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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 271 241
Rank change year-on-year -98 -30 -49
Contract jobs citing PaaS 112 116 130
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.73% 0.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.37% 2.24% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 82 93
10th Percentile £413 £351 £375
25th Percentile £470 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £626 £588 £650
90th Percentile £684 £723 £685
UK median daily rate £540 £540 £575
% change year-on-year - -6.09% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £51.68 - -
25th Percentile £52.31 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
75th Percentile £55.06 - -
90th Percentile £55.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £110.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -45.45% +41.03%

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 8,196 5,173 4,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.65% 28.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,178 3,483 3,165
10th Percentile £263 £246 £250
25th Percentile £402 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 164 129
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.75 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -44.00% +46.00%
75th Percentile £69.82 £35.07 £69.69
90th Percentile £79.00 £66.13 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% +6.06%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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
Midlands -27 36 £508 -10.96% 46
North of England -72 22 £500 +17.65% 51
South East -70 21 £563 +25.00% 40
Scotland -19 19 £595 +25.26% 16
West Midlands -44 19 £565 -7.22% 31
East Midlands -3 17 £500 +11.11% 15
Yorkshire -34 11 £522 +7.08% 21
South West -29 7 £485 -33.10% 17
East of England -39 6 £413 -25.00% 15
North West -61 6 £500 +38.89% 21
North East -37 5 - - 9
Wales - 1 - - 6
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 9 (8.04%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (5.36%) Confluence
2 6 (5.36%) SAS
3 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.89%) CMS
4 1 (0.89%) Documentum
4 1 (0.89%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (76.79%) Azure
2 77 (68.75%) IaaS
3 45 (40.18%) SaaS
4 35 (31.25%) Entra ID
5 20 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (16.96%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (13.39%) AWS
9 13 (11.61%) OCI
10 12 (10.71%) Azure AKS
10 12 (10.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (8.93%) GitHub
12 9 (8.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (8.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (5.36%) Azure Storage
13 6 (5.36%) Serverless
14 5 (4.46%) Azure App Service
14 5 (4.46%) Azure Functions
14 5 (4.46%) GCP
14 5 (4.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (19.64%) Firewall
2 8 (7.14%) DNS
3 7 (6.25%) VPN
4 3 (2.68%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.68%) Network Security
5 2 (1.79%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.89%) DHCP
6 1 (0.89%) NaaS
6 1 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.89%) SSH
6 1 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.89%) VLAN
6 1 (0.89%) VoIP
6 1 (0.89%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 12 (10.71%) Data Lake
4 10 (8.93%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (5.36%) Oracle Database
6 6 (5.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (5.36%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 3 (2.68%) Parquet
8 1 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.89%) EDMS
8 1 (0.89%) MaxDB
8 1 (0.89%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.89%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 8 (7.14%) Git
2 5 (4.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.89%) JMeter
3 1 (0.89%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.50%) Finance
2 14 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (3.57%) Military
5 3 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.79%) Automotive
6 2 (1.79%) Aviation
6 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (0.89%) Banking
7 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.89%) Private Banking
7 1 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (31.25%) Architect
2 26 (23.21%) Solutions Architect
3 25 (22.32%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (19.64%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.82%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.14%) Developer
8 6 (5.36%) .NET Developer
8 6 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 6 (5.36%) Release Manager
8 6 (5.36%) Security Specialist
9 5 (4.46%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (4.46%) Lead
9 5 (4.46%) Oracle Architect
9 5 (4.46%) Senior
10 4 (3.57%) Azure Architect
10 4 (3.57%) Azure Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Data Centre Engineer
10 4 (3.57%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (25.00%) Terraform
2 10 (8.93%) .NET
2 10 (8.93%) ARM Templates
3 9 (8.04%) .NET Core
3 9 (8.04%) .NET Framework
4 8 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (7.14%) REST
5 6 (5.36%) YAML
6 5 (4.46%) Entity Framework
6 5 (4.46%) OAuth
6 5 (4.46%) OpenID
6 5 (4.46%) SAML
7 4 (3.57%) JSON
7 4 (3.57%) React
7 4 (3.57%) RESTful
8 2 (1.79%) ADO
9 1 (0.89%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.89%) Node.js
9 1 (0.89%) Play Framework
9 1 (0.89%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.18%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.04%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (6.25%) Wiki
4 5 (4.46%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.46%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.57%) CCTV
5 4 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.57%) SCADA
6 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.68%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.79%) Replication
8 1 (0.89%) CMDB
8 1 (0.89%) Life Science
8 1 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.18%) Linux
2 15 (13.39%) Windows
3 7 (6.25%) Unix
4 6 (5.36%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.57%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (43.75%) DevOps
2 47 (41.96%) CI/CD
3 37 (33.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (30.36%) Migration
5 26 (23.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (22.32%) Analytics
6 25 (22.32%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (18.75%) RBAC
8 20 (17.86%) Agile
8 20 (17.86%) Cloud Security
9 19 (16.96%) Log Analytics
10 18 (16.07%) Roadmaps
11 16 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (13.39%) Architecture Governance
13 14 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
13 14 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (11.61%) Identity Access Management
15 12 (10.71%) Observability
15 12 (10.71%) Validation
15 12 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (22.32%) SQL
2 21 (18.75%) PowerShell
3 14 (12.50%) Bicep
4 13 (11.61%) Python
5 10 (8.93%) C#
6 1 (0.89%) Scala
6 1 (0.89%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (38.39%) Security Cleared
2 29 (25.89%) SC Cleared
3 14 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 11 (9.82%) Degree
5 7 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (4.46%) CESG Certified Professional
6 5 (4.46%) CISM
6 5 (4.46%) CISSP
6 5 (4.46%) CRISC
6 5 (4.46%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.46%) GIAC
6 5 (4.46%) SANS
7 4 (3.57%) GSEC
7 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.57%) PMI Certification
7 4 (3.57%) PMP
7 4 (3.57%) SSCP
8 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.14%) NIST
3 7 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (5.36%) ISO 31000
5 4 (3.57%) GDPR
5 4 (3.57%) QA
6 3 (2.68%) NCSC
7 1 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.89%) GAMP
7 1 (0.89%) GMP
7 1 (0.89%) GxP
7 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.93%) Docker
3 6 (5.36%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.79%) Firmware
4 2 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.79%) Ansible
4 1 (0.89%) Grafana
4 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (49.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (25.00%) Oracle
3 12 (10.71%) Databricks
4 7 (6.25%) Dynatrace
5 5 (4.46%) Google
5 5 (4.46%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.57%) Commvault
6 4 (3.57%) SolarWinds
6 4 (3.57%) Veeam
7 3 (2.68%) Fujitsu
7 3 (2.68%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.79%) Cisco
8 2 (1.79%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.79%) Splunk
8 2 (1.79%) VMware
9 1 (0.89%) Forcepoint
9 1 (0.89%) OpenText
9 1 (0.89%) Remedy
9 1 (0.89%) SAP
9 1 (0.89%) Sybase