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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 238 214
Rank change year-on-year -65 -24 -16
Contract jobs citing PaaS 289 276 413
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.07% 1.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.17% 2.85% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 173 220
10th Percentile £400 £425 £406
25th Percentile £438 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% +1.74% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £749 £739
UK median daily rate £541 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -9.85% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile £46.90 - -
25th Percentile £48.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £52.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.10 - £55.24
UK median hourly rate £50.50 - £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 13,318 9,669 12,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.48% 37.65% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,188 6,547 8,966
10th Percentile £309 £313 £275
25th Percentile £408 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £605 £638 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 150 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.42 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.32 £21.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £21.42
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +28.41% -14.34%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.30 £45.57
90th Percentile £79.90 £73.93 £65.63
UK median hourly rate £39.75 £27.35 £21.46
% change year-on-year +45.34% +27.45% -14.16%

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 28 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 28 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 -33 158 £541 -7.54% 43
South East -51 43 £675 +17.39% 59
North of England -48 37 £476 +0.21% 33
East of England -1 24 £475 -29.68% 20
Yorkshire -45 24 £525 +23.53% 10
North West -32 13 £436 -3.11% 18
Midlands -61 13 £463 -22.92% 29
West Midlands -55 9 £634 +5.05% 13
South West -39 8 £575 -8.00% 22
East Midlands -21 4 £418 -27.39% 15
North East -18 1 - - 5
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 20 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (5.19%) Confluence
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.04%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.04%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.69%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (6.57%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.73%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.73%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.04%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
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
Cloud Services
1 190 (65.74%) Azure
2 163 (56.40%) IaaS
3 100 (34.60%) SaaS
4 54 (18.69%) AWS
4 54 (18.69%) Entra ID
5 53 (18.34%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (14.88%) OCI
7 37 (12.80%) Serverless
8 36 (12.46%) GitHub
9 35 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
10 34 (11.76%) Azure AKS
11 23 (7.96%) Azure Key Vault
12 22 (7.61%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (6.92%) Azure Service Bus
13 20 (6.92%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (6.57%) Azure Functions
15 16 (5.54%) Power Platform
16 15 (5.19%) Azure Sentinel
16 15 (5.19%) GCP
16 15 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.84%) Firewall
2 23 (7.96%) DNS
2 23 (7.96%) VPN
3 20 (6.92%) DHCP
4 12 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.77%) VLAN
5 8 (2.77%) WAN
6 7 (2.42%) IPsec
6 7 (2.42%) SAN
7 6 (2.08%) LAN
7 6 (2.08%) Network Security
8 5 (1.73%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.73%) PSTN
8 5 (1.73%) SSL
8 5 (1.73%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.38%) BGP
9 4 (1.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.38%) SMTP
10 3 (1.04%) NX-OS
10 3 (1.04%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (4.15%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.38%) Metadata
6 4 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.38%) Power BI
7 3 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.04%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.04%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.04%) Oracle ODI
7 3 (1.04%) Redis
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Exadata
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (7.96%) Git
1 23 (7.96%) JIRA
2 20 (6.92%) Postman
3 12 (4.15%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.77%) GitLab
5 7 (2.42%) SoapUI
6 5 (1.73%) Chocolatey
7 3 (1.04%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.04%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.69%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.69%) ERwin
8 2 (0.69%) Gradle
8 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.69%) Selenium
8 2 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.88%) Finance
3 37 (12.80%) Public Sector
4 33 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.84%) Banking
6 11 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.77%) Aviation
7 8 (2.77%) Military
8 5 (1.73%) General Ledger
8 5 (1.73%) Legal
8 5 (1.73%) Marketing
9 4 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.38%) Retail
10 3 (1.04%) Local Government
11 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.69%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.69%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 71 (24.57%) Architect
2 46 (15.92%) Senior
3 44 (15.22%) Azure Engineer
4 33 (11.42%) Cloud Engineer
5 26 (9.00%) Developer
5 26 (9.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (7.27%) Lead
7 20 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (5.88%) Technical Architect
9 16 (5.54%) Azure Architect
10 15 (5.19%) Oracle Specialist
11 14 (4.84%) Cloud Specialist
11 14 (4.84%) Integration Specialist
11 14 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
12 12 (4.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.81%) IT Engineer
14 9 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.77%) Consultant
15 8 (2.77%) Senior Architect
15 8 (2.77%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.88%) .NET
2 36 (12.46%) REST
3 35 (12.11%) Oracle Fusion
4 32 (11.07%) Web Services
5 30 (10.38%) SOAP
6 24 (8.30%) OAuth
7 23 (7.96%) ARM Templates
7 23 (7.96%) JSON
8 18 (6.23%) OpenID
8 18 (6.23%) SAML
9 17 (5.88%) RESTful
10 16 (5.54%) YAML
11 14 (4.84%) XML
12 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Graph
13 12 (4.15%) Entity Framework
14 11 (3.81%) A2A Protocol
14 11 (3.81%) Model Context Protocol
14 11 (3.81%) PyTorch
14 11 (3.81%) Semantic Kernel
14 11 (3.81%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.19%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.84%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.84%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.15%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.81%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.46%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.46%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.11%) IoT
7 7 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.42%) PKI
8 6 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.73%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.76%) Windows
2 28 (9.69%) Linux
3 11 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.73%) VMS
5 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.04%) Unix
7 1 (0.35%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (44.98%) DevOps
2 95 (32.87%) CI/CD
3 88 (30.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 69 (23.88%) Agile
5 66 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (19.72%) Migration
7 50 (17.30%) Roadmaps
8 41 (14.19%) Technical Leadership
9 39 (13.49%) ERP
10 37 (12.80%) Microservices
11 32 (11.07%) AI
11 32 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 31 (10.73%) TOGAF
13 30 (10.38%) Architectural Patterns
13 30 (10.38%) Observability
14 29 (10.03%) Analytics
14 29 (10.03%) Decision-Making
15 28 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 27 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.03%) SQL
2 49 (16.96%) PowerShell
3 47 (16.26%) Python
4 24 (8.30%) Bicep
5 17 (5.88%) C#
6 13 (4.50%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (3.46%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.11%) Java
8 9 (3.11%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.08%) Bash
10 5 (1.73%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.69%) PHP
12 1 (0.35%) Ruby
12 1 (0.35%) Scala
12 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (33.91%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.45%) SC Cleared
3 39 (13.49%) Azure Certification
4 31 (10.73%) Degree
5 23 (7.96%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.50%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (4.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 11 (3.81%) CISSP
9 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.42%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.42%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.38%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.57%) NIST
2 12 (4.15%) GDPR
3 11 (3.81%) EU AI Act
4 10 (3.46%) SLA
5 9 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.08%) NCSC
7 5 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.73%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.69%) Basel III
9 2 (0.69%) GAAP
9 2 (0.69%) GRC
9 2 (0.69%) IFRS
9 2 (0.69%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.69%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.69%) PMO
9 2 (0.69%) QA
9 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (14.53%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.69%) Docker
3 16 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.11%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.77%) vCloud
6 6 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.73%) RACF
8 4 (1.38%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.38%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.38%) vSphere
9 3 (1.04%) NFS
10 2 (0.69%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.69%) Postfix
10 2 (0.69%) Varnish
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.35%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 80 (27.68%) Terraform
2 44 (15.22%) Kubernetes
3 24 (8.30%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.84%) Ansible
6 11 (3.81%) vCenter Server
7 10 (3.46%) SCCM
8 9 (3.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.38%) Grafana
10 4 (1.38%) Puppet
10 4 (1.38%) vMotion
11 3 (1.04%) Control-M
12 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.69%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.69%) logstash
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.69%) systemd
12 2 (0.69%) vRealize
Vendors
1 125 (43.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.65%) Oracle
3 31 (10.73%) VMware
4 13 (4.50%) Foundry
5 11 (3.81%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.11%) Google
6 9 (3.11%) SAP
7 8 (2.77%) Databricks
7 8 (2.77%) Tenable
8 6 (2.08%) AppDynamics
8 6 (2.08%) Citrix
9 5 (1.73%) Cisco
9 5 (1.73%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.38%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.38%) Informatica
10 4 (1.38%) NetApp
10 4 (1.38%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.38%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.38%) Splunk
11 3 (1.04%) Salesforce