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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 259 238
Rank change year-on-year -28 -21 -41
Contract jobs citing PaaS 330 230 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.95% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.31% 2.57% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 137 242
10th Percentile £406 £413 £400
25th Percentile £453 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £596
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -3.56% +3.70%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £675
90th Percentile £726 £740 £780
UK median daily rate £541 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -5.93% -4.17% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 - £26.00
75th Percentile £55.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 14,284 8,966 11,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.16% 37.17% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,786 6,222 8,419
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £501 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 194 323
10th Percentile £15.57 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.40 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.39% +21.43% -34.98%
75th Percentile £67.67 £37.50 £34.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.13 £65.10
UK median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +36.65% +28.69% -38.94%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -17 183 £525 -7.89% 56
South East -46 55 £700 +21.74% 48
North of England -34 48 £457 -11.61% 10
Yorkshire -30 31 £525 +23.53% 5
North West -22 17 £425 -15.00% 4
Midlands -52 17 £525 -8.70% 12
East of England -22 13 £644 -14.28% 6
South West -34 13 £550 -1.79% 7
West Midlands -53 11 £533 -7.39% 5
East Midlands -25 6 £418 -27.39% 7
North East -19 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 30 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 26 (7.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.94%) Confluence
4 5 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.52%) SAS
5 4 (1.21%) Apache
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.91%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.91%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.61%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.30%) IIS
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.85%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 211 (63.94%) Azure
2 210 (63.64%) IaaS
3 115 (34.85%) SaaS
4 66 (20.00%) AWS
5 60 (18.18%) Entra ID
6 54 (16.36%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (15.45%) OCI
8 42 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (11.82%) Serverless
10 32 (9.70%) GitHub
11 28 (8.48%) Azure Key Vault
12 27 (8.18%) Azure Monitor
13 22 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (5.76%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (5.45%) GCP
15 18 (5.45%) Power Platform
16 15 (4.55%) Azure AKS
17 14 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
18 12 (3.64%) Azure App Service
18 12 (3.64%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.91%) DNS
1 36 (10.91%) Firewall
2 24 (7.27%) VPN
3 21 (6.36%) DHCP
4 13 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.03%) SAN
5 10 (3.03%) WAN
6 8 (2.42%) LAN
7 7 (2.12%) IPsec
7 7 (2.12%) Network Security
7 7 (2.12%) PSTN
7 7 (2.12%) SMTP
7 7 (2.12%) Unified Communications
7 7 (2.12%) VLAN
8 6 (1.82%) Internet
9 5 (1.52%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.52%) SSL
10 3 (0.91%) BGP
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.91%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.03%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.42%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.52%) Metadata
5 5 (1.52%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 5 (1.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 4 (1.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.21%) Oracle Exadata
6 4 (1.21%) Power BI
7 3 (0.91%) DocumentDB
7 3 (0.91%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.61%) MaxDB
8 2 (0.61%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (9.70%) Git
2 21 (6.36%) JIRA
3 16 (4.85%) Postman
4 9 (2.73%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.42%) SoapUI
6 7 (2.12%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.91%) GitLab
8 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.61%) ERwin
8 2 (0.61%) Gradle
8 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.61%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 78 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.58%) Finance
3 43 (13.03%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.06%) Banking
6 17 (5.15%) Legal
7 12 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.12%) Military
11 5 (1.52%) Law
12 4 (1.21%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.91%) Aviation
13 3 (0.91%) Marketing
14 2 (0.61%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.61%) Local Government
14 2 (0.61%) Retail
14 2 (0.61%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 98 (29.70%) Architect
2 54 (16.36%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (13.03%) Senior
4 35 (10.61%) Cloud Engineer
5 29 (8.79%) Lead
6 27 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (7.88%) Technical Architect
8 24 (7.27%) Azure Architect
9 20 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (5.15%) Developer
10 17 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.24%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (4.24%) Technical Leader
12 12 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.64%) VMware Architect
13 11 (3.33%) Azure Developer
13 11 (3.33%) Cloud Specialist
13 11 (3.33%) Integration Specialist
13 11 (3.33%) IT Engineer
13 11 (3.33%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.52%) REST
2 36 (10.91%) Web Services
3 34 (10.30%) .NET
4 33 (10.00%) SOAP
5 32 (9.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 22 (6.67%) ARM Templates
7 20 (6.06%) OAuth
8 19 (5.76%) JSON
9 18 (5.45%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (4.85%) YAML
11 15 (4.55%) XML
12 13 (3.94%) .NET Framework
12 13 (3.94%) Entity Framework
13 11 (3.33%) JWT
14 10 (3.03%) XSLT
15 9 (2.73%) Middleware
15 9 (2.73%) OpenID
15 9 (2.73%) SAML
16 7 (2.12%) OAuth2
16 7 (2.12%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.27%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.94%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.64%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.12%) Clustering
8 7 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.12%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (2.12%) IoT
8 7 (2.12%) PKI
9 6 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.82%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.15%) Windows
2 35 (10.61%) Linux
3 14 (4.24%) Unix
3 14 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.12%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.12%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.82%) Android
5 6 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.21%) VMS
7 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (43.33%) DevOps
2 118 (35.76%) CI/CD
3 96 (29.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (23.94%) Migration
5 71 (21.52%) Agile
6 70 (21.21%) Roadmaps
7 47 (14.24%) Technical Leadership
8 44 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (13.03%) ERP
10 42 (12.73%) Microservices
11 41 (12.42%) Analytics
11 41 (12.42%) Architectural Patterns
12 38 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 36 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
13 36 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 35 (10.61%) TOGAF
15 34 (10.30%) Containerisation
15 34 (10.30%) Observability
16 32 (9.70%) Decision-Making
17 31 (9.39%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.58%) PowerShell
2 53 (16.06%) SQL
3 41 (12.42%) Python
4 35 (10.61%) Bicep
5 19 (5.76%) C#
6 14 (4.24%) Java
7 12 (3.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (2.73%) Bash
8 9 (2.73%) Ruby
9 8 (2.42%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.52%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.61%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) R
12 1 (0.30%) RPG
12 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 133 (40.30%) Security Cleared
2 83 (25.15%) SC Cleared
3 48 (14.55%) Azure Certification
4 39 (11.82%) DV Cleared
5 32 (9.70%) Degree
6 14 (4.24%) CISSP
6 14 (4.24%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.42%) SANS
11 7 (2.12%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.12%) CISM
11 7 (2.12%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.82%) GIAC
13 5 (1.52%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.52%) CRISC
13 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.55%) SLA
2 14 (4.24%) GDPR
3 11 (3.33%) NIST
4 10 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.03%) NCSC
5 9 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.82%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.82%) ISO 31000
7 5 (1.52%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.61%) Basel III
9 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.61%) GAAP
9 2 (0.61%) IFRS
9 2 (0.61%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.61%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.61%) PMO
10 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.30%) GRC
System Software
1 43 (13.03%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.70%) Docker
3 17 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.64%) vCloud
5 11 (3.33%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.12%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (2.12%) NFS
8 5 (1.52%) Postfix
8 5 (1.52%) RACF
8 5 (1.52%) Varnish
8 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.21%) Sendmail
9 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.61%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.61%) vSphere
12 1 (0.30%) Firmware
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 79 (23.94%) Terraform
2 36 (10.91%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.45%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (5.15%) vCenter Server
5 15 (4.55%) Ansible
6 9 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (2.73%) SCCM
7 7 (2.12%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (2.12%) Puppet
7 7 (2.12%) vMotion
8 5 (1.52%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.21%) Grafana
10 3 (0.91%) Control-M
10 3 (0.91%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.91%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.61%) systemd
11 2 (0.61%) vRealize
11 2 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 133 (40.30%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.00%) Oracle
3 37 (11.21%) VMware
4 14 (4.24%) SAP
5 13 (3.94%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.73%) Citrix
7 8 (2.42%) Tenable
8 7 (2.12%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.12%) Databricks
8 7 (2.12%) Google
8 7 (2.12%) NetApp
8 7 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.82%) iManage
9 6 (1.82%) Intapp
10 5 (1.52%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.21%) Aderant
11 4 (1.21%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.21%) Informatica
11 4 (1.21%) Workday
12 3 (0.91%) SolarWinds