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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 247 205
Rank change year-on-year -53 -42 -16
Contract jobs citing PaaS 255 288 432
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.01% 1.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.12% 2.77% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 189 256
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £431 £500 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £594
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% -3.16% +1.28%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £725 £745 £738
UK median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -
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 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 12,020 10,406 12,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.06% 36.59% 34.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,288 6,972 9,279
10th Percentile £304 £313 £281
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £648 £638
90th Percentile £712 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 137 244
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.90 £14.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £29.00 £24.31
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +19.32% +8.02%
75th Percentile £56.13 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.84 £68.75 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £25.81
% change year-on-year -3.64% +6.55% +14.71%

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 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 28 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 28 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 -25 134 £550 -5.17% 87
South East -39 35 £556 +1.14% 129
North of England -31 26 £525 +16.67% 83
East of England -2 22 £450 -18.18% 59
Midlands -48 22 £515 -15.85% 85
West Midlands -34 18 £537 -12.25% 46
Yorkshire -33 16 £538 +26.47% 35
North West -23 10 £363 -19.44% 43
South West -20 7 £575 -4.17% 60
East Midlands -21 4 £418 -7.22% 34
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 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.14%) Confluence
2 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.96%) SAS
4 3 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.78%) FileNet
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) Luigi
6 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
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 (5.49%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 179 (70.20%) Azure
2 115 (45.10%) IaaS
3 94 (36.86%) SaaS
4 54 (21.18%) AWS
5 42 (16.47%) Entra ID
6 41 (16.08%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (14.90%) GitHub
8 33 (12.94%) Serverless
9 32 (12.55%) OCI
10 30 (11.76%) Azure AKS
11 27 (10.59%) GCP
12 24 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (8.63%) Azure Functions
13 22 (8.63%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (8.24%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (7.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 17 (6.67%) Power Platform
17 16 (6.27%) Azure Monitor
18 15 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
19 14 (5.49%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 31 (12.16%) Firewall
2 17 (6.67%) DNS
3 15 (5.88%) VPN
4 14 (5.49%) DHCP
5 6 (2.35%) Network Security
6 3 (1.18%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (1.18%) iSCSI
6 3 (1.18%) SAN
6 3 (1.18%) VLAN
6 3 (1.18%) WAN
7 2 (0.78%) BGP
7 2 (0.78%) Internet
7 2 (0.78%) IPsec
7 2 (0.78%) NAS
7 2 (0.78%) SMTP
7 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.39%) DMVPN
8 1 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (5.10%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.71%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.92%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.53%) Power BI
6 8 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.75%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.96%) MySQL
8 5 (1.96%) Redis
8 5 (1.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (1.96%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.57%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.57%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.57%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.18%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 19 (7.45%) Git
2 18 (7.06%) Postman
3 13 (5.10%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.31%) JIRA
4 11 (4.31%) SonarQube
5 6 (2.35%) GitLab
5 6 (2.35%) Gradle
6 4 (1.57%) Maven
6 4 (1.57%) SoapUI
6 4 (1.57%) SonarLint
7 3 (1.18%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.18%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.78%) Selenium
9 1 (0.39%) ERwin
9 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.69%) Public Sector
3 32 (12.55%) Finance
4 22 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.31%) Banking
6 7 (2.75%) Aviation
7 5 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.96%) Marketing
7 5 (1.96%) Military
7 5 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.96%) Retail
8 4 (1.57%) Front Office
8 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.57%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.18%) Billing
9 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.18%) Local Government
9 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.78%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 54 (21.18%) Architect
2 31 (12.16%) Senior
3 25 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
4 24 (9.41%) Developer
5 22 (8.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (8.63%) Lead
6 19 (7.45%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.10%) Azure Architect
7 13 (5.10%) Oracle Specialist
8 12 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.71%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.31%) Integration Specialist
10 10 (3.92%) Cloud Specialist
11 9 (3.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.53%) Consultant
11 9 (3.53%) Environment Manager
12 8 (3.14%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.14%) Security Architect
13 7 (2.75%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (18.43%) .NET
2 36 (14.12%) Oracle Fusion
3 34 (13.33%) REST
4 31 (12.16%) SOAP
5 25 (9.80%) RESTful
6 24 (9.41%) Web Services
7 20 (7.84%) JSON
8 19 (7.45%) ARM Templates
9 16 (6.27%) OAuth
10 13 (5.10%) SAML
11 12 (4.71%) JWT
11 12 (4.71%) OpenID
11 12 (4.71%) YAML
12 11 (4.31%) AngularJS
12 11 (4.31%) PyTorch
12 11 (4.31%) Semantic Kernel
12 11 (4.31%) TensorFlow
13 10 (3.92%) XML
14 9 (3.53%) .NET Core
14 9 (3.53%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.25%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.71%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.53%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.14%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.35%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.96%) IoT
7 5 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.96%) PKI
8 4 (1.57%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.57%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.18%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.94%) Windows
2 31 (12.16%) Linux
3 13 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.96%) VMS
5 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.39%) AIX
6 1 (0.39%) Solaris
6 1 (0.39%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (41.57%) DevOps
2 77 (30.20%) CI/CD
3 70 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (26.27%) Agile
4 67 (26.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (18.04%) Roadmaps
6 40 (15.69%) Migration
7 35 (13.73%) AI
7 35 (13.73%) ERP
8 27 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 27 (10.59%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (10.20%) Analytics
9 26 (10.20%) API Management
10 25 (9.80%) Containerisation
10 25 (9.80%) Machine Learning
10 25 (9.80%) Mentoring
10 25 (9.80%) Observability
10 25 (9.80%) Software Engineering
11 22 (8.63%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.00%) Python
1 51 (20.00%) SQL
2 35 (13.73%) PowerShell
3 28 (10.98%) Bicep
4 21 (8.24%) C#
5 12 (4.71%) Java
6 11 (4.31%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.92%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (2.35%) PHP
10 5 (1.96%) Bash
10 5 (1.96%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.96%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.39%) C
12 1 (0.39%) COBOL
12 1 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (30.59%) Security Cleared
2 50 (19.61%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.20%) Azure Certification
4 22 (8.63%) Degree
5 11 (4.31%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.31%) MCP
6 9 (3.53%) CISSP
7 8 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.18%) CCNP
11 3 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.78%) CCIE
12 2 (0.78%) CCSP
12 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.78%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.27%) NIST
2 13 (5.10%) GDPR
3 12 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.31%) EU AI Act
5 6 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.35%) SLA
6 4 (1.57%) NCSC
7 3 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.18%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.78%) QA
9 1 (0.39%) Basel III
9 1 (0.39%) COBIT
9 1 (0.39%) GAAP
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (14.12%) Active Directory
2 30 (11.76%) Docker
3 14 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.57%) vSphere
7 3 (1.18%) 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 (28.24%) Terraform
2 42 (16.47%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (4.31%) Ansible
5 9 (3.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.35%) Grafana
7 6 (2.35%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.18%) Puppet
8 3 (1.18%) SCCM
9 2 (0.78%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.78%) logstash
9 2 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.78%) SCOM
9 2 (0.78%) systemd
9 2 (0.78%) vMotion
9 2 (0.78%) vRealize
9 2 (0.78%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.39%) Control-M
Vendors
1 111 (43.53%) Microsoft
2 59 (23.14%) Oracle
3 20 (7.84%) VMware
4 17 (6.67%) Google
5 14 (5.49%) Foundry
6 11 (4.31%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.53%) Databricks
7 9 (3.53%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.53%) SAP
8 8 (3.14%) AppDynamics
9 7 (2.75%) Workday
10 6 (2.35%) Cisco
10 6 (2.35%) DocuSign
11 5 (1.96%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.96%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.57%) Adobe
12 4 (1.57%) Anaplan
12 4 (1.57%) Citrix
12 4 (1.57%) Gigya
12 4 (1.57%) Hyperion