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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 262 220
Rank change year-on-year -22 -42 -61
Contract jobs citing PaaS 246 295 483
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.90% 1.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.32% 2.61% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 214 358
10th Percentile £363 £370 £418
25th Percentile £420 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £755 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -8.09% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 13
10th Percentile £35.50 - £75.60
25th Percentile £43.75 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.84% -50.64% +3.31%
75th Percentile £78.75 £40.25 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.50 - £93.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £74.25 £78.00
% change year-on-year -19.19% -4.81% +21.88%

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 10,615 11,324 15,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.99% 34.58% 35.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,191 7,615 11,047
10th Percentile £305 £313 £306
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 165 297
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.99 £14.58
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £18.28
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +2.82% +50.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.48 £33.27 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.42% -4.94% +59.09%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PaaS 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +1 133 £575 +2.68% 79
South East +5 35 £475 -17.39% 47
North of England -5 29 £397 -37.19% 25
Midlands -21 20 £570 -6.10% 24
West Midlands -19 18 £609 -0.08% 14
North West -3 17 £360 -40.00% 12
East of England +5 11 £525 +50.00% 14
Yorkshire -8 10 £550 -12.87% 5
South West +8 8 £725 +20.83% 25
North East -6 2 £500 -23.08% 8
East Midlands -10 2 £450 -7.69% 10
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.50%) Confluence
2 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.25%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.03%) SAS
5 4 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.63%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.81%) FileNet
6 2 (0.81%) nginx
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.41%) CICS
7 1 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) Luigi
7 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.25%) Oracle ERP
1 8 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.63%) Workday HCM
4 3 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 166 (67.48%) Azure
2 136 (55.28%) IaaS
3 115 (46.75%) SaaS
4 60 (24.39%) AWS
5 50 (20.33%) GCP
6 48 (19.51%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (14.23%) Entra ID
8 28 (11.38%) Azure AKS
9 27 (10.98%) GitHub
10 25 (10.16%) Serverless
11 23 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (8.54%) OpenShift
13 19 (7.72%) OCI
14 16 (6.50%) Azure Storage
14 16 (6.50%) Power Platform
15 15 (6.10%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (5.28%) Cloud Computing
17 11 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (4.07%) Azure Functions
18 10 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.20%) Firewall
2 19 (7.72%) DNS
3 17 (6.91%) VPN
4 13 (5.28%) DHCP
5 8 (3.25%) SAN
6 6 (2.44%) SMTP
7 5 (2.03%) HTTPS
7 5 (2.03%) SSL
8 4 (1.63%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (1.63%) Network Security
8 4 (1.63%) PBX
8 4 (1.63%) VoIP
9 3 (1.22%) WAN
10 2 (0.81%) Internet
10 2 (0.81%) NAS
10 2 (0.81%) NGFW
11 1 (0.41%) Anycast
11 1 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.54%) Azure SQL Database
1 21 (8.54%) Relational Database
2 16 (6.50%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.47%) Power BI
5 8 (3.25%) Big Data
5 8 (3.25%) Data Lake
5 8 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (3.25%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.85%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.44%) MySQL
8 5 (2.03%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.03%) Oracle Database
8 5 (2.03%) Redis
8 5 (2.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (2.03%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 4 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.63%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (8.13%) JIRA
2 15 (6.10%) SonarQube
3 12 (4.88%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.66%) Git
5 7 (2.85%) GitLab
6 6 (2.44%) Postman
7 4 (1.63%) Gradle
7 4 (1.63%) Maven
7 4 (1.63%) SonarLint
8 3 (1.22%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.81%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.41%) ERwin
10 1 (0.41%) JMeter
10 1 (0.41%) Selenium
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.11%) Finance
3 32 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.91%) Banking
6 8 (3.25%) Financial Institution
6 8 (3.25%) Marketing
7 7 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.03%) Retail
10 4 (1.63%) Aviation
10 4 (1.63%) Local Government
11 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.22%) Front Office
11 3 (1.22%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.22%) Military
12 2 (0.81%) Billing
12 2 (0.81%) Legal
12 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (26.83%) Architect
2 29 (11.79%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (9.35%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (9.35%) Lead
4 21 (8.54%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (8.13%) Azure Architect
6 18 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (6.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Developer
9 13 (5.28%) Senior
10 12 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Infrastructure Architect
11 11 (4.47%) Site Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 10 (4.07%) Cloud Architect
13 9 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
13 9 (3.66%) Environment Manager
14 8 (3.25%) Infrastructure Support
14 8 (3.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 8 (3.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.79%) .NET
2 27 (10.98%) Oracle Fusion
3 22 (8.94%) REST
4 17 (6.91%) AngularJS
4 17 (6.91%) RESTful
5 15 (6.10%) SOAP
6 13 (5.28%) ADO
6 13 (5.28%) ARM Templates
7 11 (4.47%) Web Services
8 10 (4.07%) Node.js
9 8 (3.25%) JSON
9 8 (3.25%) Middleware
10 7 (2.85%) CSS
10 7 (2.85%) HTML
11 6 (2.44%) J2EE
11 6 (2.44%) React
12 5 (2.03%) JWT
12 5 (2.03%) SAML
13 4 (1.63%) Micronaut
13 4 (1.63%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.69%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.25%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.85%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.44%) Clustering
7 6 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (2.44%) PKI
7 6 (2.44%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.03%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.63%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.63%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.63%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (17.89%) Linux
1 44 (17.89%) Windows
2 18 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.03%) Unix
3 5 (2.03%) VMS
4 2 (0.81%) Debian
5 1 (0.41%) AIX
5 1 (0.41%) Solaris
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (41.46%) DevOps
2 66 (26.83%) Agile
3 65 (26.42%) CI/CD
4 59 (23.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 49 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (17.89%) Migration
7 39 (15.85%) Roadmaps
8 38 (15.45%) Containerisation
9 30 (12.20%) ETL
10 28 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (10.98%) Analytics
12 26 (10.57%) ERP
12 26 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (10.57%) TOGAF
13 24 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
13 24 (9.76%) Cloud Security
14 23 (9.35%) Microservices
15 21 (8.54%) Observability
15 21 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
16 20 (8.13%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.36%) SQL
2 42 (17.07%) Python
3 34 (13.82%) Bicep
4 33 (13.41%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.69%) C#
6 13 (5.28%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.88%) Java
8 10 (4.07%) PHP
9 7 (2.85%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.44%) Bash
11 4 (1.63%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.41%) C
12 1 (0.41%) COBOL
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (23.98%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.45%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.57%) Azure Certification
4 20 (8.13%) Degree
5 11 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (4.47%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.03%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.03%) CCNP
8 4 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.63%) MCP
8 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.22%) CISSP
9 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.81%) ISEB
10 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.50%) GDPR
2 12 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.66%) SLA
4 7 (2.85%) SOC 2
5 6 (2.44%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.44%) NIST
5 6 (2.44%) QA
6 4 (1.63%) COBIT
6 4 (1.63%) EU AI Act
7 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.22%) GAAP
8 2 (0.81%) NCSC
8 2 (0.81%) PMO
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
9 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS
System Software
1 41 (16.67%) Docker
2 38 (15.45%) Active Directory
3 19 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.66%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.44%) BitLocker
5 6 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (2.44%) Terminal Services
5 6 (2.44%) vSphere
6 3 (1.22%) DFS Replication
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 72 (29.27%) Terraform
2 65 (26.42%) Kubernetes
3 21 (8.54%) Ansible
4 13 (5.28%) Grafana
5 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (3.25%) Puppet
7 6 (2.44%) Nagios
7 6 (2.44%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.44%) vMotion
8 4 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.81%) Control-M
9 2 (0.81%) logstash
9 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.81%) SCOM
10 1 (0.41%) Istio
10 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 93 (37.80%) Microsoft
2 57 (23.17%) Oracle
3 28 (11.38%) Google
4 27 (10.98%) VMware
5 14 (5.69%) Salesforce
6 13 (5.28%) AppDynamics
6 13 (5.28%) Databricks
6 13 (5.28%) HP
7 12 (4.88%) Citrix
8 10 (4.07%) SAP
9 9 (3.66%) Dynatrace
9 9 (3.66%) Workday
10 8 (3.25%) Cisco
10 8 (3.25%) F5
10 8 (3.25%) IBM
10 8 (3.25%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.85%) Foundry
11 7 (2.85%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.44%) DocuSign
12 6 (2.44%) Informatica