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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 235 220
Rank change year-on-year -65 -15 -28
Contract jobs citing PaaS 287 276 424
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 1.07% 1.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.19% 2.84% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 172 227
10th Percentile £400 £425 £409
25th Percentile £438 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +1.74% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £36.77
90th Percentile - - £76.50
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -50.48%

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 13,106 9,715 12,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.51% 37.58% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,039 6,546 9,069
10th Percentile £306 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 147 312
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.44 £14.14
25th Percentile £19.19 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.57
Median % change year-on-year +36.65% +27.49% -13.72%
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.38 £46.82
90th Percentile £79.50 £74.45 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +25.00% -12.00%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -37 159 £541 -7.54% 39
South East -48 41 £625 +9.17% 31
North of England -46 36 £476 +0.21% 18
East of England 0 23 £475 -29.68% 7
Yorkshire -44 23 £525 +23.53% 2
North West -29 13 £436 -3.11% 12
Midlands -60 12 £463 -19.57% 17
West Midlands -58 9 £634 +5.67% 14
South West -33 7 £575 -8.00% 12
East Midlands -26 3 £418 -18.54% 3
North East -24 1 - - 4
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 18 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (5.23%) Confluence
4 4 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.05%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.05%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (6.97%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 188 (65.51%) Azure
2 157 (54.70%) IaaS
3 99 (34.49%) SaaS
4 53 (18.47%) AWS
4 53 (18.47%) Entra ID
5 51 (17.77%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (15.33%) OCI
7 36 (12.54%) GitHub
7 36 (12.54%) Serverless
8 34 (11.85%) Azure AKS
9 31 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (8.36%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (8.01%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (7.67%) Azure Key Vault
13 20 (6.97%) Azure Functions
13 20 (6.97%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (6.62%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (5.92%) GCP
16 16 (5.57%) Power Platform
17 15 (5.23%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.59%) Firewall
2 22 (7.67%) VPN
3 20 (6.97%) DNS
4 18 (6.27%) DHCP
5 10 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.79%) WAN
7 7 (2.44%) IPsec
8 6 (2.09%) LAN
8 6 (2.09%) Network Security
8 6 (2.09%) VLAN
9 5 (1.74%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.74%) PSTN
9 5 (1.74%) SAN
9 5 (1.74%) SSL
9 5 (1.74%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.39%) BGP
10 4 (1.39%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (1.39%) SMTP
11 3 (1.05%) NX-OS
11 3 (1.05%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.18%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.39%) Metadata
6 4 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.39%) Power BI
7 3 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.05%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.05%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle ODI
7 3 (1.05%) Redis
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (8.01%) JIRA
1 23 (8.01%) Postman
2 22 (7.67%) Git
3 11 (3.83%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.79%) GitLab
5 7 (2.44%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.05%) Chocolatey
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.70%) ERwin
7 2 (0.70%) Gradle
7 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.70%) Selenium
7 2 (0.70%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.98%) Finance
3 40 (13.94%) Public Sector
4 31 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.18%) Banking
6 11 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.14%) Military
8 8 (2.79%) Aviation
9 5 (1.74%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.74%) Legal
9 5 (1.74%) Marketing
10 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Retail
11 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.05%) Local Government
12 2 (0.70%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.70%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 67 (23.34%) Architect
2 45 (15.68%) Senior
3 41 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
4 32 (11.15%) Cloud Engineer
5 27 (9.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 26 (9.06%) Developer
7 23 (8.01%) Lead
8 21 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (6.27%) Azure Architect
10 16 (5.57%) Oracle Specialist
10 16 (5.57%) Technical Architect
11 15 (5.23%) Cloud Specialist
11 15 (5.23%) Integration Specialist
12 13 (4.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 13 (4.53%) Principal Engineer
13 9 (3.14%) Consultant
13 9 (3.14%) IT Engineer
13 9 (3.14%) Senior Architect
13 9 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.44%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.33%) .NET
2 41 (14.29%) REST
3 37 (12.89%) Oracle Fusion
4 36 (12.54%) SOAP
5 33 (11.50%) Web Services
6 27 (9.41%) OAuth
7 25 (8.71%) JSON
8 23 (8.01%) ARM Templates
9 19 (6.62%) SAML
10 18 (6.27%) OpenID
10 18 (6.27%) RESTful
11 16 (5.57%) YAML
12 15 (5.23%) XML
13 12 (4.18%) Entity Framework
13 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Graph
13 12 (4.18%) XSLT
14 11 (3.83%) JWT
14 11 (3.83%) Model Context Protocol
14 11 (3.83%) PyTorch
14 11 (3.83%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.33%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.53%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.53%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.18%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.83%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.48%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.14%) IoT
6 9 (3.14%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.44%) PKI
9 6 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.74%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.39%) Clustering
11 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.15%) Windows
2 27 (9.41%) Linux
3 12 (4.18%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.74%) VMS
5 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Unix
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (45.64%) DevOps
2 97 (33.80%) CI/CD
3 90 (31.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (25.09%) Agile
5 64 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.42%) Migration
7 47 (16.38%) Roadmaps
8 41 (14.29%) ERP
9 40 (13.94%) Technical Leadership
10 36 (12.54%) Microservices
11 33 (11.50%) AI
12 32 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 30 (10.45%) TOGAF
14 29 (10.10%) Observability
15 28 (9.76%) Analytics
15 28 (9.76%) Architectural Patterns
15 28 (9.76%) Decision-Making
15 28 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 26 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 57 (19.86%) SQL
2 48 (16.72%) PowerShell
3 45 (15.68%) Python
4 29 (10.10%) Bicep
5 17 (5.92%) C#
6 12 (4.18%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (3.83%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.14%) Java
9 8 (2.79%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.74%) Bash
10 5 (1.74%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.70%) PHP
12 1 (0.35%) Scala
12 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (32.40%) Security Cleared
2 60 (20.91%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.89%) Azure Certification
4 31 (10.80%) Degree
5 20 (6.97%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 12 (4.18%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.83%) CISSP
8 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.44%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.39%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.05%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.62%) NIST
2 14 (4.88%) GDPR
3 11 (3.83%) EU AI Act
4 10 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.79%) SLA
7 6 (2.09%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.09%) NCSC
8 5 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.74%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.70%) Basel III
10 2 (0.70%) GAAP
10 2 (0.70%) GRC
10 2 (0.70%) IFRS
10 2 (0.70%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.70%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.70%) PMO
10 2 (0.70%) QA
10 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (13.94%) Active Directory
2 29 (10.10%) Docker
3 16 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.14%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.44%) vCloud
6 6 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.74%) RACF
8 4 (1.39%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.39%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.39%) vSphere
9 2 (0.70%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.70%) NFS
10 1 (0.35%) Firmware
10 1 (0.35%) Postfix
10 1 (0.35%) Varnish
10 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 84 (29.27%) Terraform
2 46 (16.03%) Kubernetes
3 27 (9.41%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (4.88%) Ansible
4 14 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.48%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (2.79%) SCCM
8 5 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.39%) Puppet
9 4 (1.39%) vMotion
10 3 (1.05%) Control-M
10 3 (1.05%) Grafana
11 2 (0.70%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.70%) logstash
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.70%) systemd
11 2 (0.70%) vRealize
11 2 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 127 (44.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.77%) Oracle
3 29 (10.10%) VMware
4 13 (4.53%) Foundry
5 11 (3.83%) Google
6 8 (2.79%) Databricks
6 8 (2.79%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.44%) SAP
8 6 (2.09%) Cisco
8 6 (2.09%) Citrix
8 6 (2.09%) Tenable
9 5 (1.74%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.39%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.39%) Informatica
10 4 (1.39%) NetApp
10 4 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.39%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.39%) Splunk