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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 242 208
Rank change year-on-year -66 -34 -33
Contract jobs citing PaaS 249 300 446
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.03% 1.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 2.82% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 200 268
10th Percentile £379 £413 £402
25th Percentile £425 £500 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +0.84%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £744 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £33.20 - £72.77
25th Percentile £38.00 - £77.25
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £82.75
75th Percentile £70.50 - £90.00
90th Percentile £85.20 - £93.75
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £82.75
% change year-on-year - - +35.10%

All Cloud 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 11,871 10,637 13,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.17% 36.58% 34.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,151 7,109 9,616
10th Percentile £305 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 138 250
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.31 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.94 £23.43
Median % change year-on-year -14.99% +32.07% +4.11%
75th Percentile £55.00 £54.69 £53.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £69.71 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.31% +16.00% +11.11%

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 -46 133 £550 -4.35% 53
South East -33 30 £480 -12.73% 91
North of England -32 29 £525 +10.53% 55
East of England -1 22 £450 -18.18% 46
Midlands -51 21 £515 -15.16% 53
West Midlands -42 17 £537 -11.89% 24
Yorkshire -29 16 £525 - 26
North West -22 13 £367 -22.84% 27
South West -29 5 £575 -4.17% 36
East Midlands -17 4 £434 -3.61% 26
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 13 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.61%) Confluence
4 8 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.01%) SAS
6 4 (1.61%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.20%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.80%) FileNet
9 1 (0.40%) Apache
9 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.40%) CICS
9 1 (0.40%) CMS
9 1 (0.40%) Luigi
9 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.80%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (5.22%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.61%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.80%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.40%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 175 (70.28%) Azure
2 114 (45.78%) IaaS
3 103 (41.37%) SaaS
4 55 (22.09%) AWS
5 39 (15.66%) GitHub
6 38 (15.26%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (15.26%) Entra ID
7 33 (13.25%) GCP
8 32 (12.85%) Azure AKS
8 32 (12.85%) OCI
9 30 (12.05%) Serverless
10 28 (11.24%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (8.43%) Azure Functions
11 21 (8.43%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (8.03%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (6.43%) Power Platform
14 14 (5.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (5.62%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (5.62%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (5.62%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.84%) Firewall
2 14 (5.62%) DNS
2 14 (5.62%) VPN
3 10 (4.02%) DHCP
4 7 (2.81%) Network Security
5 5 (2.01%) SAN
6 3 (1.20%) VLAN
6 3 (1.20%) WAN
7 2 (0.80%) BGP
7 2 (0.80%) Internet
7 2 (0.80%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.80%) NAS
7 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.40%) IPsec
8 1 (0.40%) LAN
8 1 (0.40%) MPLS
8 1 (0.40%) OSPF
8 1 (0.40%) SMTP
8 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (5.22%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.02%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (3.21%) Power BI
6 7 (2.81%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.41%) MySQL
8 5 (2.01%) Redis
8 5 (2.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (2.01%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.61%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.61%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.61%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.61%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (6.83%) Postman
2 15 (6.02%) Git
3 13 (5.22%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.82%) SonarQube
5 10 (4.02%) JIRA
6 7 (2.81%) GitLab
7 6 (2.41%) Gradle
8 4 (1.61%) Maven
8 4 (1.61%) SonarLint
9 3 (1.20%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (1.20%) Selenium
9 3 (1.20%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.20%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.80%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.80%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.40%) ERwin
11 1 (0.40%) JMeter
11 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.47%) Finance
3 37 (14.86%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.43%) Banking
6 7 (2.81%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.41%) Aviation
8 5 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.01%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.01%) Military
8 5 (2.01%) Retail
9 4 (1.61%) Front Office
9 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.61%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.20%) Billing
10 3 (1.20%) Marketing
10 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.80%) Local Government
11 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (24.50%) Architect
2 27 (10.84%) Senior
3 23 (9.24%) Developer
4 22 (8.84%) Lead
5 21 (8.43%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (7.63%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (6.43%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (5.62%) Azure Architect
11 12 (4.82%) Oracle Specialist
12 11 (4.42%) Consultant
13 10 (4.02%) Integration Specialist
13 10 (4.02%) Technical Architect
14 9 (3.61%) Cloud Specialist
14 9 (3.61%) Environment Manager
15 8 (3.21%) .NET Developer
15 8 (3.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 8 (3.21%) Security Architect
16 7 (2.81%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.08%) .NET
2 36 (14.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 32 (12.85%) REST
4 29 (11.65%) SOAP
5 28 (11.24%) RESTful
6 25 (10.04%) Web Services
7 18 (7.23%) JSON
8 13 (5.22%) OAuth
9 12 (4.82%) AngularJS
9 12 (4.82%) SAML
10 11 (4.42%) ARM Templates
10 11 (4.42%) JWT
10 11 (4.42%) OpenID
10 11 (4.42%) PyTorch
10 11 (4.42%) Semantic Kernel
10 11 (4.42%) TensorFlow
11 9 (3.61%) .NET Core
11 9 (3.61%) Node.js
12 7 (2.81%) XML
12 7 (2.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.67%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.82%) Algorithms
3 11 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.21%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.21%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.81%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.81%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.01%) IoT
10 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.61%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.61%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.61%) PKI
10 4 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.61%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.06%) Linux
2 34 (13.65%) Windows
3 14 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.81%) VMS
5 5 (2.01%) Unix
6 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.40%) AIX
7 1 (0.40%) Solaris
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (38.15%) DevOps
2 69 (27.71%) Agile
3 66 (26.51%) CI/CD
4 63 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (22.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 43 (17.27%) Roadmaps
7 42 (16.87%) Migration
8 34 (13.65%) AI
8 34 (13.65%) ERP
9 29 (11.65%) Containerisation
10 28 (11.24%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.44%) TOGAF
12 25 (10.04%) API Management
12 25 (10.04%) Machine Learning
12 25 (10.04%) Software Engineering
13 24 (9.64%) Analytics
13 24 (9.64%) Mentoring
13 24 (9.64%) Observability
14 23 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.29%) Python
2 47 (18.88%) SQL
3 34 (13.65%) PowerShell
4 30 (12.05%) Bicep
5 20 (8.03%) C#
6 12 (4.82%) Java
7 10 (4.02%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.02%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (2.81%) PHP
10 6 (2.41%) Bash
11 5 (2.01%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.61%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.80%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.40%) C
14 1 (0.40%) COBOL
14 1 (0.40%) Scala
14 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (26.51%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.87%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.04%) Degree
4 24 (9.64%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.42%) MCP
6 9 (3.61%) CISSP
7 8 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.81%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.61%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.20%) CCNP
10 3 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.80%) CCIE
11 2 (0.80%) CCSP
11 2 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.80%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.23%) GDPR
2 16 (6.43%) NIST
3 14 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.42%) EU AI Act
5 6 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.01%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.61%) COBIT
7 4 (1.61%) SLA
8 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.20%) NCSC
8 3 (1.20%) PMO
8 3 (1.20%) QA
9 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.80%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (12.05%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.24%) Docker
3 10 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.01%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.80%) vCloud
5 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.80%) vSphere
6 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.40%) Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.40%) NFS
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 71 (28.51%) Terraform
2 45 (18.07%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (4.42%) Ansible
5 7 (2.81%) Grafana
5 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.61%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.20%) Puppet
7 3 (1.20%) SCCM
8 2 (0.80%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.80%) logstash
8 2 (0.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.80%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.80%) SCOM
8 2 (0.80%) systemd
9 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.40%) vMotion
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 107 (42.97%) Microsoft
2 65 (26.10%) Oracle
3 19 (7.63%) Google
4 18 (7.23%) VMware
5 14 (5.62%) Foundry
6 12 (4.82%) Salesforce
7 11 (4.42%) Databricks
7 11 (4.42%) Dynatrace
8 9 (3.61%) AppDynamics
8 9 (3.61%) Workday
9 8 (3.21%) SAP
10 7 (2.81%) Citrix
10 7 (2.81%) HP
11 6 (2.41%) Cisco
11 6 (2.41%) DocuSign
11 6 (2.41%) F5
11 6 (2.41%) IBM
12 5 (2.01%) MuleSoft
12 5 (2.01%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.61%) Gigya