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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 238 202
Rank change year-on-year -77 -36 -19
Contract jobs citing PaaS 241 311 450
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.03% 1.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.04% 2.82% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 212 272
10th Percentile £363 £413 £403
25th Percentile £413 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +0.84%
75th Percentile £622 £675 £675
90th Percentile £729 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -10.26% +1.74% -1.71%
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 - - +35.10%

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 11,806 11,023 13,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.13% 36.35% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,086 7,372 9,861
10th Percentile £304 £313 £290
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 142 270
10th Percentile £14.83 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.94 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £69.98 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
% change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%

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 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 8 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 8 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 -45 124 £550 -4.35% 61
North of England -25 35 £475 -10.38% 48
South East -48 26 £465 -16.96% 69
East of England +5 22 £450 -25.00% 27
Midlands -43 22 £526 -13.34% 44
Yorkshire -26 18 £525 - 25
West Midlands -37 18 £579 -5.00% 22
North West -11 17 £360 -32.08% 22
South West -36 5 £575 -6.12% 26
East Midlands -17 4 £434 -3.61% 20
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 12 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.15%) Confluence
2 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.07%) SAS
5 4 (1.66%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.24%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.83%) FileNet
8 1 (0.41%) Apache
8 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.41%) CICS
8 1 (0.41%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) Luigi
8 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (4.15%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.66%) Workday HCM
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 171 (70.95%) Azure
2 110 (45.64%) IaaS
3 105 (43.57%) SaaS
4 53 (21.99%) AWS
5 40 (16.60%) GitHub
6 36 (14.94%) Entra ID
6 36 (14.94%) GCP
7 35 (14.52%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (13.28%) Azure AKS
9 28 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (11.20%) OCI
10 27 (11.20%) Serverless
11 20 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (7.47%) Azure Functions
13 16 (6.64%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (6.22%) Power Platform
15 14 (5.81%) Azure Key Vault
15 14 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (5.81%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (5.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.79%) Firewall
2 13 (5.39%) DNS
3 12 (4.98%) VPN
4 9 (3.73%) DHCP
5 6 (2.49%) Network Security
5 6 (2.49%) SAN
6 5 (2.07%) WAN
7 3 (1.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.83%) BGP
8 2 (0.83%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (0.83%) Internet
8 2 (0.83%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.83%) NAS
8 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.41%) DMVPN
9 1 (0.41%) MQTT
9 1 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.05%) Relational Database
2 14 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (4.15%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.15%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.32%) Power BI
5 6 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.49%) MySQL
6 5 (2.07%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.07%) Redis
6 5 (2.07%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 5 (2.07%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 4 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.66%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.66%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.66%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.24%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.22%) Git
2 12 (4.98%) Postman
2 12 (4.98%) SonarQube
3 11 (4.56%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.56%) JIRA
4 7 (2.90%) GitLab
5 4 (1.66%) Gradle
5 4 (1.66%) Maven
5 4 (1.66%) SonarLint
6 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.24%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.83%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.41%) ERwin
8 1 (0.41%) JMeter
8 1 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (25.31%) Social Skills
2 44 (18.26%) Finance
3 38 (15.77%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.81%) Banking
6 7 (2.90%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.49%) Aviation
8 5 (2.07%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.07%) Retail
9 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.66%) Front Office
9 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.66%) Local Government
9 4 (1.66%) Military
10 3 (1.24%) Billing
10 3 (1.24%) Marketing
10 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (23.24%) Architect
2 27 (11.20%) Senior
3 25 (10.37%) Lead
4 23 (9.54%) Developer
5 21 (8.71%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (7.88%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (7.05%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.56%) Azure Architect
10 11 (4.56%) Consultant
11 9 (3.73%) Environment Manager
11 9 (3.73%) Oracle Specialist
12 8 (3.32%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.90%) Administrator
13 7 (2.90%) Data Engineer
13 7 (2.90%) Integration Specialist
13 7 (2.90%) Security Architect
14 6 (2.49%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (19.09%) .NET
2 31 (12.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 28 (11.62%) RESTful
4 27 (11.20%) REST
5 24 (9.96%) SOAP
6 21 (8.71%) Web Services
7 16 (6.64%) AngularJS
8 14 (5.81%) JSON
9 13 (5.39%) Node.js
10 12 (4.98%) SAML
11 11 (4.56%) OpenID
11 11 (4.56%) PyTorch
11 11 (4.56%) Semantic Kernel
11 11 (4.56%) TensorFlow
12 10 (4.15%) OAuth
13 8 (3.32%) ARM Templates
13 8 (3.32%) JWT
14 7 (2.90%) React
15 6 (2.49%) .NET Framework
16 5 (2.07%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.60%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.98%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.73%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.32%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.90%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.07%) IoT
8 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.66%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.24%) PKI
10 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.94%) Windows
2 35 (14.52%) Linux
3 12 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.90%) VMS
5 5 (2.07%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) AIX
6 1 (0.41%) Solaris
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (36.10%) DevOps
2 67 (27.80%) Agile
3 60 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (24.07%) CI/CD
5 50 (20.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (16.60%) Migration
7 38 (15.77%) Roadmaps
8 34 (14.11%) AI
8 34 (14.11%) Containerisation
9 29 (12.03%) ERP
10 28 (11.62%) Observability
11 27 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (11.20%) Machine Learning
12 25 (10.37%) Analytics
13 24 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (9.96%) TOGAF
14 23 (9.54%) Cloud Security
14 23 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 23 (9.54%) Software Engineering
15 22 (9.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.65%) Python
2 43 (17.84%) SQL
3 33 (13.69%) PowerShell
4 26 (10.79%) Bicep
5 19 (7.88%) C#
6 11 (4.56%) PHP
7 10 (4.15%) Java
8 9 (3.73%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (3.32%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.90%) Bash
11 4 (1.66%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.66%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.41%) C
12 1 (0.41%) COBOL
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (25.31%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.30%) Degree
4 16 (6.64%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.56%) MCP
6 8 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.32%) CISSP
7 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.24%) CCNP
11 3 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.83%) CCIE
12 2 (0.83%) CCSP
12 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.83%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.83%) MCITP
12 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.05%) GDPR
2 16 (6.64%) NIST
3 15 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.56%) EU AI Act
5 6 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.07%) QA
6 5 (2.07%) SLA
6 5 (2.07%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.66%) COBIT
8 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.24%) NCSC
8 3 (1.24%) PMO
9 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.83%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (13.28%) Docker
2 28 (11.62%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.24%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.41%) NFS
6 1 (0.41%) vCloud
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 67 (27.80%) Terraform
2 47 (19.50%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.98%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (4.56%) Grafana
5 10 (4.15%) Ansible
6 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.24%) SCCM
9 2 (0.83%) logstash
9 2 (0.83%) Puppet
9 2 (0.83%) SCOM
9 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) vRealize
10 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 102 (42.32%) Microsoft
2 60 (24.90%) Oracle
3 21 (8.71%) Google
4 17 (7.05%) VMware
5 14 (5.81%) Databricks
5 14 (5.81%) Foundry
6 13 (5.39%) AppDynamics
7 12 (4.98%) Salesforce
8 11 (4.56%) Dynatrace
9 9 (3.73%) Workday
10 7 (2.90%) HP
10 7 (2.90%) SAP
11 6 (2.49%) Cisco
11 6 (2.49%) Citrix
11 6 (2.49%) DocuSign
11 6 (2.49%) F5
11 6 (2.49%) IBM
12 5 (2.07%) MuleSoft
12 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.66%) Anaplan