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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 290 246
Rank change year-on-year -86 -44 -36
Contract jobs citing PaaS 264 237 315
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.87% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.67% 2.32% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 147 236
10th Percentile £413 £387 £345
25th Percentile £453 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £675
90th Percentile £725 £754 £769
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £35.50 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.75 £36.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £60.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +55.84% -50.64%
75th Percentile £54.63 £78.75 £40.25
90th Percentile £55.15 £88.50 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £60.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year -12.50% -19.19% -4.81%

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 15,844 10,233 11,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.74% 37.37% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,600 6,926 7,845
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £718 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 265 196
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.15 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.42
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.66
90th Percentile £82.62 £69.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -14.29%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -43 163 £550 -4.35% 139
Midlands -46 29 £500 -12.28% 28
South East -74 27 £650 +18.18% 44
North of England -82 22 £500 +8.11% 28
West Midlands -48 17 £525 -13.79% 19
Yorkshire -34 13 £525 -4.55% 7
East Midlands -5 12 £500 +11.11% 9
South West -43 10 £500 -23.08% 15
East of England -19 9 £638 -11.30% 11
North West -56 9 £439 +21.09% 19
North East -45 3 £638 +27.50% 2
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 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.79%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.79%) SAS
3 8 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.27%) Confluence
5 5 (1.89%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.52%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) IIS
7 1 (0.38%) Mendix
7 1 (0.38%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (71.97%) Azure
2 158 (59.85%) IaaS
3 105 (39.77%) SaaS
4 67 (25.38%) AWS
5 58 (21.97%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (19.70%) Entra ID
7 36 (13.64%) GitHub
8 33 (12.50%) OCI
9 27 (10.23%) Serverless
10 25 (9.47%) Azure AKS
11 24 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
12 21 (7.95%) GCP
13 19 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (6.82%) Azure Key Vault
15 15 (5.68%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (4.17%) Azure App Service
16 11 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (4.17%) Azure Functions
16 11 (4.17%) Power Platform
17 9 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.50%) Firewall
2 32 (12.12%) DNS
3 23 (8.71%) VPN
4 16 (6.06%) DHCP
5 13 (4.92%) SAN
6 8 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.27%) NAS
7 6 (2.27%) VLAN
8 5 (1.89%) Network Security
8 5 (1.89%) SMTP
9 4 (1.52%) Internet
9 4 (1.52%) Kerberos
10 3 (1.14%) FTP
10 3 (1.14%) IPv4
10 3 (1.14%) WAN
11 2 (0.76%) LAN
11 2 (0.76%) NaaS
11 2 (0.76%) PSTN
11 2 (0.76%) SSL
11 2 (0.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.20%) Azure SQL Database
1 19 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.17%) Oracle Database
4 10 (3.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 10 (3.79%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 9 (3.41%) Data Lake
5 9 (3.41%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (3.03%) Big Data
6 8 (3.03%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.89%) Db2
8 5 (1.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.89%) Power BI
8 5 (1.89%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.52%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.14%) Metadata
11 2 (0.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (8.33%) Git
2 7 (2.65%) GitLab
2 7 (2.65%) JIRA
3 6 (2.27%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.52%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.52%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.76%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.38%) Postman
7 1 (0.38%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 64 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.94%) Finance
3 40 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.20%) Banking
6 16 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.68%) Legal
8 6 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.89%) Military
10 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.52%) Law
11 3 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.76%) Aviation
12 2 (0.76%) Local Government
12 2 (0.76%) Marketing
12 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.38%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (31.44%) Architect
2 48 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
3 33 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 30 (11.36%) Senior
5 28 (10.61%) Solutions Architect
6 27 (10.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (9.09%) Azure Architect
8 21 (7.95%) Cloud Architect
9 19 (7.20%) Lead
10 18 (6.82%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (6.06%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (6.06%) Technical Architect
12 15 (5.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 15 (5.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (5.30%) Developer
14 12 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (3.79%) Release Manager
16 9 (3.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 9 (3.41%) Lead Architect
17 8 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (23.48%) Terraform
2 27 (10.23%) REST
3 19 (7.20%) .NET
3 19 (7.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (5.30%) Middleware
5 12 (4.55%) .NET Core
5 12 (4.55%) .NET Framework
6 10 (3.79%) JSON
6 10 (3.79%) SOAP
7 8 (3.03%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.03%) Entity Framework
8 7 (2.65%) OAuth
8 7 (2.65%) Web Services
8 7 (2.65%) XML
9 5 (1.89%) React
9 5 (1.89%) SAML
10 4 (1.52%) LDAP
10 4 (1.52%) YAML
11 3 (1.14%) OpenID
11 3 (1.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.30%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.92%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.79%) PKI
6 9 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.65%) SCADA
9 6 (2.27%) Clustering
9 6 (2.27%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (2.27%) Wiki
10 5 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.89%) IoT
10 5 (1.89%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.91%) Windows
2 26 (9.85%) Linux
3 16 (6.06%) Unix
4 9 (3.41%) VMS
4 9 (3.41%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.27%) Android
5 6 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.27%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.14%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (43.18%) CI/CD
2 113 (42.80%) DevOps
3 77 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (25.00%) Migration
5 49 (18.56%) Agile
6 44 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (13.64%) Analytics
8 36 (13.64%) Roadmaps
9 35 (13.26%) Platform Engineering
9 35 (13.26%) RBAC
10 34 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 32 (12.12%) Containerisation
11 32 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (10.98%) ERP
12 29 (10.98%) Observability
12 29 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (9.85%) ITIL
14 25 (9.47%) Disaster Recovery
15 24 (9.09%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.53%) PowerShell
1 41 (15.53%) Python
2 36 (13.64%) SQL
3 35 (13.26%) Bicep
4 18 (6.82%) C#
5 15 (5.68%) Bash
6 13 (4.92%) Java
7 12 (4.55%) Ruby
8 5 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.89%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.52%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.14%) Groovy
11 2 (0.76%) Delphi
11 2 (0.76%) Perl
12 1 (0.38%) C++
12 1 (0.38%) Korn
12 1 (0.38%) RPG
12 1 (0.38%) Scala
12 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 68 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.26%) Azure Certification
4 24 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 21 (7.95%) Degree
6 9 (3.41%) CISSP
6 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.03%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.65%) CISM
8 7 (2.65%) GIAC
9 6 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.89%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (1.89%) CRISC
10 5 (1.89%) SANS
10 5 (1.89%) SSCP
10 5 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.52%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.79%) GDPR
1 10 (3.79%) SLA
2 9 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.03%) NIST
3 8 (3.03%) QA
4 7 (2.65%) NCSC
5 6 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.27%) ISO 31000
6 4 (1.52%) PMO
7 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.82%) Docker
3 14 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.03%) NFS
6 5 (1.89%) BitLocker
6 5 (1.89%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.52%) Postfix
7 4 (1.52%) Varnish
7 4 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.14%) Sendmail
8 3 (1.14%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.14%) vCloud
9 2 (0.76%) Firmware
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 30 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.92%) Ansible
3 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.03%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.65%) SCCM
6 5 (1.89%) Puppet
6 5 (1.89%) vMotion
7 4 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.52%) Grafana
7 4 (1.52%) HAProxy
8 3 (1.14%) Nagios
8 3 (1.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (37.12%) Microsoft
2 61 (23.11%) Oracle
3 22 (8.33%) VMware
4 15 (5.68%) Databricks
5 8 (3.03%) Dynatrace
5 8 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.65%) Tenable
7 6 (2.27%) AppDynamics
7 6 (2.27%) Google
7 6 (2.27%) SAP
7 6 (2.27%) Sybase
8 5 (1.89%) Citrix
8 5 (1.89%) Greenplum
8 5 (1.89%) Okta
8 5 (1.89%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.89%) Splunk
9 4 (1.52%) Cloudera
10 3 (1.14%) Foundry
10 3 (1.14%) iManage