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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 289 267
Rank change year-on-year -114 -22 -59
Contract jobs citing PaaS 250 243 281
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.87% 0.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 2.27% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 147 201
10th Percentile £413 £363 £370
25th Percentile £463 £422 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £675
90th Percentile £725 £754 £763
UK median daily rate £540 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -0.92% -5.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £51.68 £35.50 -
25th Percentile £52.31 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £55.06 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £55.33 £88.50 -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £110.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -45.45% +41.03%

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 16,031 10,713 11,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.46% 38.23% 34.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,669 7,252 7,558
10th Percentile £321 £305 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £530
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -2.75%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 253 165
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.30 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £26.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.77% -24.86% +6.06%

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 October 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 October 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 -59 148 £600 +4.35% 175
Midlands -35 34 £500 -12.28% 47
North of England -78 26 £513 +20.65% 48
South East -73 22 £569 +26.39% 67
East Midlands -2 17 £500 +11.11% 14
West Midlands -41 17 £540 -11.33% 33
Yorkshire -32 16 £550 +12.82% 18
East of England -31 8 £438 -20.45% 16
South West -36 8 £500 -31.03% 21
North East -40 7 £638 +27.50% 5
North West -61 6 £500 +38.89% 25
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 7 (2.80%) Confluence
1 7 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.40%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.40%) SAS
3 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.80%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Mendix
5 1 (0.40%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 194 (77.60%) Azure
2 148 (59.20%) IaaS
3 103 (41.20%) SaaS
4 68 (27.20%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (24.80%) Entra ID
6 52 (20.80%) AWS
7 31 (12.40%) Azure Monitor
7 31 (12.40%) GitHub
8 29 (11.60%) Azure AKS
9 25 (10.00%) OCI
10 24 (9.60%) Serverless
11 23 (9.20%) GCP
12 18 (7.20%) Azure Key Vault
12 18 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (6.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (5.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (5.60%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (5.20%) Azure App Service
16 12 (4.80%) Power Platform
17 11 (4.40%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.20%) Firewall
2 26 (10.40%) DNS
3 22 (8.80%) VPN
4 13 (5.20%) DHCP
5 10 (4.00%) SAN
6 6 (2.40%) VLAN
6 6 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.00%) NAS
7 5 (2.00%) Network Security
8 4 (1.60%) Internet
8 4 (1.60%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.60%) SMTP
9 3 (1.20%) FTP
9 3 (1.20%) IPv4
10 2 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.80%) SSL
10 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.40%) IPsec
11 1 (0.40%) SNMP
11 1 (0.40%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 22 (8.80%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.00%) NoSQL
4 14 (5.60%) Data Lake
5 11 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (4.00%) Big Data
7 7 (2.80%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.40%) Apache Hive
8 6 (2.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 6 (2.40%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 5 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.60%) Db2
10 4 (1.60%) Power BI
10 4 (1.60%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.20%) Parquet
12 2 (0.80%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (6.40%) Git
2 10 (4.00%) GitLab
3 7 (2.80%) JIRA
4 4 (1.60%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.60%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (1.60%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.80%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.20%) Finance
3 29 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (5.60%) Banking
7 12 (4.80%) Legal
8 9 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.00%) Military
10 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.20%) Marketing
11 3 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.80%) Aviation
12 2 (0.80%) Law
12 2 (0.80%) Local Government
12 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Retail
13 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.40%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 72 (28.80%) Architect
2 51 (20.40%) Azure Engineer
3 39 (15.60%) Cloud Engineer
4 31 (12.40%) Senior
5 29 (11.60%) Solutions Architect
6 26 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (8.80%) Azure Architect
8 21 (8.40%) Cloud Architect
9 16 (6.40%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (6.40%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (5.60%) Developer
11 13 (5.20%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.20%) Lead
12 11 (4.40%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.00%) Technical Architect
14 9 (3.60%) Analyst
14 9 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
15 8 (3.20%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (27.60%) Terraform
2 25 (10.00%) REST
3 19 (7.60%) .NET
4 14 (5.60%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (5.20%) .NET Core
5 13 (5.20%) .NET Framework
6 12 (4.80%) ARM Templates
7 11 (4.40%) Middleware
8 10 (4.00%) Entity Framework
8 10 (4.00%) JSON
9 9 (3.60%) React
10 8 (3.20%) OAuth
11 7 (2.80%) SAML
11 7 (2.80%) YAML
12 6 (2.40%) SOAP
12 6 (2.40%) XML
13 5 (2.00%) OpenID
14 4 (1.60%) LDAP
14 4 (1.60%) RESTful
15 3 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.40%) Cloud Native
2 20 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.20%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.60%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.20%) PKI
6 7 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.80%) SCADA
6 7 (2.80%) Wiki
7 6 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.40%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.00%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.00%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.60%) CCTV
9 4 (1.60%) Clustering
9 4 (1.60%) IoT
9 4 (1.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.20%) Windows
2 24 (9.60%) Linux
3 13 (5.20%) Unix
4 11 (4.40%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.60%) VMS
6 7 (2.80%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.40%) Android
7 6 (2.40%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.60%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (46.80%) DevOps
2 112 (44.80%) CI/CD
3 84 (33.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 63 (25.20%) Migration
5 39 (15.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (15.20%) Agile
7 37 (14.80%) Analytics
8 35 (14.00%) RBAC
9 34 (13.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 33 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (12.00%) Platform Engineering
12 29 (11.60%) Containerisation
13 28 (11.20%) Roadmaps
14 26 (10.40%) Observability
15 24 (9.60%) Enterprise Architecture
16 22 (8.80%) Cloud Security
16 22 (8.80%) Validation
17 21 (8.40%) ERP
18 20 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.20%) PowerShell
2 43 (17.20%) SQL
3 34 (13.60%) Python
4 31 (12.40%) Bicep
5 20 (8.00%) C#
6 14 (5.60%) Bash
7 7 (2.80%) Java
7 7 (2.80%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.00%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.00%) Ruby
9 3 (1.20%) Groovy
10 2 (0.80%) Delphi
10 2 (0.80%) Perl
10 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.40%) Korn
11 1 (0.40%) R
11 1 (0.40%) RPG
11 1 (0.40%) Scala
11 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (31.60%) Security Cleared
2 55 (22.00%) SC Cleared
3 34 (13.60%) Azure Certification
4 24 (9.60%) Degree
5 12 (4.80%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.60%) CISSP
6 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.20%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.80%) CISM
8 7 (2.80%) GIAC
9 6 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.40%) SANS
10 5 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.00%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (2.00%) CRISC
10 5 (2.00%) SSCP
10 5 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.60%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.60%) QA
2 12 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.40%) GDPR
4 8 (3.20%) NIST
5 7 (2.80%) SLA
6 6 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.40%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.60%) NCSC
8 3 (1.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (14.80%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.60%) Docker
3 12 (4.80%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.00%) NFS
5 4 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.20%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.20%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.20%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.80%) Firmware
7 2 (0.80%) Postfix
7 2 (0.80%) Varnish
8 1 (0.40%) etcd
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.40%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 34 (13.60%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.40%) Ansible
3 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.00%) SCCM
5 4 (1.60%) CA Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.20%) Grafana
6 3 (1.20%) Nagios
6 3 (1.20%) Puppet
6 3 (1.20%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.20%) vMotion
7 2 (0.80%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.40%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 97 (38.80%) Microsoft
2 45 (18.00%) Oracle
3 20 (8.00%) Databricks
4 16 (6.40%) VMware
5 12 (4.80%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.00%) Google
7 9 (3.60%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.60%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.20%) Splunk
9 7 (2.80%) Okta
10 6 (2.40%) Cloudera
11 5 (2.00%) OpenAI
11 5 (2.00%) Sybase
11 5 (2.00%) Tenable
12 4 (1.60%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.60%) Commvault
12 4 (1.60%) Greenplum
12 4 (1.60%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.60%) Veeam
13 3 (1.20%) Foundry