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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 245 203
Rank change year-on-year -64 -42 -15
Contract jobs citing PaaS 257 295 437
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.03% 1.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.13% 2.80% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 192 261
10th Percentile £398 £418 £400
25th Percentile £425 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -2.13% -0.42%
75th Percentile £631 £666 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £537 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -6.61% +1.77% -1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £33.20 - £72.77
25th Percentile £38.00 - £77.25
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £82.75
75th Percentile £70.50 - £90.00
90th Percentile £85.20 - £93.75
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £82.75
% change year-on-year - - +57.62%

All Cloud 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 12,040 10,525 12,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.97% 36.62% 34.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,276 7,037 9,306
10th Percentile £305 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £649 £638
90th Percentile £709 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 136 243
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.88 £14.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.20 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +16.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.67 £68.75 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £26.75
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.80% +18.89%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025. 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 -24 135 £550 -5.98% 52
South East -55 33 £538 -2.27% 58
North of England -40 29 £525 +16.67% 29
East of England -2 22 £450 -18.18% 20
Midlands -48 22 £515 -15.85% 22
West Midlands -40 18 £537 -12.25% 15
Yorkshire -27 17 £525 - 14
North West -28 12 £365 -18.89% 14
South West -32 7 £575 -4.17% 27
East Midlands -20 4 £418 -7.22% 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 10 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.50%) Confluence
3 8 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.95%) SAS
5 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.78%) FileNet
6 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.39%) Apache
7 1 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.39%) CICS
7 1 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.39%) Luigi
7 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (5.45%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 180 (70.04%) Azure
2 118 (45.91%) IaaS
3 97 (37.74%) SaaS
4 56 (21.79%) AWS
5 40 (15.56%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (15.56%) Entra ID
6 38 (14.79%) GitHub
7 32 (12.45%) Serverless
8 31 (12.06%) Azure AKS
8 31 (12.06%) OCI
9 30 (11.67%) GCP
10 25 (9.73%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (8.56%) Azure Functions
12 21 (8.17%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (7.78%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (7.00%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (6.23%) Power Platform
16 15 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (5.45%) Azure Key Vault
17 14 (5.45%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.67%) Firewall
2 17 (6.61%) DNS
3 15 (5.84%) VPN
4 14 (5.45%) DHCP
5 7 (2.72%) Network Security
6 5 (1.95%) SAN
7 3 (1.17%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (1.17%) iSCSI
7 3 (1.17%) VLAN
7 3 (1.17%) WAN
8 2 (0.78%) BGP
8 2 (0.78%) Internet
8 2 (0.78%) IPsec
8 2 (0.78%) NAS
8 2 (0.78%) SMTP
8 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.39%) MPLS
9 1 (0.39%) OSPF
9 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (4.67%) Relational Database
2 12 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.89%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (3.11%) Power BI
6 7 (2.72%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.33%) MySQL
8 5 (1.95%) Redis
8 5 (1.95%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.95%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.56%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.56%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.56%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (7.39%) Git
2 18 (7.00%) Postman
3 13 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.67%) SonarQube
5 10 (3.89%) JIRA
6 7 (2.72%) GitLab
7 6 (2.33%) Gradle
8 4 (1.56%) Maven
8 4 (1.56%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.56%) SonarLint
9 3 (1.17%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (1.17%) Selenium
9 3 (1.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.39%) ERwin
11 1 (0.39%) JMeter
11 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.56%) Public Sector
3 34 (13.23%) Finance
4 22 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.67%) Banking
6 6 (2.33%) Aviation
7 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.95%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.95%) Marketing
7 5 (1.95%) Military
7 5 (1.95%) Retail
8 4 (1.56%) Front Office
8 4 (1.56%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.56%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.17%) Billing
9 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.17%) Local Government
9 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 58 (22.57%) Architect
2 31 (12.06%) Senior
3 24 (9.34%) Azure Engineer
4 23 (8.95%) Developer
4 23 (8.95%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (8.17%) Lead
6 19 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.61%) Cloud Engineer
8 15 (5.84%) Azure Architect
9 14 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (5.06%) Oracle Specialist
11 12 (4.67%) Technical Architect
12 11 (4.28%) Integration Specialist
13 10 (3.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.89%) Cloud Specialist
14 9 (3.50%) Consultant
14 9 (3.50%) Environment Manager
15 8 (3.11%) .NET Developer
15 8 (3.11%) Security Architect
16 7 (2.72%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (18.29%) .NET
2 35 (13.62%) Oracle Fusion
3 34 (13.23%) REST
4 31 (12.06%) SOAP
5 25 (9.73%) RESTful
6 24 (9.34%) Web Services
7 20 (7.78%) JSON
8 17 (6.61%) ARM Templates
9 16 (6.23%) OAuth
10 13 (5.06%) SAML
11 12 (4.67%) JWT
11 12 (4.67%) OpenID
12 11 (4.28%) AngularJS
12 11 (4.28%) PyTorch
12 11 (4.28%) Semantic Kernel
12 11 (4.28%) TensorFlow
12 11 (4.28%) YAML
13 9 (3.50%) .NET Core
13 9 (3.50%) XML
13 9 (3.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.51%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.67%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.50%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.11%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.11%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.33%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.95%) IoT
7 5 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.95%) PKI
8 4 (1.56%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.56%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.23%) Windows
2 32 (12.45%) Linux
3 14 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.95%) VMS
5 3 (1.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.39%) AIX
7 1 (0.39%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (41.25%) DevOps
2 75 (29.18%) CI/CD
3 70 (27.24%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (26.85%) Agile
5 64 (24.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (17.90%) Roadmaps
7 40 (15.56%) Migration
8 34 (13.23%) AI
8 34 (13.23%) ERP
9 27 (10.51%) Containerisation
9 27 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (10.12%) API Management
10 26 (10.12%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (9.73%) Analytics
11 25 (9.73%) Machine Learning
11 25 (9.73%) Mentoring
11 25 (9.73%) Observability
11 25 (9.73%) Software Engineering
12 24 (9.34%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.23%) Python
2 51 (19.84%) SQL
3 37 (14.40%) PowerShell
4 28 (10.89%) Bicep
5 20 (7.78%) C#
6 12 (4.67%) Java
7 10 (3.89%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.89%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (2.33%) PHP
10 5 (1.95%) Bash
10 5 (1.95%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.39%) C
13 1 (0.39%) COBOL
13 1 (0.39%) Scala
13 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (29.57%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.68%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.34%) Azure Certification
4 22 (8.56%) Degree
5 11 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.28%) MCP
6 9 (3.50%) CISSP
7 8 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.17%) CCNP
10 3 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.78%) CCIE
11 2 (0.78%) ISEB
11 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.78%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.23%) NIST
2 14 (5.45%) GDPR
3 12 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.28%) EU AI Act
5 6 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.33%) SLA
6 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.17%) NCSC
6 3 (1.17%) QA
6 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.78%) GRC
7 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.39%) COBIT
8 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (13.62%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.06%) Docker
3 14 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.72%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.56%) vSphere
7 3 (1.17%) vCloud
8 2 (0.78%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.78%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.78%) NFS
8 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.39%) Firmware
9 1 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 72 (28.02%) Terraform
2 42 (16.34%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.23%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (4.67%) Ansible
5 8 (3.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.33%) Grafana
7 6 (2.33%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.56%) Puppet
9 3 (1.17%) SCCM
10 2 (0.78%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.78%) logstash
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.78%) SCOM
10 2 (0.78%) systemd
10 2 (0.78%) vMotion
10 2 (0.78%) vRealize
10 2 (0.78%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 112 (43.58%) Microsoft
2 60 (23.35%) Oracle
3 22 (8.56%) VMware
4 17 (6.61%) Google
5 14 (5.45%) Foundry
6 12 (4.67%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.50%) Databricks
7 9 (3.50%) Salesforce
8 8 (3.11%) AppDynamics
8 8 (3.11%) SAP
9 6 (2.33%) Cisco
9 6 (2.33%) Citrix
9 6 (2.33%) DocuSign
9 6 (2.33%) Workday
10 5 (1.95%) HP
10 5 (1.95%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.95%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.56%) Anaplan
11 4 (1.56%) Gigya
11 4 (1.56%) Hyperion