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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 214 166
Rank change year-on-year -61 -48 +6
Contract jobs citing PaaS 127 141 263
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 0.98% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.16% 3.14% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 104 147
10th Percentile £363 £400 £413
25th Percentile £425 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -3.41%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £72.77
25th Percentile - - £77.25
Median hourly rate - - £82.75
75th Percentile - - £90.00
90th Percentile - - £93.75
UK median hourly rate £68.00 - £82.75
% change year-on-year - - +57.62%

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 5,878 4,491 5,939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.09% 31.20% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,109 2,962 4,310
10th Percentile £240 £243 £219
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £675 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 110 184
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.86 £25.34 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +20.67% +8.64%
75th Percentile £55.25 £41.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.13 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £25.19
% change year-on-year -1.05% +9.17% +11.96%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -37 38 £568 +3.18% 34
North of England -27 27 £525 +16.67% 6
East of England +1 22 £450 -18.18% 2
Midlands -44 22 £515 -15.85% 4
West Midlands -43 19 £539 -12.01% 4
Yorkshire -36 17 £538 +26.47% 2
Scotland +5 12 £543 +3.33% 2
North West -30 10 £363 -19.44% 4
South West -27 6 £575 -4.17% 14
East Midlands -21 3 £418 -7.22%
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 (5.51%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.94%) SAS
3 4 (3.15%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.36%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.57%) FileNet
6 1 (0.79%) Confluence
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.36%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.79%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 97 (76.38%) Azure
2 68 (53.54%) IaaS
3 43 (33.86%) SaaS
4 42 (33.07%) AWS
5 24 (18.90%) Serverless
6 18 (14.17%) Azure AKS
6 18 (14.17%) GitHub
7 16 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (12.60%) Azure Functions
7 16 (12.60%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (12.60%) Entra ID
8 15 (11.81%) GCP
9 9 (7.09%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (7.09%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (6.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (6.30%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (5.51%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (5.51%) Azure Storage
11 7 (5.51%) OpenShift
12 6 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.39%) Firewall
2 12 (9.45%) DHCP
2 12 (9.45%) DNS
3 7 (5.51%) VPN
4 6 (4.72%) Network Security
5 3 (2.36%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (2.36%) iSCSI
5 3 (2.36%) SAN
6 2 (1.57%) Internet
6 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.57%) VLAN
7 1 (0.79%) IPsec
7 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.79%) NAS
7 1 (0.79%) PBX
7 1 (0.79%) SSL
7 1 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.87%) Relational Database
2 7 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (5.51%) Oracle Database
2 7 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (4.72%) NoSQL
3 6 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.94%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 5 (3.94%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (3.15%) BigQuery
5 4 (3.15%) DynamoDB
5 4 (3.15%) MySQL
5 4 (3.15%) RDBMS
5 4 (3.15%) Redis
6 2 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.79%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (11.81%) Git
2 6 (4.72%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.72%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.15%) Gradle
3 4 (3.15%) Maven
3 4 (3.15%) SonarLint
4 1 (0.79%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) JIRA
4 1 (0.79%) Postman
4 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.96%) Public Sector
3 16 (12.60%) Finance
4 10 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.30%) Aviation
6 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.36%) Retail
7 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.79%) Local Government
8 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (22.83%) Architect
2 21 (16.54%) Senior
3 19 (14.96%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (11.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (7.09%) Developer
7 8 (6.30%) Lead
8 7 (5.51%) Administrator
9 6 (4.72%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Release Manager
10 5 (3.94%) Technical Architect
10 5 (3.94%) VMware Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Java Technical Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.75%) .NET
2 18 (14.17%) RESTful
3 9 (7.09%) OpenID
3 9 (7.09%) PyTorch
3 9 (7.09%) SAML
3 9 (7.09%) Semantic Kernel
3 9 (7.09%) TensorFlow
4 7 (5.51%) AngularJS
4 7 (5.51%) ARM Templates
5 6 (4.72%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.94%) Node.js
6 5 (3.94%) React
7 4 (3.15%) ADO
7 4 (3.15%) Dropwizard
7 4 (3.15%) J2EE
7 4 (3.15%) JWT
7 4 (3.15%) Micronaut
7 4 (3.15%) OAuth
8 3 (2.36%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.36%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.26%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.09%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.94%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.15%) N-Tier
6 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.57%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.57%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.90%) Windows
2 18 (14.17%) Linux
3 6 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.57%) VMS
5 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.01%) DevOps
2 39 (30.71%) CI/CD
3 35 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (24.41%) Agile
5 28 (22.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (20.47%) Migration
7 22 (17.32%) AI
8 20 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (14.17%) Observability
10 17 (13.39%) Roadmaps
11 14 (11.02%) Machine Learning
12 13 (10.24%) Analytics
12 13 (10.24%) API Design
12 13 (10.24%) Containerisation
12 13 (10.24%) Test Automation
13 12 (9.45%) API Management
13 12 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (9.45%) Data Privacy
13 12 (9.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.47%) Python
2 21 (16.54%) SQL
3 15 (11.81%) PowerShell
4 10 (7.87%) Bicep
5 8 (6.30%) C#
5 8 (6.30%) Java
6 6 (4.72%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.72%) PHP
7 4 (3.15%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.36%) Bash
9 2 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.79%) Go
10 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (22.05%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.02%) Azure Certification
3 12 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.09%) MCP
5 8 (6.30%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.51%) Degree
7 6 (4.72%) CISSP
8 4 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.36%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.57%) CISM
10 2 (1.57%) OCP
10 2 (1.57%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.79%) CCNA
11 1 (0.79%) CCNP
11 1 (0.79%) CCSP
11 1 (0.79%) SSCP
11 1 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.45%) NIST
2 9 (7.09%) EU AI Act
3 4 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.15%) GDPR
3 4 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.36%) NCSC
4 3 (2.36%) SLA
5 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.79%) PMO
6 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 20 (15.75%) Active Directory
2 15 (11.81%) Docker
3 10 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.94%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.15%) vSphere
6 3 (2.36%) vCloud
7 2 (1.57%) DFS Replication
7 2 (1.57%) NFS
7 2 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.57%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.79%) RACF
Systems Management
1 33 (25.98%) Terraform
2 28 (22.05%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.30%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (4.72%) Grafana
5 4 (3.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (3.15%) Ansible
5 4 (3.15%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.36%) SCCM
7 2 (1.57%) Data Guard
7 2 (1.57%) logstash
7 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (1.57%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.57%) systemd
7 2 (1.57%) vRealize
7 2 (1.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 57 (44.88%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.17%) Oracle
3 16 (12.60%) VMware
4 9 (7.09%) AppDynamics
4 9 (7.09%) Foundry
5 6 (4.72%) Dynatrace
6 5 (3.94%) Google
7 4 (3.15%) Gigya
7 4 (3.15%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.36%) Adobe
8 3 (2.36%) Databricks
8 3 (2.36%) Qualys
8 3 (2.36%) SAP
8 3 (2.36%) Tenable
9 2 (1.57%) Ariba
9 2 (1.57%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.57%) Cisco
9 2 (1.57%) IBM
9 2 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.57%) Veeam