PaaS Contracts in England

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PaaS over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 205 144
Rank change year-on-year -43 -61 -10
Contract jobs citing PaaS 359 653 1,337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 1.33% 1.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.06% 3.64% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 452 925
10th Percentile £400 £431 £425
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £780 £788 £783
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile - £71.15 £72.50
25th Percentile £25.50 £76.36 £75.12
Median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +38.75%
75th Percentile £26.50 £83.99 £86.23
90th Percentile - £93.75 £87.42
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £78.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.72% +36.43%

All Cloud Skills
England

PaaS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,745 17,918 26,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.95% 36.59% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,475 13,111 19,842
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 304 351
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.31
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% +1.84%
75th Percentile £33.25 £65.81 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -38.94% +55.90% -0.22%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PaaS in England.

Daily rate trend for PaaS in England

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in England

PaaS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PaaS in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 10 May 2024. 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 -26 196 £563 -1.32% 79
South West +41 64 £650 +17.91% 15
North of England +17 35 £575 +4.55% 28
South East -33 31 £525 -12.50% 25
North West +9 24 £595 +8.18% 14
Midlands +1 19 £625 -7.41% 20
West Midlands -2 17 £625 -9.09% 13
Yorkshire +15 10 £525 -16.00% 8
East Midlands +17 2 - - 7
North East +13 1 £650 +8.33% 6
East of England +3 1 £350 -26.32% 9
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 15 (4.18%) Confluence
2 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.51%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.23%) Apache
5 6 (1.67%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.39%) nginx
7 4 (1.11%) CMS
7 4 (1.11%) IIS
8 3 (0.84%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.28%) Drupal
9 1 (0.28%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 211 (58.77%) IaaS
2 196 (54.60%) SaaS
3 195 (54.32%) Azure
4 87 (24.23%) AWS
5 59 (16.43%) Cloud Computing
6 53 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (13.09%) Entra ID
8 44 (12.26%) Serverless
9 27 (7.52%) GCP
10 24 (6.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 24 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (6.41%) Azure Monitor
12 21 (5.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 21 (5.85%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (5.01%) Azure API Management
13 18 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (4.74%) Azure Functions
14 17 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (4.74%) Power Platform
15 16 (4.46%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.42%) Firewall
2 34 (9.47%) DNS
2 34 (9.47%) LAN
3 33 (9.19%) WAN
4 29 (8.08%) VPN
5 16 (4.46%) DHCP
6 15 (4.18%) TCP/IP
7 13 (3.62%) FTP
8 12 (3.34%) Kerberos
8 12 (3.34%) PBX
8 12 (3.34%) VoIP
9 10 (2.79%) NAS
9 10 (2.79%) SAN
10 8 (2.23%) Internet
10 8 (2.23%) VLAN
11 7 (1.95%) Network Security
12 6 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.39%) HTTP
14 4 (1.11%) SSH
14 4 (1.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.86%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (4.46%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.90%) Hadoop
5 12 (3.34%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.95%) Power BI
8 7 (1.95%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.39%) Big Data
10 5 (1.39%) Couchbase
11 4 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.11%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.84%) OLAP
12 3 (0.84%) OLTP
12 3 (0.84%) Redis
12 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 48 (13.37%) Git
2 27 (7.52%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.85%) JIRA
4 14 (3.90%) TeamCity
5 12 (3.34%) Postman
6 11 (3.06%) Bitbucket
7 9 (2.51%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (2.51%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.67%) Selenium
8 6 (1.67%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.39%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.39%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.39%) GitLab
9 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.84%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.56%) Moq
11 2 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.56%) Snyk
11 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (19.50%) Public Sector
2 68 (18.94%) Finance
3 62 (17.27%) Social Skills
4 38 (10.58%) Telecoms
5 23 (6.41%) Manufacturing
6 19 (5.29%) Marketing
7 18 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (4.18%) Banking
9 15 (4.18%) Electronics
10 13 (3.62%) Legal
11 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.95%) Digital Economy
14 5 (1.39%) Law
15 4 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.11%) Retail
16 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.56%) Automotive
17 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (36.49%) Architect
2 41 (11.42%) Solutions Architect
3 39 (10.86%) Senior
4 36 (10.03%) Developer
5 31 (8.64%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (8.36%) Cloud Architect
7 27 (7.52%) DevOps Engineer
7 27 (7.52%) Network Architect
8 25 (6.96%) Lead
9 20 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (5.01%) Security Architect
11 17 (4.74%) Azure Architect
11 17 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.90%) C# Developer
13 13 (3.62%) Implementation Specialist
14 12 (3.34%) Analyst
14 12 (3.34%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.06%) Enterprise Architect
15 11 (3.06%) Senior Architect
15 11 (3.06%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.70%) .NET
2 33 (9.19%) LDAP
3 20 (5.57%) JSON
4 19 (5.29%) REST
5 17 (4.74%) Middleware
5 17 (4.74%) Web Services
6 15 (4.18%) OAuth
7 13 (3.62%) OpenID
8 11 (3.06%) .NET Core
8 11 (3.06%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.06%) ARM Templates
8 11 (3.06%) SAML
8 11 (3.06%) Swagger
8 11 (3.06%) YAML
9 9 (2.51%) RESTful
10 8 (2.23%) ASP.NET
10 8 (2.23%) Node.js
11 7 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (1.95%) SOAP
12 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.42%) Data Centre
2 27 (7.52%) Replication
3 23 (6.41%) Public Cloud
4 16 (4.46%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.46%) IoT
4 16 (4.46%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.18%) Clustering
5 15 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.90%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.62%) Virtual Team
8 12 (3.34%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (2.51%) Blackberry
9 9 (2.51%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.95%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.95%) PKI
12 6 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 4 (1.11%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 70 (19.50%) Linux
2 59 (16.43%) Windows
3 28 (7.80%) Unix
4 20 (5.57%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (3.34%) VMS
6 10 (2.79%) Solaris
7 8 (2.23%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (1.39%) Android
8 5 (1.39%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.39%) CentOS
8 5 (1.39%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.36%) DevOps
2 101 (28.13%) Agile
3 73 (20.33%) CI/CD
4 58 (16.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (13.37%) Roadmaps
6 43 (11.98%) Migration
7 40 (11.14%) Cloud Security
8 39 (10.86%) Zero Trust
9 38 (10.58%) Open Source
10 37 (10.31%) Disaster Recovery
10 37 (10.31%) Microservices
11 36 (10.03%) Scrum
12 35 (9.75%) Business Strategy
12 35 (9.75%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (8.36%) Continuous Integration
14 29 (8.08%) TOGAF
15 28 (7.80%) API Management
15 28 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 28 (7.80%) Software Engineering
16 27 (7.52%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.66%) Python
2 63 (17.55%) SQL
3 54 (15.04%) PowerShell
4 40 (11.14%) C#
5 22 (6.13%) Bash
6 17 (4.74%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.34%) Java
8 10 (2.79%) Go
9 9 (2.51%) Bicep
9 9 (2.51%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.39%) Perl
10 5 (1.39%) Ruby
11 4 (1.11%) C
11 4 (1.11%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.84%) Julia
12 3 (0.84%) PHP
12 3 (0.84%) Scala
13 1 (0.28%) Groovy
13 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (25.35%) Security Cleared
2 48 (13.37%) DV Cleared
3 47 (13.09%) SC Cleared
4 45 (12.53%) Degree
5 17 (4.74%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.90%) PMI Certification
6 14 (3.90%) PMP
7 13 (3.62%) APMP
7 13 (3.62%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (2.51%) CISSP
9 7 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.95%) HND
10 5 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.39%) CISM
11 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.84%) CCNP
12 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.74%) NIST
2 11 (3.06%) GDPR
3 10 (2.79%) QA
4 8 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.39%) SLA
7 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.84%) WCAG
9 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 65 (18.11%) Active Directory
2 32 (8.91%) Docker
3 28 (7.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (5.29%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (4.74%) NFS
6 13 (3.62%) HDFS
6 13 (3.62%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.28%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.28%) XenApp
9 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 76 (21.17%) Terraform
2 52 (14.48%) Kubernetes
3 32 (8.91%) Ansible
4 17 (4.74%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (3.06%) Netcool
6 10 (2.79%) Grafana
7 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.23%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (2.23%) Prometheus
8 8 (2.23%) Tivoli
8 8 (2.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (1.67%) Puppet
10 5 (1.39%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.56%) Argo
11 2 (0.56%) Nessus
11 2 (0.56%) OPNET
11 2 (0.56%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.56%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 145 (40.39%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.14%) Oracle
3 32 (8.91%) VMware
4 31 (8.64%) Google
5 22 (6.13%) Cisco
6 21 (5.85%) Isilon
6 21 (5.85%) SAP
7 18 (5.01%) IBM
8 16 (4.46%) Salesforce
9 15 (4.18%) Splunk
10 12 (3.34%) Dell
11 11 (3.06%) ServiceNow
12 10 (2.79%) HP
13 9 (2.51%) Avaya
13 9 (2.51%) Citrix
13 9 (2.51%) Databricks
13 9 (2.51%) Ericsson
13 9 (2.51%) Juniper
13 9 (2.51%) Nokia
13 9 (2.51%) Ribbon