70%) Analytics
12 38 (12.38%) ERP
13 37 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 34 (11.07%) Architectural Patterns
14 34 (11.07%) TOGAF
15 32 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (10.10%) AI
16 31 (10.10%) Disaster Recovery
17 29 (9.45%) Containerisation
17 29 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.24%) PowerShell
1 56 (18.24%) SQL
2 46 (14.98%) Python
3 26 (8.47%) Bicep
4 20 (6.51%) C#
5 19 (6.19%) Kusto Query Language
6 12 (3.91%) Java
7 8 (2.61%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.95%) Bash
8 6 (1.95%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.30%) Ruby
11 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.33%) C
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) Scala
12 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 109 (35.50%) Security Cleared
2 66 (21.50%) SC Cleared
3 47 (15.31%) Azure Certification
4 32 (10.42%) Degree
5 31 (10.10%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.58%) CISSP
8 10 (3.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 9 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.28%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.28%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.30%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.21%) NIST
2 12 (3.91%) SLA
3 11 (3.58%) GDPR
4 9 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.93%) EU AI Act
5 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.95%) NCSC
7 5 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.65%) Basel III
9 2 (0.65%) GAAP
9 2 (0.65%) GRC
9 2 (0.65%) IFRS
9 2 (0.65%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.65%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.65%) PMO
9 2 (0.65%) QA
9 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 31 (10.10%) Docker
3 18 (5.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.58%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.26%) vCloud
6 8 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.95%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.95%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (1.63%) RACF
9 4 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.30%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.30%) vSphere
10 3 (0.98%) NFS
11 2 (0.65%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.65%) Postfix
11 2 (0.65%) Varnish
11 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.33%) Firmware
12 1 (0.33%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 79 (25.73%) Terraform
2 43 (14.01%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.84%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (5.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (4.89%) vCenter Server
6 13 (4.23%) Ansible
7 11 (3.58%) SCCM
8 9 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.95%) Puppet
9 6 (1.95%) vMotion
10 5 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (1.30%) Grafana
12 3 (0.98%) Control-M
13 2 (0.65%) Data Guard
13 2 (0.65%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.65%) systemd
13 2 (0.65%) vRealize
13 2 (0.65%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 142 (46.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.61%) Oracle
3 36 (11.73%) VMware
4 13 (4.23%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.58%) Foundry
5 11 (3.58%) SAP
6 9 (2.93%) Tenable
7 8 (2.61%) Citrix
8 7 (2.28%) Databricks
8 7 (2.28%) Google
9 6 (1.95%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.95%) NetApp
10 5 (1.63%) Cisco
10 5 (1.63%) iManage
10 5 (1.63%) Intapp
10 5 (1.63%) Rapid7
10 5 (1.63%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.30%) Aderant
11 4 (1.30%) Meraki
11 4 (1.30%) SolarWinds