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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 239 214
Rank change year-on-year -60 -25 -28
Contract jobs citing PaaS 301 278 431
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 1.10% 1.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.24% 2.91% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 174 233
10th Percentile £400 £425 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -2.54%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £749 £738
UK median daily rate £540 £589 £571
% change year-on-year -8.32% +3.11% -0.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile £46.90 - -
25th Percentile £48.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £50.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £52.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.10 - £55.24
UK median hourly rate £50.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -62.86%

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 13,440 9,545 12,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.19% 37.89% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,253 6,551 8,871
10th Percentile £310 £313 £275
25th Percentile £410 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £708 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 156 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.46 £19.12 £16.06
Median hourly rate £38.54 £26.81 £21.19
Median % change year-on-year +43.74% +26.56% -15.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £71.25 £64.63
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £26.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +44.23% +21.67% -14.52%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -35 161 £541 -7.54% 46
South East -55 46 £675 +17.39% 46
North of England -43 41 £457 -6.26% 29
Yorkshire -40 28 £525 +23.53% 5
East of England -4 24 £475 -29.68% 15
Midlands -70 15 £488 -18.75% 16
North West -29 13 £436 -3.11% 21
West Midlands -61 10 £618 +2.40% 8
South West -30 8 £575 -8.00% 21
East Midlands -27 5 £418 -27.39% 8
North East -16 1 - - 3
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 27 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 25 (8.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.99%) Confluence
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.00%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.00%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (1.00%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.33%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 203 (67.44%) Azure
2 174 (57.81%) IaaS
3 105 (34.88%) SaaS
4 61 (20.27%) Entra ID
5 58 (19.27%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (18.94%) AWS
7 44 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (14.29%) OCI
9 42 (13.95%) GitHub
10 38 (12.62%) Serverless
11 36 (11.96%) Azure AKS
12 30 (9.97%) Azure Key Vault
13 29 (9.63%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (7.97%) Azure Service Bus
15 22 (7.31%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (6.31%) Azure Functions
17 18 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
18 16 (5.32%) Azure App Service
18 16 (5.32%) Azure Sentinel
19 14 (4.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 43 (14.29%) Firewall
2 25 (8.31%) DNS
3 24 (7.97%) VPN
4 21 (6.98%) DHCP
5 12 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.99%) WAN
7 8 (2.66%) SAN
7 8 (2.66%) VLAN
8 7 (2.33%) IPsec
8 7 (2.33%) LAN
8 7 (2.33%) Network Security
9 5 (1.66%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.66%) PSTN
9 5 (1.66%) SMTP
9 5 (1.66%) SSL
9 5 (1.66%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.33%) BGP
10 4 (1.33%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (1.00%) VXLAN
11 3 (1.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.99%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.33%) Metadata
6 4 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.00%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.00%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.00%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.00%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (1.00%) Oracle ODI
7 3 (1.00%) Redis
7 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 22 (7.31%) Git
2 19 (6.31%) JIRA
2 19 (6.31%) Postman
3 11 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.33%) GitLab
4 7 (2.33%) SoapUI
5 6 (1.99%) Chocolatey
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.66%) ERwin
7 2 (0.66%) Gradle
7 2 (0.66%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.66%) Selenium
8 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 71 (23.59%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.95%) Finance
3 35 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.32%) Banking
6 11 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.66%) Aviation
7 8 (2.66%) Legal
7 8 (2.66%) Military
8 5 (1.66%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.33%) Marketing
9 4 (1.33%) Retail
10 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.00%) Local Government
11 2 (0.66%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.66%) Law
11 2 (0.66%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.33%) French Language
Job Titles
1 78 (25.91%) Architect
2 49 (16.28%) Azure Engineer
3 48 (15.95%) Senior
4 34 (11.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 30 (9.97%) Developer
6 24 (7.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.98%) Lead
8 18 (5.98%) Technical Architect
9 16 (5.32%) Azure Architect
10 14 (4.65%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (4.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 13 (4.32%) Cloud Specialist
11 13 (4.32%) Integration Specialist
11 13 (4.32%) Oracle Specialist
12 12 (3.99%) Azure Developer
12 12 (3.99%) IT Engineer
13 11 (3.65%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.99%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.95%) .NET
2 40 (13.29%) REST
3 37 (12.29%) Web Services
4 34 (11.30%) SOAP
5 32 (10.63%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (7.64%) ARM Templates
6 23 (7.64%) OAuth
7 22 (7.31%) JSON
8 19 (6.31%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (5.98%) OpenID
9 18 (5.98%) SAML
10 17 (5.65%) YAML
11 16 (5.32%) RESTful
12 14 (4.65%) .NET Framework
12 14 (4.65%) XML
13 12 (3.99%) Entity Framework
14 11 (3.65%) Model Context Protocol
14 11 (3.65%) PyTorch
14 11 (3.65%) Semantic Kernel
14 11 (3.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.29%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.65%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.99%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.32%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.66%) IoT
7 8 (2.66%) PKI
8 6 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.66%) Clustering
9 5 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.66%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.96%) Windows
2 27 (8.97%) Linux
3 13 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.66%) VMS
4 5 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.00%) Unix
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (44.52%) DevOps
2 93 (30.90%) CI/CD
3 88 (29.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 69 (22.92%) Agile
5 66 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (21.26%) Migration
7 52 (17.28%) Roadmaps
8 40 (13.29%) Technical Leadership
9 38 (12.62%) Microservices
10 37 (12.29%) Analytics
10 37 (12.29%) ERP
10 37 (12.29%) Observability
11 34 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (10.63%) AI
12 32 (10.63%) TOGAF
13 31 (10.30%) Architectural Patterns
14 30 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (9.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 28 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
16 28 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 57 (18.94%) SQL
2 56 (18.60%) PowerShell
3 46 (15.28%) Python
4 24 (7.97%) Bicep
5 21 (6.98%) C#
6 19 (6.31%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.66%) Java
7 8 (2.66%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.99%) Bash
10 5 (1.66%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.66%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) C
12 1 (0.33%) Ruby
12 1 (0.33%) Scala
12 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 66 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 43 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 31 (10.30%) Degree
5 27 (8.97%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.32%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (3.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 11 (3.65%) CISSP
9 9 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.33%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.33%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.33%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.00%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.31%) NIST
2 11 (3.65%) EU AI Act
2 11 (3.65%) GDPR
2 11 (3.65%) SLA
3 9 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.99%) NCSC
5 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.66%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.66%) Basel III
7 2 (0.66%) GAAP
7 2 (0.66%) GRC
7 2 (0.66%) IFRS
7 2 (0.66%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.66%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.66%) PMO
7 2 (0.66%) QA
7 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (13.62%) Active Directory
2 32 (10.63%) Docker
3 17 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.32%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.99%) vCloud
6 7 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.66%) BitLocker
7 5 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (1.66%) RACF
8 4 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.33%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.33%) vSphere
9 3 (1.00%) NFS
10 2 (0.66%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.66%) Postfix
10 2 (0.66%) Varnish
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.33%) Firmware
11 1 (0.33%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 78 (25.91%) Terraform
2 45 (14.95%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.32%) Ansible
5 13 (4.32%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.65%) SCCM
7 9 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.66%) Puppet
8 5 (1.66%) vMotion
9 4 (1.33%) Grafana
10 3 (1.00%) Control-M
11 2 (0.66%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.66%) systemd
11 2 (0.66%) vRealize
11 2 (0.66%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 138 (45.85%) Microsoft
2 50 (16.61%) Oracle
3 34 (11.30%) VMware
4 13 (4.32%) Foundry
5 12 (3.99%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.99%) SAP
6 9 (2.99%) Tenable
7 8 (2.66%) Databricks
8 7 (2.33%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.33%) Citrix
8 7 (2.33%) Google
9 5 (1.66%) Cisco
9 5 (1.66%) NetApp
9 5 (1.66%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.33%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.33%) Informatica
10 4 (1.33%) Meraki
10 4 (1.33%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.33%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.33%) Splunk