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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 295 269
Rank change year-on-year -112 -26 -55
Contract jobs citing PaaS 248 241 288
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.86% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 2.21% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 149 204
10th Percentile £413 £363 £371
25th Percentile £463 £419 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £755
UK median daily rate £540 £539 £575
% change year-on-year +0.28% -6.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £51.68 £35.50 -
25th Percentile £52.31 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £55.06 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £55.33 £88.50 -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £110.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -45.45% +32.93%

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 16,178 10,882 11,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.54% 38.66% 35.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,769 7,357 7,545
10th Percentile £322 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 264 160
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.07 £16.27
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.51 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.18 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%

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 October 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 15 October 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 -62 149 £600 +9.09% 126
Midlands -32 36 £508 -10.96% 40
South East -75 22 £563 +25.00% 41
North of England -79 22 £519 +22.12% 42
West Midlands -43 19 £565 -7.22% 25
East Midlands +4 17 £500 +11.11% 15
Yorkshire -40 11 £522 +7.08% 16
South West -35 7 £485 -33.10% 11
North East -32 6 £700 +40.00% 8
East of England -42 5 £413 -25.00% 14
North West -61 5 £510 +41.53% 18
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 9 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.42%) Confluence
2 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.42%) SAS
3 2 (0.81%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Documentum
4 1 (0.40%) Mendix
4 1 (0.40%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (1.61%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 194 (78.23%) Azure
2 143 (57.66%) IaaS
3 95 (38.31%) SaaS
4 72 (29.03%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (26.21%) Entra ID
6 46 (18.55%) AWS
7 34 (13.71%) Azure Monitor
7 34 (13.71%) GitHub
8 30 (12.10%) Azure AKS
9 24 (9.68%) OCI
10 23 (9.27%) Serverless
11 20 (8.06%) Azure Key Vault
11 20 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (7.66%) GCP
13 17 (6.85%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (6.45%) Power Platform
15 15 (6.05%) Azure App Service
16 14 (5.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (4.84%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.73%) Firewall
2 27 (10.89%) DNS
3 21 (8.47%) VPN
4 13 (5.24%) DHCP
5 10 (4.03%) SAN
6 6 (2.42%) VLAN
7 5 (2.02%) NAS
7 5 (2.02%) Network Security
7 5 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.61%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.61%) SMTP
9 3 (1.21%) IPv4
10 2 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.81%) SSL
10 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.40%) Internet
11 1 (0.40%) NaaS
11 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.40%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 24 (9.68%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.05%) NoSQL
4 14 (5.65%) Data Lake
4 14 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.44%) Big Data
6 7 (2.82%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.42%) Apache Hive
7 6 (2.42%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (2.42%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 5 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (2.02%) Power BI
8 5 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.61%) Db2
10 3 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (1.21%) Parquet
10 3 (1.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (6.85%) Git
2 12 (4.84%) GitLab
3 6 (2.42%) JIRA
4 5 (2.02%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.61%) Chocolatey
5 4 (1.61%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.61%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.94%) Finance
3 30 (12.10%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (5.65%) Banking
7 11 (4.44%) Legal
8 9 (3.63%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.61%) Marketing
9 4 (1.61%) Military
10 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.81%) Automotive
10 2 (0.81%) Aviation
10 2 (0.81%) Law
10 2 (0.81%) Local Government
10 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.81%) Publishing
10 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (30.24%) Architect
2 52 (20.97%) Azure Engineer
3 40 (16.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (13.31%) Senior
5 28 (11.29%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (8.47%) Cloud Architect
8 20 (8.06%) Azure Architect
9 18 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (6.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (6.05%) Developer
11 15 (6.05%) Lead
11 15 (6.05%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 11 (4.44%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (4.03%) Technical Architect
15 9 (3.63%) Analyst
15 9 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
16 8 (3.23%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (29.03%) Terraform
2 27 (10.89%) REST
3 22 (8.87%) .NET
4 16 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (5.24%) .NET Core
5 13 (5.24%) .NET Framework
5 13 (5.24%) ARM Templates
5 13 (5.24%) Middleware
6 10 (4.03%) Entity Framework
6 10 (4.03%) JSON
7 9 (3.63%) React
8 8 (3.23%) OAuth
9 7 (2.82%) OpenID
9 7 (2.82%) SAML
9 7 (2.82%) YAML
10 6 (2.42%) XML
11 5 (2.02%) SOAP
12 4 (1.61%) LDAP
12 4 (1.61%) RESTful
12 4 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.95%) Cloud Native
2 20 (8.06%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.63%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.23%) PKI
6 8 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.82%) SCADA
7 7 (2.82%) Wiki
8 6 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.02%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.61%) Clustering
10 4 (1.61%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.61%) Replication
10 4 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (14.92%) Windows
2 25 (10.08%) Linux
3 13 (5.24%) Unix
4 11 (4.44%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.63%) VMS
6 5 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.40%) macOS
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (48.39%) DevOps
2 114 (45.97%) CI/CD
3 89 (35.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 65 (26.21%) Migration
5 42 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (16.13%) Analytics
6 40 (16.13%) RBAC
7 34 (13.71%) Agile
7 34 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 31 (12.50%) Containerisation
10 31 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
11 29 (11.69%) Roadmaps
12 28 (11.29%) Observability
13 27 (10.89%) Enterprise Architecture
14 25 (10.08%) Cloud Security
14 25 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (10.08%) Validation
15 22 (8.87%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.76%) PowerShell
2 46 (18.55%) SQL
3 37 (14.92%) Python
4 33 (13.31%) Bicep
5 21 (8.47%) C#
6 15 (6.05%) Bash
7 7 (2.82%) Java
7 7 (2.82%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.02%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.02%) Ruby
9 3 (1.21%) Groovy
10 2 (0.81%) Delphi
10 2 (0.81%) Perl
10 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.40%) Korn
11 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.40%) R
11 1 (0.40%) Scala
11 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (30.24%) Security Cleared
2 53 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 36 (14.52%) Azure Certification
4 24 (9.68%) Degree
5 12 (4.84%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.63%) CISSP
6 9 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.82%) CISM
8 7 (2.82%) GIAC
9 6 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.42%) SANS
9 6 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.02%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (2.02%) CRISC
10 5 (2.02%) SSCP
11 4 (1.61%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.45%) QA
2 14 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.03%) GDPR
4 9 (3.63%) NIST
5 7 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.82%) SLA
6 6 (2.42%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.61%) NCSC
8 3 (1.21%) PMO
9 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.40%) GAMP
10 1 (0.40%) GMP
10 1 (0.40%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) GxP
10 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (15.32%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.87%) Docker
3 12 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.02%) NFS
5 4 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.21%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.21%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.21%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.81%) Firmware
7 2 (0.81%) Postfix
7 2 (0.81%) Varnish
8 1 (0.40%) etcd
8 1 (0.40%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 35 (14.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.44%) Ansible
3 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.02%) Grafana
4 5 (2.02%) SCCM
5 4 (1.61%) CA Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.61%) Puppet
6 3 (1.21%) Nagios
6 3 (1.21%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.21%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.21%) vMotion
7 2 (0.81%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 102 (41.13%) Microsoft
2 47 (18.95%) Oracle
3 21 (8.47%) Databricks
4 15 (6.05%) VMware
5 12 (4.84%) Google
5 12 (4.84%) Salesforce
6 11 (4.44%) Dynatrace
6 11 (4.44%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.23%) Splunk
8 7 (2.82%) Okta
8 7 (2.82%) OpenAI
9 6 (2.42%) Cloudera
10 5 (2.02%) Sybase
10 5 (2.02%) Tenable
11 4 (1.61%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.61%) Commvault
11 4 (1.61%) Foundry
11 4 (1.61%) Greenplum
11 4 (1.61%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.61%) Veeam