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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 272 234
Rank change year-on-year -30 -38 -23
Contract jobs citing PaaS 324 215 379
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 0.87% 1.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.15% 2.30% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 132 270
10th Percentile £413 £413 £375
25th Percentile £454 £500 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% - -2.95%
75th Percentile £689 £656 £675
90th Percentile £738 £762 £776
UK median daily rate £540 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.01% -4.17% -
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 15,046 9,350 12,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.69% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,190 6,358 8,621
10th Percentile £325 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.99% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 531 234 338
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.08 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% +16.65% -36.10%
75th Percentile £69.60 £38.50 £43.44
90th Percentile £82.37 £70.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.06 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.36% +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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +9 184 £525 -12.50% 51
South East -48 50 £700 +21.74% 31
North of England -45 46 £454 -9.20% 4
Yorkshire -41 29 £507 +19.18% 1
Midlands -44 21 £540 -10.00% 12
North West -23 17 £425 +21.43% 2
West Midlands -45 15 £540 -12.62% 8
East of England -19 12 £650 -3.77% 6
South West -30 9 £525 -34.38% 8
East Midlands -18 6 - - 4
North East -39 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 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 26 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.01%) Confluence
3 10 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.09%) SAS
4 5 (1.54%) Apache
5 3 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.93%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (4.32%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 213 (65.74%) Azure
2 211 (65.12%) IaaS
3 116 (35.80%) SaaS
4 74 (22.84%) AWS
5 61 (18.83%) Entra ID
6 56 (17.28%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (13.89%) OCI
8 39 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (11.73%) Serverless
10 33 (10.19%) GitHub
11 27 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
12 22 (6.79%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (5.86%) Azure AKS
14 18 (5.56%) GCP
14 18 (5.56%) Power Platform
15 16 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (4.63%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (3.70%) Azure App Service
17 12 (3.70%) Azure Service Fabric
18 9 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.42%) DNS
2 36 (11.11%) Firewall
3 26 (8.02%) VPN
4 20 (6.17%) DHCP
5 13 (4.01%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.09%) SAN
6 10 (3.09%) WAN
7 9 (2.78%) SMTP
8 8 (2.47%) LAN
9 7 (2.16%) IPsec
9 7 (2.16%) PSTN
9 7 (2.16%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.16%) VLAN
10 6 (1.85%) Internet
10 6 (1.85%) Network Security
11 5 (1.54%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.54%) SSL
12 3 (0.93%) BGP
12 3 (0.93%) FTP
12 3 (0.93%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.40%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (3.09%) NoSQL
3 10 (3.09%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 10 (3.09%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 9 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.54%) Metadata
6 5 (1.54%) Power BI
7 4 (1.23%) Big Data
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.93%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.93%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.62%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 30 (9.26%) Git
2 21 (6.48%) JIRA
3 7 (2.16%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.85%) Postman
5 4 (1.23%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.93%) GitLab
7 2 (0.62%) ERwin
8 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 75 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.90%) Finance
3 41 (12.65%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.17%) Banking
6 19 (5.86%) Legal
7 11 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.85%) Military
10 5 (1.54%) Law
11 4 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.62%) Aviation
12 2 (0.62%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.62%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Retail
12 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.31%) French Language
13 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 105 (32.41%) Architect
2 62 (19.14%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (12.96%) Senior
4 39 (12.04%) Cloud Engineer
5 30 (9.26%) Lead
5 30 (9.26%) Solutions Architect
6 29 (8.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (7.41%) Technical Architect
8 22 (6.79%) Azure Architect
9 21 (6.48%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (5.86%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 19 (5.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.25%) DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.32%) Developer
12 14 (4.32%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (4.01%) Lead Architect
13 13 (4.01%) Technical Leader
14 12 (3.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.40%) IT Engineer
15 11 (3.40%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (7.72%) .NET
2 25 (7.72%) REST
2 25 (7.72%) Web Services
3 21 (6.48%) SOAP
4 19 (5.86%) ARM Templates
5 16 (4.94%) Microsoft Graph
5 16 (4.94%) YAML
6 14 (4.32%) OAuth
7 13 (4.01%) Entity Framework
8 11 (3.40%) .NET Framework
9 9 (2.78%) JSON
9 9 (2.78%) Middleware
10 8 (2.47%) XML
11 7 (2.16%) OAuth2
11 7 (2.16%) OpenID
11 7 (2.16%) SailPoint
11 7 (2.16%) SAML
12 5 (1.54%) Kafka
12 5 (1.54%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.89%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.86%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.86%) Public Cloud
3 16 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.32%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.09%) Clustering
6 10 (3.09%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.78%) IoT
7 9 (2.78%) PKI
8 6 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (1.85%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.85%) SCADA
9 5 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.43%) Windows
2 35 (10.80%) Linux
3 15 (4.63%) Unix
3 15 (4.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.16%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.85%) Android
5 6 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.54%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) CentOS
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (43.21%) DevOps
2 123 (37.96%) CI/CD
3 95 (29.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (24.38%) Migration
5 69 (21.30%) Agile
6 65 (20.06%) Roadmaps
7 46 (14.20%) Analytics
8 44 (13.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (13.27%) Technical Leadership
10 41 (12.65%) Containerisation
10 41 (12.65%) Microservices
11 39 (12.04%) Architectural Patterns
12 38 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
13 37 (11.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (10.80%) ERP
15 35 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (10.49%) TOGAF
17 33 (10.19%) RBAC
18 31 (9.57%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.21%) PowerShell
2 50 (15.43%) SQL
3 43 (13.27%) Python
4 34 (10.49%) Bicep
5 14 (4.32%) C#
6 12 (3.70%) Bash
6 12 (3.70%) Java
7 11 (3.40%) Ruby
8 10 (3.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.85%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.54%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.62%) Groovy
11 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.62%) Perl
11 2 (0.62%) Scala
12 1 (0.31%) C++
12 1 (0.31%) R
12 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 135 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 84 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.89%) Azure Certification
4 41 (12.65%) DV Cleared
5 29 (8.95%) Degree
6 14 (4.32%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (3.70%) CISSP
8 11 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.09%) AWS Certification
10 9 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.16%) CISM
12 7 (2.16%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (2.16%) SANS
13 6 (1.85%) GIAC
14 5 (1.54%) CESG Certified Professional
14 5 (1.54%) CRISC
14 5 (1.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.63%) SLA
2 12 (3.70%) GDPR
3 11 (3.40%) NCSC
4 10 (3.09%) NIST
5 9 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.85%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.93%) QA
8 3 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.62%) Basel III
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) GAAP
9 2 (0.62%) IFRS
9 2 (0.62%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.62%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (12.65%) Active Directory
2 35 (10.80%) Docker
3 16 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.09%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.09%) vCloud
4 10 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.78%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.78%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (1.85%) NFS
6 6 (1.85%) Postfix
6 6 (1.85%) Varnish
7 5 (1.54%) RACF
8 4 (1.23%) Sendmail
8 4 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.93%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.62%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.62%) vSphere
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (25.31%) Terraform
2 37 (11.42%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.48%) Ansible
4 20 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (5.25%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (2.78%) Puppet
7 9 (2.78%) SCCM
7 9 (2.78%) vMotion
8 7 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.85%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.23%) Grafana
11 3 (0.93%) Control-M
11 3 (0.93%) Nagios
12 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.31%) CA Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 127 (39.20%) Microsoft
2 63 (19.44%) Oracle
3 33 (10.19%) VMware
4 12 (3.70%) Dynatrace
4 12 (3.70%) SAP
5 11 (3.40%) Citrix
6 9 (2.78%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.47%) Databricks
7 8 (2.47%) Google
8 7 (2.16%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.16%) Tenable
9 6 (1.85%) NetApp
10 5 (1.54%) iManage
10 5 (1.54%) Intapp
10 5 (1.54%) Litera
11 4 (1.23%) HP
11 4 (1.23%) Informatica
11 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.23%) Workday