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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 271 227
Rank change year-on-year -17 -44 -28
Contract jobs citing PaaS 333 207 373
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.86% 1.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.28% 2.30% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 123 259
10th Percentile £413 £413 £375
25th Percentile £454 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £688 £625 £675
90th Percentile £726 £751 £780
UK median daily rate £541 £575 £593
% change year-on-year -5.93% -2.95% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 - £26.00
75th Percentile £55.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -66.67%

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 14,634 9,001 11,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.09% 37.60% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,956 6,168 8,515
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £510 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 216 324
10th Percentile £15.56 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.34 £17.68 £16.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.01 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +57.97% +17.01% -38.94%
75th Percentile £68.69 £37.50 £39.13
90th Percentile £81.75 £68.13 £69.85
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £27.88 £21.46
% change year-on-year +28.80% +29.92% -42.77%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -14 189 £525 -12.50% 84
South East -50 50 £700 +21.74% 36
North of England -47 46 £454 -9.20% 4
Yorkshire -37 29 £507 +19.18% 2
Midlands -41 21 £537 -10.50% 11
North West -21 17 £425 -15.00% 2
West Midlands -49 14 £539 -10.25% 8
East of England -22 12 £650 -3.77% 9
South West -30 12 £550 -1.79% 16
East Midlands -21 7 £418 -27.39% 3
North East -33 4 £638 +19.38%
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 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.90%) Confluence
4 8 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.40%) SAS
5 5 (1.50%) Apache
6 4 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.90%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.60%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.30%) IIS
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.80%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.90%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 217 (65.17%) Azure
2 215 (64.56%) IaaS
3 119 (35.74%) SaaS
4 71 (21.32%) AWS
5 62 (18.62%) Entra ID
6 56 (16.82%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (15.02%) OCI
8 40 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (11.71%) Serverless
10 31 (9.31%) GitHub
11 27 (8.11%) Azure Key Vault
12 24 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (5.71%) Azure Service Bus
13 19 (5.71%) Power Platform
14 16 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (4.50%) Azure AKS
15 15 (4.50%) GCP
16 13 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (3.60%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.11%) DNS
2 36 (10.81%) Firewall
3 24 (7.21%) VPN
4 20 (6.01%) DHCP
5 13 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.00%) SAN
6 10 (3.00%) WAN
7 8 (2.40%) LAN
8 7 (2.10%) IPsec
8 7 (2.10%) Network Security
8 7 (2.10%) PSTN
8 7 (2.10%) SMTP
8 7 (2.10%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.10%) VLAN
9 6 (1.80%) Internet
10 5 (1.50%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.50%) SSL
11 3 (0.90%) BGP
11 3 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.90%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (3.30%) Oracle Database
4 10 (3.00%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.00%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 8 (2.40%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 5 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.50%) Metadata
6 5 (1.50%) Power BI
7 4 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (1.20%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.90%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.90%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.60%) MaxDB
9 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (9.31%) Git
2 21 (6.31%) JIRA
3 12 (3.60%) Postman
4 9 (2.70%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.40%) SoapUI
6 7 (2.10%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.90%) GitLab
8 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.60%) ERwin
8 2 (0.60%) Gradle
8 2 (0.60%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.60%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 79 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.72%) Finance
3 40 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 31 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.61%) Banking
6 18 (5.41%) Legal
7 11 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.10%) Military
11 5 (1.50%) Law
12 4 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.90%) Marketing
14 2 (0.60%) Aviation
14 2 (0.60%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.60%) Local Government
14 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.60%) Retail
14 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 105 (31.53%) Architect
2 59 (17.72%) Azure Engineer
3 42 (12.61%) Senior
4 37 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 29 (8.71%) Technical Architect
6 27 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (8.11%) Lead
7 25 (7.51%) Azure Architect
8 24 (7.21%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.11%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (4.80%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 16 (4.80%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 14 (4.20%) Developer
11 14 (4.20%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (4.20%) Technical Leader
12 11 (3.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.30%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.30%) IT Engineer
12 11 (3.30%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.61%) REST
2 30 (9.01%) .NET
2 30 (9.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 30 (9.01%) Web Services
3 28 (8.41%) SOAP
4 22 (6.61%) ARM Templates
5 19 (5.71%) OAuth
6 16 (4.80%) Microsoft Graph
6 16 (4.80%) YAML
7 15 (4.50%) JSON
8 13 (3.90%) Entity Framework
8 13 (3.90%) XML
9 11 (3.30%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.70%) JWT
10 9 (2.70%) Middleware
11 8 (2.40%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.40%) XSLT
12 7 (2.10%) OpenID
12 7 (2.10%) SailPoint
12 7 (2.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.41%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.61%) Public Cloud
3 16 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.50%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.90%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.40%) Clustering
8 8 (2.40%) IoT
9 7 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
9 7 (2.10%) PKI
10 6 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.80%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (15.62%) Windows
2 37 (11.11%) Linux
3 15 (4.50%) Unix
3 15 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.10%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.80%) Android
5 6 (1.80%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.50%) VMS
7 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.30%) CentOS
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (43.54%) DevOps
2 125 (37.54%) CI/CD
3 101 (30.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 81 (24.32%) Migration
5 70 (21.02%) Agile
6 69 (20.72%) Roadmaps
7 48 (14.41%) Technical Leadership
8 44 (13.21%) Analytics
8 44 (13.21%) Microservices
9 43 (12.91%) Architectural Patterns
10 42 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 40 (12.01%) ERP
12 37 (11.11%) Containerisation
12 37 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (11.11%) TOGAF
13 35 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 34 (10.21%) RBAC
15 32 (9.61%) Decision-Making
15 32 (9.61%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.12%) PowerShell
2 54 (16.22%) SQL
3 42 (12.61%) Python
4 38 (11.41%) Bicep
5 15 (4.50%) C#
6 14 (4.20%) Java
7 11 (3.30%) Ruby
8 10 (3.00%) Bash
8 10 (3.00%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (2.40%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.50%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.60%) Groovy
12 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.60%) Perl
12 2 (0.60%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (39.94%) Security Cleared
2 85 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 52 (15.62%) Azure Certification
4 38 (11.41%) DV Cleared
5 31 (9.31%) Degree
6 16 (4.80%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (3.90%) CISSP
7 13 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.10%) CISM
10 7 (2.10%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.10%) SANS
11 6 (1.80%) GIAC
12 5 (1.50%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.50%) CRISC
12 5 (1.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.50%) SLA
2 14 (4.20%) GDPR
3 11 (3.30%) NCSC
4 10 (3.00%) NIST
5 9 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.80%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.60%) Basel III
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.60%) GAAP
9 2 (0.60%) IFRS
9 2 (0.60%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.60%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.60%) QA
10 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (12.91%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.31%) Docker
3 16 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.30%) vCloud
5 10 (3.00%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.10%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.10%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.80%) NFS
8 6 (1.80%) Postfix
8 6 (1.80%) Varnish
9 5 (1.50%) RACF
9 5 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.20%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.90%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.60%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.60%) vSphere
13 1 (0.30%) Firmware
13 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (25.83%) Terraform
2 35 (10.51%) Kubernetes
3 19 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (5.41%) Ansible
4 18 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (4.80%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (2.70%) SCCM
7 7 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (2.10%) Puppet
7 7 (2.10%) vMotion
8 6 (1.80%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.20%) Grafana
10 3 (0.90%) Control-M
10 3 (0.90%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.60%) systemd
12 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 130 (39.04%) Microsoft
2 70 (21.02%) Oracle
3 34 (10.21%) VMware
4 13 (3.90%) Dynatrace
4 13 (3.90%) SAP
5 9 (2.70%) Citrix
5 9 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.40%) Databricks
6 8 (2.40%) Tenable
7 7 (2.10%) AppDynamics
7 7 (2.10%) NetApp
8 6 (1.80%) iManage
8 6 (1.80%) Intapp
9 5 (1.50%) Google
10 4 (1.20%) Aderant
10 4 (1.20%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.20%) Informatica
10 4 (1.20%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.20%) Workday