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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 286 233
Rank change year-on-year -42 -53 -20
Contract jobs citing PaaS 330 231 378
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.85% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.09% 2.26% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 144 272
10th Percentile £413 £413 £370
25th Percentile £452 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £675
90th Percentile £726 £757 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -8.70% -2.54% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% +15.38% -67.09%
75th Percentile £55.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +79.17% +15.38% -67.09%

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 15,790 10,211 12,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.43% 32.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,608 6,897 8,641
10th Percentile £325 £312 £310
25th Percentile £416 £410 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 268 325
10th Percentile £16.63 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.06 £27.63 £22.30
% change year-on-year +34.13% +23.90% -36.29%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +1 192 £525 -12.50% 63
North of England -55 46 £460 -5.64% 10
South East -68 39 £700 +21.74% 30
Yorkshire -31 28 £507 +19.18% 2
Midlands -35 28 £531 -11.50% 24
North West -36 18 £426 +17.48% 5
West Midlands -57 18 £539 -12.86% 12
East of England -15 13 £644 -4.70% 7
East Midlands -8 10 £488 +8.33% 12
South West -40 10 £550 -21.62% 20
North East -37 4 £638 +23.31% 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 26 (7.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.27%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.94%) Confluence
4 10 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.03%) SAS
5 5 (1.52%) Apache
6 2 (0.61%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 226 (68.48%) Azure
2 211 (63.94%) IaaS
3 125 (37.88%) SaaS
4 81 (24.55%) AWS
5 62 (18.79%) Entra ID
6 56 (16.97%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (13.94%) OCI
8 42 (12.73%) GitHub
9 40 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (9.70%) Serverless
11 30 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (7.27%) Azure AKS
12 24 (7.27%) Azure Key Vault
13 20 (6.06%) GCP
13 20 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (5.15%) Azure App Service
14 17 (5.15%) Power Platform
15 13 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
16 9 (2.73%) Datadog
17 8 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.82%) DNS
2 38 (11.52%) Firewall
3 28 (8.48%) VPN
4 20 (6.06%) DHCP
5 14 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (3.64%) SAN
7 10 (3.03%) WAN
8 8 (2.42%) LAN
8 8 (2.42%) VLAN
9 7 (2.12%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.12%) Network Security
9 7 (2.12%) PSTN
9 7 (2.12%) SMTP
9 7 (2.12%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.82%) Internet
10 6 (1.82%) IPsec
11 4 (1.21%) NAS
11 4 (1.21%) SSL
12 3 (0.91%) FTP
12 3 (0.91%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.97%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.33%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 10 (3.03%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.73%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.52%) Metadata
10 5 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.21%) Big Data
11 4 (1.21%) Db2
11 4 (1.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.21%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (1.21%) Power BI
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.91%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (8.18%) Git
2 19 (5.76%) JIRA
3 8 (2.42%) Chocolatey
4 7 (2.12%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.82%) Postman
6 4 (1.21%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.21%) SoapUI
6 4 (1.21%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.91%) GitLab
8 2 (0.61%) ERwin
9 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 78 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.39%) Finance
3 45 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.97%) Banking
6 20 (6.06%) Legal
7 13 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.12%) Military
10 5 (1.52%) Law
11 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.61%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.61%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.61%) Retail
12 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.30%) Aviation
13 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 116 (35.15%) Architect
2 60 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
3 43 (13.03%) Senior
4 40 (12.12%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (9.39%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.48%) Azure Architect
6 28 (8.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (7.88%) Lead
7 26 (7.88%) Technical Architect
8 19 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (5.15%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 17 (5.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 16 (4.85%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (4.85%) Developer
11 14 (4.24%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.94%) Lead Architect
13 11 (3.33%) IT Engineer
13 11 (3.33%) Oracle Architect
13 11 (3.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.79%) REST
2 26 (7.88%) .NET
3 25 (7.58%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (7.27%) Web Services
5 21 (6.36%) SOAP
6 16 (4.85%) Microsoft Graph
7 15 (4.55%) .NET Framework
8 14 (4.24%) Middleware
9 13 (3.94%) OAuth
10 12 (3.64%) ARM Templates
11 9 (2.73%) JSON
12 8 (2.42%) Entity Framework
13 6 (1.82%) .NET Core
13 6 (1.82%) OAuth2
13 6 (1.82%) OpenID
13 6 (1.82%) SAML
13 6 (1.82%) YAML
14 5 (1.52%) JWT
14 5 (1.52%) React
14 5 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.45%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.76%) Public Cloud
4 16 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (4.85%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.24%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.33%) Virtual Team
7 10 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.03%) IoT
7 10 (3.03%) PKI
8 8 (2.42%) Clustering
8 8 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.12%) SCADA
10 6 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.82%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 52 (15.76%) Windows
2 34 (10.30%) Linux
3 18 (5.45%) Unix
4 12 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.42%) VMS
6 7 (2.12%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.82%) Android
7 6 (1.82%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.91%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.30%) CentOS
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (42.12%) DevOps
2 121 (36.67%) CI/CD
3 87 (26.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (24.85%) Migration
5 65 (19.70%) Agile
6 62 (18.79%) Roadmaps
7 48 (14.55%) Analytics
8 46 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (12.73%) Observability
9 42 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 41 (12.42%) Architectural Patterns
10 41 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 41 (12.42%) Technical Leadership
11 39 (11.82%) Containerisation
11 39 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
13 36 (10.91%) ERP
13 36 (10.91%) RBAC
14 35 (10.61%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.27%) PowerShell
2 47 (14.24%) Python
3 42 (12.73%) SQL
4 36 (10.91%) Bicep
5 16 (4.85%) C#
6 14 (4.24%) Java
7 13 (3.94%) Bash
7 13 (3.94%) Ruby
8 10 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.82%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.21%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.61%) Groovy
11 2 (0.61%) Perl
11 2 (0.61%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) Delphi
12 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (38.18%) Security Cleared
2 80 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.64%) Azure Certification
4 33 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 29 (8.79%) Degree
6 12 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.64%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.33%) CISSP
8 10 (3.03%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.12%) SANS
11 6 (1.82%) CISM
11 6 (1.82%) GIAC
12 5 (1.52%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.52%) CRISC
12 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.24%) SLA
2 13 (3.94%) GDPR
3 10 (3.03%) NIST
4 9 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.73%) NCSC
5 6 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.82%) ISO 31000
6 4 (1.21%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.21%) PMO
6 4 (1.21%) QA
7 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (11.52%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.18%) Docker
3 11 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.42%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.42%) NFS
5 7 (2.12%) BitLocker
5 7 (2.12%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.82%) Postfix
6 6 (1.82%) Varnish
6 6 (1.82%) vCloud
6 6 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.21%) RACF
7 4 (1.21%) Sendmail
7 4 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.91%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 77 (23.33%) Terraform
2 37 (11.21%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (5.76%) Ansible
5 13 (3.94%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (3.03%) SCCM
8 7 (2.12%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (2.12%) Puppet
8 7 (2.12%) vMotion
9 6 (1.82%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.52%) Grafana
11 4 (1.21%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.91%) Nagios
13 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.30%) Data Guard
14 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 127 (38.48%) Microsoft
2 71 (21.52%) Oracle
3 26 (7.88%) VMware
4 13 (3.94%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.33%) Databricks
6 9 (2.73%) Citrix
6 9 (2.73%) Google
6 9 (2.73%) SAP
6 9 (2.73%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.42%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.42%) Tenable
8 6 (1.82%) Sybase
9 5 (1.52%) iManage
9 5 (1.52%) Intapp
9 5 (1.52%) Litera
9 5 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.21%) HP
10 4 (1.21%) NetApp
10 4 (1.21%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.21%) Salesforce