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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 281 247
Rank change year-on-year -52 -34 -46
Contract jobs citing PaaS 310 237 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.86% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.94% 2.30% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 145 258
10th Percentile £413 £401 £364
25th Percentile £453 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £596
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.76% -0.63%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £596
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.76% -0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £35.50 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.75 £36.75
Median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +55.84% -51.27%
75th Percentile £55.13 £78.75 £40.25
90th Percentile £55.35 £88.50 -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year -10.42% -19.19% -6.01%

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 15,950 10,289 11,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.99% 37.17% 33.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,644 6,980 7,945
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -2.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 270 232
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.68 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.15 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +35.76% +6.34% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.66 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.64 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £28.00 £24.84
% change year-on-year +25.00% +12.72% -29.03%

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 August 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 August 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 -15 186 £531 -7.61% 170
South East -66 38 £700 +21.74% 55
North of England -73 29 £477 -4.60% 34
Midlands -42 28 £525 -12.50% 26
Yorkshire -35 18 £500 -9.05% 8
West Midlands -45 18 £531 -14.08% 21
East of England -11 12 £650 -9.57% 11
South West -46 12 £500 -24.73% 14
North West -50 11 £439 +20.26% 23
East Midlands +1 10 £488 +8.33% 5
North East -44 3 £638 +27.50% 5
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 21 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.23%) SAS
4 7 (2.26%) Confluence
5 5 (1.61%) Apache
6 4 (1.29%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.65%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.32%) IIS
8 1 (0.32%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.55%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.90%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.32%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 221 (71.29%) Azure
2 187 (60.32%) IaaS
3 110 (35.48%) SaaS
4 71 (22.90%) AWS
5 64 (20.65%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (19.35%) Entra ID
7 44 (14.19%) GitHub
8 43 (13.87%) OCI
9 33 (10.65%) Azure Monitor
10 32 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (9.03%) Serverless
12 27 (8.71%) Azure AKS
12 27 (8.71%) Azure Key Vault
13 23 (7.42%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (6.77%) GCP
15 19 (6.13%) Azure App Service
16 17 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (3.87%) Power Platform
18 10 (3.23%) Azure Functions
18 10 (3.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.61%) DNS
2 33 (10.65%) Firewall
3 27 (8.71%) VPN
4 19 (6.13%) DHCP
5 14 (4.52%) SAN
6 9 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.26%) Network Security
7 7 (2.26%) VLAN
8 6 (1.94%) Internet
8 6 (1.94%) NAS
8 6 (1.94%) SMTP
9 4 (1.29%) Kerberos
9 4 (1.29%) WAN
10 3 (0.97%) FTP
10 3 (0.97%) IPv4
10 3 (0.97%) LAN
11 2 (0.65%) NaaS
11 2 (0.65%) PSTN
11 2 (0.65%) SSL
11 2 (0.65%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.77%) Azure SQL Database
1 21 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.87%) Oracle Database
2 12 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.23%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 10 (3.23%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 9 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (2.26%) Big Data
5 7 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.94%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.61%) Db2
7 5 (1.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (1.61%) Power BI
7 5 (1.61%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.29%) Metadata
8 4 (1.29%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (0.97%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 26 (8.39%) Git
2 10 (3.23%) JIRA
3 8 (2.58%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.61%) GitLab
4 5 (1.61%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.29%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.29%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.65%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.65%) Postman
6 2 (0.65%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 76 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 60 (19.35%) Finance
3 40 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.06%) Banking
6 20 (6.45%) Legal
7 14 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.61%) Law
9 5 (1.61%) Military
10 4 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.65%) Aviation
12 2 (0.65%) Local Government
12 2 (0.65%) Marketing
12 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.32%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 104 (33.55%) Architect
2 51 (16.45%) Azure Engineer
3 34 (10.97%) Senior
4 32 (10.32%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (8.71%) Lead
8 26 (8.39%) Azure Architect
9 23 (7.42%) Cloud Architect
9 23 (7.42%) Developer
10 20 (6.45%) Technical Architect
11 18 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.16%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 15 (4.84%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (4.19%) Lead Architect
15 12 (3.87%) Azure Developer
16 11 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
16 11 (3.55%) Oracle Architect
16 11 (3.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.61%) REST
2 29 (9.35%) .NET
3 22 (7.10%) Oracle Fusion
4 20 (6.45%) .NET Framework
5 18 (5.81%) SOAP
6 15 (4.84%) Web Services
7 14 (4.52%) Middleware
8 13 (4.19%) .NET Core
9 12 (3.87%) JSON
10 10 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 9 (2.90%) ARM Templates
11 9 (2.90%) Entity Framework
11 9 (2.90%) OAuth
12 8 (2.58%) XML
13 6 (1.94%) React
13 6 (1.94%) SAML
14 4 (1.29%) LDAP
14 4 (1.29%) OpenID
14 4 (1.29%) XSLT
14 4 (1.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
2 17 (5.48%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.84%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.19%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.55%) PKI
7 10 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.26%) Clustering
9 7 (2.26%) SCADA
10 6 (1.94%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.94%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.94%) Wiki
11 5 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.61%) IoT
11 5 (1.61%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.29%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 48 (15.48%) Windows
2 31 (10.00%) Linux
3 18 (5.81%) Unix
4 12 (3.87%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.90%) VMS
6 7 (2.26%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.94%) Android
7 6 (1.94%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (40.65%) DevOps
2 118 (38.06%) CI/CD
3 81 (26.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (25.48%) Migration
5 54 (17.42%) Agile
6 46 (14.84%) Analytics
6 46 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 45 (14.52%) Roadmaps
8 44 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (13.87%) RBAC
10 39 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 38 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 37 (11.94%) Observability
13 36 (11.61%) Disaster Recovery
14 35 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
15 33 (10.65%) Containerisation
15 33 (10.65%) ERP
16 32 (10.32%) Technical Leadership
17 30 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
18 29 (9.35%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.74%) PowerShell
2 45 (14.52%) Python
3 40 (12.90%) Bicep
4 37 (11.94%) SQL
5 25 (8.06%) C#
6 15 (4.84%) Bash
7 13 (4.19%) Ruby
8 12 (3.87%) Java
9 7 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.61%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.29%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.97%) Groovy
13 2 (0.65%) Delphi
13 2 (0.65%) Perl
13 2 (0.65%) Scala
13 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (39.68%) Security Cleared
2 79 (25.48%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.55%) Azure Certification
4 32 (10.32%) DV Cleared
5 23 (7.42%) Degree
6 12 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.90%) CISSP
9 8 (2.58%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (2.26%) CISM
10 7 (2.26%) GIAC
11 6 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (1.61%) CRISC
12 5 (1.61%) SANS
12 5 (1.61%) SSCP
13 4 (1.29%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.55%) GDPR
1 11 (3.55%) SLA
2 8 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.26%) NCSC
3 7 (2.26%) NIST
4 6 (1.94%) ISO 31000
4 6 (1.94%) QA
5 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.81%) Docker
3 15 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.90%) NFS
5 8 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.94%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.94%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.94%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.61%) Postfix
7 5 (1.61%) Varnish
7 5 (1.61%) vCloud
8 4 (1.29%) Sendmail
9 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.65%) Firmware
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 69 (22.26%) Terraform
2 30 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.84%) Ansible
3 15 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (3.55%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.58%) SCCM
6 6 (1.94%) Puppet
6 6 (1.94%) vMotion
7 5 (1.61%) Grafana
7 5 (1.61%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.29%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.97%) Nagios
9 3 (0.97%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.32%) QRadar
11 1 (0.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 123 (39.68%) Microsoft
2 72 (23.23%) Oracle
3 27 (8.71%) VMware
4 12 (3.87%) Databricks
5 11 (3.55%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.90%) Tenable
7 8 (2.58%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.58%) SAP
8 7 (2.26%) Citrix
8 7 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.26%) Sybase
9 6 (1.94%) Google
10 5 (1.61%) Greenplum
11 4 (1.29%) iManage
11 4 (1.29%) Intapp
11 4 (1.29%) Litera
11 4 (1.29%) Okta
11 4 (1.29%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.29%) Splunk