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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 281 232
Rank change year-on-year -42 -49 -30
Contract jobs citing PaaS 324 235 385
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.89% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 2.35% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 144 273
10th Percentile £413 £406 £354
25th Percentile £452 £499 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £675
90th Percentile £727 £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 15,409 9,998 12,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.90% 37.66% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,359 6,739 8,678
10th Percentile £325 £313 £308
25th Percentile £415 £410 £415
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 555 258 330
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £23.08 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £39.69 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.15 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.63 £22.00
% change year-on-year +35.72% +25.59% -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 6 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 6 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 -21 185 £525 -12.50% 82
North of England -53 46 £460 -8.00% 9
South East -49 42 £700 +21.74% 35
Yorkshire -32 28 £507 +19.18% 3
Midlands -49 26 £531 -9.62% 22
North West -33 18 £426 +17.48% 5
West Midlands -53 16 £539 -10.25% 10
East of England -21 13 £644 -4.70% 6
East Midlands -11 10 £488 +8.33% 12
South West -32 10 £550 -21.62% 15
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
2 24 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.01%) Confluence
4 10 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.09%) SAS
5 5 (1.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.62%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.63%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.62%) 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
1 217 (66.98%) Azure
2 212 (65.43%) IaaS
3 124 (38.27%) SaaS
4 80 (24.69%) AWS
5 60 (18.52%) Entra ID
6 56 (17.28%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (13.58%) OCI
8 40 (12.35%) GitHub
9 39 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (9.88%) Serverless
11 29 (8.95%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (7.72%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (7.41%) Azure AKS
14 20 (6.17%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (5.86%) GCP
16 17 (5.25%) Power Platform
17 16 (4.94%) Azure App Service
18 13 (4.01%) Azure Service Bus
19 8 (2.47%) Azure WebJobs
19 8 (2.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.04%) DNS
2 38 (11.73%) Firewall
3 28 (8.64%) VPN
4 20 (6.17%) DHCP
5 13 (4.01%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.40%) SAN
7 10 (3.09%) WAN
8 8 (2.47%) LAN
8 8 (2.47%) SMTP
9 7 (2.16%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.16%) Network Security
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%) IPsec
11 4 (1.23%) NAS
11 4 (1.23%) SSL
12 3 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.93%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.40%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.09%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.09%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.54%) Metadata
9 4 (1.23%) Big Data
9 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.23%) Db2
9 4 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.23%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (1.23%) Power BI
9 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.93%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (8.02%) Git
2 19 (5.86%) 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
6 3 (0.93%) JetBrains Rider
6 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.62%) ERwin
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 77 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 61 (18.83%) Finance
3 43 (13.27%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.48%) Banking
6 20 (6.17%) Legal
7 12 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.16%) Military
10 5 (1.54%) Law
11 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.62%) General Ledger
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%) Aviation
13 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 114 (35.19%) Architect
2 59 (18.21%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (12.96%) Senior
4 39 (12.04%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (9.57%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (8.33%) Azure Architect
8 26 (8.02%) Lead
9 25 (7.72%) Technical Architect
10 19 (5.86%) Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.25%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.63%) Developer
13 13 (4.01%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (4.01%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.01%) Lead Architect
14 11 (3.40%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.40%) Oracle Architect
14 11 (3.40%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.64%) REST
2 25 (7.72%) .NET
3 24 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 24 (7.41%) Web Services
4 21 (6.48%) SOAP
5 16 (4.94%) Microsoft Graph
6 14 (4.32%) .NET Framework
7 13 (4.01%) Middleware
7 13 (4.01%) OAuth
8 12 (3.70%) ARM Templates
9 9 (2.78%) JSON
10 7 (2.16%) Entity Framework
11 6 (1.85%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.85%) OpenID
11 6 (1.85%) SAML
11 6 (1.85%) YAML
12 5 (1.54%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.54%) JWT
12 5 (1.54%) Kafka
12 5 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.79%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.86%) Public Cloud
4 16 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (4.94%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.40%) PKI
6 11 (3.40%) Virtual Team
7 10 (3.09%) IoT
8 9 (2.78%) Clustering
8 9 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.16%) SCADA
11 6 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.85%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.43%) Windows
2 35 (10.80%) Linux
3 18 (5.56%) Unix
4 13 (4.01%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.47%) VMS
6 7 (2.16%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.85%) Android
7 6 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.85%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (41.98%) DevOps
2 119 (36.73%) CI/CD
3 86 (26.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 80 (24.69%) Migration
5 66 (20.37%) Agile
6 63 (19.44%) Roadmaps
7 48 (14.81%) Analytics
8 46 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 41 (12.65%) Architectural Patterns
9 41 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
10 40 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 39 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 39 (12.04%) Observability
11 39 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (11.73%) Containerisation
13 37 (11.42%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (11.11%) RBAC
15 35 (10.80%) ERP
16 34 (10.49%) Microservices
16 34 (10.49%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.90%) PowerShell
2 45 (13.89%) Python
3 40 (12.35%) SQL
4 36 (11.11%) Bicep
5 15 (4.63%) C#
6 13 (4.01%) Java
7 12 (3.70%) Bash
7 12 (3.70%) Ruby
8 10 (3.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.85%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.23%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.62%) Groovy
12 2 (0.62%) Perl
12 2 (0.62%) Scala
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
1 128 (39.51%) Security Cleared
2 80 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 44 (13.58%) Azure Certification
4 37 (11.42%) DV Cleared
5 28 (8.64%) Degree
6 12 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.40%) CISSP
7 11 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.09%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.16%) SANS
11 6 (1.85%) CISM
11 6 (1.85%) GIAC
12 5 (1.54%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.54%) CRISC
12 5 (1.54%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.01%) GDPR
1 13 (4.01%) SLA
2 10 (3.09%) NIST
3 9 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.78%) NCSC
4 6 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.85%) ISO 31000
5 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.23%) QA
6 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.62%) PMO
7 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.64%) Docker
3 14 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.78%) vCloud
5 8 (2.47%) BitLocker
5 8 (2.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (2.47%) NFS
5 8 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.85%) Postfix
6 6 (1.85%) Varnish
6 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.23%) RACF
7 4 (1.23%) Sendmail
7 4 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.93%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.31%) Firmware
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 78 (24.07%) Terraform
2 38 (11.73%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.17%) Ansible
3 20 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.63%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (2.78%) SCCM
7 8 (2.47%) Puppet
7 8 (2.47%) vMotion
8 7 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.85%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.54%) Grafana
11 4 (1.23%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.93%) Nagios
13 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
14 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 125 (38.58%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.37%) Oracle
3 29 (8.95%) VMware
4 12 (3.70%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.40%) Databricks
6 10 (3.09%) Citrix
7 9 (2.78%) Google
7 9 (2.78%) SAP
7 9 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.16%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.16%) Tenable
9 6 (1.85%) Sybase
10 5 (1.54%) iManage
10 5 (1.54%) Intapp
10 5 (1.54%) Litera
10 5 (1.54%) NetApp
10 5 (1.54%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.23%) Cisco
11 4 (1.23%) HP
11 4 (1.23%) Salesforce