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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 279 231
Rank change year-on-year -39 -48 -28
Contract jobs citing PaaS 320 228 386
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.87% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.08% 2.32% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 141 275
10th Percentile £411 £413 £358
25th Percentile £453 £500 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £673 £675
90th Percentile £730 £751 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £583
% change year-on-year -8.70% -1.29% -2.92%
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% -66.67%
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% -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 15,363 9,838 12,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.70% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,344 6,633 8,684
10th Percentile £325 £310 £308
25th Percentile £415 £410 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 254 333
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.03 £14.13
25th Percentile £23.17 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.53 £25.33 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.04% +15.11% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.09 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.18 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%

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 3 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 3 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 -20 182 £525 -12.50% 82
North of England -49 46 £460 -8.00% 9
South East -58 41 £700 +21.74% 35
Yorkshire -33 28 £507 +19.18% 3
Midlands -47 26 £531 -11.50% 22
North West -32 18 £426 +17.48% 5
West Midlands -55 16 £539 -12.86% 10
East of England -13 13 £644 -4.70% 6
East Midlands -7 10 £488 +8.33% 12
South West -31 10 £550 -21.62% 15
North East -40 4 £638 +19.38% 1
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 (8.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.06%) Confluence
4 10 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.13%) SAS
5 5 (1.56%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.69%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.63%) 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
1 213 (66.56%) Azure
2 210 (65.63%) IaaS
3 122 (38.13%) SaaS
4 78 (24.38%) AWS
5 58 (18.13%) Entra ID
6 53 (16.56%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (13.75%) OCI
8 39 (12.19%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (11.56%) GitHub
10 33 (10.31%) Serverless
11 27 (8.44%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (7.81%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (7.50%) Azure AKS
14 19 (5.94%) GCP
15 18 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (5.31%) Power Platform
17 15 (4.69%) Azure App Service
18 13 (4.06%) Azure Service Bus
19 8 (2.50%) Azure WebJobs
19 8 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.88%) DNS
2 37 (11.56%) Firewall
3 27 (8.44%) VPN
4 19 (5.94%) DHCP
5 13 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.13%) SAN
6 10 (3.13%) WAN
7 8 (2.50%) LAN
7 8 (2.50%) SMTP
8 7 (2.19%) Network Security
8 7 (2.19%) PSTN
8 7 (2.19%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.19%) VLAN
9 6 (1.88%) Internet
9 6 (1.88%) IPsec
9 6 (1.88%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.25%) SSL
11 3 (0.94%) BGP
11 3 (0.94%) FTP
11 3 (0.94%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.44%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.13%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.81%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.56%) Metadata
9 4 (1.25%) Big Data
9 4 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.25%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (1.25%) Power BI
10 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.94%) Db2
10 3 (0.94%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.94%) Redis
10 3 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (8.13%) Git
2 19 (5.94%) JIRA
3 7 (2.19%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.88%) Postman
5 4 (1.25%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
7 2 (0.63%) ERwin
7 2 (0.63%) JetBrains Rider
7 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 76 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.44%) Finance
3 42 (13.13%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.56%) Banking
6 20 (6.25%) Legal
7 11 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.19%) Military
10 5 (1.56%) Law
11 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.63%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.63%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Retail
12 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.31%) International Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 112 (35.00%) Architect
2 59 (18.44%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (13.13%) Senior
4 40 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (9.69%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (8.13%) Azure Architect
7 26 (8.13%) Lead
8 25 (7.81%) Technical Architect
9 19 (5.94%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.31%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.31%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 14 (4.38%) Developer
12 13 (4.06%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (4.06%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (4.06%) Lead Architect
13 11 (3.44%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (3.44%) Oracle Architect
13 11 (3.44%) Principal Engineer
13 11 (3.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.44%) REST
2 24 (7.50%) .NET
2 24 (7.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (7.50%) Web Services
3 21 (6.56%) SOAP
4 16 (5.00%) Microsoft Graph
5 13 (4.06%) .NET Framework
5 13 (4.06%) OAuth
6 12 (3.75%) ARM Templates
7 11 (3.44%) Middleware
8 9 (2.81%) JSON
9 6 (1.88%) Entity Framework
9 6 (1.88%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.88%) OpenID
9 6 (1.88%) SAML
9 6 (1.88%) YAML
10 5 (1.56%) JWT
10 5 (1.56%) Kafka
10 5 (1.56%) XML
11 4 (1.25%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.31%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.56%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.94%) Public Cloud
4 18 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.06%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.44%) Virtual Team
8 10 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (3.13%) IoT
8 10 (3.13%) PKI
9 9 (2.81%) Clustering
9 9 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (2.19%) SCADA
12 6 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.88%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.31%) Windows
2 35 (10.94%) Linux
3 17 (5.31%) Unix
4 13 (4.06%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.50%) VMS
6 7 (2.19%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.88%) Android
7 6 (1.88%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.88%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (41.56%) DevOps
2 116 (36.25%) CI/CD
3 85 (26.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 81 (25.31%) Migration
5 66 (20.63%) Agile
6 63 (19.69%) Roadmaps
7 48 (15.00%) Analytics
8 46 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 40 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
9 40 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
10 39 (12.19%) Containerisation
10 39 (12.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 38 (11.88%) Observability
11 38 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (10.94%) ERP
13 35 (10.94%) RBAC
13 35 (10.94%) TOGAF
14 34 (10.63%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.81%) PowerShell
2 44 (13.75%) Python
3 39 (12.19%) SQL
4 35 (10.94%) Bicep
5 14 (4.38%) C#
6 13 (4.06%) Java
7 12 (3.75%) Ruby
8 11 (3.44%) Bash
9 10 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (1.88%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.25%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.63%) Groovy
12 2 (0.63%) Perl
12 2 (0.63%) Scala
12 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.31%) C++
13 1 (0.31%) Delphi
13 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 127 (39.69%) Security Cleared
2 79 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 44 (13.75%) Azure Certification
4 37 (11.56%) DV Cleared
5 28 (8.75%) Degree
6 13 (4.06%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.44%) CISSP
7 11 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.19%) SANS
11 6 (1.88%) CISM
11 6 (1.88%) GIAC
12 5 (1.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.56%) CRISC
12 5 (1.56%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.06%) GDPR
1 13 (4.06%) SLA
2 10 (3.13%) NIST
3 9 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.81%) NCSC
4 6 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.88%) ISO 31000
5 4 (1.25%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.25%) QA
6 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.63%) PMO
7 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (11.56%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.75%) Docker
3 14 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.81%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.81%) vCloud
5 8 (2.50%) BitLocker
5 8 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.19%) NFS
7 6 (1.88%) Postfix
7 6 (1.88%) Varnish
7 6 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.25%) RACF
8 4 (1.25%) Sendmail
8 4 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.94%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.31%) Firmware
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 77 (24.06%) Terraform
2 39 (12.19%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.25%) Ansible
3 20 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.69%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (2.81%) SCCM
7 8 (2.50%) Puppet
7 8 (2.50%) vMotion
8 7 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.88%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.56%) Grafana
11 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.94%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.94%) Nagios
12 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.31%) CASB
13 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 124 (38.75%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.63%) Oracle
3 29 (9.06%) VMware
4 12 (3.75%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.44%) Databricks
6 10 (3.13%) Citrix
7 9 (2.81%) Google
7 9 (2.81%) SAP
7 9 (2.81%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.19%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.19%) Tenable
9 5 (1.56%) iManage
9 5 (1.56%) Intapp
9 5 (1.56%) Litera
9 5 (1.56%) NetApp
9 5 (1.56%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.56%) Sybase
10 4 (1.25%) Cisco
10 4 (1.25%) HP
10 4 (1.25%) Salesforce