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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 241 221
Rank change year-on-year -59 -20 -29
Contract jobs citing PaaS 320 255 391
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.05% 1.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.24% 2.81% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 158 241
10th Percentile £406 £423 £397
25th Percentile £451 £500 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.95% +3.04%
75th Percentile £688 £627 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £780
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile £47.05 - -
25th Percentile £48.63 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £54.38 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 14,314 9,067 11,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.50% 37.27% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,862 6,351 8,548
10th Percentile £318 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £740 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 194 323
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.11 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £45.25 £25.98 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +74.21% +25.06% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.75 £41.85 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.38 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.78 £27.43 £21.00
% change year-on-year +48.70% +30.60% -40.00%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -20 178 £525 -8.70% 53
South East -57 52 £700 +21.74% 38
North of England -47 47 £460 -5.64% 8
Yorkshire -34 31 £525 +23.53% 5
Midlands -62 17 £519 -7.78% 15
North West -27 16 £425 -5.56% 3
East of England -26 13 £638 -15.11% 6
South West -34 13 £550 -5.46% 9
West Midlands -57 11 £540 -1.82% 9
East Midlands -23 6 £418 -27.39% 6
North East -18 4 £638 +19.38%
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 32 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 29 (9.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.06%) Confluence
4 5 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.56%) SAS
5 4 (1.25%) Apache
5 4 (1.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.94%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.94%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.69%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.31%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 206 (64.38%) Azure
2 200 (62.50%) IaaS
3 111 (34.69%) SaaS
4 64 (20.00%) AWS
5 59 (18.44%) Entra ID
6 57 (17.81%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (14.69%) OCI
8 46 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (11.56%) Serverless
10 35 (10.94%) GitHub
11 30 (9.38%) Azure Key Vault
12 29 (9.06%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (7.81%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (6.88%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (5.31%) GCP
15 17 (5.31%) Power Platform
16 16 (5.00%) Azure AKS
16 16 (5.00%) Azure App Service
17 13 (4.06%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (4.06%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 44 (13.75%) Firewall
2 34 (10.63%) DNS
3 25 (7.81%) VPN
4 23 (7.19%) DHCP
5 14 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.44%) WAN
7 10 (3.13%) SAN
8 9 (2.81%) LAN
9 7 (2.19%) IPsec
9 7 (2.19%) PSTN
9 7 (2.19%) SMTP
9 7 (2.19%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.19%) VLAN
10 6 (1.88%) Internet
10 6 (1.88%) Network Security
11 5 (1.56%) Kerberos
11 5 (1.56%) SSL
12 3 (0.94%) BGP
12 3 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.94%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.81%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.56%) Metadata
8 5 (1.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.56%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.56%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.25%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.94%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.94%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.94%) Power BI
10 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.63%) Flink
11 2 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (10.00%) Git
2 21 (6.56%) JIRA
3 16 (5.00%) Postman
4 8 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.50%) SoapUI
5 7 (2.19%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
7 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.63%) ERwin
7 2 (0.63%) Gradle
7 2 (0.63%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.63%) Selenium
8 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 72 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.75%) Finance
3 42 (13.13%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.25%) Banking
6 17 (5.31%) Legal
7 12 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.88%) Military
11 5 (1.56%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.25%) Law
13 3 (0.94%) Aviation
13 3 (0.94%) Marketing
14 2 (0.63%) Billing
14 2 (0.63%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.63%) Local Government
14 2 (0.63%) Retail
14 2 (0.63%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 96 (30.00%) Architect
2 51 (15.94%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (13.13%) Senior
4 33 (10.31%) Cloud Engineer
5 28 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 28 (8.75%) Lead
6 25 (7.81%) Technical Architect
7 23 (7.19%) Azure Architect
8 20 (6.25%) Developer
9 19 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.38%) Principal Engineer
12 13 (4.06%) Technical Leader
13 12 (3.75%) Azure Developer
13 12 (3.75%) VMware Architect
14 11 (3.44%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.44%) Cloud Specialist
14 11 (3.44%) Integration Specialist
14 11 (3.44%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.44%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.81%) REST
2 38 (11.88%) Web Services
3 37 (11.56%) SOAP
4 36 (11.25%) .NET
5 30 (9.38%) Oracle Fusion
6 21 (6.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 20 (6.25%) ARM Templates
7 20 (6.25%) OAuth
8 18 (5.63%) JSON
9 16 (5.00%) .NET Framework
10 15 (4.69%) YAML
11 14 (4.38%) XML
12 12 (3.75%) Entity Framework
12 12 (3.75%) OpenID
12 12 (3.75%) SAML
13 10 (3.13%) JWT
13 10 (3.13%) XSLT
14 9 (2.81%) Middleware
15 7 (2.19%) OAuth2
15 7 (2.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.88%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.88%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.06%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.44%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.44%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.81%) PKI
8 7 (2.19%) Clustering
8 7 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.19%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.19%) IoT
9 6 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.38%) Windows
2 29 (9.06%) Linux
3 15 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.19%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.19%) Unix
4 7 (2.19%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.88%) Android
5 6 (1.88%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.56%) VMS
7 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.31%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (44.69%) DevOps
2 108 (33.75%) CI/CD
3 95 (29.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 77 (24.06%) Migration
5 70 (21.88%) Agile
6 66 (20.63%) Roadmaps
7 45 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (13.75%) Analytics
9 43 (13.44%) Technical Leadership
10 42 (13.13%) ERP
11 41 (12.81%) Microservices
11 41 (12.81%) Observability
12 39 (12.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 37 (11.56%) Architectural Patterns
14 36 (11.25%) TOGAF
15 35 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 34 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (10.31%) Containerisation
18 32 (10.00%) ITIL
19 31 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.44%) PowerShell
2 54 (16.88%) SQL
3 37 (11.56%) Python
4 32 (10.00%) Bicep
5 22 (6.88%) C#
6 15 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
7 14 (4.38%) Java
8 8 (2.50%) Ruby
9 7 (2.19%) Bash
9 7 (2.19%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.88%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.56%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.31%) C
13 1 (0.31%) C++
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) RPG
13 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 79 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 47 (14.69%) Azure Certification
4 39 (12.19%) DV Cleared
5 28 (8.75%) Degree
6 16 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.13%) CISSP
9 7 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.88%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.25%) CCSP
12 4 (1.25%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.25%) SANS
13 3 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.69%) GDPR
2 14 (4.38%) SLA
3 9 (2.81%) NCSC
4 8 (2.50%) NIST
5 6 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.88%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.63%) Basel III
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.63%) GAAP
8 2 (0.63%) IFRS
8 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.63%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.63%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) GRC
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 41 (12.81%) Active Directory
2 30 (9.38%) Docker
3 18 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.75%) vCloud
5 11 (3.44%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.19%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.19%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.88%) NFS
9 5 (1.56%) RACF
9 5 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.25%) Postfix
10 4 (1.25%) Varnish
10 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.94%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.94%) vSphere
12 2 (0.63%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 79 (24.69%) Terraform
2 35 (10.94%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (5.63%) vCenter Server
5 14 (4.38%) Ansible
6 11 (3.44%) SCCM
7 9 (2.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (2.19%) Puppet
8 7 (2.19%) vMotion
9 4 (1.25%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.94%) Control-M
10 3 (0.94%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.94%) Grafana
10 3 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.63%) systemd
11 2 (0.63%) vRealize
11 2 (0.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 135 (42.19%) Microsoft
2 61 (19.06%) Oracle
3 38 (11.88%) VMware
4 14 (4.38%) Dynatrace
5 13 (4.06%) SAP
6 10 (3.13%) Tenable
7 9 (2.81%) Citrix
8 7 (2.19%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.19%) NetApp
9 6 (1.88%) Google
9 6 (1.88%) iManage
9 6 (1.88%) Intapp
9 6 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.56%) Databricks
10 5 (1.56%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.25%) Aderant
11 4 (1.25%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.25%) Informatica
11 4 (1.25%) Workday
12 3 (0.94%) Salesforce