PaaS Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 100 104
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing PaaS 21 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.88% 0.94% 0.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.44% 2.60% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 11
10th Percentile £460 £351 £410
25th Percentile £510 £390 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +13.50% -3.85% +22.35%
75th Percentile £627 £550 £541
90th Percentile £647 £633 £600
UK median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -3.16%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 859 578 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 36.05% 36.19% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 365 391
10th Percentile £307 £351 £213
25th Percentile £402 £425 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £625 £614
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 8
10th Percentile £13.97 £19.58 £16.69
25th Percentile £15.35 £26.32 £18.42
Median hourly rate £15.81 £37.55 £21.14
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +77.58% -11.39%
75th Percentile £18.75 £48.77 £24.18
90th Percentile - £55.51 -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.06% -11.43%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

PaaS job vacancy trend in Scotland

PaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PaaS

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in Scotland

PaaS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Edinburgh -1 11 £595 +13.33% 3
Glasgow -20 9 £540 +20.00% 3
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 16 (76.19%) IaaS
2 15 (71.43%) SaaS
3 13 (61.90%) Azure
4 7 (33.33%) OCI
5 3 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.76%) SSH
2 1 (4.76%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
1 1 (4.76%) JMeter
1 1 (4.76%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Military
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Architect
2 9 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Cloud Native
1 5 (23.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
3 3 (14.29%) CCTV
3 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
4 1 (4.76%) NHS
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (38.10%) Cloud Security
3 7 (33.33%) Agile
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 5 (23.81%) Architecture Roadmap
5 5 (23.81%) ERP
5 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
5 5 (23.81%) Scrum
6 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (19.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (19.05%) ITIL
6 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) User Experience
6 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) PL/SQL
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 3 (14.29%) PMP
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) NCSC
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) AppDynamics
3 1 (4.76%) Dynatrace
3 1 (4.76%) Okta
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow