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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 243 203
Rank change year-on-year -50 -40 -4
Contract jobs citing PaaS 270 269 435
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 1.01% 1.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.19% 2.73% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 171 244
10th Percentile £400 £418 £400
25th Percentile £448 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £647 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £732 £738
UK median daily rate £537 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -8.21% +1.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 16
10th Percentile £49.90 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile £82.75 - £36.77
90th Percentile £90.10 - £76.50
UK median hourly rate £68.00 - £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 12,355 9,857 12,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.00% 36.88% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,589 6,539 9,182
10th Percentile £304 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 138 279
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +12.57% +5.39%
75th Percentile £57.63 £44.90 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £68.75 £68.05
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% +8.34%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -16 145 £550 -5.98% 36
South East -37 41 £571 +3.86% 64
North of England -45 34 £525 +16.67% 35
East of England +3 20 £438 -20.45% 32
Yorkshire -44 19 £575 +35.29% 18
Midlands -52 17 £515 -15.16% 35
North West -24 15 £395 -12.22% 13
West Midlands -53 14 £539 -11.29% 10
South West -34 5 £575 -6.12% 31
East Midlands -27 3 £418 -7.22% 23
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 (4.07%) Confluence
2 10 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.85%) SAS
5 4 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (1.11%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.11%) ArcGIS
6 3 (1.11%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.37%) Apache
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Luigi
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (5.93%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.85%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.11%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (1.11%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 180 (66.67%) Azure
2 129 (47.78%) IaaS
3 95 (35.19%) SaaS
4 51 (18.89%) AWS
5 48 (17.78%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (15.56%) GitHub
7 40 (14.81%) OCI
8 39 (14.44%) Entra ID
9 34 (12.59%) Serverless
10 31 (11.48%) Azure AKS
11 24 (8.89%) GCP
12 23 (8.52%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (8.15%) Azure Functions
13 22 (8.15%) Azure Service Bus
13 22 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (7.41%) Azure Key Vault
14 20 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (5.93%) Power Platform
17 13 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.85%) Firewall
2 14 (5.19%) VPN
3 12 (4.44%) DNS
4 11 (4.07%) DHCP
5 6 (2.22%) Network Security
6 3 (1.11%) BGP
6 3 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.11%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.11%) SMTP
7 2 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.74%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.74%) IPsec
7 2 (0.74%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.74%) SAN
7 2 (0.74%) VLAN
7 2 (0.74%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.74%) WAN
7 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.37%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (5.56%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.81%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.07%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.33%) Power BI
6 7 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.59%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.22%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.22%) Redis
8 5 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.85%) MySQL
8 5 (1.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.85%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.48%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.48%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.48%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.48%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.11%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 23 (8.52%) Git
2 20 (7.41%) Postman
3 16 (5.93%) JIRA
4 15 (5.56%) Jenkins
5 11 (4.07%) SonarQube
6 8 (2.96%) GitLab
7 6 (2.22%) Gradle
8 5 (1.85%) SoapUI
9 4 (1.48%) Maven
9 4 (1.48%) SonarLint
10 3 (1.11%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (1.11%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.74%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.74%) Selenium
12 1 (0.37%) ERwin
12 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.93%) Public Sector
3 41 (15.19%) Finance
4 28 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.70%) Banking
6 9 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.96%) Aviation
8 7 (2.59%) Military
9 6 (2.22%) Marketing
10 5 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.85%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.48%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.48%) Retail
11 4 (1.48%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.11%) Front Office
12 3 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.11%) Local Government
13 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.74%) Legal
13 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (20.00%) Architect
2 30 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (10.00%) Senior
4 26 (9.63%) Cloud Engineer
5 25 (9.26%) Developer
5 25 (9.26%) Lead
6 24 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (6.67%) Azure Architect
9 14 (5.19%) Technical Architect
10 13 (4.81%) Integration Specialist
10 13 (4.81%) Oracle Specialist
11 12 (4.44%) Cloud Specialist
12 10 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.70%) Consultant
13 9 (3.33%) Environment Manager
13 9 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.96%) .NET Developer
14 8 (2.96%) Principal Engineer
15 7 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (18.52%) .NET
2 42 (15.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 36 (13.33%) REST
4 32 (11.85%) SOAP
5 24 (8.89%) Web Services
6 23 (8.52%) RESTful
7 22 (8.15%) JSON
8 20 (7.41%) ARM Templates
9 19 (7.04%) OAuth
10 14 (5.19%) SAML
10 14 (5.19%) YAML
11 13 (4.81%) JWT
11 13 (4.81%) OpenID
11 13 (4.81%) XML
12 11 (4.07%) PyTorch
12 11 (4.07%) Semantic Kernel
12 11 (4.07%) TensorFlow
13 10 (3.70%) XSLT
14 9 (3.33%) AngularJS
14 9 (3.33%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.30%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.44%) Algorithms
4 10 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.96%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.59%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.22%) PKI
9 4 (1.48%) IoT
9 4 (1.48%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.48%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.48%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.11%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.37%) Linux
1 28 (10.37%) Windows
2 12 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.11%) VMS
3 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.37%) CentOS
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (45.19%) DevOps
2 92 (34.07%) CI/CD
3 82 (30.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (26.30%) Agile
5 69 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (17.78%) Roadmaps
7 41 (15.19%) ERP
7 41 (15.19%) Migration
8 39 (14.44%) AI
9 34 (12.59%) Technical Leadership
10 32 (11.85%) Microservices
11 31 (11.48%) Containerisation
12 30 (11.11%) Analytics
13 29 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (10.74%) Mentoring
14 28 (10.37%) Observability
15 25 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 25 (9.26%) TOGAF
16 24 (8.89%) API Management
17 23 (8.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 56 (20.74%) SQL
2 52 (19.26%) Python
3 34 (12.59%) PowerShell
4 28 (10.37%) Bicep
5 20 (7.41%) C#
6 14 (5.19%) Java
7 12 (4.44%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.07%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (2.22%) PHP
11 5 (1.85%) Bash
11 5 (1.85%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.48%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 93 (34.44%) Security Cleared
2 61 (22.59%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.37%) Azure Certification
3 28 (10.37%) Degree
4 14 (5.19%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.07%) MCP
6 10 (3.70%) CISSP
6 10 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.59%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.11%) CCSP
11 3 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.04%) NIST
2 15 (5.56%) GDPR
3 11 (4.07%) EU AI Act
3 11 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.22%) NCSC
6 5 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.85%) SLA
7 4 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.48%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.74%) Basel III
9 2 (0.74%) GRC
9 2 (0.74%) IFRS
9 2 (0.74%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.74%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.74%) PMO
9 2 (0.74%) QA
9 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (13.70%) Docker
2 33 (12.22%) Active Directory
3 15 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.22%) vCloud
6 5 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.48%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.48%) vSphere
8 3 (1.11%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.74%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.74%) NFS
10 1 (0.37%) Firmware
10 1 (0.37%) Postfix
10 1 (0.37%) RACF
10 1 (0.37%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 80 (29.63%) Terraform
2 50 (18.52%) Kubernetes
3 19 (7.04%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (4.07%) Ansible
5 8 (2.96%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.22%) Grafana
8 5 (1.85%) SCCM
9 4 (1.48%) Puppet
10 3 (1.11%) Control-M
10 3 (1.11%) vMotion
11 2 (0.74%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.74%) logstash
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.74%) SCOM
11 2 (0.74%) systemd
11 2 (0.74%) vRealize
11 2 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 102 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 62 (22.96%) Oracle
3 22 (8.15%) VMware
4 16 (5.93%) Google
5 14 (5.19%) Foundry
6 10 (3.70%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.70%) SAP
7 8 (2.96%) Databricks
8 7 (2.59%) Cisco
8 7 (2.59%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.59%) Workday
9 6 (2.22%) DocuSign
10 5 (1.85%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.85%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.85%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.85%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.48%) Citrix
11 4 (1.48%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.48%) Informatica
11 4 (1.48%) Splunk