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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 215 174
Rank change year-on-year -56 -41 -27
Contract jobs citing PaaS 117 147 287
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 0.89% 1.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 2.97% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 105 159
10th Percentile £356 £375 £402
25th Percentile £413 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £643
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £539 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -6.35% -1.75% +1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £74.26
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - £88.75
90th Percentile - - £93.75
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +48.57%

All Cloud 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 5,560 4,946 6,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.86% 29.86% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,796 3,180 4,799
10th Percentile £230 £256 £219
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 119 229
10th Percentile £12.90 £18.18 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.78 £21.36 £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £33.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.88% +46.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £40.65 £60.83 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +9.38% +43.56%

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 10 November 2025.

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 10 November 2025. 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
North of England -20 33 £425 -29.17% 28
South East -22 26 £465 -19.13% 43
East of England -4 22 £550 +57.14% 4
Midlands -31 22 £570 -6.86% 18
West Midlands -30 20 £609 -0.49% 11
North West -6 17 £360 -36.00% 18
Yorkshire -20 15 £525 -16.83% 8
Scotland -1 11 £525 +5.00% 11
South West -21 5 £725 +16.00% 13
East Midlands -13 2 £450 -7.69% 7
North East -12 1 £500 - 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 7 (5.98%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (4.27%) SAS
3 3 (2.56%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.71%) FileNet
5 1 (0.85%) Confluence
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.85%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (76.07%) Azure
2 69 (58.97%) IaaS
3 49 (41.88%) SaaS
4 38 (32.48%) AWS
5 21 (17.95%) Serverless
6 20 (17.09%) Azure AKS
7 18 (15.38%) GCP
8 17 (14.53%) GitHub
9 15 (12.82%) Entra ID
10 13 (11.11%) Azure Functions
11 12 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (8.55%) Azure Storage
12 10 (8.55%) OpenShift
13 9 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (6.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (5.98%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Firewall
2 11 (9.40%) DNS
3 8 (6.84%) DHCP
4 6 (5.13%) SAN
5 5 (4.27%) VPN
6 4 (3.42%) Network Security
7 3 (2.56%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.71%) VLAN
9 1 (0.85%) Internet
9 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.85%) NAS
9 1 (0.85%) PBX
9 1 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 9 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.98%) RDBMS
4 6 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (4.27%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.27%) Oracle Database
5 5 (4.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 5 (4.27%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 4 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (3.42%) BigQuery
6 4 (3.42%) DynamoDB
6 4 (3.42%) MySQL
6 4 (3.42%) Redis
7 3 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.71%) PowerCenter
9 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Git
2 6 (5.13%) SonarQube
3 5 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.42%) Gradle
4 4 (3.42%) Maven
4 4 (3.42%) SonarLint
5 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.85%) JIRA
5 1 (0.85%) JMeter
5 1 (0.85%) Postman
5 1 (0.85%) Selenium
5 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (19.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.26%) Finance
2 12 (10.26%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.27%) Aviation
5 3 (2.56%) Banking
5 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.56%) Retail
6 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Local Government
7 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 26 (22.22%) Architect
2 21 (17.95%) Azure Engineer
3 15 (12.82%) Senior
4 12 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (9.40%) Cloud Engineer
5 11 (9.40%) Lead
6 10 (8.55%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Administrator
8 6 (5.13%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Consultant
8 6 (5.13%) Developer
8 6 (5.13%) Site Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Release Manager
10 4 (3.42%) AWS Administrator
10 4 (3.42%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (15.38%) RESTful
2 15 (12.82%) .NET
3 12 (10.26%) AngularJS
4 10 (8.55%) Node.js
5 9 (7.69%) PyTorch
5 9 (7.69%) Semantic Kernel
5 9 (7.69%) TensorFlow
6 7 (5.98%) ADO
6 7 (5.98%) ARM Templates
7 5 (4.27%) Middleware
7 5 (4.27%) OpenID
7 5 (4.27%) SAML
7 5 (4.27%) Spring Boot
8 4 (3.42%) Dropwizard
8 4 (3.42%) J2EE
8 4 (3.42%) JWT
8 4 (3.42%) Micronaut
8 4 (3.42%) SOAP
9 3 (2.56%) Celery
9 3 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.37%) Cloud Native
2 11 (9.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.27%) Private Cloud
4 5 (4.27%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.42%) N-Tier
5 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.71%) IoT
7 2 (1.71%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.71%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.71%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.85%) Replication
8 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.79%) Windows
2 23 (19.66%) Linux
3 7 (5.98%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.42%) Unix
4 4 (3.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.77%) DevOps
2 29 (24.79%) CI/CD
3 26 (22.22%) Agile
4 22 (18.80%) AI
5 21 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (17.09%) Containerisation
6 20 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (17.09%) Migration
7 19 (16.24%) Observability
8 17 (14.53%) Machine Learning
9 15 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (11.97%) Analytics
11 13 (11.11%) API Design
11 13 (11.11%) ETL
12 12 (10.26%) API Management
12 12 (10.26%) Data Privacy
12 12 (10.26%) Software Engineering
12 12 (10.26%) Test Automation
13 11 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.64%) Python
2 26 (22.22%) SQL
3 13 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 10 (8.55%) PHP
5 8 (6.84%) Bicep
5 8 (6.84%) Java
6 3 (2.56%) C#
7 2 (1.71%) Bash
7 2 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.71%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.85%) Go
8 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.55%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.69%) MCP
4 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.42%) CISSP
6 3 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.71%) Degree
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.85%) CCNA
8 1 (0.85%) CCNP
8 1 (0.85%) CCSP
8 1 (0.85%) CISM
8 1 (0.85%) SSCP
8 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) NIST
2 9 (7.69%) EU AI Act
3 4 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.56%) SLA
5 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.71%) GDPR
6 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 20 (17.09%) Docker
2 18 (15.38%) Active Directory
3 9 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.42%) vSphere
5 2 (1.71%) DFS Replication
5 2 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (28.21%) Kubernetes
2 31 (26.50%) Terraform
3 12 (10.26%) Grafana
4 6 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (4.27%) Ansible
6 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (2.56%) SCCM
8 2 (1.71%) logstash
8 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.85%) Puppet
9 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (39.32%) Microsoft
2 25 (21.37%) Oracle
3 14 (11.97%) AppDynamics
4 13 (11.11%) VMware
5 9 (7.69%) Foundry
6 6 (5.13%) Google
7 5 (4.27%) Databricks
7 5 (4.27%) IBM
8 4 (3.42%) Citrix
8 4 (3.42%) Dynatrace
8 4 (3.42%) F5
8 4 (3.42%) Gigya
8 4 (3.42%) HP
9 3 (2.56%) Adobe
9 3 (2.56%) Informatica
9 3 (2.56%) Qualys
9 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.71%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.71%) Cisco
10 2 (1.71%) Veeam