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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 282 229
Rank change year-on-year -43 -53 -31
Contract jobs citing PaaS 332 236 389
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.87% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.12% 2.33% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 145 277
10th Percentile £413 £407 £362
25th Percentile £453 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £675
90th Percentile £726 £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 15,642 10,119 12,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.50% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,520 6,814 8,731
10th Percentile £325 £313 £308
25th Percentile £416 £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 £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.34% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 558 268 329
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.15
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.53 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.15% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £42.33 £43.75
90th Percentile £84.13 £67.15 £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 9 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 9 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 -16 192 £525 -12.50% 68
North of England -57 46 £460 -8.00% 8
South East -53 42 £700 +21.74% 33
Yorkshire -31 28 £507 +19.18% 2
Midlands -49 27 £531 -11.50% 23
North West -31 18 £426 +17.48% 3
West Midlands -60 17 £539 -11.58% 12
East of England -15 13 £644 -4.70% 7
East Midlands -6 10 £488 +8.33% 11
South West -39 10 £550 -21.62% 29
North East -35 4 £638 +19.38% 3
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 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.23%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.92%) Confluence
4 10 (3.01%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.01%) SAS
5 5 (1.51%) Apache
6 2 (0.60%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.52%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.01%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 224 (67.47%) Azure
2 214 (64.46%) IaaS
3 125 (37.65%) SaaS
4 81 (24.40%) AWS
5 60 (18.07%) Entra ID
6 56 (16.87%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (13.86%) OCI
8 41 (12.35%) GitHub
9 39 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (9.64%) Serverless
11 29 (8.73%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (7.53%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (7.23%) Azure AKS
14 20 (6.02%) GCP
14 20 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (5.12%) Power Platform
16 16 (4.82%) Azure App Service
17 13 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
18 8 (2.41%) Datadog
18 8 (2.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.75%) DNS
2 38 (11.45%) Firewall
3 28 (8.43%) VPN
4 20 (6.02%) DHCP
5 13 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.31%) SAN
7 10 (3.01%) WAN
8 8 (2.41%) LAN
8 8 (2.41%) SMTP
9 7 (2.11%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.11%) Network Security
9 7 (2.11%) PSTN
9 7 (2.11%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.11%) VLAN
10 6 (1.81%) Internet
10 6 (1.81%) IPsec
11 4 (1.20%) NAS
11 4 (1.20%) SSL
12 3 (0.90%) BGP
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.31%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.01%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.71%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.51%) Metadata
10 4 (1.20%) Big Data
10 4 (1.20%) Db2
10 4 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.20%) Oracle Exadata
10 4 (1.20%) Power BI
10 4 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.90%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.90%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (8.13%) Git
2 19 (5.72%) JIRA
3 7 (2.11%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.11%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.81%) Postman
5 4 (1.20%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.90%) GitLab
6 3 (0.90%) JetBrains Rider
6 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.60%) ERwin
8 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 78 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.67%) Finance
3 45 (13.55%) Public Sector
4 31 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.63%) Banking
6 20 (6.02%) Legal
7 13 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.11%) Military
10 5 (1.51%) Law
11 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.60%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.60%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Retail
12 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 118 (35.54%) Architect
2 59 (17.77%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (12.65%) Senior
4 40 (12.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (9.34%) Solutions Architect
6 29 (8.73%) Azure Architect
7 28 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (7.83%) Lead
8 26 (7.83%) Technical Architect
9 19 (5.72%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.12%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.12%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.82%) Cloud Architect
12 15 (4.52%) Developer
13 13 (3.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (3.92%) Lead Architect
14 11 (3.31%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.31%) Oracle Architect
14 11 (3.31%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.43%) REST
2 25 (7.53%) .NET
2 25 (7.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 24 (7.23%) Web Services
4 21 (6.33%) SOAP
5 16 (4.82%) Microsoft Graph
6 14 (4.22%) .NET Framework
7 13 (3.92%) Middleware
7 13 (3.92%) OAuth
8 12 (3.61%) ARM Templates
9 9 (2.71%) JSON
10 7 (2.11%) Entity Framework
11 6 (1.81%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.81%) OpenID
11 6 (1.81%) SAML
11 6 (1.81%) YAML
12 5 (1.51%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.51%) JWT
12 5 (1.51%) Kafka
12 5 (1.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (15.06%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.63%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.72%) Public Cloud
5 16 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 14 (4.22%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.31%) PKI
7 11 (3.31%) Virtual Team
8 10 (3.01%) IoT
9 9 (2.71%) Clustering
9 9 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.41%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (2.11%) SCADA
12 6 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.81%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 52 (15.66%) Windows
2 35 (10.54%) Linux
3 18 (5.42%) Unix
4 13 (3.92%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.41%) VMS
6 7 (2.11%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.81%) Android
7 6 (1.81%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.30%) CentOS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (41.87%) DevOps
2 120 (36.14%) CI/CD
3 87 (26.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (24.70%) Migration
5 66 (19.88%) Agile
6 63 (18.98%) Roadmaps
7 48 (14.46%) Analytics
8 46 (13.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 41 (12.35%) Architectural Patterns
10 41 (12.35%) Observability
10 41 (12.35%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 39 (11.75%) Containerisation
12 39 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
13 37 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
13 37 (11.14%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (10.84%) ERP
14 36 (10.84%) RBAC
15 35 (10.54%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.77%) PowerShell
2 47 (14.16%) Python
3 41 (12.35%) SQL
4 36 (10.84%) Bicep
5 15 (4.52%) C#
6 14 (4.22%) Java
7 13 (3.92%) Bash
7 13 (3.92%) Ruby
8 10 (3.01%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.81%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.60%) Groovy
12 2 (0.60%) Perl
12 2 (0.60%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) C
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) Delphi
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) RPG
Qualifications
1 131 (39.46%) Security Cleared
2 83 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 44 (13.25%) Azure Certification
4 37 (11.14%) DV Cleared
5 28 (8.43%) Degree
6 12 (3.61%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.31%) CISSP
7 11 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.01%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.11%) SANS
11 6 (1.81%) CISM
11 6 (1.81%) GIAC
12 5 (1.51%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.51%) CRISC
12 5 (1.51%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.92%) GDPR
1 13 (3.92%) SLA
2 10 (3.01%) NIST
3 9 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.71%) NCSC
4 6 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.81%) ISO 31000
5 4 (1.20%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.20%) PMO
5 4 (1.20%) QA
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (11.45%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.43%) Docker
3 14 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.71%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.71%) vCloud
5 8 (2.41%) BitLocker
5 8 (2.41%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (2.41%) NFS
5 8 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.81%) Postfix
6 6 (1.81%) Varnish
6 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.20%) RACF
7 4 (1.20%) Sendmail
7 4 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.90%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.30%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 78 (23.49%) Terraform
2 38 (11.45%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.02%) Ansible
3 20 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.52%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (2.71%) SCCM
7 8 (2.41%) Puppet
7 8 (2.41%) vMotion
8 7 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.81%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.51%) Grafana
11 4 (1.20%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.90%) Nagios
13 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (37.95%) Microsoft
2 70 (21.08%) Oracle
3 29 (8.73%) VMware
4 12 (3.61%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.31%) Databricks
6 10 (3.01%) Citrix
7 9 (2.71%) Google
7 9 (2.71%) SAP
7 9 (2.71%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.11%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.11%) Tenable
9 6 (1.81%) Sybase
10 5 (1.51%) iManage
10 5 (1.51%) Intapp
10 5 (1.51%) Litera
10 5 (1.51%) NetApp
10 5 (1.51%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.20%) Cisco
11 4 (1.20%) HP
11 4 (1.20%) Salesforce