PaaS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 207 186
Rank change year-on-year -81 -21 +3
Contract jobs citing PaaS 132 134 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 1.00% 1.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.02% 3.03% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 97 122
10th Percentile £407 £413 £413
25th Percentile £425 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £650 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £693 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £67.56
90th Percentile - - £77.40
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -50.48%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,525 4,416 5,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.99% 32.96% 28.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,520 2,996 4,250
10th Percentile £250 £237 £215
25th Percentile £378 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £663 £674 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 108 241
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.94 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.69 £24.42 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.80% +22.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60.00 £36.17 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.12 £68.75 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +25.00% -12.00%

PaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

PaaS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PaaS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PaaS

PaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PaaS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PaaS in the UK excluding London

PaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PaaS

PaaS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PaaS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
South East -48 41 £625 +9.17% 32
North of England -46 36 £476 +0.21% 20
East of England 0 23 £475 -29.68% 8
Yorkshire -44 23 £525 +23.53% 2
Scotland +4 14 £543 +1.59% 2
North West -29 13 £436 -3.11% 14
Midlands -60 12 £463 -19.57% 17
West Midlands -58 9 £634 +5.67% 14
South West -33 7 £575 -8.00% 14
East Midlands -26 3 £418 -18.54% 3
North East -24 1 - - 4
PaaS
UK

PaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (5.30%) Confluence
2 6 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.27%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.27%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 92 (69.70%) Azure
2 81 (61.36%) IaaS
3 44 (33.33%) SaaS
4 40 (30.30%) AWS
5 23 (17.42%) Serverless
6 19 (14.39%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (13.64%) Azure AKS
8 17 (12.88%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (12.88%) Entra ID
9 14 (10.61%) Azure Functions
10 12 (9.09%) GitHub
11 10 (7.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (6.82%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (6.82%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (5.30%) Azure Storage
13 7 (5.30%) GCP
13 7 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (3.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (3.79%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.15%) Firewall
2 11 (8.33%) DNS
3 10 (7.58%) DHCP
4 9 (6.82%) VPN
5 6 (4.55%) IPsec
6 5 (3.79%) Kerberos
6 5 (3.79%) Network Security
6 5 (3.79%) SSL
7 3 (2.27%) BGP
7 3 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.27%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (2.27%) VXLAN
8 2 (1.52%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.52%) Internet
8 2 (1.52%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.52%) NX-OS
8 2 (1.52%) SAN
8 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.52%) VLAN
8 2 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.82%) NoSQL
2 7 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.27%) DocumentDB
5 3 (2.27%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.52%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.76%) Metadata
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.76%) Parquet
7 1 (0.76%) Redis
7 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.85%) Git
2 11 (8.33%) JIRA
3 6 (4.55%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.03%) GitLab
5 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.76%) Postman
5 1 (0.76%) Selenium
5 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.76%) Subversion
5 1 (0.76%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 27 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.67%) Finance
3 17 (12.88%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.06%) Aviation
6 5 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.27%) Retail
8 2 (1.52%) Banking
8 2 (1.52%) Military
9 1 (0.76%) Legal
9 1 (0.76%) Local Government
9 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 38 (28.79%) Architect
2 27 (20.45%) Senior
3 22 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
4 16 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (11.36%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (11.36%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (7.58%) Developer
6 10 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (6.82%) Senior Architect
8 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.30%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.30%) Lead
8 7 (5.30%) Technical Architect
8 7 (5.30%) VMware Architect
9 6 (4.55%) Senior Technical Architect
10 5 (3.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (3.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.15%) .NET
2 15 (11.36%) OpenID
2 15 (11.36%) SAML
3 14 (10.61%) RESTful
4 10 (7.58%) OAuth
5 9 (6.82%) A2A Protocol
5 9 (6.82%) Model Context Protocol
5 9 (6.82%) PyTorch
5 9 (6.82%) Semantic Kernel
5 9 (6.82%) TensorFlow
6 7 (5.30%) ARM Templates
6 7 (5.30%) OAuth2
7 6 (4.55%) Web Services
8 5 (3.79%) Kafka
8 5 (3.79%) XACML
9 4 (3.03%) React
10 3 (2.27%) .NET Core
10 3 (2.27%) Next.js
10 3 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.94%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.82%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.30%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.79%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.27%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.52%) Clustering
7 2 (1.52%) CMDB
7 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.52%) IoT
7 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.36%) Windows
2 12 (9.09%) Linux
3 5 (3.79%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (43.94%) DevOps
2 45 (34.09%) CI/CD
3 40 (30.30%) Agile
4 37 (28.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (17.42%) Roadmaps
7 21 (15.91%) Migration
8 20 (15.15%) Observability
9 19 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (12.88%) AI
10 17 (12.88%) Enterprise Architecture
11 16 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (11.36%) Microservices
13 14 (10.61%) CRM
13 14 (10.61%) Decision-Making
13 14 (10.61%) ITIL
13 14 (10.61%) Test Automation
14 13 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 12 (9.09%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.67%) SQL
2 21 (15.91%) Python
3 16 (12.12%) PowerShell
4 11 (8.33%) Bicep
5 8 (6.06%) C#
6 7 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.79%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.27%) Bash
8 3 (2.27%) Java
9 2 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.52%) PHP
10 1 (0.76%) C++
10 1 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.76%) VBA
10 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (21.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.12%) Azure Certification
3 13 (9.85%) DV Cleared
3 13 (9.85%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.33%) Degree
5 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 6 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 6 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.79%) CISSP
8 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.52%) CCNA
10 2 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.52%) OCP
10 2 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) NIST
2 9 (6.82%) EU AI Act
3 5 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.03%) GDPR
4 4 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.03%) NCSC
4 4 (3.03%) SLA
5 3 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.52%) QA
7 1 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.30%) Docker
3 7 (5.30%) vCloud
4 5 (3.79%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.79%) RACF
5 4 (3.03%) VMware NSX
5 4 (3.03%) vSphere
6 2 (1.52%) DFS Replication
6 2 (1.52%) NFS
6 2 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (24.24%) Terraform
2 22 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 14 (10.61%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (4.55%) Ansible
4 6 (4.55%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.79%) SCCM
6 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.27%) Grafana
8 2 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.52%) Data Guard
8 2 (1.52%) logstash
8 2 (1.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (1.52%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (1.52%) systemd
8 2 (1.52%) vRealize
8 2 (1.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.76%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.76%) CASB
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 60 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.15%) VMware
3 10 (7.58%) Foundry
4 8 (6.06%) Oracle
5 5 (3.79%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.03%) Cisco
6 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.27%) Aruba
7 3 (2.27%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.27%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.27%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.27%) Google
7 3 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.27%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.27%) Tenable
8 2 (1.52%) AppDynamics
8 2 (1.52%) Databricks
8 2 (1.52%) Meraki
8 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.52%) Qualys