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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 245 207
Rank change year-on-year -59 -38 -17
Contract jobs citing PaaS 256 281 431
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.01% 1.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.12% 2.76% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 185 255
10th Percentile £400 £413 £401
25th Percentile £438 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £669
90th Percentile £725 £748 £738
UK median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £49.90 - £72.77
25th Percentile £55.75 - £77.25
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £82.75
75th Percentile £82.75 - £90.00
90th Percentile £90.10 - £93.75
UK median hourly rate £68.00 - £82.75
% change year-on-year - - +57.62%

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 12,075 10,180 12,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.10% 36.56% 34.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,349 6,809 9,207
10th Percentile £304 £313 £281
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 135 246
10th Percentile £14.68 £16.46 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.36 £28.50 £23.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +21.66% +3.51%
75th Percentile £57.06 £46.84 £53.44
90th Percentile £77.70 £67.65 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £25.19
% change year-on-year -1.05% +9.17% +11.96%

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 2 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PaaS in England

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 2 January 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 -30 132 £550 -5.17% 34
South East -37 38 £568 +3.18% 36
North of England -27 27 £525 +16.67% 6
East of England +1 22 £450 -18.18% 2
Midlands -44 22 £515 -15.85% 4
West Midlands -43 19 £539 -12.01% 4
Yorkshire -36 17 £538 +26.47% 2
North West -30 10 £363 -19.44% 4
South West -27 6 £575 -4.17% 12
East Midlands -21 3 £418 -7.22%
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 11 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.52%) Confluence
3 8 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.95%) SAS
5 4 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.17%) ArcGIS
6 3 (1.17%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.78%) FileNet
8 1 (0.39%) Apache
8 1 (0.39%) CICS
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) Luigi
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (5.47%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 178 (69.53%) Azure
2 116 (45.31%) IaaS
3 94 (36.72%) SaaS
4 52 (20.31%) AWS
5 43 (16.80%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (16.02%) Entra ID
7 38 (14.84%) GitHub
8 34 (13.28%) OCI
8 34 (13.28%) Serverless
9 30 (11.72%) Azure AKS
10 26 (10.16%) GCP
11 23 (8.98%) Azure Functions
11 23 (8.98%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (8.59%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (7.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (6.64%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (6.64%) Power Platform
15 16 (6.25%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.94%) Firewall
2 14 (5.47%) DHCP
2 14 (5.47%) DNS
3 13 (5.08%) VPN
4 6 (2.34%) Network Security
5 3 (1.17%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (1.17%) iSCSI
5 3 (1.17%) SAN
5 3 (1.17%) VLAN
6 2 (0.78%) IPsec
6 2 (0.78%) NAS
6 2 (0.78%) SMTP
6 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.78%) WAN
6 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.39%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.39%) LAN
7 1 (0.39%) PBX
7 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (5.86%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.69%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.30%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.52%) Power BI
6 8 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.73%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.95%) MySQL
8 5 (1.95%) Redis
8 5 (1.95%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.95%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.56%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.56%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (7.81%) Git
2 18 (7.03%) Postman
3 14 (5.47%) JIRA
4 13 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 11 (4.30%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.34%) GitLab
6 6 (2.34%) Gradle
7 4 (1.56%) Maven
7 4 (1.56%) SoapUI
7 4 (1.56%) SonarLint
8 3 (1.17%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (1.17%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.78%) Selenium
10 1 (0.39%) ERwin
10 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 39 (15.23%) Public Sector
3 36 (14.06%) Finance
4 23 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.91%) Banking
6 8 (3.13%) Aviation
7 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.95%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.95%) Marketing
8 5 (1.95%) Military
8 5 (1.95%) Retail
9 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.56%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.17%) Billing
10 3 (1.17%) Front Office
10 3 (1.17%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Local Government
11 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (19.92%) Architect
2 31 (12.11%) Senior
3 25 (9.77%) Azure Engineer
3 25 (9.77%) Developer
4 24 (9.38%) Lead
5 23 (8.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (7.03%) Cloud Engineer
6 18 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.08%) Azure Architect
7 13 (5.08%) Oracle Specialist
8 12 (4.69%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.30%) Integration Specialist
9 11 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.91%) Cloud Specialist
11 9 (3.52%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.52%) Consultant
11 9 (3.52%) Environment Manager
12 8 (3.13%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (3.13%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (18.75%) .NET
2 38 (14.84%) Oracle Fusion
3 34 (13.28%) REST
4 31 (12.11%) SOAP
5 25 (9.77%) RESTful
6 24 (9.38%) Web Services
7 21 (8.20%) ARM Templates
8 20 (7.81%) JSON
9 16 (6.25%) OAuth
10 14 (5.47%) YAML
11 13 (5.08%) SAML
12 12 (4.69%) JWT
12 12 (4.69%) OpenID
12 12 (4.69%) XML
13 11 (4.30%) PyTorch
13 11 (4.30%) Semantic Kernel
13 11 (4.30%) TensorFlow
14 10 (3.91%) AngularJS
15 9 (3.52%) Entity Framework
15 9 (3.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.41%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.69%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.34%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.95%) PKI
8 4 (1.56%) IoT
8 4 (1.56%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.56%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.56%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.28%) Windows
2 32 (12.50%) Linux
3 12 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.56%) VMS
5 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.39%) AIX
6 1 (0.39%) Solaris
6 1 (0.39%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (43.36%) DevOps
2 81 (31.64%) CI/CD
3 69 (26.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 69 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (26.17%) Agile
5 44 (17.19%) Roadmaps
6 40 (15.63%) Migration
7 37 (14.45%) ERP
8 33 (12.89%) AI
9 29 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (11.33%) Technical Leadership
10 28 (10.94%) Analytics
11 26 (10.16%) API Management
11 26 (10.16%) Containerisation
11 26 (10.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (10.16%) Mentoring
12 25 (9.77%) Observability
13 24 (9.38%) Machine Learning
13 24 (9.38%) Software Engineering
14 23 (8.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 55 (21.48%) SQL
2 49 (19.14%) Python
3 35 (13.67%) PowerShell
4 29 (11.33%) Bicep
5 21 (8.20%) C#
6 12 (4.69%) Java
6 12 (4.69%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.91%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (2.34%) Bash
9 6 (2.34%) PHP
10 5 (1.95%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.56%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.39%) COBOL
13 1 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 52 (20.31%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.55%) Azure Certification
4 24 (9.38%) Degree
5 11 (4.30%) MCP
6 10 (3.91%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.52%) CISSP
8 7 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.78%) CISM
13 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.25%) NIST
2 13 (5.08%) GDPR
3 12 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.30%) EU AI Act
5 6 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.34%) SLA
6 5 (1.95%) NCSC
7 3 (1.17%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.78%) Basel III
8 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.78%) GAAP
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.78%) QA
8 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (14.06%) Active Directory
2 32 (12.50%) Docker
3 13 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.56%) vSphere
7 3 (1.17%) vCloud
8 2 (0.78%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.78%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.78%) NFS
8 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.39%) Firmware
9 1 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 72 (28.13%) Terraform
2 42 (16.41%) Kubernetes
3 18 (7.03%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (3.91%) Ansible
5 6 (2.34%) Grafana
5 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.34%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.17%) Control-M
6 3 (1.17%) Puppet
6 3 (1.17%) SCCM
7 2 (0.78%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.78%) logstash
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.78%) SCOM
7 2 (0.78%) systemd
7 2 (0.78%) vMotion
7 2 (0.78%) vRealize
7 2 (0.78%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 110 (42.97%) Microsoft
2 61 (23.83%) Oracle
3 19 (7.42%) VMware
4 16 (6.25%) Google
5 13 (5.08%) Foundry
6 11 (4.30%) Dynatrace
6 11 (4.30%) SAP
7 9 (3.52%) Databricks
7 9 (3.52%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.52%) Workday
8 8 (3.13%) AppDynamics
9 6 (2.34%) DocuSign
10 5 (1.95%) Cisco
10 5 (1.95%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.95%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.56%) Adobe
11 4 (1.56%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.56%) IBM
11 4 (1.56%) Qualys
11 4 (1.56%) Splunk