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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 295 247
Rank change year-on-year -48 -48 -45
Contract jobs citing PaaS 318 224 336
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.81% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.00% 2.18% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 139 262
10th Percentile £413 £402 £370
25th Percentile £453 £484 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £681 £675
90th Percentile £753 £761 £780
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £36.75
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -22.08% -51.27%
75th Percentile £55.13 - £40.25
90th Percentile £55.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year +79.17% -59.60% -6.01%

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 15,864 10,262 11,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.29% 33.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,589 6,956 8,088
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £718 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 267 250
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.24 £26.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.23% +18.18% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £51.43
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £23.15
% change year-on-year +29.09% +18.79% -33.86%

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 31 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 31 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 -13 184 £525 -10.64% 80
South East -58 41 £700 +21.74% 21
North of England -59 36 £460 -8.00% 15
Midlands -40 28 £525 -15.05% 13
Yorkshire -38 24 £494 -10.18% 2
West Midlands -57 18 £531 -18.31% 6
South West -44 13 £500 -31.03% 7
East of England -12 12 £650 -9.57% 4
North West -50 12 £426 +17.48% 12
East Midlands -4 10 £488 +8.33% 7
North East -44 4 £638 +27.50% 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 23 (7.23%) SharePoint
2 20 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.14%) Confluence
3 10 (3.14%) SAS
4 5 (1.57%) Apache
5 3 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.63%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.46%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.83%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.31%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 228 (71.70%) Azure
2 197 (61.95%) IaaS
3 115 (36.16%) SaaS
4 78 (24.53%) AWS
5 59 (18.55%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (18.55%) Entra ID
6 44 (13.84%) GitHub
7 41 (12.89%) OCI
8 37 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (10.06%) Azure Monitor
9 32 (10.06%) Serverless
10 27 (8.49%) Azure AKS
10 27 (8.49%) Azure Key Vault
11 23 (7.23%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (6.60%) GCP
13 20 (6.29%) Azure App Service
14 17 (5.35%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (4.09%) Power Platform
16 12 (3.77%) Datadog
17 8 (2.52%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.26%) DNS
1 39 (12.26%) Firewall
2 32 (10.06%) VPN
3 21 (6.60%) DHCP
4 15 (4.72%) SAN
5 12 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.14%) VLAN
7 7 (2.20%) Kerberos
7 7 (2.20%) SMTP
8 6 (1.89%) Internet
8 6 (1.89%) Network Security
8 6 (1.89%) WAN
9 5 (1.57%) IPsec
9 5 (1.57%) NAS
9 5 (1.57%) SSL
10 4 (1.26%) LAN
11 3 (0.94%) FTP
11 3 (0.94%) IPv4
11 3 (0.94%) PSTN
11 3 (0.94%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.77%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.14%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.83%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.20%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.89%) Big Data
9 6 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.57%) Db2
10 5 (1.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (1.57%) Power BI
10 5 (1.57%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.26%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.26%) Metadata
11 4 (1.26%) Oracle Exadata
12 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.94%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (8.18%) Git
2 13 (4.09%) JIRA
3 10 (3.14%) Chocolatey
4 6 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.26%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
7 2 (0.63%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.63%) Postman
7 2 (0.63%) SoapUI
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
8 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 72 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.87%) Finance
3 41 (12.89%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.86%) Banking
6 19 (5.97%) Legal
7 12 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.89%) Military
10 5 (1.57%) Law
11 4 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.63%) Aviation
13 2 (0.63%) Marketing
13 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.31%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 110 (34.59%) Architect
2 56 (17.61%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (13.21%) Senior
4 33 (10.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 32 (10.06%) Solutions Architect
6 29 (9.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (8.18%) Azure Architect
8 25 (7.86%) Lead
9 24 (7.55%) Developer
9 24 (7.55%) Technical Architect
10 22 (6.92%) Cloud Architect
11 18 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.03%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (5.03%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 13 (4.09%) Azure Developer
13 13 (4.09%) Lead Architect
14 11 (3.46%) Oracle Architect
14 11 (3.46%) Technical Leader
15 10 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.01%) REST
2 30 (9.43%) .NET
3 22 (6.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 21 (6.60%) .NET Framework
5 20 (6.29%) Web Services
6 19 (5.97%) SOAP
7 13 (4.09%) .NET Core
7 13 (4.09%) Middleware
8 12 (3.77%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (3.77%) OAuth
9 9 (2.83%) ARM Templates
9 9 (2.83%) Entity Framework
9 9 (2.83%) JSON
9 9 (2.83%) SAML
10 7 (2.20%) OpenID
11 6 (1.89%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.89%) React
11 6 (1.89%) XML
12 4 (1.26%) LDAP
12 4 (1.26%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.35%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.66%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.03%) Public Cloud
4 13 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.46%) PKI
6 11 (3.46%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.52%) Clustering
7 8 (2.52%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.20%) SCADA
8 7 (2.20%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.89%) IoT
9 6 (1.89%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.89%) Wiki
10 5 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.57%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 52 (16.35%) Windows
2 32 (10.06%) Linux
3 18 (5.66%) Unix
4 12 (3.77%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.52%) VMS
6 7 (2.20%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.89%) Android
7 6 (1.89%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.57%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (40.57%) DevOps
2 119 (37.42%) CI/CD
3 84 (26.42%) Migration
4 79 (24.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 58 (18.24%) Agile
6 53 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 49 (15.41%) Analytics
8 45 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (13.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (13.21%) RBAC
11 41 (12.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 41 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (12.26%) Disaster Recovery
13 38 (11.95%) Observability
14 36 (11.32%) Platform Engineering
15 35 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
16 34 (10.69%) Containerisation
17 33 (10.38%) ERP
17 33 (10.38%) Technical Leadership
18 32 (10.06%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.30%) PowerShell
2 45 (14.15%) Python
3 39 (12.26%) Bicep
3 39 (12.26%) SQL
4 26 (8.18%) C#
5 15 (4.72%) Bash
6 13 (4.09%) Ruby
7 12 (3.77%) Java
8 8 (2.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.57%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.57%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.26%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.94%) Groovy
12 2 (0.63%) Delphi
12 2 (0.63%) Perl
12 2 (0.63%) Scala
12 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.31%) C
13 1 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 127 (39.94%) Security Cleared
2 80 (25.16%) SC Cleared
3 45 (14.15%) Azure Certification
4 35 (11.01%) DV Cleared
5 23 (7.23%) Degree
6 13 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.46%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.83%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.52%) CISSP
11 7 (2.20%) CISM
12 6 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.89%) GIAC
13 5 (1.57%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.57%) CRISC
13 5 (1.57%) SANS
13 5 (1.57%) SSCP
14 4 (1.26%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.09%) SLA
2 11 (3.46%) GDPR
3 8 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.52%) NCSC
4 7 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.20%) NIST
5 6 (1.89%) ISO 31000
6 5 (1.57%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.26%) PMO
7 4 (1.26%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (13.21%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.29%) Docker
3 14 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.83%) NFS
5 8 (2.52%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.20%) BitLocker
6 7 (2.20%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.89%) vCloud
8 5 (1.57%) Postfix
8 5 (1.57%) Varnish
9 4 (1.26%) Sendmail
9 4 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.94%) RACF
10 3 (0.94%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.63%) Firmware
12 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 72 (22.64%) Terraform
2 32 (10.06%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.35%) Ansible
5 13 (4.09%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.14%) SCCM
7 7 (2.20%) Puppet
7 7 (2.20%) vMotion
8 6 (1.89%) Grafana
8 6 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.57%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.26%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.94%) Nagios
11 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.31%) CASB
13 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 129 (40.57%) Microsoft
2 70 (22.01%) Oracle
3 29 (9.12%) VMware
4 13 (4.09%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.77%) Databricks
6 11 (3.46%) Tenable
7 10 (3.14%) AppDynamics
8 9 (2.83%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.52%) Citrix
9 8 (2.52%) SAP
10 7 (2.20%) Sybase
11 6 (1.89%) Google
12 5 (1.57%) Greenplum
12 5 (1.57%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.57%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.26%) HP
13 4 (1.26%) iManage
13 4 (1.26%) Intapp
13 4 (1.26%) Litera
13 4 (1.26%) NetApp