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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 263 237
Rank change year-on-year -92 -26 -18
Contract jobs citing PaaS 117 108 131
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.70% 0.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 2.23% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 77 97
10th Percentile £425 £355 £367
25th Percentile £497 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £632 £600 £650
90th Percentile £733 £725 £686
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £36.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £38.50
75th Percentile £54.63 - £40.25
90th Percentile £55.15 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £60.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year -12.50% -19.19% -4.81%

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 8,156 4,853 4,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.18% 31.65% 27.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,238 3,249 3,272
10th Percentile £263 £250 £250
25th Percentile £403 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £573 £598
90th Percentile £675 £644 £664
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 484 165 142
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.95 £17.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.27 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.68% -35.77% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69.56 £37.50 £64.73
90th Percentile £83.51 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.16 £30.88
% change year-on-year +11.45% -5.55% -11.79%

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 14 September 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 14 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
Midlands -35 32 £500 -12.28% 37
South East -65 26 £600 +14.29% 55
North of England -78 23 £519 +22.12% 28
Scotland -15 19 £595 +28.65% 13
West Midlands -46 18 £531 -12.81% 30
Yorkshire -27 15 £538 -2.27% 9
East Midlands -4 14 £500 +11.11% 7
East of England -26 9 £638 -11.30% 13
South West -46 9 £525 -27.59% 11
North West -62 6 £500 +37.93% 17
North East -36 5 £638 +27.50% 3
Wales - 2 - - 2
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 10 (8.55%) Apache Airflow
1 10 (8.55%) SAS
1 10 (8.55%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.13%) Confluence
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (70.94%) Azure
2 70 (59.83%) IaaS
3 50 (42.74%) SaaS
4 29 (24.79%) Entra ID
5 23 (19.66%) AWS
6 17 (14.53%) OCI
7 15 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (10.26%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (8.55%) Azure AKS
9 10 (8.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (8.55%) Serverless
10 9 (7.69%) GitHub
11 6 (5.13%) Azure Functions
11 6 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (4.27%) GCP
12 5 (4.27%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (3.42%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.53%) Firewall
2 9 (7.69%) DNS
3 6 (5.13%) VPN
4 2 (1.71%) Internet
4 2 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.71%) LAN
4 2 (1.71%) Network Security
4 2 (1.71%) PSTN
4 2 (1.71%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.71%) WAN
4 2 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.85%) DHCP
5 1 (0.85%) NaaS
5 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.85%) SSH
5 1 (0.85%) VoIP
5 1 (0.85%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (8.55%) Oracle Database
2 10 (8.55%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 10 (8.55%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 9 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 9 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 8 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (6.84%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.85%) MaxDB
7 1 (0.85%) Parquet
7 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.85%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Git
2 5 (4.27%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) JMeter
3 1 (0.85%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.24%) Public Sector
3 17 (14.53%) Finance
4 6 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.42%) Military
7 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.71%) Aviation
8 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
8 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.85%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (31.62%) Architect
2 22 (18.80%) Solutions Architect
3 19 (16.24%) Cloud Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) Release Manager
6 9 (7.69%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.98%) Azure Architect
8 7 (5.98%) Developer
8 7 (5.98%) Lead
9 6 (5.13%) .NET Developer
9 6 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 6 (5.13%) Lead Architect
9 6 (5.13%) Oracle Architect
9 6 (5.13%) Security Specialist
9 6 (5.13%) Senior
9 6 (5.13%) Technical Architect
10 4 (3.42%) Azure Developer
10 4 (3.42%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (16.24%) Terraform
2 10 (8.55%) .NET
2 10 (8.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (6.84%) .NET Core
3 8 (6.84%) .NET Framework
4 6 (5.13%) ARM Templates
4 6 (5.13%) REST
5 3 (2.56%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.56%) OAuth
5 3 (2.56%) OpenID
5 3 (2.56%) SAML
5 3 (2.56%) YAML
6 2 (1.71%) ADO
6 2 (1.71%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.71%) JSON
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.71%) React
6 2 (1.71%) RESTful
7 1 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.85%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.13%) Wiki
4 5 (4.27%) CCTV
4 5 (4.27%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (4.27%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.42%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.42%) SCADA
6 3 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.71%) IoT
7 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.71%) Replication
7 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.38%) Windows
2 16 (13.68%) Linux
3 7 (5.98%) Unix
4 4 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.56%) Android
5 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.56%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.56%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (41.88%) DevOps
2 45 (38.46%) CI/CD
3 32 (27.35%) Migration
4 29 (24.79%) Agile
4 29 (24.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (18.80%) Analytics
5 22 (18.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (18.80%) Roadmaps
6 20 (17.09%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (16.24%) Cloud Security
8 17 (14.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (13.68%) RBAC
10 15 (12.82%) Architectural Patterns
10 15 (12.82%) Architecture Governance
11 13 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (10.26%) ITIL
12 12 (10.26%) Log Analytics
12 12 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (10.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.09%) SQL
2 15 (12.82%) PowerShell
3 13 (11.11%) Bicep
4 10 (8.55%) Python
5 9 (7.69%) C#
6 2 (1.71%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.85%) Scala
7 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 34 (29.06%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.40%) Azure Certification
3 11 (9.40%) Degree
3 11 (9.40%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 5 (4.27%) CESG Certified Professional
5 5 (4.27%) CISM
5 5 (4.27%) CISSP
5 5 (4.27%) CRISC
5 5 (4.27%) GIAC
5 5 (4.27%) SANS
6 4 (3.42%) GSEC
6 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.42%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.42%) PMP
6 4 (3.42%) SSCP
7 2 (1.71%) CCNA
7 2 (1.71%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.98%) NIST
3 6 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (5.13%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (5.13%) ISO 31000
4 5 (4.27%) NCSC
5 3 (2.56%) GDPR
6 2 (1.71%) SLA
7 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 18 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.69%) Docker
3 4 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.71%) Firmware
4 2 (1.71%) vCloud
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.97%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.85%) Ansible
4 1 (0.85%) Grafana
4 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 37 (31.62%) Oracle
3 9 (7.69%) Databricks
4 5 (4.27%) VMware
5 4 (3.42%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.71%) Cisco
7 2 (1.71%) Commvault
7 2 (1.71%) Google
7 2 (1.71%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.71%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.71%) Splunk
7 2 (1.71%) Veeam
8 1 (0.85%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.85%) Foundry
8 1 (0.85%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.85%) Remedy
8 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.85%) SAP
8 1 (0.85%) Sybase